Top 20 movies like The Purple Rose of Cairo

The Purple Rose of Cairo

Cecilia is a waitress in New Jersey, living a dreary life during the Great Depression. Her only escape from her mundane reality is the movie theatre. After losing her job, Cecilia goes to see 'The Purple Rose of Cairo' in hopes of raising her spirits, where she watches dashing archaeologist Tom Baxter time and again.

The Purple Rose of Cairo is of 1 hour(s) and 22 minute(s). It is Produced By:  Orion Pictures. It was released on 1985-03-01. It has the tagline: She's finally met the man of her dreams. He's not real but you can't have everything. It has an average vote of 7.39 on TMDB.

Genres: FantasyComedyRomance

1. Broadway Danny Rose

Broadway Danny Rose

A hapless talent manager named Danny Rose, by helping a client, gets dragged into a love triangle involving the mob. His story is told in flashback, an anecdote shared amongst a group of comedians over lunch at New York's Carnegie Deli. Rose's one-man talent agency represents countless incompetent entertainers, including a one-legged tap dancer, and one slightly talented one: washed-up lounge singer Lou Canova, whose career is on the rebound.

It has an average vote of 7.178 on TMDB.

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2. Hannah and Her Sisters

Hannah and Her Sisters

Between two Thanksgivings, Hannah's husband falls in love with her sister Lee, while her hypochondriac ex-husband rekindles his relationship with her sister Holly.

It has an average vote of 7.5 on TMDB.

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3. Zelig

Zelig

Fictional documentary about the life of human chameleon Leonard Zelig, a man who becomes a celebrity in the 1920s due to his ability to look and act like whoever is around him. Clever editing places Zelig in real newsreel footage of Woodrow Wilson, Babe Ruth, and others.

It has an average vote of 7.4 on TMDB.

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4. Crimes and Misdemeanors

Crimes and Misdemeanors

An ophthalmologist's mistress threatens to reveal their affair to his wife, while a married documentary filmmaker is infatuated by another woman.

It has an average vote of 7.466 on TMDB.

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5. Radio Days

Radio Days

The Narrator tells us how the radio influenced his childhood in the days before TV. In the New York City of the late 1930s to the New Year's Eve 1944, this coming-of-age tale mixes the narrator's experiences with contemporary anecdotes and urban legends of the radio stars.

It has an average vote of 7.1 on TMDB.

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6. The Big Risk (Classe tous risques)

The Big Risk

On crowded Milan streets, two men execute a split-second payroll heist-in broad daylight-then begin a lightning-paced getaway, via every conveyance available. But after all, when a tough guy's returning to France after holing up in Italy for nearly a decade, he's got to have some startup money--particularly if he's going back with the wife and kids.

It has an average vote of 7.054 on TMDB.

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7. Four Adventures of Reinette and Mirabelle (4 aventures de Reinette et Mirabelle)

Four Adventures of Reinette and Mirabelle

Two young girls meet, Reinette from the countryside and Mirabelle from Paris, and decide to take a flat together in Paris where they attend University. Four successive stories about their daily lives illustrate the very different views, characters and relation to the world of these two friends.

It has an average vote of 7.42 on TMDB.

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8. The Strange Color of Your Body's Tears (L'Étrange Couleur des larmes de ton corps)

The Strange Color of Your Body's Tears

A woman vanishes. Her husband inquires into the strange circumstances of her disappearance. Did she leave him? Is she dead? As he goes along searching, he plunges into a world of nightmare and violence...

It has an average vote of 6.3 on TMDB.

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9. The Devil (Diabeł)

The Devil

Young Polish nobleman Jakub is saved from imprisonment by a stranger. In return, the stranger wants to obtain a list of Jakub’s fellow conspirators. As he follows his mysterious savior across the country, Jakub is affected by the overall chaos and moral corruption; he goes insane and becomes a mass murderer.

It has an average vote of 7.299 on TMDB.

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10. Armed and Dangerous

Armed and Dangerous

After policeman Frank Dooley is framed for theft and loses his job on the force, he joins a security guard agency and teams up with inept former defense lawyer Norman Kane. When the two botch a job guarding a local warehouse, they begin to uncover corruption within the company and their union.

It has an average vote of 5.7 on TMDB.

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11. Toto Tours Italy (Totò al giro d'Italia)

Toto Tours Italy

A professor was appointed member of the jury of a beauty contest and falls for a beautiful contestant. In order to get the girl he must win the "Tour of Italy", so professor sells his soul to the devil to get the winning and the girl.

It has an average vote of 6.4 on TMDB.

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12. 16 Sunrises (16 levers de soleil)

16 Sunrises

450 kilometers from the Earth, during these six months when the world seems to be moving into the unknown, a dialogue is woven between the astronaut and the visionary work of Saint Exupéry that he took to the space station

It has an average vote of 6.8 on TMDB.

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13. Escanaba in da Moonlight

Escanaba in da Moonlight

A macho man in a family on the eve of deer-hunting season must deal with the eldest son's curse of never having bagged a buck.

It has an average vote of 6.1 on TMDB.

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14. Tristana (Tristana)

Tristana

As a young woman, Tristana is orphaned and taken under the guardianship of Don Lope, a respected member of the community, who takes advantage of his innocent charge. When Tristana falls in love with artist Horacio, she must learn to be more assertive in order to achieve independence from her nefarious guardian, or her blossoming relationship with Horatio is doomed.

It has an average vote of 7.246 on TMDB.

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15. Born Yesterday

Born Yesterday

Uncouth, loud-mouth junkyard tycoon Harry Brock descends upon Washington D.C. to buy himself a congressman or two, bringing with him his mistress, ex-showgirl Billie Dawn.

It has an average vote of 7.178 on TMDB.

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16. La vallée des loups (La vallée des loups)

La vallée des loups

(La vallée des loups)

It has an average vote of 6.769 on TMDB.

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17. La Pirate (La Pirate)

La Pirate

Shortly after returning home one evening with her husband, Alma is visited by her one-time lesbian lover Carole. In the ensuing emotional torrent, Alma allows herself to be abducted by Carole and taken to a hotel, pursued by a young girl - an unnamed friend of Carole - and an eccentric bystander posing as a private detective. Before Alma and Carole can resolve their situation, Alma's husband Andrew appears on the scene and, in a mad frenzy, attempts to reclaim his wife…

It has an average vote of 4.568 on TMDB.

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18. Red Kiss (Rouge baiser)

Red Kiss

1952, Paris. Nadia, a Red Diaper baby, has a sister, Polish parents, and at 15 is an active Communist. When cops beat her during an anti-American demonstration, she's rescued by a "Match" photographer. As the friendship becomes a love affair and her slogans are tested by new knowledge and emotion, some of the Red youth want to expel her. When she goes with Stéphane to a seaside photo shoot, her father goes to the police. Stéphane faces charges, so leaving to cover the war in Indochina looks appealing. In a parallel story, Nadia's mother meets again her prewar lover, released from Siberia, who challenges the French Reds with very real scars and word of Stalin's anti-Semitism.

It has an average vote of 5.3 on TMDB.

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19. Heliopolis (هليوبوليس)

Heliopolis

8 characters skew lifelines that never really intersect in the suburb of Heliopolis in Cairo within a frame of time of 24 hours all in a very stagnant state and never achieving goals.

It has an average vote of 7.2 on TMDB.

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20. I Ought to Be in Pictures

I Ought to Be in Pictures

Grandmother has nothing to say when Libby tells her that she is off to LA to look up Dad, a Hollywood screenwriter. Grandmother has been in a New York cemetery for six years and Dad has been out of Libby's life for 16 of her 19 years. Libby arrives in LA on a Tuesday and phones Dad the one night that Stephanie, who does Jane Fonda's hair, stays over. Stephanie is there the next morning when Libby decides she needs to tell her story face-to-face.

It has an average vote of 7.2 on TMDB.

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