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10 Best Movies Like Great Expectations

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

#1
My Life as a Dog

My Life as a Dog

1985★ 7.2

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Great Expectations for fans of Drama. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

A boy, obsessed with comparing himself with those less fortunate, experiences a different life at the home of his aunt and uncle in 1959 Sweden....

#2
Phone Booth

Phone Booth

2003★ 6.9

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

A slick New York publicist who picks up a ringing receiver in a phone booth is told that if he hangs up, he'll be killed... and the little red light from a laser rifle sight is pro...

#3
Great Expectations

Great Expectations

2012★ 6.4

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

Orphan Pip discovers through lawyer Mr. Jaggers that a mysterious benefactor wishes to ensure that he becomes a gentleman. Reunited with his childhood patron, Miss Havisham, and hi...

#4
Titanic

Titanic

1997★ 7.9

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

101-year-old Rose DeWitt Bukater tells the story of her life aboard the Titanic, 84 years later. A young Rose boards the ship with her mother and fiancé. Meanwhile, Jack Dawson and...

#5
Joker

Joker

2019★ 8.1

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

During the 1980s, a failed stand-up comedian is driven insane and turns to a life of crime and chaos in Gotham City while becoming an infamous psychopathic crime figure....

#6
Shutter Island

Shutter Island

2010★ 8.2

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

World War II soldier-turned-U.S. Marshal Teddy Daniels investigates the disappearance of a patient from a hospital for the criminally insane, but his efforts are compromised by tro...