Movies or books similar in plot to Camille and Moulin Rouge?

Answer 1

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You'll find tragic romance in these, most of them period films:

*Dragonwyck

*Nana (1934)

*Barry Lyndon

*Forever Amber

Queen Christina

*Portrait of Jennie

*Jane Eyre (1944)

The Heiress (1949)

*Gone With the Wind

That Hamilton Woman

*The Portrait of a Lady

*Madame Bovary (1949)

*Wuthering Heights (1939)

Anne of the Thousand Days

The Strange Woman (1946)

*Anna Karenina~various versions

Wide Sargasso Sea (1993)~prequel to "Jane Eyre", in which we see Edward Rochester's first marriage// Beware! It has some explicit scenes.

Also, you might enjoy "The Thorn Birds" (TV miniseries), which has rather a tortured love story and a sweeping story.

Movies marked with an asterisk (*) are based on excellent novels.

Answer 2

Chicago , Down With Love , Romeo And Juliet , Rent , Strictly Ballroom , Phantom Of The Opera , Across The Universe , Shakespeare In Love , Big Fish , Cold Mountain , O Fantasma Da Ópera , A Life Less Ordinary , Atonement , Marie Antoinette , El Diario De Noa , The Painted Veil , Billy Elliot , Pesadilla Antes De Navidad , The Others , Angels In America , Sleepy Hollow , Cabaret , Hairspray , Evita , Cruel Intentions , A Little Princess , Newsies , Velvet Goldmine , Brokeback Mountain