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10 Best Movies Like Lantern in the Wind

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

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#1
Queen of Katwe

Queen of Katwe

2016★ 7.2

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

A young girl overcomes her disadvantaged upbringing in the slums of Uganda to become a Chess master....

#2
Won't Back Down

Won't Back Down

2012★ 6.1

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

Jamie Fitzpatrick and Nona Alberts are two women from opposites sides of the social and economic track, but they have one thing in common: a mission to fix their community's broken...

#3
Hands of Stone

Hands of Stone

2016★ 6.6

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

The legendary Roberto Duran and his equally legendary trainer Ray Arcel change each other's lives....

#4
Girl in the Box

Girl in the Box

2016★ 6.7

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

The true story of 20-year-old Colleen Stan, a hitchhiking woman abducted by a young couple and held captive for seven years, during which time she's tortured and forced to live as ...

#5
TalhotBlond

TalhotBlond

2012★ 6.3

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Lantern in the Wind for fans of Drama. 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...

#6
Life of a King

Life of a King

2013★ 7.2

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

The true story of one man's mission to give inner city kids of Washington DC something he never had - a future. After being incarcerated for eighteen years, Eugene Brown establishe...

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