Dynamic Watchlist Hub: Apr 11, 2026

10 Best Movies Like L.I.E.

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

🏆

Expert Review & Ratings

See our full critical analysis and audience score for L.I.E..

View Review →
Advertisement
#1
A Thousand and One

A Thousand and One

2023★ 6.6

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

Struggling but unapologetically living on her own terms, Inez is moving from shelter to shelter in mid-1990s New York City. With her 6-year-old son Terry in foster care and unable ...

#2
Lost Girls

Lost Girls

2020★ 6.1

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

When Mari Gilbert's daughter disappears, police inaction drives her own investigation into the gated Long Island community where Shannan was last seen. Her search brings attention ...

#3
The United States of Leland

The United States of Leland

2003★ 6.5

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

A withdrawn young man, Leland Fitzgerald is imprisoned for the murder of a mentally disabled boy, who also happened to be the brother of his girlfriend, Becky. As the community str...

#4
Kids

Kids

1995★ 6.9

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

A group of bored, disaffected New York City teenagers spend a day skating, smoking, drinking, partying, deflowering virgins, and getting into fights....

#5
An American Crime

An American Crime

2007★ 7.3

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to L.I.E. for fans of Drama & Crime. It captures a similar spine-chilling atmosphere.

The true story of suburban housewife Gertrude Baniszewski, who kept a teenage girl locked in the basement of her Indiana home during the 1960s....

#6
Òlòtūré

Òlòtūré

2019★ 6.3

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

In Lagos, Nigeria, young, naive Nigerian journalist Òlòtūré goes undercover to expose the shady underworld of human trafficking. Unused to this brutal environment, crawling with ru...

Advertisement