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Movies Like Private Stories 12: The Towel

If you liked Private Stories 12: The Towel (1996), a movie directed by Freddie Morse and François Clousot, 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. 1Scandalous Sex

    Scandalous Sex (2004)

    ★ 6.9/10

    A daughter seeks to restore the reputation of her disgraced father, a wronged college professor. With help of a professional student, she must overcome an ambitious sorority bitch and corrupt college dean.

  2. 2Pink Narcissus

    Pink Narcissus (1971)

    ★ 6.3/10

    An outrageous erotic poem focusing on the daydreams of a beautiful boy prostitute who, from the seclusion of his ultra-kitsch apartment, conceives a series of interlinked narcissistic fantasies populated by matadors…

  3. 3My Date with Drew

    My Date with Drew (2005)

    ★ 5.9/10

    Ever since the second grade when he first saw her in E.T. The Extraterrestrial, Brian Herzlinger has had a crush on Drew Barrymore. Now, 20 years later he's decided to try to fulfill his lifelong dream by asking her…

  4. 4Life of a King

    Life of a King (2013)

    ★ 7.3/10

    The true story of one man's mission to give inner city kids of Washington DC something he never had - a future. After being incarcerated for eighteen years, Eugene Brown established the Big Chair Chess Club to get kids…

  5. 5Barbarella

    Barbarella (1968)

    ★ 6/10

    In the far future, a highly sexual woman is tasked with finding and stopping the evil Durand-Durand. Along the way she encounters various unusual people.

  6. 6Lovelace

    Lovelace (2013)

    ★ 6/10

    Story of Linda Lovelace, who is used and abused by the porn industry at the behest of her coercive husband, before taking control of her life.

  7. 7The Notorious Bettie Page

    The Notorious Bettie Page (2006)

    ★ 6.3/10

    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…

  8. 8Love in the Afternoon

    Love in the Afternoon (1957)

    ★ 7/10

    A middle-aged playboy becomes fascinated by the daughter of a private detective who has been hired to entrap him with a client's wife.

  9. 9Lone Samurai

    Lone Samurai (2025)

    ★ 6.4/10

    A violent and reckless samurai is shipwrecked on a remote island left without an avenue for his rage. After undertaking a spiritual journey to appease his aggressive thoughts, he finds himself abducted by external…

  10. 10The Babysitters

    The Babysitters (2008)

    ★ 6/10

    Seventeen-year-old Shirley is a good student who works as a babysitter in order to make money for college. One night Michael, a father Shirley works for, confesses he's unhappy with married life. Shirley has a crush on…

  11. 11Zoolander

    Zoolander (2001)

    ★ 6.2/10

    Clear the runway for Derek Zoolander, VH1's three-time male model of the year. His face falls when hippie-chic Hansel scooters in to steal this year's award. The evil fashion guru Mugatu seizes the opportunity to turn…

  12. 12The Girl Next Door

    The Girl Next Door (2004)

    ★ 6.8/10

    Exceptionally ambitious high schooler Matthew has aspirations for a career in politics when he falls in love with his gorgeous 19-year-old neighbor, Danielle. But Matthew's bright future is jeopardized when he finds…

  13. 13Anywhere but Here

    Anywhere but Here (1999)

    ★ 6.1/10

    Single mother Adele August is bad with money, and even worse when it comes to making decisions. Her straight-laced daughter, Ann, is a successful high school student with Ivy League aspirations. When Adele decides to…

  14. 14Bordello of Blood

    Bordello of Blood (1996)

    ★ 6/10

    A 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.

  15. 15The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer

    The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer (1947)

    ★ 6.9/10

    Teenager Susan Turner, with a severe crush on playboy artist Richard Nugent, sneaks into his apartment to model for him and is found there by her sister Judge Margaret Turner. Threatened with jail, Nugent agrees to…

  16. 16Alice in Wonderland

    Alice in Wonderland (1999)

    ★ 6.2/10

    Alice follows a white rabbit down a rabbit-hole into a whimsical Wonderland, where she meets characters like the delightful Cheshire Cat, the clumsy White Knight, a rude caterpillar, and the hot-tempered Queen of…

  17. 17Dirty Sexy Saint

    Dirty Sexy Saint (2019)

    ★ 6.3/10

    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…

  18. 18Don Jon

    Don Jon (2013)

    ★ 6/10

    A New Jersey guy dedicated to his family, friends, and church, develops unrealistic expectations from watching porn and works to find happiness and intimacy with his potential true love.

  19. 19Cover Girl

    Cover Girl (1944)

    ★ 6.4/10

    A nightclub dancer makes it big in modeling, leaving her dancer boyfriend behind.

  20. 20Shanghai Kiss

    Shanghai Kiss (2007)

    ★ 6/10

    Liam Liu unwittingly gets involved with a high school girl. He suddenly has to go to China after learning from his father that he has inherited his grandmother's home in Shanghai. He's not very appreciative of his…

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