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10 Best Movies Like Fanny and Alexander

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

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#1
Cries and Whispers

Cries and Whispers

1972★ 7.9

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

As Agnes slowly dies of cancer, her sisters are so immersed in their own psychic pains that they are unable to offer her the support she needs....

#2
The Glass House

The Glass House

2001★ 6.0

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

When Ruby and Rhett's parents are killed in a car accident, their carefree teenage lives are suddenly shattered. Moving to an incredible house in Malibu with the Glasses', old frie...

#3
FX's A Christmas Carol

FX's A Christmas Carol

2019★ 7.2

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Fanny and Alexander for fans of Fantasy & Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

London, 1843. Ebenezer Scrooge, a bitter old man, despises the Christmas holiday. Over the course of Christmas Eve night he is visited by three ghosts to show him his past, present...

#4
Lilya 4-ever

Lilya 4-ever

2002★ 7.6

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

In a struggling post-Soviet community, Lilya a teenage girl is abandoned when her mother moves to the United States with her boyfriend. Facing neglect and poverty, she meets Andrei...

#5
There Will Be Blood

There Will Be Blood

2007★ 8.1

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

Ruthless silver miner, turned oil prospector, Daniel Plainview, moves to oil-rich California. Using his son to project a trustworthy, family-man image, Plainview cons local landown...

#6
The Cement Garden

The Cement Garden

1993★ 6.7

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

After the death of her husband, the mother of Julie, Jack, Sue and Tom begins to suffer from a mysterious illness. Aware that she is going to have to go into hospital she opens a b...

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