Movies like The Barretts of Wimpole Street (1934)
The best movies like The Barretts of Wimpole Street (1934) are Anna Christie (1930), The Good Earth (1937) and Imitation of Life (1934). If The Barretts of Wimpole Street hooked you with its drama and romance, these 30 similar films are what to watch next, and every pick says why it matches.
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- Highest ratedLetter from an Unknown Woman (1948)7.8/10 from 355 votes
- NewestPersuasion (2007)Released 2007
Anna Christie (1930)
Old sailor Chris Christofferson eagerly awaits the arrival of his grown daughter Anna, whom he sent at five years old to live with relatives in Minnesota. He has not seen her since, but believes her to be a decent and respectably employed young woman. When Anna arrives, however, it is clear that she has lived a hard life in the dregs of society, and that much of spirit has been extinguished. She falls in love with a young sailor rescued at sea by her father, but dreads to reveal to him the truth of her past. Both father and young man are deluded about her background, yet Anna cannot quite bring herself to allow them to remain deluded.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & romance
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Good Earth (1937)
China, during the rule of the Qing Dynasty. The arranged marriage between Wang Lung, a humble farmer, and O-Lan, a domestic slave, will endure the many hardships of life over the years; but the temptations of a fragile prosperity will endanger their love and the survival of their entire family.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & romance
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisImitation of Life (1934)
A struggling widow and her daughter take in a black housekeeper and her fair-skinned daughter. The two women start a successful business but face familial, identity, and racial issues along the way.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & romance
Worth the HypeMovies like thisGrand Hotel (1932)
Guests at a posh Berlin hotel struggle through worry, scandal, and heartache.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & romance
Worth the HypeMovies like thisPride and Prejudice (1940)
In early 19th century England, Mr and Mrs Bennet's five unmarried daughters vie for the affections of rich and eligible Mr Bingley and his status-conscious friend, Mr Darcy, who have moved into their neighbourhood. While Bingley takes an immediate liking to eldest daughter Jane, Darcy has difficulty adapting to local society and repeatedly clashes with second-eldest Elizabeth.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & romance
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisJane Eyre (1943)
After a bleak childhood, Jane Eyre goes out into the world to become a governess. As she lives happily in her new position at Thornfield Hall, she meets the dark, cold, and abrupt master of the house, Edward Rochester. Jane and her employer grow close in friendship and she soon finds herself falling in love with him. Happiness seems to have found Jane at last, but could Rochester's terrible secret be about to destroy it forever?
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & romance
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisPygmalion (1938)
When linguistics professor Henry Higgins boasts that he can pass off Cockney flower girl Eliza Doolittle as a princess with only six months' training, Colonel George Pickering takes him up on the bet. Eliza moves into Higgins's home and begins her rigorous training after the professor comes to a financial agreement with her dustman father, Alfred. But the plucky young woman is not the only one undergoing a transformation.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & romance
Worth the HypeMovies like thisSylvia Scarlett (1935)
When her father decides to flee to England, young Sylvia Scarlett must become Sylvester Scarlett and protect her father every step of the way, with the questionable help of plenty others.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & romance
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisOf Human Bondage (1934)
A young man finds himself attracted to a cold and unfeeling waitress who may ultimately destroy them both.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & romance
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisQueen Christina (1934)
Popular monarch Queen Christina of Sweden must choose between love and loyalty to her nation when she unexpectedly falls for a Spanish envoy.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both romance & drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisDodsworth (1936)
A retired auto manufacturer and his wife take a long-planned European vacation only to find that they want very different things from life.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & romance
Worth the HypeMovies like thisOur Town (1940)
Change comes slowly to a small New Hampshire town in the early 20th century. We see birth, life and death in this small community.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & romance
Alice Adams (1935)
In the lower-middle-class Adams family, father and son are happy to work in a drugstore, but mother and daughter Alice try every possible social-climbing stratagem despite snubs and embarrassment. When Alice finally meets her dream man Arthur, mother nags father into a risky business venture and plans to impress Alice's beau with an "upscale" family dinner. Will the excruciating results drive Arthur away?
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both romance & drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisLes Misérables (1935)
In 19th century France, Jean Valjean, a man imprisoned for stealing bread, must flee a relentless policeman named Javert. The pursuit consumes both men's lives, and soon Valjean finds himself in the midst of the student revolutions in France.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & romance
Worth the HypeMovies like thisLife with Father (1947)
A straitlaced turn-of-the-century father presides over a family of boys and the mother who really rules the roost.
Why it matches: Fans watch both
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisDinner at Eight (1933)
An ambitious New York socialite plans an extravagant dinner party as her businessman husband, Oliver, contends with financial woes, causing a lot of tension between the couple. Meanwhile, their high-society friends and associates, including the gruff Dan Packard and his sultry spouse, Kitty, contend with their own entanglements, leading to revelations at the much-anticipated dinner.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe House of Rothschild (1934)
The story of the rise of the Rothschild financial empire founded by Mayer Rothschild and continued by his five sons. From humble beginnings the business grows and helps to finance the war against Napoleon, but it's not always easy, especially because of the prejudices against Jews.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & romance
Anthony Adverse (1936)
Based on the novel by Hervey Allen, this expansive drama follows the many adventures of the eponymous hero, Anthony Adverse. Abandoned at a convent by his heartless nobleman father, Don Luis, Anthony is later mentored by his kind grandfather, John Bonnyfeather, and falls for the beautiful Angela Giuseppe. When circumstances separate Anthony and Angela and he embarks on a long journey, he must find his way back to her, no matter what the cost.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Romeo and Juliet (1936)
Young love is poisoned by a generations long feud between two noble families.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & romance
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisKitty Foyle (1940)
A hard-working, white-collar girl falls in love with a young socialite, but meets with his family's disapproval.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & romance
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Citadel (1938)
Young, idealistic, newly qualified Scottish doctor Andrew Manson arrives in Wales and takes his first job in a mining town, and begins to wonder at the persistent cough many of the miners have. When his attempts to prove its cause are thwarted, he moves to London. His new practice does poorly, but when a friend shows him how to make a lucrative practice from rich hypochondriacs, it will take a great shock to show him what the truth of being a doctor really is.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & romance
Madame Curie (1943)
Poor physics student Marie is studying at the Sorbonne in 1890s Paris. One of the few women studying in her field, Marie encounters skepticism concerning her abilities, but is eventually offered a research placement in Pierre Curie's lab. The scientists soon fall in love and embark on a shared quest to extract, from a particular type of rock, a new chemical element they have named radium. However, their research puts them on the brink of professional failure.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & romance
Worth the HypeMovies like thisThe Garden of Allah (1936)
The star-crossed desert romance of a cloistered woman and a renegade monk.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & romance
David Copperfield (1935)
A young man journeys from a difficult childhood to maturity, exploring social injustice, personal development, and the complexities of human relationships.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama & romance
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisShadowlands (1993)
C.S. Lewis, a world-renowned writer and professor, leads a passionless life until he meets spirited poet Joy Gresham.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama & romance
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisBecoming Jane (2007)
Though young Jane Austen's financially strapped parents expect her to marry the nephew of wealthy Lady Gresham, Jane herself knows that such a union will destroy her creativity and sense of self-worth. Instead, she becomes involved with Tom Lefroy, a charming but penniless apprentice lawyer who gives her the knowledge of the heart she needs for her future career as a novelist.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both romance & drama
Worth the HypeMovies like thisPersuasion (2007)
Anne Elliot was once in love with Frederick Wentworth, a commander in the Royal Navy who was rejected by her snobby parents eight years ago. When the family hits hard times and are forced to rent out their mansion to his brother-in-law, Frederick returns as a captain - but will he remember Anne?
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama & romance
Worth the HypeMovies like thisJane Eyre (1996)
After a bleak childhood, Jane Eyre goes out into the world to become a governess. As she lives happily in her new position at Thornfield Hall, she meets the dark, cold, and abrupt master of the house, Edward Rochester. Jane and her employer grow close in friendship and she soon finds herself falling in love with him. Happiness seems to have found Jane at last, but could Rochester's terrible secret be about to destroy it forever?
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama & romance
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisLetter from an Unknown Woman (1948)
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.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama & romance
Worth the HypeMovies like thisDuel in the Sun (1946)
Beautiful half-breed Pearl Chavez becomes the ward of her dead father's first love and finds herself torn between her sons, one good and the other bad.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama & romance
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What are the best movies like The Barretts of Wimpole Street?
The closest matches to The Barretts of Wimpole Street are Anna Christie (1930), The Good Earth (1937) and Imitation of Life (1934). Below are 27 more, each with the reason it matches.
What should I watch after The Barretts of Wimpole Street?
People who watched The Barretts of Wimpole Street most often go on to Anna Christie (1930), The Good Earth (1937) and Imitation of Life (1934).
What is the highest-rated movie like The Barretts of Wimpole Street?
Letter from an Unknown Woman (1948), rated 7.8/10 by 355 TMDB users.
What is the newest movie like The Barretts of Wimpole Street?
Persuasion (2007) is the most recent release on this list.
Are there English movies like The Barretts of Wimpole Street?
Yes: Anna Christie (1930), The Good Earth (1937) and Imitation of Life (1934).
How are movies similar to The Barretts of Wimpole Street chosen?
First come films that Trakt’s viewers watch alongside The Barretts of Wimpole Street, then TMDB’s recommendations and films it rates as similar in story and genre. Each pick says which signal put it there.