20 movies like The Sheik, ordered by similarity : What If(2013), Four Weddings and a Funeral(1994), Carol(2015), Our Modern Maidens(1929), Cloud 9(2008), Jane Austen's Emma(1996), The Sheltering Sky(1990), Husband Material(2018), Mr. Right(2015), Road to Singapore(1940), Flesh and the Devil(1926), The Shape of Water(2017) ...
Romance
USA
1921
73 Minutes
Rudolph Valentino Agnes Ayres Adolphe Menjou Walter Long Lucien Littlefield George Waggner Patsy Ruth Miller
sheik lady valet guide novelist bandit fascinating sultry melodramatic algeria sahara desert tent stronghold cultural differences abduction disguise attempted rape slavery friendship pursuit
A charming Arabian sheik becomes infatuated with an adventurous, modern-thinking Englishwoman and abducts her to his home in the Saharan desert.
Romance
2013
102 Minutes
Daniel Radcliffe Zoe Kazan Megan Park Adam Driver Mackenzie Davis Jemima Rooper Rafe Spall Meghan Heffern Jonathan Cherry Oona Chaplin
friend best friend love interest medical student boyfriend girlfriend college dropout true love animator amusing endearing heartwarming hilarious lighthearted positive united states apartment city office love
A medical-school dropout (Daniel Radcliffe) tries to hide his attraction to his new friend (Zoe Kazan), a bubbly artist who already has a boyfriend.
Romance
UK
1994
116 Minutes
Hugh Grant Andie MacDowell Kristin Scott Thomas Simon Callow Rowan Atkinson James Fleet John Hannah Charlotte Coleman David Bower Corin Redgrave Kenneth Griffith
friend lover brother english gentleman sexy woman priest amusing charming endearing moving heartwarming london scotland wedding funeral funeral home church love friendship unrequited love
Over the course of five social occasions, a committed bachelor must consider the notion that he may have discovered love.
Gay & Lesbian, Romance, Drama
UK|USA|Australia
2015
118 Minutes
Cate Blanchett Rooney Mara Sarah Paulson Jake Lacy John Magaro Cory Michael Smith Carrie Brownstein Kevin Crowley Nik Pajic Kyle Chandler
woman love interest divorcée romantic interest lover daughter mother photographer gay/lesbian emotional engaging endearing sad powerful tense united states manhattan new york new york city department store
An aspiring photographer develops an intimate relationship with an older woman in 1950s New York.
Romance
USA
1929
75 Minutes
Joan Crawford Rod La Rocque Douglas Fairbanks Jr. Anita Page Albert Gran Josephine Dunn Edward Nugent
heiress diplomat friend guest fiancé love interest amusing sultry melodramatic united states france wedding washington, d.c. love triangle marriage scandal jealousy friendship deception forbidden love
A flapper charms a diplomat to procure her fiancé a career opportunity, while the fiancé starts a relationship with her best friend.
Romance, Drama
Germany
2008
98 Minutes
Ursula Werner Horst Rehberg Horst Westphal Steffi Kühnert
woman man couple lover cheeky confident emotional engaging heartwarming germany home apartment lake love love triangle loveless marriage lovers old age love forbidden love
A romantic drama about a woman who enters into an affair after 30 years of marriage.
Romance
1996
107 Minutes
Kate Beckinsale Mark Strong Samantha Morton Bernard Hepton Prunella Scales Raymond Coulthard Olivia Williams Dominic Rowan Lucy Robinson
young woman matchmaker lover love interest vicar friend engaging amusing emotional lighthearted melodramatic heartwarming england small town london matchmaking love interest relationships attraction family
While matchmaking for friends and neighbors, a young 19th-century Englishwoman (Kate Beckinsale) nearly misses her own chance at love.
Romance, Adventure, Drama
UK|Italy
1990
137 Minutes
John Malkovich Debra Winger Campbell Scott Jill Bennett Timothy Spall Eric Vu-An
couple woman man artist friend adventurer engaging emotional charming melodramatic desert sahara sahara desert relationships romance attraction danger happiness lovers love
An American couple travel abroad to revitalize their relationship. But as the trip drags on, their attempt at recovering what they once had seems futile.
Comedy, Romance, Drama
India
2018
150 Minutes
Tapsee Pannu Abhishek Bachchan Vicky Kaushal Jasmin Bajwa Ashnoor Kaur Abdul Quadir Amin Saurabh Sachdeva
young woman dj bank employee father mother emotional intense melodramatic inspiring heartwarming charming india disco love triangle loveless marriage wedding true love unconditional love forbidden love love
A love triangle between a spirited young woman, her outgoing boyfriend and a fiance who's husband material.
Romance, Action
USA
2015
93 Minutes
Sam Rockwell Anna Kendrick Tim Roth James Ransone Anson Mount Michael Eklund RZA Katie Nehra Jaiden Kaine Douglas M. Griffin Luis Da Silva Jr.
young woman single woman single man love interest lover friend rival assassin hitman romantic interest amusing hilarious lighthearted playful quirky shocking united states romance love love at first sight
A girl falls for the "perfect" guy, who happens to have a very fatal flaw: he's a hitman on the run from the crime cartels who employ him.
Romance
USA
1940
84 Minutes
Bing Crosby Bob Hope Dorothy Lamour Charles Coburn Judith Barrett Anthony Quinn Jerry Colonna Johnny Arthur Pierre Watkin Steve Pendleton Miles Mander
sailor best friend love interest wife ex-boyfriend father lighthearted charming ship family home singapore love triangle marriage running away father/son relationship friendship travel love quest pursuit
Two playboys try to forget previous romances in Singapore - until they meet a beautiful dancer.
Romance, Drama
USA
1926
113 Minutes
Greta Garbo John Gilbert Lars Hanson Barbara Kent William Orlamond George Fawcett Eugenie Besserer Marc McDermott Marcelle Corday Rolfe Sedan
soldier countess count friend uncle pastor melodramatic germany ballroom train station adultery friendship loyalty military violence love triangle forbidden love rivalry transformation 1920s
Childhood friends are torn apart when one of them marries the woman the other once fiercely loved.
Romance, Fantasy
USA|Canada|Mexico
2017
123 Minutes
Sally Hawkins Michael Shannon Richard Jenkins Octavia Spencer Michael Stuhlbarg Doug Jones David Hewlett Nick Searcy Stewart Arnott Nigel Bennett Lauren Lee Smith
mute person creature marine biologist friend cleaning lady government agent moving dreamy emotional endearing heartwarming creative baltimore laboratory apartment bonding friendship creatures muteness rule breaking
At a top secret research facility in the 1960s, a lonely janitor forms a unique relationship with an amphibious creature that is being held in captivity.
Romance
India|USA
2008
145 Minutes
Abhishek Bachchan John Abraham Priyanka Chopra Bobby Deol Kiron Kher Shilpa Shetty
young man young woman friend boss child aunt amusing hilarious lighthearted india united states miami house office love at first sight love triangle friendship marriage proposal gay couple lying
Two straight guys pretend to be gay in order to secure a Miami apartment. When both of them fall for their roommate Neha, hilarity ensues as they strive to convince one and all that they're gay whilst secretly trying to win her heart.
Romance
USA
1930
90 Minutes
Gary Cooper Marlene Dietrich Adolphe Menjou Ullrich Haupt Eve Southern Francis Macdonald Paul Porcasi Emile Chautard
singer wealthy man legionnaire club owner woman somber sultry intense ship morocco club apartment street desert devotion unrequited love singing military life dangerous assignment love triangle
A cabaret singer and a Legionnaire fall in love, but their relationship is complicated by the results of his womanizing and due to the appearance of a rich man who wants her for himself.
Romance, Drama
India
2011
160 Minutes
Ranbir Kapoor Shammi Kapoor Aditi Rao Hydari Piyush Mishra Nargis Fakhri Shikha Jain Jaideep Ahlawat
young woman young man father mother singer love interest gripping intense emotional moving sad india house bungalow valley wedding reception love interest love at first sight friendship relationships
Janardhan Jakhar chases his dreams of becoming a big Rock star, during which he falls in love with Heer.
Romance, Other, Drama
UK
2017
84 Minutes
Jessy Schram Sam Page Crystal Balint Cheryl Ladd Hayley Sales Andrew Kavadas Nicole LaPlaca Gerard Plunkett
fashion designer prince young woman love interest lady young man amusing charming playful lighthearted heartwarming emotional ballroom relationships love tradition love triangle royal life family honor discovery
Hamlet has the world at his feet. Young, wealthy and living a hedonistic life studying abroad. Then word reaches him that his father is dead. Returning home he finds his world is utterly ... See full summary »
Romance, Drama
Japan|France
2018
119 Minutes
Erika Karata Masahiro Higashide Sairi Itô Kôji Nakamoto Kôji Seto Misako Tanaka Daichi Watanabe Rio Yamashita
woman love interest ex-boyfriend friend businessman dreamy charming passionate emotional tender japan house road countryside lost love love triangle new love romance love adventure
Asako lives in Osaka. She falls in love with Baku, a free-spirit. One day, Baku suddenly disappears. Two years later, Asako now lives in Tokyo and meets Ryohei. He looks just like Baku, but has a completely different personality.
Romance
India
1998
177 Minutes
Shah Rukh Khan Kajol Rani Mukherji Anupam Kher Salman Khan Farida Jalal
young man young woman matchmaker love interest daughter dead person amusing heartwarming melodramatic emotional charming dreamy india love triangle serendipity father/daughter relationship matchmaking lost love bollywood love
During their college years, Anjali was in love with her best-friend Rahul, but he had eyes only for Tina. Years later, Rahul and the now-deceased Tina's eight-year-old daughter attempts to reunite her father and Anjali.
Gay & Lesbian, Romance
Canada
2010
97 Minutes
Niels Schneider Xavier Dolan Monia Chokri Anne Dorval Louis Garrel Perrette Souplex Anne-Élisabeth Bossé Olivier Morin Magalie Lépine Blondeau
gay man woman friend young man rival love child amusing campy lighthearted passionate canada montreal coffee shop vacation home infatuation friendship love triangle competition sex romance
The story of three close friends who are involved in a love-triangle.
Romance, Drama
France
2015
124 Minutes
Vincent Cassel Emmanuelle Bercot Louis Garrel Isild Le Besco Chrystèle Saint Louis Augustin Patrick Raynal Yann Goven Paul Hamy
woman accident victim lover lawyer therapist drug addict intense melodramatic heartwarming emotional passionate touching clinic rehabilitation clinic ski slopes accident skiing passion past loves lost love
Tony is admitted to a rehabilitation center after a serious skiing accident. Dependent of medical staff and painkillers, she takes the time to remember the tumultuous love story she lived with Georgio.