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10 Best Movies Like Frances

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

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#1
Erin Brockovich

Erin Brockovich

2000★ 7.4

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

A twice-divorced mother of three who sees an injustice, takes on the bad guy and wins -- with a little help from her push-up bra. Erin goes to work for an attorney and comes across...

#2
Acrimony

Acrimony

2018★ 6.7

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

Faithful wife Melinda, who is tired of standing by her devious husband Robert, is enraged when it becomes clear she has been betrayed. That's when she lost it, and now she cannot l...

#3
Mommie Dearest

Mommie Dearest

1981★ 6.3

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

Renowned film star Joan Crawford's abuse towards Christina, her adopted daughter, intensifies as her professional and romantic relationships turn sour....

#4
The Trials of Cate McCall

The Trials of Cate McCall

2013★ 6.4

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

In order to be reinstated to the bar and recover custody of her daughter, a hotshot lawyer, now in recovery and on probation, must take on the appeal of a woman wrongfully convicte...

#5
Blonde

Blonde

2022★ 5.9

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

From her volatile childhood as Norma Jeane, through her rise to stardom and romantic entanglements, this reimagined fictional portrait of Hollywood legend Marilyn Monroe blurs the ...

#6
Brain on Fire

Brain on Fire

2017★ 7.0

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

Susannah Cahalan, an up-and-coming journalist at the New York Post becomes plagued by voices in her head and seizures, causing a rapid descent into insanity....

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