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10 Best Movies Like Lion

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

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#1
Losing Isaiah

Losing Isaiah

1995★ 6.5

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

Khaila Richards, a crack-addicted single mother, accidentally leaves her baby in a dumpster while high and returns the next day in a panic to find he is missing. In reality, the ba...

#2
The Emerald Forest

The Emerald Forest

1985★ 6.6

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Lion for fans of Drama. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

For ten years, engineer Bill Markham has searched tirelessly for his son Tommy who disappeared from the edge of the Brazilian rainforest. Miraculously, he finds the boy living amon...

#3
A Home of Our Own

A Home of Our Own

1993★ 6.9

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

In 1960s Los Angeles an energetic widow and her six children try to make a dream of theirs come true: to have a home of their own. They leave L.A. and head for the countryside, all...

#4
Picnic at Hanging Rock

Picnic at Hanging Rock

1975★ 7.2

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

In the early 1900s, Miranda attends a girls boarding school in Australia. One Valentine's Day, the school's typically strict headmistress treats the girls to a picnic field trip to...

#5
Walkabout

Walkabout

1971★ 7.3

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

Under the pretense of having a picnic, a geologist takes his teenage daughter and 6-year-old son into the Australian outback and attempts to shoot them. When he fails, he turns the...

#6
Rabbit-Proof Fence

Rabbit-Proof Fence

2002★ 7.0

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

In 1931, three Aboriginal girls escape after being plucked from their homes to be trained as domestic staff, and set off on a trek across the Outback....

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