Movies like Hemingway & Gellhorn (2012)
The best movies like Hemingway & Gellhorn (2012) are Genius (2016), The Passion of Ayn Rand (1999) and Sylvia (2003). If Hemingway & Gellhorn 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 ratedThe Longest Ride (2015)7.6/10 from 3,394 votes
- NewestTo Olivia (2021)Released 2021
Genius (2016)
New York in the 1920s. Max Perkins, a literary editor is the first to sign such subsequent literary greats as Ernest Hemingway and F. Scott Fitzgerald. When a sprawling, chaotic 1,000-page manuscript by an unknown writer falls into his hands, Perkins is convinced he has discovered a literary genius.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Passion of Ayn Rand (1999)
Author Ayn Rand becomes involved with a much younger and married man, to the dismay of those close to her.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & romance
Sylvia (2003)
Story of the relationship between the poets Ted Hughes and Sylvia Plath.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & romance
SnoozefestMovies like thisWaiting for Forever (2010)
A Hollywood-set romantic tale of a guy who is content to live his life without a job yet with the love of his life, a young actress.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & romance
SnoozefestMovies like thisAnd While We Were Here (2012)
Trapped in a loveless marriage, a troubled writer experiences a sexual awakening when she meets a carefee American in Italy.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & romance
SnoozefestMovies like thisGrace of Monaco (2014)
The story of former Hollywood star Grace Kelly's crisis of marriage and identity, during a political dispute between Monaco's Prince Rainier III and France's Charles De Gaulle, and a looming French invasion of Monaco in the early 1960s.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both romance & drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisSurviving Picasso (1996)
The passionate Merchant-Ivory drama tells the story of Francoise Gilot, the only lover of Pablo Picasso who was strong enough to withstand his ferocious cruelty and move on with her life.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & romance
SnoozefestMovies like thisThe Last Station (2009)
A historical drama that illustrates Russian author Leo Tolstoy's struggle to balance fame and wealth with his commitment to a life devoid of material things. The Countess Sofya, wife and muse to Leo Tolstoy, uses every trick of seduction on her husband's loyal disciple, whom she believes was the person responsible for Tolstoy signing a new will that leaves his work and property to the Russian people.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & romance
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Deep Blue Sea (2011)
The wife of a British Judge is caught in a self-destructive love affair with a Royal Air Force pilot.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & romance
SnoozefestMovies like thisRebel in the Rye (2017)
The life of celebrated but reclusive author J.D. Salinger, who gained worldwide fame with the publication of his novel The Catcher in the Rye.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & romance
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe End of the Affair (1999)
On a rainy London night in 1946, novelist Maurice Bendrix has a chance meeting with Henry Miles, husband of his ex-mistress Sarah, who abruptly ended their affair two years before. Bendrix's obsession with Sarah is rekindled; he succumbs to his own jealousy and arranges to have her followed.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both romance & drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisMrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle (1994)
Dorothy Parker remembers the heyday of the Algonquin Round Table, a circle of friends whose barbed wit, like hers, was fueled by alcohol and flirted with despair.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
SnoozefestMovies like thisThe Secret Scripture (2017)
The hidden memoir of an elderly woman confined to a mental hospital reveals the history of her passionate yet tortured life, and of the religious and political upheavals in Ireland during the 1920s and 30s.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & romance
Worth the HypeMovies like thisShadowlands (1993)
C.S. Lewis, a world-renowned writer and professor, leads a passionless life until he meets spirited poet Joy Gresham.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & romance
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe End of the Affair (1955)
During the 1940s, Maurice Bendrix, a writer recently discharged from the armed service, falls in love with Sarah Miles, whom he interviews for a book. Sarah is married, but she and Maurice eventually give in to their mutual attraction, leading to an affair that lasts several months. Maurice's jealousy, along with the bombing of London by the Germans, seemingly leads to the end of their relationship. However, the reasons are later revealed to be more complex.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & romance
Submission (2018)
A well-respected professor who is a celebrated novelist and loving husband loses himself when he becomes obsessed with an ambitious and talented student.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
SnoozefestMovies like thisThe Longest Ride (2015)
The lives of a young couple intertwine with a much older man as he reflects back on a lost love while he's trapped in an automobile crash.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & romance
Worth the HypeMovies like thisIris (2001)
True story of the lifelong romance between novelist Iris Murdoch and her husband John Bayley, from their student days through her battle with Alzheimer's disease.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & romance
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisBeing Julia (2004)
Julia Lambert is a true diva: beautiful, talented, weathly and famous. She has it all - including a devoted husband who has mastermined her brilliant career - but after years of shining in the spotlight she begins to suffer from a severe case of boredom and longs for something new and exciting to put the twinkle back in her eye. Julia finds exactly what she's looking for in a handsome young American fan, but it isn't long before the novelty fling adds a few more sparks than she was hoping for. Fortuately for her, this surprise twist in the plot will thrust her back into the greatest role of her life.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & romance
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Vanishing of Sidney Hall (2018)
Over the course of 12 years, and three stages of life, Sidney Hall falls in love, writes the book of a generation and then disappears without a trace.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & romance
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisEffie Gray (2014)
A look at the mysterious relationship between Victorian art critic John Ruskin and his teenage bride Effie Gray.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisHead in the Clouds (2004)
Gilda Bessé shares her Paris apartment with an Irish schoolteacher, Guy Malyon, and Mia, a refugee from Spain. As the world drifts toward war, Gilda defiantly pursues her hedonistic lifestyle and her burgeoning career as a photographer. But Guy and Mia feel impelled to join the fight against fascism, and the three friends are separated.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & romance
SnoozefestMovies like thisGeorgia O'Keeffe (2009)
Biopic of American artist Georgia O'Keeffe and her husband, photographer Alfred Stieglitz.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & romance
Hello I Must Be Going (2012)
An affair with a 19-year old actor helps reinvigorate life for thirty-something Amy after she moves home to her parents’ house following her divorce.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & romance
SnoozefestMovies like thisDeath Defying Acts (2007)
On a tour of Britain in 1926, Harry Houdini enters into a passionate affair with a psychic out to con the famous magician.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & romance
SnoozefestMovies like thisThe Last of Robin Hood (2013)
Errol Flynn, the swashbuckling Hollywood star and notorious ladies man, flouted convention all his life, but never more brazenly than in his last years when, swimming in vodka and unwilling to face his mortality, he undertook a liaison with an aspiring actress, Beverly Aadland. The two had a high-flying affair that spanned the globe and was enabled by the girl's fame-obsessed mother, Florence. It all came crashing to an end in October 1959, when events forced the relationship into the open, sparking an avalanche of publicity castigating Beverly and her mother - which only fed Florence's need to stay in the spotlight.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & romance
SnoozefestMovies like thisTo Olivia (2021)
In 1962, Patricia Neal and Roald Dahl retreat to the English countryside to bring up their young family. The seemingly unlikely pair find their relationship put to the test by a tragic loss.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Into the Storm (2009)
This powerful follow-up to “The Gathering Storm” follows Churchill from 1940 to 1945 as he guided his beleaguered nation through the crucible of the war years--even as his marriage was encountering its own struggles.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisMy Salinger Year (2020)
A college grad takes a clerical job working for the literary agent of the renowned, reclusive writer J.D. Salinger.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisFactory Girl (2006)
In the mid-1960s, wealthy debutant Edie Sedgwick meets artist Andy Warhol. She joins Warhol's famous Factory and becomes his muse. Although she seems to have it all, Edie cannot have the love she craves from Andy, and she has an affair with a charismatic musician, who pushes her to seek independence from the artist and the milieu.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
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Frequently asked questions
What are the best movies like Hemingway & Gellhorn?
The closest matches to Hemingway & Gellhorn are Genius (2016), The Passion of Ayn Rand (1999) and Sylvia (2003). Below are 27 more, each with the reason it matches.
What should I watch after Hemingway & Gellhorn?
People who watched Hemingway & Gellhorn most often go on to Genius (2016), The Passion of Ayn Rand (1999) and Sylvia (2003).
What is the highest-rated movie like Hemingway & Gellhorn?
The Longest Ride (2015), rated 7.6/10 by 3,394 TMDB users.
What is the newest movie like Hemingway & Gellhorn?
To Olivia (2021) is the most recent release on this list.
Are there English movies like Hemingway & Gellhorn?
Yes: Genius (2016), The Passion of Ayn Rand (1999) and Sylvia (2003).
How are movies similar to Hemingway & Gellhorn chosen?
First come films that Trakt’s viewers watch alongside Hemingway & Gellhorn, then TMDB’s recommendations and films it rates as similar in story and genre. Each pick says which signal put it there.