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10 Best Movies Like The Painted Lie

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

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#1
Scandalous Sex

Scandalous Sex

2004★ 6.9

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

A daughter seeks to restore the reputation of her disgraced father, a wronged college professor. With help of a professional student, she must overcome an ambitious sorority bitch ...

#2
Woman in Gold

Woman in Gold

2015★ 7.3

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

Maria Altmann, an octogenarian Jewish refugee, takes on the government to recover artwork she believes rightfully belongs to her family....

#3
The Trials of Cate McCall

The Trials of Cate McCall

2013★ 6.4

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

In order to be reinstated to the bar and recover custody of her daughter, a hotshot lawyer, now in recovery and on probation, must take on the appeal of a woman wrongfully convicte...

#4
The Girl in the Book

The Girl in the Book

2015★ 5.8

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

The story of a young writer's transformation when her past invades her present....

#5
Adopt a Highway

Adopt a Highway

2019★ 6.7

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

Russ Millings has just been released from prison after serving 21 years for a 3rd strike conviction for possessing an ounce of marijuana. As he tries to adapt to a world he doesn’t...

#6
Imperial Dreams

Imperial Dreams

2014★ 6.6

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

A 21-year-old reformed gangster's devotion to his family and his future is put to the test when he is released from prison and returns to his old stomping grounds in Watts, Los Ang...

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