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

Reading Lolita in Tehran
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Homo Novus for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.
As Islamic morality squads stage arbitrary raids in Tehran and as fundamentalists seize hold of the universities, Azar Nafisi, an inspired teacher, secretly gathers six of her most...

A Dry White Season
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Homo Novus for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.
During the 1976 Soweto uprising, a white school teacher's life and values are threatened when he asks questions about the death of a young black boy who died in police custody....

The Girl in the Book
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Homo Novus for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.
The story of a young writer's transformation when her past invades her present....

Bastard Out of Carolina
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Homo Novus for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.
A poor, struggling South Carolinian mother and daughter face painful choices with their resolve and pride. Bone, the eldest daughter, and Anney her tired mother, grow both closer a...

Alex of Venice
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Homo Novus for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.
After her stay-at-home husband leaves her, a workaholic lawyer finds that she is not completely up to the tasks of caring for her young son, ailing father and household all by hers...

The Browning Version
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Homo Novus for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.
Andrew Crocker-Harris is an embittered and disliked teacher of Greek and Latin at a British prep school. After nearly 20 years of service, he is being forced to retire for 'health ...