Movies Like Confessions of the Make-up Artist
If you liked Confessions of the Make-up Artist (2005), a romance movie directed by Viv Thomas, 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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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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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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The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant (1972)
★ 7.4/10Also romancePetra von Kant is a successful fashion designer -- arrogant, caustic, and self-satisfied. She mistreats Marlene (her secretary, maid, and co-designer). Enter Karin, a 23-year-old beauty who wants to be a model. Petra…
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One More Moment (2025)
Also romanceA couple's relationship falls apart under the pressures of city life and their personal demons. Can they work through their issues, face their fears and realise they are meant to be together?
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Fantasy of the Girls (2018)
★ 5.7/10Also romanceUpon helping her friend audition for their all-girls high school's production of Romeo & Juliet, freshman Sun-wha is unexpectedly cast as Juliet. To her surprise Romeo is played by the über-cool and stunning senior…
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You and Me makes Three (2026)
★ 10/10Also romanceAlannah and Amara are a married couple in their early thirties, finally ready to start a family. After a chaotic kids' birthday party full of unfiltered parenting confessions, their dream of having a child becomes…
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Wrong Aim (2026)
★ 5/10Also romanceHee-young witnesses her girlfriend Soon-ju being assaulted by Bo-hyun, a shooting coach, and plans to hurt his wife, A-young, in order to take revenge.
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Butterfly (2004)
★ 6.5/10Also romanceFlavia is a thirtysomething married teacher. She has suppressed the memory of her adolescent lesbian fling with Jin and is stuck in a stifling marriage. A chance encounter in a supermarket with the playful and…
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Puccini for Beginners (2006)
★ 5.5/10Also romanceWhen her inability to commit leads to a breakup with her girlfriend, opera-loving writer Allegra winds up in the bed of amiable professor Philip. He is so smitten with Allegra that he dumps his lover, Grace, and…
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Witchy Ways (2025)
★ 7/10Also romanceWhen a skeptical woman retreats to a secluded cabin believed to be magical, she falls for its enigmatic witch owner, until dark spells, buried secrets, and a restless ghost threaten their chance at love.
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But I'm a Cheerleader (2000)
★ 7.1/10Also romanceMegan is an all-American girl. A cheerleader. She has a boyfriend. But Megan doesn't like kissing her boyfriend very much. And she's pretty touchy with her cheerleader friends. Her conservative parents worry that she…
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It's in the Water (1997)
★ 5.9/10Also romanceWhen hordes of gays and lesbians come out "of the closet" in the fictional town of Azalea Springs, Texas, intolerant residents go into a panic about the water supply.
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Benedetta (2021)
★ 6.6/10Also romanceA 17th-century nun becomes entangled in a forbidden lesbian affair with a novice. But it is Benedetta's shocking religious visions that threaten to shake the Church to its core.
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Together (2000)
★ 7/10Also romanceElisabeth leaves her abusive and drunken husband Rolf, and goes to live with her brother, Göran. The year is 1975 and Göran lives in a commune called Together. Living in this leftist commune Elisabeth learns that the…
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Butch Jamie (2008)
★ 3.9/10Also romanceThe film follows the story of Jamie, a struggling butch lesbian actress who gets cast as a man in a film. The main plot is a romantic comedy between Jamie's male alter-ego, "Male Jamie," and Jill, a heterosexual woman…
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Shelter Me (2007)
★ 4.7/10Also romanceAnna and Mara return from a holiday abroad, and realize that Anis, a young Moroccan immigrant, managed to hide in their car in order to cross the border to Italy. At first unsure of what to do, they then decide to take…
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Futureless Things (2014)
★ 6.3/10Also romanceThe various faces of youth and people in an enclosed space of a convenience store for 12 hours.
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One in a Thousand (2020)
★ 6/10Also romanceSet in a community of project houses, Iris, a young woman with a tough past, meets Renata and feels immediately attracted to her. A tender coming of age story about friendship and first love in a hostile environment.
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Gasoline (2002)
★ 4.8/10Also romanceFiery, dark-haired Stella, an intense auto mechanic, and nervous, blonde Eleonora are young and in love. They operate a gas station peacefully, until Eleonora's mother appears and voices her disapproval of their romance.
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See You Soon (2025)
★ 8/10Also romanceA woman traveling to Italy for her sister's wedding has a layover in France, where a chance encounter with a French woman sparks an instant, life-altering connection.