Movies like Wuthering Heights 2026
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Wuthering Heights (2026)
Original name: “Wuthering Heights”
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 136 min.
Story:
Tragedy strikes when Heathcliff falls in love with Catherine Earnshaw, a woman from a wealthy family in 18th-century England.
Style:
gothic, tragic ending, family saga, psychological thriller, period drama
Plot:
passion, tragedy, obsessive love, literary, jealousy, star crossed lovers, class conflict, haunting, forbidden romance, toxic relationship, revenge, loneliness, isolation, female protagonist, moral ambiguity, bittersweet, inheritance, manor, steamy romance, foster child, psychological drama
Time:
19th century
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out period drama, tragic ending, melancholic and romantic drama films with plots about jealousy, tragedy, love triangle, moral ambiguity, psychological drama, forbidden love and betrayal mostly in Drama, Romance and History genres. Some movies like Wuthering Heights: Miss Julie (2009), Hedda (2025), Girls on Film (2023), The Magnetist's Fifth Winter (1999), Apricot Island (2011). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Miss Julie has power over Jean because she's an aristocrat but he has power over her because he's a man. On Midsummer Eve this power battle turns to love which is consummated. But as each one battles for power, Jean convinces Miss Julie ...
Style:
tense, tragic ending, art house, period drama
Plot:
class conflict, sexual tension, forbidden romance, gender roles, tragedy, manipulation, character study, suicide, claustrophobia, literary, moral ambiguity, obsession ...
Time:
19th century
Similarity:
95%
4K
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
Hedda Gabler finds herself torn between the lingering ache of a past love and the quiet suffocation of her present life. Over the course of one charged night, long-repressed desires and hidden tensions erupt—pulling her and everyone around her ...
Style:
art house, detective, period drama, f word
Plot:
husband wife relationship, tragedy, female protagonist, manipulation, repression, character study, adaptation, literary, betrayal, passion, moral ambiguity, claustrophobia ...
Time:
victorian era, 19th century
Similarity:
88%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
When a beautiful, erotic content creator and aspiring nurse is seduced into a toxic relationship with a lonely, drug-addicted socialite, her life begins a downward spiral into the abyss.
Style:
erotic drama, psychological thriller, creepy, erotic, sexy
Plot:
sex work, sexual content, toxic relationship, female protagonist, emotional abuse, seduction, sexploitation, drug addiction, addiction, control, self destructing, loneliness ...
Similarity:
86%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Denmark, Norway, Sweden
Duration: 123 min.
Story:
A mysterious stranger, Meisner, arrives in a northern Swedish town in 1820, calling himself a magnetist - an amalgam of hypnotist and healer - and claiming he can cure diseases un-treatable by doctors. Ignoring the objections of his colleagues, Dr. ...
Style:
atmospheric, historical drama, period piece, melancholic, suspenseful ...
Plot:
hypnosis, winter, blindness, small town, jealousy, moral ambiguity, healer, ethical dilemma, forbidden romance, love triangle, seduction, obsession ...
Time:
19th century, 1820s, 1810s
Similarity:
84%
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Genre: Adventure, Drama, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
The Earnshaws are Yorkshire farmers during the early 19th Century. One day, Mr. Earnshaw returns from a trip to the city, bringing with him a ragged little boy called Heathcliff. Earnshaw's son, Hindley, resents the child, but Heathcliff ...
Style:
costume drama, gothic, romantic drama, atmospheric, period piece ...
Audience:
girls' night, date night, chick flick
Plot:
forbidden love, true love, vengeance, doomed romance, wuthering heights, murder, jealousy, passion, brother sister relationship, star crossed lovers, unrequited love, haunted house ...
Time:
19th century, 18th century, victorian era, 1800s, 1920s ...
Place:
yorkshire, england, europe
Similarity:
83%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Slovakia
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
A captivating story of Babika, a woman who experienced in life with full of passion, cruelty of fate and unbridled love. Set in a secluded apricot orchard in southern Slovakia, the film draws you into a whirlwind passion of three men- two are ...
Style:
romantic drama, tragic ending, sensual, art house, period piece
Plot:
love triangle, female protagonist, strong female lead, passion, jealousy, longing, family conflict, tragedy, fate, obsession, loss, isolation ...
Similarity:
81%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Italy, France
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
During the student movement in Bologna, Italy. 1968. Angela and Massimo are friends, lovers and college students. They get to know Guido, the heir of a wealthy family who has never known love pure. Impressed by the feeling that binds the two lovers, ...
Style:
tragic ending, melancholic, art house, period drama
Plot:
threesome, love triangle, jealousy, betrayal, tragedy, friendship, obsession, moral ambiguity, passion, intimacy, college student, class differences ...
Time:
60s
Place:
italy
Similarity:
81%
Genre: Drama
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 75 min.
Story:
Hedda Gabler has just come back from her honeymoon, married to boring but reliable academic George Tesman. Refusing to tie herself down in life and name, Hedda is banking on George being appointed a professorship to secure a better life for the ...
Style:
tragic ending, period drama
Audience:
adult
Plot:
female protagonist, jealousy, manipulation, gender roles, betrayal, love triangle, literary, power struggle, obsession, social satire, moral ambiguity, small town ...
Time:
19th century, victorian era, 1890s
Similarity:
78%
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Portugal
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
Adaptation of a 1987 novel by Agustina Bessa Luis, a multi-generation exploration of a wealthy family with a mysterious past and a house on the island of Madeira.
Style:
family saga, atmospheric, mysterious, poetic, reflective ...
Plot:
island, secrets, identity, ancestry, aristocracy, literary, passion, revelation, investigation, scandal, legacy, class conflict ...
Time:
19th century
Similarity:
75%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Spain
Duration: 129 min.
Story:
Upon settling in the countryside village of La Escapa, Nat accepts a disturbing sexual proposal by neighbour Andreas, paving the way for a self-consuming passion.
Style:
psychological, thrilling, captivating, sexy, sensual ...
Plot:
seduction, adaptation, passion, desire, sexual tension, longing, love affair, relationships, village life, passionate love, countryside, forbidden romance ...
Similarity:
75%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Bangladesh
Duration: 160 min.
Story:
Raaj and Reshmi fall in love, despite having a belligerent past between their families.
Style:
romantic drama, family saga, emotional, intense, tear jerker ...
Plot:
family feud, forbidden love, young lovers, secret relationship, star crossed lovers, revenge, tragic romance, family honor, rivalry, sacrifice, female protagonist, loyalty ...
Similarity:
75%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Portugal
Duration: 262 min.
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Story:
A story about doomed love between two people from different worlds and the impact in their lives.
Style:
tragic ending, romantic, family saga, dramatic, poignant ...
Plot:
literary, forbidden love, tragic romance, star crossed lovers, heartbreak, fate, class conflict, family honor, fatalism, obsessive love, betrayal, social realism ...
Time:
19th century, year 1979
Place:
portugal
Similarity:
70%
176
Genre: Drama, History, Romance
Country: France, Germany, Norway, Iceland
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
In a barren land ruled by oppression and ignorance, a spirited woman driven by hope of a better life must fight against the odds. Agnes is a servant in the house of the county sheriff. There she is constantly sexually harassed by him and treated ...
Style:
tragic ending, grim, bleak, intense, period piece ...
Plot:
revenge, betrayal, tragedy, sexual abuse, sexual harassment, abuse of power, female protagonist, brutality, oppression, class conflict, forbidden romance, domestic abuse ...
Place:
iceland
Similarity:
69%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 125 min.
Story:
The film tells a complicated love story. Carmen with Ke, Xiang Yi and Jiyuan. They start as a friend, but somehow a love triangle occur, and the outcome is very tragic.
Style:
romantic drama, poignant, emotional, tragic ending, period piece ...
Plot:
love triangle, jealousy, tragic romance, bittersweet, unrequited love, betrayal, character study, moral ambiguity, urban, coming of age, passion, classmate ...
Similarity:
63%
Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
William Houston's portrayal of the Danish prince.
Style:
tragic ending, costume drama, period drama
Plot:
tragedy, shakespeare, revenge, political intrigue, royalty, moral ambiguity, melancholy, castle, patricide, regicide, fatalism, poisoning ...
Place:
denmark
Similarity:
62%
Genre: Drama, History, Romance
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Young orphan Heathcliff is adopted by the wealthy Earnshaw family and moves into their estate, Wuthering Heights. Soon, the new resident falls for his compassionate foster sister, Cathy. The two share a remarkable bond that seems unbreakable until ...
Style:
romantic, atmospheric, gothic, emotional, period piece ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
obsession, forbidden love, revenge, social differences, passion, tragic love, master and servant, love story, childhood sweetheart, betrayal, love triangle, haunted by the past ...
Time:
18th century, 19th century, 1800s, year 1992, regency period ...
Place:
britain, england, europe
Similarity:
59%
287
Genre: Drama
Country: Norway, Denmark, Germany
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
When Edvarda arrives at the little Norwegian village, to stay with some family, she find the Lt., Thomas Glahn, very interesting. Soon they fall in love. It's a very passionate relationship, but this leads to problems. Both of them are very ...
Style:
bleak, romantic drama, tragic ending, period drama
Plot:
emotional manipulation, tragic romance, obsessive love, regret, melancholy, character study, heartbreak, jealousy, loneliness, male protagonist, mature, isolation ...
Place:
arabia
Similarity:
56%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
Val Xavier is a drifter in 1940's Mississippi who brings new life to an Italian immigrant woman trapped in a loveless marriage.
Style:
southern gothic, melancholic, tension, intense, atmospheric
Plot:
small town, passion, forbidden love, forbidden romance, infidelity, love triangle, character study, loneliness, sexual awakening, tragic romance, isolation, class conflict ...
Time:
1940s
Place:
mississippi
Similarity:
51%
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815
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Norway
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
A tragic love affair between Victoria and Johannes. She's the daughter of a rich estate owner and he's the son of a poor miller. Despite the deep love between them, her father makes Victoria ditch Johannes for the richer Otto.
Style:
romantic, romantic drama, tragic ending, serious, sincere ...
Plot:
tragedy, love triangle, love, arranged marriage, heartbreak, forbidden love, literary, nordic, unfulfilled love, family relations, writers, social differences ...
Time:
victorian era, 19th century
Similarity:
51%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
When the coffin of Etta Rose Callahan, a charismatic dance student, is uprooted from the earth after days of rain, the small college town of Remington is haunted with questions involving the young girl's sudden suicide. Jeremiah Mouthy, a ...
Style:
suspense, gothic
Plot:
obsession, suicide, small town, tragedy, character study, jealousy, haunting, loss of innocence, mourning, scandal, grief, funeral ...
Similarity:
50%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Based on a short story by Anton Chekhov, this drama centers around a desire for revenge and the tragedy of a star-crossed love. After a general ruins some men under him in punishment for a rebellion, a friend of the broken men vows revenge. The ...
Style:
poignant, historical drama, atmospheric, melancholic, art house ...
Plot:
literary, tuberculosis, revenge, tragic romance, class conflict, russian empire, adaptation, tragic hero, moral dilemma, family tragedy, social injustice, illicit affair ...
Time:
19th century
Similarity:
50%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Romania
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
Busuioc (Victor Rebengiuc), un taran bogat din Curtici isi trimite fiul Iorgovan (Adrian Pintea), impreuna cu servitorul Sofron (Serban Ionescu) in satul vecin pentru a gasi oameni la munca campului. Iorgovan este indragostit de Simina (Manuela ...
Style:
pastoral, costume drama, period drama
Plot:
love triangle, romantic triangle, forbidden love, class conflict, jealousy, female protagonist, mountain village, moral dilemma, young lovers, folklore, unrequited love, bittersweet ...
Time:
19th century
Place:
transylvania
Similarity:
49%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
In an isolated mountain resort, a woman gets involved in a love triangle between herself, her volatile lover and her ex-boyfriend, for whom she had platonic feelings.
Style:
moody
Plot:
love triangle, snow, jealousy, female protagonist, affair, isolation, winter, obsession, ex lover, tragic romance, loneliness, passion ...
Similarity:
48%
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA, Spain
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
After a health crisis that keeps her home, Klara does nothing but listen to her favorite radio show, Follow My Voice. But one day she wonders: is it possible to fall in love with someone she has only heard on the radio but never met? Could she ...
Plot:
character study, isolation, loneliness, mental health, female protagonist, introspection, recovery, obsession, unrequited love, ambiguity, slow burn, interracial love relationship ...
Similarity:
47%
Genre: Drama, Music, Musical, Romance
Country: Germany
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
A young woman, married to a wealthy man, but miserably lonely; trapped within a world ruled with an iron fist. Katerina is driven by a lust for life and for love. Her husband, though, is impotent; her father-in-law a tyrant. No wonder, then, that ...
Style:
dark, intense, bleak, historical drama, tense ...
Plot:
opera, loneliness, murder, marriage, affair, adultery, patriarchy, tragedy, passion, oppression, mature, repression ...
Time:
19th century
Place:
russia
Similarity:
47%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Germany
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
Mit seiner pedantischen und verklemmten Art trieb Leonhard (Tobias Moretti) einst seine Gattin Marlene (Barbara Auer) geradewegs in die Arme seines besten Freundes Jan (Ulrich Thomsen). Nur mit Mühe gelang es dem Trio danach, die gemeinsame ...
Style:
tragic ending, romantic drama, bleak, realistic
Plot:
suicide, alcoholism, family drama, domestic drama, self destructing, family conflict, affair, marriage, infidelity, female protagonist, tragedy, character study ...
Similarity:
47%
112K
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: UK, USA, Russia
Duration: 129 min.
Story:
Trapped in a loveless marriage, aristocrat Anna Karenina enters into a life-changing affair with the affluent Count Vronsky.
Style:
costume drama, period piece, sentimental, historical drama, colorful ...
Audience:
chick flick, teens, girls' night, adult
Plot:
high society, forbidden love, imperial russia, infidelity, tragic love, aristocracy, marriage, suicide, adultery, cuckolded husband, love, depression ...
Time:
19th century, victorian era, ancient times, year 2012, 1800s ...
Place:
moscow russia, russia, st. petersburg russia, europe
Similarity:
47%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 195 min.
Story:
Adaptation of Shakespeare's play.
Style:
bleak, dark, independent film, period drama
Plot:
tragedy, jealousy, shakespeare's othello, betrayal, racism, shakespeare, tragic hero, manipulation, palace intrigue, envy, crimes of passion, suspicion ...
Place:
venice
Similarity:
46%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
Three brothers reunite at a remote cabin in the woods, when beckoned by their father. The brothers are left to deal with the dark secrets and demons that have haunted them their whole lives. The resulting truths they must face, end in an explosive ...
Style:
tragic ending, intense, tense, psychological horror, suspense ...
Plot:
trauma, family secret, dysfunctional family, dark past, brothers, sibling rivalry, guilt, family drama, grief, moral ambiguity, betrayal, haunting ...
Similarity:
44%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
An updated 21st century version of the Emily Bronte novel set in modern day Malibu, California where the wealthy Earnshaw family adopts Heath, a troubled teenager. The Earnshaws teenage daughter, Cathy, falls madly in love with him, embittering her ...
Style:
tragic ending, suspenseful
Audience:
teens, teen drama
Plot:
teen romance, forbidden love, toxic relationship, teen angst, jealousy, love triangle, seduction, family drama, secrets, danger, obsession, wealthy family ...
Place:
malibu california
Similarity:
43%
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