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10 Best Movies Like Hedda Gabler

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

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#1
What Maisie Knew

What Maisie Knew

2013★ 7.1

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

In New York City, a young girl is caught in the middle of her parents' bitter custody battle....

#2
Vanya on 42nd Street

Vanya on 42nd Street

1994★ 6.6

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

An uninterrupted rehearsal of Chekhov's 'Uncle Vanya' plays out by a company of actors. The setting: their run-down theater with an unusable stage and crumbling ceiling. The play i...

#3
Les Misérables

Les Misérables

2012★ 7.3

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

An adaptation of the successful stage musical based on Victor Hugo's classic novel set in 19th-century France. Jean Valjean, a man imprisoned for stealing bread, must flee a relent...

#4
Mansfield Park

Mansfield Park

2007★ 6.1

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

Fanny Price is sent to live with her wealthy relatives, the Bertrams, where she is treated poorly by most except her cousin Edmund. Her life is complicated by the arrival of the wo...

#5
National Theatre Live: Hamlet

National Theatre Live: Hamlet

2015★ 7.5

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

As a country arms itself for war, a family tears itself apart. Forced to avenge his father's death but paralyzed by the task ahead, Hamlet rages against the impossibility of his pr...

#6
Gracie

Gracie

2007★ 6.2

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

A teenager faces an uphill battle when she fights to give women the opportunity to play competitive soccer....

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