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10 Best Movies Like Submission

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

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#1
Notes on a Scandal

Notes on a Scandal

2006★ 7.1

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

A veteran high school teacher befriends a younger art teacher, who is having an affair with one of her 15-year-old students. However, her intentions with this new "friend" also go ...

#2
Miller's Girl

Miller's Girl

2024★ 6.3

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

A talented young writer embarks on a creative odyssey when her teacher assigns a project that entangles them both....

#3
Lolita

Lolita

1997★ 7.1

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Submission for fans of Drama. 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...

#4
Wonder Boys

Wonder Boys

2000★ 6.8

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

Grady is a 50-ish English professor who hasn't had a thing published in years—not since he wrote his award winning 'Great American Novel' 7 years ago. This weekend proves even wors...

#5
A Single Man

A Single Man

2009★ 7.3

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

Set in Los Angeles in 1962, at the height of the Cuban missile crisis, is the story of a British college professor who dwells on the past and cannot see his future. We follow him t...

#6
Revolutionary Road

Revolutionary Road

2008★ 7.0

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Submission for fans of Drama. 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...

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