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10 Best Movies Like Only Angels Have Wings

If you loved Only Angels Have Wings, we've curated the perfect watchlist for you based on shared genres, themes, and directorial style.

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#1
Monkey Business

Monkey Business

1952★ 6.7

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Only Angels Have Wings for fans of Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

Research chemist Barnaby Fulton works on a fountain of youth pill for a chemical company. One of the labs chimps gets loose in the laboratory and mixes chemicals, but then pours th...

#2
Paisan

Paisan

1946★ 7.5

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Only Angels Have Wings for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Six stories unfold in various regions, from Sicily to the northern Po Valley as American military personnel interact with a variety of Italian locals over eighteen months in the pu...

#3
Journey to Italy

Journey to Italy

1954★ 7.3

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Only Angels Have Wings for fans of Romance & Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Married for eight years with no children, Brits Katherine and Alex Joyce are driving to Italy, their ultimate destination just outside of Naples to sell the villa they have just in...

#4
The Bishop's Wife

The Bishop's Wife

1947★ 7.1

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Only Angels Have Wings for fans of Romance & Drama. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

An Episcopal Bishop, Henry Brougham, has been working for months on the plans for an elaborate new cathedral which he hopes will be paid for primarily by a wealthy, stubborn widow....

#5
The Long Gray Line

The Long Gray Line

1955★ 7.0

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Only Angels Have Wings for fans of Drama. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

The life story of a salt-of-the-earth Irish immigrant, who becomes an Army Noncommissioned Officer and spends his 50 year career at the United States Military Academy at West Point...

#6
Fort Apache

Fort Apache

1948★ 7.0

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Only Angels Have Wings for fans of Western. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

Owen Thursday sees his new posting to the desolate Fort Apache as a chance to claim the military honour which he believes is rightfully his. Arrogant, obsessed with military form a...