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10 Best Movies Like The Lesson

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

#1
The Odyssey

The Odyssey

2016★ 6.6

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

The aquatic adventure of the highly influential and fearlessly ambitious pioneer, innovator, filmmaker, researcher, and conservationist, Jacques-Yves Cousteau, covers roughly thirt...

#2
The Ardennes

The Ardennes

2015★ 6.6

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

A brutal home-jacking goes hopelessly wrong. Dave, one of the two robbers, manages to run off, leaving his brother Kenneth behind. Four years later, Kenneth is released from prison...

#3
WHAT DID JACK DO?

WHAT DID JACK DO?

2017★ 6.3

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Lesson for fans of Mystery. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

In a locked down train station, a homicide detective conducts an interview with a tormented monkey who is suspected of murder....

#4
Louise by the Shore

Louise by the Shore

2016★ 6.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Lesson for fans of Animation. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

On the last day of summer in a small seaside resort town, an older woman named Louise realizes that the last train has departed without her. She finds herself alone in the town, ab...

#5
Out of Thin Air

Out of Thin Air

2017★ 5.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Lesson for fans of Documentary. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

Set within the stark Icelandic landscape, OUT OF THIN AIR examines the 1976 police investigation into the disappearance of two men in the early 1970s....

#6
Mammon - Per Anhalter durch das Geldsystem

Mammon - Per Anhalter durch das Geldsystem

2015★ 6.0

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

"Where is my money?" - the question that everyone is sure to have asked themselves at some point is the starting point for filmmaker Philipp Enders' journey through the world of fi...