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10 Best Movies Like I Smile Back

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

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#1
Blonde

Blonde

2022★ 5.9

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

From her volatile childhood as Norma Jeane, through her rise to stardom and romantic entanglements, this reimagined fictional portrait of Hollywood legend Marilyn Monroe blurs the ...

#2
Requiem for a Dream

Requiem for a Dream

2000★ 8.0

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

The drug-induced utopias of four Coney Island residents are shattered when their addictions run deep....

#3
Hider in the House

Hider in the House

1989★ 5.8

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to I Smile Back for fans of Thriller. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

A deranged man hides in the attic of a new house and becomes obsessed with the unsuspecting family that moves in....

#4
Boxcar Bertha

Boxcar Bertha

1972★ 5.8

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

"Boxcar" Bertha Thompson, a transient woman in Arkansas during the violence-filled Depression of the early '30s, meets up with rabble-rousing union man "Big" Bill Shelly and the tw...

#5
Crash

Crash

1996★ 6.5

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

A car crash victim suddenly finds himself turned on by car accidents and becomes involved with an underground sub-culture of like-minded souls....

#6
Casino

Casino

1995★ 8.0

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

In Las Vegas, two best friends--a casino executive and a Mafia enforcer--compete for a gambling empire and a fast-living, fast-loving socialite....

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