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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.

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#1
Love & Sex

Love & Sex

2000★ 6.1

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

When her rather explicit copy is rejected, magazine journalist Kate is asked by her editor to come up with an article on loving relationships instead, and to do so by the end of th...

#2
Greenberg

Greenberg

2010★ 5.9

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

Roger Greenberg, a failed musician now making a living as a carpenter in New York, returns to Los Angeles to house-sit for his brother. He's stranded there—since he doesn't drive—u...

#3
Walking and Talking

Walking and Talking

1996★ 6.1

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

Just as Amelia thinks she's over her anxiety and insecurity, her best friend announces her engagement, bringing her anxiety and insecurity right back....

#4
The Giant Mechanical Man

The Giant Mechanical Man

2012★ 6.5

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

An offbeat romantic comedy about a silver-painted street performer and the soft spoken zoo worker who falls for him....

#5
The Edge of Love

The Edge of Love

2008★ 6.2

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

When the Welsh poet Dylan Thomas and his flirtatious wife Caitlin sweep into war-torn London, the last thing they expect is to bump into Dylan's childhood sweetheart Vera. Despite ...

#6
Jack Goes Boating

Jack Goes Boating

2010★ 6.0

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

A limo driver's blind date sparks a tale of love, betrayal, friendship and grace—centered on two working-class New York City couples....

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