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Movies like The Great Gatsby (2013) Finished The Great Gatsby and want that feeling again? These are ranked by what it is actually about — its themes, its pacing, the kind of person at the centre of it — rather than the genre it was filed under. Every match says what it shares with The Great Gatsby, and what it does not.
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70% Reverina match Top pick 2005 · Film · Drama · Romance
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Why it matches Watched for the same thing: romantic tragedy Also period drama at heart Centres on the same outsider figure More matches Each with the traits it shares with your pick.
Your Name. 2016 · 1h 46m
Told the same way, unreliable narrator and nonlinear Shares its melancholic and wry register Algorithm anchor-3 · considered 139 candidates
Shares its melancholic and wry register What's different Does not promise social commentary Not about class or love vs obsession Noticeably slower Commitment 2h 14m
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Where it streams Hulu Why this ranked above the others
The best-reviewed of the set when ranked against The Great Gatsby.
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2019 · Film · Drama · Comedy
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Why it matches Also period drama at heart Told the same way, nonlinear Centres on the same outsider figure Shares its melancholic and wry register What's different Does not promise social commentary or romantic tragedy Not about class or love vs obsession Emotionally lighter Why this ranked above the others
The closest in pace and structure when ranked against The Great Gatsby.
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1998 · Film · Drama · Comedy
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Why it matches Also literary adaptation and period drama at heart Built around the same social class Shares its melancholic and wry register Builds as slowly What's different Does not promise social commentary or romantic tragedy Not about class or love vs obsession Moves faster Why this ranked above the others
The least obvious pick of the set when ranked against The Great Gatsby.
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Pan's Labyrinth 2006 · 1h 58m
Told the same way, nonlinear Shares its melancholic and wry register Malena 2000 · 1h 48m
Told the same way, unreliable narrator and nonlinear Shares its melancholic and wry register The Pianist 2002
Told the same way, nonlinear Centres on the same outsider figure
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