Movies Like The Promise
If you liked The Promise (1917), a romance and drama movie directed by Fred J. Balshofer, 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.
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The Secret: Dare to Dream (2020)
★ 7.4/10Also drama and romanceA 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.
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The Lost Husband (2020)
★ 6.7/10Also drama and romanceTrying 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.
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The Longest Ride (2015)
★ 7.6/10Also drama and romanceThe 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.
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My Brilliant Career (1979)
★ 6.2/10Also drama and romanceA 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.
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Lovely, Still (2009)
★ 6.6/10Also drama and romanceA holiday fable that tells the story of an elderly man discovering love for the first time.
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Nobody Has to Know (2022)
★ 6.7/10Also drama and romanceAfter 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.
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Magnificent Obsession (1954)
★ 6.8/10Also drama and romanceReckless playboy Bob Merrick crashes his speedboat, requiring emergency attention from the town’s only resuscitator while a local hero, Dr. Phillips, dies waiting for the life-saving device. Merrick then tries to right…
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Bad Girl (1931)
★ 6/10Also romance and dramaA 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.
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They Won't Believe Me (1947)
★ 6.6/10Also drama and romanceOn 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.
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A Perfect Ending (2012)
★ 6.2/10Also drama and romanceThis intimate drama follows Rebecca, a woman who has kept her sexuality a secret from her friends but chooses to reveal it to a stranger. While Rebecca's revelations may not yield the results she expects, a perfect…
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Peter Ibbetson (1935)
★ 7/10Also drama and romanceWhen 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…
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Love Finds You in Valentine (2016)
★ 6.4/10Also drama and romanceKennedy Blaine, a Californian girl, inherits a ranch in the small town of Valentine in Nebraska. Before she sells the property, she decides to spend the summer in her house and learn more about her family.
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Mansfield Park (1999)
★ 6.7/10Also romance and dramaFanny Price is sent to live with her wealthy relatives, the Bertrams, where she is treated poorly by most except her cousin Edmund. Her life is complicated by the arrival of the worldly Mary and Henry Crawford.
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The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: Him (2014)
★ 6.7/10Also drama and romanceTold from the man's perspective, the story of a couple trying to reclaim the life and love they once knew and pick up the pieces of a past that may be too far gone.
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The Last Station (2009)
★ 6.4/10Also drama and romanceA historical drama that illustrates Russian author Leo Tolstoy's struggle to balance fame and wealth with his commitment to a life devoid of material things. The Countess Sofya, wife and muse to Leo Tolstoy, uses every…
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I Can't Think Straight (2008)
★ 7.5/10Also drama and romanceTala, 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…
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Beggars of Life (1928)
★ 7.1/10Also dramaAfter killing her treacherous step-father, a girl tries to escape the country with a young vagabond. She dresses as a boy, they hop freight trains, quarrel with a group of hobos, and steal a car in their attempt to…
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Kitty Foyle (1940)
★ 6.6/10Also drama and romanceA hard-working, white-collar girl falls in love with a young socialite, but meets with his family's disapproval.
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The Magic of Ordinary Days (2005)
★ 7.5/10Also drama and romancePregnant 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.
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The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: Her (2014)
★ 6.7/10Also drama and romanceTold from the woman's perspective, the story of a couple trying to reclaim the life and love they once knew and pick up the pieces of a past that may be too far gone.