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10 Best Movies Like Burden

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

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#1
Very Good Girls

Very Good Girls

2013★ 5.8

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

Two New York City girls make a pact to lose their virginity during their first summer out of high school. When they both fall for the same street artist, the friends find their con...

#2
5lbs of Pressure

5lbs of Pressure

2024★ 5.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Burden for fans of Thriller. It captures a similar heartwarming atmosphere.

Fresh out of prison after serving time for murder, Adam returns to his old stomping grounds to seek out a son who doesn't know him. Eli, the brother of the man he killed is looking...

#3
True to the Game

True to the Game

2017★ 5.8

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

Based on the Terri Woods best selling novel, True to the Game is the love story of Quadir Richards, a charismatic drug lord, and Gena Rollins, a young girl from the projects of Phi...

#4
Wild Nights with Emily

Wild Nights with Emily

2018★ 5.9

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

Explore Emily Dickinson's vivacious, irreverent side that was covered up for years — most notably her lifelong romantic relationship with another woman....

#5
Executor

Executor

2016★ 4.8

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Burden for fans of Action. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

Kyle (Markiss McFadden), one of the many orphans raised in an orphanage by Father Antonio (Paul Sorvino) is an assassin who is sent on missions; from God. For years Father Antonio ...

#6
Apache Territory

Apache Territory

1958★ 6.4

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Burden for fans of Action. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

Logan Cates sets out to rescue a white woman captured by Apache Indians and prevent a war. On the way he is joined by a few civilians and a small band of soldiers at a water hole. ...