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Movies Like Looking for Love

If you liked Looking for Love (1985), a movie directed by Tom McAdams, 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. 1Eyes Wide Shut

    Eyes Wide Shut (1999)

    ★ 7.5/10

    After Dr. Bill Harford's wife, Alice, admits to having sexual fantasies about a man she met, Bill becomes obsessed with having a sexual encounter. He discovers an underground sexual group and attends one of their…

  2. 2Alice

    Alice (1990)

    ★ 6.3/10

    Alice Tate, mother of two, with a marriage of 16 years, finds herself falling for a handsome sax player, Joe. Stricken with a backache, she consults herbalist Dr. Yang, who realizes that her problems are not related to…

  3. 3Cat People

    Cat People (1942)

    ★ 6.9/10

    A Serbian émigré in Manhattan believes that, because of an ancient curse, any physical intimacy with the man she loves will turn her into a feline predator.

  4. 4Working Girl

    Working Girl (1988)

    ★ 6.6/10

    When a secretary's idea is stolen by her boss, she takes a risky chance to reclaim it by impersonating him and running the project from his position.

  5. 5Secretary

    Secretary (2002)

    ★ 6.8/10

    A young woman, recently released from a mental hospital, gets a job as a secretary to a demanding lawyer, where their employer-employee relationship turns into a sexual, sadomasochistic one.

  6. 6Hysteria

    Hysteria (2011)

    ★ 6.7/10

    Two doctors in Victorian England use manual stimulation of female genitalia to cure their patients' ills, leading to the invention of the vibrator.

  7. 7Looking for Mr. Goodbar

    Looking for Mr. Goodbar (1977)

    ★ 6.3/10

    A short, unhappy affair with a married man leads a dedicated schoolteacher into the alcohol-and-drug fueled underworld of singles’ bars, where she begins to engage in a pattern of dangerous sexual activity.

  8. 8Limitless

    Limitless (2011)

    ★ 7.2/10

    The life of an unsuccessful writer is transformed by a top-secret 'smart drug' that allows him to use 100% of his brain and become a perfect version of himself. His enhanced abilities soon attract shadowy forces that…

  9. 9Smile

    Smile (2022)

    ★ 6.7/10

    After witnessing a bizarre, traumatic incident involving a patient, Dr. Rose Cotter starts experiencing frightening occurrences that she can't explain.

  10. 10Enter the Void

    Enter the Void (2010)

    ★ 7.3/10

    This psychedelic tour of life after death is seen entirely from the point of view of Oscar, a young American drug dealer and addict living in Tokyo with his prostitute sister, Linda. When Oscar is killed by police…

  11. 11Good Luck to You, Leo Grande

    Good Luck to You, Leo Grande (2022)

    ★ 7/10

    Nancy Stokes, a retired schoolteacher, is pretty sure she has never had good sex. Now that her husband has died, she is determined to take a tour of sexual vistas that until now she has only imagined. She even has a…

  12. 12Phenomenon

    Phenomenon (1996)

    ★ 6.5/10

    An ordinary man sees a bright light descend from the sky, and discovers he now has super-intelligence and telekinesis.

  13. 13The Little Shop of Horrors

    The Little Shop of Horrors (1960)

    ★ 6.3/10

    Seymour works in a skid row florist shop and is in love with his beautiful co-worker, Audrey. He creates a new plant that not only talks but cannot survive without human flesh and blood.

  14. 14Scarygirl

    Scarygirl (2023)

    ★ 6.9/10

    As her world is shrouded in darkness, a young girl must overcome her fears and travel to a mysterious city of light, save her father from a dangerous scientist and prevent the destruction of her planet.

  15. 15Paradise Hills

    Paradise Hills (2019)

    ★ 5.9/10

    A young woman is sent to Paradise Hills to be reformed, only to learn that the high-class facility's beautiful facade hides a sinister secret.

  16. 16Mirrors

    Mirrors (2008)

    ★ 6.3/10

    An ex-cop and his family are the target of an evil force that is using mirrors as a gateway into their home.

  17. 17The Overnight

    The Overnight (2015)

    ★ 5.9/10

    Alex, Emily, and their son, RJ, are new to Los Angeles. A chance meeting at the park introduces them to the mysterious Kurt, Charlotte, and Max. A family “playdate” becomes increasingly interesting as the night goes on.

  18. 18Nine 1/2 Weeks

    Nine 1/2 Weeks (1986)

    ★ 6.1/10

    An erotic story about a woman, the assistant of an art gallery, who gets involved in an impersonal affair with a man. She barely knows about his life, only about the sex games they play, so the relationship begins to…

  19. 19Intimacy

    Intimacy (2001)

    ★ 6.2/10

    Failed musician Jay abandoned his family and now earns a living as head bartender in a trendy London pub. Every Wednesday afternoon, a woman comes to his house for graphic, almost wordless, sex. One day, Jay follows…

  20. 20The 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.

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