Movies like The Love of a Gypsy Girl (1911)
The best movies like The Love of a Gypsy Girl (1911) are Girl in the Box (2016), The Short History of the Long Road (2019) and Skin (2009). If The Love of a Gypsy Girl hooked you with its drama, these 30 similar films are what to watch next, and every pick says why it matches.
Quick picks
- Highest ratedBattle of the Year (2013)6.8/10 from 369 votes
- NewestSilence (2025)Released 2025
Girl in the Box (2016)
The true story of 20-year-old Colleen Stan, a hitchhiking woman abducted by a young couple and held captive for seven years, during which time she's tortured and forced to live as a slave to her captors.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Short History of the Long Road (2019)
Nola grew up living in a van with her father, Clint—two nomads against the world. When tragedy strikes, Nola must confront the reality of life on the road alone, learning to own her grief, her past, and her new destination.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama
Worth the HypeMovies like thisSkin (2009)
Based on the true story of a black girl who was born to two white Afrikaner parents in South Africa during the apartheid era.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisBattle of the Year (2013)
A down-on-his-luck coach is hired to prepare a team of the best American dancers for an international tournament that attracts all the best crews from around the world, but the Americans haven't won in fifteen years.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisHounddog (2008)
A drama set in the American South, where a precocious, troubled girl finds a safe haven in the music and movement of Elvis Presley.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisGigi & Nate (2022)
A young man with a bright future suffers a near-fatal accident and recreates his new life with the help of an unlikely animal friend.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama
Worth the HypeMovies like thisThe Last Rifleman (2023)
A WWII veteran escapes his care home in Northern Ireland and embarks on an arduous but inspirational journey to France to attend the 75th anniversary of the D-Day landings, finding the courage to face the ghosts of his past.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisHamlet (2009)
David Tennant stars in a film of the Royal Shakespeare Company's award-winning production of Shakespeare's great play. Director Gregory Doran's modern-dress production was hailed by the critics as thrilling, fast-moving and, in parts, very funny.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama
Worth the HypeMovies like thisI Am Elizabeth Smart (2017)
The story of Elizabeth Smart's kidnapping and captivity, as told from her perspective.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisOutlaws - For Greater Glory (2012)
A chronicle of the Cristeros War (1926-1929), which was touched off by a rebellion against the Mexican government's attempt to secularize the country.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama
Worth the HypeMovies like thisThe Kill Team (2019)
When Andrew Briggman — a young soldier in the US Army during the invasion of Afghanistan — witnesses the murderous behavior of fellow soldiers, under the direction of a malevolent Sergeant, he faces a moral dilemma. His increasingly-violent platoon becomes suspicious that someone in their ranks has turned on them, and Andrew begins to fear for his safety. A fictionalized dramatization based on a true story.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds (1972)
Middle-aged widow Beatrice Hunsdorfer and her daughters Ruth and Matilda are struggling to survive in a society they barely understand. Beatrice dreams of opening an elegant tea room but does not have the wherewithal to achieve her lofty goal. Epileptic Ruth is a rebellious adolescent, while shy but highly intelligent and idealistic Matilda seeks solace in her pets and school projects, including one designed to show how small amounts of radium affect marigolds.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama
Worth the HypeMovies like thisHungry Hearts (2015)
The relationship of a couple who meet by chance in New York City is put to the test when they encounter a life or death circumstance.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisMansfield Park (2007)
Fanny Price is sent to live with her wealthy relatives, the Bertrams, where she is treated poorly by most except her cousin Edmund. Her life is complicated by the arrival of the worldly Mary and Henry Crawford
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisTigertail (2020)
A man reflects on the lost love of his youth and his long-ago journey from Taiwan to America as he begins to reconnect with his estranged daughter.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Poker House (2008)
Agnes and her two sisters struggle through a day in a home overrun by gamblers, thieves, and johns.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisWon't Back Down (2012)
Jamie Fitzpatrick and Nona Alberts are two women from opposites sides of the social and economic track, but they have one thing in common: a mission to fix their community's broken school and ensure a bright future for their children. The two women refuse to let any obstacles stand in their way as they battle a bureaucracy that's hopelessly mired in traditional thinking, and they seek to re-energize a faculty that has lost its passion for teaching.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisKisses (2008)
Two kids, Dylan and Kylie, run away from home on Christmas Day and spend a night of magic and terror on the streets of inner-city Dublin.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama
Worth the HypeMovies like thisFaith Like Potatoes (2006)
Frank Rautenbach leads a strong cast as Angus Buchan, a Zambian farmer of Scottish heritage, who leaves his farm in the midst of political unrest and racially charged land reclaims and travels south with his family to start a better life in KwaZulu Natal,South Africa.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama
Worth the HypeMovies like thisTalhotBlond (2012)
Thomas Montgomery, a married father of two young daughters, gets seduced by the world of online gambling and chat rooms where a virtual romance and sexual obsession ultimately leads to the murder of an innocent man.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisMein Freund, der Lipizzaner (1994)
Horse lover Paul Scheibner has dedicated himself to an unprofitable art: The young man wants to become a rider at the Spanish Riding School in Vienna. When his uncomprehending girlfriend Regina leaves him for a nouveau riche hotelier's son, he finds solace with the animal-loving stud secretary Julia. But then his beloved stallion “Maestoso” suddenly falls ill and is to be sold.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both drama
Silence (2025)
Three sisters confront a secret when cleaning up the apartment of their deceased father.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both drama
Tasty Sex and Female Soldier (2019)
A professional soldier girlfriend also grabs the military flag at home. He is getting tired of his girlfriend. and is thinking of breaking up with her, but he worries too much because they’re so compatible.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both drama
Covet Your Brother-in-law (2019)
I want to steal them all! Haru, who ran away from her mother while having sex with her boyfriend (Jin Sang), runs away to her older sister Yu-hee's house and sits down. Yoo-hee also lives with her boyfriend In-gyu's house and lives together with her ... In fact, Haru has had a crush on In-gyu, who had been her teacher training since high school. She still has only In-gyu in her heart ... She seduces In-gyu from her older sister, and asks her to seduce her older sister, Yu-hee, to have sex with her, etc. can't act The reason her day is ending like this is to forget her painful past when she was gang-raped by her peers because her promises with In-gyu were mixed in high school. Who will In-gyu choose between Haru and Yu-hee...? Her sister's secret report, which seems to be her recklessness but bears her pain.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both drama
Wolf Fangs (1927)
Thunder, a dog raised by Ellen, a sheepherder's daughter, is driven to the wilderness by the brutal treatment of her father, Bill Garside, and becomes an outlaw; when grown, he takes command of a wolfdog pack. Later, Ellen, driven from her home by the same brutal herder, seeks refuge at the cabin of Neal Barrett, the forest ranger; she is pursued by the hungry pack and is stranded on a rocky cliff where Thunder once again encounters his former mistress. He challenges the pack in her defense, provoking a battle between himself and a rival for his command. Later, Thunder rescues Ellen from her brutal father.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both drama
Wings of the Storm (1926)
A dog named Thunder, the weakling of his brood, is born in a lumber camp in the North Woods, operated by Anita Baker. The cowardly dog is cast out of the camp and adopted by forest ranger Allen Gregory. Meanwhile, Bill Martin, the brutal camp superintendent, covets both Anita and her property. When Bill attacks Anita, Thunder comes to the rescue and proves his courage by warding off the villain.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both drama
Banjaran (1991)
The only daughter of the Chief of a band of gypsies, Reshma is strangely drawn to the only son of a rich and wealthy man, Kunverji. Strangely enough also, she finds out that Kunverji has drawn a portrait of her's even before they met each other. When Kunverji looks into this further, he finds that both he and Reshma are lovers from a past birth, and they were fated to meet in this birth, as they were unable to wed each other in the last birth. This fascinates both of them, however, Reshma's and Kunverji's dads are furious at this, and attempt to make sure that the two are separated. Reshma has been promised to wed Shakti Singh; and Kunverji is to wed, Neha. Will these two lovers be separated again during this birth?
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both drama
The Poet and the Boy (2017)
Trapped in routine, a Jeju poet finds himself drawn to a boy—and to emotions he’s never dared name.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both drama
Blood Type O, Watermelon Chest Housekeeper (2021)
Friends Cheol Min and Jae Hyuk meet and talk to each other after a long time. Jae Hyuk said that the domestic helper who recently came to work at his house is strange. He said he was worried because she couldn't do the housework. When Jae Hyuk said she seemed to be trying to seduce him, Cheol Min tells the innocent Jae Hyuk how to get around her. Can Jae Hyuk succeed in having sex with a beautiful housekeeper?
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both drama
Delicious Mother-in-law (2020)
After having been dating for two years, Hansol, who promised to marry Kim Sa-wi, decides to introduce her to her parents at home. There is a father who loves so much at home, and an older sister named Rose Jin, a stepmother whose love is growing differently. Although they love each other in different ways, Hansol loves her family. Sometimes, while meeting with his brother outside, when love bursts as if laughter bursts, Hansol, who cannot stand, discovers the appearance of his stepmother and his lover that night.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both drama
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Frequently asked questions
What are the best movies like The Love of a Gypsy Girl?
The closest matches to The Love of a Gypsy Girl are Girl in the Box (2016), The Short History of the Long Road (2019) and Skin (2009). Below are 27 more, each with the reason it matches.
What should I watch after The Love of a Gypsy Girl?
Start with Girl in the Box (2016), the closest match to The Love of a Gypsy Girl.
What is the highest-rated movie like The Love of a Gypsy Girl?
Battle of the Year (2013), rated 6.8/10 by 369 TMDB users.
What is the newest movie like The Love of a Gypsy Girl?
Silence (2025) is the most recent release on this list.
How are movies similar to The Love of a Gypsy Girl chosen?
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