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Movies like Black Roses (1936)

The best movies like Black Roses (1936) are They Won't Believe Me (1947), Anna (2019) and Detour (1945). If Black Roses hooked you, these 20 similar films are what to watch next, and every pick says why it matches.

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  1. They Won't Believe Me (1947)

    On trial for murdering his girlfriend, philandering stockbroker Larry Ballentine takes the stand to claim his innocence and describe the actual, but improbable sounding, sequence of events that led to her death.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

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  2. Anna (2019)

    Beneath Anna Poliatova's striking beauty lies a secret that will unleash her indelible strength and skill to become one of the world's most feared government assassins.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

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  3. Detour (1945)

    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.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

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  4. Charlotte Gray (2001)

    This is a drama set in Nazi-occupied France at the height of World War II. Charlotte Gray tells the compelling story of a young Scottish woman working with the French Resistance in the hope of rescuing her lover, a missing RAF pilot. Based on the best-selling novel by Sebastian Faulks.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

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  5. Once Upon a Honeymoon (1942)

    A radio correspondent tries to rescue a burlesque queen from her marriage to a Nazi official.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

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  6. Northanger Abbey (2007)

    A young woman's penchant for sensational Gothic novels leads to misunderstandings in the matters of the heart.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

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  7. The Phantom of the Opera (2004)

    The deformed Phantom who haunts the Paris Opera House causes murder and mayhem in an attempt to make the woman he loves a star.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

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  8. Deception (1946)

    After marrying her long lost love, a pianist finds the relationship threatened by a wealthy composer who is besotted with her.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

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  9. Cabaret (1972)

    Inside the Kit Kat Club of 1931 Berlin, starry-eyed singer Sally Bowles and an impish emcee sound the clarion call to decadent fun, while outside a certain political party grows into a brutal force.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

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  10. Sweet and Lowdown (1999)

    In the 1930s, jazz guitarist Emmet Ray idolizes Django Reinhardt, faces gangsters and falls in love with a mute woman.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

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  11. The Purple Rose of Cairo (1985)

    Cecilia is a waitress in New Jersey, living a dreary life during the Great Depression. Her only escape from her mundane reality is the movie theatre. After losing her job, Cecilia goes to see 'The Purple Rose of Cairo' in hopes of raising her spirits, where she watches dashing archaeologist Tom Baxter time and again.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

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  12. Titanic (1953)

    Unhappily married, Julia Sturges decides to go to America with her two children on the Titanic. Her husband, Richard also arranges passage on the luxury liner so as to have custody of their two children. All this fades to insignificance once the ship hits an iceberg.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

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  13. Mansfield Park (1999)

    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

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  14. The Portrait of a Lady (1996)

    Ms. Isabel Archer isn't afraid to challenge societal norms. Impressed by her free spirit, her kindhearted cousin writes her into his fatally ill father's will. Suddenly rich and independent, Isabelle ventures into the world, along the way befriending a cynical intellectual and romancing an art enthusiast. However, the advantage of her affluence is called into question when she realizes the extent to which her money colors her relationships.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

  15. Dance with a Stranger (1985)

    Ruth Ellis lives with her ten-year old son Andy next to a night club. One night she meets David Blakely, and they start a love affair. However, for David with his upper-class background, it is impossible to uphold the relationship. He breaks up with her, something which makes Ellis, obsessed by him, very upset.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

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  16. The Lost Husband (2020)

    Trying to put her life back together after the death of her husband, Libby and her children move to her estranged Aunt's goat farm in central Texas.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

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  17. Picture Perfect (1997)

    A young advertising executive's life becomes increasingly complicated when, in order to impress her boss, she pretends to be engaged to a man she has just met.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

  18. Our Kind of Traitor (2016)

    A young Oxford academic and his attorney girlfriend holiday in Morocco. They bump into a Russian millionaire who owns a peninsula and a diamond watch. He wants a game of tennis. What else he wants propels the lovers on a tortuous journey to the City of London and its unholy alliance with Britain's intelligence establishment, to Paris and the Alps.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

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  19. Thoroughly Modern Millie (1967)

    Millie Dillmount, a fearless young lady fresh from Salina, Kansas, determined to experience Life, sets out to see the world in the rip-roaring Twenties. With high spirits and wearing one of those new high hemlines, she arrives in New York to test the "modern" ideas she had been reading about back in Kansas: "I've taken the girl out of Kansas. Now I have to take Kansas out of the girl!"

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

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  20. Valmont (1989)

    Set in Baroque France, a scheming widow and her lover make a bet regarding the corruption of a recently married woman. The lover, Valmont, bets that he can seduce her, even though she is an honorable woman. If he wins, he can have his lover to do as he will. However, in the process of seducing the married woman, Valmont falls in love.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

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Frequently asked questions

What are the best movies like Black Roses?

The closest matches to Black Roses are They Won't Believe Me (1947), Anna (2019) and Detour (1945). Below are 17 more, each with the reason it matches.

What should I watch after Black Roses?

Start with They Won't Believe Me (1947), the closest match to Black Roses.

What is the highest-rated movie like Black Roses?

Cabaret (1972), rated 7.4/10 by 1,027 TMDB users.

What is the newest movie like Black Roses?

The Lost Husband (2020) is the most recent release on this list.

Are there English movies like Black Roses?

Yes: They Won't Believe Me (1947), Anna (2019) and Detour (1945).

How are movies similar to Black Roses chosen?

First come films that Trakt’s viewers watch alongside Black Roses, then TMDB’s recommendations and films it rates as similar in story and genre. Each pick says which signal put it there.

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