Movies Like Loving Highsmith (2022)

Loving Highsmith is a 2022 documentary film from Eva Vitija with a MovieMagicScore of 5.8/10. Here are 20 similar films, ranked by real viewer ratings — starting with Ammonite and Entre Nous.

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Ammonite

2020

In 1840s England, palaeontologist Mary Anning and a young woman sent by her husband to convalesce by the sea develop an intense relationship. Despite the chasm between their social spheres and personalities, Mary and Charlotte discover they can each offer what the other has been searching for: the realisation that they are not alone. It is the beginning of a passionate and all-consuming love affair that will defy all social bounds and alter the course of both lives irrevocably.

6.9

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Entre Nous

1983

In 1942 in occupied France, a Jewish refugee marries a soldier to escape deportation to Germany. Meanwhile a wealthy art student loses her first husband to a stray Resistance bullet; at the Liberation she meets an actor, gets pregnant, and marries him. Lena and Madeleine meet at their children's school in Lyon in 1952 and the intensity of their relationship strains both their marriages to the breaking point.

6.6

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Daphne

2007

Set during the years between the "Rebecca" trial and the writing of Du Maurier's short story "The Birds", including her relationship with her husband Frederick 'Boy' Browning, and her largely unrequited infatuations with American publishing tycoon's wife Ellen Doubleday and the actress Gertrude Lawrence.

5.8

MagicScore

Stephen King: A Necessary Evil

2020

The American writer Stephen King has been one of the world's best-selling authors for decades. How can the overwhelming success of his numerous works be explained? Perhaps by the boundless inventiveness of his literature? And what else is behind the longevity of his astonishing career?

7.5

MagicScore

A Secret Love

2020

Amid shifting times, two women kept their decades-long love a secret. But coming out later in life comes with its own set of challenges.

7.3

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The Handmaiden

2016

1930s Korea, in the period of Japanese occupation, a new girl, Sook-hee, is hired as a handmaiden to a Japanese heiress, Hideko, who lives a secluded life on a large countryside estate with her domineering Uncle Kouzuki. But the maid has a secret. She is a pickpocket recruited by a swindler posing as a Japanese Count to help him seduce the Lady to steal her fortune.

8.2

MagicScore

Portrait of a Lady on Fire

2019

On an isolated island in Brittany at the end of the eighteenth century, a female painter is obliged to paint a wedding portrait of a young woman.

8.1

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Imagine Me & You

2006

During her wedding ceremony, Rachel notices Luce in the audience and feels instantly drawn to her. The two women become close friends, and when Rachel learns that Luce is a lesbian, she realizes that despite her happy marriage to Heck, she is falling for Luce. As she questions her sexual orientation, Rachel must decide between her stable relationship with Heck and her exhilarating new romance with Luce.

7.6

MagicScore

Carol

2015

In 1950s New York, a department-store clerk who dreams of a better life falls for an older, married woman.

7.5

MagicScore

#10

Tell It to the Bees

2019

Dr. Jean Markham returns to the town she left as a teenager to take over her late father's medical practice. When a school-yard scuffle lands Charlie in her surgery, she invites him to visit the hives in her garden and tell his secrets to the bees, as she once did. The new friendship between the boy and the bee keeper brings his mother Lydia into Jean's world.

7.5

MagicScore

#11

My Days of Mercy

2018

The daughter of a man on death row falls in love with a woman on the opposing side of her family's political cause.

7.3

MagicScore

#12

Saving Face

2004

A Chinese-American lesbian and her traditionalist mother are reluctant to go public with secret loves that clash against cultural expectations.

7.3

MagicScore

#13

Blue Is the Warmest Color

2013

Adèle's life is changed when she meets Emma, a young woman with blue hair, who will allow her to discover desire, to assert herself as a woman and as an adult. In front of others, Adele grows, seeks herself, loses herself, finds herself.

7.1

MagicScore

#14

Happiest Season

2020

A young woman's plans to propose to her girlfriend while at her family's annual holiday party are upended when she discovers her partner hasn't yet come out to her conservative parents.

7.1

MagicScore

#15

Show Me Love

1998

Two teenage girls in small-town Sweden. Elin is beautiful, popular, and bored with life. Agnes is friendless, sad, and secretly in love with Elin.

7.1

MagicScore

#16

Desert Hearts

1985

While waiting for her divorce papers, a repressed literature professor finds herself unexpectedly attracted by a carefree, spirited young woman named Cay.

7.0

MagicScore

#17

Two of Us

2020

Nina and Madeleine have been sharing their lives and the landing between their two apartments for decades. After more than 20 years of loving in the shadows, Madeleine promises Nina she will tell her family the truth. It takes an unexpected event to show her the importance of living your truth.

7.0

MagicScore

#18

Margarita with a Straw

2015

A rebellious young woman with cerebral palsy leaves India to study in New York. On her journey of self-discovery, she unexpectedly falls in love.

6.8

MagicScore

#19

Blue Jean

2023

Jean, a PE teacher, is forced to live a double life. When a new student arrives and threatens to expose her sexuality, Jean is pushed to extreme lengths to keep her job and her integrity.

6.8

MagicScore

#20

Below Her Mouth

2017

An unexpected affair quickly escalates into a heart-stopping reality for two women whose passionate connection changes their lives forever.

6.8

MagicScore

Frequently asked

What are the best movies like Loving Highsmith?

The top films similar to Loving Highsmith by MovieMagicScore are Ammonite (6.9), Entre Nous (6.6), Daphne (5.8). Each shares documentary themes and is ranked by real viewer ratings, not critics or studios.

Is Loving Highsmith worth watching?

Loving Highsmith holds a MovieMagicScore of 5.8/10 from 21 viewer ratings.

What kind of movie is Loving Highsmith?

Loving Highsmith (2022) is a documentary film directed by Eva Vitija, starring Gwendoline Christie, Annina Butterworth, Marijane Meaker.

Where can I find more recommendations like Loving Highsmith?

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