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10 Best Movies Like Dombey & Son

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

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#1
The Nest

The Nest

2020★ 6.1

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

Rory is an ambitious entrepreneur who brings his American wife and kids to his native country, England, to explore new business opportunities. After abandoning the sanctuary of the...

#2
The Safety of Objects

The Safety of Objects

2002★ 6.4

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

In a suburban landscape, the lives of several families interlace with loss, despair and personal crisis. Esther Gold has lost focus on all but caring for her comatose son, Paul, an...

#3
Strange Weather

Strange Weather

2016★ 5.8

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

Years after her son's suicide, a woman longs to confront both the past and a friend of his who took his business idea....

#4
Closeness

Closeness

2017★ 6.8

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

1998, Nalchik. A Jewish family is in trouble: the youngest son and his bride do not come home, and in the morning, a ransom note arrives. The ransom is so high that the family is f...

#5
The Visit

The Visit

1964★ 7.1

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

Carla Zachanassian had a child by Serge Miller as a teenager. When Serge refused to marry her, she was driven out of town. By her own wit and cunning, she has returned as a multi-m...

#6
My Joy

My Joy

2010★ 6.3

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

Georgy is driving a load of freight into Russia when, after an unpleasant encounter with the police at a border crossing, he finds himself giving a lift to a strange old man with d...

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