Movies like The Purple Rose of Cairo

20 movies like The Purple Rose of Cairo, ordered by similarity : Limelight(1952), Crimes and Misdemeanors(1989), The Saddest Music in the World(2003), Bed and Board(1970), Her(2013), Another Year(2010), The Disaster Artist(2017), Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)(2014), Riffraff(1935), Remember Me(2019), Primrose Path(1940), Ex-Lady(1933) ...

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The Purple Rose of Cairo

In New Jersey in 1935, a movie character walks off the screen and into the real world.

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Limelight

A fading comedian and a suicidally despondent ballet dancer must look to each other to find purpose and hope in their lives.

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Crimes and Misdemeanors

An ophthalmologist's mistress threatens to reveal their affair to his wife while a married documentary filmmaker is infatuated with another woman.

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The Saddest Music in the World

A young Englishman is sent to Malaysian Borneo in the 1930s to stay with a tribe as UK's colonial representative. A local woman (J.Alba) helps him understand local tradition and language. He falls in love with her etc. despite the taboo.

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Bed and Board

Francois Truffaut's tales of Antoine Doinel continue, as now-married Antoine has an affair with a Japanese woman.

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Her

In a near future, a lonely writer develops an unlikely relationship with an operating system designed to meet his every need.

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Another Year

A look at four seasons in the lives of a happily married couple and their relationships with their family and friends.

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The Disaster Artist

When Greg Sestero, an aspiring film actor, meets the weird and mysterious Tommy Wiseau in an acting class, they form a unique friendship and travel to Hollywood to make their dreams come true.

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Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)

A washed-up superhero actor attempts to revive his fading career by writing, directing, and starring in a Broadway production.

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Riffraff

Fisherman Dutch marries cannery worker Hattie. He quits his poorly paid job to concentrate on getting better working conditions as union leader. Unfortunately, the union members disagree ... See full summary »

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Remember Me

The Sultana was a river boat that exploded in 1865 killing many passengers, mostly Union Soldiers.

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Primrose Path

A young woman from a family of prostitutes falls in love with a hard-working man, but when he finds out the truth about her background, their romance becomes jeopardized.

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Ex-Lady

Although free spirit Helen Bauer does not believe in marriage, she consents to marry Don, but his infidelities cause her to also take on a lover.

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I Got Life!

A woman, separated from her husband, loses her job and discovers she's going to be a grandmother. Refusing to be pushed to the outskirts of society, she puts her foot down and decides to start over.

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The Old Man & the Gun

Based on the true story of Forrest Tucker and his audacious escape from San Quentin at the age of 70 to an unprecedented string of heists that confounded authorities and enchanted the public.

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No Man of Her Own

An on-the-lam New York card shark marries a small-town librarian who thinks he's a businessman.

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No Postage Necessary

Straight out of jail, a hacker steals letters hoping to find cash. He reads one of the letters, falls in love with the writer and decides to change his ways to be worthy of her.

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Up in the Air

Ryan Bingham enjoys living out of a suitcase for his job, travelling around the country firing people, but finds that lifestyle threatened by the presence of a potential love interest, and a new hire presenting a new business model.

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The First Hundred Years

David and Lynn are a happily married couple. When David gets his dream job in another state, Lynn, a high-powered executive, doesn't want to leave NYC and her job.

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Waitress

Jenna is a pregnant, unhappily married waitress in the deep south. She meets a newcomer to her town and falls into an unlikely relationship as a last attempt at happiness.

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Thoda Pyaar Thoda Magic

An angel, a man and 4 orphans come together to bring you a story filled with fun, excitement, tears, love and magic.

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