
Movies that feel likeGreat Expectations (1946)
If you loved Great Expectations, the closest films we have are Brief Encounter (1945), Wuthering Heights (1939) and The Earrings of Madame de... (1953). All three share Great Expectations' contemplative and romantic feel, which is what we rank on before quality.
Seen the big three already? The under-the-radar pick below is Make Way for Tomorrow (1937).
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If Great Expectations hit the spot, these will too

Both are David Lean's work, and they rhyme

Contemplative where it counts, romantic underneath

Drama with a pulse of tenderness, in both cases

Both lean on stillness more than on romance

Drama built on romance, twice over

Tender romance, and it commits to that

Contemplative drama in both cases

Both lean on romance more than on romance



Romance in the same key
The difference: The critics' underdog of the pair

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