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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
Almost Love

Almost Love

2019★ 6.1

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

Adam and Marklin’s 5-year relationship has gone from a passionate flame to a simmer, forcing them to reconcile with each other’s shortcomings while their friends endlessly search f...

#2
(Untitled)

(Untitled)

2009★ 6.4

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

A fashionable contemporary art gallerist in Chelsea, New York falls for a brooding new music composer in this comic satire of the state of contemporary art....

#3
The Giant Mechanical Man

The Giant Mechanical Man

2012★ 6.5

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

An offbeat romantic comedy about a silver-painted street performer and the soft spoken zoo worker who falls for him....

#4
Ruby Sparks

Ruby Sparks

2012★ 7.1

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

Calvin is a young novelist who achieved phenomenal success early in his career but is now struggling with his writing – as well as his romantic life. Finally, he makes a breakthrou...

#5
Walking and Talking

Walking and Talking

1996★ 6.0

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

Just as Amelia thinks she's over her anxiety and insecurity, her best friend announces her engagement, bringing her anxiety and insecurity right back....

#6
Greenberg

Greenberg

2010★ 5.9

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

Roger Greenberg, a failed musician now making a living as a carpenter in New York, returns to Los Angeles to house-sit for his brother. He's stranded there—since he doesn't drive—u...

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