Movies Like The Painted Veil

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

Rasputin and the Empress

1932·2h 1m·★ 6.5·Richard Boleslawski

2 shared crewDir. Richard BoleslawskiDP: William H. Daniels

Love in the Time of Cholera

2007·2h 19m·★ 6.4·Mike Newell

Themes: cholera, extramarital affair, doctorTMDB recommendsDrama & Romance

Men in White

1934·1h 14m·★ 6.3·Richard Boleslawski

Themes: pre-code, extramarital affair, doctorDir. Richard BoleslawskiStarring Jean Hersholt

Grand Hotel

1932·1h 52m·★ 7.3·Edmund Goulding

Both star Greta Garbo & Jean HersholtDP: William H. DanielsDrama & Romance

Susan Lenox (Her Fall and Rise)

1931·1h 16m·★ 6.3·Robert Z. Leonard

Both star Greta Garbo & Jean HersholtDP: William H. DanielsDrama & Romance

Flesh and the Devil

1926·1h 52m·★ 7.6·Clarence Brown

DP: William H. DanielsStarring Greta GarboDrama & Romance

Queen Christina

1934·1h 39m·★ 7.5·Rouben Mamoulian

DP: William H. DanielsStarring Greta GarboRomance & Drama

Anna Karenina

1935·1h 35m·★ 7.0·Clarence Brown

DP: William H. DanielsStarring Greta GarboDrama & Romance

A Woman of Affairs

1928·1h 31m·★ 7.1·Clarence Brown

DP: William H. DanielsStarring Greta GarboDrama & Romance

Romance

1930·1h 16m·★ 5.7·Clarence Brown

DP: William H. DanielsStarring Greta GarboDrama & Romance

The Kiss

1929·1h 2m·★ 6.8·Jacques Feyder

DP: William H. DanielsStarring Greta GarboDrama & Romance

Love

1927·1h 21m·★ 6.8·Edmund Goulding

DP: William H. DanielsStarring Greta GarboDrama & Romance

The Good Earth

1937·2h 19m·★ 7.4·Sidney Franklin

Fans also likedStarring Soo YongDrama & Romance

Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing

1955·1h 42m·★ 6.4·Henry King

Fans also likedStarring Soo YongDrama & Romance

Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon

2000·2h·★ 7.9·Ang Lee

TMDB recommendsDrama & Romance

Stolen Kisses

1968·1h 30m·★ 7.5·François Truffaut

TMDB recommendsDrama & Romance

Lust, Caution

2007·2h 38m·★ 7.5·Ang Lee

Themes: china, extramarital affairDrama & Romance

About a Boy

2002·1h 41m·★ 7.1·Paul Weitz

TMDB recommendsDrama & Romance

To Take A Wife

2004·1h 37m·★ 7.1·Ronit Elkabetz

TMDB recommendsDrama & Romance

Anna Christie

1930·1h 25m·★ 6.9·Jacques Feyder

DP: William H. DanielsStarring Greta Garbo

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