20 movies like The Great Lie, ordered by similarity : Cyrus(2010), The Strawberry Blonde(1941), Give Me Your Heart(1936), The Lady Is Willing(1942), Carol(2015), John Loves Mary(1949), Let the Sunshine In(2017), I Am Love(2009), The Competition(1980), Samsara(2001), Bachelor Mother(1939), The Lost Moment(1947) ...
Romance
USA
1941
107 Minutes
Bette Davis George Brent Mary Astor Lucile Watson Hattie McDaniel Grant Mitchell Jerome Cowan Sam McDaniel Thurston Hall Russell Hicks Olin Howland
sweetheart pianist pilot maid mother manager melodramatic cheeky gutsy new york city maryland country house arizona rivalry marriage divorce death adoption deception quest
After a newlywed's husband apparently dies in a plane crash, she discovers that her rival for his affections is now pregnant with his child.
Romance, Comedy, Drama
USA
2010
91 Minutes
Jay Duplass John C. Reilly Jonah Hill Marisa Tomei Catherine Keener Matt Walsh Diane Mizota Kathy Wittes Katie Aselton
man son mother girlfriend ex-wife hilarious emotional quirky house party park mother/child relationship moving dating marriage loneliness competition love rivalry quest
John and Molly, a divorced middle aged man and a single mother meet at a friends party and start up a small relationship, all John has to do now is meet Molly's son... Cyrus
Romance
USA
1941
97 Minutes
James Cagney Olivia de Havilland Rita Hayworth Alan Hale George Tobias Jack Carson Una O'Connor George Reeves Lucille Fairbanks Edward McNamara Herbert Heywood
dentist nurse sweetheart rival father love interest cheeky confident engaging amusing new york city dentist's office park office construction site courtship marriage duplicity bribery politics
Quick-tempered yet likable Biff Grimes falls for the beautiful Virginia Brush, but he is not the only young man in the neighborhood who is smitten with her.
Romance
USA
1936
87 Minutes
Kay Francis George Brent Patric Knowles Roland Young Henry Stephenson Frieda Inescort Helen Flint Zeffie Tilbury Elspeth Dudgeon Halliwell Hobbes Russ Powell
woman aristocrat author invalid businessman physician melodramatic moving unrestrained england italy new york city house running away adoption marriage affair family competition sacrifice
An American lawyer's wife is reunited with her child and his father.
Romance
USA
1942
92 Minutes
actress doctor baby ex-wife police officer manager cheeky melodramatic amusing new york city theater doctor's office apartment marriage of convenience adoption romance schemes illness love transformation
In order to adopt an abandoned baby, an actress arranges a marriage of convenience with a doctor.
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
1949
96 Minutes
Ronald Reagan Patricia Neal Jack Carson Wayne Morris Edward Arnold Virginia Field
soldier friend wife fiancée mother father amusing charming new york city apartment marriage deception divorce friendship immigration love quest 1940s
A GI marries the English girlfriend of his best friend to get her into the U.S. for his friend who lost track of her in the war only to find on returning home that he is stuck with the girl because the friend has married someone else.
Romance
France|Belgium
2017
95 Minutes
Juliette Binoche Xavier Beauvois Philippe Katerine Josiane Balasko Sandrine Dumas Nicolas Duvauchelle Alex Descas Laurent Grévill Bruno Podalydès Paul Blain Valeria Bruni-Tedeschi
lover love interest frenchman frenchwoman mother divorcée artist lighthearted engaging playful paris france eiffel tower apartment love dating city life art sexual conquests heartbreak
Isabelle, Parisian artist, divorced mother, is looking for love, true love at last.
Romance, Drama
Italy
2009
119 Minutes
Tilda Swinton Flavio Parenti Edoardo Gabbriellini Alba Rohrwacher Pippo Delbono Maria Paiato Diane Fleri Gabriele Ferzetti Marisa Berenson Mattia Zaccaro Waris Ahluwalia
grandfather businessman son chef mother immigrant emotional gripping intense melodramatic milan, italy nice, france restaurant seaside cathedral london wealth family business family bloodline affair
Emma left Russia to live with her husband in Italy. Now a member of a powerful industrial family, she is the respected mother of three, but feels unfulfilled. One day, Antonio, a talented chef and her son's friend, makes her senses kindle.
Romance
USA
1980
126 Minutes
Richard Dreyfuss Amy Irving Lee Remick Sam Wanamaker Joseph Cali Ty Henderson Vickie Kriegler Adam Stern Bea Silvern Philip Sterling Gloria Stroock
pianist love interest teacher mother father prodigy passionate melodramatic touching concert stage classroom house city piano competition conflict of interest music career romance love
Paul Dietrich, at almost 30 years old, is a fading piano prodigy. Heidi Schoonover is a talented young pianist with a promising future. When Paul hears of an upcoming competition that could make his career, he dedicates himself to winning.
Romance, Drama
India|Germany|France|Italy|Switzerland
2001
138 Minutes
Shawn Ku Christy Chung Neelesha BaVora Lhakpa Tsering Tenzin Tashi Jamayang Jinpa Sherab Sangey Kelsang Tashi Tsepak Tsangpo
monk mentor wife servant melodramatic intricate profound india himalayas monastery family home cave countryside crisis of faith spirituality devotion lust marriage new life quest
A spiritual love-story set in the majestic landscape of Ladakh, Himalayas. Samsara is a quest; one man's struggle to find spiritual Enlightenment by renouncing the world. And one woman's ... See full summary »
Romance
USA
1939
81 Minutes
Ginger Rogers David Niven Charles Coburn Frank Albertson E.E. Clive Ferike Boros Ernest Truex Leonard Penn Paul Stanton Frank M. Thomas Edna Holland
orphan playboy father mother grandfather baby hilarious heartwarming spirited department store orphanage apartment new york city abandonment marriage mother/child relationship love growing up love sacrifice
An unemployed woman discovers an abandoned baby on the steps of an orphanage, and accepts an offer to take responsibility for the child in return for a job.
Romance
USA
1947
88 Minutes
publisher elderly person great-niece poet priest lover melodramatic uneasy new york city office venice, italy bedroom publishing schizophrenia blindness deception fire love letters quest transformation
An publisher insinuates himself into the mouldering mansion of the centenarian lover of a renowned but long-dead poet in order to find his lost love letters.
Romance
USA
1941
105 Minutes
Joan Crawford Robert Taylor Greer Garson Herbert Marshall Spring Byington Rafael Corio Max Willenz Florence Shirley Leslie Francis Mona Barrie Olaf Hytten
novelist boyfriend publisher wife best friend partner engaging amusing moving new york city apartment garden cottage infidelity deception jealousy writing marriage love triangle rivalry
A successful novelist falls in love with her married publisher, to the consternation of her boyfriend, who arranges for her to meet the publisher's wife.
Romance
USA
1934
76 Minutes
Joan Crawford Clark Gable Otto Kruger Stuart Erwin Una O'Connor Akim Tamiroff Marjorie Gateson
wealthy man secretary rancher wife friend melodramatic charming new york city south america argentina boat apartment country house marrying for money divorce wealth love triangle travel commitment love
A mistress of one man has a shipboard romance with another and is torn between both men.
Adventure, Romance
France|Belgium|Czech Republic|Austria
2013
113 Minutes
Nora Arnezeder Gérard Lanvin Tomer Sisley David Kross Simon Abkarian Matthieu Boujenah Miguel Herz-Kestranek Julian Weigend Mathieu Kassovitz John Dobrynine
young woman husband lover enemy true love count melodramatic heartwarming engaging charming moving passionate france castle arranged marriage passion attraction palace intrigue danger love
In France, prior to Louis XIV ascending the throne, a young baroness is forced to marry against her will and is caught up in a web of treachery and murder, threatening her and her husband, whom she has come to love deeply.
Romance
USA
1945
87 Minutes
Rosalind Russell Lee Bowman Adele Jergens Charles Winninger Harry Davenport Sara Haden Percy Kilbride
psychiatrist patient cartoonist soldier father lighthearted amusing new york city chicago train office family home unrequited love deception mental illness marriage love triangle sex love quest
Susan Lane is a gifted psychiatrist, grounded in self-control. Before returning by train to her practice in Chicago, she spends time back East with war veterans, building their self-esteem,... See full summary »
Romance
USA
1949
78 Minutes
Ronald Reagan Virginia Mayo Eddie Bracken Dona Drake Henry Travers Lois Wilson Florence Bates Jerome Cowan Helen Westcott Paul Harvey Lloyd Corrigan
talent scout artist teacher secretary photographer mother lighthearted playful new york city artist's studio apartment beach school courtroom talent search publicity art deception family trials
Glamour artist Bob Randolph is world famous for his paintings of a stunning beauty dubbed "The Randolph Girl". What the world doesn't know is that his pin-up creation is really a composite ... See full summary »
Romance
Mexico
2017
101 Minutes
Karla Souza José María Yazpik Ben O'Toole Tiaré Scanda K.C. Clyde Patricia Bernal Alejandro Camacho Ximena Romo Harold Torres Luke Valenzuela Karl Kwiatkowski
nurse doctor sister father mother mysterious man charming melodramatic engaging emotional hospital mexico beach house love romance marriage love triangle adventure growing up
A successful and single career woman asks her co-worker to pose as her boyfriend at a family wedding back home in Mexico. Her situation gets complicated when her ex shows up at the ceremony.
Romance
India
1999
160 Minutes
Anil Kapoor Kajol Anupam Kher Johnny Lever Satish Kaushik Shakti Kapoor
young man young woman wealthy man industrialist father secretary emotional endearing moving passionate india city house bungalow office forced marriage contract divorce unplanned pregnancy humiliation
Not knowing what consequences she would face, a woman signs a 1-year marriage contract with a business tycoon to end her family's poverty.
Sci-Fi, Romance, Drama, Horror, Fantasy
UK|Germany|Greece|France
2013
122 Minutes
Tilda Swinton Tom Hiddleston Anton Yelchin Mia Wasikowska John Hurt Jeffrey Wright Slimane Dazi Carter Logan Yasmine Hamdan Aurélie Thépaut
vampire musician married woman married man author sister bleak emotional melodramatic creative intense dark united states tangiers, morocco detroit house vampires relationships love depression
A depressed musician reunites with his lover. Though their romance, which has already endured several centuries, is disrupted by the arrival of her uncontrollable younger sister.