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10 Best Movies Like The Great Lie

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

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#1
Baby Boom

Baby Boom

1987★ 6.4

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

J.C. Wiatt is a talented and ambitious New York City career woman who is married to her job and working towards partner at her firm. She has a live-in relationship with Steven, a s...

#2
My Life

My Life

1993★ 6.7

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

It seems that Bob Jones has everything a man could want, namely a fulfilling job and a beautiful, pregnant wife, Gail. But Bob's life is turned upside-down when he is diagnosed wit...

#3
45 Years

45 Years

2015★ 6.6

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

There is just one week until Kate Mercer's 45th wedding anniversary and the planning for the party is going well. But then a letter arrives for her husband. The body of his first l...

#4
Love with the Proper Stranger

Love with the Proper Stranger

1963★ 6.8

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

Angie Rossini, an innocent New York City sales clerk from a repressive Italian-American family, engages in a short-lived affair with a handsome jazz musician named Rocky Papasano. ...

#5
Alice

Alice

1990★ 6.4

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

Alice Tate, mother of two, with a marriage of 16 years, finds herself falling for a handsome sax player, Joe. Stricken with a backache, she consults herbalist Dr. Yang, who realize...

#6
The Bigamist

The Bigamist

1953★ 6.5

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

San Francisco businessman Harry Graham and his wife and business partner, Eve, are in the process of adopting a child. When private investigator Mr. Jordan uncovers the fact that G...

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