Dynamic Watchlist Hub: May 09, 2026

10 Best Movies Like The Turning

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

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#1
Songs My Brothers Taught Me

Songs My Brothers Taught Me

2015★ 6.9

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

This complex portrait of modern-day life on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation explores the bond between a brother and his younger sister, who find themselves on separate paths to r...

#2
The Nightingale

The Nightingale

2018★ 7.1

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

In 1825, Clare, a 21-year-old Irish convict, chases a British soldier through the rugged Tasmanian wilderness, bent on revenge for a terrible act of violence he committed against h...

#3
Requiem for a Dream

Requiem for a Dream

2000★ 8.0

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

The drug-induced utopias of four Coney Island residents are shattered when their addictions run deep....

#4
Sometimes in April

Sometimes in April

2005★ 7.1

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

Two brothers are divided by marriage and fate during the 100 horrifying days of the 1994 Rwandan genocide....

#5
I Walk the Line

I Walk the Line

1970★ 5.8

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

Henry Tawes, a middle-aged sheriff in a rural Tennessee town, is usually the first man to criticize others for their bad behavior. Miserable in his marriage, Henry falls in love wi...

#6
Farming

Farming

2018★ 6.2

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Turning 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...

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