20 movies like Variety Lights, ordered by similarity : Limelight(1952), Fool for Love(1985), The Red Shoes(1948), The Love Witch(2016), Cloud 9(2008), An Easy Girl(2019), The Gypsy Moths(1969), The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz(1974), The Apartment(1960), Clouds of Sils Maria(2014), A Star Is Born(2018), Stage Struck(1957) ...
Drama
1950
93 Minutes
Giulietta Masina Peppino De Filippo Carla Del Poggio
manager dancer femme fatale mistress performer charming melodramatic tender italy small town theater train station stage fame performance love triangle ambition jealousy betrayal rise
The manager (Peppino De Filippo) of a theater troupe leaves his mistress (Giulietta Masina) for a younger woman (Carla Del Poggio).
Comedy, Drama
USA
1952
145 Minutes
Charles Chaplin Claire Bloom Sydney Chaplin Nigel Bruce Buster Keaton Norman Lloyd Andre Eglevsky Melissa Hayden
clown dancer composer theater owner amusing melodramatic sad london stage dressing room office street apartment theater ambition love aging rise sacrifice love
A fading comedian and a suicidally despondent ballet dancer must look to each other to find purpose and hope in their lives.
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.
Romance, Drama
UK
1948
133 Minutes
Emeric Pressburger Moira Shearer Anton Walbrook Marius Goring Robert Helpmann Leonide Massine Albert Basserman Ludmilla Tcherina Esmond Knight
dancer instructor composer emotional passionate spirited france waterfront stage ambition dance love romance forbidden love rivalry discovery rise sacrifice 1940s
A young ballet dancer is torn between the man she loves and her pursuit to become a prima ballerina.
Horror, Comedy, Drama
USA
2016
120 Minutes
Samantha Robinson Gian Keys Laura Waddell Jeff Parise Jared Sanford Robert Seeley Jennifer Ingrum Randy Evans Clive Ashborn Lily Holleman Jennifer Couch
witch man neighbor rival dead person police officer charming cheeky creative house park car club bedroom yard love witchcraft death obsession insanity
A modern-day witch uses spells and magic to get men to fall in love with her, with deadly consequences.
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.
Comedy, Drama
France
2019
88 Minutes
Benoît Magimel Clotilde Courau Henri-Noël Tabary Mina Farid Zahia Dehar Loubna Abidar Nuno Lopes
teen girl cousin teen boy mother intense inspiring melodramatic brooding passionate charming lake home jealousy puberty sexual identity sex death of mother love forbidden love temptation
Naima is 16 and lives in Cannes. She has given herself the summer to choose what she wants to do with her life. Then her cousin Sofia, with her alluring lifestyle, arrives to spend the holidays with her.
Drama
USA
1969
110 Minutes
Burt Lancaster Deborah Kerr Gene Hackman Scott Wilson William Windom Bonnie Bedelia
skydiver rookie aunt uncle love interest performer engaging gripping intense melodramatic kansas small town family home airplane unlikely romance marital problems affair performance skydiving love
Three skydivers and their travelling thrill show barnstorm through a small midwestern town one Fourth of July weekend.
Comedy, Drama
Canada
1974
121 Minutes
Richard Dreyfuss Micheline Lanctôt Jack Warden Randy Quaid Joseph Wiseman Denholm Elliott Henry Ramer Joe Silver Zvee Scooler Robert Goodier Allan Rosenthal
jew father uncle girlfriend grandfather gangster cheeky confident witty rousing montreal quebec resort laurentian mountains anti-semitism ambition poverty family dysfunction love honor
In a bid to gain respect, the neglected younger son of a working class Jewish family in Montréal embarks on a series of get-rich-quick schemes to buy land surrounding a lake.
Comedy, Drama
USA
1960
125 Minutes
Jack Lemmon Shirley MacLaine Fred MacMurray Ray Walston David Lewis Jack Kruschen Joan Shawlee Edie Adams Hope Holiday Naomi Stevens Frances Weintraub Lax
insurance salesman manager mistress charming witty tender dark new york city apartment office romance infidelity ambition big business love rivalry underdog 1960s
A man tries to rise in his company by letting its executives use his apartment for trysts, but complications and a romance of his own ensue.
Drama
France|Germany|Switzerland
2014
123 Minutes
Juliette Binoche Kristen Stewart Chloë Grace Moretz Lars Eidinger Johnny Flynn Angela Winkler Hanns Zischler Aljoscha Stadelmann Luise Berndt Gilles Tschudi Benoït Peverelli
actress rival producer young woman intense emotional melodramatic suspenseful inspiring switzerland theater stage swiss alps acting fame jealousy youth versus age competition rise fall
A film star comes face-to-face with an uncomfortable reflection of herself while starring in a revival of the play that launched her career.
Romance, Drama, Music
USA
2018
135 Minutes
Bradley Cooper Lady Gaga Sam Elliott Andrew Dice Clay Rafi Gavron Anthony Ramos Dave Chappelle Ron Rifkin Barry Shabaka Henley Michael D. Roberts Michael J. Harney
musician artist love interest couple band member emotional incredible inspiring tense passionate creative stage concert hall backstage recording studio house fame music stardom relationships
A musician helps a young singer find fame as age and alcoholism send his own career into a downward spiral.
Drama
USA
1957
95 Minutes
Henry Fonda Susan Strasberg Joan Greenwood Herbert Marshall Christopher Plummer Daniel Ocko Pat Harrington Frank Campanella John Fiedler Pat Englund Jack Weston
actress playwright producer rival airy tender stage new york city sardi's restaurant broadway theater fame aspirations theater unrequited love love transformation rise 1950s
A young woman arrives in New York City determined to become a great theatrical star, but discovers that her goal may not be as easily attainable as she had hoped.
Drama
Sweden
1944
100 Minutes
Stig Järrel Alf Kjellin Mai Zetterling Olof Winnerstrand Gösta Cederlund Hugo Björne Olav Riégo Märta Arbin
teen boy young woman teacher headmaster father mother bleak dreamy disturbing melodramatic school apartment shop household sweden love triangle alcoholism jealousy school rivalry
An idealistic adolescent, suffering under the thumb of a sadistic schoolmaster, falls in love with a loose girl who is bullied and tormented by another lover.
Drama
UK|Isle Of Man|USA
2008
107 Minutes
Zac Efron Claire Danes Christian McKay Zoe Kazan James Tupper Leo Bill Eddie Marsan Ben Chaplin Al Weaver Kelly Reilly Iain McKee
teen boy director secretary orson welles actor mentor lighthearted emotional inspiring stage new york city mercury theatre ballroom backstage theater acting dreams jealousy performance new life
In 1937, a teenager is cast in the Mercury Theatre production of "Julius Caesar", directed by a young Orson Welles.
Biography, Drama
USA
1953
106 Minutes
Tony Curtis Janet Leigh Torin Thatcher Ian Wolfe Sig Ruman Angela Clarke
magician wife assistant mother tender suspenseful thrilling stage coney island detroit love entertainment magic ambition occult harry houdini love rise 1920s
From his beginnings as a "wildman" carnival act to the internationally famous feat of escaping from a locked trunk in an ice-jammed river, the great Harry Houdini emerged as the world's most captivating magician and escape artist.
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 »
Comedy, Drama
USA
2012
95 Minutes
Lou Taylor Pucci Seth Green Cary Elwes Kristin Bauer Kenneth Welsh Tyler Stentiford Mackenzie Munro Al Sapienza Lisa Ryder Dewshane Williams Jayne Eastwood
grandfather grandmother grandson autism man young man charming emotional endearing engaging lighthearted quirky united states town autism love true love quest grandparent/child relationship job
Sheltered by his grandparents, Luke, a young man with autism, is thrust into a world that doesn't expect anything from him. But Luke is on a quest for a job and true love. And he isn't taking no for an answer.
Drama
USA
1961
124 Minutes
Natalie Wood Warren Beatty Pat Hingle Audrey Christie Barbara Loden Zohra Lampert Fred Stewart Joanna Roos Jan Norris Gary Lockwood Sandy Dennis
father high-school sweetheart teenager mother sister emotional melodramatic tender kansas small town heartbreak love manic-depression family coming of age love growing up temptation 1920s
A fragile Kansas girl's love for a handsome young man from the town's most powerful family drives her to heartbreak and madness.
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 »
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.