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10 Best Movies Like Killing Lionel

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

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#1
Belly

Belly

1998★ 6.1

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

Tommy Bundy and Sincere are best friends as well as infamous and ruthless criminals and shot-callers in the hood. Respected by many but feared by all. As the police are closing in...

#2
Maniac

Maniac

1963★ 6.1

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Killing Lionel for fans of Crime. It captures a similar spine-chilling atmosphere.

When a stranger enters a quiet, country town and is seduced by a sensuous married woman he unwittingly finds himself at the centre of a storm of sexual guilt and murder....

#3
Panic

Panic

2000★ 6.2

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

Alex is going through a midlife crisis and it has become a very difficult time for him. His marriage is struggling, he's worried about his son, and his job of killing people for hi...

#4
Marmalade

Marmalade

2024★ 6.7

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

Baron, an imprisoned man, strikes up a friendship with cellmate Otis. As the pair hatch an escape plan together, Baron recalls the story of how he met Marmalade, the love of his li...

#5
Frank and Penelope

Frank and Penelope

2022★ 7.3

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Killing Lionel for fans of Crime. It captures a similar spine-chilling atmosphere.

A tale of love and violence when a man on his emotional last legs finds a savior seductively dancing in a run-down strip club. And a life most certainly headed off a cliff suddenly...

#6
Psycho Therapy: The Shallow Tale of a Writer Who Decided to Write About a Serial Killer

Psycho Therapy: The Shallow Tale of a Writer Who Decided to Write About a Serial Killer

2025★ 6.7

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

A struggling writer in the midst of a divorce befriends a retired serial killer who incidentally becomes his marriage counselor by day, and killing counselor for his next book by n...

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