
Movies that feel like The Blue Angel (1930)
If you loved The Blue Angel, the closest films we have are Tony Takitani (2004), A Heart in Winter (1992) and Laura (1944). All three share The Blue Angel's contemplative and obsessive feel, which is what we rank on before quality. 9 of the 12 picks below are included with a subscription right now on Netflix, HBO Max and Amazon Prime Video and others, checked against today's data.
If The Blue Angel hit the spot, these will too

Both land stillness and obsession at once
The difference: Missing the romance of The Blue Angel

Drama with a pulse of romance, in both cases
The difference: Leans harder into romance than The Blue Angel does

Both keep coming back to the same thing: black and white
The difference: Sits closer to mystery than The Blue Angel does

Drama built on stillness, twice over
The difference: Reviewed a good deal more coolly

The same preoccupation in both: sexual obsession
The difference: 32 years apart, and the 1960s show

Romantic drama in both cases

Both are built on the same subject: sexual obsession
The difference: Made in the 2000s, in a different era of the craft

Both run obsessive where it counts

Both sit in the same contemplative register

The shared currency is obsession

Common ground: black and white

A streak of romance through both
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