Dynamic Watchlist Hub: May 12, 2026

10 Best Movies Like There Were Nights

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

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#1
All Day and a Night

All Day and a Night

2020โ€ขโ˜… 6.2

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

While serving life in prison, a young man looks back at the people, the circumstances and the system that set him on the path toward his crime....

#2
Babylon

Babylon

1980โ€ขโ˜… 7.0

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

Drama telling the story of Blue, a young man of Jamaican descent living in Brixton in 1980, as he hangs out with his friends, fronts a dub sound system, loses his job, struggles wi...

#3
Tigertail

Tigertail

2020โ€ขโ˜… 6.7

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

A man reflects on the lost love of his youth and his long-ago journey from Taiwan to America as he begins to reconnect with his estranged daughter....

#4
Adopt a Highway

Adopt a Highway

2019โ€ขโ˜… 6.7

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

Russ Millings has just been released from prison after serving 21 years for a 3rd strike conviction for possessing an ounce of marijuana. As he tries to adapt to a world he doesnโ€™t...

#5
Imperial Dreams

Imperial Dreams

2014โ€ขโ˜… 6.6

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

A 21-year-old reformed gangster's devotion to his family and his future is put to the test when he is released from prison and returns to his old stomping grounds in Watts, Los Ang...

#6
All Together Now

All Together Now

2020โ€ขโ˜… 6.7

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

An optimistic, talented teen clings to a huge secret: she's homeless and living on a school bus. When tragedy strikes, can she learn to accept a helping hand?...

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