Movies like Miss Julie (1969)
The best movies like Miss Julie (1969) are The Hunchback (1997), The Magic of Ordinary Days (2005) and Home by Spring (2018). If Miss Julie hooked you with its drama and romance, these 30 similar films are what to watch next, and every pick says why it matches.
Quick picks
- Highest ratedNorthanger Abbey (2007)6.8/10 from 322 votes
- NewestThe Santa Squad (2020)Released 2020
The Hunchback (1997)
Based on Victor Hugo's famed novel, the story of Quasimodo, the deformed bell ringer of Notre Dame, and his unrequited love for the gypsy girl, Esmeralda.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama & romance
SnoozefestMovies like thisThe Magic of Ordinary Days (2005)
Pregnant out of wedlock, an educated young woman is pressured by her father into an arranged marriage with a lonely farmer in this drama set during WWII.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama & romance
Worth the HypeMovies like thisHome by Spring (2018)
When an ambitious event planner gets an opportunity she can’t refuse, she goes undercover as her boss and returns to her rural hometown. With the help of her family and the man she left behind, she pulls off the perfect spring retreat, but will she discover home is where her heart is?
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama & romance
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisBorrowed Hearts (1997)
Single mom Kathleen Russell (Roma Downey) and her daughter Zoey pretend to be Kathleen's boss's "family" so he can close a major business deal with the mysterious Mexican financier Javier Del Campo.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama & romance
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisSteel Magnolias (2012)
In an updated contemporary version of the beloved stage play and 1989 film, "Steel Magnolias" chronicles the lives and friendship of six women in Louisiana. Supporting each other through their triumphs and tragedies, they congregate at Truvy’s beauty shop to ponder the mysteries of life and death, husbands and children - and hair and nails - all the important topics that truly unite and celebrate women.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both romance & drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisHome for Christmas Day (2017)
Jane is a single mother dead set on protecting her teenage daughter Betsy from the harsh realities of life. When Betsy falls in love with an enlisted man, Jane tries her best to steer Betsy away from heartache. Little does Jane realize she and her daughter are about to learn important lessons of the heart and that taking chances can sometimes lead to the most extraordinary happy endings.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both romance & drama
SnoozefestMovies like thisA Valentine's Match (2020)
Fired from her job as a reality TV host, Natalie returns home for Valentine's Day, only to find herself running the town festival's auction with her ex-fiancé thanks to two scheming mothers.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both romance & drama
Worth the HypeMovies like thisJane Eyre (1997)
After a bleak childhood, Jane Eyre goes out into the world to become a governess. As she lives happily in her new position at Thornfield Hall, she meets the dark, cold, and abrupt master of the house, Edward Rochester. Jane and her employer grow close in friendship and she soon finds herself falling in love with him. Happiness seems to have found Jane at last, but could Rochester's terrible secret be about to destroy it forever?
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama & romance
Worth the HypeMovies like thisLove Finds You in Valentine (2016)
Kennedy Blaine, a Californian girl, inherits a ranch in the small town of Valentine in Nebraska. Before she sells the property, she decides to spend the summer in her house and learn more about her family.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama & romance
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisNora Roberts' Montana Sky (2007)
The wealthy stock dealer bequeaths his Montana farm to the three daughters provided they would live there together at least for a year.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama & romance
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisPrescription for Love (2019)
Claire’s life as a nurse in a busy hospital is complicated by a supervisor who is intent on making her miserable with tedious and extra tasks. Claire’s only relief is the patients she treats, and even that is not always a picnic. On a rare night off, she attends a dance performance and gets trapped in an elevator with a charming man. There is an instant connection between them, but as they are “rescued” from the elevator, they are pulled away from each other before they can exchange names and numbers.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both romance & drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisLet It Snow (2013)
A resort executive is sent to a newly purchased lodge in Maine with instructions to turn it in to an ultra-modern resort, and finds a charming, successful lodge loaded with holiday spirit. Will she stick with her boss’s plans to tear everything down or find a way to save what she has come to love? Stars Candace Cameron-Bure and Alan Thicke.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama & romance
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisNorthanger Abbey (2007)
A young woman's penchant for sensational Gothic novels leads to misunderstandings in the matters of the heart.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both romance & drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisToo Close for Christmas (2020)
When Hayley accepts an invitation to spend Christmas with her sister’s new in-laws, her seemingly perfect holiday takes a turn when Paul, Hayley's brother-in-law's brother, unexpectedly shows up. Still harboring a grudge against Paul for ending her last relationship, Hayley reluctantly spends time with Paul and slowly realizes she may have been too quick a judge on Paul
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both romance & drama
SnoozefestMovies like thisThe Santa Squad (2020)
Allie, an out of work art teacher, has to accept a job with the Santa Squad to help wealthy widower Gordon and his two precious daughters rediscover the magic of Christmas. As Allie is lifting the holiday spirits of the family with Christmas decorations, cookies and shopping, her kindness is rewarded with the most unexpected of gifts: love!
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama & romance
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisRebound: The Legend of Earl 'The Goat' Manigault (1996)
A dramatization of the life of Earl 'The Goat' Manigault (Don Cheadle), with a lot of factual based occurrences. A reformed junkie returns from prison to clean up his act and devote the rest of his life to the young kids of Harlem. 1996 was the 25th anniversary of the first tournament named after him.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama
Worth the HypeMovies like thisTalhotBlond (2012)
Thomas Montgomery, a married father of two young daughters, gets seduced by the world of online gambling and chat rooms where a virtual romance and sexual obsession ultimately leads to the murder of an innocent man.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisAmerican Son (2019)
Time passes and tension mounts in a Florida police station as an estranged interracial couple awaits news of their missing teenage son.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisSaraband (2003)
Reuniting the characters of Johan and Marianne three decades after "Scenes from a Marriage," "Saraband" follows Marianne’s visit to her reclusive ex-husband, where she finds him locked in a destructive conflict with his troubled son Henrik and Henrik’s musically gifted daughter Karin. Told as an intimate chamber drama, the film explores love, resentment, forgiveness, and the inescapable pull of family bonds.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama
Worth the HypeMovies like thisGirl in the Box (2016)
The true story of 20-year-old Colleen Stan, a hitchhiking woman abducted by a young couple and held captive for seven years, during which time she's tortured and forced to live as a slave to her captors.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisHan som fick leva om sitt liv (1987)
The story of a man who has committed a crime but gets the chance to live his life again and avoid all of his past mistakes.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both drama
Ett Dockhem (1970)
Television adaptation of Ibsen's play about woman's role in society and marriage.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both drama
Easter (1988)
Drama about a family going through a crisis during the Easter weekend.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both drama
I denne verden er alt mulig (1983)
Drama about a group of young people in 1933 Berlin in search of an identity find themselves drawn to dangerous movements in society.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both drama
Kams - tokerier från Ådalen (1985)
Jonas has to stay at home on the farm and look after his seven younger siblings, because stepfather and stepmother are going to a wedding with eldest daughter Anna. But Jonas is curious about how the party goes and when it might be his turn to get married.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both drama
Lek ej med kärleken (1961)
The baron wants his niece and her cousin to get married but their own intrigues challenge his plans.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both romance & drama
Dacke (1961)
Nils Dacke, leader of the revolt against Gustav Vasa, is torn between his anger over social injustice and royal oppression, and his doubt in the power of himself and weapons.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both drama
Den bergtagna (1965)
Depicts a woman who commits suicide after being betrayed by a man who, by playing on her low self-esteem, has made herself her superior - and thus deprived her of all right to exist.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both drama
The Tragedy of King Christophe (1991)
Special broadcast of Aimé Césaire's text, directed by Hervé Denis for the Cooperation and Cultural Action Mission of the French Embassy in Haiti.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both drama
Gustav Vasa (1965)
Gustav Vasa struggles to keep power while dealing with the Dacke War in his own country and his foreign debts.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both drama
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Frequently asked questions
What are the best movies like Miss Julie?
The closest matches to Miss Julie are The Hunchback (1997), The Magic of Ordinary Days (2005) and Home by Spring (2018). Below are 27 more, each with the reason it matches.
What should I watch after Miss Julie?
Start with The Hunchback (1997), the closest match to Miss Julie.
What is the highest-rated movie like Miss Julie?
Northanger Abbey (2007), rated 6.8/10 by 322 TMDB users.
What is the newest movie like Miss Julie?
The Santa Squad (2020) is the most recent release on this list.
How are movies similar to Miss Julie chosen?
First come films that Trakt’s viewers watch alongside Miss Julie, then TMDB’s recommendations and films it rates as similar in story and genre. Each pick says which signal put it there.