Movies like The Reader

The Quiet American

2002

based on novel or book · Romance, Drama · Mirage Enterprises

The Virgin Suicides

2000

cautionary, disheartening, based on novel or book · Romance, Drama

Monster's Ball

2001

cruel · Romance, Drama

Atonement

2007

based on novel or book, world war ii · Romance, Drama

A Woman Under the Influence

1974

cruel, disheartening · Romance, Drama

Revolutionary Road

2008

based on novel or book · Romance, Drama · with Kate Winslet

The End of the Affair

1999

world war ii · Romance, Drama · with Ralph Fiennes

The Deep Blue Sea

2011

love affair · Romance, Drama

Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence

1983

based on novel or book, depressing, war crimes · Drama

Indignation

2016

based on novel or book · Romance, Drama

Beach Rats

2017

disheartening · Romance, Drama

Little Children

2006

based on novel or book · Romance, Drama · with Kate Winslet

The Heiress

1949

cautionary, cruel, cynical · Romance, Drama

Cria!

1976

cruel, complex, depressing · Drama

The Burning Plain

2008

Close on feel, same era · Romance, Drama

Brief Encounter

1945

shame, love affair · Romance, Drama

Scenes from a Marriage

1974

love affair · Romance, Drama

The Wrestler

2008

cruel · Romance, Drama

The Truth

1960

trial · Romance, Drama

The Adderall Diaries

2016

based on novel or book · Romance, Drama

The Human Stain

2003

Close on feel, same era · Romance, Drama

45 Years

2015

Close on feel, same era · Romance, Drama

Elegy

2008

Close on feel, same era · Romance, Drama

Transit

2018

based on novel or book · Romance, Drama