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Movies that feel likeL'Âge d'or (1930)

The film consists of a series of tightly interlinked vignettes, the most sustained of which details the story of a man and a woman who are passionately in love. Their attempts to consummate their passion are constantly thwarted, by their families, by the Church and bourgeois society in general.

If you loved L'Âge d'or, the closest films we have are L'Atalante (1934), Belle de Jour (1967) and Truly Madly Deeply (1991). All three share L'Âge d'or'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 I Know Where I'm Going! (1945).

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L'Atalante
1934 · dir. Jean Vigo
🍅 100%★ 7.7comedy · drama · romance

Both are built on the same subject: surrealism

Newly married couple Juliette and ship captain Jean struggle through marriage as they travel on the L'Atalante along with the captain's first mate and a cabin boy.

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Belle de Jour
1967 · dir. Luis Buñuel
🍅 95%★ 7.6drama · romanceMax

Luis Buñuel directing both, with the same fingerprints on each

The difference: Takes it somewhere less witty than L'Âge d'or does

Beautiful young housewife Séverine Serizy cannot reconcile her masochistic fantasies with her everyday life alongside dutiful husband Pierre. When her lovestruck friend Henri mentions a secretive high-class brothel run by Madame Anais, Séverine begins to work there during the day under the name Belle de Jour. But when one of her clients grows possessive, she must try to go back to her normal life.

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Truly Madly Deeply
1991 · dir. Anthony Minghella
🍅 76%★ 7.2fantasy · drama · comedy

Both keep coming back to the same thing: love

The difference: Sits closer to fantasy than L'Âge d'or does

Nina is totally heartbroken at the death of her boyfriend Jamie, but is even more unprepared for his return as a ghost. At first it's almost as good as it used to be – hey, even the rats that infested her house have disappeared. But Jamie starts bringing ghostly friends home and behaving more and more oddly.

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The Cameraman
1928 · dir. Edward Sedgwick
🍅 100%★ 8comedy · romance · drama

Common ground: black and white

A photographer takes up newsreel shooting to impress a secretary.

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I Know Where I'm Going!
1945 · dir. Michael Powell
🍅 100%★ 7.4romance · drama · comedy

The same preoccupation in both: black and white

Plucky Englishwoman Joan Webster travels to the remote islands of the Scottish Hebrides in order to marry a wealthy industrialist. Trapped by inclement weather on the Isle of Mull and unable to continue to her destination, Joan finds herself charmed by the straightforward, no-nonsense islanders around her, and becomes increasingly attracted to naval officer Torquil MacNeil, who holds a secret that may change her life forever.

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Holiday
1938 · dir. George Cukor
🍅 100%★ 7.7comedy · romance · drama

Romantic where it counts, tender underneath

Johnny Case, a freethinking financier, has finally found the girl of his dreams — Julia Seton, the spoiled daughter of a socially prominent millionaire — and she's agreed to marry him. But when Johnny plans a holiday for the two to enjoy life while they are still young, his fiancée has other plans & that is for Johnny to work in her father's bank!

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Defending Your Life
1991 · dir. Albert Brooks
🍅 92%★ 7.2romance · fantasy · comedy

Both land wit and play at once

The difference: 61 years apart, and the 1990s show

Is there love after death? After he dies suddenly, the hapless advertising executive Daniel Miller finds himself in Judgment City, a gleaming way station where the newly deceased must prove they lived a life of sufficient courage to advance in their journey through the universe. As the self-doubting Daniel struggles to make his case, a budding relationship with the uninhibited Julia offers him a chance to finally feel alive.

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The Circus
1928 · dir. Charlie Chaplin
🍅 97%★ 8.1comedy · drama · romancePrime VideoMax

Romance with a pulse of stillness, in both cases

Charlie, a wandering tramp, becomes a circus handyman - soon the star of the show - and falls in love with the circus owner's stepdaughter.

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The Shop Around the Corner
1940 · dir. Ernst Lubitsch
🍅 99%★ 8comedy · drama · romance

One thread runs through both: love

Two employees at a gift shop can barely stand one another, without realising that they are falling in love through the post as each other's anonymous pen pal.

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Grand Hotel
1932 · dir. Edmund Goulding
🍅 85%★ 7.3drama · romance

Romantic drama, and it commits to that

Guests at a posh Berlin hotel struggle through worry, scandal, and heartache.

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A Matter of Life and Death
1946 · dir. Emeric Pressburger
🍅 97%★ 8romance · fantasy · drama

Comedy built on dream logic, twice over

A British wartime aviator who cheats death must argue for his life before a celestial court, hoping to prolong his fledgling romance with an American girl.

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Limelight
1952 · dir. Charlie Chaplin
🍅 88%★ 8romance · drama · comedyMax

Tender romance in both cases

A fading music hall comedian tries to help a despondent ballet dancer learn to walk and to again feel confident about life.

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