Movies Like An Angel in the Family
If you liked An Angel in the Family (2019), a romance movie, 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 Hot Spot (1990)
★ 6.3/10Also romanceUpon arriving to a small town, a drifter quickly gets into trouble with the local authorities — and the local women — after he robs a bank.
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True Romance (1993)
★ 7.5/10Also romanceClarence marries hooker Alabama, steals cocaine from her pimp, and tries to sell it in Hollywood, while the owners of the coke try to reclaim it.
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Nobody's Perfect (1981)
★ 5.5/10Also romanceGuerrino, a prematurely widowed businessman, falls in love with Chantal, a former paratrooper in the German army who changed sex a few years earlier.
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In the Room (2015)
★ 4.6/10Also romanceThis sensitive and sensual film draws together several narratives spanning several decades, all of them transpiring in the same room of the same Singaporean hotel — and all of them involving sex.
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Different for Girls (1997)
★ 7.1/10Also romancePaul and Kim meet when their vehicles collide. Paul is fascinated with the attractive Kim. It turns out that the two were childhood friends in Catholic boys' school, but back then, before the operation, Kim was named…
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It Gets Better (2012)
★ 3.7/10Also romanceThree intersecting stories of transgender romance explore the boundaries of love, culture and identity across three generations.
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Them (2023)
Also romanceA grieving husband struggles to come to terms with his wife's passing. Following a night-time visit to her grave, he picks up a transgender sex worker.
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Love, Lust and Ecstasy (1981)
★ 5/10Also romanceAri can’t satisfy his wife Sara. He crashes his speedboat into a cliff and winds up in Switzerland for rehabilitation in what may or may not have been a suicide attempt. Alex, commissioned to paint Sara’s portrait by…
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Boy Meets Girl (2014)
★ 6.6/10Also romanceIn Kentucky, a transgender woman and her best male friend lament the lack of eligible partners and step across old boundaries of love and romance.
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Venus (2017)
★ 6.1/10When Sid comes out as a woman, a 14-year-old boy named Ralph literally shows up at her door announcing that Sid is his dad. Ralph is surprised to discover that his father is now a woman, but thinks having a transgender…
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The Sex Changes That Made History (2015)
Sex reassignment surgery is now almost a commonplace procedure, but back in the early 20th century, it was seen as 'science fiction surgery'. When the news broke of a successful first attempt, it was a sensation. This…
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Paris Is Burning (1991)
★ 8/10Where does voguing come from, and what, exactly, is throwing shade? This landmark documentary provides a vibrant snapshot of the 1980s through the eyes of New York City's African American and Latinx Harlem drag-ball…
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Nati 2 volte (2019)
★ 5.7/10A trans-sexual man return to his hometown to finish the bureaucratic process to become officially a male. But the public servant who should implement this simple bureaucratic operation is Giorgio, his first and only…
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Tam Tam (1976)
★ 6.1/10A diverse group of artists and bohemians gathers at a party to celebrate and wait for a guest of honor named Pedro. As they drink, talk, and wander through the rooms, the much-anticipated Pedro never arrives, turning…
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17 Minutes with Nora (2021)
★ 6.5/10Nora is worried because she’s performing in a play at her school, but being bullied by her classmates make her face something much more important: being accepted by her dad. The following 17 minutes will change their…
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Things We Dare Not Do (2020)
★ 4.4/10In the small Mexican coastal village of El Roblito, 16-year-old Ñoño lives what seems to be an idyllic existence with his loving family. But he holds a secret. Defying gender norms, Ñoño works up the courage to tell…
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My Life as a Dog (1985)
★ 7.3/10A boy, obsessed with comparing himself with those less fortunate, experiences a different life at the home of his aunt and uncle in 1959 Sweden.
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Come Back to the 5 & Dime, Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean (1982)
★ 5.9/10On the 20th anniversary of his death, the members of a James Dean fan club gather at a five-and-dime for a reunion.
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The Art of Fallism (2020)
★ 2/10Wandile is studying at an expensive university in South Africa, dominated by white people. As a black trans person Wandile feels alienated and joins a massive student protest at the university. The students demand…