Movies Like Boys in the Water
If you liked Boys in the Water (2023), a romance movie directed by Pawel Thomas Larue, 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.
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Four Lovers (2010)
★ 5.9/10Also romanceMutual attraction leads two married couples to swap bedtime partners.
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The Matchmaker's Playbook (2018)
★ 7.1/10Also romanceAfter a career-ending accident, former NFL recruit Ian Hunter is back on campus, and he's putting his extensive skills with women to work as one of the masterminds behind a successful and secretive dating service. But…
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X (2011)
★ 6.4/10Also romanceA 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.
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Every Day (2018)
★ 7.2/10Also romance16-year old Rhiannon falls in love with a mysterious spirit named “A” that inhabits a different body every day. Feeling an unmatched connection, Rhiannon and “A” work each day to find each other, not knowing what the…
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The Hot Spot (1990)
★ 6.3/10Also romanceUpon arriving to a small town, a drifter quickly gets into trouble with the local authorities — and the local women — after he robs a bank.
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Eating Out 2: Sloppy Seconds (2006)
★ 6.1/10Also romanceHow far would you go to get the person of your dreams? With the help of Gwen and Tiffani, Kyle pretends to be heterosexual in order to land Troy, the new guy (and nude model) who's turning the heads of both men and…
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Angèle and Tony (2011)
★ 6.2/10Also romanceAngèle, a beautiful young woman with a past, arrives in a small fishing harbor in Normandy. She meets Tony, a professional fisherman, who finds himself attracted to her although he dislikes her blunt ways. Tony hires…
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Attraction (2001)
★ 6.9/10Also romanceA writer/radio advice show host fails to heed his own advice as he stalks his ex-girlfriend and then becomes involved with an actress friend of hers.
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Escobar: Paradise Lost (2014)
★ 6.3/10Also romanceFor Pablo Escobar family is everything. When young surfer Nick falls for Escobar's niece, Maria, he finds his life on the line when he's pulled into the dangerous world of the family business.
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Henry & June (1990)
★ 6.1/10Also romanceWhile traveling in Paris, author Henry Miller and his wife, June, meet Anais Nin, and sexual sparks fly as Nin starts an affair with the openly bisexual June. When June is forced to return to the U.S., she gives Nin…
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Night Train to Lisbon (2013)
★ 6.5/10Also romanceRaimund Gregorius, having saved a beautiful Portuguese woman from leaping to her death, stumbles upon a mesmerizing book by a Portuguese author, which compels him to suddenly abandon the boring life he has led for…
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Safe Haven (2013)
★ 7.2/10Also romanceA young woman with a mysterious past lands in Southport, North Carolina where her bond with a widower forces her to confront the dark secret that haunts her.
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Max and the Junkmen (1971)
★ 7.1/10Also romanceA detective decides to go undercover and set up a group of robbers, but he may be getting too caught up in the task at hand.
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Shuffle (2012)
★ 6.4/10Also romanceLovell Milo is a man who begins experiencing his life out of order; every day he wakes up at a different age, on a different day of his life, never knowing where or when he’s going to be once he falls asleep. He’s…
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Prince Charming (2001)
★ 6.9/10Also romanceAfter an extramarital indiscretion, a fairy-tale prince and his sidekick are turned into frogs for all eternity or until the prince can convince a maiden to kiss and then marry him.
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Gay Purr-ee (1962)
★ 6.6/10Also romanceMewsette is a starry-eyed cat who grows weary of life on a French farm and heads for the excitement of 1890s Paris. Her tomcat suitor, Jaune-Tom, and his furry cohort, Robespierre, chase after Mewsette, but she's…
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Angelique and the King (1966)
★ 6.5/10Also romanceSoon after her latest husband death, the King himself (Louis XIV) meets with our heroine and begs her to help convince the Persian Ambassador to agree to a treaty. However, what they didn't realize was that the…
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Christmas in Evergreen: Tidings of Joy (2019)
★ 6.8/10Also romanceA skeptical writer shows up in Evergreen to get the scoop on the town's famed passion for Christmas during a search for a long-lost time capsule.
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Angélique (2013)
★ 6.5/10Also romanceThe incredible destiny of Angélique: a beautiful girl who found in her love for Joffrey Peyrac the strength to fight injustice and submission in a century plagued by power struggles, inequality and the oppression.
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Gabriel's Rapture: Part I (2021)
★ 7.8/10Also romanceIn the fourth instalment of the Gabriel's Inferno series, Professor Gabriel Emerson has embarked on a passionate, yet clandestine affair with his former student Julia Mitchell, but when they return from their romantic…