Most Similar Movies to The Playboy of the Western World (1962)


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People Will Talk (1951), Georgy Girl (1966), Torrent (1926), The Civilization of Maxwell Bright (2005), Love and Anarchy (2020), The Earl of Chicago (1940), Sylvia Scarlett (1935) ... Let's take a look at the following list...

People Will Talk (1951)

People Will Talk (1951)

10.0/10 Comedy, Drama

A doctor's unconventional theories of medicine and relationship with a young student place his reputation in jeopardy.

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Georgy Girl (1966)

Georgy Girl (1966)

6.9/10 Comedy, Drama

A traditional girl (Lynn Redgrave) resists the advances of a swinger (James Mason) who wants her as his mistress in 1960s London.

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Torrent (1926)

Torrent (1926)

6.9/10 Drama

A young girl and her father are kicked out of their house by a cruel noblewoman, and the girl's heart is broken when her sweetheart, the noblewoman's son, won't go to Paris with them. After becoming an opera star in Paris, the girl returns to her homeland and finds her romance with the nobleman rekindled.

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The Civilization of Maxwell Bright (2005)

The Civilization of Maxwell Bright (2005)

6.9/10 Drama

After a bad breakup, Maxwell Bright (Patrick Warburton), a diehard male chauvinist, declares he is fed up with dating and decides to buy a mail-order bride from China. When she arrives, Mai Ling (Marie Matiko) is quiet and submissive, but Maxwell cannot stop his piggish ways. After continued abuse, Mai Ling reveals she is actually a Buddhist nun, sent to America in place of her sister. After this, Max has an epiphany and devotes himself to making Mai Ling happy.

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Love and Anarchy (2020)

Love and Anarchy (2020)

10.0/10 Drama, Comedy, Romance

A married consultant and a young IT technician assign each other challenges in a flirtatious game.

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The Earl of Chicago (1940)

The Earl of Chicago (1940)

6.3/10 Comedy, Drama

Silky has always moved booze. In prohibition, he smuggled it from Canada, but now that it is legal, he produces his own brand. Seven years before, he sent Doc to prison because Doc was an honest man. Now that he is getting out, Silky wants an honest man as his general manager. When an English solicitor arrives to show that Silky is the new Earl of Gorley, Doc sees his...Read all

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Sylvia Scarlett (1935)

Sylvia Scarlett (1935)

6.3/10 Comedy, Drama

When her father decides to flee to England, young Sylvia Scarlett must become Sylvester Scarlett and protect her father every step of the way, with the questionable help of plenty others.

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The Last Right (2019)

The Last Right (2019)

6.2/10 Comedy, Drama

A fateful exchange on a flight has consequences for Daniel Murphy. He's left in charge of a corpse of someone he never knew. He is persuaded to take on the challenge of getting a coffin from his family home in Clonakilty to Rathlin Island.

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Men Are Not Gods (1936)

Men Are Not Gods (1936)

6.0/10 Comedy, Drama

Ann Williams (Miriam Hopkins), secretary to eccentric drama critic T.H. Skeates (A.E. Matthews), is persuaded to alter a ruinous review of Shakespearean actor Edmond Davey (Sebastian Shaw) by Davey's wife Barbara (Gertrude Lawrence). Davey's "Othello" becomes a hit and Ann, even though fired by Skeates, becomes a fan of Davey and starts to fall for him, much to the je...Read all

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Walking Across Egypt (1999)

Walking Across Egypt (1999)

8.9/10 Drama

An elderly Southern widow, Mattie Rigsbee (Ellen Burstyn), begrudgingly starts to acknowledge that she can't live on her own. When Mattie becomes friends with the town dogcatcher, Lamar Benfield (Mark Hamill), she is also introduced to his orphaned nephew, Wesley (Jonathan Taylor Thomas). Although Wesley has been in trouble with the law and incarcerated for auto theft, Mattie sees potential in the boy and tries to point him in the right direction by allowing him to live with her.

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Dangerous Liaisons (1959)

Dangerous Liaisons (1959)

8.8/10 Drama

Affairs strewn from Paris to the Alps disintegrate a couple's (Gérard Philipe, Jeanne Moreau) marriage.

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Lorna Doone (1922)

Lorna Doone (1922)

8.3/10 Drama, Romance

Raised by bandits, a woman (Madge Bellamy) falls in love with a man (John Bowers) despised by her father.

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The Apartment (1960)

The Apartment (1960)

8.3/10 Comedy, Romance, Drama

A man tries to rise in his company by letting its executives use his apartment for trysts, but complications and a romance of his own ensue.

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A Merry War (1997)

A Merry War (1997)

8.3/10 Drama, Comedy

A copywriter (Richard E. Grant) leaves his job in 1930s London and struggles to make a living as a poet.

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The Quiet Man (1952)

The Quiet Man (1952)

7.8/10 Comedy, Romance, Drama

A retired American boxer returns to the village of his birth in Ireland, where he finds love.

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The Last Detail (1973)

The Last Detail (1973)

7.5/10 Comedy, Drama

Two Navy men are ordered to bring a young offender to prison, but decide to show him one last good time along the way.

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Separate Tables (1958)

Separate Tables (1958)

7.4/10 Drama

The stories of several people are told as they stay at a seaside hotel in Bournemouth which features dining at "Separate Tables."

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Lady Windermere's Fan (1925)

Lady Windermere's Fan (1925)

7.3/10 Comedy, Drama

A society woman believes her husband is having an affair, a misconception which may have dire personal consequences for all involved.

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