Movies like City Lights (1931)

Name: City Lights
Released: 1931

10 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 69%

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

Once (2007)

Fit 64%

Shares Drama and Romance with City Lights.

A vacuum repairman moonlights as a street musician and hopes for his big break. One day a Czech immigrant, who earns a living selling flowers, approaches him with the news that she is also an aspiring singer-songwriter. The pair decide to collaborate, and the songs that they compose reflect the story of their blossoming love.
3

Magnificent Obsession (1954)

Fit 52%

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 52%

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

At First Sight (1999)

Fit 47%

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.
6

Me Before You (2016)

Fit 46%

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.
7

Twelfth Night (1996)

Fit 45%

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Shakespeare's comedy of gender confusion, in which a girl disguises herself as a man to be near the count she adores, only to be pursued by the woman he loves.
8

Return to Me (2000)

Fit 41%

Shares Romance and Comedy with City Lights.

It took a lot of persuading to get Bob, a recently widowed architect, to go on a blind date at a quirky Irish-Italian eatery. Once there, he’s instantly smitten, not with his date, but with the sharp-witted waitress. Everything seems to be going great until an unbelievable truth is revealed, one that could easily break both of their hearts for good.
9

Hiroshima Mon Amour (1959)

Fit 40%

Shares Drama and Romance with City Lights.

The deep conversation between a Japanese architect and a French actress forms the basis of this celebrated French film, considered one of the vanguard productions of the French New Wave. Set in Hiroshima after the end of World War II, the couple -- lovers turned friends -- recount, over many hours, previous romances and life experiences. The two intertwine their stories about the past with pondering the devastation wrought by the atomic bomb dropped on the city.
10

Sometimes I Think About Dying (2024)

Fit 39%

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.