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Movies Like Past Lovers

If you liked Past Lovers (1953), a movie directed by Adelchi Bianchi, 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. 1Valentino

    Valentino (1977)

    ★ 5.8/10

    The untimely death of silent screen star Rudolph Valentino prompts the many women in his past to reminisce about his troubled rise to superstardom.

  2. 2Home Again

    Home Again (2017)

    ★ 6.1/10

    Life for a single mom in Los Angeles takes an unexpected turn when she allows three young guys to move in with her.

  3. 3Love Jones

    Love Jones (1997)

    ★ 7.4/10

    Darius Lovehall is a young black poet in Chicago who starts dating Nina Moseley, a beautiful and talented photographer. While trying to figure out if they've got a "love thing" or are just "kicking it," they hang out…

  4. 4A Good Woman

    A Good Woman (2004)

    ★ 6.3/10

    Fleeing 1930s New York and leaving behind a chequered past, the giltzy divorcee Mrs Stella Erlynne travels to Italy's sun-dappled Amalfi coast. Mrs Erlynne's appearance causes a stir amongst the visiting aristocracy…

  5. 5White Nights

    White Nights (1957)

    ★ 7.5/10

    A middle-aged man meets a young woman who is waiting on a canal bridge for her lover's return.

  6. 6Diva Futura

    Diva Futura (2025)

    ★ 6.3/10

    In 1980s - 1990s Italy, Riccardo Schicchi’s agency Diva Futura turns free love into porn, making stars of Ilona Staller, Moana Pozzi and others known around the world. Their fame leads to Cicciolina’s election and…

  7. 7Being Julia

    Being Julia (2004)

    ★ 6.4/10

    Julia Lambert is a true diva: beautiful, talented, weathly and famous. She has it all - including a devoted husband who has mastermined her brilliant career - but after years of shining in the spotlight she begins to…

  8. 8Blue Jay

    Blue Jay (2016)

    ★ 7/10

    Meeting by chance when they return to their tiny California hometown, two former high-school sweethearts reflect on their shared past.

  9. 9Autumn Dreams

    Autumn Dreams (2015)

    ★ 6.7/10

    With plans to leave their small town, teenage loves Annie and Ben elope. Their big city plans are halted, though, when Annie's parents have the marriage annulled. Ben moves to New York, while Annie stays in Iowa to…

  10. 10St. Elmo's Fire

    St. Elmo's Fire (1985)

    ★ 6.1/10

    Reluctant to let go of college life, a close-knit team of seven friends--irresponsible saxophone player Billy, young Republican Alec, his girlfriend Leslie, struggling journalist Kevin, drama queen Jules, lovesick…

  11. 11Racing with the Moon

    Racing with the Moon (1984)

    ★ 6.3/10

    In a small coastal California town, Henry and Nicky are pals from blue collar families with only a short time before they ship off to World War II. Henry begins romancing new-to-town Caddie Winger, believing her to be…

  12. 12Cinema Paradiso

    Cinema Paradiso (1988)

    ★ 8.4/10

    A filmmaker recalls his childhood, when he fell in love with the movies at his village's theater and formed a deep friendship with the theater's projectionist.

  13. 13A Star Is Born

    A Star Is Born (1976)

    ★ 6/10

    Has-been singing idol John Norman Howard falls in love with young, up-and-coming songstress Esther Hoffman in Frank Pierson's version of the classic love story updated to the rock and roll era.

  14. 14Switching Channels

    Switching Channels (1988)

    ★ 6.1/10

    A television news chief courts his anchorwoman ex-wife with an eleventh-hour story.

  15. 15My Week with Marilyn

    My Week with Marilyn (2011)

    ★ 6.7/10

    London, 1956. Genius actor and film director Laurence Olivier is about to begin the shooting of his upcoming movie, premiered in 1957 as The Prince and the Showgirl, starring Marilyn Monroe. Young Colin Clark, who…

  16. 16Circle of Friends

    Circle of Friends (1995)

    ★ 6.3/10

    Three girlhood friends now at college share first loves, first kisses and first betrayals. At the center of it all is the best-looking boy on campus. Can a self-conscious dreamer hook the biggest fish in the pond?

  17. 17The Break-Up

    The Break-Up (2006)

    ★ 5.9/10

    Pushed to the breaking-up point after their latest 'why can't you do this one little thing for me?' argument, Brooke calls it quits with her boyfriend Gary. What follows is a hilarious series of remedies, war tactics…

  18. 18Little Italy

    Little Italy (2018)

    ★ 6.6/10

    Former childhood pals Leo and Nikki are attracted to each other as adults—but will their feuding parents' rival pizzerias put a chill on their sizzling romance?

  19. 19Lady Chatterley's Lover

    Lady Chatterley's Lover (2022)

    ★ 6.7/10

    After a crippling injury leaves her husband impotent, Lady Chatterly is torn between her love for her husband and her physical desires. With her husband's consent, she seeks out other means of fulfilling her needs.

  20. 20The Other Woman

    The Other Woman (2014)

    ★ 6.4/10

    After discovering her boyfriend is married, Carly soon meets the wife he's been cheating on. And when yet another affair is discovered, all three women team up to plot mutual revenge on the three-timing SOB.

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