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10 Best Movies Like Lost Cause

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

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#1
Queen of Katwe

Queen of Katwe

2016★ 7.2

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

A young girl overcomes her disadvantaged upbringing in the slums of Uganda to become a Chess master....

#2
Norman

Norman

2010★ 6.1

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

A teenager pretends to be dying from cancer as a way to cope with the realities of his daily existence and his father's terminal illness....

#3
Amateur

Amateur

2018★ 6.4

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

14-year-old basketball phenom Terron Forte has to navigate the under-the-table world of amateur athletics when he is recruited to an elite NCAA prep school....

#4
Life of a King

Life of a King

2013★ 7.2

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

The true story of one man's mission to give inner city kids of Washington DC something he never had - a future. After being incarcerated for eighteen years, Eugene Brown establishe...

#5
Blue Chips

Blue Chips

1994★ 6.1

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

Pete Bell, a college basketball coach is under a lot of pressure. His team isn't winning and he cannot attract new players. The stars of the future are secretly being paid by boost...

#6
Jungleland

Jungleland

2020★ 6.4

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

Stanley manages his boxer brother Lion but when a devastating loss in the ring leaves the pair in debt, an opportunity to recoup the cash leads to a series of misadventures that th...

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