Dynamic Watchlist Hub: Apr 13, 2026

10 Best Movies Like Lift

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

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#1
The Trials of Cate McCall

The Trials of Cate McCall

2013★ 6.4

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Lift 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...

#2
Above the Rim

Above the Rim

1994★ 7.0

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

Story of a promising high school basketball star and his relationships with two brothers, one a drug dealer and the other a former basketball star fallen on hard times and now empl...

#3
The Safety of Objects

The Safety of Objects

2002★ 6.4

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

In a suburban landscape, the lives of several families interlace with loss, despair and personal crisis. Esther Gold has lost focus on all but caring for her comatose son, Paul, an...

#4
Iron Jawed Angels

Iron Jawed Angels

2004★ 6.8

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

Defiant young activists take the women's suffrage movement by storm, putting their lives at risk to help American women win the right to vote....

#5
Belly

Belly

1998★ 6.1

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Lift for fans of Crime & Drama. 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...

#6
Nancy Drew and the Hidden Staircase

Nancy Drew and the Hidden Staircase

2019★ 6.4

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Lift for fans of Crime. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

Nancy Drew, a smart high schooler with a penchant for keen observation and deduction, stumbles upon the haunting of a local home. A bit of an outsider struggling to fit into her ne...

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