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10 Best Movies Like The Burning Cross

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

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#1
The Birth of a Nation

The Birth of a Nation

1915★ 6.0

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

Two families, abolitionist Northerners the Stonemans and Southern landowners the Camerons, intertwine. When Confederate colonel Ben Cameron is captured in battle, nurse Elsie Stone...

#2
Black Legion

Black Legion

1937★ 6.6

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Burning Cross for fans of Crime. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

When a hard-working machinist loses a promotion to a Polish-born worker, he is seduced into joining the secretive Black Legion, which intimidates foreigners through violence....

#3
Places in the Heart

Places in the Heart

1984★ 7.2

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

In 1935 rural Texas, recently widowed Edna Spaulding struggles to survive with two small children, a farm to run, and very little money in the bank - not to mention a deadly tornad...

#4
Remember the Titans

Remember the Titans

2000★ 7.6

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

After leading his football team to 15 winning seasons, coach Bill Yoast is demoted and replaced by Herman Boone – tough, opinionated and as different from the beloved Yoast as he c...

#5
Edge of the City

Edge of the City

1957★ 7.2

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Burning Cross for fans of Crime. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

A male army deserter and a black male dock worker join forces against a corrupt manager, in a corrupt environment, and as their connection blossoms they must face the oppressive an...

#6
A Soldier's Story

A Soldier's Story

1984★ 6.8

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Burning Cross for fans of Crime. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

In a rural town in Louisiana, a black Master Sergeant is found shot to death just outside the local Army Base. Military lawyer, Captain Davenport—also a black man—is sent from Wash...

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