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Movies Like Burning Desires

If you liked Burning Desires (2016), a romance movie, 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)

    ★ 6.1/10Also 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. 4The Manual of Love

    The Manual of Love (2005)

    ★ 5.8/10Also romance

    Four intertwined stories on the joys and sorrows of love.

  5. 5Manual of Love 2

    Manual of Love 2 (2007)

    ★ 5.4/10Also romance

    Paralyzed from a crash, Nicola falls for his physiotherapist Lucia. Franco and Manuela seek fertility treatment in Barcelona. Filippo and Fosco, a gay couple, plan their wedding. Ernesto, a waiter, has an affair with…

  6. 69 Songs

    9 Songs (2004)

    ★ 5.5/10Also romance

    Matt, a young glaciologist, soars across the vast, silent, icebound immensities of the South Pole as he recalls his love affair with Lisa. They meet at a mobbed rock concert in a vast music hall - London's Brixton…

  7. 7L'Ami

    L'Ami (2010)

    ★ 3/10Also romance

    Andreas will soon be twenty. It’s a special moment in which the threads of his life become inextricably entwined into a knot. Entering the adult world and slipping back towards childhood. Studying, football matches…

  8. 8The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: Him

    The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: Him (2014)

    ★ 6.7/10Also romance

    Told from the man's perspective, the story of a couple trying to reclaim the life and love they once knew and pick up the pieces of a past that may be too far gone.

  9. 9Antes de que las flores marchiten

    Antes de que las flores marchiten (2023)

    Also romance

    Sandy and Alejandra are two young women who live together with Lexa, an artist with a multiple personality who is preparing her new exhibition. however, the romance between these two personalities will be in danger…

  10. 10He Took His Skin Off for Me

    He Took His Skin Off for Me (2014)

    ★ 6.2/10Also romance

    A simple, domestic love story about a man who takes his skin off for his girlfriend, and why it probably wasn't the best idea...

  11. 11Carry On Loving

    Carry On Loving (1970)

    ★ 5.7/10Also romance

    The Wedded Bliss computer dating agency aims to bring together the lonely hearts of Much-Snoggin-in-the-Green. Its owner, Sidney Bliss, has enough complications in his own love life, but still produces a pamphlet…

  12. 12Year of the Jellyfish

    Year of the Jellyfish (1984)

    ★ 5.8/10Also romance

    Chris, a sexy teenager who appears mostly bare-breasted on the French Riviera, has a crush on Romain, her mother's lover. In reaction to her inability to attract his attention, she experiments with other risque affairs.

  13. 13People Pleaser: Si Paling Gak Enakan

    People Pleaser: Si Paling Gak Enakan (2026)

    Also romance

    Karina is a young woman who always puts others first and finds it difficult to say "no." This habit leaves her exhausted and causes her to sacrifice her own dreams.

  14. 14Maria Candelaria

    Maria Candelaria (1944)

    ★ 7.3/10Also romance

    A young journalist asks an old artist about the portrait of a naked Indian woman that he has in his study. The artist tells the story of Maria Candelaria, a young Indian woman who was rejected by her own people for…

  15. 15Assalamualaikum Baitullah

    Assalamualaikum Baitullah (2025)

    ★ 5/10Also romance

    Amira, a woman who initially lived happily with the person she loved. However, everything changed when she experienced betrayal and lost someone close to her. Disappointment, devastation, and loneliness made Amira lose…

  16. 16What's Real

    What's Real (2019)

    Also romance

    Two young people in Los Angeles orbit around love while considering if anything in life is real.

  17. 17Us, day and night

    Us, day and night (2020)

    Also romance

    As a young couple living together, Jiyoung works during the day and Woocheol works at night. The only time they can share is the one hour between 7 and 8 in the morning, when Woocheol comes back from work and Jiyoung…

  18. 18Rehearsing Conversations

    Rehearsing Conversations (2026)

    Also romance

    A couple rehearses their argument.

  19. 19Fair Play

    Fair Play (2023)

    ★ 6.4/10Also romance

    An unexpected promotion at a cutthroat hedge fund pushes a young couple's relationship to the brink, threatening to unravel not only their recent engagement but their lives.

  20. 20Quartet

    Quartet (1981)

    ★ 5.8/10Also romance

    When her husband's arrest leaves her penniless, a woman accepts an invitation to move in with a strange couple.

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