Movies Like Diary of a Sex Addict
If you liked Diary of a Sex Addict (2001), a drama movie directed by Joseph Brutsman, 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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Addicted (2014)
★ 5.9/10Also dramaA gallerist risks her family and flourishing career when she enters into an affair with a talented painter and slowly loses control of her life.
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Shame (2011)
★ 6.9/10Also dramaBrandon, a thirty-something man living in New York, eludes intimacy with women but feeds his deepest desires with a compulsive addiction to sex. When his younger sister temporarily moves into his apartment, stirring up…
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Heatwave (2022)
★ 6.2/10Also dramaA woman's life takes an unexpected turn when she falls for her boss's wife. She must soon defend herself as she becomes entangled in a web of malice.
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Butterfly on a Wheel (2007)
★ 6.5/10Also dramaA sociopathic kidnapper methodically pushes a desperate pair of parents to their absolute breaking point.
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Auto Focus (2002)
★ 6.4/10Also dramaA successful TV star during the 1960s, former "Hogan's Heroes" actor Bob Crane projects a wholesome family-man image, but this front masks his persona as a sex addict who records and photographs his many encounters…
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Adulterers (2016)
★ 6.2/10Also dramaOn a steamy New Orleans afternoon, Sam Deuprey decides to surprise his beautiful wife, Ashley, for their anniversary and comes home early. But Ashley is not alone in the bedroom. She and her lover, Damien are about to…
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Faces (1968)
★ 7.1/10Also dramaMiddle-aged suburban husband Richard abruptly tells his wife, Maria, that he wants a divorce. As Richard takes up with a younger woman, Maria enjoys a night on the town with her friends and meets a younger man. As the…
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Careful What You Wish For (2015)
★ 6.1/10Also dramaA guy gets more than he bargained for after entering into an affair with the wife of an investment banker. Soon, a suspicious death and substantial life insurance policy embroil him in a scandal.
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The Fighter (2010)
★ 7.4/10Also dramaBoxer "Irish" Micky Ward's unlikely road to the world light welterweight title. His Rocky-like rise was shepherded by half-brother Dicky, a boxer-turned-trainer who rebounded in life after nearly being KO'd by drugs…
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The Only Living Boy in New York (2017)
★ 6.3/10Also dramaWhen a young man learns that his overbearing father is having an affair, he tries to stop it, only to be seduced by the older woman as well.
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Max (2002)
★ 6.2/10Also dramaIn 1918, a young, disillusioned Adolf Hitler strikes up a friendship with a Jewish art dealer while weighing a life of passion for art vs. talent at politics
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American Beauty (1999)
★ 8/10Also dramaLester Burnham, a depressed suburban father in a mid-life crisis, decides to turn his hectic life around after developing an infatuation with his daughter's attractive friend.
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Fatale (2020)
★ 6/10Also dramaAfter a wild one-night stand, successful sports agent Derrick Tyler watches his perfect life slowly disappear when he discovers the sexy and mysterious woman he risked everything for is determined police detective…
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The Killing (1956)
★ 7.6/10Also dramaCareer criminal Johnny Clay recruits a sharpshooter, a crooked police officer, a bartender and a betting teller named George, among others, for one last job before he goes straight and gets married. But when George…
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What Doesn't Kill You (2008)
★ 6/10Also dramaTwo childhood friends from South Boston turn to crime as a way to get by, ultimately causing a strain in their personal lives and their friendship.
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Bound (1996)
★ 7.2/10Also dramaCorky, a tough female ex-convict working on an apartment renovation in a Chicago building, meets a couple living next door, Caesar, a paranoid mobster, and Violet, his seductive girlfriend, who is immediately attracted…
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One Hour Photo (2002)
★ 6.7/10Also dramaSy Parrish has lovingly developed photographs for the Yorkin family since their son was a baby. But as the Yorkins' lives become fuller, Sy's only seems lonelier, until he eventually convinces himself he's part of…
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A Thousand and One (2023)
★ 6.6/10Also dramaStruggling but unapologetically living on her own terms, Inez is moving from shelter to shelter in mid-1990s New York City. With her 6-year-old son Terry in foster care and unable to leave him again, she kidnaps him so…
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From Straight A's to XXX (2017)
★ 5.9/10Also dramaWhen a change of circumstances leaves Miriam unable to pay her college tuition, she makes a surprising decision: to start performing in adult films, using the pseudonym Belle Knox. Miriam lies to her family and her…
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The Skeleton Twins (2014)
★ 6.6/10Also dramaEstranged twins Maggie and Milo coincidentally cheat death on the same day, prompting them to reunite and confront the reasons their lives went so wrong. As the twins' reunion reinvigorates them, they realize the key…