Movies like First Movement for Twenty Men in an Empty Room (2008)
The best movies like First Movement for Twenty Men in an Empty Room (2008) are All Day and a Night (2020), Omaha (2025) and Hungry Hearts (2015). If First Movement for Twenty Men in an Empty Room hooked you with its drama, these 30 similar films are what to watch next, and every pick says why it matches.
Quick picks
- Highest ratedThe Neighbors' Window (2019)6.9/10 from 235 votes
- NewestOmaha (2025)Released 2025
- In SpanishOut in the Open (2019)Also in Spanish
All Day and a Night (2020)
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.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisOmaha (2025)
A young girl and her brother are awoken by their father and loaded into the car on an early morning in 2008. As they road trip across the American West, she discovers the truth about their seemingly spontaneous journey.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisHungry Hearts (2015)
The relationship of a couple who meet by chance in New York City is put to the test when they encounter a life or death circumstance.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisDaddy Longlegs (2010)
After months of living a solitary existence, Lenny, 34, picks up his kids from school. Every year he spends a couple of weeks with his sons Sage, 9, and Frey, 7. Lenny hosts his kids within a midtown studio apartment in New York. During these two weeks, he must figure out if he wants to act as their father or be their friend. Ultimately, their trip upstate results in complete lawlessness taking over their lives.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisO.G. (2018)
Louis Menkins is five weeks away from being released after 26 years in prison. He is faced with the decision to put his own release at risk in order to protect a young man named Beecher from growing gang controversies.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama
SnoozefestMovies like thisRogue Agent (2022)
Conman Robert Freegard poses as an undercover MI5 agent and kidnaps countless victims amidst a high-stakes manhunt, until the woman who fell for him brings him to justice.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisMost (2003)
A poetic and powerful story of a father forced to choose between love and duty.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama
Worth the HypeMovies like thisThe Neighbors' Window (2019)
The story of a middle-aged woman with small children whose life is shaken up when two free-spirited twenty-somethings move in across the street.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisCome Sunday (2018)
Evangelist Carlton Pearson is ostracized by his church for preaching that there is no Hell.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama
SnoozefestMovies like thisCall Me Crazy: A Five Film (2013)
A psychotherapist helps a law student cope with schizophrenia in one of five interconnected tales dealing with mental illness.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama
Worth the HypeMovies like thisThe Young One (1960)
A jazz musician seeks refuge from a lynch mob on a remote island, where he meets a hostile game warden and the young object of his attentions.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama
Worth the HypeMovies like thisBattle of the Year (2013)
A down-on-his-luck coach is hired to prepare a team of the best American dancers for an international tournament that attracts all the best crews from around the world, but the Americans haven't won in fifteen years.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisA Corner in Wheat (1909)
On a whim, a greedy tycoon decides to corner the world market in wheat. This doubles the price of bread, forcing grain producers into charity lines and others further into poverty. The film contrasts the differences between the lives of those who work to grow the wheat and the life of the man who dabbles in its sale for profit.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisEleanor the Great (2025)
94-year-old Eleanor Morgenstein tries to rebuild her life after the death of her best friend. As a result, she moves back to New York City after living in Florida for decades.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisHounddog (2008)
A drama set in the American South, where a precocious, troubled girl finds a safe haven in the music and movement of Elvis Presley.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisOut in the Open (2019)
A boy escaped from home, listening, crouched in the depths of his hiding place, the cries of the men who seek him. When the game passes, what remains before him is an infinite and arid plain that he must cross if he wants to get away definitively from what has made him flee. His steps will intersect with those of a pastor and, from that moment, nothing will be the same for either of them.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Beautiful Country (2004)
After reuniting with his mother in Ho Chi Minh City, a family tragedy causes Binh to flee from Viet Nam to America. Landing in New York, Binh begins a road trip to Texas, where his American father is said to live.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisNotes for My Son (2020)
Battling terminal cancer, a woman writes a one of a kind notebook about life, death and love for her son to remember her by. Based on a true story.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama
Worth the HypeMovies like thisThe Safety of Objects (2002)
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 spark in life, while Annette Jennings tries to rebuild hers.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisHands of Stone (2016)
The legendary Roberto Duran and his equally legendary trainer Ray Arcel change each other's lives.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisLas dos Claudias (2019)
Claudia is a young woman who spends her days working in an old bookstore. One day, after finding a forgotten letter in a book, she starts an adventure to deliver it.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both drama
Echo of the Past (2019)
José Alberto seems condemned to wander through the countryside like a lost soul since the moment of his beloved's untimely death. Until one day, nature conspires to remind him of his torturous past. It takes strength to uncover the mystery that resides within him, and perhaps, to finally break free from living chained to melancholy.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both drama
The Last Goodbye (2025)
Paula, a lonely girl, lives with her older sister, who cares for her seriously ill mother. In the turmoil of her family's critical situation, Paula imagines a girl identical to herself who will help her face her reality and get closer to her mother before it's too late.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both drama
Reflection (2018)
A young man feels uncomfortable with his boyfriend and returns to his apartment to masturbate, but something continues to affect his mood.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both drama
Angst and Treason (2024)
During an awkward family gathering, María, a young lady going through a love crisis, discovers a secret that will transform her reality.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both drama
Autobiography to Correct What-ifs (2017)
Virginia, an elderly writer, starts to pen her autobiography, when her character suddenly refuses to play her role in the story. She insists that she wants to tell the truth.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both drama
Lethargy (2025)
After receiving an anonymous threat regarding intimate photos shared on social media without her consent, the inner world of Ágatha, a lonely young woman, undergoes a profound shift and turns against her.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both drama
You, the Face of My Reflection (TBA)
On the day of her audition, a dance student confronts the materialisation of her own reflection, a presence that disrupts her preparation and puts her performance at risk.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both drama
Monotonous Sound (2019)
Hector is a man of the third age with serious problems of memory, the small homemade tasks of the daily life will be complicated as the day passes.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both drama
Strings (2023)
The hands of a puppeteer control the bodies of two dancers who compete with each other.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both drama
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Frequently asked questions
What are the best movies like First Movement for Twenty Men in an Empty Room?
The closest matches to First Movement for Twenty Men in an Empty Room are All Day and a Night (2020), Omaha (2025) and Hungry Hearts (2015). Below are 27 more, each with the reason it matches.
What should I watch after First Movement for Twenty Men in an Empty Room?
Start with All Day and a Night (2020), the closest match to First Movement for Twenty Men in an Empty Room.
What is the highest-rated movie like First Movement for Twenty Men in an Empty Room?
The Neighbors' Window (2019), rated 6.9/10 by 235 TMDB users.
What is the newest movie like First Movement for Twenty Men in an Empty Room?
Omaha (2025) is the most recent release on this list.
Are there Spanish movies like First Movement for Twenty Men in an Empty Room?
Yes: Out in the Open (2019), Notes for My Son (2020) and Las dos Claudias (2019).
How are movies similar to First Movement for Twenty Men in an Empty Room chosen?
First come films that Trakt’s viewers watch alongside First Movement for Twenty Men in an Empty Room, then TMDB’s recommendations and films it rates as similar in story and genre. Each pick says which signal put it there.