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10 Best Movies Like L.I.E.

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

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#1
A Thousand and One

A Thousand and One

2023★ 6.6

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

Struggling but unapologetically living on her own terms, Inez is moving from shelter to shelter in mid-1990s New York City. With her 6-year-old son Terry in foster care and unable ...

#2
Lost Girls

Lost Girls

2020★ 6.1

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

When Mari Gilbert's daughter disappears, police inaction drives her own investigation into the gated Long Island community where Shannan was last seen. Her search brings attention ...

#3
Boy A

Boy A

2008★ 7.1

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

Freed after a lengthy term in a juvenile detention center, convicted child killer Jack Burridge finds work as a deliveryman and begins dating co-worker Michelle. While out on the r...

#4
The United States of Leland

The United States of Leland

2003★ 6.5

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

A withdrawn young man, Leland Fitzgerald is imprisoned for the murder of a mentally disabled boy, who also happened to be the brother of his girlfriend, Becky. As the community str...

#5
Kids

Kids

1995★ 6.9

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

A group of bored, disaffected New York City teenagers spend a day skating, smoking, drinking, partying, deflowering virgins, and getting into fights....

#6
Once Upon a Time in America

Once Upon a Time in America

1984★ 8.4

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

A former Prohibition-era Jewish gangster returns to the Lower East Side of Manhattan over thirty years later, where he once again must confront the ghosts and regrets of his old li...

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