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10 Best Movies Like The Overnighters

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

#1
Save the Date

Save the Date

2012★ 5.8

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Overnighters for fans of Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

After breaking up with her boyfriend, a bookstore manager resists a seemingly perfect guy's attempts to woo her....

#2
Tim's Vermeer

Tim's Vermeer

2013★ 7.3

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Overnighters for fans of Documentary. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

Tim Jenison, a Texas based inventor, attempts to solve one of the greatest mysteries in all art: How did Dutch Master Johannes Vermeer manage to paint so photo-realistically 150 ye...

#3
A Sunday in the Country

A Sunday in the Country

1984★ 6.9

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

In France, before WWI. As every Sunday, an old painter living in the country is visited by his son Gonzague, coming with his wife and his three children. Then his daugther Irene ar...

#4
Happy Valley

Happy Valley

2014★ 6.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Overnighters for fans of Documentary. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

The children of "Happy Valley" were victimized for years, by a key member of the legendary Penn State college football program. But were Jerry Sandusky’s crimes an open secret? Wit...

#5
Straight Outta Tompkins

Straight Outta Tompkins

2015★ 4.6

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

A forlorn teenager abandoned in New York City spirals out of control, from a troubled kid to an accidental addict, after he mistakes the welcoming embrace of a Lower East Side drug...

#6
The Rocket

The Rocket

2013★ 6.6

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

Laos. In a land ravaged by war and exploitation, a boy whose family believe he is cursed must redeem himself by taking part in a dangerous rocket competition....