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Movies Like The Affair

If you liked The Affair (1973), a drama and romance movie directed by Gilbert Cates, 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. 1All My Life

    All My Life (2020)

    ★ 7.7/10Also romance and drama

    It was a chance meeting started by one of Sol’s friends trying to chat up Jennifer. However, in the end, it was those two who hit it off. Sol enjoyed Jen’s smile, her effort, and how silly she could be. Jen enjoyed…

  2. 2Midnight Sun

    Midnight Sun (2018)

    ★ 7.8/10Also romance and drama

    Katie, a 17-year-old, has been sheltered since childhood and confined to her house during the day by a rare disease that makes even the smallest amount of sunlight deadly. Fate intervenes when she meets Charlie and…

  3. 3The 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.

  4. 4The Magic of Ordinary Days

    The Magic of Ordinary Days (2005)

    ★ 7.5/10Also drama and romance

    Pregnant 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.

  5. 5Jane Eyre

    Jane Eyre (2011)

    ★ 7.2/10Also drama and romance

    After a bleak childhood, Jane Eyre goes out into the world to become a governess. As she lives happily in her new position at Thornfield Hall, she meets the dark, cold, and abrupt master of the house, Edward Rochester…

  6. 6The Age of Innocence

    The Age of Innocence (1993)

    ★ 7/10Also drama and romance

    In 19th century New York high society, a young lawyer falls in love with a woman separated from her husband, while he is engaged to the woman's cousin.

  7. 7Love Finds You in Valentine

    Love Finds You in Valentine (2016)

    ★ 6.4/10Also drama and tv movie

    Kennedy Blaine, a Californian girl, inherits a ranch in the small town of Valentine in Nebraska. Before she sells the property, she decides to spend the summer in her house and learn more about her family.

  8. 8The Face of Love

    The Face of Love (2013)

    ★ 6.1/10Also drama and romance

    A widow falls for a guy who bears a striking resemblance to her late husband.

  9. 9I Still Believe

    I Still Believe (2020)

    ★ 7.6/10Also drama and romance

    The true-life story of Christian music star Jeremy Camp and his journey of love and loss that looks to prove there is always hope.

  10. 10The Clock

    The Clock (1945)

    ★ 7.1/10Also romance and drama

    A G.I. en route to Europe falls in love during a whirlwind two-day leave in New York City.

  11. 11A Summer Place

    A Summer Place (1959)

    ★ 6.6/10Also drama and romance

    A self-made businessman rekindles a romance with a former flame while their two teenage children begin a romance of their own with drastic consequences for both couples.

  12. 12The Notebook

    The Notebook (2004)

    ★ 7.9/10Also romance and drama

    An epic love story centered around an older man who reads aloud to a woman with Alzheimer's. From a faded notebook, the old man's words bring to life the story about a couple who is separated by World War II, and is…

  13. 13Mr. Skeffington

    Mr. Skeffington (1944)

    ★ 6.8/10Also drama and romance

    A beautiful but vain woman who rejects the love of her older husband must face the loss of her youth and beauty.

  14. 14The Vow

    The Vow (2012)

    ★ 7.2/10Also drama and romance

    Happy young married couple Paige and Leo are, well, happy. Then a car accident puts Paige into a life-threatening coma. Upon awakening she has lost the previous five years of memories, including those of her beloved…

  15. 15The Secret: Dare to Dream

    The Secret: Dare to Dream (2020)

    ★ 7.4/10Also drama and romance

    A 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.

  16. 16Becoming Jane

    Becoming Jane (2007)

    ★ 7.3/10Also romance and drama

    Though young Jane Austen's financially strapped parents expect her to marry the nephew of wealthy Lady Gresham, Jane herself knows that such a union will destroy her creativity and sense of self-worth. Instead, she…

  17. 17Kitty Foyle

    Kitty Foyle (1940)

    ★ 6.6/10Also drama and romance

    A hard-working, white-collar girl falls in love with a young socialite, but meets with his family's disapproval.

  18. 18Persuasion

    Persuasion (2007)

    ★ 7.2/10Also drama and romance

    Anne 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…

  19. 19A Love Song

    A Love Song (2022)

    ★ 6.6/10Also drama and romance

    Two childhood sweethearts, now both widowed, share a night by a lake in the mountains.

  20. 20The Rose Tattoo

    The Rose Tattoo (1955)

    ★ 6.9/10Also drama and romance

    A grieving widow embarks on a new romance when she discovers her late husband had been cheating on her.

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