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Movies that feel likeTo Have and Have Not (1945)

A Martinique charter boat skipper gets mixed up with the underground French resistance operatives during WWII.

If you loved To Have and Have Not, the closest films we have are Only Angels Have Wings (1939), Where Eagles Dare (1968) and Leave Her to Heaven (1945). Most of the picks below share To Have and Have Not's romantic feel, which is what we rank on before quality.

Seen the big three already? The under-the-radar pick below is Pale Flower (1964).

πŸ… 97% Rotten Tomatoesβ˜… 7.8 IMDb β†—TMDB β†—dir. Howard Hawksepicromanticbleakatmospheric
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If To Have and Have Not hit the spot, these will too

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Only Angels Have Wings
1939 Β· dir. Howard Hawks
πŸ… 100%β˜… 7.6romance Β· adventure Β· drama

The same hand behind both of them: Howard Hawks

The difference: Easier on the bleakness than To Have and Have Not

A traveling performer arrives at a remote South American port town where the head of an air freight service must risk his pilots' lives to earn a major contract.

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Where Eagles Dare
1968 Β· dir. Brian G. Hutton
πŸ… 84%β˜… 7.6adventure Β· war

Common ground in both: nazi and world war ii

The difference: Trades the romance of To Have and Have Not for an angle of its own

World War II is raging, and an American general has been captured and is being held hostage in the Schloss Adler, a Bavarian castle that's nearly impossible to breach. It's up to a group of skilled Allied soldiers to liberate the general before it's too late.

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

Both keep coming back to the same thing: film noir

The difference: Leans harder into drama than To Have and Have Not does

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

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The Big Sleep
1946 Β· dir. Howard Hawks
πŸ… 96%β˜… 7.9mystery Β· crime Β· thriller

Both are Howard Hawks's work, and they rhyme

The difference: Sits closer to mystery than To Have and Have Not does

Private Investigator Philip Marlowe is hired by wealthy General Sternwood regarding a matter involving his youngest daughter Carmen. Before the complex case is over, Marlowe sees murder, blackmail, deception, and what might be love.

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Scarface
1932 Β· dir. Howard Hawks
πŸ… 98%β˜… 7.7crime Β· action Β· drama

Common ground: film noir

In 1920s Chicago, Italian immigrant and notorious thug, Antonio 'Tony' Camonte, aka Scarface, shoots his way to the top of the mobs while trying to protect his sister from the criminal life.

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The Guns of Navarone
1961 Β· dir. J. Lee Thompson
πŸ… 92%β˜… 7.5adventure Β· drama Β· warNetflix

Both are built on the same subject: world war ii

A team of allied saboteurs are assigned an impossible mission: infiltrate an impregnable Nazi-held island and destroy the two enormous long-range field guns that prevent the rescue of 2,000 trapped British soldiers.

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Warsaw 44
2014 Β· dir. Jan Komasa
β˜… 6.6drama Β· history Β· war

The same preoccupation in both: nazi

The difference: 69 years apart, and the 2010s show

City of Warsaw, Poland, August 1st, 1944. Citizens have experienced inhuman acts of terror and violence during five long years of Nazi occupation. As the Soviet Army relentlessly approaches, the youngest and bravest among them rise up as one and face tyranny fighting street by street, but the price to pay will be high and hard the way to freedom…

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Mrs. Miniver
1942 Β· dir. William Wyler
πŸ… 93%β˜… 7.6drama Β· romance Β· war

Romantic where it counts, bleak underneath

Middle-class housewife Kay Miniver deals with petty problems. She and her husband Clem watch her Oxford-educated son Vin court Carol Beldon, the charming granddaughter of the local nobility as represented by Lady Beldon. Then the war comes and Vin joins the RAF.

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Pale Flower
1964 Β· dir. Masahiro Shinoda
πŸ… 92%β˜… 7.7crime Β· romance

Both lean on atmosphere more than on romance

A recently released gangster has to cope with the recent shifts of power between gangs, while taking care of a thrill-seeking young woman, who got in bad company while gambling.

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Gilda
1946 Β· dir. Charles Vidor
πŸ… 90%β˜… 7.6romance Β· drama Β· thriller

Romantic adventure, and it commits to that

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

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The Best Years of Our Lives
1946 Β· dir. William Wyler
πŸ… 97%β˜… 8.1drama Β· romance Β· warPrime Video

Bleak war in both cases

It's the hope that sustains the spirit of every GI: the dream of the day when he will finally return home. For three WWII veterans, the day has arrived. But for each man, the dream is about to become a nightmare.

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

Romance with a pulse of atmosphere, in both cases

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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