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10 Best Movies Like The Paper Chase

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

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#1
Love Story

Love Story

1970★ 6.8

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

Harvard Law student Oliver Barrett IV and music student Jennifer Cavilleri share a chemistry they cannot deny - and a love they cannot ignore. Despite their opposite backgrounds, t...

#2
On the Basis of Sex

On the Basis of Sex

2018★ 7.3

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

Young lawyer Ruth Bader Ginsburg teams with her husband Marty to bring a groundbreaking case before the U.S. Court of Appeals and overturn a century of sex discrimination....

#3
Submission

Submission

2018★ 5.9

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

A well-respected professor who is a celebrated novelist and loving husband loses himself when he becomes obsessed with an ambitious and talented student....

#4
Call Me Crazy: A Five Film

Call Me Crazy: A Five Film

2013★ 7.0

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

A psychotherapist helps a law student cope with schizophrenia in one of five interconnected tales dealing with mental illness....

#5
The Children Act

The Children Act

2018★ 6.6

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

In the midst of a marital crisis, a High Court judge must decide if she should order a life-saving blood transfusion for a teen with cancer despite his family's refusal to accept m...

#6
Circle of Friends

Circle of Friends

1995★ 6.2

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

Three girlhood friends now at college share first loves, first kisses and first betrayals. At the center of it all is the best-looking boy on campus. Can a self-conscious dreamer h...

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