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10 Best Movies Like When Big People Lie

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

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#1
On the Edge

On the Edge

2001★ 6.6

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

A suicidal young man is committed to a Dublin psychiatric hospital where he meets new friends who greatly influence his life....

#2
Out of the Blue

Out of the Blue

1981★ 6.9

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

A young girl whose father is an ex-convict and whose mother is a junkie finds it difficult to conform and tries to find comfort in a quirky combination of Elvis and the punk scene....

#3
My Fault: London

My Fault: London

2025★ 7.4

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

18-year-old Noah moves from America to London, with her mother who's recently fallen in love with William, a wealthy British businessman. Noah meets William’s son, bad-boy Nick, an...

#4
All Day and a Night

All Day and a Night

2020★ 6.2

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

While serving life in prison, a young man looks back at the people, the circumstances and the system that set him on the path toward his crime....

#5
Peter Ibbetson

Peter Ibbetson

1935★ 7.0

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to When Big People Lie for fans of Drama & Fantasy. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

When his mother dies, young Peter Ibbetson leaves Paris and his best friend, Mary, behind to live with a severe uncle in England. Years later, Peter is an architect with little tim...

#6
Stealing Beauty

Stealing Beauty

1996★ 6.7

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

Lucy Harmon, an American teenager is arriving in the lush Tuscan countryside to be sculpted by a family friend who lives in a beautiful villa. Lucy visited there four years earlier...

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