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Movies Like Love Exposure

If you liked Love Exposure (2008), a comedy and drama movie directed by Sion Sono, 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. 1Mind Game

    Mind Game (2004)

    ★ 7.5/10Also romance and comedy

    Nishi is a loser who has a crush on his childhood girlfriend. After an encounter with the Japanese mafia, he journeys to heaven and back, and ends up trapped in an even more unlikely place.

  2. 2Recently, My Sister Is Unusual

    Recently, My Sister Is Unusual (2014)

    ★ 6.9/10Also comedy and romance

    Mitsuki and Yuya become stepsister and stepbrother because of their parents' marriage. Mitsuki can't get along with her new family and Yuya doesn't know how to approach his new stepsister. One day, Mitsuki becomes…

  3. 3¿Quieres ser mi hijo?

    ¿Quieres ser mi hijo? (2023)

    ★ 8.4/10Also comedy and romance

    Lu, a conformist woman in her forties, learns that her 15-year partner has been having extramarital affairs. Starting from scratch, she gets involved in an unexpected relationship with a young womanizer.

  4. 4Just One of the Guys

    Just One of the Guys (1985)

    ★ 6.4/10Also comedy and romance

    When Terry Griffith loses her high school's writing competition, she's convinced that it's because she's a girl. So Terry decides to change high schools and pose as a boy to prove her point. Her brother, Buddy, helps…

  5. 5Original Sin

    Original Sin (2001)

    ★ 6.2/10Also drama and romance

    A young man is plunged into a life of subterfuge, deceit and mistaken identity in pursuit of a femme fatale whose heart is never quite within his grasp.

  6. 6Beautiful Disaster

    Beautiful Disaster (2023)

    ★ 6.6/10Also romance and drama

    College freshman Abby tries to distance herself from her dark past while resisting her attraction to bad boy Travis.

  7. 7My Awkward Sexual Adventure

    My Awkward Sexual Adventure (2012)

    ★ 6.7/10Also comedy and romance

    A hyper-repressed and schlubby accountant (Jonas Chernick) strikes a deal with a worldly but disorganized stripper (Emily Hampshire): he'll help her with her crushing debt if she helps him become a better lover.

  8. 8Dirty Sexy Saint

    Dirty Sexy Saint (2019)

    ★ 6.3/10Also romance and drama

    Clay Kincaid hates the nickname 'Saint', he got for being too kind to stray animals and desperate people. Especially when it comes to women. With a rough and damaged past that has left him jaded, he doesn't do…

  9. 9How to Please a Woman

    How to Please a Woman (2022)

    ★ 6.3/10Also romance and comedy

    When her all-male house-cleaning business gets out of control, a mature woman must embrace her own sexuality, if she is to make a new life for herself.

  10. 10Love Potion No. 9

    Love Potion No. 9 (1992)

    ★ 6.2/10Also comedy and romance

    Unlucky in love, chemist Paul Matthews visits gypsy Madame Rosa for help. Quickly realizing he is a hopeless nerd, she gifts him with Love Potion No. 8, which makes anyone who wears it irresistible to the opposite sex…

  11. 11Fifty Shades Darker

    Fifty Shades Darker (2017)

    ★ 6.5/10Also drama and romance

    When a wounded Christian Grey tries to entice a cautious Ana Steele back into his life, she demands a new arrangement before she will give him another chance. As the two begin to build trust and find stability, shadowy…

  12. 12Fifty Shades of Grey

    Fifty Shades of Grey (2015)

    ★ 5.9/10Also drama and romance

    When college senior Anastasia Steele steps in for her sick roommate to interview prominent businessman Christian Grey for their campus paper, little does she realize the path her life will take. Christian, as enigmatic…

  13. 13Secretary

    Secretary (2002)

    ★ 6.8/10Also romance and drama

    A young woman, recently released from a mental hospital, gets a job as a secretary to a demanding lawyer, where their employer-employee relationship turns into a sexual, sadomasochistic one.

  14. 14Fire with Fire

    Fire with Fire (1986)

    ★ 6.2/10Also drama and romance

    A tough, street-smart kid serving a sentence in a state youth reformatory meets a beautiful, innocent girl studying at a nearby convent. When forbidden love blossoms between them, they must fight the prison…

  15. 15The Duke of Burgundy

    The Duke of Burgundy (2015)

    ★ 6.3/10Also drama and romance

    Day in and day out, lovers Cynthia and Evelyn enact an elaborate sadomasochistic fantasy as mistress and maid. But as their ritual of domination and submission begins to turn stale, Cynthia yearns for something more…

  16. 16Fifty Shades Freed

    Fifty Shades Freed (2018)

    ★ 6.7/10Also drama and romance

    Believing they have left behind shadowy figures from their past, newlyweds Christian and Ana fully embrace an inextricable connection and shared life of luxury. But just as she steps into her role as Mrs. Grey and he…

  17. 17The Notorious Bettie Page

    The Notorious Bettie Page (2006)

    ★ 6.3/10Also comedy and drama

    Bettie Page grew up in a conservative religious family in Tennessee and became a photo model sensation in 1950s New York. Bettie's legendary pin-up photos made her the target of a Senate investigation into pornography…

  18. 18Professor Marston and the Wonder Women

    Professor Marston and the Wonder Women (2017)

    ★ 7.2/10Also drama and romance

    The unconventional life of Dr. William Marston, the Harvard psychologist and inventor who helped invent the modern lie detector test and co-created Wonder Woman in 1941.

  19. 19Pillion

    Pillion (2025)

    ★ 6.5/10Also romance and drama

    Colin, a timid man, meets Ray, a confident biker gang leader, who initiates him into a submissive relationship, challenging Colin’s mundane existence and prompting personal growth through their unconventional dynamic.

  20. 2010DANCE

    10DANCE (2025)

    ★ 7.6/10Also romance and drama

    Two dancers, opposites in all but their art, agree to train together for a competition. At first, they clash, but soon become drawn to each other.

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