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Movies Like Prima Donna

If you liked Prima Donna (2020), a movie directed by Mårten Forslund, 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. 1Avanti!

    Avanti! (1972)

    ★ 6.9/10

    A successful businessman travels to Italy to arrange for the return of his tycoon father's body, only to learn that dear old dad died with his longtime mistress.

  2. 2The Tales of Hoffmann

    The Tales of Hoffmann (1951)

    ★ 7.1/10

    A melancholy poet reflects on three women he loved and lost in the past: a mechanical performing doll, a Venetian courtesan, and the consumptive daughter of a celebrated composer.

  3. 3Moonstruck

    Moonstruck (1987)

    ★ 6.8/10

    37-year-old Italian-American widow Loretta Castorini believes she is unlucky in love, and so accepts a marriage proposal from her boyfriend Johnny, even though she doesn't love him. When she meets his estranged younger…

  4. 4Florence Foster Jenkins

    Florence Foster Jenkins (2016)

    ★ 6.7/10

    The story of Florence Foster Jenkins, a New York heiress, who dreamed of becoming an opera singer, despite having a terrible singing voice.

  5. 5Music and Lyrics

    Music and Lyrics (2007)

    ★ 6.5/10

    A washed-up '80s pop star gets a chance at a comeback when reigning pop diva Cora Corman invites him to write & record a duet with her, but there's a problem--Alex hasn't written a song in years; he's never written…

  6. 6The Taming of the Shrew

    The Taming of the Shrew (1967)

    ★ 6.9/10

    Italy, 16th century. Petruchio, a choleric, lying and poor rural landowner from Verona, arrives in Padua in search of fortune and a wife, while Baptista, a wealthy merchant, announces that he will not allow Bianca, his…

  7. 7Cabrini

    Cabrini (2024)

    ★ 7.7/10

    Italian immigrant Francesca Cabrini arrives in 1889 New York City and is greeted by disease, crime, and impoverished children. Cabrini sets off on a daring mission to convince the hostile mayor to secure housing and…

  8. 8Starting Over

    Starting Over (1979)

    ★ 6.4/10

    After divorcing his ambitious singer wife, a middle-aged man begins a new relationship with a teacher.

  9. 9M. Butterfly

    M. Butterfly (1993)

    ★ 6.6/10

    In 1960s China, French diplomat Rene Gallimard falls in love with opera singer Song Liling – but Song is not at all who Gallimard thinks.

  10. 10The Great Gatsby

    The Great Gatsby (2013)

    ★ 7.3/10

    Nick Carraway arrives in New York in 1922, an era of loose morals, glittering jazz and bootleg kings. Chasing his own American Dream, Nick encounters the mysterious millionaire Gatsby and his bewitching cousin Daisy…

  11. 11A Good Woman

    A Good Woman (2004)

    ★ 6.3/10

    Fleeing 1930s New York and leaving behind a chequered past, the giltzy divorcee Mrs Stella Erlynne travels to Italy's sun-dappled Amalfi coast. Mrs Erlynne's appearance causes a stir amongst the visiting aristocracy…

  12. 12Falling for Figaro

    Falling for Figaro (2021)

    ★ 6.5/10

    A brilliant young fund manager leaves her unfulfilling job and long-term boyfriend to chase her lifelong dream of becoming an opera singer in the Scottish Highlands.

  13. 13Boot Camp

    Boot Camp (2024)

    ★ 6.2/10

    Unathletic Whitney Carmichael signs up for an intense summer boot camp to reinvent herself and falls for her personal trainer. She then finds the strength to embrace her true self and ignore the others' expectations.

  14. 14Zerophilia

    Zerophilia (2005)

    ★ 5.9/10

    Luke, a young man insecure about his masculinity, discovers he's a Zerophiliac, with the ability to change sex at will. Join Luke as he journeys into the extraordinary world of Zerophilia where so many crazy questions…

  15. 15Battle of the Year

    Battle of the Year (2013)

    ★ 6.8/10

    A down-on-his-luck coach is hired to prepare a team of the best American dancers for an international tournament that attracts all the best crews from around the world, but the Americans haven't won in fifteen years.

  16. 16Made of Honor

    Made of Honor (2008)

    ★ 6.5/10

    Tom and Hannah have been platonic friends for 10 years. He's a serial dater, while she wants marriage but hasn't found Mr. Right. Just as Tom is starting to think that he is relationship material after all, Hannah gets…

  17. 17Lady Chatterley's Lover

    Lady Chatterley's Lover (2022)

    ★ 6.7/10

    After a crippling injury leaves her husband impotent, Lady Chatterly is torn between her love for her husband and her physical desires. With her husband's consent, she seeks out other means of fulfilling her needs.

  18. 18The Object of My Affection

    The Object of My Affection (1998)

    ★ 5.8/10

    A pregnant New York social worker begins to develop romantic feelings for her gay best friend, and decides she'd rather raise her child with him, much to the dismay of her overbearing boyfriend.

  19. 19Educating Rita

    Educating Rita (1983)

    ★ 6.9/10

    Rita, a witty 26-year-old hairdresser, wants to 'discover' herself, so she joins the Open University where she meets the disillusioned professor of literature, Dr. Frank Bryant. His marriage has failed, his new…

  20. 20Barefoot in the Park

    Barefoot in the Park (1967)

    ★ 7.1/10

    In this film based on a Neil Simon play, newlyweds Corie, a free spirit, and Paul Bratter, an uptight lawyer, share a sixth-floor apartment in Greenwich Village. Soon after their marriage, Corie tries to find a…

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