Movies Like An American Romance
If you liked An American Romance (1944), a romance and drama movie directed by King Vidor, 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.
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The Magic of Ordinary Days (2005)
★ 7.5/10Also drama and romancePregnant 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.
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Ship of Fools (1965)
★ 6.7/10Also drama and romanceA varied group of passengers boarding a ship bound for pre-WWII Germany represents a microcosm of early-1930s society.
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Anne of Green Gables: The Sequel (1987)
★ 7.9/10Also drama and romanceAnne 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'…
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The Secret: Dare to Dream (2020)
★ 7.4/10Also drama and romanceA 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.
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Tucker: The Man and His Dream (1988)
★ 6.7/10Also dramaYpsilanti, Michigan, 1945. Engineer Preston Tucker dreams of designing the car of future, but his innovative envision will be repeatedly sabotaged by his own unrealistic expectations and the Detroit automobile industry…
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Lovely, Still (2009)
★ 6.6/10Also drama and romanceA holiday fable that tells the story of an elderly man discovering love for the first time.
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A Merry Christmas Match (2019)
★ 6.1/10Also drama and romanceCorey Calvin lives in a ski village where she works at her late father's local antique shop, having sidelined her her big city dreams of becoming a theater director. When Los Angeles hunk Ryder Donnelly comes into her…
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Kitty Foyle (1940)
★ 6.6/10Also drama and romanceA hard-working, white-collar girl falls in love with a young socialite, but meets with his family's disapproval.
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A Walk in the Clouds (1995)
★ 7.4/10Also drama and romanceWorld War II vet Paul Sutton falls for a pregnant and unwed woman who persuades him -- during their first encounter -- to pose as her husband so she can face her family.
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Peter Ibbetson (1935)
★ 7/10Also drama and romanceWhen 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…
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Too Close for Christmas (2020)
★ 5.9/10Also romance and dramaWhen Hayley accepts an invitation to spend Christmas with her sister’s new in-laws, her seemingly perfect holiday takes a turn when Paul, Hayley's brother-in-law's brother, unexpectedly shows up. Still harboring a…
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The Whole Wide World (1996)
★ 6.6/10Also drama and romanceIn 1930s Texas, pulp fiction master Robert E. Howard is introduced to Novalyne Price, a teacher with aspirations of becoming an author herself, and they begin a unique relationship filled with conversation and…
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Magnificent Obsession (1954)
★ 6.8/10Also drama and romanceReckless playboy Bob Merrick crashes his speedboat, requiring emergency attention from the town’s only resuscitator while a local hero, Dr. Phillips, dies waiting for the life-saving device. Merrick then tries to right…
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Little Lord Fauntleroy (1980)
★ 7.3/10Also dramaYoung Cedric Errol and his widowed mother live in genteel poverty in 1880s Brooklyn after the death of his father. Cedric's grandfather, the Earl of Dorincourt, has long ago disowned his son for marrying an American…
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A Very Country Christmas (2017)
★ 6.3/10Also drama and romanceJeanette Williams is a busy single parent, trying to make the best life for her and her daughter. With no time to follow current celebrity gossip, Jeanette is unaware of when a Country superstar returns to their small…
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Sahara (1983)
★ 5.9/10Also drama and romanceIntent 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…
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Battleground (1949)
★ 6.7/10Also dramaMembers of the U.S. Army's 101st Airborne Division are fighting for their country amidst the rugged terrain of Bastogne, Belgium, in December 1944. Holley and his American compatriots have already seen one of their…
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The Way We Were (1973)
★ 7/10Also drama and romanceOpposites attract when, during their college days, Katie Morosky, a politically active Jew, meets Hubbell Gardiner, a feckless WASP. Years later, in the wake of World War II, they meet once again and, despite their…
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Departure (2016)
★ 6.3/10Also drama and romanceAn English mother and her teenage son spend a week preparing the sale of their remote holiday house in the South of France. Fifteen-year-old Elliot struggles with his dawning sexuality and an increasing alienation from…
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An Autumn Romance (2021)
★ 7/10Also romance and dramaWhen 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…