Movies like Look Back in Anger: 20 to watch next
If you loved Look Back in Anger (1959) — a drama film directed by Tony Richardson — these 20 movies are the closest matches.
The first picks are what fans of Look Back in Anger most often go on to watch; the rest share its genres and themes like love triangle, market and based on play or musical. 4 of them are streaming in India right now — each entry shows where.
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Les Misérables 2012★ 7.3
Shares: Drama
An adaptation of the successful stage musical based on Victor Hugo's classic novel set in 19th-century France. Jean Valjean, a man imprisoned for stealing bread, must flee a relentless policeman named Javert. The pursuit consumes both men's lives, and soon Valjean finds himself in the midst of the student revolutions in France.
Stream in India on JioHotstar, VI movies and tv
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Othello 1951★ 7.4
Shares: Drama
Manipulated by his jealous ensign Iago, the Moorish general Othello is driven to believe that his new wife Desdemona is unfaithful, setting in motion a chain of deception, jealousy, and violence that leads to tragedy.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Here 2024★ 6.5
Shares: Drama
An odyssey through time and memory, centered on a place in New Jersey where—from wilderness, and then, later, from a home—love, loss, struggle, hope and legacy play out between couples and families over generations.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Fast Girls 2012★ 6.0
Shares: Drama
A street smart runner develops an intense rivalry with an equally ambitious wealthy young athlete.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Poor Cow 1967★ 6.4
Shares: Drama
Joy lives a life filled with bad choices. At a young age, she marries and has a child–with an abusive thief who quickly ends up incarcerated. Left alone, she takes up with the guy's mate, another thief, who seems to give her some happiness but who also ends up locked up. She then takes up with a series of seedy types who offer nothing but momentary pleasure–if that.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Old Acquaintance 1943★ 7.1
Shares: Drama
Two writers, friends since childhood, fight over their books and lives.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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All About Eve 1950★ 8.1
Shares: Drama
From the moment she glimpses her idol at the stage door, Eve Harrington is determined to take the reins of power away from the great actress Margo Channing. Eve maneuvers her way into Margo's Broadway role, becomes a sensation and even causes turmoil in the lives of Margo's director boyfriend, her playwright and his wife. Only the cynical drama critic sees through Eve, admiring her audacity and perfect pattern of deceit.
Stream in India on Artiflix
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The Woman on the Beach 1947★ 6.1
Shares: Drama
A sailor suffering from post-traumatic stress becomes involved with a beautiful and enigmatic seductress married to a blind painter.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Glengarry Glen Ross 1992★ 7.3
Shares: Drama
An examination of the machinations behind the scenes at a real estate office. Unscrupulous salesmen try to hawk dubious real estate to suckers.
Stream in India on Tubi TV
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Albatross 2011★ 6.0
Shares: Drama
Beth, a bookish teenager, befriends Emilia, an aspiring novelist who has just arrived in town. Emilia soon begins an affair with Beth's father that threatens to have devastating consequences.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Blackmail 1929★ 6.5
Shares: Drama
London, 1929. Frank Webber, a very busy Scotland Yard detective, seems to be more interested in his work than in Alice White, his girlfriend. Feeling herself ignored, Alice agrees to go out with an elegant and well-mannered artist who invites her to visit his fancy apartment.
Stream in India on Artiflix, JustWatch TV Beta, Plex
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National Theatre Live: Hamlet 2015★ 7.5
Shares: Drama
As a country arms itself for war, a family tears itself apart. Forced to avenge his father's death but paralyzed by the task ahead, Hamlet rages against the impossibility of his predicament, threatening both his sanity and the security of the state.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Eleanor the Great 2025★ 6.8
Shares: Drama
94-year-old Eleanor Morgenstein tries to rebuild her life after the death of her best friend. As a result, she moves back to New York City after living in Florida for decades.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Goodbye Christopher Robin 2017★ 7.0
Shares: Drama
The behind the scenes story of the life of A.A. Milne and the creation of the Winnie the Pooh stories inspired by his son Christopher Robin.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Mildred Pierce 1945★ 7.6
Shares: Drama
A hard-working mother inches towards disaster as she divorces her husband and starts a successful restaurant business to support her spoiled daughter.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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An Inspector Calls 1954★ 7.2
Shares: Drama
An upper-crust family dinner is interrupted by a police inspector who brings news that a girl known to everyone present has died in suspicious circumstances. It seems that any or all of them could have had a hand in her death. But who is the mysterious Inspector and what can he want of them?
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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BUtterfield 8 1960★ 6.3
Shares: Drama
Gloria Wandrous, a promiscuous fashion model, falls in love with Weston Liggett, the hard drinking son of a working class family who has married into money.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Hamlet 1996★ 7.3
Shares: Drama
Hamlet, Prince of Denmark, returns home to find his father murdered and his mother now marrying the murderer... his uncle. Meanwhile, war is brewing.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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The Other Woman 2010★ 6.2
Shares: Drama
Emilia, a law-school graduate, falls in love with her married boss, Jack. After Emilia marries Jack, her happiness turns unexpectedly to grief following the death of her infant daughter. Devastated, Emilia nonetheless carries on, attempting to forge a connection with her stepson William and to resist the interference of Jack's jealous ex-wife.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Another Woman 1988★ 6.8
Shares: Drama
Marion is a woman who has learned to shield herself from her emotions. She rents an apartment to work undisturbed on her new book, but by some acoustic anomaly she can hear all that is said in the next apartment in which a psychiatrist holds his office. When she hears a young woman tell that she finds it harder and harder to bear her life, Marion starts to reflect on her own life. After a series of events she comes to understand how her unemotional attitude towards the people around her affected them and herself.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now