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Movies Like The Rains Came

If you liked The Rains Came (1939), a drama and romance movie directed by Clarence Brown, 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. 2The River

    The River (1951)

    ★ 7.2/10Also drama and romance

    Director Jean Renoir’s entrancing first color feature—shot entirely on location in India—is a visual tour de force. Based on the novel by Rumer Godden, the film eloquently contrasts the growing pains of three young…

  3. 3Peter Ibbetson

    Peter Ibbetson (1935)

    ★ 7/10Also drama and romance

    When his mother dies, young Peter Ibbetson leaves Paris and his best friend, Mary, behind to live with a severe uncle in England. Years later, Peter is an architect with little time for women, until he begins a project…

  4. 4True Grit

    True Grit (1969)

    ★ 7.3/10Also drama and adventure

    The murder of her father sends a teenage tomboy on a mission of 'justice', which involves avenging her father's death. She recruits a tough old marshal, 'Rooster' Cogburn because he has 'true grit', and a reputation of…

  5. 5Supercross

    Supercross (2005)

    ★ 6.3/10Also adventure and drama

    Faced with the suspicious death of their father, two brothers must motivate one another to get back on their bikes and take the Las Vegas Motocross Championships by storm.

  6. 6A Passage to India

    A Passage to India (1984)

    ★ 6.8/10Also drama and adventure

    Cultural mistrust and false accusations doom a friendship in British colonial India between an Indian doctor, an Englishwoman engaged to marry a city magistrate, and an English educator.

  7. 7The Magic of Ordinary Days

    The Magic of Ordinary Days (2005)

    ★ 7.5/10Also drama and romance

    Pregnant out of wedlock, an educated young woman is pressured by her father into an arranged marriage with a lonely farmer in this drama set during WWII.

  8. 8Fallen Angel

    Fallen Angel (1945)

    ★ 6.6/10Also drama and romance

    An unemployed drifter, Eric Stanton wanders into a small California town and begins hanging around the local diner. While Eric falls for the lovely waitress Stella, he also begins romancing a quiet and well-to-do woman…

  9. 9Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans

    Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans (1927)

    ★ 7.8/10Also drama and romance

    A married farmer falls under the spell of a slatternly woman from the city, who tries to convince him to drown his wife.

  10. 10Hellfighters

    Hellfighters (1968)

    ★ 6.3/10Also adventure and romance

    The adventures of oil well fire specialist Chance Buckman (based on real-life Red Adair), who extinguishes massive fires in oil fields around the world.

  11. 11Kitty Foyle

    Kitty Foyle (1940)

    ★ 6.6/10Also drama and romance

    A hard-working, white-collar girl falls in love with a young socialite, but meets with his family's disapproval.

  12. 12Stardust

    Stardust (2007)

    ★ 7.3/10Also adventure and romance

    In a countryside town bordering on a magical land, a young man makes a promise to his beloved that he'll retrieve a fallen star by venturing into the magical realm. His journey takes him into a world beyond his wildest…

  13. 13The Twisters

    The Twisters (2024)

    ★ 5.8/10Also adventure and drama

    A deadly patchwork of destructive cyclones is on an apocalyptic path of convergence at a populated Midwest city center. There, the twisters will merge into one mega tornado that threatens to obliterate the cities for…

  14. 14An Autumn Romance

    An Autumn Romance (2021)

    ★ 7/10Also romance and drama

    When librarian Taylor Harris suddenly loses her job, she decides to visit her brother in a small town in Montana. There, she gets involved in the fight to help save her brother's hotel from tycoon Joel Sheenan, who…

  15. 15A Perfect Ending

    A Perfect Ending (2012)

    ★ 6.2/10Also drama and romance

    This intimate drama follows Rebecca, a woman who has kept her sexuality a secret from her friends but chooses to reveal it to a stranger. While Rebecca's revelations may not yield the results she expects, a perfect…

  16. 16Flamingo Road

    Flamingo Road (1949)

    ★ 7/10Also drama and romance

    A stranded carnival dancer takes on a corrupt political boss when she marries into small-town society.

  17. 17Sahara

    Sahara (1983)

    ★ 5.9/10Also adventure and drama

    Intent on winning a competition in place of her distinguished late father, beautiful young heiress Dale takes on the guise of a man and competes in his spot, embarking on a car race that crosses the unforgiving Sahara…

  18. 18Autumn Leaves

    Autumn Leaves (1956)

    ★ 7/10Also drama and romance

    A woman falls for a younger man with severe mental problems.

  19. 19Anne of Green Gables: The Sequel

    Anne of Green Gables: The Sequel (1987)

    ★ 7.9/10Also drama and romance

    Anne Shirley, now a schoolteacher, has begun writing stories and collecting rejection slips. She acts as Diana's maid of honor, develops a relationship with Gilbert Blythe, and finds herself at Kingsport Ladies'…

  20. 20Grace of Monaco

    Grace of Monaco (2014)

    ★ 6/10Also romance and drama

    The story of former Hollywood star Grace Kelly's crisis of marriage and identity, during a political dispute between Monaco's Prince Rainier III and France's Charles De Gaulle, and a looming French invasion of Monaco…

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