Movies Like When Tomorrow Comes
If you liked When Tomorrow Comes (1939), a drama and romance movie directed by John M. Stahl, 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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City Girl (1930)
★ 7.5/10Also drama and romanceA 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.
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Love in the Time of Cholera (2007)
★ 6.6/10Also drama and romanceIn Colombia just after the Great War, an old man falls from a ladder; dying, he professes great love for his wife. After the funeral, a man calls on the widow - she dismisses him angrily. Flash back more than 50 years…
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Persuasion (1995)
★ 7.2/10Also drama and romanceIn early 19th-century England, dire financial straits reacquaint the aristocratic Anne Elliot with her wealthy ex-fiance Frederick Wentworth. The two must choose between either putting the past behind them or listening…
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Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans (1927)
★ 7.8/10Also drama and romanceA married farmer falls under the spell of a slatternly woman from the city, who tries to convince him to drown his wife.
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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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Brooklyn (2015)
★ 7.3/10Also drama and romanceIn 1950s Ireland and New York, young Eilis Lacey has to choose between two men and two countries.
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Carrie (1952)
★ 6.4/10Also drama and romanceIn the late 1890s, the ambitious, innocent Carrie arrives in Chicago’s South Side and stays with her nagging, dullish married sister. She then runs for help to traveling salesman Charles Drouet. She soon becomes his…
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Possessed (1931)
★ 6.9/10Also drama and romanceMarion is a factory worker who hopes to trade the assembly line for a beautiful penthouse apartment. Mark Whitney, a wealthy and influential lawyer, can make her dreams come true, but, there is only one problem; he…
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Last Night (2010)
★ 6.1/10Also drama and romanceMichael and Joanna are a young and successful married couple who appear to have it all. But when Michael finds himself alone on a business trip with an attractive new colleague and Joanna encounters the other great…
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Nights in Rodanthe (2008)
★ 6.3/10Also drama and romanceAdrienne is trying to decide whether to stay in her unhappy marriage or not, and her life changes when Paul, a doctor who is travelling to reconcile with his estranged son, checks into an inn where she is staying.
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Strangers When We Meet (1960)
★ 6.4/10Also romance and dramaA suburban architect loves his wife but is bored with his marriage and with his work, so he takes up with the neglected, married beauty who lives down the street.
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The Clock (1945)
★ 7.1/10Also romance and dramaA G.I. en route to Europe falls in love during a whirlwind two-day leave in New York City.
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The Lost Husband (2020)
★ 6.7/10Also drama and romanceTrying 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.
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A Letter to Three Wives (1949)
★ 7.2/10Also romance and dramaA letter is addressed to three wives from their 'best friend', announcing that she's running away with one of their husbands – but she doesn't specify which one.
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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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A Star Is Born (1937)
★ 7.2/10Also drama and romanceEsther Blodgett is just another starry-eyed farm kid trying to break into the movies. Waitressing at a Hollywood party, she catches the eye of her idol Norman Maine, is sent for a screen test, and before long attains…
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That Hamilton Woman (1941)
★ 7.1/10Also drama and romanceThe story of courtesan and dance-hall girl Emma Hamilton, including her relationships with Sir William Hamilton and Admiral Horatio Nelson and her rise and fall, set during the Napoleonic Wars.
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Home by Spring (2018)
★ 6.4/10Also drama and romanceWhen an ambitious event planner gets an opportunity she can’t refuse, she goes undercover as her boss and returns to her rural hometown. With the help of her family and the man she left behind, she pulls off the…
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Of Human Bondage (1934)
★ 6.5/10Also drama and romanceA young man finds himself attracted to a cold and unfeeling waitress who may ultimately destroy them both.
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Persuasion (2007)
★ 7.2/10Also drama and romanceAnne Elliot was once in love with Frederick Wentworth, a commander in the Royal Navy who was rejected by her snobby parents eight years ago. When the family hits hard times and are forced to rent out their mansion to…