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10 Best Movies Like Shell

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

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#1
Secrets & Lies

Secrets & Lies

1996★ 7.6

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

After her adoptive mother dies, Hortense, a successful black optometrist, seeks out her birth mother. She's shocked when her research leads her to Cynthia, a working class white wo...

#2
The Ketchup Effect

The Ketchup Effect

2004★ 5.2

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

A teenager's reputation is destroyed when she falls asleep drunk at a party and some boys take provocative photos of her....

#3
Cyanide

Cyanide

2013★ 5.5

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

Achille, 13, awaits, full of hope, the release from prison of his father, unknown and fantasized. His dream of living as a threesome, like a real family, will be seriously undermin...

#4
Eddie the Eagle

Eddie the Eagle

2016★ 7.2

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

The feel-good story of Michael 'Eddie' Edwards, an unlikely but courageous British ski-jumper who never stopped believing in himself—even as an entire nation was counting him out. ...

#5
Bad Moms

Bad Moms

2016★ 6.5

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

When three overworked and under-appreciated moms are pushed beyond their limits, they ditch their conventional responsibilities for a jolt of long overdue freedom, fun, and comedic...

#6
I, Tonya

I, Tonya

2017★ 7.5

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

Competitive ice skater Tonya Harding rises amongst the ranks at the U.S. Figure Skating Championships, but her future in the sport is thrown into doubt when her ex-husband interven...