15 Movies Like Romance of Ida

Loved Romance of Ida? Based on its unique Cinema DNA—including its pacing, themes, and emotional tone—we've curated the ultimate list of what you should watch next.

Pearl Harbor
#1

Pearl Harbor

The lifelong friendship between Rafe McCawley and Danny Walker is put to the ultimate test when the two ace fighter pilots become entangled in a love triangle with beautiful Naval nurse Evelyn Johnson. But the rivalry between the friends-turned-foes is immediately put on hold when they find themselves at the center of Japan's devastating attack on Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7, 1941.

💡Why it's a match: A highly-rated genre match based on the viewing habits of people who liked Romance of Ida.

Stars of Eger
#2

Stars of Eger

This romantic and grandiose historical film depicts the era of the constant incursions and heroic battles fought by the defenders of the castle of Eger, led by captain István Dobó, against the heavy odds of superior numbers through the lives and love of Bornemissza Gergely and Cecey Éva. Gergely is inaugurated as a fighter already at the age of 7, when he escapes the captivity of the half-eyed Turk, Jumurdzsak, with Vica and the war-booty. In thirty years' time he becomes the first assistant of captain Dobó and the brain of the castle in the defence of Eger.

💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to Romance of Ida.

Moscow Square
#3

Moscow Square

1989 is an important year in the political history of Hungary. However, Petya and his friends couldn't care less. They are about to graduate high school. The only important things to them are the parties, girls, making some easy cash. And of course, passing the upcoming exam with the leaked questions.

💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to Romance of Ida.

Halfway Home
#4

Halfway Home

People say the true love lasts longer than life, but they don't mean it, and they are right: love ends when life does, except if it isn't.

💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to Romance of Ida.

On Body and Soul
#5

On Body and Soul

Two introverted people find out by pure chance that they share the same dream every night. They are puzzled, incredulous, a bit frightened. As they hesitantly accept this strange coincidence, they try to recreate in broad daylight what happens in their dream.

💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to Romance of Ida.

Curtiz
#6

Curtiz

Hollywood, 1942. The US government pressures Hungarian-born film director Michael Curtiz, who is about to finish shooting Casablanca, to accentuate the film's propaganda message in order to sway public opinion in favor of the country's intervention in the European war.

💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to Romance of Ida.

Gone Running
#7

Gone Running

After the death of her husband, a mother decides to fulfill his last wish and runs the marathon in relays with her daughters. A small problem is that none of them are physically and mentally prepared for running. Furthermore, the relatives and friends are also unexpectedly affected by the women's seemingly impossible challenge.

💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to Romance of Ida.

Children of Glory
#8

Children of Glory

During the ill-fated Hungarian revolution of 1956, Karcsi Szabo, star player on the water polo team, is torn between his love for a revolutionary student and his training for the Melbourne Olympics.

💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to Romance of Ida.

Macbeth
#9

Macbeth

Consistent of only two long shots, three witches predict that Macbeth will ascend to the throne of Scotland. To fulfill this prophecy, Lady Macbeth convinces her husband to murder King Duncan, who has come to spend the night at their home. This crime plunges the new ruler into a macabre spiral that will lead him to sink into guilt and madness.

💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to Romance of Ida.

The Conquest
#10

The Conquest

Filmed in commemoration of Hungary's 1100th anniversary and on the sites of the actual events, a cast of thousands authentically recreates the 896 AD arrival of the Magyar chief Arpad (Nero) and his seven tribes into the Carpathian basin from the steppes.

💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to Romance of Ida.

Royal Matchmaker
#11

Royal Matchmaker

A struggling NYC matchmaker is hired by a king to find his son a suitable wife in time for a national celebration. As the clock ticks towards her deadline, the matchmaker finds him the perfect wife -- only to realize that she’s fallen in love with him!

💡Why it's a match: A highly-rated genre match based on the viewing habits of people who liked Romance of Ida.

The Dream Car
#12

The Dream Car

János is a 35 years old, rich, succesful single man, who plans to go on a long vacation with his brand new car, but he happens to fall in love at first sight…

💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to Romance of Ida.

Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen
#13

Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen

A film where anything can happen - the hero and the heroine changes their faces, age, look, names, and so on. The only same thing: The love between man and woman... in an archetypical love story cut from 500 classics from all around the world.

💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to Romance of Ida.

The Scarlet Pimpernel
#14

The Scarlet Pimpernel

During the French Revolution, a mysterious English nobleman known only as The Scarlet Pimpernel (a humble wayside flower), snatches French aristos from the jaws of the guillotine, while posing as the foppish Sir Percy Blakeney in society. Percy falls for and marries the beautiful actress Marguerite St. Just, but she is involved with Chauvelin and Robespierre, and Percy's marriage to her may endanger the Pimpernel's plans to save the little Dauphin

💡Why it's a match: A highly-rated genre match based on the viewing habits of people who liked Romance of Ida.

Eternal Winter
#15

Eternal Winter

The true story of an unlikely romance in a Soviet labor camp.

💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to Romance of Ida.