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10 Best Movies Like My Name Is Leon

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

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#1
Babylon

Babylon

1980★ 7.0

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

Drama telling the story of Blue, a young man of Jamaican descent living in Brixton in 1980, as he hangs out with his friends, fronts a dub sound system, loses his job, struggles wi...

#2
All Together Now

All Together Now

2020★ 6.7

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

An optimistic, talented teen clings to a huge secret: she's homeless and living on a school bus. When tragedy strikes, can she learn to accept a helping hand?...

#3
Jonathan

Jonathan

2018★ 5.9

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

Jonathan is a young man with a strange condition that only his brother understands. But when he begins to yearn for a different life, their unique bond becomes increasingly tested...

#4
The Young One

The Young One

1960★ 6.9

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

A jazz musician seeks refuge from a lynch mob on a remote island, where he meets a hostile game warden and the young object of his attentions....

#5
Hellion

Hellion

2014★ 5.9

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

When motocross and heavy metal obsessed, 13-year-old Jacob's delinquent behavior forces CPS to place his little brother Wes with his aunt, Jacob and his emotionally absent father m...

#6
Firstborn

Firstborn

1984★ 6.1

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

Because he's the oldest, Jake has been the man of the house, since his parents divorce. When Mom starts seeing Sam, who always seems to be trying some new way to get rich quick, an...

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