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10 Best Movies Like Red Dirt

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

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#1
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof

Cat on a Hot Tin Roof

1958★ 7.6

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

An alcoholic ex-football player drinks his days away, having failed to come to terms with his sexuality and his real feelings for his football buddy who died after an ambiguous acc...

#2
The Lovely Bones

The Lovely Bones

2009★ 7.1

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

After being brutally murdered, 14-year-old Susie Salmon watches from heaven over her grief-stricken family -- and her killer. As she observes their daily lives, she must balance he...

#3
The Glass Castle

The Glass Castle

2017★ 7.1

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

A young girl is raised in a dysfunctional family constantly on the run from the FBI. Living in poverty, she comes of age guided by her drunkard, ingenious father who distracts her ...

#4
Paradise

Paradise

1991★ 6.2

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

A 10-year-old boy spends a summer in the country with a childless couple and a precocious girl....

#5
Sleepwalking

Sleepwalking

2008★ 6.1

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

When her boyfriend is arrested for marijuana possession, Joleen Reedy and her 11-year-old daughter, Tara, take refuge with Joleen's aimless brother, James. Joleen soon runs off wit...

#6
Mud

Mud

2013★ 7.1

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

Two teenage boys find a fugitive hiding out on an island in the Mississippi River and help him reunite with his lover and escape an avenging family and their armed posse....

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