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The Red Shoes (1948)

A fledgling ballerina falls in love with a brilliant composer, but the jealous head of the ballet company plots to drive them apart.

Directed byEmeric Pressburger, Michael Powell

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    Marty

    Similar atmosphere

    1955 · 90 min · Drama · Romance

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    Marty, a butcher who lives in the Bronx with his mother, is unmarried at 34. Good-natured but socially awkward, he faces constant badgering from family and friends to get married but has reluctantly resigned himself to bachelorhood. He then meets Clara, an unattractive school teacher. Realising their emotional connection, Marty promises to call, but family and friends try to convince him not to.

    Why it connects

    • strong genre and movie-style overlap
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    Kitty Foyle

    Strong story similarity

    1940 · 108 min · Drama · Romance

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    A hard-working, white-collar girl falls in love with a young socialite, but meets with his family's disapproval.

    Why it connects

    • strong story and style similarity
    • strong genre and movie-style overlap
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    Goodbye Again

    Strong story similarity

    1961 · 115 min · Drama · Romance

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    Middle-aged businesswoman Paula Tessier rejects the advances of her client's amusing 25-year-old son, Philip Van der Besh, but reconsiders when her longtime philandering partner begins yet another casual affair with a younger woman. She soon learns that May-December romances with older women are frowned upon in society.

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    • strong story and style similarity
    • strong genre and movie-style overlap
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    Romeo and Juliet

    Strong story similarity

    1968 · 138 min · Drama · Romance

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    Romeo Montague and Juliet Capulet fall in love against the wishes of their feuding families. Driven by their passion, the young lovers defy their destiny and elope, only to suffer the ultimate tragedy.

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    • strong story and style similarity
    • strong genre and movie-style overlap
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    Es lebe die Liebe

    Strong movie match

    1944 · 88 min · Comedy

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    A romantic skirmish between an intrusive operetta tenor from the Berlin Theater and a revue diva in Barcelona, who later encounters him, initially unrecognized, as a ballet dancer and, after they marry, plays the role of a housewife to cure him of his arrogance and flightiness. He himself is no stranger to deception, but their joint stage finale is not far off.

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