20 movies like Ten Cents a Dance, ordered by similarity : Carol(2015), Cloud 9(2008), Woodpeckers(2017), Lady of the Night(1925), Man-Proof(1937), The Drop(2014), The Racketeer(1929), Men Are Such Fools(1938), Deedar-e-Yaar(1982), Dil Vil Pyar Dyar(2002), Fool for Love(1985), Gone to Earth(1950) ...
Drama
USA
1931
75 Minutes
Barbara Stanwyck Ricardo Cortez Monroe Owsley Sally Blane Blanche Frederici Phyllis Crane Olive Hill Victor Potel Al Hill John Byron
dance hall girl neighbor patron husband mistress old friend moving melodramatic spirited dance hall apartment office new york city love triangle financial troubles gambling unhappy marriage jealousy second chance love
Men pay a dime to dance with Barbara and her fellow taxi dancers. She marries Eddie and plans to quit dancing. Before she does, she meets a handsome and rich gentleman.
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, 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.
Drama
2017
106 Minutes
Jean Jean Ramón Emilio Candelario Judith Rodriguez Jose Cruz Manuel Raposo Karina Valdez Aleja Johnson Carlota Carretero Keunis Álvarez Orestes Amador
prison guard prisoner prisoners messenger gangsters love interest romantic interest romantic rival rival dark disturbing emotional engaging gripping intense moving passionate powerful raw tense
Incarcerated in the Dominican Republic, an inmate uses sign language to communicate with his imprisoned girlfriend at an adjacent institution.
Drama
USA
1925
58 Minutes
Norma Shearer Malcolm McGregor George K. Arthur Fred Esmelton Dale Fuller Lew Harvey Betty Morrissey
street urchin daughter friend inventor judge girl melodramatic heartwarming dance hall office reform school bank love triangle inventions unrequited love relationships class distinctions love transformation 1920s
A world-weary prostitute yearns after respectability and the love of an inventor.
Comedy, Drama
USA
1937
74 Minutes
Myrna Loy Franchot Tone Rosalind Russell Walter Pidgeon Nana Bryant Leonard Penn John Miljan William Stack Oscar O'Shea Marie Blake May Beatty
young woman heiress playboy mother illustrator friend airy witty melodramatic mushy new york city wedding office boxing match unrequited love marrying for money love triangle infidelity mother/daughter relationship jealousy
Mimi has tried everything to become the bride to Alan, but he chooses Elizabeth instead. The ironic part is that Mimi's mother writes romance novels and neither one has had any luck with ... See full summary »
Crime, Drama
USA
2014
107 Minutes
Tom Hardy Noomi Rapace James Gandolfini Matthias Schoenaerts John Ortiz Ann Dowd Michael Aronov James Frecheville Elizabeth Rodriguez Tobias Segal Michael Esper
bartender mobster neighbor puppy abusive husband friend brooding dark intense new york city bar apartment alley car office mobsters money laundering animal rescue abuse love
Bob Saginowski finds himself at the center of a robbery gone awry and entwined in an investigation that digs deep into the neighborhood's past where friends, families, and foes all work together to make a living - no matter the cost.
Crime, Drama
USA
1929
66 Minutes
gangster socialite violinist friend police officer robber melodramatic gripping spirited new york city street fundraiser brooklyn bridge concert hall forced marriage financial troubles mobsters love triangle alcoholism botched crime
A dapper gangster sponsors an alcoholic violinist in order to win the love of a glamorous divorced socialite.
Comedy, Drama
USA
1938
70 Minutes
Wayne Morris Priscilla Lane Humphrey Bogart Hugh Herbert Penny Singleton Johnnie Davis Mona Barrie Marcia Ralston Gene Lockhart Kathleen Lockhart Donald Briggs
secretary advertising executive radio station manager roommate fiancée copywriter amusing melodramatic spirited tender new york city advertising office nightclub ship apartment ambition marriage sexism gender roles jealousy
Linda Lawrence rises from secretary to account executive in an advertising agency. She falls in love with ex-football star Jimmy Hall and marries him. Radio man Harry Galleon will push her ... See full summary »
Drama, Romance
India
1982
169 Minutes
Jeetendra Rekha Rishi Kapoor Tina Ambani Shreeram Lagoo Nirupa Roy Deven Verma Reena Roy
young man childhood friend young woman father intense suspenseful gripping spirited moving sad india house bungalow dance hall dance floor love at first sight friendship love triangle marriage love
Two close and devout Muslim youth, Javed and Akhtar, are childhood pals. They both unknowingly fall in love with the same woman, Firdaus. Since Akhtar is wealthy, and comes from a noble ... See full summary »
Drama
India
2002
180 Minutes
Madhavan Jimmy Sheirgill Sanjay Suri Namrata Shirodkar Sonali Kulkarni Hrishita Bhatt Raqesh Vashisth
friend handicapped person sister wife husband singer emotional endearing moving touching heartwarming india dubai house bungalow love jealousy love-hate relationship sacrifice changed priorities
Tells the story of three friends Krish Kumar, Hrithik Mittal and Devdarshan Suri alias Dev, who all are from different walks of life as they strive to win the battle of life consisting of ... See full summary »
Drama
USA
1985
105 Minutes
Sam Shepard Kim Basinger Harry Dean Stanton Randy Quaid Martha Crawford Louise Egolf Sura Cox Jonathan Skinner April Russell Deborah McNaughton Lon Hill
woman man half brother lover ex-boyfriend adult brash dark intense emotional melodramatic gripping united states motel las vegas love relationships incest fighting past loves
May is waiting for her boyfriend in a run-down American motel, when an old flame turns up and threatens to undermine her efforts and drag her back into the life that she was running away from. The situation soon turns complicated.
Drama
UK|USA
1950
110 Minutes
Jennifer Jones Emeric Pressburger David Farrar Cyril Cusack Sybil Thorndike Edward Chapman Esmond Knight Hugh Griffith George Cole Beatrice Varley Frances Clare
gypsy squire minister love interest husband wife brooding emotional heartwarming passionate spirited wild countryside woods england love desire magic loveless marriage curse
A beautiful, superstitious, animal-loving Gypsy is hotly desired by a fox-hunting squire even after she marries a clergyman.
Drama
UK
2018
96 Minutes
Marcus Rutherford Sophie Kennedy Clark Sam Gittins T'Nia Miller James Atwell Wil Coban Taurean Steele Jasmine Jobson Joshua Blisset Daniel Akilimali Christine Taetz
love interest man boxer trainer friend police officer brash brutal raw emotional unrestrained apartment boxing ring london street party jealousy obsession riots boxing
As London slides towards a time of violent social unrest, on the estates of East London, a young man's life is torn apart by a love for a girl from a different place.
Drama
USA
1959
121 Minutes
Joan Crawford Louis Jourdan Hope Lange Suzy Parker Stephen Boyd Diane Baker
secretary editor director boyfriend melodramatic rousing spirited disheartening new york city office love ambition heartbreak friendship corporate office life love fall sacrifice rise 1950s
An expose of the lives and loves of Madison Avenue working girls and their higher ups.
Drama
USA
1933
75 Minutes
Gary Cooper Fay Wray Neil Hamilton Frances Fuller Roscoe Karns Jane Darwell Sam Hardy Harry Schultz Jimmy Burtis A.S. "Pop" Byron Jack Clifford
dentist wife friend sweetheart husband amusing brash melodramatic small town dentist's office park office prison small-town life jealousy marriage elopement unrequited love the past rivalry
Middle-aged dentist Biff Grimes reminisces about his unrequited love for beautiful Virginia Brush and her husband Hugo, his ex-friend, who betrayed him.
Drama
France
1973
210 Minutes
Bernadette Lafont Jean-Pierre Léaud Françoise Lebrun Isabelle Weingarten Jacques Renard Jean-Noël Picq Geneviève Mnich
boyfriend girlfriend lover brooding emotional sultry paris apartment love triangle love meaning of life jealousy infidelity sex discovery love rivalry 1970s
The chauvinist Alexandre balances relationships with several women, including the maternal Marie and the sexually liberated Veronika, in the post-1968 intellectual scene of Paris.
Drama, Comedy
USA
1979
96 Minutes
Woody Allen Diane Keaton Mariel Hemingway Michael Murphy Meryl Streep Anne Byrne Karen Ludwig Michael O'Donoghue Tisa Farrow Helen Hanft Bella Abzug
writer teenager ex-wife friend lover witty playful touching new york city apartment central park delicatessen dating may-december romance loneliness loss love triangle new york city growing up love
The life of a divorced television writer dating a teenage girl is further complicated when he falls in love with his best friend's mistress.
Drama
France|Italy|Germany
1996
105 Minutes
Emmanuelle Béart Michel Serrault Jean-Hugues Anglade Charles Berling Daniele Lebrun Michael Lonsdale Michel Albertini Michèle Laroque Claire Nadeau Francoise Brion Jean-Pierre Lorit
wealthy man publisher secretary husband wife middle-aged man emotional engaging apartment coffee shop france household paris office helping others love triangle marital problems financial troubles new job jealousy
When Nelly, a woman being just divorced, meets by chance M. Arnaud, a mature salesman just retired, begins a strange and special relationship between the two personalities.
Comedy, Drama
USA
1973
117 Minutes
James Caan Marsha Mason Kirk Calloway Eli Wallach Burt Young Bruno Kirby Allyn Ann McLerie Dabney Coleman Fred Sadoff Allan Arbus Jon Korkes
sailor prostitute son friend moving sad new york city apartment love prostitution unhappy marriage sacrifice love 1970s
A lonely Navy sailor falls in love with a hooker and becomes a surrogate father figure for her son during an extended liberty, due to his service records being lost.
Drama
USA
1934
70 Minutes
Bette Davis George Brent Ann Dvorak John Halliday Ruth Donnelly Robert Barrat Hobart Cavanaugh Joseph Cawthorn Harry Tyler Leila Bennett Ronnie Cosby
housewife ad copywriter lover husband son old friend witty melodramatic uneasy advertising office house courtroom divorce advertising ambition infidelity poverty marriage love rise
Nan Reynolds encourages her copywriter husband Bill to open his own agency. Nearly out of business, he finally gets a client. Former girlfriend Patricia Berkeley writes a very successful ... See full summary »