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Movies Like Sex and Consequences

If you liked Sex and Consequences (2006), a drama and thriller movie directed by Michael Valverde, 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. 1Unfaithful

    Unfaithful (2002)

    ★ 6.7/10Also thriller and drama

    A New York suburban couple's marriage goes dangerously awry when the wife indulges in an adulterous fling.

  2. 2Adulterers

    Adulterers (2016)

    ★ 6.2/10Also thriller and drama

    On a steamy New Orleans afternoon, Sam Deuprey decides to surprise his beautiful wife, Ashley, for their anniversary and comes home early. But Ashley is not alone in the bedroom. She and her lover, Damien are about to…

  3. 3Deep Water

    Deep Water (2022)

    ★ 5.8/10Also drama and thriller

    A well-to-do husband who allows his wife to have affairs in order to avoid a divorce becomes a prime suspect in the disappearance of her lovers.

  4. 4The Burning Plain

    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…

  5. 5Addicted

    Addicted (2014)

    ★ 5.9/10Also drama and thriller

    A gallerist risks her family and flourishing career when she enters into an affair with a talented painter and slowly loses control of her life.

  6. 6Butterfly on a Wheel

    Butterfly on a Wheel (2007)

    ★ 6.5/10Also drama and thriller

    A sociopathic kidnapper methodically pushes a desperate pair of parents to their absolute breaking point.

  7. 7Breathless

    Breathless (1983)

    ★ 5.9/10Also romance and drama

    Jesse, a small-time criminal, high-tails it to Los Angeles to rendezvous with a French exchange student. Stealing a car and accidentally killing a highway patrolman, he becomes the most wanted fugitive in L.A.

  8. 8In Secret

    In Secret (2014)

    ★ 6.1/10Also drama and thriller

    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…

  9. 9Careful What You Wish For

    Careful What You Wish For (2015)

    ★ 6.1/10Also drama and thriller

    A guy gets more than he bargained for after entering into an affair with the wife of an investment banker. Soon, a suspicious death and substantial life insurance policy embroil him in a scandal.

  10. 10Lonely Hearts

    Lonely Hearts (2006)

    ★ 6.1/10Also drama and thriller

    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.

  11. 11Someone to Watch Over Me

    Someone to Watch Over Me (1987)

    ★ 5.9/10Also drama and romance

    Claire Gregory, an upper class New York personality, witnesses a murder in a luxurious nightclub. Detective Mike Keegan, recently promoted, is assigned to protect her.

  12. 12The Postman Always Rings Twice

    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.

  13. 13Asylum

    Asylum (2005)

    ★ 6.1/10Also drama and thriller

    A woman becomes very curious about one of her psychiatrist husband's inmates, a man who was found guilty in the murder and disfigurement of his former wife.

  14. 14Crime of Passion

    Crime of Passion (1956)

    ★ 6.1/10Also drama and thriller

    Kathy leaves the newspaper business to marry homicide detective Bill, but is frustrated by his lack of ambition and the banality of life in the suburbs. Her drive to advance Bill's career soon takes her down a…

  15. 15A Walk on the Moon

    A Walk on the Moon (1999)

    ★ 6.1/10Also drama and romance

    The world of a young housewife is turned upside down when she has an affair with a free-spirited blouse salesman.

  16. 16A Perfect Murder

    A Perfect Murder (1998)

    ★ 6.6/10Also thriller and drama

    Millionaire industrialist Steven Taylor is a man who has everything but what he craves most: the love and fidelity of his wife. A hugely successful player in the New York financial world, he considers her to be his…

  17. 17Heatwave

    Heatwave (2022)

    ★ 6.2/10Also thriller and drama

    A woman's life takes an unexpected turn when she falls for her boss's wife. She must soon defend herself as she becomes entangled in a web of malice.

  18. 18Attraction

    Attraction (2001)

    ★ 6.9/10Also thriller and romance

    A 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.

  19. 19Blind

    Blind (2017)

    ★ 6.1/10Also drama and romance

    A novelist is blinded in a car crash that killed his wife and several years later rediscovers his passion for life and writing when he embarks on an affair with the neglected wife of an indicted businessman.

  20. 20The Number 23

    The Number 23 (2007)

    ★ 6.4/10Also thriller and drama

    Animal control officer Walter Sparrow becomes obsessed with a novel that he believes was written about him, as more and more similarities between himself and his literary alter ego seem to arise.

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