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10 Best Movies Like Shoeshine

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

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#1
Roma

Roma

1972★ 7.2

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

A virtually plotless, gaudy, impressionistic portrait of Rome through the eyes of one of its most famous citizens....

#2
Boys Cry

Boys Cry

2018★ 7.0

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

Mirko and Manolo are best friends and live in the suburbs of Rome. They both live in poor conditions with their single parents, are still in school and struggle with occasional odd...

#3
Angel of Evil

Angel of Evil

2010★ 6.8

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

Set in Italy in the 1970s, VALLANZASCA is the true story of the Italian underworld’s most infamous outlaw. A criminal by age 9, Renato Vallanzasca grew up to become the country’s m...

#4
Padre Padrone

Padre Padrone

1977★ 6.9

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

The true story of the life of Gavino Ledda, the son of a Sardinian shepherd, and how he managed to escape his harsh, almost barbaric existence by slowly educating himself, despite ...

#5
The Professor

The Professor

1986★ 7.1

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

Young Franco is imprisoned for murder and rises to become the feared and powerful 'Professor', taking control of Naples' underworld from behind bars....

#6
Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion

Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion

1970★ 8.2

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

Rome, Italy. After committing a heinous crime, a senior police officer exposes evidence incriminating him because his moral commitment prevents him from circumventing the law and t...

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