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10 Best Movies Like Bent

If you loved Bent, we've curated the perfect watchlist for you based on shared genres, themes, and directorial style.

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#1
Edward II

Edward II

1991★ 6.2

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Bent for fans of Drama & History & Romance. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

England, 14th century. King Edward II falls in love with Piers Gaveston, a young man of humble origins, whom he honors with favors and titles of nobility. The cold and jealous Quee...

#2
Bronson

Bronson

2009★ 7.0

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Bent for fans of Drama. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

A young man who was sentenced to 7 years in prison for robbing a post office ends up spending 30 years in solitary confinement. During this time, his own personality is supplanted ...

#3
Prick Up Your Ears

Prick Up Your Ears

1987★ 6.7

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Bent for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

When the young, attractive Joe Orton meets the older, more introverted Kenneth Halliwell at drama school, he befriends the kindred spirit and they start an affair. As Orton becomes...

#4
Jungle Fever

Jungle Fever

1991★ 6.4

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Bent for fans of Drama & Romance. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

A successful and married black man contemplates having an affair with a white girl from work. He's quite rightly worried that the racial difference would make an already taboo rela...

#5
Rent: Filmed Live on Broadway

Rent: Filmed Live on Broadway

2008★ 7.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Bent for fans of Drama & Romance. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Set in New York City's gritty East Village, the revolutionary rock opera RENT tells the story of a group of bohemians struggling to live and pay their rent. "Measuring their lives ...

#6
Convict

Convict

2014★ 6.5

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Bent for fans of Drama. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

Set in the dark and old Parramatta prison built by the original convicts our lead character Ray a war veteran finds himself serving 18 months for manslaughter after defending his f...

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