Movies Like Bad Luck Good Luck

If you liked Bad Luck Good Luck (2024), a drama movie directed by Rain Sun, here are 19 movies with a similar feel, based on TMDB's recommendations. Each one links to its cast, trailer and where it's streaming.

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   All Day and a Night (2020)

   ★ 6.3/10Also drama

   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.

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   Skin (2009)

   ★ 6.4/10Also drama

   Based on the true story of a black girl who was born to two white Afrikaner parents in South Africa during the apartheid era.

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   Buddha Mountain (2011)

   ★ 6.7/10Also drama

   In Chengdu, China, a retired female opera singer named Master Chang takes in a trio of young tenants into her boarding home. The tenants include a rock singer and a college student who has run away from home.

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   Lorelei (2020)

   ★ 6/10Also drama

   A man is released from prison after 15 years. He reunites with his high school girlfriend, now a single mother of three. What follows is a lyrical take on love, regret and second chances.

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   Back to Back, Face to Face (1994)

   ★ 8.3/10Also drama

   Wang Shuangli is Deputy Director of the local Cultural Centre, and hopes to be appointed Director. However Old Ma is brought in from the country and installed as Director. This starts a long train of events with Wang's…

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   The Unforgivable (2021)

   ★ 7.4/10Also drama

   A woman is released from prison after serving a sentence for a violent crime and re-enters a society that refuses to forgive her past.

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   One Second (2020)

   ★ 7.3/10Also drama

   A movie fan escapes from a labour camp during the Chinese Cultural Revolution and strikes up a relationship with a homeless female vagabond.

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   What Maisie Knew (2013)

   ★ 7.1/10Also drama

   In New York City, a young girl is caught in the middle of her parents' bitter custody battle.

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   Xiu Xiu: The Sent-Down Girl (1998)

   ★ 7.2/10Also drama

   Young teen girl Xiu Xiu is sent away to a remote corner of the Sichuan steppes for manual labor in 1975 (sending young people to there was a part of Cultural Revolution in China). A year later, she agrees to go to even…

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    Nowhere to Run (1993)

    ★ 6.6/10Also drama

    Escaped convict Sam Gillen single-handedly takes on ruthless developers who are determined to evict a widow with two young children.

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    Home (2021)

    ★ 6.7/10Also drama

    An ex-felon returns home from prison and must confront the demons of his past.

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    Holy Lands (2019)

    ★ 6.1/10Also drama

    When lapsed Jew and former cardiologist Harry suddenly decides to spend his retirement as a pig farmer in Nazareth, Israel, the move deeply shocks his family and his new neighbours. Back in New York, Harry’s ex-wife…

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    Girl in the Box (2016)

    ★ 6.7/10Also drama

    The true story of 20-year-old Colleen Stan, a hitchhiking woman abducted by a young couple and held captive for seven years, during which time she's tortured and forced to live as a slave to her captors.

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    O.G. (2018)

    ★ 5.9/10Also drama

    Louis Menkins is five weeks away from being released after 26 years in prison. He is faced with the decision to put his own release at risk in order to protect a young man named Beecher from growing gang controversies.

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    Caged (1950)

    ★ 7.1/10Also drama

    A single mistake puts a 19-year old girl behind bars, where she experiences the terrors and torments of women in prison.

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    Upstream (2024)

    ★ 6.8/10Also drama

    A moment of impulsiveness turns Gao Zhilei into a "stay-at-home" individual, but he never expected his life to take a turn in the opposite direction. A series of changes compel him to take on his responsibilities as…

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    Lighting Up the Stars (2022)

    ★ 7.4/10Also drama

    Having been released after serving his sentence, a funeral director accidentally crosses paths with a girl which brings about an unexpected change in his attitude towards life.

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    Police Story: Lockdown (2013)

    ★ 6.2/10Also drama

    A man looking for the release of a long-time prisoner takes a police officer, his daughter, and a group of strangers hostage.

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    Bastard Out of Carolina (1996)

    ★ 7.1/10Also drama

    A poor, struggling South Carolinian mother and daughter face painful choices with their resolve and pride. Bone, the eldest daughter, and Anney her tired mother, grow both closer and farther apart: Anney sees Glen as…