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Movies that feel likeGilda (1946)

A gambler discovers an old flame while in Argentina, but she's married to his new boss.

If you loved Gilda, the closest films we have are Leave Her to Heaven (1945), The Postman Always Rings Twice (1946) and In a Lonely Place (1950). All three share Gilda's romantic and tender feel, which is what we rank on before quality.

Seen the big three already? The under-the-radar pick below is Odd Man Out (1947).

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Leave Her to Heaven
1945 Β· dir. John M. Stahl
πŸ… 85%β˜… 7.6drama Β· thriller Β· romance

The same preoccupation in both: film noir

A socialite marries a prominent novelist, which spurs a violent, obsessive, and dangerous jealousy in her.

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The Postman Always Rings Twice
1946 Β· dir. Tay Garnett
πŸ… 90%β˜… 7.4drama Β· romance Β· crime

Both are built on the same subject: film noir

The difference: Leans harder into crime than Gilda does

A married woman and a drifter fall in love, then plot to murder her husband.

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In a Lonely Place
1950 Β· dir. Nicholas Ray
πŸ… 96%β˜… 7.9thriller Β· drama Β· romance

Both land romance and tenderness at once

The difference: Sits closer to mystery than Gilda does

A violent screenwriter and a female neighbor fall in love after she clears him of murder, but she begins to have second thoughts.

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Gun Crazy
1950 Β· dir. Joseph H. Lewis
πŸ… 91%β˜… 7.6crime Β· romance Β· drama

Contemplative and atmospheric in the same breath

The difference: Easier on the tension than Gilda

Bart Tare, an ex-Army man who has a lifelong fixation with guns, meets a kindred spirit in sharpshooter Annie Starr and goes to work at a carnival alongside her. After upsetting the carnival owner who lusts after Starr, they both get fired. Soon, at Starr's behest, the couple embarks on a crime spree for cash.

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Detour
1945 Β· dir. Edgar G. Ulmer
πŸ… 98%β˜… 7.3drama Β· thrillerPrime Video

Drama with a pulse of tension, in both cases

The life of Al Roberts, a pianist in a New York nightclub, turns into a nightmare when he decides to hitchhike to Los Angeles to visit his girlfriend.

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Odd Man Out
1947 Β· dir. Carol Reed
πŸ… 100%β˜… 7.6crime Β· drama Β· thrillerMax

Contemplative thriller in both cases

Belfast police conduct a door-to-door manhunt for an IRA gunman wounded in a daring robbery.

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Wuthering Heights
1939 Β· dir. William Wyler
πŸ… 92%β˜… 7.5drama Β· romancePrime VideoMax

One thread runs through both: jealousy

Young orphan Heathcliff is adopted by the wealthy Earnshaw family and moves into their estate, Wuthering Heights. Soon, the new resident falls for his compassionate foster sister, Cathy. The two share a remarkable bond that seems unbreakable until Cathy, feeling the pressure of social convention, suppresses her feelings and marries Edgar Linton, a man of means who befits her stature. Heathcliff vows to win her back.

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Notorious
1946 Β· dir. Alfred Hitchcock
πŸ… 96%β˜… 7.9drama Β· romance Β· thriller

Romance built on romance, twice over

In order to help bring Nazis to justice, U.S. government agent T.R. Devlin recruits Alicia Huberman, the American daughter of a convicted German war criminal, as a spy. As they begin to fall for one another, Alicia is instructed to win the affections of Alexander Sebastian, a Nazi hiding out in Brazil. When Sebastian becomes serious about his relationship with Alicia, the stakes get higher, and Devlin must watch her slip further undercover.

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Great Expectations
1946 Β· dir. David Lean
πŸ… 100%β˜… 7.8drama Β· romanceMax

Both lean on tenderness more than on romance

In this Dickens adaptation, orphan Pip discovers through lawyer Mr. Jaggers that a mysterious benefactor wishes to ensure that he becomes a gentleman. Reunited with his childhood patron, Miss Havisham, and his first love, the beautiful but emotionally cold Estella, he discovers that the elderly spinster has gone mad from having been left at the altar as a young woman, and has made her charge into a warped, unfeeling heartbreaker.

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Letter from an Unknown Woman
1948 Β· dir. Max OphΓΌls
πŸ… 100%β˜… 7.8drama Β· romance

Romantic drama, and it commits to that

A pianist about to flee from a duel receives a letter from a woman he cannot remember. As she tells the story of her lifelong love for him, he is forced to reinterpret his own past.

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Brief Encounter
1945 Β· dir. David Lean
πŸ… 95%β˜… 8drama Β· romanceMax

Thriller built on tenderness, twice over

Returning home from a shopping trip to a nearby town, bored suburban housewife Laura Jesson is thrown by happenstance into an acquaintance with virtuous doctor Alec Harvey. Their casual friendship soon develops during their weekly visits into something more emotionally fulfilling than either expected, and they must wrestle with the potential havoc their deepening relationship would have on their lives and the lives of those they love.

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Children of Paradise
1945 Β· dir. Marcel CarnΓ©
πŸ… 98%β˜… 8.3drama Β· romance

Contemplative romance in both cases

In a chaotic 19th-century Paris teeming with aristocrats, thieves, psychics, and courtesans, theater mime Baptiste is in love with the mysterious actress Garance. But Garance, in turn, is loved by three other men: pretentious actor Frederick, conniving thief Lacenaire, and Count Edouard of Montray.

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