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10 Best Movies Like In Retrospect

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

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#1
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2024★ 6.5

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

An odyssey through time and memory, centered on a place in New Jersey where—from wilderness, and then, later, from a home—love, loss, struggle, hope and legacy play out between cou...

#2
Julia

Julia

1977★ 6.5

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

At the behest of an old and dear friend, playwright Lillian Hellman undertakes a dangerous mission to smuggle funds into Nazi Germany....

#3
Eleanor the Great

Eleanor the Great

2025★ 6.9

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

94-year-old Eleanor Morgenstein tries to rebuild her life after the death of her best friend. As a result, she moves back to New York City after living in Florida for decades....

#4
Jonathan

Jonathan

2018★ 5.9

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

Jonathan is a young man with a strange condition that only his brother understands. But when he begins to yearn for a different life, their unique bond becomes increasingly tested...

#5
The Browning Version

The Browning Version

1994★ 6.4

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

Andrew Crocker-Harris is an embittered and disliked teacher of Greek and Latin at a British prep school. After nearly 20 years of service, he is being forced to retire for 'health ...

#6
Northanger Abbey

Northanger Abbey

2007★ 6.8

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

A young woman's penchant for sensational Gothic novels leads to misunderstandings in the matters of the heart....

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