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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
Call Me by Your Name

Call Me by Your Name

2017★ 8.1

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

In the summer of 1983, a 17-year-old Elio spends his days in his family's villa in Italy. One day Oliver, a graduate student, arrives to assist Elio's father, a professor of Greco-...

#2
Black Bear

Black Bear

2020★ 6.4

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

At a remote lake house in the Adirondack Mountains, a couple entertains an out-of-town guest looking for inspiration in her filmmaking. The group quickly falls into a calculated ga...

#3
The Mother and the Whore

The Mother and the Whore

1973★ 7.3

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

Aimless young Alexandre juggles his relationships with his girlfriend, Marie, and a casual lover named Veronika. Marie becomes increasingly jealous of Alexandre's fling with Veroni...

#4
Blind

Blind

2017★ 6.2

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Contempt 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
Not Easily Broken

Not Easily Broken

2009★ 6.3

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

A car accident and shifting affections test the bond between a married couple....

#6
Benjamin

Benjamin

2019★ 6.1

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

Benjamin, a rising star filmmaker, is on the brink of premiering his difficult second film No Self at the London Film Festival when Billie, his hard drinking publicist, introduces ...

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