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10 Best Movies Like Lift

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

#1
Midnight Cowboy

Midnight Cowboy

1969★ 7.5

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

Joe Buck is a wide-eyed hustler from Texas hoping to score big with wealthy New York City women; he finds a companion in Enrico "Ratso" Rizzo, an ailing swindler with a bum leg and...

#2
The Dawns Here Are Quiet

The Dawns Here Are Quiet

1972★ 7.0

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

In a remote village in Karelia, Sergeant Vaskov commands an anti-aircraft unit that protects a rail depot. While his men are transferred to the front line, he is reprimanded for th...

#3
Oppenheimer

Oppenheimer

2023★ 8.0

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

The story of J. Robert Oppenheimer's role in the development of the atomic bomb during World War II....

#4
Ex Machina

Ex Machina

2015★ 7.6

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

Caleb, a coder at the world's largest internet company, wins a competition to spend a week at a private mountain retreat belonging to Nathan, the reclusive CEO of the company. But ...

#5
PK

PK

2014★ 7.7

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Lift for fans of Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

A stranger in the city asks questions no one has asked before. Known only by his initials, the man's innocent questions and childlike curiosity take him on a journey of love, laugh...

#6
12 Angry Men

12 Angry Men

1957★ 8.6

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

The defense and the prosecution have rested and the jury is filing into the jury room to decide if a young Spanish-American is guilty or innocent of murdering his father. What begi...