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10 Best Movies Like Persuasion

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

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#1
Persuasion

Persuasion

2007★ 7.2

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

Living with her snobby family on the brink of bankruptcy, Anne Elliot is an unconforming woman with modern sensibilities. When Frederick Wentworth – the dashing one she once sent a...

#2
Northanger Abbey

Northanger Abbey

2007★ 6.8

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

A young woman's penchant for sensational Gothic novels leads to misunderstandings in the matters of the heart....

#3
Emma

Emma

1996★ 6.6

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

Emma Woodhouse is a congenial young lady who delights in meddling in other people’s affairs. She is perpetually trying to unite men and women who are utterly wrong for each other. ...

#4
Assassination of a High School President

Assassination of a High School President

2008★ 5.7

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

After the theft of copies of SAT exams from a principal's office, teenage reporter Bobby Funke sets out to unmask the thief....

#5
Jack and the Beanstalk

Jack and the Beanstalk

1952★ 5.6

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

A young boy trades the family cow for magic beans. Ascending the beanstalk with the butcher who sold him the beans, he faces the giant terrorizing his village....

#6
Before and After

Before and After

1996★ 5.9

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

Two parents deal with the effects when their son is accused of murdering his girlfriend....