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10 Best Movies Like What Wives Want

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

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#1
The Kindness of Strangers

The Kindness of Strangers

2019★ 6.3

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

Clara and her two sons escape from her abusive husband with little more than their car and plan to start over in New York. After the car towed away, the family meets Alice, who get...

#2
The Visit

The Visit

1964★ 7.2

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

Carla Zachanassian had a child by Serge Miller as a teenager. When Serge refused to marry her, she was driven out of town. By her own wit and cunning, she has returned as a multi-m...

#3
The Browning Version

The Browning Version

1994★ 6.5

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

Andrew Crocker-Harris is an embittered and disliked teacher of Greek and Latin at a British prep school. After nearly 20 years of service, he is being forced to retire for 'health ...

#4
Salomé

Salomé

2013★ 6.2

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

After the lewd and frenetic Dance of the Seven Veils, and with the solemn pledge from the very lips of Herod himself that she could have whatever her heart desires up to half his k...

#5
Alex of Venice

Alex of Venice

2015★ 5.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to What Wives Want 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
The Good Neighbor

The Good Neighbor

2022★ 6.5

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

A nightmarish evening unfolds for neighbors David and Robert when they accidentally hit a woman on her bike and flee the scene. While David is increasingly plagued by feelings of g...

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