Dynamic Watchlist Hub: May 10, 2026

10 Best Movies Like Struck Oil

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

🏆

Expert Review & Ratings

See our full critical analysis and audience score for Struck Oil.

View Review →
Advertisement
#1
That Evening Sun

That Evening Sun

2009★ 6.7

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

An aging Tennessee farmer returns to his homestead and must confront a family betrayal, the reappearance of an old enemy, and the loss of his farm....

#2
The Young One

The Young One

1960★ 6.9

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

A jazz musician seeks refuge from a lynch mob on a remote island, where he meets a hostile game warden and the young object of his attentions....

#3
Farming

Farming

2018★ 6.2

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

Based on the writer/director's childhood, FARMING tells the story of a young Nigerian boy, 'farmed out' by his parents to a white British family in the hope of a better future. Ins...

#4
The River

The River

1984★ 6.4

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

Tom and Mae Garvey are a Tennessee farming couple battling violent floods to save their land. In addition to natural disasters, the Garveys fight to stop a selfish land developer a...

#5
The Padre

The Padre

2018★ 5.9

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

American retired Judge Randall Nemes and his hired gun, Gaspar, track down a con man posing as a priest in a small Colombian town only to be thrown off-course by a scrappy 16-year-...

#6
Gigi & Nate

Gigi & Nate

2022★ 7.5

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

A young man with a bright future suffers a near-fatal accident and recreates his new life with the help of an unlikely animal friend....

Advertisement