15 Movies Like The County

Loved The County? Based on its unique Cinema DNA—including its pacing, themes, and emotional tone—we've curated the ultimate list of what you should watch next.

Solitude
#1

Solitude

An aged farmer moves to the urban city for the first time in his life. He befriends a paper delivery boy in the neighborhood and their connection changes the course of both their lives and the boy's family.

💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to The County.

Small Things Like These
#2

Small Things Like These

In 1985, while working as a coal merchant to support his family, Bill Furlong discovers disturbing secrets kept by the local convent and uncovers truths of his own; forcing him to confront his past and the complicit silence of a small Irish town controlled by the Catholic Church.

💡Why it's a match: A highly-rated genre match based on the viewing habits of people who liked The County.

Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon: Sword of Destiny
#3

Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon: Sword of Destiny

A story of lost love, young love, a legendary sword and one last opportunity at redemption.

💡Why it's a match: A highly-rated genre match based on the viewing habits of people who liked The County.

Reading Lolita in Tehran
#4

Reading Lolita in Tehran

In revolutionary Iran, as fundamentalists tighten their grip on society, a professor secretly gathers seven of her most dedicated female students to read and discuss forbidden classics of Western literature, including Lolita and Pride and Prejudice. Based on the bestselling memoir by Azar Nafisi. A film by Eran Riklis starring Golshifteh Farahani (Paterson), Zar Amir (Holy Spider), and Mina Kavani (No Bears).

💡Why it's a match: A highly-rated genre match based on the viewing habits of people who liked The County.

Black Beauty
#5

Black Beauty

The fates of horses, and the people who own and command them, are revealed as Black Beauty narrates the circle of his life.

💡Why it's a match: A highly-rated genre match based on the viewing habits of people who liked The County.

Lamb
#6

Lamb

An Icelandic couple live with their herd of sheep on a beautiful but remote farm. When they discover a mysterious newborn on their land, they decide to keep it and raise it as their own. This unexpected development and the prospects of a new family brings them much joy before ultimately destroying them.

💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to The County.

Starving in Suburbia
#7

Starving in Suburbia

When seventeen-year-old Hannah stumbles upon a website about Thinspiration--an online community devoted to anorexia as a life choice--she becomes an obsessive follower of the site founder, ButterflyAna. By the time Hannah's family realizes what is happening and get Hannah the help she needs, the disease has fully taken hold and Hannah is refusing to eat. Will this family be able to exorcise the demon of anorexia from their lives?

💡Why it's a match: A highly-rated genre match based on the viewing habits of people who liked The County.

The River
#8

The River

Tom and Mae Garvey are a Tennessee farming couple battling violent floods to save their land. In addition to natural disasters, the Garveys fight to stop a selfish land developer and a local corporation from foreclosing on their farm. While Mae stays at home to care for their children and tend to the crops, Tom finds work as a scab at a steel mill to preserve his family's property.

💡Why it's a match: A highly-rated genre match based on the viewing habits of people who liked The County.

The Love That Remains
#9

The Love That Remains

Tenderly captures a year in the life of a family as the parents navigate their separation. Through both playful and heartfelt moments, the film portrays the bittersweet essence of faded love and shared memories amidst the changing seasons.

💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to The County.

Fatima
#10

Fatima

In 1917, outside the parish of Fátima, Portugal, a 10-year-old girl and her two younger cousins witness multiple visitations of the Virgin Mary, who tells them that only prayer and suffering will bring an end to World War I. As secularist government officials and Church leaders try to force the children to recant their story, word of the sighting spreads across the country, inspiring religious pilgrims to flock to the site in hopes of witnessing a miracle..

💡Why it's a match: A highly-rated genre match based on the viewing habits of people who liked The County.

Blackbird
#11

Blackbird

A terminally ill mother invites her family to their country house for one final gathering, but tensions quickly boil over between her two daughters.

💡Why it's a match: A highly-rated genre match based on the viewing habits of people who liked The County.

Won't Back Down
#12

Won't Back Down

Jamie Fitzpatrick and Nona Alberts are two women from opposites sides of the social and economic track, but they have one thing in common: a mission to fix their community's broken school and ensure a bright future for their children. The two women refuse to let any obstacles stand in their way as they battle a bureaucracy that's hopelessly mired in traditional thinking, and they seek to re-energize a faculty that has lost its passion for teaching.

💡Why it's a match: A highly-rated genre match based on the viewing habits of people who liked The County.

I Remember You
#13

I Remember You

After an older lady hangs herself in a church, a new psychiatrist discovers she was obsessed with the disappearance of his eight-year-old son, who vanished three years earlier. Meanwhile, three city dwellers are restoring a house when they realize it is haunted.

💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to The County.

The Girl in the Book
#14

The Girl in the Book

The story of a young writer's transformation when her past invades her present.

💡Why it's a match: A highly-rated genre match based on the viewing habits of people who liked The County.

Holy Lands
#15

Holy Lands

When lapsed Jew and former cardiologist Harry suddenly decides to spend his retirement as a pig farmer in Nazareth, Israel, the move deeply shocks his family and his new neighbours. Back in New York, Harry’s ex-wife Monica is trying to manage the lives of their adult children, Annabelle and David, as well as her own.

💡Why it's a match: A highly-rated genre match based on the viewing habits of people who liked The County.