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10 Best Movies Like Madame Bovary

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

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#1
Lady Chatterley's Lover

Lady Chatterley's Lover

2022★ 6.7

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

After a crippling injury leaves her husband impotent, Lady Chatterly is torn between her love for her husband and her physical desires. With her husband's consent, she seeks out ot...

#2
The Scandalous Lady W

The Scandalous Lady W

2015★ 6.6

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

A gripping 18th century drama details the scandalous life of Lady Seymour Worsley, who dared to leave her husband and elope with his best friend, Captain George Bisset. Lady Seymou...

#3
Madame Bovary

Madame Bovary

1949★ 6.8

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

In 19th-century France, doctor's wife Emma Bovary seeks to escape her dull provincial life through various extramarital affairs and extravagant spending, leading to tragic conseque...

#4
The Portrait of a Lady

The Portrait of a Lady

1996★ 6.0

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

Ms. Isabel Archer isn't afraid to challenge societal norms. Impressed by her free spirit, her kindhearted cousin writes her into his fatally ill father's will. Suddenly rich and in...

#5
Lady Chatterley's Lover

Lady Chatterley's Lover

2015★ 6.3

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

An early-20th-century tale of love across class boundaries which tells the legendary and romantic story of Lady Chatterley’s affair with her gamekeeper. Jed Mercurio’s adaptation o...

#6
The French Lieutenant's Woman

The French Lieutenant's Woman

1981★ 6.4

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

In this story-within-a-story, Anna is an actress starring opposite Mike in a period piece about the forbidden love between their respective characters, Sarah and Charles. Both acto...

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