Dynamic Watchlist Hub: Apr 11, 2026

10 Best Movies Like Tess

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

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#1
The Girl in the Book

The Girl in the Book

2015★ 5.8

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

The story of a young writer's transformation when her past invades her present....

#2
Trafficked

Trafficked

2017★ 6.6

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

In this story inspired by real characters, three girls from America, Nigeria and India are trafficked through an elaborate global network and enslaved in a Texas brothel, and must ...

#3
Some Velvet Morning

Some Velvet Morning

2013★ 5.8

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

Fred arrives at the doorstep of his beautiful young mistress Velvet after four years apart, claiming to have finally left his wife. But when she rejects his attempts to rekindle th...

#4
Hands of Stone

Hands of Stone

2016★ 6.6

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

The legendary Roberto Duran and his equally legendary trainer Ray Arcel change each other's lives....

#5
The Man from Elysian Fields

The Man from Elysian Fields

2001★ 5.8

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

A failed novelist's inability to pay the bills strains relations with his wife and leads him to work at an escort service, where he becomes entwined with a wealthy woman whose husb...

#6
Strange Weather

Strange Weather

2016★ 5.8

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

Years after her son's suicide, a woman longs to confront both the past and a friend of his who took his business idea....

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