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.

🏆

Expert Review & Ratings

See our full critical analysis and audience score for The Promise.

View Review →
Advertisement
#1
Shun Li and the Poet

Shun Li and the Poet

2011★ 6.9

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

A study of the friendship between a Chinese woman and a fisherman who came to Italy from Yugoslavia many years ago, who live in a small city-island in the Veneto lagoon....

#2
The Young One

The Young One

1960★ 6.9

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

A jazz musician seeks refuge from a lynch mob on a remote island, where he meets a hostile game warden and the young object of his attentions....

#3
Things Unspoken

Things Unspoken

2026★ 7.0

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

Carlo and Elisa are a successful couple. He’s a university professor and writer facing a creative block; she’s a brilliant, sharp-witted journalist, known for her internationally p...

#4
My Tennis Maestro

My Tennis Maestro

2025★ 6.4

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

Italy, 1989. After years of hard training, 13-year-old Felice, carrying his father's expectations on his shoulders, finally sets out to compete in the national tennis tournaments. ...

#5
Alex of Venice

Alex of Venice

2015★ 5.9

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

After her stay-at-home husband leaves her, a workaholic lawyer finds that she is not completely up to the tasks of caring for her young son, ailing father and household all by hers...

#6
Five Seconds

Five Seconds

2025★ 6.7

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

Adriano is a middle-aged man living in a dilapidated villa in Tuscany, when a group of young idealistic students arrives to restore the villa's vineyards....

Advertisement