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Movies Like Lifelines

If you liked Lifelines (2021), a drama movie directed by Fabienne Godet, 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.

  1. 1Haute Couture

    Haute Couture (2021)

    ★ 6.1/10Also drama

    Esther is at the end of her career as Head Seamstress at Dior Avenue Montaigne workshop. One day, she gets her handbag stolen in the metro by a 20 years old girl, Jade. Instead of calling the police she decides to take…

  2. 2Herself

    Herself (2020)

    ★ 6.7/10Also drama

    Struggling to provide her daughters with a safe, happy home, Sandra decides to build one - from scratch. Using all her ingenuity to make her ambitious dream a reality, Sandra draws together a community to lend a…

  3. 3Cardboard Boxer

    Cardboard Boxer (2016)

    ★ 6.5/10Also drama

    Gentle and broken, a homeless man fights others on video for money but soon finds comfort in an unlikely friend and the lost diary of a young girl.

  4. 4The Passengers of the Night

    The Passengers of the Night (2022)

    ★ 6.9/10Also drama

    On election night in 1981, celebrations spill out onto the street and there is an air of hope and change throughout Paris. But for Elisabeth, her marriage is coming to an end and she will now have to support herself…

  5. 5One Night with the King

    One Night with the King (2006)

    ★ 6.7/10Also drama

    In Biblical times, a girl disguises her Jewish origins when the Persian king comes looking for a new bride among his subjects.

  6. 6Moka

    Moka (2016)

    ★ 6/10Also drama

    Diane Kramer is led by one obsession: to find the driver of the mocha color Mercedes which hit her son and devastated her life. With a few belongings, some money and a gun, she goes to Evian, where she's learned the…

  7. 7Thank You, Life

    Thank You, Life (1991)

    ★ 6.2/10Also drama

    Camille, a naïve schoolgirl, meets an intriguing influence in Joelle, a slightly older and much more experienced spirit. Camille follows her new friend through the discovery of sex and the darker side of life. As the…

  8. 8Skin

    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.

  9. 9Breathe

    Breathe (2014)

    ★ 7.1/10Also drama

    Charlie, a 17-year-old girl tortured by doubt, is thrilled when she becomes friends with Sarah, but when Sarah tires of Charlie and looks for a new friend, their relationship takes an ominous turn.

  10. 10Lorelei

    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.

  11. 11Secret Name

    Secret Name (2021)

    ★ 6/10Also drama

    Nelie escaped a miserable existence by becoming a frontline nurse in 1914. One day, she takes the identity of Rose, a young woman from a good family, who dies in front of her. She presents herself in her place at…

  12. 12Girl in the Box

    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.

  13. 13Red Soil

    Red Soil (2021)

    ★ 6.6/10Also drama

    Freshly hired as a labor nurse in a chemical factory, Nour discovers that small arrangements exist between management and her father, Slimane, the staff representative, and the company's pivot. Lies about polluting…

  14. 14Hadewijch

    Hadewijch (2009)

    ★ 6.4/10Also drama

    A troubled young woman is thrown out of a convent and forms a relationship with a radical Muslim.

  15. 15I Am Elizabeth Smart

    I Am Elizabeth Smart (2017)

    ★ 6.8/10Also drama

    The story of Elizabeth Smart's kidnapping and captivity, as told from her perspective.

  16. 16Élisa

    Élisa (1995)

    ★ 6.4/10Also drama

    Marie has had a tough childhood ever since her mother Elisa committed suicide. She has spent most of her life in an orphanage and now makes a living as a small time criminal in Paris. Now she wants to unravel her past…

  17. 17Eleanor the Great

    Eleanor the Great (2025)

    ★ 6.8/10Also drama

    94-year-old Eleanor Morgenstein tries to rebuild her life after the death of her best friend. As a result, she moves back to New York City after living in Florida for decades.

  18. 18Charm City Kings

    Charm City Kings (2020)

    ★ 7.8/10Also drama

    Mouse desperately wants to join The Midnight Clique, the infamous Baltimore dirt bike riders who rule the summertime streets. When Midnight’s leader, Blax, takes 14-year-old Mouse under his wing, Mouse soon finds…

  19. 19No One Would Tell

    No One Would Tell (1996)

    ★ 7/10Also drama

    Shy sixteen-year-old Stacy Collins can't believe that the most popular guy in school, an attractive athlete named Bobby Tennison, is interested in her. At first she is flattered by his constant attention, but then he…

  20. 20Tigertail

    Tigertail (2020)

    ★ 6.7/10Also drama

    A man reflects on the lost love of his youth and his long-ago journey from Taiwan to America as he begins to reconnect with his estranged daughter.

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