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10 Best Movies Like The Affair

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

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#1
She's So Lovely

She's So Lovely

1997★ 5.9

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

After being released from a psychiatric institution, a man tries to redeem himself in the eyes of his now-ex wife from the events that led up to his incarceration....

#2
In Secret

In Secret

2014★ 6.1

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

In 1860s Paris, a young woman, Therese, is trapped in a loveless marriage to the sickly Camille by her domineering aunt, Madame Raquin. She spends her days behind the counter of a ...

#3
Julia

Julia

1977★ 6.5

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

At the behest of an old and dear friend, playwright Lillian Hellman undertakes a dangerous mission to smuggle funds into Nazi Germany....

#4
Asylum

Asylum

2005★ 5.9

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

A woman becomes very curious about one of her psychiatrist husband's inmates, a man who was found guilty in the murder and disfigurement of his former wife....

#5
Strictly Sexual

Strictly Sexual

2008★ 6.1

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

Two successful women, sick and tired of dating and relationships, decide to keep two young men in their pool house for strictly sexual purposes....

#6
Blind

Blind

2017★ 6.2

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Affair for fans of Drama & Romance. 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 ...

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