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10 Best Movies Like Les Misérables

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

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#1
Summer with Monika

Summer with Monika

1953★ 7.3

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

One summer day, two teens begin a reckless affair and abandon their families to be with one another....

#2
The Treasure of the Sierra Madre

The Treasure of the Sierra Madre

1948★ 8.0

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

Two jobless Americans convince a prospector to travel to the mountains of Mexico with them in search of gold. But the hostile wilderness, local bandits, and greed all get in the wa...

#3
Yellow Earth

Yellow Earth

1984★ 7.2

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Les Misérables for fans of Drama & History. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

A communist soldier is sent to a remote region of China in order to collect folk songs. Staying with a peasant family (a widower with two small children), he discovers a community ...

#4
The Black Windmill

The Black Windmill

1974★ 6.2

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Les Misérables for fans of Thriller. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

A British agent's son is kidnapped and held for a ransom of diamonds. The agent finds out that he can't even count on the people he thought were on his side to help him, so he deci...

#5
The Old Curiosity Shop

The Old Curiosity Shop

1934★ 5.3

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

A kindly shop owner whose overwhelming gambling debts allow a greedy landlord to seize his shop of dusty treasures. Evicted and with no way to pay his debts, he and his granddaught...

#6
Synecdoche, New York

Synecdoche, New York

2008★ 7.5

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

A theater director struggles with his work, and the women in his life, as he attempts to create a life-size replica of New York inside a warehouse as part of his new play....