Movies Like Butterfly
If you liked Butterfly (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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Henry & June (1990)
★ 6.1/10Also 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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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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Fallen Angels (1995)
★ 7.7/10Also romanceAn indifferent hitman, his infatuated business partner and an ex-convict search for love and meaning as their lives cross paths in Hong Kong.
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Grapefruit (2019)
Also romanceA narrator, a friend, a meet cute, and the question of sentience are explored through an absurdist, fruitful romance.
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Better Than Chocolate (1999)
★ 6/10Also romanceNot long after moving into her own place, Maggie finds herself with two unsolicited roommates: her recently divorced mother, Lila, and her young brother. The timing is especially bad, considering Maggie has fallen hard…
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Fire (1997)
★ 6.8/10Also romanceIn a barren, arranged marriage to an amateur swami who seeks enlightenment through celibacy, Radha's life takes an irresistible turn when her beautiful young sister-in-law seeks to free herself from the confines of her…
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Who Am I Now? (2021)
★ 1.8/10Also romanceNew friends Erin and Alex discover a mutual attraction that neither of them have ever felt before. While Alex tries to navigate her feelings, Erin refuses to acknowledge that she might be gay and heads down a path of…
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The Huldra (2020)
Also romanceA film student works to reenact one of the most famous images in movie history with help from his love, a beautiful creature from Nordic mythology.
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Aimée & Jaguar (1999)
★ 6.8/10Also romanceIn 1943, while the Allies are bombing Berlin and the Gestapo is purging the capital of Jews, a dangerous love affair blossoms between two women – one a Jewish member of the underground, the other an exemplar of Nazi…
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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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Show Me Love (1998)
★ 7.1/10Also romanceTwo teenage girls in small-town Sweden. Elin is beautiful, popular, and bored with life. Agnes is friendless, sad, and secretly in love with Elin.
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The Story of a Boy Who Wanted to Be Kissed (1994)
★ 3.5/10Also romanceRaoul is a 20 years old student in Paris. Girls are not interested in him, though he is good-looking. He wonders why. Raoul does not look for a great passion, he only wants to be kissed. We will follow his love…
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A Winter to Remember (2016)
★ 6.4/10Also romanceWhen we first meet Lucia she is withdrawn and isolated from her friends and family, dealing with anxiety attacks and a legion of secrets. But when she meets bright and carefree Olivia, Lucia seizes the opportunity to…
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Long Shot (2019)
★ 6.7/10Also romanceJournalist Fred Flarsky reunites with his childhood crush, Charlotte Field, now one of the most influential women in the world. As she prepares to make a run for the Presidency, Charlotte hires Fred as her speechwriter…
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Kaadhal Enbadhu Podhu Udamai (2025)
Also romanceA young woman's love for another woman shocks her parents, who struggle to accept same-sex relationships. As they move from rejection to denial and conditions to possible acceptance, the couple navigates the emotional…
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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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Summer Heat (2008)
★ 5.5/10Also romancePhotographer Bob loses his girlfriend. A year later he meets Kathleen. Is she in love? Or does she use him for her dark dealings with the mafia?
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Pragma (2018)
★ 8.5/10Also romanceYoo-Hee and Joo-Yeon fell in love in high school, but their school’s persecution of gays tore them apart. When meet again years later, sparks fly.
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My Summer of Love (2005)
★ 6.2/10Also romanceIn the Yorkshire countryside, working-class tomboy Mona meets the exotic, pampered Tamsin. To seal their friendship, Mona introduces Tamsin to her born-again Christian brother and helps her spy on her adulterous…