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10 Best Movies Like Contempt

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

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#1
The Pumpkin Eater

The Pumpkin Eater

1964★ 6.6

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

Jo, the mother of seven children, divorces her second husband in order to marry Jake, a successful but promiscuous screenwriter. Though they are physically and emotionally compatib...

#2
Strangers When We Meet

Strangers When We Meet

1960★ 6.3

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

A suburban architect loves his wife but is bored with his marriage and with his work, so he takes up with the neglected, married beauty who lives down the street....

#3
XX/XY

XX/XY

2002★ 5.8

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

Three friends begin a dangerous three-way relationship that spirals out of control, leading to dire consequences that haunt them ten years later....

#4
Nothing in Common

Nothing in Common

1986★ 5.8

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

A successful advertising executive finds his freewheeling life crashing to a halt when his parents end their longtime marriage....

#5
Effie Gray

Effie Gray

2014★ 5.9

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

A look at the mysterious relationship between Victorian art critic John Ruskin and his teenage bride Effie Gray....

#6
Father of the Bride

Father of the Bride

1950★ 7.0

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

Proud father Stanley Banks remembers the day his daughter, Kay, got married. Starting when she announces her engagement through to the wedding itself, we learn of all the surprises...

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