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10 Best Movies Like The Handmaiden

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

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#1
Untold Scandal

Untold Scandal

2003★ 6.4

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

In late 1700s Korea, Lady Cho challenges the playboy Lord Jo-won into seducing and sleeping with her husband's coming young, virgin concubine. Lady Cho agrees to sleep with him if ...

#2
Lolita

Lolita

1997★ 7.1

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

Humbert Humbert is a middle-aged British novelist who is both appalled by and attracted to the vulgarity of American culture. When he comes to stay at the boarding house run by Cha...

#3
Dirty Sexy Saint

Dirty Sexy Saint

2019★ 6.3

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

Clay Kincaid hates the nickname 'Saint', he got for being too kind to stray animals and desperate people. Especially when it comes to women. With a rough and damaged past that has ...

#4
Empire of Lust

Empire of Lust

2015★ 6.9

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

In the turbulent Joseon dynasty, army commander Min-jae watches ambitious Prince Yi Bang-won while becoming entwined with Ga-hee, a vengeful gisaeng. Fate collides as power shifts....

#5
Original Sin

Original Sin

2001★ 6.1

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

A young man is plunged into a life of subterfuge, deceit and mistaken identity in pursuit of a femme fatale whose heart is never quite within his grasp....

#6
In Secret

In Secret

2014★ 6.1

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

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