Movies Like Forever a Woman
If you liked Forever a Woman (1955), a drama and romance movie directed by Kinuyo Tanaka, 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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Maudie (2016)
★ 7.8/10Also drama and romanceCanadian folk artist Maud Lewis falls in love with a fishmonger while working for him as a live-in housekeeper.
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Ordinary Love (2019)
★ 6.8/10Also drama and romanceAn extraordinary look at the lives of a middle-aged couple in the midst of the wife's breast cancer diagnosis.
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Petulia (1968)
★ 6/10Also drama and romanceDr. Archie Bollen is having a midlife crisis. He's just divorced his wife and is establishing a new life for himself. One night, he catches the eye of Petulia Danner, a charming, free-spirited young woman. Petulia's…
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Radioactive (2020)
★ 6.6/10Also drama and romanceThe story of Nobel Prize winner Maria Skłodowska-Curie and her extraordinary scientific discoveries—through the prism of her marriage to husband Pierre—and the seismic and transformative effects their discovery of…
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Radium Girls (2020)
★ 6.6/10Also drama and historyYoung women toiling in a factory are exposed to hazardous material which takes a disastrous toll on their health.
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Purple Hearts (2022)
★ 8/10Also romance and dramaAn aspiring musician agrees to a marriage of convenience with a soon-to-deploy Marine, but a tragedy soon turns their fake relationship all too real.
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Mayerling (1968)
★ 6.2/10Also drama and romanceCrown Prince Rudolf of Austria clashes with his father, Emperor Franz Joseph I of Austria, over implementing progressive policies for their country. Rudolf soon feels he is a man born at the wrong time in a country…
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Julia (1977)
★ 6.5/10Also drama and historyAt the behest of an old and dear friend, playwright Lillian Hellman undertakes a dangerous mission to smuggle funds into Nazi Germany.
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Panther (1995)
★ 6.3/10Also drama and historyIn this sprawling, fictionalized history of the Black Panthers, 1960s Oakland becomes a war zone as the Panthers battle for the right to exist.
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The Edge of Love (2008)
★ 6.2/10Also drama and historyWhen the Welsh poet Dylan Thomas and his flirtatious wife Caitlin sweep into war-torn London, the last thing they expect is to bump into Dylan's childhood sweetheart Vera. Despite her joy at seeing Dylan after so many…
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All My Life (2020)
★ 7.7/10Also romance and dramaIt 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…
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Doing Life (2026)
★ 7.8/10Also romance and dramaA single mother and an incarcerated man forge an unlikely bond through heartfelt letters, unlocking a door to redemption, hope and love against all odds.
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Ophelia (2019)
★ 7.1/10Also drama and romanceOphelia comes of age as lady-in-waiting for Queen Gertrude, and her singular spirit captures Hamlet's affections. As lust and betrayal threaten the kingdom, Ophelia finds herself trapped between true love and…
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Lady Jane (1986)
★ 6.9/10Also drama and romanceThe death of King Henry VIII throws his kingdom into chaos because of succession disputes. His weak son, Edward, is on his deathbed. Anxious to keep England true to the Reformation, a scheming minister John Dudley…
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Désirée (1954)
★ 6.5/10Also drama and romanceIn Marseilles, France in 1794, Desiree Clary, a young millinery clerk, becomes infatuated with Napoleon Bonaparte, but winds up wedding General Jean-Baptiste Berandotte, an aid to Napoleon who later joins the forces…
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The French Lieutenant's Woman (1981)
★ 6.5/10Also drama and romanceIn this story-within-a-story, Anna is an actress starring opposite Mike in a period piece about the forbidden love between their respective characters, Sarah and Charles. Both actors are involved in serious…
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We Live in Time (2024)
★ 7.2/10Also romance and dramaAn up-and-coming chef and a recent divorcée find their lives forever changed when a chance encounter brings them together, in a decade-spanning, deeply moving romance.
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Autumn in New York (2000)
★ 6.1/10Also drama and romanceWill Keane, a Manhattan restaurateur, is content with his playboy lifestyle until he meets Charlotte Fielding, a free-spirited young woman. Together the pair pursue a passionate affair that forces them both to…
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One Day (2011)
★ 7.4/10Also drama and romanceAfter spending the night together on the eve of their college graduation, Dexter and Emma are shown each year on the same date to see where they are in their lives. They are sometimes together, and sometimes not.
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Suffragette (2015)
★ 7.2/10Also drama and historyBased on true events about the foot soldiers of the early feminist movement, women who were forced underground to pursue a dangerous game of cat and mouse with an increasingly brutal State.