Top 20 movies like Design for Living
Top 20 Movies like Design for Living
- 1. The Little Colonel
- 2. Death Takes a Holiday
- 3. One Sunday Afternoon
- 4. Dante's Inferno
- 5. Desperate Journey
- 6. Sun Above, Death Below
- 7. Dames
- 8. Deadlier Than the Male
- 9. The Freshman
- 10. Mistress America
- 11. Baby Face
- 12. The Women
- 13. Ball of Fire
- 14. The Blue Angel
- 15. The 39 Steps
- 16. It Happened One Night
- 17. High Noon
- 18. Leaving Las Vegas
- 19. Double Indemnity
- 20. Easy Rider
1. The Little Colonel
After Southern belle Elizabeth Lloyd runs off to marry Yankee Jack Sherman, her father, a former Confederate colonel during the Civil War, vows to never speak to her again. Several years pass and Elizabeth returns to her home town with her husband and young daughter. The little girl charms her crusty grandfather and tries to patch things up between him and her mother.
It has an average vote of 6.4 on TMDB.
2. 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.
3. One Sunday Afternoon
Middle-aged dentist Biff Grimes reminisces about his unrequited love for beautiful Virginia Brush and her husband Hugo, his ex-friend, who betrayed him.
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. 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.
7. Dames
A reformer's daughter wins the lead role in a scandalous Broadway show.
It has an average vote of 6.3 on TMDB.
8. Deadlier Than the Male
British agent Bulldog Drummond is assigned to stop a master criminal who uses beautiful women to do his killings.
It has an average vote of 5.841 on TMDB.
9. 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 7 on TMDB.
10. 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 6.5 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 7.3 on TMDB.
12. The Women
A happily married woman lets her catty friends talk her into divorce when her husband strays.
It has an average vote of 7.051 on TMDB.
13. 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 7.37 on TMDB.
14. 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 7.331 on TMDB.
15. The 39 Steps
Richard Hanney has a rude awakening when a glamorous female spy falls into his bed - with a knife in her back. Having a bit of trouble explaining it all to Scotland Yard, he heads for the hills of Scotland to try to clear his name by locating the spy ring known as The 39 Steps.
It has an average vote of 7.355 on TMDB.
16. It Happened One Night
A rogue reporter trailing a runaway heiress for a big story joins her on a bus heading from Florida to New York and they end up stuck with each other when the bus leaves them behind at one of the stops along the way.
It has an average vote of 7.83 on TMDB.
17. High Noon
Will Kane, the sheriff of a small town in New Mexico, learns a notorious outlaw he put in jail has been freed, and will be arriving on the noon train. Knowing the outlaw and his gang are coming to kill him, Kane is determined to stand his ground, so he attempts to gather a posse from among the local townspeople.
It has an average vote of 7.677 on TMDB.
18. Leaving Las Vegas
Ben Sanderson, an alcoholic Hollywood screenwriter who lost everything because of his drinking, arrives in Las Vegas to drink himself to death. There, he meets and forms an uneasy friendship and non-interference pact with prostitute Sera.
It has an average vote of 7.265 on TMDB.
19. Double Indemnity
A rich woman and a calculating insurance agent plot to kill her unsuspecting husband after he signs a double indemnity policy. Against a backdrop of distinctly Californian settings, the partners in crime plan the perfect murder to collect the insurance, which pays double if the death is accidental.
It has an average vote of 8.122 on TMDB.
20. Easy Rider
Wyatt and Billy, two Harley-riding hippies, complete a drug deal in Southern California and decide to travel cross-country in search of spiritual truth.
It has an average vote of 7.081 on TMDB.
