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10 Best Movies Like Great Expectations

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

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#1
Great Expectations

Great Expectations

1946★ 7.3

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

In this Dickens adaptation, orphan Pip discovers through lawyer Mr. Jaggers that a mysterious benefactor wishes to ensure that he becomes a gentleman. Reunited with his childhood p...

#2
Breathe

Breathe

2017★ 7.4

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

Based on the true story of Robin, a handsome, brilliant and adventurous man whose life takes a dramatic turn when polio leaves him paralyzed....

#3
Jane Eyre

Jane Eyre

1996★ 6.9

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

After a bleak childhood, Jane Eyre goes out into the world to become a governess. As she lives happily in her new position at Thornfield Hall, she meets the dark, cold, and abrupt ...

#4
Tim

Tim

1979★ 6.2

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

Handsome but backward gardener Tim Melville has a new woman in his life. She is Mary, his widowed employer, a woman who had given up on love until she had found Tim. At first they ...

#5
My Fault: London

My Fault: London

2025★ 7.4

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

18-year-old Noah moves from America to London, with her mother who's recently fallen in love with William, a wealthy British businessman. Noah meets William’s son, bad-boy Nick, an...

#6
My Policeman

My Policeman

2022★ 7.6

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

In the late 1990s, the arrival of elderly invalid Patrick into Marion and Tom’s home triggers the exploration of seismic events from 40 years previous: the passionate relationship ...

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