Movies Like Make Way for Tomorrow
If you liked Make Way for Tomorrow (1937), a drama and romance movie directed by Leo McCarey, 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 Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: Her (2014)
★ 6.7/10Also drama and romanceTold from the woman's perspective, the story of a couple trying to reclaim the life and love they once knew and pick up the pieces of a past that may be too far gone.
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Gaslight (1944)
★ 7.5/10Also dramaA newlywed fears she's going mad when strange things start happening at the family mansion.
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On Golden Pond (1981)
★ 7.3/10Also drama and romanceFor Norman and Ethel Thayer, this summer on golden pond is filled with conflict and resolution. When their daughter Chelsea arrives, the family is forced to renew the bonds of love and overcome the generational…
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5 Flights Up (2014)
★ 6/10Also dramaA long-time married couple who've spent their lives together in the same New York apartment become overwhelmed by personal and real estate-related issues when they plan to move away.
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45 Years (2015)
★ 6.6/10Also drama and romanceThere is just one week until Kate Mercer's 45th wedding anniversary and the planning for the party is going well. But then a letter arrives for her husband. The body of his first love has been discovered, frozen and…
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Everybody's Fine (2009)
★ 6.8/10Also dramaEight months after the death of his wife, Frank Goode looks forward to a reunion with his four adult children. When all of them cancel their visits at the last minute, Frank, against the advice of his doctor, sets out…
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Driveways (2020)
★ 6.9/10Also dramaEight-year-old Cody is spending the summer in an unfamiliar setting with his mom Kathy. Though he can't relate to the neighbourhood kids, things take an unexpected turn when he develops an unusual friendship with the…
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Kitty Foyle (1940)
★ 6.6/10Also drama and romanceA hard-working, white-collar girl falls in love with a young socialite, but meets with his family's disapproval.
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The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: Him (2014)
★ 6.7/10Also drama and romanceTold from the man's perspective, the story of a couple trying to reclaim the life and love they once knew and pick up the pieces of a past that may be too far gone.
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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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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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Days of Wine and Roses (1963)
★ 7.5/10Also drama and romanceAn alcoholic falls in love with and gets married to a young woman, whom he systematically addicts to booze so they can share his "passion" together.
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Kramer vs. Kramer (1979)
★ 7.6/10Also dramaTed Kramer is a career man for whom his work comes before his family. His wife Joanna cannot take this anymore, so she decides to leave him. Ted is now faced with the tasks of housekeeping and taking care of himself…
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Peter Ibbetson (1935)
★ 7/10Also drama and romanceWhen his mother dies, young Peter Ibbetson leaves Paris and his best friend, Mary, behind to live with a severe uncle in England. Years later, Peter is an architect with little time for women, until he begins a project…
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All That Heaven Allows (1955)
★ 7.3/10Also drama and romanceTwo different social classes collide when Cary Scott, a wealthy upper-class widow, falls in love with her much younger and down-to-earth gardener, prompting disapproval and criticism from her children and country club…
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Love Finds You in Valentine (2016)
★ 6.4/10Also drama and romanceKennedy 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.
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A Big Bold Beautiful Journey (2025)
★ 6.1/10Also romance and dramaSarah and David are single strangers who meet at a mutual friend’s wedding and soon, through a surprising twist of fate, find themselves on a funny, fantastical, sweeping adventure together where they get to re-live…
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Far from Heaven (2002)
★ 7.1/10Also drama and romanceIn 1950s Connecticut, a housewife's life is upended by a marital crisis and mounting racial tensions in society.
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Undercurrent (1946)
★ 5.9/10Also dramaAfter a rapid engagement, a dowdy daughter of a chemist weds an industrialist, knowing little of his family or past. He transforms her into an elegant society wife, but becomes enraged whenever she asks about Michael…
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An Autumn Romance (2021)
★ 7/10Also romance and dramaWhen librarian Taylor Harris suddenly loses her job, she decides to visit her brother in a small town in Montana. There, she gets involved in the fight to help save her brother's hotel from tycoon Joel Sheenan, who…