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10 Best Movies Like The Lears

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

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#1
King Lear

King Lear

2018★ 6.1

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

An aging King invites disaster, when he abdicates to his corrupt, toadying daughters, and rejects his loving and honest one....

#2
The House of Tomorrow

The House of Tomorrow

2019★ 6.8

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

The film tells futurist, architect, and inventor R. Buckminster Fuller's incredible story through two teens hoping to get laid, become punk gods, and survive high school....

#3
Winged Creatures

Winged Creatures

2009★ 5.9

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

A psychotic man opens fire in a diner, murdering numerous people before killing himself. The survivors struggle in different ways following this horrendous event: a doctor doubts h...

#4
Mickybo and Me

Mickybo and Me

2005★ 7.1

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

The film tells the story of two boys who become friends at the start of the Troubles in 1970. The boys share an obsession with Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, with the conseque...

#5
Juniper

Juniper

2021★ 6.5

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

When a self-destructive teenager is suspended from school and asked to look after his feisty alcoholic grandmother as a punishment, the crazy time they spend together turns his lif...

#6
Don't Think Twice

Don't Think Twice

2016★ 6.4

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

An improv group deals with several crises, including the loss of their lease and one member hitting the big time....

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