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10 Best Movies Like The Great Pretender

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

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#1
Trance

Trance

2020★ 6.8

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

A disheartened motivational speaker gets hired by a corporate to become a preacher until his live stint on television puts him and his service under the scanner....

#2
Runway 34

Runway 34

2022★ 6.4

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

A flying prodigy, Captain Vikrant Khanna's flight takes a stirring and mysterious trajectory after take-off from an international destination. Concurrently, it follows the tenaciou...

#3
Love, Classified

Love, Classified

2022★ 6.6

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Great Pretender for fans of Drama & TV Movie. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

Romance novelist Emilia is a whirlwind who blows back into the lives of her adult children, Taylor and Zach, under the pretense of a book signing arranged by her hometown's local b...

#4
'Tis the Season to be Merry

'Tis the Season to be Merry

2021★ 6.1

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Great Pretender for fans of Drama & TV Movie. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

Looking for a fresh angle to her book on relationships, Merry heads to snow-covered Vermont. She finds a new perspective and Christmas cheer with charismatic aid worker Chris....

#5
A Valentine's Match

A Valentine's Match

2020★ 7.0

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

Fired from her job as a reality TV host, Natalie returns home for Valentine's Day, only to find herself running the town festival's auction with her ex-fiancé thanks to two schemin...

#6
In arte Nino

In arte Nino

2016★ 7.1

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

Biopic about Italian actor Nino Manfredi, focusing on the period between 1939 and 1959, depicting his difficult beginnings, his passion for acting and the encounter with the love o...