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10 Best Movies Like The Rose Garden

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

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#1
The Story of the Last Chrysanthemum

The Story of the Last Chrysanthemum

1939★ 7.8

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

In late 19th century Tokyo, Kikunosuke Onoue, the adopted son of a legendary actor, himself an actor specializing in female roles, discovers that he is only praised for his acting ...

#2
The Play House

The Play House

1921★ 6.8

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

Upon waking from the dream of a theater peopled entirely by numerous Buster Keatons, a lowly stage hand causes havoc everywhere he works....

#3
Night of the Living Dead: Re-Animation

Night of the Living Dead: Re-Animation

2012★ 6.2

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Rose Garden for fans of Horror. It captures a similar spine-chilling atmosphere.

After inheriting the family mortuary, a pyrophobic mortician accidentally exposes hundreds of un-cremated bodies to toxic medical waste. As the corpses re-animate, the mortician's ...

#4
Monkey Business

Monkey Business

1952★ 6.7

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Rose Garden 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...

#5
The Hairdresser's Husband

The Hairdresser's Husband

1990★ 6.8

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Rose Garden for fans of Drama. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

Antoine has always been fascinated by a hairdresser's delicate touch, the beguiling perfume, and the enticing figure of a woman with an opulent bosom. After all, he had always know...

#6
Something Wild

Something Wild

1986★ 6.6

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Rose Garden for fans of Crime. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

A free-spirited woman "kidnaps" a yuppie for a weekend of adventure. But the fun quickly takes a dangerous turn when her ex-con husband shows up....