Movies Like Awakening to Love

If you liked Awakening to Love (2010), a movie directed by Eddie Powell, 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
The French Lieutenant's Woman (1981)
★ 6.5/10
In this story-within-a-story, Anna is an actress starring opposite Mike in a period piece about the forbidden love between their respective characters, Sarah and Charles. Both actors are involved in serious…
2
Love of Your Life (2026)
★ 6.7/10
After a chance encounter sparks a sweeping romance, Maya's future is suddenly upended, sending her on an unexpected journey to love and live again.
3
Original Sin (2001)
★ 6.2/10
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.
4
Starting Over (1979)
★ 6.4/10
After divorcing his ambitious singer wife, a middle-aged man begins a new relationship with a teacher.
5
The Last Time I Saw Paris (1954)
★ 6.1/10
Reporter Charles Wills, in Paris to cover the end of World War II, falls for the beautiful Helen Ellswirth following a brief flirtation with her sister, Marion. After he and Helen marry, Charles pursues his novelistic…
6
Unfaithful (2002)
★ 6.7/10
A New York suburban couple's marriage goes dangerously awry when the wife indulges in an adulterous fling.
7
The Duke of Burgundy (2015)
★ 6.3/10
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…
8
Below Her Mouth (2017)
★ 6.8/10
An unexpected affair quickly escalates into a heart-stopping reality for two women whose passionate connection changes their lives forever.
9
Monster's Ball (2001)
★ 6.8/10
A prison guard begins a tentative romance with the unsuspecting widow of a man whose execution he presided over.
10
My First Summer (2020)
★ 8/10
Isolated on a remote property, 16-year-old Claudia finds her world transformed when a spirited girl named Grace wanders into her garden.
11
Poor Things (2023)
★ 7.6/10
Brought back to life by an unorthodox scientist, a young woman runs off with a lawyer on a whirlwind adventure across the continents. Free from the prejudices of her times, she grows steadfast in her purpose to stand…
12
The Thing Called Love (1993)
★ 6.1/10
A group of newcomers to the country music business seek love and stardom.
13
Requiem for a Dream (2000)
★ 8/10
The drug-induced utopias of four Coney Island residents are shattered when their addictions run deep.
14
Intimacy (2001)
★ 6.2/10
Failed musician Jay abandoned his family and now earns a living as head bartender in a trendy London pub. Every Wednesday afternoon, a woman comes to his house for graphic, almost wordless, sex. One day, Jay follows…
15
Crash (1996)
★ 6.5/10
A car crash victim inexplicably finds himself aroused by car accidents and becomes involved with an underground subculture of like-minded souls.
16
About Last Night... (1986)
★ 6.1/10
A man and woman meet and try to have a romantic affair, despite their personal problems and the interference of their disapproving friends.
17
Fifty Shades Freed (2018)
★ 6.7/10
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…
18
True Romance (1993)
★ 7.5/10
Clarence marries hooker Alabama, steals cocaine from her pimp, and tries to sell it in Hollywood, while the owners of the coke try to reclaim it.
19
Addicted (2014)
★ 5.9/10
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.
20
10 (1979)
★ 5.8/10
A Hollywood songwriter goes through a mid-life crisis and becomes infatuated with a sexy blonde newlywed.