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10 Best Movies Like Notes on a Scandal

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

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#1
Lolita

Lolita

1997★ 7.1

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Notes on a Scandal for fans of Drama & Romance. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Humbert Humbert is a middle-aged British novelist who is both appalled by and attracted to the vulgarity of American culture. When he comes to stay at the boarding house run by Cha...

#2
Submission

Submission

2018★ 5.9

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

A well-respected professor who is a celebrated novelist and loving husband loses himself when he becomes obsessed with an ambitious and talented student....

#3
Unfaithful

Unfaithful

2002★ 6.7

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Notes on a Scandal for fans of Drama & Romance. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

A New York suburban couple's marriage goes dangerously awry when the wife indulges in an adulterous fling....

#4
Revolutionary Road

Revolutionary Road

2008★ 7.0

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Notes on a Scandal for fans of Drama & Romance. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

A young couple living in a Connecticut suburb during the mid-1950s struggle to come to terms with their personal problems while trying to raise their two children. Based on a novel...

#5
Manhattan

Manhattan

1979★ 7.7

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Notes on a Scandal for fans of Drama & Romance. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

Manhattan explores how the life of a middle-aged television writer dating a teenage girl is further complicated when he falls in love with his best friend's mistress....

#6
Anna Karenina

Anna Karenina

1997★ 6.1

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Notes on a Scandal for fans of Drama & Romance. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

In Imperial Russia, Anna, wife of the officer Karenin, goes to Moscow to visit her brother. On the way, she meets charming cavalry officer Vronsky, to whom she's immediately attrac...

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