20 movies like Grand Hotel, ordered by similarity : Hotel(1967), The Red Lily(1924), Bordertown(1935), Soul Kitchen(2009), Shagird(2011), Everyday People(2004), Loss of Innocence(1961), My Bill(1938), The Rose Tattoo(1955), Anna Karenina(2012), You Only Live Once(1937), No Other Woman(1933) ...
Drama
USA
1932
115 Minutes
Greta Garbo Joan Crawford John Barrymore Wallace Beery Lionel Barrymore Lewis Stone Jean Hersholt Ferdinand Gottschalk Tully Marshall Mary Carlisle
thief businessperson ballerina accountant secretary melodramatic passionate hotel berlin restaurant corruption romance ambition illness fall underdog transformation 1930s
A group of very different individuals staying at a luxurious hotel in Berlin deal with each of their respective dramas.
Drama
1967
124 Minutes
Rod Taylor Catherine Spaak Karl Malden Melvyn Douglas Richard Conte Michael Rennie Merle Oberon Kevin McCarthy
hotel owner hotel manager thief duke duchess guest frenetic melodramatic new orleans hotel lobby hotel room office louisiana scandal blackmail schemes financial troubles drunken driving robbery
The manager (Rod Taylor) of a posh New Orleans hotel handles a hostile takeover, a scandal and a thief (Karl Malden).
Drama
USA
1924
65 Minutes
Enid Bennett Ramon Novarro Wallace Beery Frank Currier Rosemary Theby Mitchell Lewis Emily Fitzroy George Periolat Dick Sutherland George Nichols
frenchwoman mayor thief gangster son prostitute melodramatic powerful striking paris family home restaurant train city brittany, france poverty crime false accusations prejudice prostitution
Two young lovers escape their past lives to Paris until fate separates them.
Crime, Drama
USA
1935
90 Minutes
Paul Muni Bette Davis Margaret Lindsay Eugene Pallette Soledad Jimenez Robert Barrat Gavin Gordon Henry O'Neill Arthur Stone Hobart Cavanaugh William B. Davidson
lawyer casino owner wife immigrant melodramatic tense california casino los angeles business mental illness murder unrequited love fall transformation 1930s
In Mexico, a former lawyer becomes the invaluable second-in-command to a casino owner, whose wife begins to fall for him.
Comedy, Drama
Germany|France|Italy
2009
99 Minutes
Adam Bousdoukos Moritz Bleibtreu Birol Ünel Lukas Gregorowicz Dorka Gryllus Wotan Wilke Möhring Demir Gokgol Monica Bleibtreu Marc Hosemann Cem Akin Anna Bederke
chef restaurant owner brother mobster customer amusing touching endearing restaurant hamburg, germany business friendship love struggle brotherhood fall underdog transformation quest 2000s
In Hamburg, German-Greek chef Zinos unknowingly disturbs the peace in his locals-only restaurant by hiring a more talented chef.
Crime, Drama, Action
India
2011
128 Minutes
Nana Patekar Mohit Ahlawat Rimi Sen Anurag Kashyap Zakir Hussain
inspector police officer wife son journalist media personality intense gripping powerful inspiring profound india city police station house corruption corrupt police fighting corruption bribery political corruption
A rookie cop questions the tactics of his superior, and attempts to track the abductors of his girlfriend.
Drama
2004
91 Minutes
Jordan Gelber Bridget Barkan Stephen McKinley Henderson Sydnee Stewart Billoah Greene Reg E. Cathey Stephen Axelrod Iris Little-Thomas Ron Butler Erik LaRay Harvey
restaurant owner restaurant employee patron young man corporate stooge spirited charming brooklyn, n.y. restaurant street social change gentrification restaurant business inner-city life friendship underdog transformation 2000s
Customers and staff (Bridget Barkan, Stephen McKinley Henderson) react to the news of a Jewish restaurateur's (Jordan Gelber) decision to sell his neighborhood eatery to developers.
Romance, Drama
UK
1961
99 Minutes
Kenneth More Danielle Darrieux Susannah York Claude Nollier Jane Asher Elizabeth Dear Richard Williams David Saire Raymond Gérôme Maurice Denham André Maranne
thief hotel owner hotel worker lover adolescent child suspenseful melodramatic emotional france hotel rape accidental death jealousy coming of age abandonment rivalry forbidden love transformation 1960s
Sensitive story of a British girl's awakening from childhood into life and love on vacation in France.
Drama
USA
1938
60 Minutes
widow daughter son aunt wealthy woman mother bleak melodramatic inspiring house yard poverty family great depression scandal loneliness mother/son relationship fall love transformation
The town of Colbrook, Massachusetts was founded by the family of the same name, and as such they are its leading family. Widowed Mrs. Reginald Colbrook - Mary - has had to manage the family... See full summary »
Drama
USA
1955
117 Minutes
Anna Magnani Burt Lancaster Marisa Pavan Ben Cooper Virginia Grey Jo Van Fleet Sandro Giglio Mimi Aguglia Florence Sundstrom Dorrit Kelton
widow truck driver daughter boyfriend husband melodramatic passionate brooding louisiana house church truck romance grief betrayal secret deception love transformation fall
A Sicilian seamstress who idolizes her husband must deal with several family crises upon his sudden death.
Drama, Romance, History
UK
2012
129 Minutes
Keira Knightley Aaron Taylor-Johnson Jude Law Domhnall Gleeson Alicia Vikander Matthew Macfadyen Kelly Macdonald Oskar McNamara Olivia Williams Ruth Wilson Emily Watson
wife count husband son farmer princess passionate striking emotional russia estate countryside resort infidelity doomed romance child custody social standing nobility forbidden love transformation
In late-19th-century Russian high society, St. Petersburg aristocrat Anna Karenina enters into a life-changing affair with the dashing Count Alexei Vronsky.
Crime, Drama
USA
1937
86 Minutes
Sylvia Sidney Henry Fonda Barton MacLane William Gargan Jean Dixon Jerome Cowan Margaret Hamilton Ward Bond Guinn "Big Boy" Williams
secretary ex-convict public defender tense melodramatic passionate prison courtroom hotel on the run loyalty love morality law sacrifice temptation escape 1930s
The public defender's secretary and an ex-convict get married and try to make a life together, but a series of disasters sends their lives spiraling out of control.
Drama
USA
1933
59 Minutes
Irene Dunne Charles Bickford Gwili Andre J. Carrol Naish Eric Linden Buster Miles Leila Bennett Christian Rub Hilda Vaughn Brooks Benedict Joseph Bernard
factory worker wife boarder mistress lawyer son melodramatic emotional engaging steel mill pennsylvania boardinghouse jail courtroom business marriage infidelity divorce rags to riches trial
A steelworker and his aspiring wife make millions when they become partners in a dyeworks. Unfortunately, success does not bring happiness.
Drama, Comedy
USA
1950
103 Minutes
Judy Holliday William Holden Broderick Crawford Howard St. John Frank Otto Larry Oliver Barbara Brown Grandon Rhodes Claire Carleton Smoki Whitfield Helen Eby-Rock
businessperson girlfriend journalist lawyer politician amusing playful lighthearted washington, d.c. hotel office love triangle corruption big business ambition education love transformation 1950s
A tycoon hires a tutor to teach his lover proper etiquette, with unexpected results.
Drama
2012
97 Minutes
Kacey Mottet Klein Léa Seydoux Martin Compston Gillian Anderson Jean-François Stévenin Yann Trégouët Gabin Lefebvre
young boy sister thief mother restaurant manager emotional melodramatic profound brooding intense switzerland ski resort restaurant loneliness robbery lie brother/sister relationship poverty skiing love
A poor boy (Kacey Mottet Klein) steals from wealthy patrons at a posh ski resort to support himself and his irresponsible older sister (Léa Seydoux).
Drama
USA
1931
86 Minutes
Wallace Beery Jackie Cooper Irene Rich Roscoe Ates Edward Brophy Hale Hamilton Jesse Scott Marcia Mae Jones
boxer son mother stepfather horse emotional heartwarming moving melodramatic mexico boxing ring tijuana father/son relationship boxing redemption alcoholism separation mother/son relationship love fall
An alcoholic ex-boxer struggles to provide a good living for his son.
Comedy, Other, Drama
USA
1946
129 Minutes
James Stewart Donna Reed Lionel Barrymore Thomas Mitchell Henry Travers Beulah Bondi Frank Faylen Ward Bond Gloria Grahame H.B. Warner Frank Albertson
angel friend wife uncle businessperson banker heartwarming emotional charming new york state store small town christmas big business suicide marriage money ambition fall rescue
An angel is sent from Heaven to help a desperately frustrated businessman by showing him what life would have been like if he had never existed.
Drama
UK|Japan|USA
1992
140 Minutes
Anthony Hopkins Emma Thompson Helena Bonham Carter Vanessa Redgrave James Wilby Samuel West Jemma Redgrave Nicola Duffett Prunella Scales Susie Lindeman Adrian Ross Magenty
businessperson wealthy woman sister aunt emotional england mansion restaurant inheritance money jealousy romance class distinctions scandal discovery fall transformation 1910s
A businessman thwarts his wife's bequest of an estate to another woman.
Crime, Drama
USA
1930
77 Minutes
Edward G. Robinson Douglas Fairbanks Jr. Glenda Farrell Stanley Fields Sidney Blackmer Ralph Ince George E. Stone Nick Bela
criminal dancer love interest gangster melodramatic intense chicago nightclub ambition friendship crime show business dance rise fall underdog 1930s
A small-time criminal moves to a big city to seek bigger fortune.
Biography, Drama
Australia
1996
105 Minutes
Geoffrey Rush Justin Braine Sonia Todd Armin Mueller-Stahl Noah Taylor Lynn Redgrave John Gielgud Googie Withers Alex Rafalowicz Nicholas Bell Chris Heywood
pianist doctor restaurant manager father mental patient uplifting emotional gutsy concert hall london sanatorium restaurant piano family feud mental illness recovery dreams father/son relationship fall transformation
Pianist David Helfgott, driven by his father and teachers, has a breakdown. Years later he returns to the piano, to popular if not critical acclaim.
Drama
USA
1990
97 Minutes
Sissy Spacek Whoopi Goldberg Dwight Schultz Ving Rhames Dylan Baker Erika Alexander Lexi Randall Richard Habersham Jason Weaver
nanny wealthy woman african-american boss husband daughter inspiring passionate melodramatic montgomery, ala. bus road house community civil rights protest racism justice cross-cultural relations transformation
Two women, black and white, in 1955 Montgomery Alabama, must decide what they are going to do in response to the famous bus boycott led by Martin Luther King.