Discover For you Watchlist Search Ask

Loading…

Good stories. Your taste.

This product uses the TMDB API but is not endorsed or certified by TMDB.
Ratings from IMDb. IMDb is a registered trademark of IMDb.com, Inc.

Designed for Sweden · SE · Brand
Streaming availability from JustWatch.

Discover For you Ask Search Watchlist

The Ballad of the Sad Cafe poster

A SIMON CALLOW FILM

The Ballad of the Sad Cafe

19911h 41mPG-13Movie

ComedyDramaMysteryRomance

IMDb5.8/ 10 · 952 votes

A LOVE STORY UNLIKE ANY YOU'VE EVER SEEN.

A small-town eccentric opens a café in her decaying home.

Quirky
Melancholic
Bittersweet
Small town
Period piece
Love

Pace: Measured
Intensity: Mild
Complexity: Some focus

Good for a rainy day and talking about after.

DirectorSimon Callow

FormatFeature film

TMDB5.8 / 10

Seen it?

Sign in to rate. Your honest reactions shape every recommendation.

Where to watch

Not streaming in Sweden right now.

Availability from JustWatch

The people behind the story

Top cast

Vanessa RedgraveMiss Amelia

Keith CarradineMarvin Macy

Cork HubbertCousin Lymon

Rod SteigerRev. Willin

Austin PendletonLawyer Taylor

Beth DixonMary Hale

Lanny FlahertyMerlie Ryan

Mert HatfieldStumpy McPhail

More like this

Close in feeling, tone and story.

The Shop Around the Corner poster

Movie

The Shop Around the Corner

1940IMDb8.0

Once poster

Movie

2007IMDb7.8

The Girl in the Café poster

Movie

The Girl in the Café

2005IMDb7.4

84 Charing Cross Road poster

Movie

84 Charing Cross Road

1987IMDb7.4

Lost in Translation poster

Movie

Lost in Translation

2003IMDb7.7

Stardust Memories poster

Movie

Stardust Memories

1980IMDb7.2

The Purple Rose of Cairo poster

Movie

The Purple Rose of Cairo

1985IMDb7.6

The Romantic Englishwoman poster

Movie

The Romantic Englishwoman

1975IMDb6.1

Alice poster

Movie

1990IMDb6.6

The Song of Lunch poster

Movie

The Song of Lunch

2010IMDb7.3

The Ballad of Wallis Island poster

Movie

The Ballad of Wallis Island

2025IMDb7.4

Little Voice poster

Movie

1998IMDb7.0

The Country Girl poster

Movie

The Country Girl

1954IMDb7.2

The Ballad of Little Jo poster

Movie

The Ballad of Little Jo

1993IMDb6.7

Another Woman poster

Movie

1988IMDb7.2

Hear My Song poster

Movie

1991IMDb7.0

The Bookshop poster

Movie

2017IMDb6.5

Wonderland poster

Movie

1999IMDb7.1

Series with the same feel

A different format. A familiar feeling.

Utopia poster

Series

2013–2014IMDb8.4

Veronica Mars poster

Series

2004–2019IMDb8.3

Inside No. 9 poster

Series

2014–2024IMDb8.5

Lovely Runner poster

Series

2024IMDb8.5

Monk poster

Series

2002–2009IMDb8.1

Widow's Bay poster

Series

2026–IMDb8.1

The White Lotus poster

Series

The White Lotus

2021–IMDb8.0

Healer poster

Series

2014–2015IMDb8.4

Hustle poster

Series

2004–2012IMDb8.2

The Kingdom poster

Series

1994–2022IMDb8.2

Ludwig poster

Series

2024–IMDb8.1

Wonderfalls poster

Series

2004IMDb8.3