Movies about Regret
Explore films and series about regret — The road not taken, examined. Watchin ranks titles by how strongly they explore this theme, so you can find something that fits how you feel tonight.
Watchin ranks 60 films and series about regret by how strongly each one explores the theme, using a taste model built on viewer ratings rather than genre labels.
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- Once Upon a Time in America (1984)
- The Handmaid's Tale (2017)
- Paris, Texas (1984)
- You (2018)
- The Pursuit of Happyness (2006)
- Forgotten Love (2023)
- Close (2022)
- Hamnet (2025)
- Magnolia (1999)
- Atonement (2007)
- Another Round (2020)
- I'm Starting from Three (1981)
- The Book of Life (2014)
- About Fate (2022)
- The First Day of the Rest of Your Life (2008)
- To Have and Have Not (1945)
- Happiness (1998)
- Miss You Already (2015)
- Waves (2019)
- Now Is Good (2012)
- Dark Desire (2020)
- Hamlet (1996)
- Mass (2021)
- 2046 (2004)
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Common questions
What are the best movies about regret?
Watchin's highest-ranked films and series about regret include Once Upon a Time in America, The Handmaid's Tale and Paris, Texas. Ranking reflects how strongly each title explores the theme, not how recent or popular it is.
How does Watchin decide which titles are about regret?
Each title is scored against regret as a life topic from its story, themes and emotional tone, then ranked by audience rating among titles with enough ratings to be reliable. Titles below 250 ratings are excluded so the list is not dominated by obscure entries with a handful of perfect scores.
How many films and series about regret are there?
Watchin's catalogue contains 60 titles about regret that meet the ratings threshold. The full ranked list is free to browse.