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10 Best Movies Like Lions Love

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

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#1
Nimic

Nimic

2020★ 6.6

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

A professional cellist has an encounter with a stranger on the subway which has unexpected and far-reaching ramifications on his life....

#2
Ivan's Childhood

Ivan's Childhood

1962★ 7.8

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

In WW2, twelve year old Soviet orphan Ivan Bondarev works for the Soviet army as a scout behind the German lines and strikes a friendship with three sympathetic Soviet officers....

#3
Away We Go

Away We Go

2009★ 6.7

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

Verona and Burt have moved to Colorado to be close to Burt's parents but, with Verona expecting their first child, Burt's parents inexplicably decide to move to Belgium, now leavin...

#4
Nightcap

Nightcap

2000★ 6.3

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

Mika, heiress to a Swiss chocolate company, is married to celebrated pianist André and stepmother to his son, Guillaume, whose mother died in a car wreck on his tenth birthday. The...

#5
Mur Murs

Mur Murs

1981★ 7.4

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

Venturing from Venice Beach to Watts, Varda looks at the murals of LA as backdrop to and mirror of the city’s many cultures. She casts a curious eye on graffiti and photorealism, r...

#6
What Have I Done to Deserve This?

What Have I Done to Deserve This?

1984★ 7.1

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

A henpecked housewife ekes out a meager existence, surrounded by a host of colorful characters: her ungrateful husband, her delinquent sons, her headstrong mother-in-law, and her s...