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Movies Like For the Love of George

If you liked For the Love of George (2018), a comedy and drama movie directed by Maria Burton, 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. 1Strangers When We Meet

    Strangers When We Meet (1960)

    ★ 6.4/10Also romance and drama

    A suburban architect loves his wife but is bored with his marriage and with his work, so he takes up with the neglected, married beauty who lives down the street.

  2. 2Solitary Man

    Solitary Man (2009)

    ★ 5.9/10Also comedy and drama

    A car magnate watches his personal and professional life hit the skids because of his business and romantic indiscretions.

  3. 3The Woman in Red

    The Woman in Red (1984)

    ★ 6.3/10Also comedy and romance

    When a happily married family man, who would never consider an affair, meets a beautiful woman in red, he is totally infatuated and desperate to make her acquaintance. However, as he tries out various schemes to sneak…

  4. 4Unfaithful

    Unfaithful (2002)

    ★ 6.7/10Also drama and romance

    A New York suburban couple's marriage goes dangerously awry when the wife indulges in an adulterous fling.

  5. 5Revolutionary Road

    Revolutionary Road (2008)

    ★ 7/10Also drama and romance

    A young couple living in a Connecticut suburb during the mid-1950s struggle to come to terms with their personal problems while trying to raise their two children. Based on a novel by Richard Yates.

  6. 6The Good Girl

    The Good Girl (2002)

    ★ 6.2/10Also drama and comedy

    A discount store clerk strikes up an affair with a stock boy who considers himself the incarnation of Holden Caulfield.

  7. 7Last Night

    Last Night (2010)

    ★ 6.1/10Also drama and romance

    Michael and Joanna are a young and successful married couple who appear to have it all. But when Michael finds himself alone on a business trip with an attractive new colleague and Joanna encounters the other great…

  8. 8Manhattan

    Manhattan (1979)

    ★ 7.7/10Also comedy and drama

    Manhattan explores how the life of a middle-aged television writer dating a teenage girl is further complicated when he falls in love with his best friend's mistress.

  9. 9Blind

    Blind (2017)

    ★ 6.1/10Also drama and romance

    A novelist is blinded in a car crash that killed his wife and several years later rediscovers his passion for life and writing when he embarks on an affair with the neglected wife of an indicted businessman.

  10. 10The Drama

    The Drama (2026)

    ★ 6.9/10Also romance and comedy

    A happily engaged couple is put to the test when an unexpected turn sends their wedding week off the rails.

  11. 11Cyrus

    Cyrus (2010)

    ★ 5.9/10Also comedy and drama

    With John's social life at a standstill and his ex-wife about to get remarried, a down on his luck divorcée finally meets the woman of his dreams, only to discover she has another man in her life - her son. Before…

  12. 12Not Easily Broken

    Not Easily Broken (2009)

    ★ 6.3/10Also drama and romance

    A car accident and shifting affections test the bond between a married couple.

  13. 13Alfie

    Alfie (2004)

    ★ 5.9/10Also comedy and drama

    A tale of a philosophical womanizer who is forced to question his seemingly carefree existence.

  14. 14Enemies, a Love Story

    Enemies, a Love Story (1989)

    ★ 6.2/10Also comedy and drama

    A ghostwriter finds himself romantically involved with his current wife, a married woman and his long-vanished wife.

  15. 15Merrily We Go to Hell

    Merrily We Go to Hell (1932)

    ★ 6.4/10Also comedy and drama

    A drunken newspaperman, Jerry Corbett, is rescued from his alcoholic haze by an heiress, Joan Prentice, whose love sobers him up and encourages him to write a play, but he lapses back into dipsomania.

  16. 16Young People Fucking

    Young People Fucking (2007)

    ★ 5.9/10Also comedy and drama

    On a Tuesday night, five couples have separate sexual adventures. Matt and Kris, friends for years, want to have an only-once, no-strings good time. Abby and Andrew, married, celebrate his birthday, but it's marred by…

  17. 17Before We Go

    Before We Go (2014)

    ★ 6.7/10Also romance and drama

    A chance encounter between two strangers in Grand Central Terminal sparks a life-changing, nighttime sojourn through New York City. They grow into each other's most trusted confidants when an evening of unexpected…

  18. 18Heartburn

    Heartburn (1986)

    ★ 6/10Also comedy and drama

    She's a magazine writer who gives up her career for love and family. He's a playboy newspaper columnist who can't quite give up his old tricks. And if that combination doesn't give a relationship heartburn, nothing will.

  19. 19Petulia

    Petulia (1968)

    ★ 6/10Also drama and romance

    Dr. 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…

  20. 20She Came to Me

    She Came to Me (2023)

    ★ 6.1/10Also romance and comedy

    Composer Steven Lauddem is plagued by a creative block which leaves him unable to finish the score for his big comeback opera. When his former therapist-turned-wife Patricia suggests he rekindle his creativity by…

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