Melodrama Recommendations
Lately, I've been into weepies, sentimental melodramas about love and family, and all that jazz.
Recommend me the best films like that. |
I can't find a watchable copy for you but my recommendation is
To Each His Own with Olivia de Havilland. An unwed mother, forced to give up her child to avoid scandal, follows her son's life from afar even as she prospers in business. |
Re: Melodrama Recommendations
Thanks! Not 100% what I'm looking for, but I've been eyeing this film for some time now, so I might just as well move it up my watchlist.
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Originally Posted by Mr Minio (Post 2324994)
Lately, I've been into weepies, sentimental melodramas about love and family, and all that jazz.
Recommend me the best films like that. On the serious side, does it have to be a Hollywood film? Can it be a foreign subtitled film? Does it have to be about contemporary life? |
Written on the Wind
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Re: Melodrama Recommendations
Originally Posted by cricket (Post 2325024)
Written on the Wind
Sorry, I hate Sirk.
Originally Posted by PumaMan (Post 2325022)
Can it be a foreign subtitled film?
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Sunrise
Diary of a Lost Girl The Story of the Last Chrysanthemum The Little Foxes Letter from an Unknown Woman Room at the Top They Shoot Horses Don't They? |
@cricket Thanks, but I've literally seen all of them.
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Re: Melodrama Recommendations
I could offer up some fine heart-warming foreign dramas. . .. but they aren't melodramas.
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@PumaMan Go for it!
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Originally Posted by Mr Minio (Post 2325068)
@PumaMan Go for it!
- Dear Frankie (2004 - English language) - Our Little Sister (2015) - Sweet Bean (2015) - Departures (2008) - The Road Home (1999) - Bread and Tulips (2000) |
If you're looking for melodrama, the best place to look is at the resumes of Bette Davis, Joan Crawford, and Katharine Hepburn:
Dark Victory Mildred Pierce Humoresque Undercurrent The Letter Keeper of the Flame Harriet Craig Susan and God The Damned Don't Cry Flamingo Road Now Voyager The Old Maid Old Acquaintance The Star Deception Mr Skeffington Summertime Morning Glory The Best of Everything Autumn Leaves Female on the Beach Daisy Kenyon |
Originally Posted by Mr Minio (Post 2325057)
@cricket Thanks, but I've literally seen all of them.
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I feel like you've already seen everything I could recommend.
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Uhh...
Hard Soap, Hard Soap is a soap opera parody, so I suppose there are melodramatic scenes, just played for comedy. That's all I got. |
Originally Posted by Gideon58 (Post 2325176)
If you're looking for melodrama, the best place to look is at the resumes of Bette Davis, Joan Crawford, and Katharine Hepburn:
Dark Victory Mildred Pierce Humoresque Undercurrent The Letter Keeper of the Flame Harriet Craig Susan and God The Damned Don't Cry Flamingo Road Now Voyager The Old Maid Old Acquaintance The Star Deception Mr Skeffington Summertime Morning Glory The Best of Everything Autumn Leaves Female on the Beach Daisy Kenyon |
Originally Posted by Gideon58 (Post 2325176)
If you're looking for melodrama, the best place to look is at the resumes of Bette Davis, Joan Crawford, and Katharine Hepburn:
Dark Victory Mildred Pierce Humoresque Undercurrent The Letter Keeper of the Flame Harriet Craig Susan and God The Damned Don't Cry Flamingo Road Now Voyager The Old Maid Old Acquaintance The Star Deception Mr Skeffington Summertime Morning Glory The Best of Everything Autumn Leaves Female on the Beach Daisy Kenyon |
Originally Posted by Gideon58 (Post 2325226)
Needless to say, this list is just the tip of the iceberg.
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0055490/ |
Susan Hayward isn't in this movie, but her resume is another one to look at for great melodrama.
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Originally Posted by Gideon58 (Post 2325243)
Susan Hayward isn't in this movie, but her resume is another one to look at for great melodrama.
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