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10 Best Movies Like The House Is Burning

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

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#1
Three on a Match

Three on a Match

1932★ 6.3

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

Although Vivian Revere is seemingly the most successful of a trio of reunited schoolmates, she throws it away by descending into a life of debauchery and drugs....

#2
The Florida Project

The Florida Project

2017★ 7.4

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

The story of a precocious six year-old and her ragtag group of friends whose summer break is filled with childhood wonder, possibility and a sense of adventure while the adults aro...

#3
Homeless to Harvard: The Liz Murray Story

Homeless to Harvard: The Liz Murray Story

2003★ 7.3

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

Based on a true story. Liz Murray is a young girl who is taken care of by her loving, but drug-addicted parents. Liz becomes homeless at 15 and after a tragedy comes upon her, she ...

#4
What Doesn't Kill You

What Doesn't Kill You

2008★ 6.0

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

Two childhood friends from South Boston turn to crime as a way to get by, ultimately causing a strain in their personal lives and their friendship....

#5
My Own Private Idaho

My Own Private Idaho

1991★ 7.1

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

In this loose adaptation of Shakespeare's "Henry IV," Mike Waters is a hustler afflicted with narcolepsy. Scott Favor is the rebellious son of a mayor. Together, the two travel fro...

#6
Mammal

Mammal

2016★ 6.2

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

After Margaret, a divorcée living in Dublin, loses her teenage son, she develops an unorthodox relationship with Joe, a homeless youth. Their tentative trust is threatened by his i...

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