Movies Like Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966)

Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? is a 1966 drama film from Mike Nichols with a MovieMagicScore of 7.7/10. Here are 20 similar films, ranked by real viewer ratings — starting with Deep Water and Lady Chatterley's Lover.

Drama

Deep Water

2022

A well-to-do husband who allows his wife to have affairs in order to avoid a divorce becomes a prime suspect in the disappearance of her lovers.

5.8

MagicScore

Lady Chatterley's Lover

1981

After a crippling injury leaves her husband impotent, Lady Chatterly is torn between her love for her husband and her physical desires. With her husband's consent, she seeks out other means of fulfilling her needs.

5.4

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They're Playing with Fire

1984

A married college professor decides to seduce her student, whom she hired as a handyman for her yacht. The hesitant student succumbs to his buxom professor, but their romance is interrupted by her corrupt husband and a masked murderer.

5.1

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It's a Gift

1934

After he inherits some money, Harold Bissonette ("pronounced bis-on-ay") decides to give up the grocery business, move to California and run an orange grove. Despite his family's objections and the news that the land he bought is worthless, Bissonette packs up and drives out to California with his nagging wife Amelia and children.

6.3

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Blue Sky

1994

Hank Marshall is a tough, square-jawed, straitlaced Army engineer and nuclear science expert, assigned to help conduct weapons testing in 1950s America. Hank has become a thorn in the side of the Army, though, for a couple of very different reasons. He is an outspoken opponent of atmospheric testing, though his superiors hold contrary views and want to squelch his concerns...and his reports. The other problem is his wife, Carly. She is voluptuous and volatile, wreaking havoc in his personal life and stirring up intrigue at each new Army base.

6.0

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After the Hunt

2025

A college professor finds herself at a personal and professional crossroads when a star pupil levels an accusation against one of her colleagues, and a dark secret from her own past threatens to come to light.

5.8

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Murder by Death

1976

Lionel Twain invites the world's five greatest detectives to a 'dinner and murder'. Included are a blind butler, a deaf-mute maid, screams, spinning rooms, secret passages, false identities and more plot turns and twists than are decently allowed.

7.2

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Hope Gap

2019

Grace lives an idyllic life in a British seaside town, but her world soon comes crashing down when her husband of 29 years tells her he's leaving her for another woman. Through stages of shock, disbelief and anger -- and with support from her son -- Grace ultimately regains her footing while learning it's never too late to be happy.

6.3

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The Servant

1963

Indolent aristocrat Tony employs competent Barrett as his manservant and all seems to be going well until Barrett persuades Tony to hire his sister as a live-in maid.

7.6

MagicScore

#10

Liberal Arts

2012

Newly single, 35, and uninspired by his job, Jesse Fisher worries that his best days are behind him. But no matter how much he buries his head in a book, life keeps pulling Jesse back. When his favorite college professor invites him to campus to speak at his retirement dinner, Jesse jumps at the chance.

6.5

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#11

The Old Guard

1960

Three friends leave their village for a retirement home travelling the countryside

6.2

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#12

Marguerite's Theorem

2023

The future of Marguerite, a brilliant student in Mathematics at the prestigious Ecole Normale Supérieure, seems all planned out. The only woman from her year, Marguerite is finishing a thesis she has to present to an audience of researchers. On the big day, a mistake shakes all her certainties and all her foundations collapse.

6.9

MagicScore

#13

The Firm

1993

Mitch McDeere is a young man with a promising future in Law. About to sit his Bar exam, he is approached by 'The Firm' and made an offer he doesn't refuse. Seduced by the money and gifts showered on him, he is totally oblivious to the more sinister side of his company. Then, two Associates are murdered. The FBI contact him, asking him for information and suddenly his life is ruined. He has a choice - work with the FBI, or stay with the Firm. Either way he will lose his life as he knows it. Mitch figures the only way out is to follow his own plan...

6.7

MagicScore

#14

Ball of Fire

1941

A group of academics have spent years shut up in a house working on the definitive encyclopedia. When one of them discovers that his entry on slang is hopelessly outdated, he ventures into the wide world to learn about the evolving language. Here he meets Sugarpuss O’Shea, a nightclub singer, who’s on top of all the slang—and, it just so happens, needs a place to stay.

7.3

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#15

Reuben, Reuben

1983

A drunken Scottish poet who has not written a word in years feels compelled to regain control of his life and work after meeting a beautiful young woman.

6.2

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#16

Damsel

2018

Oregon, a small town near the sea, around 1870. Henry, a grieving man who aspires to preach as a way to overcome his unfortunate past, reunites with eccentric pioneer Samuel Alabaster, who has hired him to officiate at his marriage to the precious Penelope. What Henry ignores is that both must embark on a dangerous journey through the inhospitable wilderness to meet her.

5.3

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#17

The Blue Angel

1930

Prim professor Immanuel Rath finds some of his students ogling racy photos of cabaret performer Lola Lola and visits a local club, The Blue Angel, in an attempt to catch them there. Seeing Lola perform, the teacher is filled with lust, eventually resigning his position at the school to marry the young woman. However, his marriage to a coquette -- whose job is to entice men -- proves to be more difficult than Rath imagined.

7.3

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#18

Rope

1948

Two young men attempt to prove they committed the perfect murder by hosting a dinner party for the family of a classmate they just strangled to death.

7.9

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#19

The Man from Earth: Holocene

2017

14,000-year-old "Man from Earth" John Oldman, now teaching in northern California, realizes that not only is he finally starting to age, but four students have discovered his deepest secret, putting his life in grave danger and potentially destroying the world's most popular religion.

5.5

MagicScore

#20

Vixen!

1968

In a Canadian mountain resort, Vixen Palmer resides with her naive pilot husband Tom. While he's away flying in tourists, she sleeps with practically everybody including a husband and his wife, and even her biker brother. However, the only one she won't bed is her brother's friend... who is Black.

5.5

MagicScore

Frequently asked

What are the best movies like Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf??

The top films similar to Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? by MovieMagicScore are Deep Water (5.8), Lady Chatterley's Lover (5.4), They're Playing with Fire (5.1). Each shares drama themes and is ranked by real viewer ratings, not critics or studios.

Is Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? worth watching?

Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? holds a MovieMagicScore of 7.7/10 from 870 viewer ratings, putting it among the better-reviewed titles in its genre.

What kind of movie is Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf??

Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966) is a drama film directed by Mike Nichols, starring Elizabeth Taylor, Richard Burton, George Segal.

Where can I find more recommendations like Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf??

Browse the full ranked list above, or explore more drama recommendations on MovieMagicScore, where every list is ordered by genuine viewer ratings.

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About movies like Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?

This ranked list pairs Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966), a drama film from Mike Nichols, with similar titles by genre, theme and cast overlap (fans of Elizabeth Taylor take note). Unlike critic-driven sites, every position here is ordered by MovieMagicScore — a rating built only from real viewers, with no studio marketing or paid placement. Scores update as more people rate, so the list stays current.

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