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Movies that feel like The Ghost and Mrs. Muir (1947)

If you loved The Ghost and Mrs. Muir, the closest films we have are Scenes from a Marriage (1974), The Earrings of Madame de... (1953) and Cleopatra (1963). All three share The Ghost and Mrs. Muir's romantic and tender feel, which is what we rank on before quality. 9 of the 12 picks below are included with a subscription right now on HBO Max, Criterion Channel and Kanopy and others, checked against today's data.

In 1900, young widow Lucy Muir learns that her seaside cottage is haunted and forms a unique relationship with the ghost.

πŸ… 100% Rotten Tomatoesβ˜… 7.8 IMDb β†—TMDB β†—dir. Joseph L. Mankiewiczromantictenderdreamlikecontemplativelonely

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Scenes from a Marriage
1974 Β· dir. Ingmar Bergman
β˜… 8.3drama Β· romance

Romantic where it counts, tender underneath

The difference: None of the dream logic The Ghost and Mrs. Muir is built on

Johan and Marianne are married and seem to have it all. Their happiness, however, is a faΓ§ade for a troubled relationship, which becomes even rockier when Johan admits that he's having an affair. Before long, the spouses separate and move towards finalizing their divorce, but they make attempts at reconciling. Even as they pursue other relationships, Johan and Marianne realize that they have a significant bond, but also many issues that hinder that connection.

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The Earrings of Madame de...
1953 Β· dir. Max OphΓΌls
πŸ… 97%β˜… 7.9drama Β· romance

Both are built on the same subject: black and white

In late 19th century France, the Countess Louise, wife of a wealthy general, sells the earrings her husband gave her on their wedding day to pay off her secret debts, then claims to have lost them. Her husband quickly learns of the deceit, which is the beginning of many tragic misunderstandings, all involving the earrings, the general, the countess, and her new lover, the Italian Baron Donati.

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Cleopatra
1963 Β· dir. Joseph L. Mankiewicz
πŸ… 61%β˜… 7drama Β· history Β· romance

Joseph L. Mankiewicz working the same nerve twice

The difference: Reviewed a good deal more coolly

Determined to hold on to the throne, Cleopatra seduces the Roman emperor Julius Caesar. When Caesar is murdered, she redirects her attentions to his general, Marc Antony, who vows to take powerβ€”but Caesar’s successor has other plans.

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Summer with Monika
1953 Β· dir. Ingmar Bergman
πŸ… 100%β˜… 7.5drama Β· romance

Both keep coming back to the same thing: black and white

One summer day, two teens begin a reckless affair and abandon their families to be with one another.

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Children of Paradise
1945 Β· dir. Marcel CarnΓ©
πŸ… 98%β˜… 8.3drama Β· romance

Contemplative romance in both cases

In a chaotic 19th-century Paris teeming with aristocrats, thieves, psychics, and courtesans, theater mime Baptiste is in love with the mysterious actress Garance. But Garance, in turn, is loved by three other men: pretentious actor Frederick, conniving thief Lacenaire, and Count Edouard of Montray.

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Letter from an Unknown Woman
1948 Β· dir. Max OphΓΌls
πŸ… 100%β˜… 7.8drama Β· romance

Drama with a pulse of romance, in both cases

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.

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Great Expectations
1946 Β· dir. David Lean
πŸ… 100%β˜… 7.8drama Β· romance

Fantasy built on tenderness, twice over

In this Dickens adaptation, orphan Pip discovers through lawyer Mr. Jaggers that a mysterious benefactor wishes to ensure that he becomes a gentleman. Reunited with his childhood patron, Miss Havisham, and his first love, the beautiful but emotionally cold Estella, he discovers that the elderly spinster has gone mad from having been left at the altar as a young woman, and has made her charge into a warped, unfeeling heartbreaker.

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Minnie and Moskowitz
1971 Β· dir. John Cassavetes
πŸ… 82%β˜… 7.2romance Β· drama Β· comedy

Lonely romance, and it commits to that

The difference: Sits closer to comedy than The Ghost and Mrs. Muir does

Depressed and jaded after being dumped by her married boyfriend, aging beauty Minnie Moore wonders if she'll ever find love. After shaggy-haired parking lot attendant Seymour Moskowitz comes to her defense from an angry and rebuffed blind date, he falls hopelessly in love with her despite their myriad differences. Minnie reluctantly agrees to a date with Moskowitz, and, slowly but surely, an unlikely romance blossoms between the two.

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A Matter of Life and Death
1946 Β· dir. Michael Powell
πŸ… 97%β˜… 8romance Β· fantasy Β· drama

Both lean on dream logic more than on fantasy

A British wartime aviator who cheats death must argue for his life before a celestial court, hoping to prolong his fledgling romance with an American girl.

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A Man and a Woman
1966 Β· dir. Claude Lelouch
πŸ… 75%β˜… 7.5drama Β· romance

The same preoccupation in both: widow

A man and a woman meet by accident on a Sunday evening at their childrens' boarding school. Slowly, they reveal themselves to each other, finding that they have something deeply in common.

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Beauty and the Beast
1946 Β· dir. Jean Cocteau
β˜… 7.9drama Β· fantasy Β· romance

Both lean on dream logic more than on drama

The story of a gentle-hearted beast in love with a simple and beautiful girl. She is drawn to the repellent but strangely fascinating Beast, who tests her fidelity by giving her a key, telling her that if she doesn't return it to him by a specific time, he will die of grief. She is unable to return the key on time, but it is revealed that the Beast is the genuinely handsome one. A simple tale of tragic love that turns into a surreal vision of death, desire, and beauty.

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Brief Encounter
1945 Β· dir. David Lean
πŸ… 95%β˜… 8drama Β· romance

Romance built on stillness, twice over

Returning home from a shopping trip to a nearby town, bored suburban housewife Laura Jesson is thrown by happenstance into an acquaintance with virtuous doctor Alec Harvey. Their casual friendship soon develops during their weekly visits into something more emotionally fulfilling than either expected, and they must wrestle with the potential havoc their deepening relationship would have on their lives and the lives of those they love.

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