Movies Like Gets Good Light
If you liked Gets Good Light (2020), a drama and science fiction movie directed by Alejandra Parody, here are 20 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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Saint Judy (2018)
★ 6.9/10Also dramaThe true story of immigration attorney Judy Wood and how she singlehandedly changed the U.S. law of asylum to save women's lives.
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The Siege (1998)
★ 6.3/10Also dramaThe secret US abduction of a suspected terrorist from his Middle East homeland leads to a wave of terrorist attacks in New York. An FBI senior agent and his team attempt to locate and decommission the enemy cells, but…
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Border Incident (1949)
★ 6.9/10Also dramaThe story concerns two agents, one Mexican (PJF) and one American, who are tasked to stop the smuggling of Mexican migrant workers across the border to California. The two agents go undercover, one as a poor migrant.
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In Too Deep (1999)
★ 6.4/10Also dramaDrug lord Dwayne Gittens rules Cincinnati with an iron fist. No wonder he's known as "God" on the streets. Determined to break Gittens' stranglehold on the city is undercover cop Jeffrey Cole. But as Cole takes on an…
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Hungry Hearts (2015)
★ 6.5/10Also dramaThe relationship of a couple who meet by chance in New York City is put to the test when they encounter a life or death circumstance.
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Alien Nation (1988)
★ 6.1/10Also science fictionA few years from now, Earth will have the first contact with an alien civilization. These aliens, known as Newcomers, slowly begin to be integrated into human society after years of quarantine.
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The Sound of Silence (2019)
★ 5.9/10Also dramaA successful "house tuner" in New York City, who calibrates the sound in people's homes in order to adjust their moods, meets a client with a problem he can't solve.
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The Corruptor (1999)
★ 6.1/10Also dramaDanny is a young cop partnered with Nick, a seasoned but ethically tainted veteran. As the two try to stop a gang war in Chinatown, Danny relies on Nick but grows increasingly uncomfortable with the way Nick gets…
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What Maisie Knew (2013)
★ 7.1/10Also dramaIn New York City, a young girl is caught in the middle of her parents' bitter custody battle.
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Reality (2023)
★ 6.4/10Also dramaAugusta, Georgia, United States, June 3, 2017. After running some errands, Reality Winner returns home, where she is approached by two men.
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Frozen River (2008)
★ 6.6/10Also dramaA financially strapped mother joins a Mohawk woman to smuggle illegal immigrants into the United States.
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The Visitor (2008)
★ 7.1/10Also dramaA college professor travels to New York City to attend a conference and finds a young couple living in his apartment.
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In America (2003)
★ 7.1/10Also dramaA family of Irish immigrants adjusts to life on the mean streets of Hell's Kitchen while also grieving the death of a child.
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Disclosure Day (2026)
★ 7.4/10Also science fictionA cybersecurity expert becomes a whistleblower after uncovering secrets about aliens, putting him on the run from a corporation. Meanwhile, a meteorologist experiencing strange phenomena joins forces with him to prove…
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Jonathan (2018)
★ 5.9/10Also drama and science fictionJonathan is a young man with a strange condition that only his brother understands. But when he begins to yearn for a different life, their unique bond becomes increasingly tested.
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Light It Up (1999)
★ 6.6/10Also dramaOn a winter day in a southside Queens high school, events collide and six students are suddenly in an armed standoff with the NYPD. At the school, classrooms freeze, teachers come and go, resources are scant.
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Pride and Glory (2008)
★ 6.3/10Also dramaA saga centered on the Tierneys, a multi-generational family of New York City Police officers. The family's moral codes are tested when Ray Tierney investigates a case that reveals an incendiary police corruption…
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Panic Room (2002)
★ 6.8/10Also dramaTrapped in their New York brownstone's panic room, a hidden chamber built as a sanctuary in the event of break-ins, newly divorced Meg Altman and her young daughter Sarah play a deadly game of cat-and-mouse with three…
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25th Hour (2002)
★ 7.3/10Also dramaOn the eve of a seven-year prison sentence, a New York drug dealer spends his final day of freedom confronting his past, his relationships, and the choices that led to his downfall in a city still reeling from 9/11.
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Green Lantern: First Flight (2009)
★ 6.9/10Also science fictionTest pilot Hal Jordan finds himself recruited as the newest member of the intergalactic police force, The Green Lantern Corps.