Movies Like Breathless

If you liked Breathless (1983), a romance and drama movie directed by Jim McBride, here are 20 movies with a similar feel, based on TMDB's recommendations. Each one links to its cast, trailer and where it's streaming.

1
True Romance (1993)
★ 7.5/10Also action and romance
Clarence marries hooker Alabama, steals cocaine from her pimp, and tries to sell it in Hollywood, while the owners of the coke try to reclaim it.
2
X (2011)
★ 6.4/10Also action and romance
A veteran call girl and a runaway prostitute witness a murder which sends them on an out-of-control roller coaster ride through the twilight zone of sex-for-sale.
3
Breakdown (1997)
★ 7/10Also action and drama
On their cross-country drive, a married couple, Jeff and Amy Taylor, experience car trouble after their SUV breaks down. Stranded in the New Mexico desert, the two catch a break when a passing truck driver offers Amy a…
4
In Secret (2014)
★ 6.1/10Also drama and romance
In 1860s Paris, a young woman, Therese, is trapped in a loveless marriage to the sickly Camille by her domineering aunt, Madame Raquin. She spends her days behind the counter of a small shop and her evenings watching…
5
Newness (2017)
★ 6.1/10Also romance and drama
In contemporary Los Angeles, two millennials navigating a social media–driven hookup culture begin a relationship that pushes both emotional and physical boundaries.
6
The Way of the Gun (2000)
★ 6.4/10Also action and drama
Two criminal drifters without sympathy get more than they bargained for after kidnapping and holding for ransom the surrogate mother of a powerful and shady man.
7
The Postman Always Rings Twice (1981)
★ 6.5/10Also romance and drama
The sensuous wife of a lunch wagon proprietor and a rootless drifter begin a sordidly steamy affair and conspire to murder her Greek husband.
8
Unfaithful (2002)
★ 6.7/10Also drama and romance
A New York suburban couple's marriage goes dangerously awry when the wife indulges in an adulterous fling.
9
Lolita (1997)
★ 7.1/10Also drama and romance
Humbert Humbert is a middle-aged British novelist who is both appalled by and attracted to the vulgarity of American culture. When he comes to stay at the boarding house run by Charlotte Haze, he soon becomes obsessed…
10
Dead Man Down (2013)
★ 6.2/10Also action and drama
In New York City, a crime lord's right-hand man is seduced by a woman seeking retribution.
11
The Gauntlet (1977)
★ 6.5/10Also drama and action
Phoenix cop Ben Shockley is well on his way to becoming a derelict when he is assigned to transport a witness from Las Vegas. The witness turns out to be a belligerent prostitute with mob ties—and incriminating…
12
Vice Squad (1982)
★ 6.2/10Also drama and action
An unlikely Hollywood hooker helps a detective set a trap for a mutilator pimp.
13
Revenge (1990)
★ 6.5/10Also romance and drama
Michael ‘Jay’ Cochran has just left the Navy after 12 years and he's not quite sure what he's going to do, except that he knows he wants a holiday. He decides to visit Tiburon Mendez, a powerful but shady Mexican…
14
The Burning Plain (2008)
★ 6.6/10Also drama and romance
A trailer is burning in the middle of a plain. The bodies of two adulterous lovers are found. Scenes from both families, before and after the dramatic events, suggest an unusual connection between them. But what is…
15
Intimacy (2001)
★ 6.2/10Also romance and drama
Failed musician Jay abandoned his family and now earns a living as head bartender in a trendy London pub. Every Wednesday afternoon, a woman comes to his house for graphic, almost wordless, sex. One day, Jay follows…
16
Lonely Hearts (2006)
★ 6.1/10Also drama and romance
In the late 1940s, a murderous couple known as the 'The Lonely Hearts Killers' kills close to a dozen people. Two detectives try to nab the duo who find their targets via the personals in the paper.
17
The Rookie (1990)
★ 5.9/10Also action and drama
Veteran cop Nick Pulovski is used to playing musical partners; many of the partners he's had in the past have died on the job, and often as a result of Nick's risky tactics. But the rookie who's been assigned to help…
18
The Enforcer (2022)
★ 7/10Also action and drama
A noir thriller set in Miami, the film follows an enforcer who discovers his femme fatale boss has branched out into cyber sex trafficking, putting a young runaway he’s befriended at risk. He sacrifices everything to…
19
Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia (1974)
★ 7.1/10Also action and drama
An American bartender and his prostitute girlfriend go on a road trip through the Mexican underworld to collect a $1 million bounty on the head of a dead gigolo.
20
Good Luck to You, Leo Grande (2022)
★ 7/10Also romance and drama
Nancy Stokes, a retired schoolteacher, is pretty sure she has never had good sex. Now that her husband has died, she is determined to take a tour of sexual vistas that until now she has only imagined. She even has a…