12 Best Movies Like “Pride & Prejudice” (2005): What to Watch Next

After their father’s death, two sisters, Elinor and Marianne, lose their family’s large inheritance and are forced to move with their mother to a more modest home. The sisters have different views of the future: one relies on reason, while the other trusts her feelings more—yet over time their romantic ideals collide with reality.

A young, wealthy, and very self-confident woman who believes she understands people well decides she has a talent for arranging other people’s relationships. When she sets out to play matchmaker for her new friend, she faces unexpected consequences of her interference that force her to better understand others—and her own feelings.

In the past, Anne gave up the love of her life, yielding to persuasion and pressure from her family. Years later, her family falls into serious financial trouble, forcing a change in their comfortable way of life. And just then, the same man returns to Anne’s world—now successful and influential.

Still a child, poor Fanny is sent to live with wealthy relatives at the grand Mansfield Park estate. In her new home she always feels like an outsider, befriending only her cousin. But when two charming visitors arrive, a game of flirtation, jealousy, and marriage-minded schemes takes over the house—forcing Fanny to choose between her principles and her family’s expectations.

As everyone prepares for Claudio and Hero’s wedding, their friends stage a clever prank to bring together two “enemies” — Benedick, a convinced bachelor, and Beatrice, sharp-tongued and unwilling to yield. Meanwhile, the jealous Don John plots to ruin the wedding by accusing the bride of infidelity. Suddenly, the celebration threatens to turn into a scandal.

Young Jane Austen lives in provincial England. Her family insists she marry a wealthy man for the “right” practical reasons. But everything changes when she meets the attractive, charismatic Tom, and a love sparks between them—one that doesn’t fit the social rules of the era.

A young woman, Bathsheba, unexpectedly inherits a farm and decides to run it on her own. At the same time, three very different men try to win her heart: Gabriel, a poor farmer; William, a wealthy neighbor; and Frank, a daring sergeant.

Charismatic and cunning widow Lady Susan arrives at her relatives’ estate after yet another scandal, hoping to lie low until the gossip dies down. Without wasting time, she sets out to secure a profitable match for her daughter—and to find a husband for herself as well.

The mixed-race daughter of a British officer and an enslaved woman is raised from childhood at the estate of her uncle, the aristocrat Lord Mansfield, alongside her cousin. Although she is formally part of the family, society never lets her forget the racial and class boundaries of the time. Matters intensify when questions of marriage and her future come to the forefront.

Four young sisters live with their mother during the Civil War, while their father is away serving in it. As time passes, the girls grow up, fall in love, and face choices that will shape their entire future.

Set in a quiet London suburb, a bright, independent young woman meets a talented but impoverished poet who lives nearby. As feelings grow between them, their romance is threatened by a lack of money and an uncertain future.

The Crawley family is living its usual life at Downton when a sudden announcement shakes the household: the King and Queen will soon visit the estate. Everyone scrambles to prepare for the reception, but as the pressure rises, old grudges resurface and new intrigues emerge—threatening not only the royal visit, but the lives of those at Downton.