Movies Like Friends and Lovers
If you liked Friends and Lovers (2004), a romance movie directed by François Clousot, 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)
★ 6/10Also 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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Joy in Moscow (1992)
★ 6.2/10Also romancePretty Joy and her friend come to Moscow to shoot a commercial. A taxi driver, who recruits girls for an underground organization run by a distant descendant of Rasputin, suggests they visit the Rasputin Museum. During…
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Swung (2015)
★ 5.4/10Also romanceDavid’s life is on the slide: he’s broke, in the middle of a divorce and ‘can’t get it up’. His girlfriend, Alice, is his rock, but the magazine she writes for is going down and the pressure is on to find a story…
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The Obsessive Tutor: The Ogasawara Family Book (2013)
Also romanceA family that broke up because of the visit of an overly beautiful tutor. However, in the interrogation room about the incident, the tutor and three family members give different testimony.
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Recently, My Sister Is Unusual (2014)
★ 6.9/10Also romanceMitsuki and Yuya become stepsister and stepbrother because of their parents' marriage. Mitsuki can't get along with her new family and Yuya doesn't know how to approach his new stepsister. One day, Mitsuki becomes…
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Carnal Cravings (2006)
★ 4.9/10Also romanceA sex therapist shows women how to please their mates and how to get more pleasure in return. Their male counterparts aren't quite sure about the transformations, they are unsure about the fantasies their women are…
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Romance of the West Chamber (1997)
★ 5.5/10Also romanceCheung, a 23-year-old unmarried travelling scholar, stops by the monastery, where he sees a beautiful woman. Against the rules, Monk Faben allows Cheung to stay and woo the girl, Ann-Ann. She is shy, and also the Prime…
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Emmanuelle 2000: Being Emmanuelle (2000)
★ 6.1/10Also romanceExploring desires and fantasies while experiencing pleasures through the love making device gets Emmanuelle willing to spread the excitement so much it gets close to feeling like in her own skin.
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The Harrad Experiment (1973)
★ 3.5/10Also romanceAt fictional Harrad College students learn about sexuality and experiment with each other. Based on the 1966 book of the same name by Robert Rimmer, this movie deals with the concept of free love during the height of…
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Desire: An Erotic Fantasyplay (1996)
★ 3.9/10Also romanceFiona meets Cory in New Orleans, and the two spend time rubbing in suntan oil on the Gulf Coast. Cory has never been with a woman before, but she moves in with Fiona, not realising that she keeps a sex diary and has a…
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Secrets of the Satin Blues (1981)
★ 3.5/10Also romanceA tale of sexual encounters of one woman and several friends, family members and acquaintances, as seen (and told) from the perspective of a pair of satin blue panties.
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The Belt (1989)
★ 4.5/10Also romanceVittorio, an American novelist teaching in Rome, meets the beautiful but damaged Bianca and they rapidly fall into an urgent, tempestuous affair. He's hesitant over their relationship since she seems to thrive on…
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Nefeli (1980)
★ 3.2/10Also romanceA beautiful woman is going to the island of Lesbos to rest, there she will meet two other beautiful young women and it will be great having sex with everyone.
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Ritual of Love (1990)
★ 6/10Also romanceThis movie is based on the true story that made headlines all over the world: the story of a relationship gone sour between a Japanese man very much in love with a French model. Some time later, it was discovered that…
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Black Emanuelle (1975)
★ 5.1/10Also romanceInternationally-renowned photographer Mae Jordan, professionally known as 'Emanuelle', is hired by a wealthy British expat to go to Nairobi to shoot the ruins and wildlife. While there, she explores sexual situations…
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Caligula and Messalina (1981)
★ 4.5/10Also romanceWhen the deranged emperor Caligula falls for an insatiable gladiatrix, their reign launches a mind-bending bacchanal of torture, sodomy, incest, castration, and aroused livestock.