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10 Best Movies Like Private Lives

If you loved Private Lives, we've curated the perfect watchlist for you based on shared genres, themes, and directorial style.

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#1
Red Dust

Red Dust

1932★ 6.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Private Lives for fans of Romance. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Dennis, owner of a rubber plantation in Cochinchina, is involved with Vantine, who left Saigon to evade the police. When his new surveyor arrives along with his refined wife Dennis...

#2
Without Lying Down: Frances Marion and the Power of Women in Hollywood

Without Lying Down: Frances Marion and the Power of Women in Hollywood

2000★ 7.0

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Private Lives for fans of Documentary. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

From 1915-1939, Frances Marion was one of the most powerful talents in the movie industry. In one of the most liberating eras for women in film, she wrote more than 200 movies and ...

#3
The Rape of Europa

The Rape of Europa

2007★ 7.4

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Private Lives for fans of Documentary. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

World War II was not just the most destructive conflict in humanity, it was also the greatest theft in history: lives, families, communities, property, culture and heritage were al...

#4
Their Own Desire

Their Own Desire

1929★ 4.7

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Private Lives for fans of Romance. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Lally is a rich girl whose father writes books and plays polo. After 23 years of marriage her father decides to divorce Lally's mother and remarry to soon-to-be-divorced Beth Cheev...

#5
Three Who Loved

Three Who Loved

1931★ 5.4

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Private Lives for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

A bank teller's love life falls apart when he's accused of embezzling....

#6
7 Dwarves: The Forest Is Not Enough

7 Dwarves: The Forest Is Not Enough

2006★ 5.5

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Private Lives for fans of Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

Snow White asks the seven dwarfs for help, because if they don't manage to find out the name of a little boy (Rumpelstiltskin) within two days, her newborn child will be taken away...