Movies Like In the White City (1983)

In the White City is a 1983 drama, romance film from Alain Tanner with a MovieMagicScore of 6.9/10. Here are 20 similar films, ranked by real viewer ratings — starting with Recollections of the Yellow House and Inside Llewyn Davis.

Drama Romance

Recollections of the Yellow House

1989

Lisbon, 1989. A middle-aged poor man, tormented by an illness, lives in a cheap room in a family boarding house, in the old section of the city's waterfront.

8.2

MagicScore

Inside Llewyn Davis

2013

In Greenwich Village in the early 1960s, gifted but volatile folk musician Llewyn Davis struggles with money, relationships, and his uncertain future.

7.2

MagicScore

Morituri

1965

A German living in India during World War II is blackmailed by the English to impersonate an SS officer on board a cargo ship leaving Japan for Germany carrying a large supply of rubber for tyres. His mission is to disable the scuttling charges so the captain cannot sink the ship if they are stopped by English warships.

6.8

MagicScore

The Soft Skin

1964

Pierre Lachenay is a well-known publisher and lecturer, married to Franca and father of Sabine. He starts a love affair with air hostess Nicole, which Pierre is hiding, but he cannot stay away from her.

7.1

MagicScore

Johnny Angel

1945

George Raft plays a sailor who sets out to solve his father's mysterious death.

5.9

MagicScore

Blood Alley

1955

An American Merchant Marine captain, rescued from a Chinese Communist jail by local villagers, is "shanghaied" into transporting the entire village to Hong Kong on an ancient paddle steamer.

5.9

MagicScore

Tabu

2012

Lisbon, Portugal, 2010. Pilar, a pious woman devoted to social causes, maintains a peculiar relationship with her neighbor Aurora, a temperamental old woman obsessed with gambling who lives tormented by a mysterious past.

7.0

MagicScore

After Everything

2023

Besieged by writer’s block and the crushing breakup with Tessa, Hardin travels to Portugal in search of a woman he wronged in the past – and to find himself. Hoping to win back Tessa, he realizes he needs to change his ways before he can make the ultimate commitment.

6.9

MagicScore

The Glass Menagerie

1950

An aging Southern Belle makes life horrible for her ambitious son and crippled daughter because of her dreams of what life should be.

5.6

MagicScore

#10

The Russia House

1990

Barley Scott Blair, a Lisbon-based editor of Russian literature who unexpectedly begins working for British intelligence, is commissioned to investigate the purposes of Dante, a dissident scientist trapped in the decaying Soviet Union that is crumbling under the new open-minded policies.

6.1

MagicScore

#11

Brooklyn

2015

In 1950s Ireland and New York, young Eilis Lacey has to choose between two men and two countries.

7.3

MagicScore

#12

Sadie McKee

1934

A maid has romances with a two-timer, a boozing millionaire and the master of the house.

6.9

MagicScore

#13

The L-Shaped Room

1962

Jane is young, French, pregnant and unmarried. Bucking convention, she is uninterested in settling with her baby's father or getting an abortion. After renting a room in a dingy London boarding house, Jane befriends the odd group of inhabitants and starts an affair with one boarder, Toby. As Jane's pregnancy threatens her new relationship, and the reality of single motherhood approaches, she is forced to decide what to do about both her baby and her budding romance.

6.8

MagicScore

#14

The Lonely Passion of Judith Hearne

1987

A penniless middle-aged spinster scrapes by giving piano lessons in the Dublin of the 1950s. She makes a sad last bid for love with a fellow resident of her rundown boarding house, who imagines she has the money to bankroll the business he hopes to open.

6.5

MagicScore

#15

Tiger Bay

1959

In Tiger Bay, the docklands of Cardiff, rough-and-tumble street urchin Gillie witnesses the brutal killing of a young woman at the hands of visiting Polish sailor Korchinsky. Instead of reporting the crime to the authorities, Gillie merely pockets a prize for herself — Korchinsky's shiny black revolver — and flees the scene. When Detective Graham discovers that Gillie has the murder weapon, the fiery young girl weaves a web of lies to throw him off course.

7.2

MagicScore

#16

Poor Things

2023

Brought back to life by an unorthodox scientist, a young woman runs off with a lawyer on a whirlwind adventure across the continents. Free from the prejudices of her times, she grows steadfast in her purpose to stand for equality and liberation.

7.7

MagicScore

#17

The Wreck of the Mary Deare

1959

A disgraced merchant marine officer elects to stay aboard his sinking cargo ship in order to prove the vessel was deliberately scuttled and, as a result, vindicate his good name.

6.3

MagicScore

#18

The Lion from Estrela

1947

Anastácio lives in Lisbon and is fanatic for Sporting CP, one of the city's football teams. When the team travels to face Porto, he follows it with the family, staying in house of his friend, Mr. Barata, pretending to be rich.

7.2

MagicScore

#19

Lisbon Story

1994

Wim Wenders' homage to Lisbon and films. A sound engineer obtains a mysterious postcard from a friend who at the moment is filming a film in Lisbon. He sets out across Europe to find him and help him.

7.1

MagicScore

#20

The Green Years

1963

Nineteen-year-old Julio heads to Lisbon from the provinces and gets a job as a shoemaker for his uncle Raul. But when he meets Ilda, a confident young housemaid who becomes a regular shop visitor, his working-class values collide with the bourgeois trappings of modern life.

7.0

MagicScore

Frequently asked

What are the best movies like In the White City?

The top films similar to In the White City by MovieMagicScore are Recollections of the Yellow House (8.2), Inside Llewyn Davis (7.2), Morituri (6.8). Each shares drama/romance themes and is ranked by real viewer ratings, not critics or studios.

Is In the White City worth watching?

In the White City holds a MovieMagicScore of 6.9/10 from 38 viewer ratings.

What kind of movie is In the White City?

In the White City (1983) is a drama, romance film directed by Alain Tanner, starring Bruno Ganz, Teresa Madruga, Julia Vonderlinn.

Where can I find more recommendations like In the White City?

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About movies like In the White City

This ranked list pairs In the White City (1983), a drama and romance film from Alain Tanner, with similar titles by genre, theme and cast overlap (fans of Bruno Ganz 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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