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Movies Like The Trip

If you liked The Trip (2002), a drama and romance movie directed by Miles Swain, 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. 1Dallas Buyers Club

    Dallas Buyers Club (2013)

    ★ 7.9/10Also drama

    Loosely based on the true-life tale of Ron Woodroof, a drug-taking, women-loving, homophobic man who in 1986 was diagnosed with HIV/AIDS and given thirty days to live.

  2. 2Where the Truth Lies

    Where the Truth Lies (2005)

    ★ 6.2/10Also drama

    An ambitious reporter probes the reasons behind the sudden split of a 1950s comedy team.

  3. 3The Normal Heart

    The Normal Heart (2014)

    ★ 7.7/10Also drama

    The story of the onset of the HIV-AIDS crisis in New York City in the early 1980s, taking an unflinching look at the nation's sexual politics as gay activists and their allies in the medical community fight to expose…

  4. 4A Very Natural Thing

    A Very Natural Thing (1974)

    ★ 7.1/10Also drama and romance

    When David, an ex-monk still in his twenties meets Mark, he falls hard; soon he's asked Mark if they can live together. Things go well for awhile, and then differences in their definition of "commitment" begin to push…

  5. 5The Promise

    The Promise (2016)

    ★ 6.8/10Also romance and drama

    Set during the last days of the Ottoman Empire, a love triangle develops between Mikael, a brilliant medical student, the beautiful and sophisticated artist Ana, and Chris, a renowned American journalist based in Paris.

  6. 6The Doors

    The Doors (1991)

    ★ 7.1/10Also drama

    The story of the famous and influential 1960s rock band and its lead singer and composer, Jim Morrison.

  7. 7Gia

    Gia (1998)

    ★ 7.1/10Also romance and drama

    Gia Carangi meteorically rises to modeling fame in the late 1970s but becomes overconsumed by persistent loneliness and drug addiction.

  8. 8Rocketman

    Rocketman (2019)

    ★ 7.3/10Also drama

    The story of Elton John's life, from his years as a prodigy at the Royal Academy of Music through his influential and enduring musical partnership with Bernie Taupin.

  9. 9House of Boys

    House of Boys (2009)

    ★ 6.2/10Also drama and romance

    It is 1984. Frank is a determined English teenager who runs away from high school to find an alternative gay lifestyle in Amsterdam. He finds a home and a job at the "House of Boys", a bar-cum-brothel run by a strict…

  10. 10The Living End

    The Living End (1992)

    ★ 6.7/10Also drama and romance

    Two HIV-positive young men — a semi-employed film critic and a hot hustler — tear off on a cross-country crime spree.

  11. 11If These Walls Could Talk 2

    If These Walls Could Talk 2 (2000)

    ★ 6.5/10Also romance and drama

    The stories of three lesbian couples -- who live in the same house at different periods of time -- who are at a crossroads in their lives. In 1961, Edith loses her lover, Abby, to a stroke. Linda and Amy struggle with…

  12. 12My Policeman

    My Policeman (2022)

    ★ 7.5/10Also drama and romance

    In the late 1990s, the arrival of elderly invalid Patrick into Marion and Tom’s home triggers the exploration of seismic events from 40 years previous: the passionate relationship between Tom and Patrick at a time when…

  13. 13High Art

    High Art (1998)

    ★ 6.2/10Also drama and romance

    When Syd, a young editor at an influential art magazine, becomes involved with her neighbor, a drug-addicted lesbian photographer, both seek to exploit each other for their respective careers while slowly falling in…

  14. 14Permanent Midnight

    Permanent Midnight (1998)

    ★ 5.9/10Also drama

    Juggling increasing career success and a growing heroin habit, a television comedy writer attempts to go down a path of improvement.

  15. 15Behind the Candelabra

    Behind the Candelabra (2013)

    ★ 6.6/10Also drama and romance

    Based on the autobiographical novel, the tempestuous 6-year relationship between Liberace and his (much younger) lover, Scott Thorson, is recounted.

  16. 16A Home at the End of the World

    A Home at the End of the World (2004)

    ★ 6.4/10Also drama and romance

    Three friends form a bond over the year, Johnathan is gay, Clare is straight and Bobby is neither, instead he loves the people he loves. As their lives go on there is tension and tears which culminate in a strong yet…

  17. 17Sunday Bloody Sunday

    Sunday Bloody Sunday (1971)

    ★ 6.5/10Also drama

    Recently divorced career woman Alex Greville begins a romantic relationship with glamorous mod artist Bob Elkin, fully aware that he's also intimately involved with middle-aged doctor Daniel Hirsh. For both Alex and…

  18. 18Maurice

    Maurice (1987)

    ★ 7.6/10Also drama and romance

    After his lover rejects him, Maurice attempts to come to terms with his sexuality within the restrictiveness of Edwardian society.

  19. 19The Edge of Love

    The Edge of Love (2008)

    ★ 6.2/10Also drama and romance

    When the Welsh poet Dylan Thomas and his flirtatious wife Caitlin sweep into war-torn London, the last thing they expect is to bump into Dylan's childhood sweetheart Vera. Despite her joy at seeing Dylan after so many…

  20. 20A Love Song

    A Love Song (2022)

    ★ 6.6/10Also drama and romance

    Two childhood sweethearts, now both widowed, share a night by a lake in the mountains.

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