Movies Like Swept from the Sea
If you liked Swept from the Sea (1998), a drama and romance movie directed by Beeban Kidron, 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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The Immigrant (2013)
★ 6.3/10Also drama and romance1921 New York. An immigrant woman is tricked into a life of burlesque and vaudeville until a dazzling magician tries to save her and reunite her with her sister who is being held in the confines of Ellis Island.
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An Officer and a Gentleman (1982)
★ 7/10Also drama and romanceZack Mayo is an aloof, taciturn man who aspires to be a navy pilot. Once he arrives at training camp for his 13-week officer's course, Mayo runs afoul of abrasive, no-nonsense drill Sergeant Emil Foley. Mayo is an…
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The Blue Lagoon (1980)
★ 6.1/10Also drama and romanceTwo small children and a ship's cook survive a shipwreck and find safety on an idyllic tropical island. Soon, however, the cook dies and the young boy and girl are left on their own. Days become years and Emmeline and…
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In the Heart of the Sea (2015)
★ 6.8/10Also dramaIn the winter of 1820, the New England whaling ship Essex is assaulted by something no one could believe—a whale of mammoth size and will, and an almost human sense of vengeance.
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Empire of Light (2022)
★ 6.6/10Also drama and romanceThe duty manager of a seaside cinema, who is struggling with her mental health, forms a relationship with a new employee on the south coast of England in the 1980s.
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Young Adam (2003)
★ 5.9/10Also drama and romanceA young drifter working on a river barge disrupts his employers' lives while hiding the fact that he knows more about a dead woman found in the river than he admits.
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Love in the Time of Cholera (2007)
★ 6.7/10Also 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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My First Summer (2020)
★ 8/10Also drama and romanceIsolated on a remote property, 16-year-old Claudia finds her world transformed when a spirited girl named Grace wanders into her garden.
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The Truth About Emanuel (2013)
★ 6/10Also dramaA troubled young woman becomes obsessed with her mysterious new neighbor, who bears a striking resemblance to the girl's dead mother.
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Erin Brockovich (2000)
★ 7.4/10Also dramaA twice-divorced mother of three who sees an injustice, takes on the bad guy and wins -- with a little help from her push-up bra. Erin goes to work for an attorney and comes across medical records describing illnesses…
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Ashes in the Snow (2018)
★ 6.4/10Also drama and romanceThe coming-of-age tale of 16-year-old Lina Vilkas who is deported to Siberia amid Stalin's reign of terror in the Baltic region during WWII. An aspiring artist, she secretly documents her harrowing journey with her…
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The Shipping News (2001)
★ 6.4/10Also drama and romanceAn emotionally-beaten man with his young daughter moves to his ancestral home in Newfoundland to reclaim his life.
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Captain Phillips (2013)
★ 7.5/10Also dramaThe true story of Captain Richard Phillips and the 2009 hijacking by Somali pirates of the US-flagged MV Maersk Alabama, the first American cargo ship to be hijacked in two hundred years.
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Atonement (2007)
★ 7.6/10Also drama and romanceA young girl irrevocably changes the course of several lives when she accuses her older sister's lover of a crime he did not commit.
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Untamed Heart (1993)
★ 6.9/10Also drama and romanceCaroline, a young waitress who seems to have bad taste in men, is on her way home one night when thugs attempt to rape her. Adam, the mysterious busboy who works at the same diner, helps fight off the assailants, and…
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Love Me (2025)
★ 6/10Also romance and dramaIn a story that spans billions of years, a buoy and a satellite meet online long after humanity’s extinction. As they learn what life was like on Earth, they discover themselves and what it means to be alive and in love.
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Rails & Ties (2007)
★ 6.5/10Also dramaA deadly collision between a train and car lead to an unlikely bond between the train engineer and a young boy who escapes the carnage.
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Ammonite (2020)
★ 6.9/10Also romance and dramaIn 1840s England, palaeontologist Mary Anning and a young woman sent by her husband to convalesce by the sea develop an intense relationship. Despite the chasm between their social spheres and personalities, Mary and…
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Lord Jim (1965)
★ 6.8/10Also dramaAfter being discredited as a coward, a 19th century seaman lives for only one purpose: to redeem himself. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in partnership with Sony Pictures Entertainment in 2000.
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The Guardian (2006)
★ 7.1/10Also dramaA high school swim champion with a troubled past enrolls in the U.S. Coast Guard's 'A' School, where legendary rescue swimmer Ben Randall teaches him some hard lessons about loss, love, and self-sacrifice.