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

1917
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Expectations for fans of Drama. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.
At the height of the First World War, two young British soldiers must cross enemy territory and deliver a message that will stop a deadly attack on hundreds of soldiers....

Jojo Rabbit
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Expectations for fans of Drama. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.
Jojo, a lonely German boy during World War II has his world shaken when he learns that his single mother is hiding a Jewish girl in their home. Influenced by a buffoonish imaginary...

Pieces of a Woman
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Expectations for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.
When a young mother's home birth ends in unfathomable tragedy, she begins a year-long odyssey of mourning that fractures relationships with loved ones in this deeply personal story...

Doctor Strange
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Expectations for fans of Fantasy. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.
After his career is destroyed, a brilliant but arrogant surgeon gets a new lease on life when a sorcerer takes him under her wing and trains him to defend the world against evil....

Did You Hear About the Morgans?
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Expectations for fans of Drama & Romance. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.
New Yorkers Paul and Meryl Morgan seem to have it all -- except that their marriage is crumbling around them. But their romantic woes are small compared to the trouble they find th...

Emancipation
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Expectations for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.
Inspired by the gripping true story of a man who would do anything for his family—and for freedom. When Peter, an enslaved man, risks his life to escape and return to his family, h...