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Movies Like The Woman from the Great Bear

If you liked The Woman from the Great Bear (1982), a romance and drama movie directed by Adrian Petringenaru, 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. 1God's Own Country

    God's Own Country (2017)

    ★ 7.7/10Also romance and drama

    A young farmer in rural Yorkshire numbs his daily frustrations with binge drinking and casual sex, until the arrival of a Romanian migrant worker.

  2. 2Love Everlasting

    Love Everlasting (2016)

    ★ 7.4/10Also romance and drama

    Bridger is a young outsider who's always wanted more. He and his mother flee an abusive home, eventually finding a small town in the middle of nowhere. Once there, Bridger finds true acceptance with another misfit.

  3. 3The Fugitive Kind

    The Fugitive Kind (1960)

    ★ 6.9/10Also romance and drama

    Val Xavier, a drifter of obscure origins, arrives at a small town and gets a job in a store run by Lady Torrence. Her husband, Jabe M. Torrance, is dying of cancer. Val is pursued by Carol Cutere, the enigmatic local…

  4. 4Wander Darkly

    Wander Darkly (2020)

    ★ 6/10Also romance and drama

    New parents Adrienne and Matteo are forced to reckon with trauma amidst their troubled relationship. They must revisit the memories of their past and unravel haunting truths in order to face their uncertain future.

  5. 5City Girl

    City Girl (1930)

    ★ 7.5/10Also drama and romance

    A waitress from Chicago falls in love with a man from rural Minnesota and marries him, with the intent of living a better life - but life on the farm has its own challenges.

  6. 6Sunrise: 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.

  7. 7Newness

    Newness (2017)

    ★ 6.1/10Also romance and drama

    In contemporary Los Angeles, two millennials navigating a social media–driven hookup culture begin a relationship that pushes both emotional and physical boundaries.

  8. 8Game of Love

    Game of Love (2022)

    ★ 6.2/10Also romance and drama

    Follows Vivien and Roy as their love story continues and leads them to Roy’s childhood home in Sicily to prepare for the sale of the family estate. During the visit, a mysterious woman arrives and befriends Vivien…

  9. 9Maria's Lovers

    Maria's Lovers (1984)

    ★ 6/10Also drama and romance

    A World War II prisoner returns home to his childhood sweetheart. However, back home, he discovers that he has to compete to win her love.

  10. 10Wicked

    Wicked (2021)

    ★ 7.8/10Also romance and drama

    Ivy Morgan, a college student in New Orleans, falls for Ren Owens, the last person she expected to enter her rigidly controlled life.

  11. 11Gabriel's Inferno

    Gabriel's Inferno (2020)

    ★ 8.4/10Also romance and drama

    An intriguing and sinful exploration of seduction, forbidden love, and redemption, Gabriel's Inferno is a captivating and wildly passionate tale of one man's escape from his own personal hell as he tries to earn the…

  12. 12See You Soon

    See You Soon (2019)

    ★ 5.9/10Also romance and drama

    A U.S. soccer star suffers a career-threatening injury in the run-up to the World Cup, and during his recovery, embarks on an epic romance with a Russian single mom.

  13. 13Blind

    Blind (2017)

    ★ 6.1/10Also drama and romance

    A novelist is blinded in a car crash that killed his wife and several years later rediscovers his passion for life and writing when he embarks on an affair with the neglected wife of an indicted businessman.

  14. 14Fire with Fire

    Fire with Fire (1986)

    ★ 6.2/10Also drama and romance

    A tough, street-smart kid serving a sentence in a state youth reformatory meets a beautiful, innocent girl studying at a nearby convent. When forbidden love blossoms between them, they must fight the prison…

  15. 15The Lost Husband

    The Lost Husband (2020)

    ★ 6.7/10Also drama and romance

    Trying to put her life back together after the death of her husband, Libby and her children move to her estranged Aunt's goat farm in central Texas.

  16. 16Nobody Has to Know

    Nobody Has to Know (2022)

    ★ 6.7/10Also drama and romance

    After a stroke and no memories from his past, Phil encounters Millie who inhabits a desert part of Isle of Lewis. She will shortly entrust him with his deepest secret : they were in love.

  17. 17Our Daily Bread

    Our Daily Bread (1934)

    ★ 6.7/10Also drama and romance

    John and Mary Sims are city-dwellers hit hard by the financial fist of The Depression. Driven by bravery (and sheer desperation) they flee to the country and, with the help of other workers, set up a farming community…

  18. 18Hello, Goodbye, and Everything in Between

    Hello, Goodbye, and Everything in Between (2022)

    ★ 6.1/10Also romance and drama

    Clare and Aidan make a pact to break up before college — no regrets, no broken hearts. But will one epic goodbye date offer them a last chance at love?

  19. 19That Night

    That Night (1992)

    ★ 6.4/10Also drama and romance

    A coming-of-age story about an eleven-year-old girl who idolizes her troubled sixteen-year-old neighbor.

  20. 20Mansfield Park

    Mansfield Park (1999)

    ★ 6.7/10Also romance and drama

    Fanny Price is sent to live with her wealthy relatives, the Bertrams, where she is treated poorly by most except her cousin Edmund. Her life is complicated by the arrival of the worldly Mary and Henry Crawford.

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