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Movies that feel like The Overnighters (2014)

If you loved The Overnighters, the closest films we have are Moonlight (2016), The Book Thief (2013) and Flight (2012). All three share The Overnighters's contemplative feel, which is what we rank on before quality. 9 of the 12 picks below are included with a subscription right now on Hulu, fuboTV and Paramount Plus Premium and others, checked against today's data.

Desperate, broken men chase their dreams and run from their demons in the North Dakota oil fields. A local Pastor's decision to help them has extraordinary and unexpected consequences.

πŸ… 97% Rotten Tomatoesβ˜… 7.4 IMDb β†—TMDB β†—dir. Jesse Mosscontemplative

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Moonlight
2016 Β· dir. Barry Jenkins
πŸ… 98%β˜… 7.4drama

Contemplative drama, and it commits to that

The tender, heartbreaking story of a young man’s struggle to find himself, told across three defining chapters in his life as he experiences the ecstasy, pain, and beauty of falling in love, while grappling with his own sexuality.

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The Book Thief
2013 Β· dir. Brian Percival
πŸ… 50%β˜… 7.5drama

Documentary with a pulse of stillness, in both cases

The difference: Reviewed a good deal more coolly

While subjected to the horrors of WWII Germany, young Liesel finds solace by stealing books and sharing them with others. Under the stairs in her home, a Jewish refugee is being sheltered by her adoptive parents.

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Flight
2012 Β· dir. Robert Zemeckis
πŸ… 77%β˜… 7.3drama

Both trade on stillness more than on being drama

Commercial airline pilot Whip Whitaker has a problem with drugs and alcohol, though so far he's managed to complete his flights safely. His luck runs out when a disastrous mechanical malfunction sends his plane hurtling toward the ground. Whip pulls off a miraculous crash-landing that results in only six lives lost. Shaken to the core, Whip vows to get sober -- but when the crash investigation exposes his addiction, he finds himself in an even worse situation.

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The Social Network
2010 Β· dir. David Fincher
πŸ… 96%β˜… 7.8drama

Cut from the same drama cloth

In 2003, Harvard undergrad and computer programmer Mark Zuckerberg begins work on a new concept that eventually turns into the global social network known as Facebook. Six years later, Mark is one of the youngest billionaires ever, but his unprecedented success leads to both personal and legal complications when he ends up on the receiving end of two lawsuits, one involving his former friend.

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Our Little Sister
2015 Β· dir. Hirokazu Kore-eda
πŸ… 93%β˜… 7.6drama

The same drama instincts

After the death of their estranged father, 3 adult sisters invite their teenaged half-sister to live with them.

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Roma
2018 Β· dir. Alfonso CuarΓ³n
πŸ… 96%β˜… 7.6drama

Both are drama through and through

In 1970s Mexico City, two domestic workers help a mother of four while her husband is away for an extended period of time.

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Lion
2016 Β· dir. Garth Davis
πŸ… 84%β˜… 8drama

Drama approached the same way

A five-year-old Indian boy gets lost on the streets of Calcutta, thousands of kilometers from home. He survives many challenges before being adopted by a couple in Australia; 25 years later, he sets out to find his lost family.

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If I Stay
2014 Β· dir. R.J. Cutler
πŸ… 36%β˜… 6.7drama

The same drama instincts

Mia Hall, a talented young cellist, thought the most difficult decision she would ever have to make would be whether to pursue her musical dreams at prestigious Juilliard or follow her heart to be with the love of her life, Adam, a rock singer/guitarist. However, a car wreck changes everything in an instant, and now Mia's life hangs in the balance. Suspended between life and death, Mia faces a choice that will decide her future.

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Seven Pounds
2008 Β· dir. Gabriele Muccino
πŸ… 26%β˜… 7.6drama

Cut from the same drama cloth

An IRS agent with a fateful secret embarks on an extraordinary journey of redemption by forever changing the lives of seven strangers.

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The Help
2011 Β· dir. Tate Taylor
πŸ… 75%β˜… 8.1drama

Drama approached the same way

Aibileen Clark is a middle-aged African-American maid who has spent her life raising white children and has recently lost her only son; Minny Jackson is an African-American maid who has often offended her employers despite her family's struggles with money and her desperate need for jobs; and Eugenia "Skeeter" Phelan is a young white woman who has recently moved back home after graduating college to find out her childhood maid has mysteriously disappeared. These three stories intertwine to explain how life in Jackson, Mississippi revolves around "the help"; yet they are always kept at a certain distance because of racial lines.

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Short Term 12
2013 Β· dir. Destin Daniel Cretton
πŸ… 98%β˜… 7.9drama

Drama approached the same way

Grace, a compassionate young supervisor at a foster care facility, helps at-risk teens. But when a new charge dredges up memories of her own troubled past, Grace's tough exterior begins eroding.

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The Fighter
2010 Β· dir. David O. Russell
πŸ… 91%β˜… 7.8drama

Both are drama through and through

Boxer "Irish" Micky Ward's unlikely road to the world light welterweight title. His Rocky-like rise was shepherded by half-brother Dicky, a boxer-turned-trainer who rebounded in life after nearly being KO'd by drugs and crime.

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