Top 20 movies like Design for Living
Top 20 Movies like Design for Living
- 1. Becky Sharp
- 2. Sun Above, Death Below
- 3. Death Takes a Holiday
- 4. Dante's Inferno
- 5. Desperate Journey
- 6. Dames
- 7. The Freshman
- 8. Angel
- 9. Mistress America
- 10. Ninotchka
- 11. Baby Face
- 12. Descarrilados
- 13. The Women
- 14. Trouble in Paradise
- 15. The Blue Angel
- 16. Ball of Fire
- 17. The Lady Eve
- 18. How to Marry a Millionaire
- 19. Bernie
- 20. Goliath
1. Becky Sharp
The first feature length film to use three-strip Technicolor film. Adapted from a play that was adapted from William Makepeace Thackeray's book "Vanity Fair", the film looks at the English class system during the Napoleonic Wars era.
It has an average vote of 5.529 on TMDB.
2. Sun Above, Death Below (狙撃)
Suspense drama about an assassin charged with breaking up a gold smuggling ring, and the contract subsequently purchased against him and his employer.
It has an average vote of 6 on TMDB.
3. Death Takes a Holiday
After years of questioning why people fear him, Death takes on human form so he can mingle among the mortals and find an answer. However, events soon spiral out of control as he falls in love with the beautiful young Grazia, the only woman not afraid of him. As he falls in love with her, her father sees him for what he is and begs him to return to his duties. Death must decide whether or not to seek his own happiness or sacrifice it so that Grazia may live.
It has an average vote of 6.3 on TMDB.
4. Dante's Inferno
A carny builds a gambling empire at the expense of his family's wellbeing.
It has an average vote of 6.2 on TMDB.
5. Desperate Journey
During WWII, when an allied bomber is shot down over Germany, the five surviving crew are captured but cleverly escape detention after learning German secret information and knocking out a Nazi major. With the angry major in hot pursuit, aided by military personnel, Gestapo agents and Hitler-loyal citizens, the five wend their way across perilous Germany, intent on reaching the UK with the secrets they have learned.
It has an average vote of 5.9 on TMDB.
6. Dames
A reformer's daughter wins the lead role in a scandalous Broadway show.
It has an average vote of 6.3 on TMDB.
7. The Freshman
Harold Lamb is so excited about going to college that he has been working to earn spending money, practicing college yells, and learning a special way of introducing himself that he saw in a movie. When he arrives at Tate University, he soon becomes the target of practical jokes and ridicule. With the help of his one real friend Peggy, he resolves to make every possible effort to become popular.
It has an average vote of 6.985 on TMDB.
8. Angel
A woman and her husband take separate vacations, and she falls in love with another man.
It has an average vote of 6.806 on TMDB.
9. Mistress America
Tracy, a lonely college freshman in New York, is rescued from her solitude by her soon-to-be stepsister Brooke, an adventurous gal about town who entangles her in alluringly mad schemes.
It has an average vote of 6.546 on TMDB.
10. Ninotchka
A stern Russian woman sent to Paris on official business finds herself attracted to a man who represents everything she is supposed to detest.
It has an average vote of 7.5 on TMDB.
11. Baby Face
A young woman uses her body and her sexuality to help her climb the social ladder, but soon begins to wonder if her new status will ever bring her happiness.
It has an average vote of 7.28 on TMDB.
12. Descarrilados (Descarrilados)
Three lifelong 40-year-old friends go on a huge Interrail tour to honor their recently deceased friend.
It has an average vote of 5.6 on TMDB.
13. The Women
A happily married woman lets her catty friends talk her into divorce when her husband strays.
It has an average vote of 7.045 on TMDB.
14. Trouble in Paradise
Thief Gaston Monescu and pickpocket Lily are partners in crime and love. Working for perfume company executive Mariette Colet, the two crooks decide to combine their criminal talents to rob their employer. Under the alias of Monsieur Laval, Gaston uses his position as Mariette's personal secretary to become closer to her. However, he takes things too far when he actually falls in love with Mariette, and has to choose between her and Lily.
It has an average vote of 7.436 on TMDB.
15. The Blue Angel (Der blaue Engel)
Prim professor Immanuel Rath finds some of his students ogling racy photos of cabaret performer Lola Lola and visits a local club, The Blue Angel, in an attempt to catch them there. Seeing Lola perform, the teacher is filled with lust, eventually resigning his position at the school to marry the young woman. However, his marriage to a coquette -- whose job is to entice men -- proves to be more difficult than Rath imagined.
It has an average vote of 7.33 on TMDB.
16. Ball of Fire
A group of academics have spent years shut up in a house working on the definitive encyclopedia. When one of them discovers that his entry on slang is hopelessly outdated, he ventures into the wide world to learn about the evolving language. Here he meets Sugarpuss O’Shea, a nightclub singer, who’s on top of all the slang—and, it just so happens, needs a place to stay.
It has an average vote of 7.372 on TMDB.
17. The Lady Eve
It's no accident when wealthy Charles falls for Jean. Jean is a con artist with her sights set on Charles' fortune. Matters complicate when Jean starts falling for her mark. When Charles suspects Jean is a gold digger, he dumps her. Jean, fixated on revenge and still pining for the millionaire, devises a plan to get back in Charles' life. With love and payback on her mind, she re-introduces herself to Charles, this time as an aristocrat named Lady Eve Sidwich.
It has an average vote of 7.2 on TMDB.
18. How to Marry a Millionaire
Three women set out to find eligible millionaires to marry, but find true love in the process.
It has an average vote of 6.787 on TMDB.
19. Bernie
In small-town Texas, affable and popular mortician Bernie Tiede strikes up a friendship with Marjorie Nugent, a wealthy widow well known for her sour attitude. When she becomes controlling and abusive, Bernie goes to great lengths to remove himself from her grasp.
It has an average vote of 6.593 on TMDB.
20. Goliath (Goliath)
Patrick is a tenacious lawyer specializing in environmental law. France is a schoolteacher who becomes an activist after her husband develops cancer from exposure to a pesticide. Mathias is an ambitious lobbyist working for an international chemical corporation. The paths of these characters collide as the lives of thousands are affected by a tragic act that sparks a powerful movement while the corporation fights to prevent the truth from being revealed.
It has an average vote of 6.9 on TMDB.
