Movies Like Desire
If you liked Desire (1936), a romance and crime movie directed by Frank Borzage, 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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French Kiss (1995)
★ 6.5/10Also comedy and romanceAfter her fiancee admits to infidelity while on a business trip in France, a woman attempts to get her lover back and marry him by traveling to Paris despite her crippling fear of flying. On the way she unwittingly…
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The Lavender Hill Mob (1951)
★ 7.2/10Also comedy and crimeA meek bank clerk who oversees the shipments of bullion joins with an eccentric neighbor to steal gold bars and smuggle them out of the country.
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Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1953)
★ 7.3/10Also comedy and romanceLorelei Lee is a beautiful showgirl engaged to be married to the wealthy Gus Esmond, much to the disapproval of Gus' rich father, Esmond Sr., who thinks that Lorelei is just after his money. When Lorelei goes on a…
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Pushover (1954)
★ 6.6/10Also crime and dramaA police detective falls for the bank robber's girlfriend he is supposed to be tailing.
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Mata Hari (1931)
★ 6.2/10Also crime and dramaA semi-fictionalized account of the life of Mata Hari, an exotic dancer who was accused of spying for Germany during World War I.
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Family Plot (1976)
★ 6.8/10Also comedy and crimeSpiritualist Blanche Tyler and her cab-driving boyfriend encounter a pair of serial kidnappers while trailing a missing heir in California.
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Plunder Road (1957)
★ 6.9/10Also crime and dramaA spectacular heist starts to unravel as the crooks take it on the lam.
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Macao (1952)
★ 6.3/10Also drama and romanceNick Cochran, an American in exile in Macao, has a chance to restore his name by helping capture an international crime lord. Undercover, can he mislead the bad guys and still woo the attractive singer/petty crook…
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Monte Carlo (2011)
★ 6.8/10Also comedy and romanceThree young women vacationing in Paris find themselves whisked away to Monte Carlo after one of the girls is mistaken for a British heiress.
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Paulie (1998)
★ 7.1/10Also drama and comedyPaulie, a talking parrot, recounts his travels looking for his original owner to a Russian janitor who helps him to the end of his journey.
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The Great Muppet Caper (1981)
★ 6.9/10Also comedy and crimeKermit and Fozzie are newspaper reporters sent to London to interview Lady Holiday, a wealthy fashion designer whose priceless diamond necklace is stolen. Kermit meets and falls in love with her secretary, Miss Piggy…
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Paris Can Wait (2016)
★ 5.9/10Also comedy and dramaAnne is at a crossroads in her life. Long married to a successful, driven but inattentive movie producer, she unexpectedly finds herself taking a car trip from Cannes to Paris with Jacques, a business associate of her…
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They Live by Night (1949)
★ 6.8/10Also crime and romanceAn 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.
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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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The Hot Rock (1972)
★ 6.5/10Also crime and comedyDortmunder and his pals plan to steal a huge diamond from a museum. But this turns out to be only the first time they have to steal it...
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Take the Money and Run (1969)
★ 7.1/10Also comedy and crimeVirgil Starkwell is intent on becoming a notorious bank robber. Unfortunately for Virgil and his not-so-budding career, he is completely incompetent.
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You Only Live Once (1937)
★ 7.1/10Also crime and dramaBased partially on the story of Bonnie and Clyde, Eddie Taylor is an ex-convict who cannot get a break after being released from prison. When he is framed for murder, Taylor is forced to flee with his wife Joan Graham…
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The Pink Panther (2006)
★ 5.9/10Also comedy and crimeWhen the coach of the France football team is killed by a poisoned dart in the stadium at the end of a game, and his huge, expensive ring with the Pink Panther diamond disappears, the ambitious Chief Inspector Dreyfus…
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Midnight in Paris (2011)
★ 7.5/10Also comedy and romanceWhile on a trip to Paris with his fiancée's family, a nostalgic screenwriter finds himself mysteriously going back to the 1920s every day at midnight.
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The Postman Always Rings Twice (1946)
★ 7.1/10Also drama and romanceA married woman and a drifter fall in love, then plot to murder her husband.