Movies Like Shopworn

Ranked by shared directors, cast, themes, genre, and era — not just generic recommendations.

City Girl

1930·1h 28m·★ 7.7·F. W. Murnau

Themes: waitress, pre-codeFans also likedDrama & Romance

Of Human Bondage

1934·1h 23m·★ 7.0·John Cromwell

Themes: waitress, pre-codeFans also likedDrama & Romance

It Happened One Night

1934·1h 45m·★ 8.1·Frank Capra

TMDB recommendsDP: Joseph Walker

The Mating of Millie

1948·1h 27m·★ 7.1·Henry Levin

TMDB recommendsDP: Joseph Walker

Forbidden

1932·1h 25m·★ 6.9·Frank Capra

DP: Joseph WalkerStarring Barbara StanwyckDrama & Romance

Ladies of Leisure

1930·1h 40m·★ 6.7·Frank Capra

DP: Joseph WalkerStarring Barbara StanwyckDrama & Romance

As Good as It Gets

1997·2h 19m·★ 7.7·James L. Brooks

TMDB recommendsDrama & Romance

Meet John Doe

1941·2h 3m·★ 7.6·Frank Capra

Both star Barbara Stanwyck & Regis ToomeyDrama & Romance

42nd Street

1933·1h 29m·★ 7.3·Lloyd Bacon

TMDB recommendsDrama & Romance

Four Weddings and a Funeral

1994·1h 57m·★ 7.1·Mike Newell

TMDB recommendsDrama & Romance

Italian for Beginners

2000·1h 58m·★ 7.0·Lone Scherfig

TMDB recommendsDrama & Romance

This Modern Age

1931·1h 8m·★ 5.7·Nick Grindé

Starring Albert ContiDir. Nick GrindéDrama & Romance

Central Station

1998·1h 51m·★ 8.0·Walter Salles

TMDB recommends

All Quiet on the Western Front

1930·2h 13m·★ 8.1·Lewis Milestone

TMDB recommends

Trouble in Paradise

1932·1h 23m·★ 7.9·Ernst Lubitsch

TMDB recommends

The Blue Angel

1930·1h 48m·★ 7.6·Josef von Sternberg

TMDB recommends

Gentlemen Prefer Blondes

1953·1h 31m·★ 7.1·Howard Hawks

TMDB recommends

The Secret: Dare to Dream

2020·1h 47m·★ 6.6·Andy Tennant

Fans also likedDrama & Romance

Soldier of Orange

1977·2h 28m·★ 7.6·Paul Verhoeven

TMDB recommends

An Autumn Romance

2021·1h 28m·★ 5.6·Bradley Walsh

Fans also likedRomance & Drama

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