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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
Cyrano

Cyrano

2021★ 6.3

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

A man ahead of his time, Cyrano de Bergerac dazzles whether with ferocious wordplay at a verbal joust or with brilliant swordplay in a duel. But, convinced that his appearance rend...

#2
The Wings of the Dove

The Wings of the Dove

1997★ 6.6

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

Kate is secretly betrothed to a struggling journalist, Merton Densher. But she knows her Aunt Maude will never approve of the match, since Kate's deceased mother has lost all her m...

#3
Les Misérables

Les Misérables

1998★ 7.2

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

In 19th century France, Jean Valjean, a man imprisoned for stealing bread, must flee a relentless policeman named Javert. The pursuit consumes both men's lives, and soon Valjean fi...

#4
The Phantom of the Opera

The Phantom of the Opera

2004★ 7.3

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

A young soprano becomes the obsession of a disfigured and murderous musical genius who lives beneath the Paris Opera House....

#5
A Place in the Sun

A Place in the Sun

1951★ 7.3

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

A young social climber wins the heart of a beautiful heiress but his former girlfriend's pregnancy stands in the way of his ambition....

#6
Raintree County

Raintree County

1957★ 6.4

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

In 1859, idealist John Wickliff Shawnessey, a resident of Raintree County, Indiana, is distracted from his high school sweetheart Nell Gaither by Susanna Drake, a rich New Orleans ...

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