Dynamic Watchlist Hub: Jan 23, 2026

10 Best Movies Like The Women

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

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#1
The Unknown

The Unknown

1927★ 7.5

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Women for fans of Drama. It captures a similar spine-chilling atmosphere.

On the lam, criminal Alonzo hides in the circus as The Armless Wonder – a performer who uses his feet to hurl knives. Alonzo keeps the arms he really has concealed to hide his iden...

#2
42nd Street

42nd Street

1933★ 6.9

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

A producer puts on what may be his last Broadway show, and at the last moment a chorus girl has to replace the star....

#3
Sudden Fear

Sudden Fear

1952★ 7.3

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Women for fans of Thriller. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

Actor Lester Blaine has all but landed the lead in Myra Hudson's new play when Myra vetoes him because, to her, he doesn't look like a romantic leading man. On a train from New Yor...

#4
Waterloo Bridge

Waterloo Bridge

1940★ 7.5

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

On the eve of World War II, a British officer revisits Waterloo Bridge and recalls the young man he was at the beginning of World War I and the young ballerina he met just before h...

#5
The Petrified Forest

The Petrified Forest

1936★ 7.1

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

Gabby, the waitress in an isolated Arizona diner, dreams of a bigger and better life. One day penniless intellectual Alan drifts into the joint and the two strike up a rapport. Soo...

#6
I Walked with a Zombie

I Walked with a Zombie

1943★ 6.8

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Women for fans of Drama. It captures a similar spine-chilling atmosphere.

A nurse in the Caribbean turns to voodoo in hopes of curing her patient, a mindless woman whose husband she's fallen in love with....