20 movies like The Country Girl, ordered by similarity : Something to Live For(1952), The Salesman(2016), Carol(2015), Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)(2014), Golden Exits(2017), Red Desert(1964), Leaving Las Vegas(1995), A Star Is Born(2018), The Drop(2014), Madeline's Madeline(2018), Blue Valentine(2010), Professor Marston & the Wonder Women(2017) ...
Drama
1954
104 Minutes
Bing Crosby Grace Kelly William Holden Anthony Ross Gene Reynolds Jacqueline Fontaine Eddie Ryder Robert Kent John W. Reynolds Frank Scannell Ida Moore
actor wife alcoholic director theatrical producer bleak intense emotional new york city apartment stage alcoholism marriage failing career theater new love discovery fall forbidden love 1950s
An alcoholic stage actor (Bing Crosby) leans on his wife (Grace Kelly) as he tries to make a comeback.
Drama
USA
1952
89 Minutes
actress alcoholic married man sponsor wife brooding emotional melodramatic passionate spirited theater city affair alcoholics anonymous alcoholism acting love forbidden love fall 1950s
An actress becomes an alcoholic after being jilted. She is aided by an Alcoholics Anonymous member with whom she has an affair; however, he is married.
Mystery & Thriller, Drama
Iran|France
2016
125 Minutes
Shahab Hosseini Taraneh Alidoosti Babak Karimi Farid Sajjadi Hosseini Mina Sadati Maral Bani Adam Mehdi Kooshki Emad Emami Shirin Aghakashi Mojtaba Pirzadeh Sahra Asadollahe
husband wife tenant actor intruder bleak brooding emotional gripping touching intense tehran, iran apartment building apartment stage theater school violence domestic life mysterious strangers
While both participating in a production of "Death of a Salesman," a teacher's wife is assaulted in her new home, which leaves him determined to find the perpetrator over his wife's traumatized objections.
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.
Comedy, Drama
USA
2014
119 Minutes
Michael Keaton Zach Galifianakis Edward Norton Andrea Riseborough Amy Ryan Emma Stone Naomi Watts Lindsay Duncan Merritt Wever Jeremy Shamos Bill Camp
action hero actor broadway director girlfriend daughter ex-wife creative charming emotional amusing dark apartment new york city broadway theater backstage street restaurant acting father/daughter relationship challenge
A washed-up superhero actor attempts to revive his fading career by writing, directing, and starring in a Broadway production.
Drama
USA|Greece
2017
94 Minutes
Emily Browning Adam Horovitz Mary-Louise Parker Lily Rabe Jason Schwartzman Chloë Sevigny Analeigh Tipton Craig Butta Keith Poulson Jake Perlin Kate Lyn Sheil
assistant wife boss sister-in-law father-in-law music producer emotional intricate sultry tense bleak brooklyn new york city office apartment family affair infatuation marriage infidelity
An intersectional narrative of two families in Brooklyn and the unraveling of unspoken unhappiness that occurs when a young foreign girl spending time abroad upsets the balance on both sides.
Drama
Italy|France
1964
116 Minutes
Monica Vitti Richard Harris Carlo Chionetti Xenia Valderi Rita Renoir Aldo Grotti Valerio Bartoleschi Giuliano Missirini Lili Rheims Emanuela Mino Carboni
wife husband old friend businessman son maid bleak profound emotional striking italy beach factory apartment shack town mental illness isolation nervous breakdown infidelity
In an industrial area, Giuliana, an unstable woman, attempts to cope with life by starting an affair with a co-worker at the plant her husband manages.
Drama
France|UK|USA
1995
111 Minutes
Nicolas Cage Elisabeth Shue Julian Sands Richard Lewis Valeria Golino Graham Beckel R. Lee Ermey Laurie Metcalf David Brisbin Xander Berkeley Lou Rawls
alcoholic screenwriter prostitute pimp bleak emotional las vegas motel apartment alcoholism self-destruction prostitution writers romance love wretched excess fall love 1990s
Ben Sanderson, a Hollywood screenwriter who lost everything because of his alcoholism, arrives in Las Vegas to drink himself to death. There, he meets and forms an uneasy friendship and non-interference pact with prostitute Sera.
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.
Crime, Drama
USA
2014
107 Minutes
Tom Hardy Noomi Rapace James Gandolfini Matthias Schoenaerts John Ortiz Ann Dowd Michael Aronov James Frecheville Elizabeth Rodriguez Tobias Segal Michael Esper
bartender mobster neighbor puppy abusive husband friend brooding dark intense new york city bar apartment alley car office mobsters money laundering animal rescue abuse love
Bob Saginowski finds himself at the center of a robbery gone awry and entwined in an investigation that digs deep into the neighborhood's past where friends, families, and foes all work together to make a living - no matter the cost.
Drama
USA
2018
94 Minutes
Helena Howard Molly Parker Miranda July Okwui Okpokwasili Felipe Bonilla Lisa Tharps Sunita Mani Curtiss Cook Reynaldo Piniella Myra Lucretia Taylor
actor actress director mother friend creative confident tense incredible new york city stage theater car park studio acting life story mother/daughter relationship theater life imitating art
A theatre director's latest project takes on a life of its own when her young star takes her performance too seriously.
Romance, Drama
USA
2010
120 Minutes
Ryan Gosling Michelle Williams Faith Wladyka John Doman Mike Vogel Ben Shenkman Maryann Plunkett Samii Ryan Eileen Rosen Tamara Torres
husband wife nurse painter student daughter bleak tense engaging house new york city pennsylvania love pregnancy high school relationships marriage broken home transformation discovery
The relationship of a contemporary married couple, charting their evolution over a span of years by cross-cutting between time periods.
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.
Drama
USA
1957
105 Minutes
Joanne Woodward Tony Randall Sheree North Jeffrey Hunter Cameron Mitchell Patricia Owens Barbara Rush Pat Hingle
housewife used car salesman sexpot veteran alcoholic husband dark melodramatic tense sultry southern california suburbia apartment building bedroom suburban life marriage alcoholism sexual abuse dysfunction communal living
In California, four couples who have bought homes and are neighbors face money problems, alcoholism, racism, promiscuity, and discrimination against lack of education, until a tragic event forces them to reassess their lives.
Drama, Comedy
1954
95 Minutes
Eva Dahlbeck Gunnar Björnstrand Harriet Andersson Yvonne Lombard Åke Grönberg Olof Winnerstrand Birgitte Reimer John Elfström Renée Björling Dagmar Ebbesen Sigge Fürst
husband wife lover doctor patient charming emotional sweden household train love marriage adultery aging love discovery 1950s
When a doctor has a summer affair with a young woman, his wife decides to return to her former lover.
Romance, Crime, Drama
USA
2018
119 Minutes
Kiki Layne Stephan James Regina King Colman Domingo Teyonah Parris Michael Beach Aunjanue Ellis Dave Franco Diego Luna Pedro Pascal Emily Rios
daughter fiancé wrongly accused mother pregnant woman emotional gritty tense tender powerful harlem, n.y. prison apartment street subway family wrongful conviction love relationships parenthood
A young woman embraces her pregnancy while she and her family set out to prove her childhood friend and lover innocent of a crime he didn't commit.
Comedy, Drama
USA
1989
104 Minutes
Martin Landau Woody Allen Mia Farrow Alan Alda Anjelica Huston Sam Waterston Joanna Gleason Caroline Aaron Jerry Orbach Claire Bloom Stephanie Roth Haberle
director doctor producer girlfriend wife quirky amusing playful hilarious new york city adultery revenge forbidden love movie making art marriage forbidden love temptation fall rivalry
An ophthalmologist's mistress threatens to reveal their affair to his wife while a married documentary filmmaker is infatuated with another woman.
Drama
USA
2018
104 Minutes
Carey Mulligan Jake Gyllenhaal Ed Oxenbould Bill Camp Zoe Colletti Travis W. Bruyer Darryl Cox Mollie Milligan
teen boy golfer housewife firefighter mother friend bleak emotional tense intricate raw montana forest school house car small town mother/child relationship father/child relationship marriage
A teenage boy must deal with his mother's complicated response after his father temporarily abandons them to take a menial and dangerous job.
Drama
2016
100 Minutes
Bérénice Bejo Cédric Kahn Marthe Keller Jade Soentjens Margaux Soentjens Catherine Salée Philippe Jeusette Pascal Rogard
wife husband child ex-partner mother father amusing emotional melodramatic heartwarming intense engaging france house relationships love family unhappy marriage money discovery
Marie and Boris decide to get a divorce after 15 years of marriage. Tensions rise when cash-strapped Boris must continue to live with Marie and the two children while trying to figure out how to divide the assets.
Drama
USA
1956
108 Minutes
Joan Crawford Cliff Robertson Vera Miles Lorne Greene Ruth Donnelly Shepperd Strudwick Selmer Jackson Maxine Cooper Marjorie Bennett Frank Gerstle Leonard Mudie
woman husband father ex-wife psychiatrist emotional shocking intricate powerful los angeles apartment hotel secret life love family dysfunction mental breakdown schizophrenia love discovery 1950s
Millicent Wetherby is a middle-aged woman whose life is devoid of love and affection. Millicent's solitary existence changes when she encounters Burt Hansen a charismatic younger man. As ... See full summary »
Romance, Drama
2012
101 Minutes
Emayatzy Corinealdi David Oyelowo Omari Hardwick Lorraine Toussaint Edwina Findley Sharon Lawrence Dondré Whitfield Troy Curvey III Maya Gilbert
wife husband couple medical student convict emotional endearing engaging gripping inspiring prison united states america prison prison life self-discovery journey marriage relationships incarceration
A med student (Emayatzy Corinealdi) considers leaving her long-imprisoned husband (Omari Hardwick) for a charming bus driver (David Oyelowo).