Movies like Cold Brook (2019)
The best movies like Cold Brook (2019) are The Last Beyond (2020), The Simple Life of Noah Dearborn (1999) and The Storyteller (2018). If Cold Brook 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 Straight Story (1999)7.7/10 from 1,917 votes
- NewestEleanor the Great (2025)Released 2025
The Last Beyond (2020)
Dreams and memory intertwine in the Depression as a man grieving his father's death leads an unlikely crew in search of freedom in the mountains of Montana.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
The Simple Life of Noah Dearborn (1999)
In the small Southern community of Twin Pines, GA, lives Noah Dearborn, a master craftsman and farmer who cherishes his solitude almost as much as the local townspeople cherish him — especially restaurant owner Sarah McClellan. But when greedy real estate developers set their sights on Noah's land and he rejects their six-figure offer, this taciturn man is forced to summon all his strength in order to defend not only his property and way of life, but his sanity.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
The Storyteller (2018)
The love of an enchanted young girl brings wonder and healing to a broken family.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Head Full of Honey (2018)
A young girl tries to help her grandfather, who is suffering from Alzheimer’s, navigate his increasing forgetfulness, and ends up going on a remarkable adventure with him.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Straight Story (1999)
Retired farmer and widower Alvin Straight learns one day that his estranged brother Lyle has suffered a severe stroke. Alvin is determined to make things right with Lyle while he still can, but his brother lives in Wisconsin, while Alvin is stuck in Iowa with no car and no driver's license. He then has the idea of making the trip on his old lawnmower, thus beginning a picturesque and at times deeply spiritual odyssey.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Worth the HypeMovies like thisAn Unfinished Life (2005)
Stoic and heartbroken, Einar Gilkyson quietly lives in the rugged Wyoming ranchlands alongside his only trusted friend, Mitch Bradley. One day, the woman he blames for the death of his only son arrives at his door broke, desperate, and with a granddaughter he's never known. But even as buried anger and accusations resurface, the way is opened for unexpected connection, adventure, and forgiveness.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisWhat They Had (2018)
A woman must fly back to her hometown when her Alzheimer's-stricken mother wanders into a blizzard. The return home forces her to confront her past.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe City of Your Final Destination (2009)
28-year-old Kansas University doctoral student Omar Razaghi wins a grant to write a biography of Latin American writer Jules Gund. Omar must get through to three people who were close to Gund – his brother, widow, and younger mistress – so he can get authorization to write the biography.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
SnoozefestMovies 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: Fans watch both · both drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisSeven Days in Utopia (2011)
Talent can only get you so far. For golfer Luke Chisholm, that turns out to be Utopia, Texas -- where he's left stranded after blowing his pro debut.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
SnoozefestMovies like thisThe Reading Room (2005)
Making good on a promise he made to his dying wife, a widower (Jones) opens a reading room, a place where people can learn to read. Despite his goodwill, problems in the neighborhood threaten his establishment.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Outside In (2018)
An ex-con struggling to readjust to life in his small town forms an intense bond with his former high-school teacher.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisWild (2014)
A woman with a tragic past decides to start her new life by hiking for one thousand miles on the Pacific Crest Trail.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Worth the HypeMovies like thisGuest Artist (2019)
Joseph Harris, a legendary, but troubled playwright comes to small Michigan town at Christmastime to mount his latest play. Greeting the cynical New Yorker is a young, aspiring writer who challenges his hero to be the icon he’d idolized. However, Harris wants no part of Michigan, small towns and he has no interest in being the young man’s hero. The young man must face his hero and navigate the relationship between heroes, reality and hope.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
One Percent More Humid (2017)
A pair of childhood friends reunite during their summer break from college and deal with a traumatizing experience from their past.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Lucky (2017)
Follows the journey of a 90-year-old atheist and the quirky characters that inhabit his off-the-map desert town. He finds himself at the precipice of life, thrust into a journey of self-exploration.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Worth the HypeMovies like thisThe Grizzlies (2019)
In a small Arctic town struggling with the highest suicide rate in North America, a group of Inuit students' lives are transformed when they are introduced to the sport of lacrosse.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Worth the HypeMovies like thisIs Anybody There? (2009)
A young boy who lives in an old folks' home strikes up a friendship with a retired magician.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisLooking Through Water (2025)
William McKay’s successful New York executive career is in ruins after a shocking betrayal. Called by his estranged father, William travels to Belize for a father & son fishing tournament that reopens old wounds and sparks new understanding. Decades later, William recalls that pivotal trip as he tries to connect with his angry, distant grandson.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Wild Hearts (2006)
When Bob Hart, a widowed police detective trying to raise a rebellious teenage daughter, inherits a Montana horse ranch, he jumps at the opportunity to leave Los Angeles for the open range. Soon after arriving, Bob accepts the position as county sheriff and discovers that the seemingly bucolic countryside is far from tranquil. His problems include wolves who attack his stock, ruthless developers trying to take over the town and a female veterinarian with a chip on her shoulder, while trying to build a new home.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Mud (2013)
Two teenage boys find a fugitive hiding out on an island in the Mississippi River and help him reunite with his lover and escape an avenging family and their armed posse.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Worth the HypeMovies like thisA River Runs Through It (1992)
The Maclean brothers, Paul and Norman, live a relatively idyllic life in rural Montana, spending much of their time fly fishing. The sons of a minister, the boys eventually part company when Norman moves east to attend college, leaving his rebellious brother to find trouble back home. When Norman finally returns, the siblings resume their fishing outings, and assess where they've been and where they're going.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Worth the HypeMovies like thisLast Ounce of Courage (2012)
Bob Revere is a small town Mayor and combat decorated veteran. He faces a root of bitterness from his past filled with heartbreaking loss. His grandson comes back into his life after many years to ask the most important question, “What are we doing with our life to make a difference?” Bob had grown apathetic along with an entire town. Now with the help of children, a group of people all band together to inspire hope, take back the freedoms that are being lost and take a stand for truth.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
The Catch (2020)
A troubled woman returns to her estranged family in coastal Maine. With her lobsterman father caught up in a turf war at sea, she and an ex-boyfriend make plans to hijack local drug runners. As their desperation mounts, each character makes increasingly compromised and morally dubious decisions that threaten their way of life and their loved ones.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
I Was a Simple Man (2021)
A ghost story set in the pastoral countryside of the north shore of O‘ahu telling the story of an elderly man facing the end of his life, visited by the ghosts of his past.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Strange Weather (2016)
Years after her son's suicide, a woman longs to confront both the past and a friend of his who took his business idea.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
SnoozefestMovies 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 thisCardboard Boxer (2016)
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.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisHardball (2001)
An aimless young man who is scalping tickets, gambling and drinking, agrees to coach a Little League team from the Cabrini Green housing project in Chicago as a condition of getting a loan from a friend.
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
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Frequently asked questions
What are the best movies like Cold Brook?
The closest matches to Cold Brook are The Last Beyond (2020), The Simple Life of Noah Dearborn (1999) and The Storyteller (2018). Below are 27 more, each with the reason it matches.
What should I watch after Cold Brook?
People who watched Cold Brook most often go on to The Last Beyond (2020), The Simple Life of Noah Dearborn (1999) and The Storyteller (2018).
What is the highest-rated movie like Cold Brook?
The Straight Story (1999), rated 7.7/10 by 1,917 TMDB users.
What is the newest movie like Cold Brook?
Eleanor the Great (2025) is the most recent release on this list.
Are there English movies like Cold Brook?
Yes: The Last Beyond (2020), The Simple Life of Noah Dearborn (1999) and The Storyteller (2018).
How are movies similar to Cold Brook chosen?
First come films that Trakt’s viewers watch alongside Cold Brook, then TMDB’s recommendations and films it rates as similar in story and genre. Each pick says which signal put it there.