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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
The Butterfly House

The Butterfly House

2025★ 6.4

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Great Expectations for fans of Drama. It captures a similar spine-chilling atmosphere.

An engaged couple returns to the groom's ancestral home after his aunt's death. But a ghostly bride who hides a dark family secret threatens their peace....

#2
Mariah Carey: Butterfly World Tour - Live at Tokyo Dome

Mariah Carey: Butterfly World Tour - Live at Tokyo Dome

1998★ 8.1

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Great Expectations for fans of Music. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

The Butterfly World Tour is the third concert tour by Mariah Carey, visited Asia, Australia and the United States. The four dates at Japan's largest stadium, Tokyo Dome, sold out i...

#3
Violets are Blue

Violets are Blue

1986★ 4.8

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

After fifteen years of traveling around the world, Gussie, a famous photographer, returns to the Maryland coastal resort where she grew up. She meets her high school sweetheart, He...

#4
Neneh Superstar

Neneh Superstar

2023★ 5.7

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

Born to dance, Neneh is a 12-year-old black girl who dreams of entering the Paris Opera Ballet School. Despite her enthusiasm, she will have to redouble her efforts to escape from ...

#5
Great Expectations

Great Expectations

2012★ 6.4

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

Orphan Pip discovers through lawyer Mr. Jaggers that a mysterious benefactor wishes to ensure that he becomes a gentleman. Reunited with his childhood patron, Miss Havisham, and hi...

#6
Our Life

Our Life

2010★ 6.5

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

Claudio is a construction worker living in the outskirts of Rome. He's happily married and his wife is pregnant with their third child. However, a dramatic event comes to upset thi...