Dynamic Watchlist Hub: Apr 12, 2026

10 Best Movies Like Lenz

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

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#1
Girl in the Box

Girl in the Box

2016★ 6.7

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

The true story of 20-year-old Colleen Stan, a hitchhiking woman abducted by a young couple and held captive for seven years, during which time she's tortured and forced to live as ...

#2
This Crazy Heart

This Crazy Heart

2017★ 7.3

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

When 30-ish rich kid Lenny has to take care of 15-year-old David, who’s suffering from heart disease, it’s the beginning of a wild adventure. Lenny fearlessly breaks all the rules ...

#3
Someday We'll Tell Each Other Everything

Someday We'll Tell Each Other Everything

2023★ 5.8

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

Set in a warm summer in 1990 in former East Germany, it follows a young woman who begins a relationship with a charismatic farmer who is twice her age....

#4
The Magic of Ordinary Days

The Magic of Ordinary Days

2005★ 7.4

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

Pregnant out of wedlock, an educated young woman is pressured by her father into an arranged marriage with a lonely farmer in this drama set during WWII....

#5
All Day and a Night

All Day and a Night

2020★ 6.2

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

While serving life in prison, a young man looks back at the people, the circumstances and the system that set him on the path toward his crime....

#6
Mindwalk

Mindwalk

1991★ 6.9

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

On the French island of Mont Saint-Michel, Jack, a failed presidential candidate, Tom, his ex-speechwriter and Sonia, a physicist, engage in an intellectual conversation about poli...

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