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Movies Like Lulu

If you liked Lulu (1980), a drama movie directed by Walerian Borowczyk, 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. 1Trafficked

    Trafficked (2017)

    ★ 6.6/10Also drama

    In this story inspired by real characters, three girls from America, Nigeria and India are trafficked through an elaborate global network and enslaved in a Texas brothel, and must together attempt a daring escape to…

  2. 2Pimp

    Pimp (2018)

    ★ 6.2/10Also drama

    An 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…

  3. 3Maelström

    Maelström (2000)

    ★ 6.2/10Also drama

    A young woman's life spirals into chaos after she is involved in a hit-and-run accident. Then she encounters a mysterious man named Evian who offers her an opportunity for redemption. Narrated by a fish.

  4. 4Nymphomaniac: Vol. II

    Nymphomaniac: Vol. II (2013)

    ★ 6.7/10Also drama

    The 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.

  5. 5Crimes of Passion

    Crimes of Passion (1984)

    ★ 6.3/10Also drama

    Fashion designer Joanna Crane leads a double life. By night she is China Blue, a prostitute who's attracted the attention of a sexually frustrated private detective, and a psychopathic priest in possession of a…

  6. 6Another Day

    Another Day (2026)

    ★ 7/10Also drama

    Garance is a young actress, but not a star. She manages everything as best she can, valiant, cheerful, a soldier, and she finds in alcohol an unconditional fuel, a source of comfort. Garance changes her life and begins…

  7. 7The Last Woman

    The Last Woman (1976)

    ★ 6.2/10Also drama

    Psychological drama of the compelling relationship between a young French engineer and the girl he takes into his home after his wife has left him with their baby son.

  8. 8Straw Dogs

    Straw Dogs (2011)

    ★ 5.9/10Also drama

    A young couple moves to a quaint southern town. Soon their perfect getaway turns out to become a living hell when dark secrets and lethal passions spiral out of control.

  9. 9Mammal

    Mammal (2016)

    ★ 6.3/10Also drama

    After Margaret, a divorcée living in Dublin, loses her teenage son, she develops an unorthodox relationship with Joe, a homeless youth. Their tentative trust is threatened by his involvement with a violent gang and the…

  10. 10Shame

    Shame (2011)

    ★ 6.9/10Also drama

    Brandon, a thirty-something man living in New York, eludes intimacy with women but feeds his deepest desires with a compulsive addiction to sex. When his younger sister temporarily moves into his apartment, stirring up…

  11. 11Vivre Sa Vie

    Vivre Sa Vie (1962)

    ★ 7.7/10Also drama

    Twelve episodic tales in the life of a Parisian woman and her slow descent into prostitution.

  12. 12The Chinese Botanist's Daughters

    The Chinese Botanist's Daughters (2006)

    ★ 6.4/10Also drama

    At the house of a famous Chinese botanist teacher his daughter and a female intern fall in love with each other - a forbidden love that must be kept secret.

  13. 13Addicted

    Addicted (2014)

    ★ 5.9/10Also drama

    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.

  14. 14Auto Focus

    Auto Focus (2002)

    ★ 6.4/10Also drama

    A successful TV star during the 1960s, former "Hogan's Heroes" actor Bob Crane projects a wholesome family-man image, but this front masks his persona as a sex addict who records and photographs his many encounters…

  15. 15Coffy

    Coffy (1973)

    ★ 6.6/10Also drama

    After her younger sister gets involved in drugs and is severely injured by contaminated heroin, a nurse sets out on a mission of vengeance and vigilante justice, killing drug dealers, pimps, and mobsters who cross her…

  16. 16Luckiest Girl Alive

    Luckiest Girl Alive (2022)

    ★ 6.5/10Also drama

    A successful woman in New York City finds her life upended when she is forced to confront a dark truth that threatens to unravel her meticulously crafted life.

  17. 17Assassin(s)

    Assassin(s) (1997)

    ★ 6.3/10Also drama

    Old professional killer Wagner seeks someone to teach what he knows as long as he is already dying, and he chooses Max, young and passionless thief to be his successor.

  18. 18Hard Eight

    Hard Eight (1997)

    ★ 6.8/10Also drama

    A stranger mentors a young Reno gambler who weds a hooker and befriends a vulgar casino regular.

  19. 19Extremities

    Extremities (1986)

    ★ 6.2/10Also drama

    A woman escapes from the man who is about to rape her, but leaves her purse behind. Afraid that her attacker might come after her, she goes to the police, but with no proof of the incident, they can do nothing. In…

  20. 20Cleveland Abduction

    Cleveland Abduction (2015)

    ★ 7.3/10Also drama

    A single mother becomes Ariel Castro's first kidnapping victim, and finds herself trapped in his home with two other women for 11 years.

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