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Movies Like The Well Digger's Daughter

If you liked The Well Digger's Daughter (2011), a romance and drama movie directed by Daniel Auteuil, here are 20 movies with a similar feel, based on TMDB's recommendations. Each one links to its cast, trailer and where it's streaming.

  1. 1The Secret: Dare to Dream

    The Secret: Dare to Dream (2020)

    ★ 7.4/10Also drama and romance

    A widow with three children hires a handyman to fix her house during a major storm. When not doing home repairs, he shares his philosophy of believing in the power of the universe to deliver what we want.

  2. 2Pride and Prejudice

    Pride and Prejudice (1940)

    ★ 6.9/10Also drama and romance

    In early 19th century England, Mr and Mrs Bennet's five unmarried daughters vie for the affections of rich and eligible Mr Bingley and his status-conscious friend, Mr Darcy, who have moved into their neighbourhood…

  3. 3Hello, Goodbye, and Everything in Between

    Hello, Goodbye, and Everything in Between (2022)

    ★ 6.1/10Also romance and drama

    Clare and Aidan make a pact to break up before college — no regrets, no broken hearts. But will one epic goodbye date offer them a last chance at love?

  4. 4A Walk in the Clouds

    A Walk in the Clouds (1995)

    ★ 7.4/10Also drama and romance

    World War II vet Paul Sutton falls for a pregnant and unwed woman who persuades him -- during their first encounter -- to pose as her husband so she can face her family.

  5. 5The Proposition

    The Proposition (1998)

    ★ 6/10Also drama and romance

    Father Michael McKinnon goes from the UK to Boston circa 1935. For unknown reasons, he avoids at all costs the most prominent parishioners, Arthur and Eleanor Barret. Meanwhile Eleanor and Arthur desperately want to…

  6. 6Skin

    Skin (2009)

    ★ 6.4/10Also drama

    Based on the true story of a black girl who was born to two white Afrikaner parents in South Africa during the apartheid era.

  7. 7Wuthering Heights

    Wuthering Heights (1992)

    ★ 6.7/10Also drama and romance

    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…

  8. 8Endless Love

    Endless Love (2014)

    ★ 6.9/10Also drama and romance

    A privileged girl and a charismatic boy's instant desire sparks a love affair made only more reckless by parents trying to keep them apart.

  9. 9Love Everlasting

    Love Everlasting (2016)

    ★ 7.4/10Also romance and drama

    Bridger is a young outsider who's always wanted more. He and his mother flee an abusive home, eventually finding a small town in the middle of nowhere. Once there, Bridger finds true acceptance with another misfit.

  10. 10Love Affair(s)

    Love Affair(s) (2020)

    ★ 6.3/10Also drama and romance

    Vacations in the French countryside. Daphne, three months pregnant, finds herself alone to welcome Maxime, her boyfriend François’ cousin. François had to leave in a hurry for Paris to cover for a sick colleague. For…

  11. 11Jean de Florette

    Jean de Florette (1986)

    ★ 7.7/10Also drama

    In a rural French village, an old man and his only remaining relative cast their covetous eyes on an adjoining vacant property. They need its spring water for growing their flowers, and are dismayed to hear that the…

  12. 12Hamnet

    Hamnet (2025)

    ★ 7.7/10Also drama and romance

    The powerful story of love and loss that inspired the creation of Shakespeare's timeless masterpiece, Hamlet.

  13. 13The Object of My Affection

    The Object of My Affection (1998)

    ★ 5.8/10Also drama and romance

    A pregnant New York social worker begins to develop romantic feelings for her gay best friend, and decides she'd rather raise her child with him, much to the dismay of her overbearing boyfriend.

  14. 14Bloody Milk

    Bloody Milk (2017)

    ★ 6.9/10Also drama

    Pierre, in his thirties, is a breeder of dairy cattle. His life revolves around his farm, his veterinarian sister and his parents whose livestock he took over. As the first cases of a zoonotic outbreak are reported in…

  15. 15Safe Haven

    Safe Haven (2013)

    ★ 7.2/10Also romance

    A young woman with a mysterious past lands in Southport, North Carolina where her bond with a widower forces her to confront the dark secret that haunts her.

  16. 16Luna

    Luna (2018)

    ★ 6.2/10Also drama and romance

    A film in which the director captures the beautiful and accurate qualities of reality when building the energetic portrait of a 16-year-old girl immersed in the macho culture of urban suburban south-west France, just a…

  17. 17Two English Girls

    Two English Girls (1971)

    ★ 6.9/10Also drama and romance

    In the early 20th-century, Frenchman Claude meets Englishwoman Ann in Paris. Ann invites him to her family home, intending him for her sister Muriel. Claude falls for Muriel, but families demand year-long separation…

  18. 18A Place in the Sun

    A Place in the Sun (1951)

    ★ 7.3/10Also drama and romance

    A young social climber wins the heart of a beautiful heiress but his former girlfriend's pregnancy stands in the way of his ambition.

  19. 19Tess

    Tess (1979)

    ★ 7.1/10Also drama and romance

    A strong-willed peasant girl is sent by her father to the estate of some local aristocrats to capitalize on a rumour that their families are from the same line. This fateful visit commences an epic narrative of sex…

  20. 20Little Women

    Little Women (1994)

    ★ 7.3/10Also drama and romance

    Four sisters come of age in America in the aftermath of the Civil War.

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