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10 Best Movies Like Joy in Moscow

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

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#1
Disappearing Acts

Disappearing Acts

2000★ 6.1

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Joy in Moscow for fans of TV Movie & Romance. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

A struggling construction worker and an aspiring musician find themselves falling in love....

#2
Steel Magnolias

Steel Magnolias

2012★ 7.0

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Joy in Moscow for fans of TV Movie & Romance. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

In an updated contemporary version of the beloved stage play and 1989 film, "Steel Magnolias" chronicles the lives and friendship of six women in Louisiana. Supporting each other t...

#3
Borrowed Hearts

Borrowed Hearts

1997★ 6.5

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Joy in Moscow for fans of TV Movie & Romance. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Single mom Kathleen Russell (Roma Downey) and her daughter Zoey pretend to be Kathleen's boss's "family" so he can close a major business deal with the mysterious Mexican financier...

#4
The Duke of Burgundy

The Duke of Burgundy

2015★ 6.3

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Joy in Moscow for fans of Romance. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Day in and day out, lovers Cynthia and Evelyn enact an elaborate sadomasochistic fantasy as mistress and maid. But as their ritual of domination and submission begins to turn stale...

#5
Cleveland Abduction

Cleveland Abduction

2015★ 7.2

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Joy in Moscow for fans of TV Movie & Crime. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

A single mother becomes Ariel Castro's first kidnapping victim, and finds herself trapped in his home with two other women for 11 years....

#6
I Am Elizabeth Smart

I Am Elizabeth Smart

2017★ 6.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Joy in Moscow for fans of TV Movie & Crime. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

The story of Elizabeth Smart's kidnapping and captivity, as told from her perspective....

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