Movies Like Wild, Young & Trans
If you liked Wild, Young & Trans (2023), a romance movie, 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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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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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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True Romance (1993)
★ 7.5/10Also romanceClarence 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.
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Better Than Chocolate (1999)
★ 6/10Also romanceNot long after moving into her own place, Maggie finds herself with two unsolicited roommates: her recently divorced mother, Lila, and her young brother. The timing is especially bad, considering Maggie has fallen hard…
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The Square Circle (1996)
★ 4.8/10Also romanceAn abducted and sexually abused girl has her traditional views towards sexuality changed after finding refuge and kindness with a trans woman.
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Bye Bye Love (1974)
★ 6.7/10Also romanceTwo young people undertake a doomed summer road trip through Japan, which in turn reflects on the dissipating promise of 1960s counterculture and free love.
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Mapa de la geografía emocional (2024)
Also romanceA reflection on love and identity with detours towards magical realism, which winks at the oral tradition of coastal populations and introduces us to Leo, a young 21-year-old sailor who revisits his relationship with…
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Johanne Sacreblu (2025)
★ 6.5/10Also romanceMexico's response to the French film Emilia Pérez. The real life of French people in a musical made by people in Mexico. It tells the epic tale of baguettes, croissants, stinky cheese, and the difficulties of not…
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Water Drops on Burning Rocks (2000)
★ 6.4/10Also romanceIn 1970s Germany, Léopold, a 50-year-old businessman, picks up and seduces 20-year-old Franz, who swiftly moves into his apartment. The dynamic between them intensifies with the sudden arrival of their ex-girlfriends.
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Shortbus (2006)
★ 6.2/10Also romanceIn post-9/11 New York City, an eclectic group of citizens find their lives entangled, personally, romantically, and sexually, at Shortbus, an underground Brooklyn salon infamous for its blend of art, music, politics…
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Nobody's Perfect (1981)
★ 5.5/10Also romanceGuerrino, a prematurely widowed businessman, falls in love with Chantal, a former paratrooper in the German army who changed sex a few years earlier.
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Blood Lust (2022)
Also romanceA starving vampire seeks a new path forward after swearing off human blood. They are approached by another of their kind who hands them a map, pointing them in the direction of a witch in the woods who resides over a…
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It Gets Better (2012)
★ 3.7/10Also romanceThree intersecting stories of transgender romance explore the boundaries of love, culture and identity across three generations.
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Valves
Also romanceVerony, a young dancer, accompanies her partner, Marte, a photographer, through his gender transition. Together, they embark on a road trip to the northern coast of Peru, where they spend New Year's Eve with Marte's…
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Under My Skin (2020)
★ 5.1/10Also romanceDenny, a free spirit and artist falls for Ryan, a straight laced lawyer. When Denny questions gender their love is tested.
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Different for Girls (1997)
★ 7.1/10Also romancePaul and Kim meet when their vehicles collide. Paul is fascinated with the attractive Kim. It turns out that the two were childhood friends in Catholic boys' school, but back then, before the operation, Kim was named…
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Them (2023)
Also romanceA grieving husband struggles to come to terms with his wife's passing. Following a night-time visit to her grave, he picks up a transgender sex worker.
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Temporal Fate (2022)
Also romanceA time traveling trans woman turns back time to save the woman she spent the night with from death.
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In the Room (2015)
★ 4.6/10Also romanceThis sensitive and sensual film draws together several narratives spanning several decades, all of them transpiring in the same room of the same Singaporean hotel — and all of them involving sex.
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That's Hentaitainment! Ijo Sex Daizenshu (1991)
★ 3.7/10Also romanceThree sketches each from a different director: (1) a dancer who is attracted to lesbians; (2) a call girl who is accosted by a cruel man; (3) a male transvestite - the hentai of the title - exposed at a sunny place.