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Movies Like The American Bride

If you liked The American Bride (1986), a drama and comedy movie directed by Giovanni Soldati, 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. 1Lady Windermere's Fan

    Lady Windermere's Fan (1925)

    ★ 6.9/10Also comedy and drama

    A society woman believes her husband is having an affair, a misconception which may have dire personal consequences for all involved.

  2. 2Young Adult

    Young Adult (2011)

    ★ 5.8/10Also comedy and drama

    A divorced writer from the Midwest returns to her hometown to reconnect with an old flame, who's now married with a family.

  3. 3Almost Friends

    Almost Friends (2017)

    ★ 6.3/10Also drama and comedy

    A man in his mid-20s, still living at home with his mother and stepfather, puts all his eggs in one basket: the girl who works at his local coffee shop. The problem is, she has a serious boyfriend. As they become…

  4. 4The War of the Roses

    The War of the Roses (1989)

    ★ 6.9/10Also comedy and drama

    Barbara and Oliver Rose live happily as a married couple. When Barbara starts to wonder what life would be like without Oliver and likes what she sees, the two begin a campaign to force each other to leave their house…

  5. 5Lymelife

    Lymelife (2008)

    ★ 6.1/10Also comedy and drama

    A coming of age dramedy where infidelity, real estate, and Lyme disease have two families falling apart on Long Island in the early eighties. Scott, 15, is at the point in his life when he finds out that the most…

  6. 6Diary of a Mad Housewife

    Diary of a Mad Housewife (1970)

    ★ 6.2/10Also comedy and drama

    Tina Balser is a bored New York housewife-mother married to Jonathan, a pompous, social-climbing lawyer who ridicules her in front of their children, criticizing everything she does or wears. She begins an affair with…

  7. 7Landline

    Landline (2017)

    ★ 6.2/10Also comedy and drama

    A teenager living with her sister and parents in Manhattan during the 1990s discovers that her father is having an affair.

  8. 8Better Living Through Chemistry

    Better Living Through Chemistry (2014)

    ★ 5.9/10Also drama and comedy

    A straight-laced pharmacist's uneventful life spirals out of control when he starts an affair with a trophy wife customer who takes him on a joyride involving sex, drugs and possibly murder.

  9. 9Friendship

    Friendship (2025)

    ★ 6.4/10Also comedy and drama

    Suburban dad Craig falls hard for his charismatic new neighbor Austin, and his attempts to make an adult male friend threatens to ruin both of their lives.

  10. 10Careful What You Wish For

    Careful What You Wish For (2015)

    ★ 6.1/10Also drama

    A guy gets more than he bargained for after entering into an affair with the wife of an investment banker. Soon, a suspicious death and substantial life insurance policy embroil him in a scandal.

  11. 11Faces

    Faces (1968)

    ★ 7.1/10Also drama

    Middle-aged suburban husband Richard abruptly tells his wife, Maria, that he wants a divorce. As Richard takes up with a younger woman, Maria enjoys a night on the town with her friends and meets a younger man. As the…

  12. 12Dream Lover

    Dream Lover (1994)

    ★ 6.8/10Also drama

    Not long after they cross paths at an art gallery, architect Ray Reardon and hypnotically sensual Lena are married with children. But as strange incidents occur, Ray begins to realize he may not really know the woman…

  13. 13The Champion

    The Champion (2019)

    ★ 6.6/10Also comedy and drama

    Christian is an extremely talented as well as unpredictable football player. After his latest screw-up, the president of his team decides to assign him a personal tutor, to help him in controlling his temper. Valerio…

  14. 14The Canterbury Tales

    The Canterbury Tales (1972)

    ★ 6.1/10Also comedy and drama

    Glimpses of Chaucer penning his famous work are sprinkled through this re-enactment of several of his stories.

  15. 15Amanda

    Amanda (2022)

    ★ 6.5/10Also drama and comedy

    Amanda, 24, lives mostly isolated and has never had any friends, even if it's the thing she wants the most. Amanda chooses her new mission as to convince her childhood friend to believe that they are still best friends.

  16. 16We All Loved Each Other So Much

    We All Loved Each Other So Much (1974)

    ★ 8.3/10Also drama and comedy

    Three partisans bound by a strong friendship return home after the war, but the clash with everyday reality puts a strain on their bond.

  17. 17The Only Living Boy in New York

    The Only Living Boy in New York (2017)

    ★ 6.3/10Also drama

    When a young man learns that his overbearing father is having an affair, he tries to stop it, only to be seduced by the older woman as well.

  18. 18The Predators

    The Predators (2020)

    ★ 6.7/10Also drama and comedy

    This is the story of two completely opposite households: the Pavone are intellectual and bourgeois, the Vismara are proletarian and fascists. They are two tribes sharing the same jungle: Rome. A trivial accident brings…

  19. 19Butterfly on a Wheel

    Butterfly on a Wheel (2007)

    ★ 6.5/10Also drama

    A sociopathic kidnapper methodically pushes a desperate pair of parents to their absolute breaking point.

  20. 20Nightmare Alley

    Nightmare Alley (2021)

    ★ 6.9/10Also drama

    An ambitious carnival man with a talent for manipulating people with a few well-chosen words hooks up with a female psychologist who is even more dangerous than he is.

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