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10 Best Movies Like The Housekeeper

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

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#1
You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger

You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger

2010★ 5.9

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

Two married couples find only trouble and heartache as their complicated lives unfold. After 40 years of marriage, Alfie leaves his wife to pursue what he thinks is happiness with ...

#2
Jane Austen Wrecked My Life

Jane Austen Wrecked My Life

2025★ 6.1

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

An aspiring author looking to get more out of life takes up a writing residency and finds herself in the sort of romantic entanglements that could come from the pages of a Jane Aus...

#3
Moliere

Moliere

2007★ 6.4

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

Molière, a down-and-out actor-cum-playwright up to his ears in debt. When the wealthy Jourdain offers to cover that debt so that Molière's theatrical talents might help Jourdain wi...

#4
Marius

Marius

1931★ 7.4

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

César runs a bar along Marseilles' port, assisted by his 23-year-old son, Marius. Friends since childhood, Fanny and Marius love each other, but Marius has a secret wanderlust: eve...

#5
Purple Violets

Purple Violets

2007★ 5.8

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

Patti Petalson is a promising writer, but her marriage and conventional job keep her from her dream. She longs to return to her writing, especially after running into her first lov...

#6
Diary of a Fleeting Affair

Diary of a Fleeting Affair

2022★ 6.4

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

A single mother and a married man enter into an affair with the understanding that their relationship is purely sexual. Though they agree the relationship has no future, they find ...

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