Films like The House of Mirth
In early 20th century New York City, an impoverished socialite desperately seeks a suitable husband as she gradually finds herself betrayed by her friends and exiled from high society.
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The Age of Innocence
Film · 1993 · also drama and romanceIn 19th century New York high society, a young lawyer falls in love with a woman separated from her husband, while he is engaged to the woman's cousin.
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Rebel in the Rye
Film · 2017 · also drama and romanceThe life of celebrated but reclusive author J.D. Salinger, who gained worldwide fame with the publication of his novel The Catcher in the Rye.
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Brooklyn
Film · 2015 · also drama and romanceIn 1950s Ireland and New York, young Eilis Lacey has to choose between two men and two countries.
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Passing
Film · 2021 · also dramaIn 1920s New York City, a Black woman finds her world upended when her life becomes intertwined with a former childhood friend who's passing as white.
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The Great Gatsby
Film · 2013 · also drama and romanceNick Carraway arrives in New York in 1922, an era of loose morals, glittering jazz and bootleg kings. Chasing his own American Dream, Nick encounters the mysterious milli...
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Washington Square
Film · 1997 · also drama and romanceIn 1870s New York, spinster heiress Catherine Sloper is courted by the much younger, penniless Morris Townsend, much to the chagrin of her overprotective father. Catherin...
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Jane Eyre
Film · 1996 · also drama and romanceAfter 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, a...
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The Object of My Affection
Film · 1998 · also drama and romanceA pregnant New York social worker begins to develop romantic feelings for her gay best friend, and decides she'd rather raise her child with him, much to the dismay of he...
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The Wings of the Dove
Film · 1997 · also drama and romanceKate is secretly betrothed to a struggling journalist, Merton Densher. But she knows her Aunt Maude will never approve of the match, since Kate's deceased mother has lost...
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Wuthering Heights
Film · 1970 · also drama and romanceYoung orphan Heathcliff is adopted by the wealthy Earnshaw family and moves into their estate, Wuthering Heights. Soon, the new resident falls for his compassionate foste...
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