If You Liked Sorry We Missed You, Watch These Next
Finished Sorry We Missed You (2019) and want more of the same? These 20 movies are what its fans watched next, ranked by how often people who liked it also liked these. Like Sorry We Missed You, most of them are drama.
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20 titles · updated 2nd October 2026
1.On Falling(2025)
7.0DramaAlso drama
Aurora, a Portuguese migrant, works as an order picker in a warehouse in Edinburgh, Scotland. Caught between the walls of a huge distribution centre and the solitude of her own room, Aurora tries to seize every opportunity to resist the alienation and isolation that threaten her identity.
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2.The Machinist(2004)
7.5ThrillerDramaAlso drama
Trevor, an insomniac lathe operator, experiences unusual occurrences at work and home. A strange man follows him everywhere, but no one else seems to notice him.
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4.Of Mice and Men(1992)
7.2DramaAlso drama
Two drifters, one a gentle but slow giant, try to make money working the fields during the Depression so they can fulfill their dreams.
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5.A Most Violent Year(2014)
6.6CrimeDramaThrillerAlso drama
A thriller set in New York City during the winter of 1981, statistically one of the most violent years in the city's history, and centered on the lives of an immigrant and his family trying to expand their business and capitalize on opportunities as the rampant violence, decay, and corruption of the day drag them in…
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6.The Safety of Objects(2002)
6.5DramaAlso drama
In a suburban landscape, the lives of several families interlace with loss, despair and personal crisis. Esther Gold has lost focus on all but caring for her comatose son, Paul, and neglects her daughter and husband. Lawyer Jim Train is devoted to his career, not his family. Helen Christianson wants to find a new…
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7.Alex of Venice(2015)
5.9DramaAlso drama
After her stay-at-home husband leaves her, a workaholic lawyer finds that she is not completely up to the tasks of caring for her young son, ailing father and household all by herself.
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8.In Dubious Battle(2016)
5.8DramaAlso drama
In the California apple country, 900 migratory workers rise 'in dubious battle' against the landowners. The group takes on a life of its own—stronger than its individual members, and more frightening. Led by the doomed Jim Nolan, the strike is founded on his tragic idealism—'courage, never submit, or yield'.
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9.Cardboard Boxer(2016)
6.5DramaAlso drama
Gentle and broken, a homeless man fights others on video for money but soon finds comfort in an unlikely friend and the lost diary of a young girl.
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10.Night Always Comes(2025)
6.1DramaCrimeThrillerAlso drama
Facing eviction in a city her family can no longer afford, a woman plunges into a desperate and increasingly dangerous all-night search to raise $25,000.
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11.The Last Black Man in San Francisco(2019)
7.0DramaAlso drama
Jimmie Fails dreams of reclaiming the Victorian home his grandfather built in the heart of San Francisco. Joined on his quest by his best friend Mont, Jimmie searches for belonging in a rapidly changing city that seems to have left them behind.
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12.They Drive by Night(1940)
6.9DramaCrimeThrillerAlso drama
Joe and Paul Fabrini are Wildcat, or independent, truck drivers who have their own small one-truck business. The Fabrini boys constantly battle distributors, rivals and loan collectors, while trying to make a success of their transport company.
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13.The Assistant(2020)
6.3DramaAlso drama
A searing look at a day in the life of an assistant to a powerful executive. As Jane follows her daily routine, she grows increasingly aware of the insidious abuse that threatens every aspect of her position.
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14.Advantageous(2015)
6.0Science FictionDramaAlso drama
In a near-future city where soaring opulence overshadows economic hardship, Gwen and her daughter, Jules, do all they can to hold on to their joy, despite the instability surfacing in their world.
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15.The Road(2009)
7.0AdventureDramaAlso drama
A father and his son walk alone through burned America. Nothing moves in the ravaged landscape save the ash on the wind and water. It is cold enough to crack stones and, when the snow falls, it is gray. Their destination is the warmer south, although they don't know what, if anything, awaits them there.
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16.Elysium(2013)
6.5Science FictionActionDramaAlso drama
In the year 2159, two classes of people exist: the very wealthy who live on a pristine man-made space station called Elysium, and the rest, who live on an overpopulated, ruined Earth. Secretary Rhodes, a hard line government official, will stop at nothing to enforce anti-immigration laws and preserve the luxurious…
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18.Falling Down(1993)
7.4CrimeDramaThrillerAlso drama
An ordinary man frustrated with the various flaws he sees in society begins to psychotically and violently lash out against them.
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20.Higher Ground(2011)
5.9DramaThrillerAlso drama
Vera Farmiga's directorial debut, HIGHER GROUND, depicts the landscape of a tight-knit spiritual community thrown off-kilter when one of their own begins to question her faith. Inspired by screenwriter Carolyn S. Briggs' memoir This Dark World, the film tells the story of a thoughtful woman's struggles with belief,…
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