Movies Like Modern History

If you liked Modern History (2005), a movie directed by Michael Bernini, 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
The Key (1983)
★ 6/10
In 1940s Venice, after twenty years' marriage, retired art critic Nino Rolfe and his younger wife Teresa feel their passion waning. To help her shed her inhibitions and rekindle their relationship, the professor…
2
Henry & June (1990)
★ 6/10
While 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…
3
Newness (2017)
★ 6.1/10
In contemporary Los Angeles, two millennials navigating a social media–driven hookup culture begin a relationship that pushes both emotional and physical boundaries.
4
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.
5
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
Hold the Fort (2025)
★ 6.1/10
A HOA turns out to be more troublesome than usual in this wildly amusing, FX-heavy freak-out about newly minted suburbanites unexpectedly forced to take part in a struggle against monstrous forces.
7
Unfaithful (2002)
★ 6.7/10
A New York suburban couple's marriage goes dangerously awry when the wife indulges in an adulterous fling.
8
The Guest Room (2021)
★ 5.9/10
The morning Stella decides to take her own life, a stranger knocks at her door claiming the guest room he booked for the night. Surprised but charmed by this man who seems to know her very well, Stella decides to let…
9
Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice (1969)
★ 6.3/10
After 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…
10
Death Wish 3 (1985)
★ 6.2/10
Architect/vigilante Paul Kersey arrives back in New York City and is forcibly recruited by a crooked police chief to fight street crime caused by a large gang terrorizing the neighborhoods.
11
Addicted (2014)
★ 5.9/10
A gallerist risks her family and flourishing career when she enters into an affair with a talented painter and slowly loses control of her life.
12
Caligula (1979)
★ 6/10
After the death of the paranoid emperor Tiberius, Caligula, his heir, seizes power and plunges the empire into a bloody spiral of madness and depravity.
13
Carnal Knowledge (1971)
★ 6.6/10
Two lifelong friends navigate complex sexual encounters and emotional entanglements, wrestling with societal norms and personal desires.
14
Fair Play (2023)
★ 6.4/10
An unexpected promotion at a cutthroat hedge fund pushes a young couple's relationship to the brink, threatening to unravel not only their recent engagement but their lives.
15
Oldboy (2013)
★ 5.9/10
A man has only three and a half days and limited resources to discover why he was imprisoned in a nondescript room for 20 years without any explanation.
16
Poor Things (2023)
★ 7.6/10
Brought back to life by an unorthodox scientist, a young woman runs off with a lawyer on a whirlwind adventure across the continents. Free from the prejudices of her times, she grows steadfast in her purpose to stand…
17
Citizen Toxie: The Toxic Avenger IV (2001)
★ 6/10
A horrific explosion creates a dimensional portal between Tromaville and its dimensional mirror image, Amortville. While the Toxie is trapped in the mirror dimension, Tromaville comes under the control of his evil…
18
The Terminator (1984)
★ 7.7/10
In the post-apocalyptic future, reigning tyrannical supercomputers teleport a cyborg assassin known as the "Terminator" back to 1984 to kill Sarah Connor, whose unborn son is destined to lead insurgents against 21st…
19
Monday (2021)
★ 6.5/10
A spark on a Friday can lead to a sizzling weekend fling, but what happens when you get to the inevitable Monday?
20
In the Blood (2014)
★ 5.8/10
When her husband goes missing during their Caribbean vacation, a woman sets off on her own to take down the men she thinks are responsible.