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10 Best Movies Like Svengali

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

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#1
The Fugitive Kind

The Fugitive Kind

1960★ 6.8

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

Val Xavier, a drifter of obscure origins, arrives at a small town and gets a job in a store run by Lady Torrence. Her husband, Jabe M. Torrance, is dying of cancer. Val is pursued ...

#2
My Old Lady

My Old Lady

2014★ 6.2

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

Mathias Gold is a down-on-his-luck New Yorker who inherits a Parisian apartment from his estranged father. But when he arrives in France to sell the vast domicile, he's shocked to ...

#3
Blind

Blind

2017★ 6.2

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

A novelist is blinded in a car crash that killed his wife and several years later rediscovers his passion for life and writing when he embarks on an affair with the neglected wife ...

#4
Nine Lives

Nine Lives

2005★ 6.1

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

Captives of the very relationships that define and sustain them, nine women resiliently meet the travails and disappointments of life....

#5
The Phantom of the Opera

The Phantom of the Opera

2004★ 7.3

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

A young soprano becomes the obsession of a disfigured and murderous musical genius who lives beneath the Paris Opera House....

#6
On a Clear Day You Can See Forever

On a Clear Day You Can See Forever

1970★ 6.7

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

Daisy Gamble, an unusual woman who hears phones before they ring, and does wonders with her flowers, wants to quit smoking to please her fiancé, Warren. She goes to a doctor of hyp...

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