20 movies like Moulin Rouge, ordered by similarity : Boy Erased(2018), Professor Marston & the Wonder Women(2017), Carol(2015), Vita & Virginia(2018), A United Kingdom(2016), Film Stars Don't Die in Liverpool(2017), Woodpeckers(2017), Freeheld(2015), Mary Shelley(2017), The Theory of Everything(2014), Woodlawn(2015), The Happy Prince(2018) ...
Biography
UK
1952
123 Minutes
Jose Ferrer Zsa Zsa Gabor Colette Marchand Suzanne Flon Katherine Kath Claude Nollier Muriel Smith Georges Lannes Walter Crisham Mary Clare Harold Kasket
poet courtesan duke toulouse-lautrec emotional powerful uplifting paris illness forbidden love theater production death love discovery quest 1890s
Fictional account of French artist Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec.
Gay & Lesbian, Biography, Drama
Australia|USA
2018
115 Minutes
Lucas Hedges Nicole Kidman Joel Edgerton Russell Crowe Flea Joe Alwyn Xavier Dolan Troye Sivan Britton Sear Jesse LaTourette David Ditmore
gay man young man father mother therapist preacher emotional powerful somber uplifting house high school church office homosexuality homophobia family love religion self-discovery
The son of a Baptist preacher unwillingly participates in a church-supported gay conversion program after being forcibly outed to his parents.
Drama, History, Biography
USA
2017
108 Minutes
Luke Evans Rebecca Hall Bella Heathcote Connie Britton Monica Giordano JJ Feild Chris Conroy Oliver Platt Maggie Castle Alexa Havins Sharon Kubo
professor writer inventor lover wife emotional sultry powerful passionate intricate inspiring harvard university massachusetts house stage classroom womanhood comic books threesome marriage
The story of psychologist William Moulton Marston, and his polyamorous relationship with his wife and their mistress who would inspire his creation of the superheroine, Wonder Woman.
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, Biography, Drama
Ireland|UK
2018
110 Minutes
Gemma Arterton Elizabeth Debicki Isabella Rossellini Rupert Penry-Jones Peter Ferdinando Emerald Fennell Gethin Anthony Rory Fleck-Byrne Karla Crome
writer married woman love interest husband socialite feminist confident emotional engaging gripping intense passionate london home city garden party affair modernity marriage
It's the fascinating true story about the love affair between socialite and popular author Vita Sackville-West and literary icon Virginia Woolf.
Romance, Biography, Drama, History
Czech Republic|UK|France|USA
2016
111 Minutes
David Oyelowo Rosamund Pike Jack Davenport Tom Felton Laura Carmichael Charlotte Hope Jack Lowden Nicholas Lyndhurst Jessica Oyelowo Arnold Oceng Anastasia Hille
prince african white woman british woman citizen president charming moving emotional engaging inspiring powerful botswana africa united kingdom embassy village street love forbidden love
The story of King Seretse Khama of Botswana and how his loving but controversial marriage to a British white woman, Ruth Williams, put his kingdom into political and diplomatic turmoil.
Romance, Biography, Drama, History
UK
2017
106 Minutes
Annette Bening Jamie Bell Julie Walters Kenneth Cranham Vanessa Redgrave Frances Barber Leanne Best Jodie McNee Stephen Graham Joanna Brookes Pete Lee-Wilson
actor actress hollywood icons bleak emotional engaging liverpool, england love death loss forbidden love love transformation 1980s
A romance sparks between a young actor and a Hollywood leading lady.
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.
Gay & Lesbian, Romance, Biography, Drama
USA|UK|France
2015
103 Minutes
Julianne Moore Elliot Page Michael Shannon Josh Charles Luke Grimes Skipp Sudduth Steve Carell Tom McGowan Dennis Boutsikaris Mary Birdsong Gabriel Luna
detective lieutenant lesbian partner co-worker activist brooding emotional intense police station new jersey car house beach hospital partnership activism terminal illness dying wish love
New Jersey police lieutenant, Laurel Hester, and her registered domestic partner, Stacie Andree, both battle to secure Hester's pension benefits when she is diagnosed with terminal cancer.
Romance, Biography, Drama, History
UK|Luxembourg|USA|Ireland
2017
120 Minutes
Elle Fanning Douglas Booth Bel Powley Tom Sturridge Stephen Dillane Maisie Williams Joanne Froggatt Ben Hardy
poet writer sister family member couple guest emotional creative endearing passionate london england mansion house writing storytelling love elopement frankenstein's monster forbidden love
Life and facts of Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin, who at 16 met 21 year old poet Percy Shelley, resulting in the writing of Frankenstein.
Romance, Biography, Drama
UK|Japan|USA
2014
123 Minutes
Eddie Redmayne Felicity Jones Emily Watson David Thewlis Charlie Cox Simon McBurney Maxine Peake Charlotte Hope Tom Prior Enzo Cilenti Gruffudd Glyn
student physicist stephen hawking girlfriend doctor genius confident cool intricate touching england cambridge university hospital apartment auditorium car physics time illness love
A look at the relationship between the famous physicist Stephen Hawking and his wife.
Drama, Biography, History
2015
123 Minutes
Sean Astin Nic Bishop Caleb Castille Sherri Shepherd Jon Voight C. Thomas Howell Richard Kohnke Lance E. Nichols Kevin Sizemore
african-american student football player principal family member brooding emotional uplifting birmingham, ala. high school football field house gym office racism teamwork love family trust beliefs
In 1973 Birmingham, Ala., football player Tony Nathan (Caleb Castille) and his teammates at Woodlawn High School utilize a message of hope and love to overcome racial prejudice.
Gay & Lesbian, Biography, Drama, History
UK|Belgium|Italy|Germany
2018
105 Minutes
Rupert Everett Colin Firth Emily Watson Colin Morgan Edwin Thomas Tom Wilkinson John Standing Anna Chancellor Julian Wadham André Penvern Joshua McGuire
writer dying person gay man lover artist dark witty amusing sad paris france london forbidden love gay couple death failure irony hard times forbidden love fall
The untold story of the last days in the tragic times of Oscar Wilde, a person who observes his own failure with ironic distance and regards the difficulties that beset his life with detachment and humor.
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.
Biography
USA
1940
81 Minutes
Miriam Hopkins Claude Rains Richard Ainley Laura Hope Crews Helen Westley John Litel Victor Jory
actress actor producer socialite ex-husband son melodramatic powerful chicago new york city courtroom theater boarding house divorce child custody adultery theater ambition mother/son relationship love
A messy divorce leaves Mrs. Leslie Carter shunned by Chicago society for being an adulteress and forbidden from having custody of her son. She's determined to return to her hometown in a ... See full summary »
Biography, Drama
1975
215 Minutes
Geir Westby Gro Fraas Johan Halsborg Lotte Teig Gro Jarto Rachel Pedersen Berit Rytter Hasle Gunnar Skjetne Kare Stormark Iselin Bast Eli Ryg
artist mother anarchist dreamy dark passionate europe paris berlin norway art depression illness painting culture discovery growing up forbidden love 1890s
The tormented Norwegian artist (Geir Westby), famous for "The Cry," struggles for recognition in the late 19th century.
Musical, Drama
Australia|USA
2001
126 Minutes
Nicole Kidman Ewan McGregor John Alberto Leguizamo Jim Broadbent Richard Roxburgh Garry McDonald Jacek Koman Matthew Whittet Kerry Walker Caroline O'Connor David Wenham
poet duke courtesan singer dancer creative quirky frenetic hedonistic nightclub theater paris love triangle romance song and dance poetry illness deception forbidden love rivalry
A poet falls for a beautiful courtesan whom a jealous duke covets.
Drama
France|Italy
1960
105 Minutes
Bernadette Lafont Lucile Saint-Simon Clotilde Joano Stéphane Audran Mario David Jean-Louis Maury Sacha Briquet Dinan
single woman woman saleswoman man love interest lover amusing cheeky engaging dreamy heartwarming lighthearted paris france relationships love work destiny saleswomen love interest
A feud between families in 1870's rural France.
Biography, Drama, History
USA
2019
112 Minutes
Nicholas Hoult Lily Collins Colm Meaney Derek Jacobi Anthony Boyle Patrick Gibson Tom Glynn-Carney Craig Roberts Harry Gilby Adam Bregman Albie Marber
writer professor soldier child wife friend inspiring confident creative dreamy emotional battlefield england restaurant woods friendship love war storytelling biography
The formative years of the orphaned author J.R.R. Tolkien as he finds friendship, love and artistic inspiration among a group of fellow outcasts at school.
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.
Biography, Documentary, Music
Canada|UK
2019
97 Minutes
singer-songwriter former lover muse interviewee celebrity poet fascinating engaging emotional touching moving tender america male/female relationship musicians fame muses romance documentaries love
An in-depth look at the relationship between the late musician Leonard Cohen and his Norwegian muse Marianne Ihlen.