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Ranked by tone match
Movies like Modern Times (1936)
5 films to watch after Modern Times, ranked by how well they match its tone — not just its genre.
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...
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City Lights (1931)
Fit 75%Shares Comedy, Drama and Romance with Modern Times.
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.
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2The Circus (1928)
Fit 68%Shares Comedy, Drama and Romance with Modern Times.
Charlie, a wandering tramp, becomes a circus handyman - soon the star of the show - and falls in love with the circus owner's stepdaughter.
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3The Kid (1921)
Fit 65%Shares Comedy and Drama with Modern Times.
A tramp cares for a boy after he's abandoned as a newborn by his mother. Later the mother has a change of heart and aches to be reunited with her son.
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4Bringing Up Baby (1938)
Fit 38%Shares Comedy and Romance with Modern Times.
David Huxley is waiting to get a bone he needs for his museum collection. Through a series of strange circumstances, he meets Susan Vance, and the duo have a series of misadventures which include a leopard called Baby.
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5The Earrings of Madame de... (1953)
Fit 35%Shares Drama and Romance with Modern Times.
In late 19th century France, the Countess Louise, wife of a wealthy general, sells the earrings her husband gave her on their wedding day to pay off her secret debts, then claims to have lost them. Her husband quickly learns of the deceit, which is the beginning of many tragic misunderstandings, all involving the earrings, the general, the countess, and her new lover, the Italian Baron Donati.
