Adopt a Highway (2019)

Name: Adopt a Highway
Released: 2019

Russ Millings has just been released from prison after serving 21 years for a 3rd strike conviction for possessing an ounce of marijuana. As he tries to adapt to a world he doesn’t recognize – including trying to learn how to use the internet – he finds an abandoned baby in a dumpster behind the fast food restaurant where he works as a dishwasher. Unsure of what to do, and caught between impulses of kindness and panic, Russ soon realizes this could be his chance at redemption.

Genres: Drama

What to watch after Adopt a Highway

The Guilty (2021) — Two steps away in the credits
In a Valley of Violence (2016) — Ethan Hawke appears in both
Snow Falling on Cedars (1999) — Two steps away in the credits
The Kid (2019) — Two steps away in the credits
Blue Moon (2025) — Same feel: reflective, melancholy
Good Kill (2014) — Two steps away in the credits