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10 Best Movies Like Pickup on 101

If you loved Pickup on 101, we've curated the perfect watchlist for you based on shared genres, themes, and directorial style.

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#1
The Rain People

The Rain People

1969★ 6.6

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Pickup on 101 for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

When a housewife finds out she is pregnant, she runs out of town looking for freedom to reevaluate her life decisions....

#2
Cardboard Boxer

Cardboard Boxer

2016★ 6.3

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Pickup on 101 for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Gentle and broken, a homeless man fights others on video for money but soon finds comfort in an unlikely friend and the lost diary of a young girl....

#3
3:10 to Yuma

3:10 to Yuma

1957★ 7.3

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Pickup on 101 for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Dan Evans, a small time farmer, is hired to escort Ben Wade, a dangerous outlaw, to Yuma. As Evans and Wade wait for the 3:10 train to Yuma, Wade's gang is racing to free him....

#4
The Journey of Natty Gann

The Journey of Natty Gann

1985★ 6.8

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Pickup on 101 for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

America is in the depths of the Great Depression. Families drift apart when faraway jobs beckon. A courageous young girl confronts overwhelming odds when she embarks on a cross-cou...

#5
Jolene

Jolene

2010★ 6.3

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Pickup on 101 for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

A teenage orphan spends ten years traveling to experience life....

#6
Union Pacific

Union Pacific

1939★ 6.7

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Pickup on 101 for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

One of the last bills signed by President Lincoln authorizes pushing the Union Pacific Railroad across the wilderness to California. But financial opportunist Asa Barrows hopes to ...

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