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10 Best Movies Like Lily Dale

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

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#1
Fences

Fences

2016★ 6.9

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

In 1950s Pittsburgh, a frustrated African-American father struggles with the constraints of poverty, racism, and his own inner demons as he tries to raise a family....

#2
Cassandra's Dream

Cassandra's Dream

2007★ 6.3

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

The tale of two brothers with serious financial woes. When a third party proposes they turn to crime, things go bad and the two become enemies....

#3
Hamlet

Hamlet

1948★ 7.4

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

Winner of four Academy Awards, including Best Picture and Best Actor, Sir Laurence Olivier’s Hamlet continues to be the most compelling version of Shakespeare’s beloved tragedy. Ol...

#4
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof

Cat on a Hot Tin Roof

1958★ 7.6

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

An alcoholic ex-football player drinks his days away, having failed to come to terms with his sexuality and his real feelings for his football buddy who died after an ambiguous acc...

#5
East of Eden

East of Eden

1955★ 7.5

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

In the Salinas Valley in and around World War I, Cal Trask feels he must compete against overwhelming odds with his brother for the love of their father. Cal is frustrated at every...

#6
Dad

Dad

1989★ 6.4

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

A busy executive learns during a meeting that his mother may be dying and rushes home to her side. He ends up being his father's caretaker and becomes closer to him than ever befor...

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