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Movies Like The Plaything

If you liked The Plaything (1929), a romance movie directed by Castleton Knight, 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. 1The Matchmaker's Playbook

    The Matchmaker's Playbook (2018)

    ★ 7.2/10Also romance

    After a career-ending accident, former NFL recruit Ian Hunter is back on campus, and he's putting his extensive skills with women to work as one of the masterminds behind a successful and secretive dating service. But…

  2. 2Safe Haven

    Safe Haven (2013)

    ★ 7.2/10Also romance

    A young woman with a mysterious past lands in Southport, North Carolina where her bond with a widower forces her to confront the dark secret that haunts her.

  3. 3Attraction

    Attraction (2001)

    ★ 6.9/10Also romance

    A writer/radio advice show host fails to heed his own advice as he stalks his ex-girlfriend and then becomes involved with an actress friend of hers.

  4. 4Gabriel's Rapture: Part I

    Gabriel's Rapture: Part I (2021)

    ★ 7.8/10Also romance

    In the fourth instalment of the Gabriel's Inferno series, Professor Gabriel Emerson has embarked on a passionate, yet clandestine affair with his former student Julia Mitchell, but when they return from their romantic…

  5. 5Scaramouche

    Scaramouche (1952)

    ★ 7/10Also romance

    In 18th-century France, a young man masquerades as an actor to avenge his friend's murder.

  6. 6Brigadoon

    Brigadoon (1954)

    ★ 6.6/10Also romance

    Americans Jeff and Tommy, hunting in Scotland, stumble upon a village - Brigadoon. They soon learn that the town appears once every 100 years in order to preserve its peace and special beauty. The citizens go to bed at…

  7. 7Runaway

    Runaway (2010)

    ★ 7.7/10Also romance

    A man falls in love with a half-woman/half-phoenix who fell to Earth from the sky.

  8. 8Gabriel's Rapture: Part II

    Gabriel's Rapture: Part II (2022)

    ★ 8.1/10Also romance

    In the fifth installment of the Gabriel's Inferno series, Gabriel and Julia’s happiness is threatened by a conspiring student and academic politics. When Gabriel is confronted by the university administration, will he…

  9. 9Holiday Date

    Holiday Date (2019)

    ★ 6.5/10Also romance

    When Brooke’s boyfriend, Ethan, breaks up with her just before the holidays, she agrees to go home with Joel, an actor who will pose as her boyfriend.

  10. 10Chateau Christmas

    Chateau Christmas (2020)

    ★ 6.1/10Also romance

    Margot, a world-renowned pianist, returns to Chateau Newhaus to spend the holidays with her family and is reunited with an ex who helps her rediscover her passion for music.

  11. 11Christmas in Evergreen: Tidings of Joy

    Christmas in Evergreen: Tidings of Joy (2019)

    ★ 6.8/10Also romance

    A skeptical writer shows up in Evergreen to get the scoop on the town's famed passion for Christmas during a search for a long-lost time capsule.

  12. 12Not Cinderella's Type

    Not Cinderella's Type (2018)

    ★ 6.8/10Also romance

    Indy lives with her aunt and uncle and believes her life is fine until an accident brings a new guy into her life. Bryant Bailey is not Indy's type - she's never been into guys like him. But then again, she's never…

  13. 13The Fighting Kentuckian

    The Fighting Kentuckian (1949)

    ★ 6/10Also romance

    John Breen (John Wayne), a Kentucky militiaman falls in love with French exile Fleurette De Marchand (Vera Ralston). He discovers a plot to steal the land that Fleurette's exiles plan to settle on and aims to foil it.

  14. 14It Was Always You

    It Was Always You (2021)

    ★ 7.3/10Also romance

    Elizabeth's engagement plans are thrown into disarray when her fiancée's free-spirited brother David returns home. David's unexpected influence prompts Elizabeth to question her life decisions.

  15. 15Once Upon a Prince

    Once Upon a Prince (2018)

    ★ 6.5/10Also romance

    Susanna gladly accepts help one day from handsome stranger Nate at her parents’ garden store in small-town Georgia. Sparks between them fly, but when a photo of them gets leaked to the press, Susanna is in for the…

  16. 16Marry Me at Christmas

    Marry Me at Christmas (2017)

    ★ 6.4/10Also romance

    Organizing a Christmas wedding is a true treat for bridal boutique owner Madeline Krug. She loves the challenge of finding the perfect dress for the bride and orchestrating an exquisite event. What Madeline didn’t…

  17. 17Love in Winterland

    Love in Winterland (2020)

    ★ 6.6/10Also romance

    Ally, a final contestant on a dating show, must face her high school sweetheart when she is chosen for the Hometown Date.

  18. 18The Hot Spot

    The Hot Spot (1990)

    ★ 6.3/10Also romance

    Upon arriving to a small town, a drifter quickly gets into trouble with the local authorities — and the local women — after he robs a bank.

  19. 19Every Day

    Every Day (2018)

    ★ 7.2/10Also romance

    16-year old Rhiannon falls in love with a mysterious spirit named “A” that inhabits a different body every day. Feeling an unmatched connection, Rhiannon and “A” work each day to find each other, not knowing what the…

  20. 20Sisters of the Groom

    Sisters of the Groom (2017)

    ★ 6.5/10Also romance

    When Sarah needs to impress a corporate bigwig in order to help her sister's catering business, she finds herself agreeing to be his son’s pretend date to a family wedding

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