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Movies Like The Girl Who Wouldn't Wait

If you liked The Girl Who Wouldn't Wait (1929), a drama and romance movie directed by Leon Abrams, 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 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.

  2. 2Racing with the Moon

    Racing with the Moon (1984)

    ★ 6.3/10Also drama and romance

    In a small coastal California town, Henry and Nicky are pals from blue collar families with only a short time before they ship off to World War II. Henry begins romancing new-to-town Caddie Winger, believing her to be…

  3. 3Peter Ibbetson

    Peter Ibbetson (1935)

    ★ 7/10Also drama and romance

    When his mother dies, young Peter Ibbetson leaves Paris and his best friend, Mary, behind to live with a severe uncle in England. Years later, Peter is an architect with little time for women, until he begins a project…

  4. 4The Lost Husband

    The Lost Husband (2020)

    ★ 6.7/10Also drama and romance

    Trying to put her life back together after the death of her husband, Libby and her children move to her estranged Aunt's goat farm in central Texas.

  5. 5Lovely, Still

    Lovely, Still (2009)

    ★ 6.6/10Also drama and romance

    A holiday fable that tells the story of an elderly man discovering love for the first time.

  6. 6The Secret: Dare to Dream

    The Secret: Dare to Dream (2020)

    ★ 7.4/10Also drama and romance

    A widow with three children hires a handyman to fix her house during a major storm. When not doing home repairs, he shares his philosophy of believing in the power of the universe to deliver what we want.

  7. 7The Longest Ride

    The Longest Ride (2015)

    ★ 7.6/10Also drama and romance

    The lives of a young couple intertwine with a much older man as he reflects back on a lost love while he's trapped in an automobile crash.

  8. 8Salome

    Salome (1953)

    ★ 5.8/10Also drama and romance

    In the reign of emperor Tiberius, Gallilean prophet John the Baptist preaches against King Herod and Queen Herodias. The latter wants John dead, but Herod fears to harm him due to a prophecy. Enter beautiful Princess…

  9. 9Nobody Has to Know

    Nobody Has to Know (2022)

    ★ 6.7/10Also drama and romance

    After a stroke and no memories from his past, Phil encounters Millie who inhabits a desert part of Isle of Lewis. She will shortly entrust him with his deepest secret : they were in love.

  10. 10Bad Girl

    Bad Girl (1931)

    ★ 6/10Also romance and drama

    A man and woman, skeptical about romance, nonetheless fall in love and are wed, but their lack of confidence in the opposite sex haunts their marriage.

  11. 11The Sound Barrier

    The Sound Barrier (1952)

    ★ 6.5/10Also drama and romance

    A young RAF pilot tests his father-in-law’s prototype supersonic aircraft to the limit, at a time of intense development in the field of aviation, just as commercial jet airliners are about to enter service.

  12. 12Return to Peyton Place

    Return to Peyton Place (1961)

    ★ 6.6/10Also drama and romance

    Residents of the small town of Peyton Place aren't pleased when they realize they're the characters in local writer Allison MacKenzie's controversial first novel. A sequel to the hit 1957 film.

  13. 13I Still Believe

    I Still Believe (2020)

    ★ 7.6/10Also drama and romance

    The true-life story of Christian music star Jeremy Camp and his journey of love and loss that looks to prove there is always hope.

  14. 14I Can't Think Straight

    I Can't Think Straight (2008)

    ★ 7.5/10Also drama and romance

    Tala, a London-based Palestinian, is preparing for her elaborate Middle Eastern wedding when she meets Leyla, a young British Indian woman who is dating her best friend. Spirited Christian Tala and shy Muslim Leyla…

  15. 15Flamingo Road

    Flamingo Road (1949)

    ★ 7/10Also drama and romance

    A stranded carnival dancer takes on a corrupt political boss when she marries into small-town society.

  16. 16Northanger Abbey

    Northanger Abbey (2007)

    ★ 6.8/10Also romance and drama

    A young woman's penchant for sensational Gothic novels leads to misunderstandings in the matters of the heart.

  17. 17My Brilliant Career

    My Brilliant Career (1979)

    ★ 6.2/10Also drama and romance

    A young woman who is determined to maintain her independence finds herself at odds with her family who wants her to tame her wild side and get married.

  18. 18They Won't Believe Me

    They Won't Believe Me (1947)

    ★ 6.6/10Also drama and romance

    On trial for murdering his girlfriend, philandering stockbroker Larry Ballentine takes the stand to claim his innocence and describe the actual, but improbable sounding, sequence of events that led to her death.

  19. 19Titanic

    Titanic (1953)

    ★ 6.6/10Also drama and romance

    Unhappily married, Julia Sturges decides to go to America with her two children on the Titanic. Her husband, Richard also arranges passage on the luxury liner so as to have custody of their two children. All this fades…

  20. 20A Ring of Endless Light

    A Ring of Endless Light (2002)

    ★ 6.5/10Also romance and drama

    When 15-year-old Vicky Austin, her sister Suzy and little brother Rob visit their grandfather on Seven Bay Island, Vicky faces several unexpected challenges. Her beloved grandfather, retired Reverend Eaton, seems to be…

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