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Movies Like From the First Moment

If you liked From the First Moment (2016), a romance movie directed by Stormy Daniels, 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. 1The Hot Spot

    The Hot Spot (1990)

    ★ 6.3/10Also romance

    Upon arriving to a small town, a drifter quickly gets into trouble with the local authorities — and the local women — after he robs a bank.

  2. 2True Romance

    True Romance (1993)

    ★ 7.5/10Also romance

    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.

  3. 3Henry & June

    Henry & June (1990)

    ★ 6/10Also romance

    While traveling in Paris, author Henry Miller and his wife, June, meet Anais Nin, and sexual sparks fly as Nin starts an affair with the openly bisexual June. When June is forced to return to the U.S., she gives Nin…

  4. 4Gun Smoke

    Gun Smoke (1931)

    ★ 6.7/10Also romance

    Following a killing and robbery in a big city back east, gang leader Kedge Darvas and some of his henchies take a train to a small western town in Idaho, with intentions of hiding out there until things cool down back…

  5. 5Brief Encounter

    Brief Encounter (1945)

    ★ 7.7/10Also romance

    Returning home from a shopping trip to a nearby town, bored suburban housewife Laura Jesson is thrown by happenstance into an acquaintance with virtuous doctor Alec Harvey. Their casual friendship soon develops during…

  6. 6The Hi-Lo Country

    The Hi-Lo Country (1998)

    ★ 6/10Also romance

    An intimate story of the enduring bond of friendship between two hard-living men, set against a sweeping backdrop: the American West, post-World War II, in its twilight. Pete and Big Boy are masters of the prairie, but…

  7. 7Try Seventeen

    Try Seventeen (2002)

    ★ 6.2/10Also romance

    Teenager Jones has opted not to go to college and is instead renting a room in a boarding house to work on his writing skills. Soon, Jones finds himself dividing his time between two women: a young actress named Lisa…

  8. 8The Electric Horseman

    The Electric Horseman (1979)

    ★ 6.1/10Also romance

    A former champion rodeo rider is reduced to using his saddle skills to promote a breakfast cereal in a gaudy Las Vegas show. When he's asked to perform with a $12 million horse, he discovers it is being doped to remain…

  9. 98 Seconds

    8 Seconds (1994)

    ★ 7.1/10Also romance

    This film chronicles the life of Lane Frost, 1987 PRCA Bull Riding World Champion, his marriage and his friendships with Tuff Hedeman (three-time World Champion) and Cody Lambert.

  10. 10The Ramen Girl

    The Ramen Girl (2008)

    ★ 6.5/10Also romance

    An American woman is stranded in Tokyo after breaking up with her boyfriend. Searching for direction in life, she trains to be a ramen chef under a tyrannical Japanese master.

  11. 11Lightnin' Crandall

    Lightnin' Crandall (1937)

    ★ 4/10Also romance

    Cowboy with a reputation as the fastest gun in Texas heads to Arizona to leave his past behind, but it keeps catching up to him.

  12. 12Brokeback Mountain

    Brokeback Mountain (2005)

    ★ 7.8/10Also romance

    In 1960s Wyoming, two men develop a strong emotional and sexual relationship that endures as a lifelong connection complicating their lives as they get married and start families of their own.

  13. 13Banana

    Banana (2018)

    ★ 7/10Also romance

    An Asian-Canadian gay man struggles to navigate the online dating scene while concealing feelings for his best friend.

  14. 14The Love Guru

    The Love Guru (2008)

    ★ 4/10Also romance

    Born in America and raised in an Indian ashram, Pitka returns to his native land to seek his fortune as a spiritualist and self-help expert. His skills are put to the test when he must get a brokenhearted hockey…

  15. 15The Big Country

    The Big Country (1958)

    ★ 7.6/10Also romance

    Retired wealthy sea captain Jim McKay arrives in the Old West, where he becomes embroiled in a feud between his future father-in-law, Major Terrill, and the rough and lawless Hannasseys over a valuable patch of land.

  16. 16Bronco Billy

    Bronco Billy (1980)

    ★ 6.3/10Also romance

    An idealistic, modern-day cowboy struggles to keep his Wild West show afloat in the face of hard luck and waning interest.

  17. 17Oklahoma!

    Oklahoma! (1999)

    ★ 6.7/10Also romance

    A dark-themed and redesigned West End production of Rodgers & Hammerstein's seminal Broadway musical tells the story of farm girl Laurey and her courtship by two rival suitors, cowboy Curly and the sinister and…

  18. 18Flame of Barbary Coast

    Flame of Barbary Coast (1945)

    ★ 5.5/10Also romance

    Duke Fergus falls for Ann 'Flaxen' Tarry in the Barbary Coast in turn-of-the-century San Francisco. He loses money to crooked gambler Boss Tito Morell, goes home, learns to gamble, and returns. After he makes a…

  19. 19Before We Go

    Before We Go (2014)

    ★ 6.7/10Also romance

    A chance encounter between two strangers in Grand Central Terminal sparks a life-changing, nighttime sojourn through New York City. They grow into each other's most trusted confidants when an evening of unexpected…

  20. 20Looking for Trouble

    Looking for Trouble (1926)

    ★ 9/10Also romance

    Jack Pepper accidentally fires his gun while forcing a newspaper editor to retract his statement regarding Miss Tulip Hellier, and the sheriff goes after Jack. While hiding out, Jack finds a liquor cache on the Hellier…

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