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10 Best Movies Like A Lighter Burden to Bear

If you loved A Lighter Burden to Bear, we've curated the perfect watchlist for you based on shared genres, themes, and directorial style.

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#1
Cheaters

Cheaters

2000★ 6.3

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to A Lighter Burden to Bear for fans of Drama & TV Movie. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

In the fall of 1994, a teacher at Chicago's run-down Steinmetz High conspires with the school's academic decathlon team to cheat on an academic competition....

#2
Psych 3: This Is Gus

Psych 3: This Is Gus

2021★ 6.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to A Lighter Burden to Bear for fans of Comedy & TV Movie. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

In preparation for a shotgun wedding before the birth of Baby Guster, Shawn and Gus go rogue in an attempt to track down Selene’s estranged husband, as Lassiter grapples with the f...

#3
TalhotBlond

TalhotBlond

2012★ 6.3

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to A Lighter Burden to Bear for fans of Drama & TV Movie. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Thomas Montgomery, a married father of two young daughters, gets seduced by the world of online gambling and chat rooms where a virtual romance and sexual obsession ultimately lead...

#4
No One Would Tell

No One Would Tell

1996★ 7.0

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to A Lighter Burden to Bear for fans of Drama & TV Movie. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Shy sixteen-year-old Stacy Collins can't believe that the most popular guy in school, an attractive athlete named Bobby Tennison, is interested in her. At first she is flattered by...

#5
SubUrbia

SubUrbia

1997★ 6.2

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to A Lighter Burden to Bear for fans of Comedy & Drama. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

A group of suburban teenagers try to support each other through the difficult task of becoming adults....

#6
Class Act

Class Act

1992★ 6.2

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to A Lighter Burden to Bear for fans of Comedy & Drama. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

Duncan is a genius straight A student, Blade is ajuvenile delinquent. But because of a mix up with their school records, everyone thinks each is the other one. Now, Duncan kind of ...

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