
10 Best Movies Like The Reader
If you loved The Reader, we've curated the perfect watchlist for you based on shared genres, themes, and directorial style.

New York Stories
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Reader for fans of Drama & Romance. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.
Three tales of love, ambition, and neurosis unfold in the city that never sleeps. In "Life Lessons" (Martin Scorsese), a tormented painter channels heartbreak into his art. In "Lif...

Little Children
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Reader for fans of Drama & Romance. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.
The lives of two lovelorn spouses from separate marriages, a registered sex offender, and a disgraced ex-police officer intersect as they struggle to resist their vulnerabilities a...

Revolutionary Road
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Reader for fans of Drama & Romance. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.
A young couple living in a Connecticut suburb during the mid-1950s struggle to come to terms with their personal problems while trying to raise their two children. Based on a novel...

Sea of Love
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Reader for fans of Drama & Romance. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.
Seen-it-all New York detective Frank Keller is unsettled - he has done twenty years on the force and could retire, and he hasn't come to terms with his wife leaving him for a colle...

The World to Come
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Reader for fans of Drama & Romance. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.
In 1856, two women forge a close connection despite their isolation on the American frontier....

Empire of the Sun
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Reader for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.
Jamie Graham, a privileged English boy, is living in Shanghai when the Japanese invade and force all foreigners into prison camps. Jamie is captured with an American sailor, who lo...