Movies like City Lights (1931)

Name: City Lights
Released: 1931

9 films to watch after City Lights, ranked by how well they match its tone — not just its genre.

A tramp falls in love with a beautiful blind flower girl. His on-and-off friendship with a wealthy man allows him to be the girl's benefactor and suitor.

1

Modern Times (1936)

Fit 71%

Shares Comedy, Drama and Romance with City Lights.

A bumbling tramp desires to build a home with a young woman, yet is thwarted time and time again by his lack of experience and habit of being in the wrong place at the wrong time...
2

Me Before You (2016)

Fit 54%

Shares Drama and Romance with City Lights.

Lou Clark, a directionless 26-year-old from the English countryside, takes a job at the local castle as a caregiver and companion to a wealthy young banker, Will Traynor. Wheelchair-bound from an accident two years prior, the once adventurous Will has all but given up — that is until Lou determines to show him that life is worth living.
3

Magnificent Obsession (1954)

Fit 54%

Shares Drama and Romance with City Lights.

Reckless playboy Bob Merrick crashes his speedboat, requiring emergency attention from the town’s only resuscitator while a local hero, Dr. Phillips, dies waiting for the life-saving device. Merrick then tries to right his wrongs with the doctor’s widow, Helen, falling in love with her in the process.
4

Iris (2001)

Fit 54%

Shares Drama and Romance with City Lights.

True story of the lifelong romance between novelist Iris Murdoch and her husband John Bayley, from their student days through her battle with Alzheimer's disease.
5

Return to Me (2000)

Fit 50%

Shares Romance and Comedy with City Lights.

Dragged out on a blind date a year after his wife's tragic death, grieving architect Bob Rueland finds an unexpected spark not with his date, but with Grace, the sharp-witted waitress at a lively Irish-Italian restaurant. Unbeknownst to Bob, Grace is the recipient of his late wife's donated heart. As they grow closer, their romance offers the promise of healing and the weight of a secret that could tear them apart.
6

At First Sight (1999)

Fit 44%

Shares Drama and Romance with City Lights.

A blind man has an operation to regain his sight at the urging of his girlfriend and must deal with the changes to his life.
7

Sometimes I Think About Dying (2024)

Fit 43%

Shares Drama, Comedy and Romance with City Lights.

Fran likes to think about dying. It brings sensation to her quiet life. When she makes the new guy at work laugh, it leads to more: a date, a slice of pie, a conversation, a spark. The only thing standing in their way is Fran herself.
8

Restless (2011)

Fit 38%

Shares Drama and Romance with City Lights.

Two outsiders, both shaped by the circumstances that have brought them together, forge a deep and lasting love.
9

Other People's Money (1991)

Fit 35%

Shares Comedy, Drama and Romance with City Lights.

When a corporate raider threatens a hostile takeover of a 'mom and pop' company, the patriarch of the company enlists the help of his wife's attractive daughter—who is a lawyer—to stop the takeover. However, the raider soon becomes infatuated with her, and enjoys the legal manoeuvring as he tries to win her heart.