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10 Best Movies Like I Was Here

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

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#1
Trainspotting

Trainspotting

1996★ 8.0

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to I Was Here for fans of Crime & Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Heroin addict Mark Renton stumbles through bad ideas and sobriety attempts with his unreliable friends --Sick Boy, Begbie, Spud and Tommy. He also has an underage girlfriend, Diane...

#2
Adulthood

Adulthood

2008★ 6.2

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to I Was Here for fans of Crime & Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

After serving six years for killing his schoolmate, a young man learns that someone is out for revenge....

#3
Layer Cake

Layer Cake

2004★ 6.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to I Was Here for fans of Crime & Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

When a seemingly straight-forward drug deal goes awry, XXXX has to break his die-hard rules and turn up the heat, not only to outwit the old regime and come out on top, but to save...

#4
Winged Creatures

Winged Creatures

2009★ 5.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to I Was Here for fans of Crime & Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

A psychotic man opens fire in a diner, murdering numerous people before killing himself. The survivors struggle in different ways following this horrendous event: a doctor doubts h...

#5
Body Brokers

Body Brokers

2021★ 6.2

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to I Was Here for fans of Crime. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

Utah and his girlfriend Opal, are drug addicts living on the streets in rural Ohio. After getting recruited by body broker Wood and offered treatment in Los Angeles, Wood takes Uta...

#6
Heaven Knows What

Heaven Knows What

2015★ 6.5

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to I Was Here for fans of Crime & Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

A young heroin addict roams the streets of New York to panhandle and get her next fix, while her unstable boyfriend drifts in and out of her life at random....

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