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10 Best Movies Like Platonow

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

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#1
Love Jones

Love Jones

1997★ 7.3

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

Darius Lovehall is a young black poet in Chicago who starts dating Nina Moseley, a beautiful and talented photographer. While trying to figure out if they've got a "love thing" or ...

#2
The Pumpkin Eater

The Pumpkin Eater

1964★ 6.6

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

Jo, the mother of seven children, divorces her second husband in order to marry Jake, a successful but promiscuous screenwriter. Though they are physically and emotionally compatib...

#3
Petulia

Petulia

1968★ 5.9

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

Dr. Archie Bollen is having a midlife crisis. He's just divorced his wife and is establishing a new life for himself. One night, he catches the eye of Petulia Danner, a charming, f...

#4
Blue Jay

Blue Jay

2016★ 7.0

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

Meeting by chance when they return to their tiny California hometown, two former high-school sweethearts reflect on their shared past....

#5
The Wedding March

The Wedding March

2016★ 6.1

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

When former college sweethearts Olivia Pershing and Mick Turner are unexpectedly reunited the weekend of Olivia's wedding, the former couple initially locks horns but as the events...

#6
Strangers When We Meet

Strangers When We Meet

1960★ 6.3

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

A suburban architect loves his wife but is bored with his marriage and with his work, so he takes up with the neglected, married beauty who lives down the street....

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