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10 Best Movies Like The Unknown Wife

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

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#1
My Fault: London

My Fault: London

2025★ 7.4

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

18-year-old Noah moves from America to London, with her mother who's recently fallen in love with William, a wealthy British businessman. Noah meets William’s son, bad-boy Nick, an...

#2
The Vanishing of Sidney Hall

The Vanishing of Sidney Hall

2018★ 6.7

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

Over the course of 12 years, and three stages of life, Sidney Hall falls in love, writes the book of a generation and then disappears without a trace....

#3
Maria's Lovers

Maria's Lovers

1984★ 5.9

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

A World War II prisoner returns home to his childhood sweetheart. However, back home, he discovers that he has to compete to win her love....

#4
Catch and Release

Catch and Release

2006★ 5.9

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

For a grieving fiancée, learning to love again requires the help of her late love's three best friends....

#5
Great Expectations

Great Expectations

2012★ 6.4

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

Orphan Pip discovers through lawyer Mr. Jaggers that a mysterious benefactor wishes to ensure that he becomes a gentleman. Reunited with his childhood patron, Miss Havisham, and hi...

#6
The Sleeping Dictionary

The Sleeping Dictionary

2003★ 6.4

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

In the 1930s, British officer John Truscott journeys to a remote village in colonial Malaysia to educate and Westernize the local Iban population. There, he's introduced to the lov...

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