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Movies Like The Chameleon

If you liked The Chameleon (1989), a drama and fantasy movie directed by John Leslie, 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. 1Crimes 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…

  2. 2Addicted

    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.

  3. 3Enter the Void

    Enter the Void (2010)

    ★ 7.3/10Also fantasy and drama

    This psychedelic tour of life after death is seen entirely from the point of view of Oscar, a young American drug dealer and addict living in Tokyo with his prostitute sister, Linda. When Oscar is killed by police…

  4. 4Convict

    Convict (2014)

    ★ 6.5/10Also drama

    Set in the dark and old Parramatta prison built by the original convicts our lead character Ray a war veteran finds himself serving 18 months for manslaughter after defending his fiance. He soon realizes that the…

  5. 5The Witcher: Nightmare of the Wolf

    The Witcher: Nightmare of the Wolf (2021)

    ★ 7.4/10Also fantasy

    Escaping from poverty to become a witcher, Vesemir slays monsters for coin and glory, but when a new menace rises, he must face the demons of his past.

  6. 6Nymphomaniac: 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.

  7. 7Pimp

    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…

  8. 8Trafficked

    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…

  9. 9Shadow Master

    Shadow Master (2022)

    ★ 6.7/10Also fantasy

    After being slain by a group of criminals, a man is reborn with animal-like superpowers and makes it his mission to right the wrongs of his city.

  10. 10Jawbone

    Jawbone (2017)

    ★ 6.1/10Also drama

    A former youth boxing champion, Jimmy McCabe is a man in search of hope but looking in all the wrong places. When he hits rock bottom he turns to his childhood boxing club and the only family he has left: gym owner…

  11. 11Crash

    Crash (1996)

    ★ 6.5/10Also drama

    A car crash victim inexplicably finds himself aroused by car accidents and becomes involved with an underground subculture of like-minded souls.

  12. 12Lockdown

    Lockdown (2000)

    ★ 6.1/10Also drama

    Avery (Jones) returns to college as a competitive swimmer after getting his life back on track. But his life takes another unexpected turn when he and his two friends (Bonds, Casseus) are wrongly accused of murder and…

  13. 13Strawberry Mansion

    Strawberry Mansion (2021)

    ★ 6.7/10Also fantasy

    In the not-too-distant future, an all-seeing surveillance state conducts “dream audits” to collect taxes on the unconscious lives of the populace. Mild-mannered government agent James Preble travels to a remote…

  14. 14Martha Marcy May Marlene

    Martha Marcy May Marlene (2011)

    ★ 6.6/10Also drama

    After several years of living with a cult, Martha finally escapes and calls her estranged sister, Lucy, for help. Martha finds herself at the quiet Connecticut home Lucy shares with her new husband, Ted, but the…

  15. 15Requiem for a Dream

    Requiem for a Dream (2000)

    ★ 8/10Also drama

    The drug-induced utopias of four Coney Island residents are shattered when their addictions run deep.

  16. 16Fight Club

    Fight Club (1999)

    ★ 8.4/10Also drama

    A ticking-time-bomb insomniac and a slippery soap salesman channel primal male aggression into a shocking new form of therapy. Their concept catches on, with underground "fight clubs" forming in every town, until an…

  17. 17Cleveland 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.

  18. 18The 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.

  19. 19Walking Tall: Lone Justice

    Walking Tall: Lone Justice (2007)

    ★ 5.8/10Also drama

    In Dallas, witnesses against a drug-lord are murdered in a safe-house.The testimony of FBI agents becomes the only chance to keep him in prison. They are lodged in another safe-house, but the place is invaded and the…

  20. 20Trainspotting

    Trainspotting (1996)

    ★ 8/10Also drama

    Heroin addict Mark Renton stumbles through bad ideas and sobriety attempts with his unreliable friends --Sick Boy, Begbie, Spud and Tommy. He also has an underage girlfriend, Diane, along for the ride. After cleaning…

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