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10 Best Movies Like Bovary

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

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#1
Kids Return

Kids Return

1996★ 6.9

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

Shinji and Masaru spend most of their school days harassing fellow classmates and playing pranks. They drop out and Shinji becomes a small-time boxer, while Masaru joins up with a ...

#2
Bill Burr Presents: Friends Who Kill

Bill Burr Presents: Friends Who Kill

2022★ 5.4

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Bovary for fans of Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

In a night of killer comedy, Bill Burr hosts a showcase of his most raucous stand-up comic pals as they riff on everything from COVID to Michael Jackson....

#3
Passing

Passing

2021★ 6.3

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

In 1920s New York City, a Black woman finds her world upended when her life becomes intertwined with a former childhood friend who's passing as white....

#4
Hellraiser: Hellseeker

Hellraiser: Hellseeker

2002★ 5.0

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Bovary for fans of Horror. It captures a similar spine-chilling atmosphere.

When the puzzle box is once again solved, Pinhead and his legion demolish all who dare oppose them. But standing in his way is the only person who has defeated Cenobites of the pas...

#5
The Return of La Llorona

The Return of La Llorona

2021★ 5.8

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Bovary for fans of Horror. It captures a similar spine-chilling atmosphere.

La Llorona, a supernatural being who seeks revenge for the death of her daughters, attacks a group of young people on vacation at the beach after they accidentally kill a young gir...

#6
Lord

Lord

2011★ 7.5

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

Although he hates dogs, Toni is engaged in finding lost animals and then sentimentally blackmails the masters in order to obtain beautiful large amounts of money. Because of an old...