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10 Best Movies Like Notes on a Scandal

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

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#1
Lolita

Lolita

1997★ 7.1

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

Humbert Humbert is a middle-aged British novelist who is both appalled by and attracted to the vulgarity of American culture. When he comes to stay at the boarding house run by Cha...

#2
Unfaithful

Unfaithful

2002★ 6.7

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

A New York suburban couple's marriage goes dangerously awry when the wife indulges in an adulterous fling....

#3
Submission

Submission

2018★ 5.9

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

A well-respected professor who is a celebrated novelist and loving husband loses himself when he becomes obsessed with an ambitious and talented student....

#4
Revolutionary Road

Revolutionary Road

2008★ 7.0

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

A young couple living in a Connecticut suburb during the mid-1950s struggle to come to terms with their personal problems while trying to raise their two children. Based on a novel...

#5
Anna Karenina

Anna Karenina

1997★ 6.1

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

In Imperial Russia, Anna, wife of the officer Karenin, goes to Moscow to visit her brother. On the way, she meets charming cavalry officer Vronsky, to whom she's immediately attrac...

#6
The French Lieutenant's Woman

The French Lieutenant's Woman

1981★ 6.5

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

In this story-within-a-story, Anna is an actress starring opposite Mike in a period piece about the forbidden love between their respective characters, Sarah and Charles. Both acto...

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