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Movies Like The Big Dream

If you liked The Big Dream (2009), a drama and history movie directed by Michele Placido, 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. 1Dot the I

    Dot the I (2003)

    ★ 6/10Also romance and drama

    A fiery Spanish woman is about to marry a kind British man when she meets a Brazilian actor who ignites in her a flame of lust she can't ignore.

  2. 2Not 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.

  3. 3Endings, Beginnings

    Endings, Beginnings (2020)

    ★ 6/10Also romance and drama

    An artist dumps her longtime boyfriend, but her attempt to take a break from dating ends when she quickly finds herself in two passionate romances.

  4. 4Brooklyn

    Brooklyn (2015)

    ★ 7.3/10Also drama and history

    In 1950s Ireland and New York, young Eilis Lacey has to choose between two men and two countries.

  5. 5That Malicious Age

    That Malicious Age (1975)

    ★ 6.4/10Also drama and romance

    Gardener Napoleone takes a job in a southern-Italian villa and quickly finds himself embroiled in a menage-a-trois with Paola and her mother, which soon leads to sex, death and mayhem.

  6. 6Casablanca

    Casablanca (1943)

    ★ 8.1/10Also drama and romance

    In Casablanca, Morocco in December 1941, a cynical American expatriate meets a former lover, with unforeseen complications.

  7. 7All the Way

    All the Way (2016)

    ★ 6.7/10Also drama and history

    Lyndon B. Johnson's amazing 11-month journey from taking office after JFK's assassination, through the fight to pass the 1964 Civil Rights Act and his own presidential campaign, culminating on the night LBJ is actually…

  8. 8Head in the Clouds

    Head in the Clouds (2004)

    ★ 6/10Also drama and romance

    Gilda Bessé shares her Paris apartment with an Irish schoolteacher, Guy Malyon, and Mia, a refugee from Spain. As the world drifts toward war, Gilda defiantly pursues her hedonistic lifestyle and her burgeoning career…

  9. 9Never Let Me Go

    Never Let Me Go (2010)

    ★ 6.8/10Also drama and romance

    As children, Kathy, Ruth, and Tommy spend their childhood at an idyllic and secluded English boarding school. As they grow into adults, they must come to terms with the complexity and strength of their love for one…

  10. 10Cyrano

    Cyrano (2021)

    ★ 6.3/10Also drama and romance

    A man ahead of his time, Cyrano de Bergerac dazzles whether with ferocious wordplay at a verbal joust or with brilliant swordplay in a duel. But, convinced that his appearance renders him unworthy of the love of a…

  11. 11Fallen

    Fallen (2016)

    ★ 6.1/10Also drama and romance

    Lucinda Price is sent to a reform academy under the assumption that she has killed a boy. There, she meets two mysterious boys, Cam and Daniel, to whom she feels drawn to both. But as the love triangle unfurls, it is…

  12. 12It Ends with Us

    It Ends with Us (2024)

    ★ 6.9/10Also drama and romance

    When a woman's first love suddenly reenters her life, her relationship with a charming, but abusive neurosurgeon is upended, and she realizes she must learn to rely on her own strength to make an impossible choice for…

  13. 13Circle of Friends

    Circle of Friends (1995)

    ★ 6.3/10Also drama and romance

    Three girlhood friends now at college share first loves, first kisses and first betrayals. At the center of it all is the best-looking boy on campus. Can a self-conscious dreamer hook the biggest fish in the pond?

  14. 14Blind

    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.

  15. 15The Age of Adaline

    The Age of Adaline (2015)

    ★ 7.5/10Also romance and drama

    After 29-year-old Adaline recovers from a nearly lethal accident, she inexplicably stops growing older. As the years stretch on and on, Adaline keeps her secret to herself until she meets a man who changes her life.

  16. 16A Woman of Paris: A Drama of Fate

    A Woman of Paris: A Drama of Fate (1923)

    ★ 6.7/10Also drama and romance

    When Marie St. Clair believes she has been jilted by her artist fiance Jean, she decides to leave for Paris on her own. After spending a year in the city as a mistress of the wealthy Pierre Revel, she is reunited with…

  17. 17Match Point

    Match Point (2005)

    ★ 7.4/10Also drama and romance

    Chris, a former tennis pro, takes a job as an instructor and befriends his wealthy young student, Tom. After being introduced to his family, Chris is soon engaged to Tom's sister, Chloe. Despite the professional and…

  18. 18The Magic of Ordinary Days

    The Magic of Ordinary Days (2005)

    ★ 7.5/10Also drama and romance

    Pregnant 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.

  19. 19The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks

    The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks (2017)

    ★ 6.3/10Also drama and history

    An African-American woman becomes an unwitting pioneer for medical breakthroughs when her cells are used to create the first immortal human cell line in the early 1950s.

  20. 20The Last Rifleman

    The Last Rifleman (2023)

    ★ 6.6/10Also drama and history

    A WWII veteran escapes his care home in Northern Ireland and embarks on an arduous but inspirational journey to France to attend the 75th anniversary of the D-Day landings, finding the courage to face the ghosts of his…

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