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Movies Like Skyscraper Souls

If you liked Skyscraper Souls (1932), a drama and romance movie directed by Edgar Selwyn, 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. 1Last Night

    Last Night (2010)

    ★ 6.1/10Also drama and romance

    Michael and Joanna are a young and successful married couple who appear to have it all. But when Michael finds himself alone on a business trip with an attractive new colleague and Joanna encounters the other great…

  2. 2Grand Hotel

    Grand Hotel (1932)

    ★ 7/10Also drama and romance

    Guests at a posh Berlin hotel struggle through worry, scandal, and heartache.

  3. 3Possessed

    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…

  4. 4The Age of Innocence

    The Age of Innocence (1993)

    ★ 7/10Also drama and romance

    In 19th century New York high society, a young lawyer falls in love with a woman separated from her husband, while he is engaged to the woman's cousin.

  5. 5Glengarry Glen Ross

    Glengarry Glen Ross (1992)

    ★ 7.3/10Also drama

    An examination of the machinations behind the scenes at a real estate office. Unscrupulous salesmen try to hawk dubious real estate to suckers.

  6. 6Scarlet Street

    Scarlet Street (1945)

    ★ 7.6/10Also drama

    Cashier and part-time starving artist Christopher Cross is absolutely smitten with the beautiful Kitty March. Kitty plays along, but she's really only interested in Johnny, a two-bit crook. When Kitty and Johnny find…

  7. 7The Walk

    The Walk (2015)

    ★ 7/10Also drama

    The story of French high-wire artist Philippe Petit's attempt to cross the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center in 1974.

  8. 8A Summer Place

    A Summer Place (1959)

    ★ 6.6/10Also drama and romance

    A self-made businessman rekindles a romance with a former flame while their two teenage children begin a romance of their own with drastic consequences for both couples.

  9. 9A Place in the Sun

    A Place in the Sun (1951)

    ★ 7.3/10Also drama and romance

    A young social climber wins the heart of a beautiful heiress but his former girlfriend's pregnancy stands in the way of his ambition.

  10. 10Dial M for Murder

    Dial M for Murder (1954)

    ★ 8/10Also drama

    When her American lover visits London, a wealthy woman’s jealous husband hatches a plan to murder her and inherit her fortune.

  11. 11Kitty Foyle

    Kitty Foyle (1940)

    ★ 6.6/10Also drama and romance

    A hard-working, white-collar girl falls in love with a young socialite, but meets with his family's disapproval.

  12. 12Splendor in the Grass

    Splendor in the Grass (1961)

    ★ 7.5/10Also drama and romance

    A fragile Kansas girl's unrequited and forbidden love for a handsome young man from the town's most powerful family drives her to heartbreak and madness.

  13. 13The 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.

  14. 14West Side Story

    West Side Story (1961)

    ★ 7.2/10Also drama and romance

    In Manhattan’s Upper West Side, rival gangs of Polish-Americans and newly arrived Puerto Ricans clash for control of the neighborhood, even as two young members from opposite sides fall dangerously in love.

  15. 15All That Heaven Allows

    All That Heaven Allows (1955)

    ★ 7.3/10Also drama and romance

    Two different social classes collide when Cary Scott, a wealthy upper-class widow, falls in love with her much younger and down-to-earth gardener, prompting disapproval and criticism from her children and country club…

  16. 16The Thomas Crown Affair

    The Thomas Crown Affair (1968)

    ★ 6.8/10Also romance

    A debonair, adventuresome bank executive believes that he has pulled off the perfect multi-million dollar heist--until he must match wits with an insurance investigator who will do anything to get her man.

  17. 17They Live by Night

    They Live by Night (1949)

    ★ 6.8/10Also romance and drama

    An escaped convict, injured during a robbery, falls in love with the woman who nurses him back to health, but their relationship seems doomed from the beginning.

  18. 18Gilda

    Gilda (1946)

    ★ 7.5/10Also romance and drama

    A gambler discovers an old flame while in Argentina, but she's married to his new boss.

  19. 19Goodbye Again

    Goodbye Again (1961)

    ★ 7.1/10Also drama and romance

    Middle-aged businesswoman Paula Tessier rejects the advances of her client's amusing 25-year-old son, Philip Van der Besh, but reconsiders when her longtime philandering partner begins yet another casual affair with a…

  20. 20The Great Gatsby

    The Great Gatsby (1974)

    ★ 6.3/10Also drama and romance

    Nick Carraway, a young Midwesterner now living on Long Island, finds himself fascinated by the mysterious past and lavish lifestyle of his neighbor, the nouveau riche Jay Gatsby. He is drawn into Gatsby's circle…

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