Movies Like The Third Way of Love
If you liked The Third Way of Love (2015), a romance and drama movie directed by John H. Lee, 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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Prozac Nation (2003)
★ 6.4/10Also drama and romanceWhen talented young writer Elizabeth Wurtzel earns a scholarship to Harvard, she sees it as her chance to escape the pressures of her working-class background and concentrate on her true talent. But what starts out so…
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Time Is Up (2021)
★ 6.5/10Also romance and dramaVivien, an accomplished student with a passion for physics, and Roy, a troubled young man, are involved in an accident that forces them to reclaim their lives one minute at the time.
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Lan Yu (2001)
★ 7.2/10Also drama and romanceA love story between a country boy in Beijing to study and a wealthy businessman set against the backdrop of the 1989 Tiananmen Square incident.
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The Golden Lotus: Love and Desire (1991)
★ 6.6/10Also drama and romanceA corrupt local official, Xi Men Qing, who lusts after women and money, pursues his brother's young wife, Lee Ping Er. Ping finds Men attractive, and under her drunken husband's nose, she and Men work their way through…
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Petulia (1968)
★ 6/10Also drama and romanceDr. Archie Bollen is having a midlife crisis. He's just divorced his wife and is establishing a new life for himself. One night, he catches the eye of Petulia Danner, a charming, free-spirited young woman. Petulia's…
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Newness (2017)
★ 6.1/10Also romance and dramaIn contemporary Los Angeles, two millennials navigating a social media–driven hookup culture begin a relationship that pushes both emotional and physical boundaries.
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The Golden Lotus (1974)
★ 7/10Also romance and dramaGolden Lotus is based, in part, on Jin Ping Mei, a famous erotic novel of ancient China. Li Han-Hsiang adapted part of the story into this film, which starts with Hsi Men Ching, a successful merchant, wooing Pan Chin…
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Monday (2021)
★ 6.5/10Also drama and romanceA spark on a Friday can lead to a sizzling weekend fling, but what happens when you get to the inevitable Monday?
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Summer Palace (2007)
★ 7.4/10Also drama and romanceYu Hong leaves her home village and starts university in Beijing, where she develops a consuming and compulsive relationship with another student. The student riots from 1989 then ensue and take a toll on their lives.
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Afterglow (1997)
★ 5.9/10Also drama and romanceLucky Mann is a builder equally handy at repairs and seduction. The latest housewife to succumb to his charms is Marianne, unhappily married to corporate exec Jeffrey. When Jeffrey becomes enraptured by Lucky’s wife…
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Unfaithful (2002)
★ 6.7/10Also drama and romanceA New York suburban couple's marriage goes dangerously awry when the wife indulges in an adulterous fling.
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Original Sin (2001)
★ 6.2/10Also drama and romanceA 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.
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London (2005)
★ 6/10Also drama and romanceLondon is a drug laden adventure that centers on a party in a New York loft where a young man is trying to win back his ex-girlfriend.
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Asylum (2005)
★ 6.1/10Also drama and romanceA woman becomes very curious about one of her psychiatrist husband's inmates, a man who was found guilty in the murder and disfigurement of his former wife.
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Jungle Fever (1991)
★ 6.4/10Also drama and romanceA successful and married black man contemplates having an affair with a white girl from work. He's quite rightly worried that the racial difference would make an already taboo relationship even worse.
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The Duke of Burgundy (2015)
★ 6.3/10Also drama and romanceDay 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…
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Fifty Shades Freed (2018)
★ 6.7/10Also drama and romanceBelieving 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…
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To Write Love on Her Arms (2015)
★ 6.7/10Also dramaThe story follows 19-year-old Renee who has always loved fairy tales: the idea of a princess, a hero and a happily ever after. But Renee’s life is that of a darker tale: she’s a young woman battling addiction…
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Requiem for a Dream (2000)
★ 8/10Also dramaThe drug-induced utopias of four Coney Island residents are shattered when their addictions run deep.
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The River (1997)
★ 6.8/10Also drama and romanceA young man develops severe neck pain after swimming in a polluted river for a movie shoot, but nobody can provide him any relief.