Movies like L.I.E.
If L.I.E.'s mix of coming of age, long island, new york and paedophilia stayed with you, start here. Each film below was picked from what L.I.E.'s fans love most, with the reason it belongs on this list.
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Kids
1995 · Directed by Larry Clark · 91 min6.9
Why you'll like itShares: coming of age, juvenile delinquent · Also drama and crime
A group of bored, disaffected New York City teenagers spend a day skating, smoking, drinking, partying, deflowering virgins, and getting into fights.
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Mysterious Skin
2005 · Directed by Gregg Araki · 105 min7.7
Why you'll like itShares: coming of age, male prostitution · From the same decade (2000s)
A teenage hustler and a young man obsessed with alien abductions cross paths, together discovering a horrible, liberating truth.
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Sleepers
1996 · Directed by Barry Levinson · 147 min7.6
Why you'll like itShares: juvenile delinquent · Also crime and drama
Two gangsters seek revenge on the state jail worker who during their stay at a youth prison sexually abused them. A sensational court hearing takes place to charge him for the crimes.
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Boy A
2008 · Directed by John Crowley · 106 min7.1
Why you'll like itShares: coming of age · Also crime and drama · From the same decade (2000s)
Freed after a lengthy term in a juvenile detention center, convicted child killer Jack Burridge finds work as a deliveryman and begins dating co-worker Michelle.
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Hot Summer Nights
2018 · Directed by Elijah Bynum · 107 min6.6
Why you'll like itShares: coming of age · Also drama and crime
In 1991, a sheltered teenager comes of age during a wild summer on Cape Cod, getting rich from selling pot to gangsters, falling in love for the first time, partying, and eventually realizing that he's in way over his…
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Once Upon a Time in America
1984 · Directed by Sergio Leone · 139 min8.4
Why you'll like itAlso drama and crime
A former Prohibition-era Jewish gangster returns to the Lower East Side of Manhattan over thirty years later, where he once again must confront the ghosts and regrets of his old life.