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10 Best Movies Like Wonder Boys

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

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#1
Submission

Submission

2018★ 5.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Wonder Boys 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....

#2
Lolita

Lolita

1997★ 7.1

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

Humbert Humbert is a middle-aged British novelist who is both appalled by and attracted to the vulgarity of American culture. When he comes to stay at the boarding house run by Cha...

#3
Notes on a Scandal

Notes on a Scandal

2006★ 7.1

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

A veteran high school teacher befriends a younger art teacher, who is having an affair with one of her 15-year-old students. However, her intentions with this new "friend" also go ...

#4
At Close Range

At Close Range

1986★ 6.8

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

Brad Whitewood Jr. lives in rural Pennsylvania and has few prospects. Against his mother's wishes, he seeks out his estranged father, the head of a gang of thieves in a nearby town...

#5
Unfaithful

Unfaithful

2002★ 6.7

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

A New York suburban couple's marriage goes dangerously awry when the wife indulges in an adulterous fling....

#6
Revolutionary Road

Revolutionary Road

2008★ 7.0

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Wonder Boys for fans of Drama. 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...

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