Movies Like Pure Desire 8
If you liked Pure Desire 8 (2021), a romance movie directed by James Avalon, 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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The Hot Spot (1990)
★ 6.3/10Also romanceUpon arriving to a small town, a drifter quickly gets into trouble with the local authorities — and the local women — after he robs a bank.
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True Romance (1993)
★ 7.5/10Also romanceClarence 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.
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Henry & June (1990)
★ 6/10Also romanceWhile 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…
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In the Realm of the Senses (1976)
★ 6.6/10Also romanceA passionate telling of the story of Sada Abe, a woman whose affair with her master led to an obsessive and ultimately destructive sexual relationship.
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Original Sin (2001)
★ 6.2/10Also romanceA 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.
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Ask the Dust (2006)
★ 5.4/10Also romanceMexican beauty Camilla hopes to rise above her station by marrying a wealthy American. That is complicated by meeting Arturo Bandini, a first-generation Italian hoping to land a writing career and a blue-eyed blonde on…
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Jamon Jamon (1992)
★ 6.2/10Also romanceJosé Luis has a cushy corporate job at the lingerie factory his mom owns. After he falls in love and proposes to Silvia, a beautiful laborer on the underwear assembly line, his mom enlists Raul, a potential underwear…
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Obsession (1943)
★ 7.5/10Also romanceGino, a drifter, begins an affair with inn-owner Giovanna as they plan to get rid of her older husband.
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Dangerous Liaisons (1988)
★ 7.2/10Also romanceIn 18th century France, Marquise de Merteuil asks her ex-lover Vicomte de Valmont to seduce the future wife of another ex-lover of hers in return for one last night with her. Yet things don’t go as planned.
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Heading South (2006)
★ 5.4/10Also romanceA story of three female tourists who visit Haiti, in order to enjoy the sexual nature of the young men.
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Lady Chatterley (2006)
★ 6.2/10Also romanceAfter a crippling injury leaves her husband impotent, Lady Chatterly is torn between her love for her husband and her physical desires. With her husband's consent, she seeks out other means of fulfilling her needs.
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Law of Desire (1987)
★ 7.1/10Also romancePablo, a successful film director, disappointed in his relationship with his young lover, Juan, concentrates in a new project, a monologue starring his transgender sister, Tina. Antonio, an uptight young man, falls…
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Another 9 1/2 Weeks (1997)
★ 4.5/10Also romanceDespondent at losing his lover, a man wanders the streets of Paris and has an affair with her kinky friend.
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Lost and Delirious (2001)
★ 6.8/10Also romanceAfter starting at an upmarket boarding school, a teenage girl forms close friendships with her two older roommates. However, when she discovers that her new friends are lovers she finds herself caught in a complicated…
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3 Hearts (2014)
★ 5.5/10Also romanceA twist of fate leaves a hapless accountant romantically torn between two sisters.
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The Captive (2000)
★ 5.7/10Also romanceAriane lives with Simon in his large Paris flat. Simon is obsessed with her: he wants to know everything about her, secretly follows her when she goes out, asks questions all the time, even in the most intimate…
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Another Time, Another Place (1983)
★ 4.6/10Also romanceSet in 1943 in Scotland during World War II. Janie is a young housewife married to a man named Dougal, 15 years her senior. As part of a war rehabilitation program, Janie and Dougal welcome three Italian POWs to work…
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La La Land (2016)
★ 7.9/10Also romanceMia, an aspiring actress, serves lattes to movie stars in between auditions and Sebastian, a jazz musician, scrapes by playing cocktail party gigs in dingy bars, but as success mounts they are faced with decisions that…
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Bay of Angels (1963)
★ 6.7/10Also romanceA bank clerk is drawn into the risky world of a gorgeous gambling addict.
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Wuthering Heights (1954)
★ 6.2/10Also romanceIn 19th-century Mexico, young orphan Alejandro is adopted by the wealthy, landowning Earnshaw family and moves into their estate, Wuthering Heights. Soon, the new resident falls for his compassionate foster sister…