What movies are similar to Still Alice?

Start with films such as A Beautiful Mind, What's Eating Gilbert Grape, The Father, A Man Called Otto. Each title on this page is chosen to mirror the vibe, themes, and style that make Still Alice memorable, with short explanations to help you pick where to begin.

What should I watch if I liked Still Alice?

Use the ranked list above: it highlights 10 close cousins—similar tension, character dynamics, and storytelling ambition—so you can queue something tonight without endless browsing.

Are there movies with the same vibe as Still Alice?

Yes. The recommendations here lean into overlapping moods and motifs, not just shared genre labels, so you get films that “feel” related in pacing, tone, and emotional payoff.

What should I watch after Still Alice?

Try A Beautiful Mind, What's Eating Gilbert Grape, The Father—each shares DNA with Still Alice while changing the setting enough to feel fresh.

What genre is Still Alice?

Still Alice (2014) is best described as Drama. Stores and algorithms use different labels, but that mix is what fans actually recognize on a rewatch.

Is Still Alice worth revisiting?

Viewer scores sit around 7.5/10 on TMDB—high enough that replays are common for people who like this drama lane.

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Still Alice (2014) works because still Alice works as a drama movie with a point of view—fans quote moments, but they also argue about what the film is actually saying about power, desire, or survival. The film leans hard into its core genre, which is exactly what fans say they wanted more of from blockbusters in that era. The concrete hook is alice Howland, happily married with three grown children, is a renowned linguistics professor who starts to forget words., and that gives this guide a clear center of gravity. For movies like Still Alice, we prioritized drama films that share drama, rewatchable without flattening everything into one broad genre bucket. The strongest matches carry over the viewing mood while giving you a different dramatic engine. The notes under each title call out the exact overlap, so you can choose by mood instead of scrolling posters. These 10 recommendations are ordered to keep the Still Alice feeling intact while still giving you different characters, stakes, and endings.

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1.A Beautiful Mind (2001)
★ 7.9 · Drama · Romance · 2h 15m
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From the heights of notoriety to the depths of depravity, John Forbes Nash Jr. is the sharpest reason to queue A Beautiful Mind after Still Alice: it refracts the same curiosity Alice Howland, happily married with three grown children, is a renowned linguistics professor who starts to forget words. stirred, with drama, romance doing quieter parallel work underneath.
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2.What's Eating Gilbert Grape (1993)
★ 7.7 · Romance · Drama · 1h 58m
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If Alice Howland, happily married with three grown children, is a renowned linguistics professor who starts to forget words. is what locked you into Still Alice, What's Eating Gilbert Grape hands you Gilbert Grape is a small-town young man with a lot of responsibility. as the next jolt of narrative curiosity.
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3.The Father (2020)
★ 8.1 · Drama · 1h 37m
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Still Alice and The Father split at the plot: Alice Howland, happily married with three grown children, is a renowned linguistics professor who starts to forget words. on one side, A man refuses all assistance from his daughter as he ages and, as he tries to make sense on the other. drama.
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4.A Man Called Otto (2022)
★ 7.7 · Comedy · Drama · 2h 6m
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A 2022 frame changes how When a lively young family moves in next door, grumpy widower Otto Anderson meets his match in a lands next to Still Alice (2014) and its Alice Howland, happily married with three grown children, is a renowned linguistics professor who starts to forget words.. drama, comedy survive.
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5.Fathers and Daughters (2015)
★ 7.1 · Drama · 1h 56m
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What actually breaks in the third act is not the same beat: Still Alice pays off through Alice Howland, happily married with three grown children, is a renowned linguistics professor who starts to forget words., while Fathers and Daughters pushes resolution toward A Pulitzer-winning writer grapples with being a widower and father.
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6.Through My Window: Across the Sea (2023)
★ 6.6 · Romance · Drama · Comedy · 1h 50m
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Character pressure in Through My Window: Across the Sea accumulates around After a year of long-distance, Raquel and Ares reunite on a steamy beach trip., echoing how Still Alice tightened the screws with Alice Howland, happily married with three grown children, is a renowned linguistics professor who starts to forget words.. The.
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7.The Glass Castle (2017)
★ 7.1 · Drama · 2h 7m
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The Glass Castle is pitched a tense, propulsive tone, which is the first thing you feel beside Still Alice. drama still braid the two films, but The Glass Castle leans on A young girl is raised in a dysfunctional family constantly on the run from the FBI. where Still Alice anchored itself.
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8.The Man Who Invented Christmas (2017)
★ 6.8 · Drama · History · Comedy · 1h 45m
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The afterglow from The Man Who Invented Christmas is a sharp, often funny tone: different residue than Still Alice, even when drama, history, comedy read familiar. Trace the fork to Alice Howland, happily married with three grown children, is a renowned linguistics professor who starts to forget words. versus In 1843, despite.
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9.You're Not You (2014)
★ 7.4 · Drama · 1h 44m
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You're Not You handles When an accomplished pianist is diagnosed with the devastating and incurable disease ALS, she hires a directionless young with a Drama bias that Still Alice did not foreground in its Drama read of Alice Howland, happily married with three grown children, is a renowned linguistics professor who starts.
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10.Proof (2005)
★ 6.3 · Drama · Mystery · 1h 40m
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Surface texture differs—Drama treatment of Catherine is a woman in her late twenties who is strongly devoted to her father, Robert, a brilliant beside Drama treatment of Alice Howland, happily married with three grown children, is a renowned linguistics professor who starts to forget words.—while drama, mystery stay legible. Proof commits to.
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Why You'll Love These Movies

Across these recommendations, you will see recurring fingerprints from Still Alice: drama, romance, comedy, history, plus a tense through-line that keeps scenes charged even when the plots diverge. The emotional appeal is consistent—films that ask for attention, then reward it with momentum, specificity, and a clear point of view. As a viewing experience, the list is built to feel like a guided night at the movies: enough variety to stay surprising, enough overlap to feel intentional, and pacing that respects how Still Alice trained you to watch. If you want the same satisfaction you felt during Still Alice—that mix of craft, stakes, and atmosphere—these picks are meant to land in the same neighborhood without repeating the same story.

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What movies are similar to Still Alice?: Start with films such as A Beautiful Mind, What's Eating Gilbert Grape, The Father, A Man Called Otto. Each title on this page is chosen to mirror the vibe, themes, and style that make Still Alice memorable, with short explanations to help you pick where to begin.
What should I watch if I liked Still Alice?: Use the ranked list above: it highlights 10 close cousins—similar tension, character dynamics, and storytelling ambition—so you can queue something tonight without endless browsing.
Are there movies with the same vibe as Still Alice?: Yes. The recommendations here lean into overlapping moods and motifs, not just shared genre labels, so you get films that “feel” related in pacing, tone, and emotional payoff.
What should I watch after Still Alice?: Try A Beautiful Mind, What's Eating Gilbert Grape, The Father—each shares DNA with Still Alice while changing the setting enough to feel fresh.
What genre is Still Alice?: Still Alice (2014) is best described as Drama. Stores and algorithms use different labels, but that mix is what fans actually recognize on a rewatch.
Is Still Alice worth revisiting?: Viewer scores sit around 7.5/10 on TMDB—high enough that replays are common for people who like this drama lane.

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1.A Beautiful Mind (2001)

2.What's Eating Gilbert Grape (1993)

3.The Father (2020)

4.A Man Called Otto (2022)

5.Fathers and Daughters (2015)

6.Through My Window: Across the Sea (2023)

7.The Glass Castle (2017)

8.The Man Who Invented Christmas (2017)

9.You're Not You (2014)

10.Proof (2005)

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