Most Similar Movies to Porgy and Bess (1959)
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When a Man Loves (1927), Anna Lucasta (1958), Carmen Jones (1954), Bombay (1995), Gangaa Jamunaa Saraswathi (1988), The Phantom of the Opera (2004), Ragtime (1981) ... Let's take a look at the following list...
When a Man Loves (1927)
A nobleman studying for the priesthood abandons his vocation in 18th Century France when he falls in love with a beautiful, but reluctant, courtesan.
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Anna Lucasta (1958)
A young woman struggling with a sordid past finds that her biggest enemy had larger demons than she did.
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Carmen Jones (1954)
Contemporary version of the Bizet opera, with new lyrics and an African-American cast.
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Bombay (1995)
A Hindu man and a Muslim woman fall in love in a small village and move to Mumbai, where they have two children. However, growing religious tensions and erupting riots threaten to tear the family apart.
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Gangaa Jamunaa Saraswathi (1988)
Gangaa Jamunaa and Saraswathi the most pious rivers, create a unique holy merger, popularly known as "Sangam". Likewise the characters of our story Gangaa Jamunaa and Saraswathi desire to meet and merge in love of each other. Gangaa Jamunaa begin to love each other and pledge to become one, Saraswati silently loves Gangaa, and dedicates her life to him. However there ...Read all
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The Phantom of the Opera (2004)
A young soprano becomes the obsession of a disfigured and murderous musical genius who lives beneath the Paris Opéra House.
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Ragtime (1981)
A young black pianist becomes embroiled in the lives of an upper-class white family set among the racial tensions, infidelity, violence, and other nostalgic events in early 1900s New York City.
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Show Boat (1929)
A mostly silent version of Edna Ferber's original novel, with some songs from the musical as a last-minute addition
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Selvi Boylum Al Yazmalim (1977)
Story of a dilemma between a woman's love and her logic. Asya, a young girl with a strict mother, meets Ilyas who is a womanizer city man, and they quickly fall in love. They get over the ...
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Les Misérables (2012)
In 19th-century France, Jean Valjean, who for decades has been hunted by the ruthless policeman Javert after breaking parole, agrees to care for a factory worker's daughter. The decision changes their lives forever.
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Shoot the Piano Player (1960)
Charlie Kohler is a piano player in a bar. The waitress Lena is in love with him. One of Charlie's brother, Chico, a crook, takes refuge in the bar because he is chased by two gangsters, ...
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The Lower Depths (1957)
In a Japanese slum, various residents play out their lives, dreaming of better things or settling for their lot. Among them is a man who pines for a young woman but is stymied by her deceptive family.
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Lootera (2013)
An aristocrat's daughter falls in love with a visiting archaeologist, but he holds a secret that could drive them apart.
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Fanaa (2006)
A sweet blind girl Zooni meets a flirty Rehan. She ignores her friends' warnings. It's her time to discover life. Is she making the right love choice?
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The Rose Tattoo (1955)
A Sicilian seamstress who idolizes her husband must deal with several family crises upon his sudden death.
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Lili (1953)
A French teen (Leslie Caron) joins a carnival and meets a lying magician (Jean-Pierre Aumont) and a loving puppeteer (Mel Ferrer).
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Thirst (1957)
Vijay (Guru Dutt) writes unpopular poems about the destitute and poor. Ridiculed by his brothers and scorned by publishers, Vijay finds encouragement in a sweet prostitute, Gulabo (Waheeda Rehman). When a homeless man wearing a coat Vijay gave him is killed, Gulabo convinces a publisher to print his poems, believing Vijay to be dead. The poems are wildly popular, thanks to the myth conjured around Vijay's supposed death. When he reappears, he finds that few friends can be trusted.
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Oliver Twist (1948)
Dickens' London waif (John Howard Davies) is pressed into Fagin's (Alec Guinness) street gang led by bully Bill Sikes (Robert Newton) and the Artful Dodger.
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