Movies Like The Flying Dutchman in Manaus

If you liked The Flying Dutchman in Manaus (2007), a drama and romance movie directed by Christoph Schlingensief, 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
The Greatest Show on Earth (1952)
★ 6.4/10Also drama and romance
To ensure a full profitable season, circus manager Brad Braden engages The Great Sebastian, though this moves his girlfriend Holly from her hard-won center trapeze spot. Holly and Sebastian begin a dangerous…
2
Until the End of the World (1991)
★ 6.7/10Also drama
In 1999, a woman's life is forever changed after she survives a car crash with two bank robbers, who enlist her help to take the money to a drop in Paris. On the way, she runs into another fugitive from the law — an…
3
WWE WrestleMania 37: Night 1 (2021)
★ 7.9/10Also drama
The 37th annual Showcase of the Immortals is back in business at Raymond James Stadium in Tampa, Florida as night one will feature Sasha Banks defending her SmackDown Women's Championship against Bianca Belair, Damian…
4
Star! (1968)
★ 6.9/10Also drama and romance
Gertrude Lawrence rises to stage stardom at the cost of happiness.
5
Ship of Fools (1965)
★ 6.6/10Also drama and romance
A varied group of passengers boarding a ship bound for pre-WWII Germany represents a microcosm of early-1930s society.
6
West Side Story (1961)
★ 7.2/10Also drama and romance
In Manhattan’s Upper West Side, rival gangs of Polish-Americans and newly arrived Puerto Ricans clash for control of the neighborhood, even as two young members from opposite sides fall dangerously in love.
7
Faraway, So Close! (1993)
★ 6.9/10Also drama and romance
A group of angels look longingly upon the life of humans. Berlin now is a very different place: unified in name but overrun with crime, corruption, and—in what turns out to be a key theme here—Americans.
8
Outlaws - For Greater Glory (2012)
★ 7/10Also drama
A chronicle of the Cristeros War (1926-1929), which was touched off by a rebellion against the Mexican government's attempt to secularize the country.
9
Pope Joan (2009)
★ 6.8/10Also drama and romance
A 9th century woman of English extraction born in the German city of Ingelheim disguises herself as a man and rises through the Vatican ranks.
10
Mr. Turner (2014)
★ 6.6/10Also drama
Eccentric British painter J.M.W. Turner lives his last 25 years with gusto and secretly becomes involved with a seaside landlady, while his faithful housekeeper bears an unrequited love for him.
11
Split (2016)
★ 5.9/10Also drama
The story of a young woman who takes an epic journey to claim her own darkness and sexuality so she can stop putting it into the hands of her abusive lover. When Inanna, a young actress, working as a stripper, becomes…
12
From the Terrace (1960)
★ 6.6/10Also drama and romance
Alfred Eaton, an ambitious young executive, climbs to the top of New York's financial world as his marriage crumbles. At the brink of attaining his career goals, he is forced to choose between business success, married…
13
F.I.S.T. (1978)
★ 6.5/10Also drama
Johnny Kovak joins the Teamsters trade-union in a local chapter in the 1930s and works his way up in the organization. As he climbs higher and higher his methods become more ruthless and finally senator Madison starts…
14
Meet Joe Black (1998)
★ 7.4/10Also drama and romance
Bill Parrish has it all - success, wealth and power. Days before his 65th birthday, he receives a visit from a mysterious stranger, Joe Black, who soon reveals himself as Death. In exchange for extra time, Bill agrees…
15
El Chicano (2019)
★ 6.6/10Also drama
A pair of twin brothers from East L.A. choose to live their lives differently and end up on opposite sides of the law.
16
Home from Home – Chronicle of a Vision (2013)
★ 7.8/10Also drama
Follow-up to the TV trilogy “Heimat”, this time for cinemas, set again in the fictional village Schabbach in the Hunsrück region of Rhineland-Palatinate.
17
Tess (1979)
★ 7.1/10Also drama and romance
A strong-willed peasant girl is sent by her father to the estate of some local aristocrats to capitalize on a rumour that their families are from the same line. This fateful visit commences an epic narrative of sex…
18
Spies (1928)
★ 7.3/10Also romance
The mastermind behind a ubiquitous spy operation learns of a dangerous romance between a Russian lady in his employ and a dashing agent from the government's secret service.
19
Home from the Hill (1960)
★ 6.9/10Also drama and romance
The wealthiest man in a Texas town decides to teach his teenage son how to hunt to make a man out of him.
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The Portrait of a Lady (1996)
★ 5.9/10Also drama and romance
Ms. Isabel Archer isn't afraid to challenge societal norms. Impressed by her free spirit, her kindhearted cousin writes her into his fatally ill father's will. Suddenly rich and independent, Isabelle ventures into the…