Dynamic Watchlist Hub: May 10, 2026

10 Best Movies Like The Promise

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

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#1
Reds

Reds

1981★ 6.9

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

An account of the revolutionary years of the legendary American journalist John Reed, who shared his adventurous professional life with his radical commitment to the socialist revo...

#2
Earthquake Bird

Earthquake Bird

2019★ 5.9

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

Tokyo, Japan, 1989. Lucy Fly, a foreigner who works as a translator, begins a passionate relationship with Teiji, a mysterious man obsessed with photography....

#3
Fingernails

Fingernails

2023★ 5.9

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

Anna and Ryan have found true love together. It's been proven by a controversial test. There's just one problem: Anna still isn't sure. Then she meets Amir....

#4
The Ottoman Lieutenant

The Ottoman Lieutenant

2017★ 6.1

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

Lillie, a determined American woman, ventures overseas to join Dr. Jude at a remote medical mission in the Ottoman Empire (now Turkey). However, Lillie soon finds herself at odds w...

#5
Carrington

Carrington

1995★ 6.2

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

Painter Dora Carrington develops an intimate but extremely complex bond with writer Lytton Strachey. Though Lytton is a homosexual, he is enchanted by the mysterious Dora and they ...

#6
The Invisible Woman

The Invisible Woman

2013★ 5.9

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

In 1857, at the height of his fame and fortune, novelist and social critic Charles Dickens meets and falls in love with teenage stage actress Nelly Ternan. As she becomes the focus...

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