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10 Best Movies Like The Inheritance

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

#1
Girl with a Suitcase

Girl with a Suitcase

1961★ 7.1

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

Lorenzo, who's 16 and born to a wealthy family in Parma, tries to make things right toward a showgirl, Aida, whom his older brother has mistreated. In extending kindness and standi...

#2
Shake It All About

Shake It All About

2001★ 5.9

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

Jacob is a young man used to getting everything he wants. For several years, he has been living in a happy homosexual partnership with Jørgen, and one night Jacob decides to pop th...

#3
The Departed

The Departed

2006★ 8.2

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

To take down South Boston's Irish Mafia, the police send in one of their own to infiltrate the underworld, not realizing the syndicate has done likewise. While an undercover cop cu...

#4
Shutter Island

Shutter Island

2010★ 8.2

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

World War II soldier-turned-U.S. Marshal Teddy Daniels investigates the disappearance of a patient from a hospital for the criminally insane, but his efforts are compromised by tro...

#5
American Beauty

American Beauty

1999★ 8.0

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

Lester Burnham, a depressed suburban father in a mid-life crisis, decides to turn his hectic life around after developing an infatuation with his daughter's attractive friend....

#6
The Breakfast Club

The Breakfast Club

1985★ 7.7

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

Five high school students from different walks of life endure a Saturday detention under a power-hungry principal. The disparate group includes rebel John, princess Claire, outcast...