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10 Best Movies Like The Lower Depths

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

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#1
Knock on Any Door

Knock on Any Door

1949★ 6.2

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

An attorney defends a hoodlum of murder, using the oppressiveness of the slums to appeal to the court....

#2
The Secret: Dare to Dream

The Secret: Dare to Dream

2020★ 7.3

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

A widow with three children hires a handyman to fix her house during a major storm. When not doing home repairs, he shares his philosophy of believing in the power of the universe ...

#3
Winter's Tale

Winter's Tale

2014★ 6.3

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

A burglar falls for an heiress as she dies in his arms. When he learns that he has the gift of reincarnation, he sets out to save her....

#4
Peter Ibbetson

Peter Ibbetson

1935★ 7.0

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

When his mother dies, young Peter Ibbetson leaves Paris and his best friend, Mary, behind to live with a severe uncle in England. Years later, Peter is an architect with little tim...

#5
The Future

The Future

2011★ 6.0

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

When a couple decides to adopt a stray cat their perspective on life changes radically, literally altering the course of time and space and testing their faith in each other and th...

#6
Blind

Blind

2017★ 6.2

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

A novelist is blinded in a car crash that killed his wife and several years later rediscovers his passion for life and writing when he embarks on an affair with the neglected wife ...

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