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10 Best Movies Like Knifelife

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

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#1
Bastard Out of Carolina

Bastard Out of Carolina

1996★ 7.2

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

A poor, struggling South Carolinian mother and daughter face painful choices with their resolve and pride. Bone, the eldest daughter, and Anney her tired mother, grow both closer a...

#2
Come Sunday

Come Sunday

2018★ 5.8

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

Evangelist Carlton Pearson is ostracized by his church for preaching that there is no Hell....

#3
The Young One

The Young One

1960★ 6.9

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

A jazz musician seeks refuge from a lynch mob on a remote island, where he meets a hostile game warden and the young object of his attentions....

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2020★ 6.7

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

Early morning silence is broken by screeching tires as a helicopter bears down on a speeding vehicle. Taking a quick corner, the team tumbles out into the woods as their car pulls ...

#5
Salomé

Salomé

2013★ 6.2

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

After the lewd and frenetic Dance of the Seven Veils, and with the solemn pledge from the very lips of Herod himself that she could have whatever her heart desires up to half his k...

#6
Farming

Farming

2018★ 6.2

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

Based on the writer/director's childhood, FARMING tells the story of a young Nigerian boy, 'farmed out' by his parents to a white British family in the hope of a better future. Ins...

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