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10 Best Movies Like Basil

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

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#1
Maria's Lovers

Maria's Lovers

1984★ 5.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Basil for fans of Drama & Romance. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

A World War II prisoner returns home to his childhood sweetheart. However, back home, he discovers that he has to compete to win her love....

#2
Iron Jawed Angels

Iron Jawed Angels

2004★ 6.8

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

Defiant young activists take the women's suffrage movement by storm, putting their lives at risk to help American women win the right to vote....

#3
On the Edge

On the Edge

2001★ 6.6

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Basil for fans of Drama & Romance. 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....

#4
Blind

Blind

2017★ 6.2

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Basil for fans of Drama & Romance. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

A novelist is blinded in a car crash that killed his wife and several years later rediscovers his passion for life and writing when he embarks on an affair with the neglected wife ...

#5
The Man from Elysian Fields

The Man from Elysian Fields

2001★ 5.8

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Basil for fans of Drama & Romance. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

A failed novelist's inability to pay the bills strains relations with his wife and leads him to work at an escort service, where he becomes entwined with a wealthy woman whose husb...

#6
Walking and Talking

Walking and Talking

1996★ 6.0

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Basil for fans of Drama & Romance. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

Just as Amelia thinks she's over her anxiety and insecurity, her best friend announces her engagement, bringing her anxiety and insecurity right back....

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