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Movies Like Philia

If you liked Philia (2021), a movie directed by Agostina Scola and Chris Milewski, 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. 1Autumn in New York

    Autumn in New York (2000)

    ★ 6.1/10

    Will Keane, a Manhattan restaurateur, is content with his playboy lifestyle until he meets Charlotte Fielding, a free-spirited young woman. Together the pair pursue a passionate affair that forces them both to…

  2. 2Fifty Shades of Grey

    Fifty Shades of Grey (2015)

    ★ 5.9/10

    When college senior Anastasia Steele steps in for her sick roommate to interview prominent businessman Christian Grey for their campus paper, little does she realize the path her life will take. Christian, as enigmatic…

  3. 3Obsession

    Obsession (2026)

    ★ 8.2/10

    After breaking the mysterious "One Wish Willow" to win his crush's heart, a hopeless romantic finds himself getting exactly what he asked for but soon discovers that some desires come at a dark, sinister price.

  4. 4The Voices

    The Voices (2014)

    ★ 6.3/10

    A mentally unhinged factory worker must decide whether to listen to his talking cat and become a killer, or follow his dog's advice to keep striving for normalcy.

  5. 5Vertigo

    Vertigo (1958)

    ★ 8.1/10

    A retired San Francisco detective suffering from acrophobia investigates the strange activities of an old friend's wife, all the while becoming dangerously obsessed with her.

  6. 6Petals on the Wind

    Petals on the Wind (2014)

    ★ 6.6/10

    This sequel to Flowers in the Attic picks up 10 years after Cathy, Chris and Carrie managed to escape Foxworth Hall.

  7. 7Hallam Foe

    Hallam Foe (2007)

    ★ 6.7/10

    Hallam's talent for spying on people reveals his darkest fears-and his most peculiar desires. Driven to expose the true cause of his mother's death, he instead finds himself searching the rooftops of the city for love.

  8. 8Unfaithful

    Unfaithful (2002)

    ★ 6.7/10

    A New York suburban couple's marriage goes dangerously awry when the wife indulges in an adulterous fling.

  9. 9Malcolm & Marie

    Malcolm & Marie (2021)

    ★ 7/10

    As a filmmaker and his girlfriend return home from his movie premiere, smoldering tensions and painful revelations push them toward a romantic reckoning.

  10. 10Love & Sex

    Love & Sex (2000)

    ★ 6.2/10

    When her rather explicit copy is rejected, magazine journalist Kate is asked by her editor to come up with an article on loving relationships instead, and to do so by the end of the day. This gets Kate thinking back…

  11. 11You Cast A Spell On Me

    You Cast A Spell On Me (2015)

    ★ 6.8/10

    Despite agreeing to an arranged marriage to a childhood friend, a successful businessman tries to track down a beautiful woman that he met at a Halloween party.

  12. 12Original Sin

    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.

  13. 13Peeping Tom

    Peeping Tom (1960)

    ★ 7.4/10

    Loner Mark Lewis works at a film studio during the day and, at night, takes racy photographs of women. Also he's making a documentary on fear, which involves recording the reactions of victims as he murders them. He…

  14. 14Cameraperson

    Cameraperson (2016)

    ★ 6.7/10

    As a visually radical memoir, CAMERAPERSON draws on the remarkable footage that filmmaker Kirsten Johnson has shot and reframes it in ways that illuminate moments and situations that have personally affected her. What…

  15. 15The Duke of Burgundy

    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…

  16. 16Hard to Die

    Hard to Die (1990)

    ★ 6/10

    While doing the inventory for a lingerie outlet in a high rise office building, five attractive women are terrorized by a series of bizarre killings. They suspect that the strange janitor, who witnessed another series…

  17. 17Beau Is Afraid

    Beau Is Afraid (2023)

    ★ 6.7/10

    Following the sudden death of his mother, a mild-mannered but anxiety-ridden man confronts his darkest fears as he embarks on an epic odyssey back home.

  18. 18Hobo with a Shotgun

    Hobo with a Shotgun (2011)

    ★ 5.9/10

    A vigilante homeless man pulls into a new city and finds himself trapped in urban chaos, a city where crime rules and where the city's crime boss reigns. Seeing an urban landscape filled with armed robbers, corrupt…

  19. 19Flow

    Flow (1996)

    ★ 7.7/10

    A filmmaker talks about his work and love life with an unseen friend behind the camera. We also watch four of his short films.

  20. 20Young People Fucking

    Young People Fucking (2007)

    ★ 5.9/10

    On a Tuesday night, five couples have separate sexual adventures. Matt and Kris, friends for years, want to have an only-once, no-strings good time. Abby and Andrew, married, celebrate his birthday, but it's marred by…

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