Dynamic Watchlist Hub: May 12, 2026

10 Best Movies Like The Wife

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

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#1
Nocturnal Animals

Nocturnal Animals

2016★ 7.4

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

Susan Morrow receives a book manuscript from her ex-husband – a man she left 20 years earlier – asking for her opinion of his writing. As she reads, she is drawn into the fictional...

#2
Submission

Submission

2018★ 5.9

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

A well-respected professor who is a celebrated novelist and loving husband loses himself when he becomes obsessed with an ambitious and talented student....

#3
Deep Water

Deep Water

2022★ 5.8

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

A well-to-do husband who allows his wife to have affairs in order to avoid a divorce becomes a prime suspect in the disappearance of her lovers....

#4
Crime of Passion

Crime of Passion

1956★ 6.1

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

Kathy leaves the newspaper business to marry homicide detective Bill, but is frustrated by his lack of ambition and the banality of life in the suburbs. Her drive to advance Bill's...

#5
The Ice Storm

The Ice Storm

1997★ 6.9

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

In the weekend after thanksgiving 1973 the Hood family is skidding out of control. Then an ice storm hits, the worst in a century....

#6
The Postcard Killings

The Postcard Killings

2020★ 6.3

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

After suffering a personal tragedy, and desperate for justice, Jacob Kanon, a veteran New York City police detective, embarks on the search for a twisted killer who is leaving a bl...

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