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10 Best Movies Like The Bell Jar

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

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#1
All Day and a Night

All Day and a Night

2020★ 6.2

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

While serving life in prison, a young man looks back at the people, the circumstances and the system that set him on the path toward his crime....

#2
God's Pocket

God's Pocket

2014★ 5.8

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

A boozy lowlife tries to bury the truth about his crazy stepson's suspicious death, but a nosy newspaper columnist and the young man's mother complicate matters....

#3
Neverwas

Neverwas

2005★ 6.4

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

Zach Riley is a psychiatrist, who leaves a job at a prestigious university, to take up a job at the privately run mental institution, Millwood. What he doesn't reveal at the time o...

#4
The Double

The Double

2014★ 6.5

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

An awkward office drone becomes increasingly unhinged after a charismatic and confident look-alike takes a job at his workplace and seduces the woman he desires....

#5
The Last Word

The Last Word

2008★ 5.8

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

An odd-but-gifted poet, Evan Merck makes his living writing suicide notes for the soon-to-be departed. So when he meets Charlotte, the free-spirited sister of his latest client, Ev...

#6
Dead Like Me: Life After Death

Dead Like Me: Life After Death

2009★ 6.3

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

When George and her colleagues get a new boss whose focus is on moving souls quickly and enjoying life without consequences, the team begins to break the strict reaper rules. While...

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