Movies Like The Dark Side of Penny Pax
If you liked The Dark Side of Penny Pax (2023), a 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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Shortbus (2006)
★ 6.2/10In 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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Orgazmo (1998)
★ 6.1/10A devout Mormon living in L.A. becomes a pornographic actor after his martial arts moves impress a big-time director.
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The Overnight (2015)
★ 5.9/10Alex, Emily, and their son, RJ, are new to Los Angeles. A chance meeting at the park introduces them to the mysterious Kurt, Charlotte, and Max. A family “playdate” becomes increasingly interesting as the night goes on.
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The Little Death (2014)
★ 6.7/10A comedy film that looks into the loosely connected lives of people with strange sexual fantasies.
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Nymphomaniac: Vol. II (2013)
★ 6.7/10The continuation of Joe's sexually dictated life delves into the darker aspects of her adult life and what led to her being in Seligman's care.
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Pimp (2018)
★ 6.2/10An urban love story set on the hard streets of the Bronx. A struggling female pimp, named Wednesday, grows up learning the game from her dad. Once he's gone she's left to look out for her prostitute mother and…
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Below Her Mouth (2017)
★ 6.8/10An unexpected affair quickly escalates into a heart-stopping reality for two women whose passionate connection changes their lives forever.
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Mandingo (1975)
★ 6.6/10Warren Maxwell, the owner of a run-down plantation, pressures his son, Hammond, to marry and produce an heir to inherit the plantation. Hammond settles on his own cousin, Blanche, but purchases a sex slave when he…
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Heavy Traffic (1973)
★ 6.5/10A white dropout struggles to become a cartoonist and filmmaker, drawing inspiration from the harsh, gritty world around him. Still sharing his rundown apartment with his middle-aged parents, an oafish slob of an…
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Pretty Persuasion (2005)
★ 5.9/10A 15-year-old girl incites chaos among her friends and a media frenzy when she accuses her drama teacher of sexual harassment.
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Bordello of Blood (1996)
★ 6/10A seedy private eye gets more than he ever bargained for when a missing persons case leads him to a brothel overseen by the mother of vampires and her lusty army of the undead.
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The Sweet East (2023)
★ 6.5/10A picaresque journey through contemporary America, undertaken by a young woman granted access to the strange sects and cults that proliferate in this country by a series of gatekeepers eager to win her over.
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Al Capone (1959)
★ 6.6/10In this unusually accurate biography, small-time hood Al Capone comes to Chicago at the dawn of Prohibition to be the bodyguard of racketeer Johnny Torrio. Capone's rise in Chicago gangdom is followed through murder…
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Hold the Fort (2025)
★ 6.2/10A HOA turns out to be more troublesome than usual in this wildly amusing, FX-heavy freak-out about newly minted suburbanites unexpectedly forced to take part in a struggle against monstrous forces.
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The Substitute 2: School's Out (1998)
★ 6.5/10When teacher Randall Thomasson is killed during a carjacking, an unexpected visitor shows up at his funeral - his estranged brother, Karl Thomasson. An ex-Green Beret turned mercenary, Karl signs on as a new substitute…
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King Cobra (2016)
★ 5.8/10It’s 2006, YouTube is in its infancy, and internet porn is still behind a paywall. Taking the stage name Brent Corrigan, a fresh-faced, wannabe adult video performer is molded into a star by Stephen, a closeted gay…
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Intimacy (2001)
★ 6.2/10Failed 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…
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Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice (1969)
★ 6.3/10After returning to Los Angeles from a group therapy session, documentary filmmaker Bob Sanders and his wife, Carol, find themselves becoming vigilante couples counselors, offering unsolicited advice to their best…
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Carnal Knowledge (1971)
★ 6.6/10Two lifelong friends navigate complex sexual encounters and emotional entanglements, wrestling with societal norms and personal desires.
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Pink Flamingos (1972)
★ 6.1/10Notorious Baltimore criminal and underground figure Divine goes up against Connie & Raymond Marble, a sleazy married couple who make a passionate attempt to humiliate her and seize her tabloid-given title as "The…