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10 Best Movies Like Pageant

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

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#1
What Happens Next

What Happens Next

2011★ 4.7

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Pageant for fans of Drama. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

After rich businessman Paul Greco (popular daytime star Jon Lindstrom) retires early, his imperious sister Elise (two-time Emmy Award® nominee Wendie Malick) tries to get him to se...

#2
National Family

National Family

2023★ 6.7

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Pageant for fans of Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

Don Poli, the patriarch of a family embedded in politics, faces the change of party in his state - after a hundred years in power - losing all his privileges. Humiliated and angry,...

#3
RE

RE

2014★ 6.4

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Pageant for fans of Drama. It captures a similar spine-chilling atmosphere.

Emma returns to her childhood home only to find her past catching up with her....

#4
The Way Back

The Way Back

2019★ 6.8

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Pageant for fans of Documentary. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

Hüseyin Al Baldawi arrives in Brussels in August 2015. He has traveled thousands of kilometers until he got there from Iraq. A year after his arrival, he receives his residence per...

#5
As

As

2023★ 7.0

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Pageant for fans of . It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

Three years after the death of her beloved child, Elouise, Mara still feels her presence when she sits on the butterfly bedding in front of the jar with her ashes in it. Mara arran...

#6
Not Without My Shrink

Not Without My Shrink

2024★ 5.0

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Pageant for fans of Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

A successful psychoanalyst's life is turned upside down by a very anxious and extremely clingy patient who starts dating his daughter....