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A Letter to Three Wives

Movies Like A Letter to Three Wives (1949)

A Letter to Three Wives is a 1949 drama, mystery, romance film from Joseph L. Mankiewicz with a MovieMagicScore of 7.2/10. Here are 20 similar films, ranked by real viewer ratings — starting with Walkabout and Bait.

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Walkabout

1971

Under the pretense of having a picnic, a geologist takes his teenage daughter and 6-year-old son into the Australian outback and attempts to shoot them. When he fails, he turns the gun on himself, and the two city-bred children must contend with harsh wilderness alone. They are saved by a chance encounter with an Aboriginal boy who shows them how to survive, and in the process underscores the disharmony between nature and modern life.

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Bait

2019

Martin Ward is a cove fisherman, without a boat. His brother Steven has repurposed their father’s vessel as a tourist tripper, driving a wedge between the brothers. With their childhood home now a getaway for London money, Martin is displaced to the estate above the picturesque harbour. As his struggle to restore the family to their traditional place creates increasing friction with tourists and locals alike, a tragedy at the heart of the family changes his world.

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Tokyo Story

1953

The elderly Shukishi and his wife, Tomi, take the long journey from their small seaside village to visit their adult children in Tokyo. Their elder son, Koichi, a doctor, and their daughter, Shige, a hairdresser, don't have much time to spend with their aged parents, and so it falls to Noriko, the widow of their younger son who was killed in the war, to keep her in-laws company.

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The Sense of an Ending

2017

A man becomes haunted by his past and is presented with a mysterious legacy that causes him to re-think his current situation in life.

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The Moustache

2005

One day, on a whim, Marc decides to shave off the moustache he's worn all of his adult life. He waits patiently for his wife's reaction, but neither she nor his friends seem to notice. Stranger still, when he finally tells them, they all insist he never had a moustache. Is Marc going mad? Is he the victim of some elaborate conspiracy? Or has something in the world's order gone terribly awry?

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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.

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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.

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Return to Silent Hill

2026

When James receives a mysterious letter from his lost love Mary, he is drawn to Silent Hill—a once-familiar town now consumed by darkness. As he searches for her, James faces monstrous creatures and unravels a terrifying truth that will push him to the edge of his sanity.

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The Man from London

2008

A switchman at a seaside railway witnesses a murder but does not report it after he finds a suitcase full of money at the scene of the crime.

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Rebel in the Rye

2017

The life of celebrated but reclusive author J.D. Salinger, who gained worldwide fame with the publication of his novel The Catcher in the Rye.

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Their Eyes Were Watching God

2005

A drama set in the 1920s, where free-spirited Janie Crawford's search for happiness leads her through several different marriages, challenging the morals of her small town. Based on the novel by Zora Neale Hurston.

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The Night of the Hunter

1955

In Depression-era West Virginia, a serial-killing preacher hunts two young children who know the whereabouts of a stash of money.

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The Deep Blue Sea

2011

The wife of a British Judge is caught in a self-destructive love affair with a Royal Air Force pilot.

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Marketa Lazarová

1967

Mikolás and his brother Adam end up with a young German hostage of noble blood during a robbery. While their clan prepares for the wrath of the German king, Mikolás is sent to pressure his neighbor Lazar into a defense pact. Persuasion fails and he abducts Lazar's daughter Marketa on the eve of her initiation as a nun in an act of vengeance.

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The Lost Weekend

1945

Don Birnam, a long-time alcoholic, has been sober for ten days and appears to be over the worst... but his craving has just become more insidious. Evading a country weekend planned by his brother and girlfriend, he begins a four-day bender that just might be his last - one way or another.

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The Manxman

1929

A fisherman and a rising lawyer who grew up together as brothers fall in love with the same woman.

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Café Society

2016

The story of a young man who arrives in Hollywood during the 1930s hoping to work in the film industry, falls in love, and finds himself swept up in the vibrant café society that defined the spirit of the age.

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The Last Five Years

2014

In New York, a struggling actress and a successful writer sing about their failed marriage from two perspectives.

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Gabrielle

2005

Wealthy but arrogant writer Jean Hervey comes home one day to find that his wife, Gabrielle, has left him for another man. Realizing her mistake, Gabrielle returns, and the pair begin a merciless analysis of their marriage as the relationship comes undone.

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The King's Speech

2010

The King's Speech tells the story of the man who became King George VI, the father of Queen Elizabeth II. After his brother abdicates, George ('Bertie') reluctantly assumes the throne. Plagued by a dreaded stutter and considered unfit to be king, Bertie engages the help of an unorthodox speech therapist named Lionel Logue. Through a set of unexpected techniques, and as a result of an unlikely friendship, Bertie is able to find his voice and boldly lead the country into war.

Frequently asked

What are the best movies like A Letter to Three Wives?

The top films similar to A Letter to Three Wives by MovieMagicScore are Walkabout (7.3), Bait (7.0), Tokyo Story (8.1). Each shares drama/mystery/romance themes and is ranked by real viewer ratings, not critics or studios.

Is A Letter to Three Wives worth watching?

A Letter to Three Wives holds a MovieMagicScore of 7.2/10 from 165 viewer ratings, putting it among the better-reviewed titles in its genre.

What kind of movie is A Letter to Three Wives?

A Letter to Three Wives (1949) is a drama, mystery, romance film directed by Joseph L. Mankiewicz, starring Ann Sothern, Linda Darnell, Jeanne Crain.

Where can I find more recommendations like A Letter to Three Wives?

Browse the full ranked list above, or explore more drama recommendations on MovieMagicScore, where every list is ordered by genuine viewer ratings.

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About movies like A Letter to Three Wives

This ranked list pairs A Letter to Three Wives (1949), a drama and mystery and romance film from Joseph L. Mankiewicz, with similar titles by genre, theme and cast overlap (fans of Ann Sothern 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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