20 movies like Desirable, ordered by similarity : Carol(2015), Saving Face(2004), The Second Mother(2015), A Taste of Honey(1961), Fatima(2015), Lady Bird(2017), Man-Proof(1937), These Foolish Things(2006), Badrinath Ki Dulhania(2017), Miss You Already(2015), My Foolish Heart(1949), Lady for a Day(1933) ...
Drama
USA
1934
68 Minutes
Jean Muir George Brent Verree Teasdale John Halliday Charles Starrett Russell Hopton Virginia Hammond Joan Wheeler Catherine Sheldon Harry Tyler Gladys Gale
actress friend daughter fiancé mother young woman spirited endearing moving new york city apartment party estate secret life mother/daughter relationship love triangle fame engagement class distinctions temptation
A man meets the daughter of his lover and they begin to fall in 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.
Gay & Lesbian, Romance, Comedy, Drama
USA
2004
96 Minutes
Michelle Krusiec Joan Chen Lynn Chen Jessica Hecht Ato Essandoh Nathanel Geng Jin Wang Guang Lan Koh David Shih Brian Yang Brittany Perrineau
mother daughter grandfather lesbian love interest emotional endearing inspiring new york city apartment mother/daughter relationship father/daughter relationship lesbianism secret pregnancy tradition love transformation 2000s
A Chinese-American lesbian and her traditionalist mother are reluctant to go public with secret loves that clash against cultural expectations.
Drama
Brazil
2015
112 Minutes
Regina Casé Michel Joelsas Lourenço Mutarelli Karine Teles Camila Márdila Helena Albergaria Luis Miranda Theo Werneck Luci Pereira
housekeeper maid family member mother daughter son charming disheartening heartwarming emotional melodramatic intense brazil são paulo apartment relationships single mothers mother/daughter relationship abandonment love
When the estranged daughter of a hard-working live-in housekeeper suddenly appears, the unspoken class barriers that exist within the home are thrown into disarray.
Gay & Lesbian, Comedy, Drama
UK
1961
100 Minutes
teenager daughter mother sailor boyfriend gay/lesbian bleak emotional england household love friendship mother/daughter relationship emotional abuse pregnancy family dysfunction growing up love discovery 1960s
A pregnant teenage girl must fend for herself when her mother remarries, leaving the girl with only a new male friend for support.
Drama
2015
79 Minutes
Soria Zeroual Zita Hanrot Kenza Noah Aïche Franck Andrieux Chawki Amari Yolanda Mpele Edith Saulnier Dalila Bencherif
daughter mother family teenager single mother cleaning lady brooding emotional endearing heartwarming intense home town relationships love family money emotion mother/daughter relationship discovery
After she is injured in a fall, Fatima writes her two daughters letters in Arabic to express things she has never been able to express in French.
Comedy, Drama
USA
2017
94 Minutes
Saoirse Ronan Laurie Metcalf Timothée Chalamet Lucas Hedges Tracy Letts Odeya Rush Jake McDorman Beanie Feldstein Lois Smith Stephen McKinley Henderson Jordan Rodrigues
mother daughter teenager high-school student best friend teacher father moving uplifting playful california high school catholic school sacramento, calif. family home university united states prom mother/daughter relationship coming of age
In 2002, an artistically inclined seventeen-year-old girl comes of age in Sacramento, California.
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 »
Romance, Drama
UK
2006
107 Minutes
Anjelica Huston Zoe Tapper Andrew Lincoln David Leon Terence Stamp Lauren Bacall Joss Ackland
actress director playwright love interest filmmaker mother passionate emotional engaging touching moving melodramatic england love triangle actors mother/daughter relationship fame pre-war britain romance discovery
A struggling young actress, a fledgling director and an ambitious playwright become embroiled in an emotional love triangle as they strive for recognition, fame and fortune in a world on the brink of World War II.
Romance, Drama
India
2017
138 Minutes
Varun Dhawan Alia Bhatt Sahil Vaid Ritu Raj Singh Yash Sinha Shweta Basu Prasad Anupama Kumar Gauhar Khan Gaurav Pandey
father daughter young man young woman mother family member amusing charming emotional endearing heartwarming moving india town city college wedding reception chasing dreams marriage proposal love-hate relationship
Badrinath Bansal from Jhansi and Vaidehi Trivedi from Kota belong to small towns but have diametrically opposite opinions on everything. This leads to a clash of ideologies, despite both of them recognizing the goodness in each other.
Comedy, Drama
UK
2015
112 Minutes
Toni Collette Drew Barrymore Paddy Considine Dominic Cooper Frances de la Tour Jacqueline Bisset Tyson Ritter Honor Kneafsey Ryan Baker Mem Ferda
cancer patient best friend young woman mother father child emotional endearing heartwarming inspiring moving united states hospital home town cancer relationships pregnancy best friends life
The friendship between two life-long girlfriends is put to the test when one starts a family and the other falls ill.
Drama
USA
1949
98 Minutes
Dana Andrews Susan Hayward Kent Smith Lois Wheeler Jessie Royce Landis Robert Keith Gigi Perreau Karin Booth Todd Karns Philip Pine Martha Mears
old friend wife alcoholic daughter old flame mother bleak melodramatic brooding new york city party house connecticut first love divorce world war ii loveless marriage mother/daughter relationship friendship sacrifice
After being visited by an old friend, a woman recalls her true love, the man she met and lost years ago.
Comedy, Drama
USA
1933
95 Minutes
Warren William May Robson Guy Kibbee Glenda Farrell Ned Sparks Walter Connolly Jean Parker Nat Pendleton Barry Norton Halliwell Hobbes Hobart Bosworth
fruit seller mother daughter fiancé gangster father amusing intricate new york city mother/daughter relationship deception class distinctions social standing family gangsters underdog transformation 1930s
A gangster tries to make Apple Annie, the Times Square apple seller, a lady for a day.
Drama
1976
93 Minutes
Hilda Koronel Ruel Vernal Rez Cortez Carpi Asturias Mona Lisa Marlon Ramirez Nina Lorenzo Mely Mallari
young woman mother daughter boyfriend love interest uncle engaging emotional melodramatic suspenseful bleak intense manila manila, philippines relationships attraction mother/daughter relationship jealousy fighting tragedy
After a teenager is raped by her mother's boyfriend, she sets out to exact revenge on anyone who has hurt her.
Drama
USA
1935
84 Minutes
Kay Francis Ian Hunter Paul Lukas Sybil Jason Jessie Ralph Joe Sawyer Eddie Acuff Walter Kingsford Robert Strange Ferdinand Munier
actress journalist producer daughter nanny husband melodramatic brooding endearing london theater ship stage secret past fame missing persons tabloid journalism mother/daughter relationship redemption fall
A theatrical star abruptly leaves England to escape her secret past, while a newspaper reporter follows her trail to America to get the scoop.
Drama
Canada
2018
94 Minutes
Josh Wiggins Darren Mann Taylor Hickson Maria Bello Kyle MacLachlan Niamh Wilson Hailey Kittle Peter Outerbridge Stephanie Moore Kiana Madeira Olivia Scriven
best friend girlfriend mother father partygoer tense emotional touching intense high school party swimming pool house classroom convenience store friendship love growing up teen romance teen culture
Two popular teen boys, best friends since childhood, discover their lives, families, and girlfriends dramatically upended after an unexpected incident occurs on the night of a 17th birthday party.
Drama
France
1998
113 Minutes
Élodie Bouchez Natacha Régnier Grégoire Colin Jo Prestia Patrick Mercado
seamstress club owner bouncer mother daughter boyfriend passionate tense spirited gritty lille, france sweatshop apartment nightclub hospital working class friendship sex bad choices female bonding
The lives of two dissimilar girls turned out in different ways.
Drama
USA
1931
76 Minutes
Dorothy Mackaill Joel McCrea Ned Sparks Mary Carr Clara Kimball Young Robert McWade
manager boss daughter friend mother old flame melodramatic endearing spirited new jersey steel mill mansion apartment train station social climbing class conflict change of lifestyle father/daughter relationship unhappy marriage infidelity
Daughter of a wealthy family decides to marry a poor working man.
Drama
USA
1965
105 Minutes
Sidney Poitier Shelley Winters Elizabeth Hartman Wallace Ford Ivan Dixon John Qualen Elisabeth Fraser
blind person boyfriend mother charming emotional passionate los angeles household park interracial romance racism love social change mother/daughter relationship love forbidden love discovery 1960s
A blind, uneducated white girl is befriended by a black man, who becomes determined to help her escape her impoverished and abusive home life by introducing her to the outside world.
Comedy, Drama
India
2002
180 Minutes
Rekha Preity Zinta Arjun Rampal Jimmy Sheirgill Alok Nath Govind Namdeo Gajraj Rao Dilip Joshi
mother businessman half sister childhood friend father emotional charming endearing melodramatic moving positive india bungalow house love mother/daughter relationship sister relationship adoption death of father love
Raising her two daughters, Saritaji "Rekha" fears that history might repeat itself when both of them fall for the same guy.
Comedy, Drama, Gay & Lesbian
USA
2018
85 Minutes
Matthew Glave Emily Bett Rickards Jana Winternitz Nikki Limo Lily Holleman Jessica Diggins Aschleigh Jensen Pete Gardner Reginald VelJohnson Jacob Wysocki
older man daughter estranged father friend girlfriend tense amusing emotional shocking uneasy california wedding restaurant bar woods love triangle awkward situations love father/daughter relationship secret
A dramedy about a well-intentioned father who inadvertently wreaks havoc on the life of his estranged daughter when she invites him to her woodland wedding.