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10 Best Movies Like The Dressmaker

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

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#1
A Little Chaos

A Little Chaos

2015★ 6.3

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

A landscape gardener is hired by famous architect Le Nôtre to construct the grand gardens at the palace of Versailles. As the two work on the palace, they find themselves drawn to ...

#2
Mansfield Park

Mansfield Park

1999★ 6.7

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

Fanny Price is sent to live with her wealthy relatives, the Bertrams, where she is treated poorly by most except her cousin Edmund. Her life is complicated by the arrival of the wo...

#3
Pieces of April

Pieces of April

2003★ 6.5

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

Quirky and rebellious April Burns lives with her boyfriend in a low-rent New York City apartment miles away from her emotionally distant family. But when she discovers that her mot...

#4
Teen Witch

Teen Witch

1989★ 6.0

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

Louise is not very popular at her highschool. Then she learns that she's descended from the witches of Salem and has inherited their powers. At first she uses them to get back at t...

#5
Wish I Was Here

Wish I Was Here

2014★ 6.5

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

Aidan Bloom, a struggling actor, father and husband, is 35 years old and still trying to find a purpose for his life. He and his wife are barely getting by financially and Aidan pa...

#6
Escobar: Paradise Lost

Escobar: Paradise Lost

2014★ 6.3

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Dressmaker for fans of Thriller. It captures a similar heartwarming atmosphere.

For Pablo Escobar family is everything. When young surfer Nick falls for Escobar's niece, Maria, he finds his life on the line when he's pulled into the dangerous world of the fami...