Movies Like Waiting for the New York Times

If you liked Waiting for the New York Times (2006), a movie directed by Patricia Erens, here are 20 movies with a similar feel, based on TMDB's recommendations. Each one links to its cast, trailer and where it's streaming.

1
Small Things Like These (2024)
★ 6.7/10
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…
2
Pain Hustlers (2023)
★ 6.6/10
After losing her job, a single mom falls into a lucrative but ultimately dangerous scheme selling prescription drugs.
3
The Bookshop (2017)
★ 6.5/10
Set in a small English town in 1959, a woman decides, against polite but ruthless local opposition, to open a bookshop, a decision which becomes a political minefield.
4
Kids in the Hall: Brain Candy (1996)
★ 6.3/10
A pharmaceutical scientist creates a pill that makes people remember their happiest memory, and although it's successful, it has unfortunate side effects.
5
Confessions of a Shopaholic (2009)
★ 6.5/10
In the glamorous world of New York City, Rebecca Bloomwood is a fun-loving girl who is really good at shopping – a little too good, perhaps. She dreams of working for her favorite fashion magazine, but can't quite get…
6
Tamara Drewe (2010)
★ 5.9/10
A young newspaper writer returns to her hometown in the English countryside, where her childhood home is being prepped for sale.
7
Mean Streets (1973)
★ 7/10
A small-time hood must choose from among love, friendship and the chance to rise within the mob.
8
Project Power (2020)
★ 6.4/10
An ex-soldier, a teen and a cop collide in New Orleans as they hunt for the source behind a dangerous new pill that grants users temporary superpowers.
9
Deadline - U.S.A. (1952)
★ 6.9/10
New York City newspaper The Day is in trouble. Even though editor Ed Hutcheson has worked hard running the paper, its circulation has been steadily declining. Now the publisher's widow wants to sell the paper, which…
10
Steve Jobs: The Man in the Machine (2015)
★ 6.6/10
When Steve Jobs died the world wept. But what accounted for the grief of millions of people who didn’t know him? This evocative film navigates Jobs' path from a small house in the suburbs, to zen temples in Japan, to…
11
Hillbilly Elegy (2020)
★ 6.7/10
An urgent phone call pulls a Yale Law student back to his Ohio hometown, where he reflects on three generations of family history and his own future.
12
Empire Records (1995)
★ 6.6/10
The employees of an independent music store learn about each other as they try to stop the store from being absorbed by a large chain.
13
Impact (1949)
★ 6.1/10
After surviving a murder attempt, an auto magnate goes into hiding so his wife can pay for the crime.
14
25th Hour (2002)
★ 7.3/10
On the eve of a seven-year prison sentence, a New York drug dealer spends his final day of freedom confronting his past, his relationships, and the choices that led to his downfall in a city still reeling from 9/11.
15
Odd Thomas (2013)
★ 7/10
In a California desert town, a short-order cook with clairvoyant abilities encounters a mysterious man with a link to dark, threatening forces.
16
Wonderstruck (2017)
★ 6.1/10
The story of a young boy in the Midwest is told simultaneously with a tale about a young girl in New York from fifty years ago as they both seek the same mysterious connection.
17
The Battered Bastards of Baseball (2014)
★ 7.4/10
Hollywood veteran Bing Russell creates the only independent baseball team in the country—alarming the baseball establishment and sparking the meteoric rise of the 1970s Portland Mavericks.
18
Night of the Hunted (2023)
★ 6.1/10
When an unsuspecting woman stops at a remote gas station in the dead of night, she's made the plaything of a sociopath sniper with a secret vendetta. To survive, she must not only dodge his bullets and fight for her…
19
Bastard Out of Carolina (1996)
★ 7.1/10
A poor, struggling South Carolinian mother and daughter face painful choices with their resolve and pride. Bone, the eldest daughter, and Anney her tired mother, grow both closer and farther apart: Anney sees Glen as…
20
Rad (1986)
★ 6.5/10
A BMX racer, who lives in a small town with his mother and sister, is faced with a tough decision, qualify for Helltrack or take his SATs in order to attend college.