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Movies Like The Big Thing

If you liked The Big Thing (1973), a movie directed by Peter Higgins, 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. 1Cousins

    Cousins (1989)

    ★ 6/10

    When Larry and Maria learn that their respective spouses are cheating on them, they try to turn the tables on them by pretending to have an affair. However, they soon find themselves falling in love.

  2. 2Switching Channels

    Switching Channels (1988)

    ★ 6.1/10

    A television news chief courts his anchorwoman ex-wife with an eleventh-hour story.

  3. 3The Other Woman

    The Other Woman (2014)

    ★ 6.4/10

    After discovering her boyfriend is married, Carly soon meets the wife he's been cheating on. And when yet another affair is discovered, all three women team up to plot mutual revenge on the three-timing SOB.

  4. 4The Loft

    The Loft (2014)

    ★ 6.4/10

    For five men, the opportunity to share a penthouse in the city -- in which to carry on extramarital affairs -- is a dream come true, until the dead body of an unknown woman turns up. Realizing that her killer must be…

  5. 5Fatal Attraction

    Fatal Attraction (1987)

    ★ 6.8/10

    A married man's one-night stand comes back to haunt him when that lover begins to stalk him and his family.

  6. 6Faces

    Faces (1968)

    ★ 7.1/10

    Middle-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…

  7. 7The Only Living Boy in New York

    The Only Living Boy in New York (2017)

    ★ 6.3/10

    When 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.

  8. 8The Yellow Rolls-Royce

    The Yellow Rolls-Royce (1964)

    ★ 6.1/10

    One Rolls-Royce belongs to three vastly different owners, starting with Lord Charles, who buys the car for his wife as an anniversary present. The next owner is Paolo Maltese, a mafioso who purchases the car during a…

  9. 9The Seven Year Itch

    The Seven Year Itch (1955)

    ★ 7/10

    When his family goes away for summer vacation, a hitherto faithful publishing executive with an overactive imagination is tempted by an attractive new neighbor.

  10. 10The Falls: Testament of Love

    The Falls: Testament of Love (2013)

    ★ 6/10

    Picking up five years after the doomed romance between Mormon missionaries RJ and Chris, though their lives have taken radically different paths, the death of a mutual friend unexpectedly reunites the two men at a time…

  11. 11Death of a Salesman

    Death of a Salesman (1985)

    ★ 6.9/10

    Willy Loman, an aging, failing salesman, struggles to accept reality and his failure to achieve the American Dream.

  12. 12The Good Girl

    The Good Girl (2002)

    ★ 6.2/10

    A discount store clerk strikes up an affair with a stock boy who considers himself the incarnation of Holden Caulfield.

  13. 13Transporter 2

    Transporter 2 (2005)

    ★ 6.3/10

    Professional driver, and former Special Forces officer, Frank Martin is living in Miami, where he is temporarily filling in for a friend as the chauffeur for a government narcotics control policy director and his…

  14. 14The Rebound

    The Rebound (2009)

    ★ 6.5/10

    Upon discovering her husband's infidelity, Sandy leaves the suburbs and moves into the city. There, she befriends Aram, a guy whose wife only married him so she could get a green card. Sandy hires Aram to be her nanny…

  15. 15The Woman in Red

    The Woman in Red (1984)

    ★ 6.3/10

    When a happily married family man, who would never consider an affair, meets a beautiful woman in red, he is totally infatuated and desperate to make her acquaintance. However, as he tries out various schemes to sneak…

  16. 16Bluebeard's Eighth Wife

    Bluebeard's Eighth Wife (1938)

    ★ 7/10

    American multi-millionaire Michael Brandon marries his eighth wife, Nicole, the daughter of a broke French Marquis. But she doesn't want to be only a number in the line of his ex-wives and undertakes her own strategy…

  17. 17Your Friends & Neighbors

    Your Friends & Neighbors (1998)

    ★ 5.8/10

    Restless and unhappy, two couples get caught up in infidelity and deception. Barry is a sullen businessman married to Mary, a writer who is unsatisfied with their relationship. Mary begins an affair with Jerry, a smug…

  18. 18Strangers When We Meet

    Strangers When We Meet (1960)

    ★ 6.4/10

    A suburban architect loves his wife but is bored with his marriage and with his work, so he takes up with the neglected, married beauty who lives down the street.

  19. 19Crazy, Stupid, Love.

    Crazy, Stupid, Love. (2011)

    ★ 7.3/10

    Cal Weaver is living the American dream. He has a good job, a beautiful house, great children and a beautiful wife, named Emily. Cal's seemingly perfect life unravels, however, when he learns that Emily has been…

  20. 20Sex and the City 2

    Sex and the City 2 (2010)

    ★ 6/10

    Carrie, Charlotte, and Miranda are all married now, but they're still up for a little fun in the sun. When Samantha gets the chance to visit one of the most extravagant vacation destinations on the planet and offers to…

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