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10 Best Movies Like Plainsong

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

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#1
Inherit the Wind

Inherit the Wind

1999★ 6.3

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Plainsong for fans of Drama & TV Movie. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Two great lawyers argue the case for and against a science teacher accused of the crime of teaching evolution....

#2
Cheaters

Cheaters

2000★ 6.3

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Plainsong for fans of Drama & TV Movie. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

In the fall of 1994, a teacher at Chicago's run-down Steinmetz High conspires with the school's academic decathlon team to cheat on an academic competition....

#3
Return to Zero

Return to Zero

2014★ 6.6

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Plainsong for fans of Drama & TV Movie. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Based on the true story of a successful couple, Maggie and Aaron who are preparing for the arrival of their first child....

#4
The Christmas Shoes

The Christmas Shoes

2002★ 6.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Plainsong for fans of Drama & TV Movie. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Two separate stories mesh - in the first, a young music teacher, Maggie Andrews, begins dying of a heart condition and her son Nathan tries to get a pair of Christmas shoes for her...

#5
TalhotBlond

TalhotBlond

2012★ 6.3

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Plainsong for fans of Drama & TV Movie. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Thomas Montgomery, a married father of two young daughters, gets seduced by the world of online gambling and chat rooms where a virtual romance and sexual obsession ultimately lead...

#6
Rebound: The Legend of Earl 'The Goat' Manigault

Rebound: The Legend of Earl 'The Goat' Manigault

1996★ 7.2

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Plainsong for fans of Drama & TV Movie. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

A dramatization of the life of Earl 'The Goat' Manigault (Don Cheadle), with a lot of factual based occurrences. A reformed junkie returns from prison to clean up his act and devot...

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