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Movies Like The Affairs of Anatol

If you liked The Affairs of Anatol (1921), a drama and comedy movie directed by Cecil B. DeMille, 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. 1You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger

    You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger (2010)

    ★ 5.9/10Also comedy and drama

    Two married couples find only trouble and heartache as their complicated lives unfold. After 40 years of marriage, Alfie leaves his wife to pursue what he thinks is happiness with a call girl. His wife, Helena, reeling…

  2. 2The April Fools

    The April Fools (1969)

    ★ 5.9/10Also drama and comedy

    Newly-promoted if none too happily married Howard Brubaker leaves a rowdy company party early with the stunning Catherine, whom it turns out is herself unhappily married — to the boss. They spend an innocent night in…

  3. 3Merrily 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.

  4. 4Possessed

    Possessed (1931)

    ★ 6.9/10Also drama and romance

    Marion is a factory worker who hopes to trade the assembly line for a beautiful penthouse apartment. Mark Whitney, a wealthy and influential lawyer, can make her dreams come true, but, there is only one problem; he…

  5. 5Strangers 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.

  6. 6Playing by Heart

    Playing by Heart (1998)

    ★ 6.7/10Also comedy and drama

    In a vibrant tapestry of love and longing, nine interconnected souls navigate romance and heartbreak in L.A., where passions collide and truths unfold, revealing that the heart's desires often lead us where we least…

  7. 7Persuasion

    Persuasion (1995)

    ★ 7.2/10Also drama and romance

    In early 19th-century England, dire financial straits reacquaint the aristocratic Anne Elliot with her wealthy ex-fiance Frederick Wentworth. The two must choose between either putting the past behind them or listening…

  8. 8The Graduate

    The Graduate (1967)

    ★ 7.6/10Also drama and romance

    A disillusioned college graduate finds himself torn between his older lover and her daughter.

  9. 9Same Time, Next Year

    Same Time, Next Year (1978)

    ★ 6.5/10Also comedy and drama

    A man and woman meet by chance at a romantic inn over dinner and, although both are happily married to others, they find themselves in the same bed the next morning questioning how this could have happened. They agree…

  10. 10Persuasion

    Persuasion (2022)

    ★ 6.1/10Also romance and drama

    Living with her snobby family on the brink of bankruptcy, Anne Elliot is an unconforming woman with modern sensibilities. When Frederick Wentworth - the dashing one she once sent away - crashes back into her life, Anne…

  11. 11Breakfast at Tiffany's

    Breakfast at Tiffany's (1961)

    ★ 7.6/10Also comedy and romance

    Holly Golightly is an eccentric New York City playgirl determined to marry a Brazilian millionaire. But when young writer Paul Varjak moves into her apartment building, her past threatens to get in their way.

  12. 12My Favorite Wife

    My Favorite Wife (1940)

    ★ 7/10Also comedy and romance

    Years after her ship disappeared, a presumably dead woman returns home. To her shock, she finds her husband has remarried.

  13. 13Picture Perfect

    Picture Perfect (1997)

    ★ 5.9/10Also romance and comedy

    A young advertising executive's life becomes increasingly complicated when, in order to impress her boss, she pretends to be engaged to a man she has just met.

  14. 14Two for the Road

    Two for the Road (1967)

    ★ 7/10Also drama and romance

    Architect Mark Wallace and his wife, Joanna, travel to France to meet with an affluent client. While there, they reflect on their first decade of marriage -- memories of when they first met, of courtship, and of road…

  15. 15The Face of Love

    The Face of Love (2013)

    ★ 6.1/10Also drama and romance

    A widow falls for a guy who bears a striking resemblance to her late husband.

  16. 16In Name Only

    In Name Only (1939)

    ★ 7/10Also drama and romance

    A wealthy man falls for a widow but is locked into a loveless marriage with a woman who has contrived to convince his parents she is the ideal wife.

  17. 17He's Just Not That Into You

    He's Just Not That Into You (2009)

    ★ 6.6/10Also comedy and romance

    Remember that really cute girl/guy who said they'd call – and didn't? Maybe they lost your number. Maybe they're in the hospital. Maybe they're awed by your looks, brains or success. Or maybe... They're just not that…

  18. 18Mr. Lucky

    Mr. Lucky (1943)

    ★ 7.2/10Also comedy and romance

    A conman poses as a war relief fundraiser, but when he falls for a charity worker, his conscience begins to trouble him.

  19. 19Nights in Rodanthe

    Nights in Rodanthe (2008)

    ★ 6.3/10Also drama and romance

    Adrienne is trying to decide whether to stay in her unhappy marriage or not, and her life changes when Paul, a doctor who is travelling to reconcile with his estranged son, checks into an inn where she is staying.

  20. 20The Proposal

    The Proposal (2009)

    ★ 7.2/10Also comedy and romance

    When she learns she's in danger of losing her visa status and being deported, overbearing book editor Margaret Tate forces her put-upon assistant, Andrew Paxton, to marry her.

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