Movies Like How to Make an American Quilt (1995)

How to Make an American Quilt is a 1995 drama, romance film from Jocelyn Moorhouse with a MovieMagicScore of 6.4/10. Here are 20 similar films, ranked by real viewer ratings — starting with Four Weddings and a Funeral and Bread and Tulips.

Drama Romance

Four Weddings and a Funeral

1994

Over the course of five social occasions, a committed bachelor must consider the notion that he may have discovered love.

6.8

MagicScore

Bread and Tulips

2000

An endearing light comedy about a woman who spontaneously becomes a resident of Venice after her family left her behind. While enjoying the wonderful people she meets she achieves a new life and the first time independent of her family.

7.1

MagicScore

The Red Thread

2016

Seven years after their first infatuated encounter, Abril and Manuel meet again. Despite the fact that they are both married, it is soon apparent that their attraction has only grown.

6.7

MagicScore

Love in the Time of Cholera

2007

In Colombia just after the Great War, an old man falls from a ladder; dying, he professes great love for his wife. After the funeral, a man calls on the widow - she dismisses him angrily. Flash back more than 50 years to the day Florentino Ariza, a telegraph boy, falls in love with Fermina Daza, the daughter of a mule trader.

6.6

MagicScore

Love, Wedding, Marriage

2011

A happy newlywed marriage counselor's views on wedded bliss get thrown for a loop when she finds out her parents are getting divorced.

5.2

MagicScore

Open Hearts

2002

Cecilie and Joachim are about to get married when a freak car accident leaves Joachim disabled, throwing their lives into a spin. The driver of the other car, Marie, and her family don’t get off lightly, either. Her husband Niels works in the hospital where he meets Cecilie and falls madly in love with her.

7.0

MagicScore

Ex-Lady

1933

Although free spirit Helen Bauer does not believe in marriage, she consents to marry Don, but his infidelities cause her to also take on a lover.

6.1

MagicScore

Permission

2018

Anna and Will, were each other’s first every-things: first kiss, first love, first and only relationship. Now, 10 years in, at Anna’s 30th birthday party, as Will is about to propose, the couple’s best friend makes a drunken toast, suggesting that they should sleep around before their inevitable marriage. The joke lands like a lead balloon, but the thought lingers until Anna proposes that they try opening their relationship – as a sexual experiment.

5.1

MagicScore

Happiest Season

2020

A young woman's plans to propose to her girlfriend while at her family's annual holiday party are upended when she discovers her partner hasn't yet come out to her conservative parents.

7.1

MagicScore

#10

What We Wanted

2020

Alice and Niklas are a young couple who's biggest wish is to have a child of their own. After several failed attempts they decide to go on a holiday in Sardinia to clear their minds. There they meet a family from Austria that seems to have everything they ever wished for. But appearances can be deceiving...

5.8

MagicScore

#11

Rain

2001

Janey is on vacation with her family at their beach house on the Mahurangi Peninsula in New Zealand. Her parents, Ed and Kate, are on the verge of divorce and sit around drinking whiskey all day, while Janey and Jim are left to their own devices. Cady, a local boaty who is having an affair with Kate, catches Janey's pubescent eye.

5.4

MagicScore

#12

The Wedding Singer

1998

Robbie, a local rock star turned wedding singer, is dumped on the day of his wedding. Meanwhile, waitress Julia finally sets a wedding date with her fiancée Glenn. When Julia and Robbie meet and hit it off, they find that things are more complicated than anybody thought.

6.8

MagicScore

#13

Lovers: A True Story

1991

Set in '50s Spain, a young man leaves the army and looks for a job so he and his fiancée can get married. He rents a room from a widow, and shortly begins a torrid affair with her. The fiancée figures it out and decides to win him back by offering herself to him and taking him to meet her family. Ultimately he has to make a decision. Based on a true story.

6.4

MagicScore

#14

Fireproof

2008

A heroic fire captain values dedication and service to others above all else, but the most important partnership in his life, his marriage, is about to go up in smoke.

7.7

MagicScore

#15

My Man Is a Loser

2014

When it comes to women, playboy Mike has all the right moves. So when Mike's buddies ask for advice on how to reconnect with their wives, Mike figures he'll share some secrets and help the guys regain their marriage mojo. But when Mike's lessons start backfiring with hilarious results, it takes a beautiful, no-nonsense friend to show Mike he still has a thing or two to learn about relationships.

4.2

MagicScore

#16

Unrelated

2008

A woman in an unhappy relationship takes refuge with a friend's family on holiday in Tuscany.

5.7

MagicScore

#17

Down to the Bone

2004

A woman stuck in a stale marriage struggles to raise her children and manage her secret drug habit. But when winter comes to her small town, her balancing act begins to come crashing down.

6.4

MagicScore

#18

Corpse Bride

2005

In a 19th-century European village, a young man about to be married is whisked away to the underworld and wed to a mysterious corpse bride, while his real bride waits bereft in the land of the living.

7.6

MagicScore

#19

Think Like a Man

2012

The balance of power in four couples’ relationships is upset when the women start using the advice in Steve Harvey’s book, Act Like A Lady, Think Like A Man, to get more of what they want from their men. When the men realize that the women have gotten a hold of their relationship “playbook,” they decide that the best defense is a good offense and come up with a plan to use this information to their advantage.

6.8

MagicScore

#20

Love Letters

1983

After discovering a box of old love letters sent to her mother by a mysterious stranger, Anna, a young radio deejay, begins a torrid affair with a married man. Burning attraction brings them together, but the reality does not come close to the passion expressed in the letters.

5.5

MagicScore

Frequently asked

What are the best movies like How to Make an American Quilt?

The top films similar to How to Make an American Quilt by MovieMagicScore are Four Weddings and a Funeral (6.8), Bread and Tulips (7.1), The Red Thread (6.7). Each shares drama/romance themes and is ranked by real viewer ratings, not critics or studios.

Is How to Make an American Quilt worth watching?

How to Make an American Quilt holds a MovieMagicScore of 6.4/10 from 189 viewer ratings.

What kind of movie is How to Make an American Quilt?

How to Make an American Quilt (1995) is a drama, romance film directed by Jocelyn Moorhouse, starring Winona Ryder, Anne Bancroft, Ellen Burstyn.

Where can I find more recommendations like How to Make an American Quilt?

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About movies like How to Make an American Quilt

This ranked list pairs How to Make an American Quilt (1995), a drama and romance film from Jocelyn Moorhouse, with similar titles by genre, theme and cast overlap (fans of Winona Ryder take note). Unlike critic-driven sites, every position here is ordered by MovieMagicScore — a rating built only from real viewers, with no studio marketing or paid placement. Scores update as more people rate, so the list stays current.

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