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10 Best Movies Like Shoplifters

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

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#1
Like Father, Like Son

Like Father, Like Son

2013★ 7.7

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

Ryota Nonomiya is a successful businessman driven by money. He learns that his biological son was switched with another child after birth. He must make a life-changing decision and...

#2
Sorry We Missed You

Sorry We Missed You

2019★ 7.3

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

Ricky and his family have been fighting an uphill struggle against debt since the 2008 financial crash. An opportunity to wrestle back some independence appears with a shiny new va...

#3
After the Storm

After the Storm

2016★ 7.2

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

Ryota is an unpopular writer although he won a literary award 15 years ago. Now, Ryota works as a private detective. He is divorced from his ex-wife Kyoko and he has an 11-year-old...

#4
Asako I & II

Asako I & II

2018★ 6.8

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

Asako lives in Osaka. She falls in love with Baku, a free-spirit. One day, Baku suddenly disappears. Two years later, Asako now lives in Tokyo and meets Ryohei. He looks just like ...

#5
Debt

Debt

2018★ 6.2

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

Tufan who works at a small print shop lives in Eskişehir with his wife Mukaddes and daughter Simge. Huriye, their lonely neighbour next door falls ill one night. A doctor recommend...

#6
Leto

Leto

2018★ 7.4

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

Leningrad, one summer in the early eighties. Smuggling LPs by Lou Reed and David Bowie, the underground rock scene is boiling ahead of the Perestroika. Mike and his beautiful wife ...