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10 Best Movies Like National Theatre Live: Vanya

If you loved National Theatre Live: Vanya, we've curated the perfect watchlist for you based on shared genres, themes, and directorial style.

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#1
Happy Together

Happy Together

1997★ 7.6

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to National Theatre Live: Vanya for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

A couple travels from Hong Kong to Argentina to revive their relationship but experience turbulence when both men's lives drift in separate directions....

#2
My Son

My Son

2021★ 6.2

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to National Theatre Live: Vanya for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

When a man's only son goes missing, he travels to the town where his ex-wife lives in search of answers. To play a man whose life is clouded by mystery, McAvoy will not be given a ...

#3
Funeral Parade of Roses

Funeral Parade of Roses

1969★ 7.5

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to National Theatre Live: Vanya for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

In 1960s Tokyo, Gonda owns a bar in which the gay, cross-dresser, and trans scenes meet. Gonda is in a relationship with the madam of the bar, Leda. As the younger Eddie starts a p...

#4
National Theatre Live: Present Laughter

National Theatre Live: Present Laughter

2019★ 8.4

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to National Theatre Live: Vanya for fans of Drama. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

As he prepares to embark on an overseas tour, star actor Garry Essendine’s colourful life is in danger of spiralling out of control. Engulfed by an escalating identity crisis as hi...

#5
Joker

Joker

2019★ 8.1

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to National Theatre Live: Vanya for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

During the 1980s, a failed stand-up comedian is driven insane and turns to a life of crime and chaos in Gotham City while becoming an infamous psychopathic crime figure....

#6
Oppenheimer

Oppenheimer

2023★ 8.0

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to National Theatre Live: Vanya for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

The story of J. Robert Oppenheimer's role in the development of the atomic bomb during World War II....