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Movies Similar To This?

posted 14 years ago by titanicsurvivor93
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I loved Natalie Wood in this movie, I think it was her best role!

Are there any movies with similar themes?

I wake up from dreams and go "Wow, put this down on paper."

[–] rorysa 14 years ago

Hard to know what you mean by "similar themes," but if you want the greatest Boy-Meets-Girl, Boy-Loses-Girl, Boy-DOESN'T-Get-Girl, see Wood's phenominal "Splendor in the Grass."

[–] titanicsurvivor93 14 years ago

Haha, I actually saw SITG before I saw this one. It's what's been feuling my obsession for these kind of films and Natalie Wood

I wake up from dreams and go "Wow, put this down on paper."

[–] ObstinateAnnette 14 years ago

If by similar, you mean Southern Gothic, I can recommend the following:

A Streetcar Named Desire
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
Suddenly, Last Summer
Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil
Eve's Bayou
Cape Fear (1962)
I Walk the Line (1970)
Baby Doll
Wise Blood
The Gift
Angel Heart
The Skeleton Key
Sling Blade
Daddy and Them

I need my 1987 DG20 Casio electric guitar set to mandolin, yeah...

[–] cathvin87 14 years ago

Natalie Wood is not in this one, but it is a romance: Love is a Many Splendored Thing

[–] MurfTO 11 years ago

Letter from an Unknown Woman (1948)
The Heiress (1949)
Tristana (1970)
The Story of Adele H.(1975)
Tess (1979)

[–] GamaRex 9 years ago

It's difficult to know how everyone will interpret the meaning of "similar themes," but for some of the themes in this movie, it's hard to go wrong with anything written by Tennessee Williams (no matter what they did with his contribution to this film) or William Inge.

Another movie I haven't seen mentioned here is "To Kill a Mockingbird." Although there's no similarity in plot, there are some similarities in location and tone. It's set in the rural South in the 1930s, and much of the action is seen from the perspective of a child, who in this case is played by the same actress, Mary Badham. Of course the parents represent opposites in the role model and values they present to their children. "Mockingbird" lacks a love story, and that may rule it out for "similar themes" for many.

[–] Bowserb46 9 years ago

Small town America has been declining for 90 years. The automobile first hit the merchants, making bigger cities accessible. The Great Depression took a toll on farmers and the railroad towns. The diesel electric locomotive largely wiped out the water stops, as well as a lot of maintenance shops. So you look for dead or dying small towns in the 1920's or 30's as setting. While it is largely in flashback, how about Fried Green Tomatoes?

[–] cyberjack101 9 years ago

Actually, the same theme is in Verdi's La Traviatta.