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10 Best Movies Like Virginius

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

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#1
Return

Return

2011★ 6.4

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

Back from a tour of duty, Kelli struggles to find her place in her family and the rust-belt town she no longer recognizes....

#2
Little Lord Fauntleroy

Little Lord Fauntleroy

1980★ 7.4

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

Young Cedric Errol and his widowed mother live in genteel poverty in 1880s Brooklyn after the death of his father. Cedric's grandfather, the Earl of Dorincourt, has long ago disown...

#3
National Theatre Live: Hamlet

National Theatre Live: Hamlet

2015★ 7.5

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

As a country arms itself for war, a family tears itself apart. Forced to avenge his father's death but paralyzed by the task ahead, Hamlet rages against the impossibility of his pr...

#4
Head Full of Honey

Head Full of Honey

2018★ 6.3

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

A young girl tries to help her grandfather, who is suffering from Alzheimer’s, navigate his increasing forgetfulness, and ends up going on a remarkable adventure with him....

#5
The Man Who Laughs

The Man Who Laughs

1928★ 7.3

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

When a proud noble refuses to kiss the hand of the despotic King James in 1690, he is cruelly executed and his son surgically disfigured....

#6
My Brilliant Career

My Brilliant Career

1979★ 6.2

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

A young woman who is determined to maintain her independence finds herself at odds with her family who wants her to tame her wild side and get married....

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