Movies Like Holding Out & Giving In 3
If you liked Holding Out & Giving In 3 (2021), a movie directed by Jacky St. James, 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.
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Carnal Knowledge (1971)
★ 6.6/10Two lifelong friends navigate complex sexual encounters and emotional entanglements, wrestling with societal norms and personal desires.
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The Broken Hearts Club: A Romantic Comedy (2000)
★ 6.3/10A close-knit group of gay friends share the emotional roller coster of life, relationships, the death of friends, new beginnings, jealousy, fatherhood and professional success. At various stages of life's disarray…
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Good Dick (2008)
★ 5.8/10A fidgety, wisecracking video store clerk develops a fixation on a particularly reclusive customer, a frequent visitor to the pornography section of Cinefile, the video store where he works in Los Angeles. After…
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Newness (2017)
★ 6.1/10In contemporary Los Angeles, two millennials navigating a social media–driven hookup culture begin a relationship that pushes both emotional and physical boundaries.
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Georgy Girl (1966)
★ 6.2/10A homely but vivacious young woman dodges the amorous attentions of her father's middle-aged employer while attempting to please her glamorously stuck-up roommate Meredith.
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Manhattan (1979)
★ 7.7/10Manhattan explores how the life of a middle-aged television writer dating a teenage girl is further complicated when he falls in love with his best friend's mistress.
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Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice (1969)
★ 6.3/10After returning to Los Angeles from a group therapy session, documentary filmmaker Bob Sanders and his wife, Carol, find themselves becoming vigilante couples counselors, offering unsolicited advice to their best…
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The Little Death (2014)
★ 6.7/10A comedy film that looks into the loosely connected lives of people with strange sexual fantasies.
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Below Her Mouth (2017)
★ 6.8/10An unexpected affair quickly escalates into a heart-stopping reality for two women whose passionate connection changes their lives forever.
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The Voyeurs (2021)
★ 6.5/10When Pippa and Thomas move into their dream apartment, they notice that their windows look directly into the apartment opposite – inviting them to witness the volatile relationship of the attractive couple across the…
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Unfaithful (2002)
★ 6.7/10A New York suburban couple's marriage goes dangerously awry when the wife indulges in an adulterous fling.
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Shame (2011)
★ 6.9/10Brandon, a thirty-something man living in New York, eludes intimacy with women but feeds his deepest desires with a compulsive addiction to sex. When his younger sister temporarily moves into his apartment, stirring up…
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Addicted (2014)
★ 5.9/10A gallerist risks her family and flourishing career when she enters into an affair with a talented painter and slowly loses control of her life.
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Fifty Shades Freed (2018)
★ 6.7/10Believing they have left behind shadowy figures from their past, newlyweds Christian and Ana fully embrace an inextricable connection and shared life of luxury. But just as she steps into her role as Mrs. Grey and he…
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Shortbus (2006)
★ 6.2/10In post-9/11 New York City, an eclectic group of citizens find their lives entangled, personally, romantically, and sexually, at Shortbus, an underground Brooklyn salon infamous for its blend of art, music, politics…
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Single White Female (1992)
★ 6.3/10Having recently split from her fiancé, Allison Jones welcomes new roommate Hedra Carlson. The young women quickly form a bond, but soon Allison begins to notice not all’s well with her new tenant.
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40 Dates and 40 Nights (2026)
★ 7.5/10Ready to quit the dating scene altogether, burned-out Leah accepts her grandmother's outrageous challenge—40 dates in 40 nights in exchange for a year's rent—only to discover amidst the awkward dinners and unexpected…
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The Rules of Attraction (2002)
★ 6.2/10The incredibly spoiled and overprivileged students of Camden College are a backdrop for an unusual love triangle between a drug dealer, a virgin and a bisexual classmate.
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The Dreamers (2003)
★ 7.2/10When Isabelle and Theo invite Matthew to stay with them, what begins as a casual friendship ripens into a sensual voyage of discovery and desire in which nothing is off limits and everything is possible.
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Mammal (2016)
★ 6.3/10After Margaret, a divorcée living in Dublin, loses her teenage son, she develops an unorthodox relationship with Joe, a homeless youth. Their tentative trust is threatened by his involvement with a violent gang and the…