SimilarScreen
Portrait of Jennie

Portrait of Jennie

The screen's most romantic team!

19487.21h 26m

Overview

A mysterious girl inspires a struggling artist.

Directed by William Dieterle
Written by Robert Nathan, Leonardo Bercovici, Peter Berneis
Produced by David O. Selznick
0

Top Cast

Jennifer Jones

Jennifer Jones

Jennie Appleton

Joseph Cotten

Joseph Cotten

Eben Adams

Ethel Barrymore

Ethel Barrymore

Miss Spinney

Lillian Gish

Lillian Gish

Mother Mary of Mercy

Cecil Kellaway

Cecil Kellaway

Matthews

David Wayne

David Wayne

Gus O'Toole

Florence Bates

Florence Bates

Mrs. Jekes

Albert Sharpe

Albert Sharpe

Moore

Henry Hull

Henry Hull

Eke

Felix Bressart

Felix Bressart

Pete

Themes & Keywords

artistcape codmysterious womanart dealerghost storystruggling artistportrait paintingmysterious girlpainter as artistart gallery owner

About Portrait of Jennie

Portrait of Jennie is a drama, romance, fantasy, mystery film released in 1948 exploring themes of artist, cape cod, mysterious woman, art dealer, ghost story, struggling artist. Directed by William Dieterle, it stars Jennifer Jones, Joseph Cotten, Ethel Barrymore. A mysterious girl inspires a struggling artist.

Movies Similar to Portrait of Jennie

Discover titles like Portrait of Jennie — ranked by similarity and community votes

We found 15 movies similar to Portrait of Jennie

If you enjoyed Portrait of Jennie, you'll love these handpicked recommendations. Each title below shares similar themes, tone, and storytelling style. Our algorithm analyzes genres, keywords, director filmography, and cast connections to find the closest matches. Whether you're looking for the same emotional depth, narrative structure, or visual style, these picks are curated to deliver the best viewing experience for fans of Portrait of Jennie.

Daisy Kenyon
27% Match

Daisy Kenyon is a Manhattan commercial artist having an affair with an arrogant and overbearing but successful lawyer and family man named Dan O'Mara. Daisy meets a single man, a war veteran named Peter Lapham, and after a brief and hesitant courtship decides to marry him, although she is still in love with Dan.

Where the Crawdads Sing
23% Match

Abandoned by her family, Kya raises herself all alone in the marshes outside of her small town. When her former boyfriend is found dead, Kya is instantly branded by the local townspeople and law enforcement as the prime suspect for his murder.

P.S.
21% Match

P.S.(2004)

Movie5.6/10

Louise, an unfulfilled divorced woman with regrets, gets the chance to relive her past when she meets a young man who bears an uncanny resemblance, in name and appearance, to her high school sweetheart who died many years before.

The Last Vermeer
21% Match

A soldier and member of the Dutch resistance investigates stolen art in the wake of the Second World War, including a Vermeer sold to the Nazis by a flamboyant forger.

New York Stories
20% Match

Three tales of love, ambition, and neurosis unfold in the city that never sleeps. In "Life Lessons" (Martin Scorsese), a tormented painter channels heartbreak into his art. In "Life Without Zoë" (Francis Ford Coppola), a precocious 12-year-old navigates privilege and loneliness in a Manhattan hotel. And in "Oedipus Wrecks" (Woody Allen), a man’s domineering mother literally becomes a looming presence over New York.

Candy
20% Match

Candy(2006)

Movie7.1/10

A poet falls in love with an art student, who gravitates to his bohemian lifestyle — and his love of heroin. Hooked as much on one another as they are on the drug, their relationship alternates between states of oblivion, self-destruction, and despair.

Me Before You
20% Match

Lou Clark, a directionless 26-year-old from the English countryside, takes a job at the local castle as a caregiver and companion to a wealthy young banker, Will Traynor. Wheelchair-bound from an accident two years prior, the once adventurous Will has all but given up — that is until Lou determines to show him that life is worth living.

A Ghost Story
19% Match

Recently deceased, a white-sheeted ghost returns to his suburban home to console his bereft wife, only to find that in his spectral state he has become unstuck in time, forced to watch passively as the life he knew and the woman he loves slowly slip away.