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Movies like Pin-Up (2008)

The best movies like Pin-Up (2008) are Goltzius & the Pelican Company (2012), The Little Death (2014) and Pink Flamingos (1972). If Pin-Up hooked you, these 20 similar films are what to watch next, and every pick says why it matches.

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  1. Goltzius & the Pelican Company (2012)

    Hendrik Goltzius, a late-16th-century Dutch printer and engraver of erotic prints, seduces the Margrave of Alsace into paying for a printing press to make and publish illustrated books.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

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  2. The Little Death (2014)

    A comedy film that looks into the loosely connected lives of people with strange sexual fantasies.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

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  3. Pink Flamingos (1972)

    Notorious Baltimore criminal and underground figure Divine goes up against Connie & Raymond Marble, a sleazy married couple who make a passionate attempt to humiliate her and seize her tabloid-given title as "The Filthiest Person Alive".

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

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  4. Nymphomaniac: Vol. I (2013)

    A man named Seligman finds a fainted wounded woman in an alley and he brings her home. She tells him that her name is Joe and that she is nymphomaniac. Joe tells her life and sexual experiences with hundreds of men since she was a young teenager while Seligman tells about his hobbies, such as fly fishing, reading about Fibonacci numbers or listening to organ music.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

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  5. Meet Monica Velour (2010)

    For Tobe, a nerdy, horny, frizzy-haired cineaste who doesn't quite fit in with the average contemporary teen, the pinnacle of womanhood is Monica Velour, a soft-core actress who reached the zenith of her career in the 1980s. When Tobe learns that his love idol is headlining hundreds of miles away at the Gentlemen's Petting Zoo in Indiana, he drives off with carefree glory, filled with the hope of meeting her.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

  6. 3some (2009)

    In an attempt to help his friend Marcos with his impotence, Jaime sets up him up with another friend Josita. But the sex date fails, and so he comes in to help. What first appears to be just another sexual experience for all three evolves to a full romantic relationship.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

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  7. Heavy Traffic (1973)

    A white dropout struggles to become a cartoonist and filmmaker, drawing inspiration from the harsh, gritty world around him. Still sharing his rundown apartment with his middle-aged parents, an oafish slob of an Italian father and a ditzy nutcase of a Jewish mother, he's ridiculed and looked down upon by his friends, hypocrites who run with violent gangs and the Italian Mafia, and a shallow Black girl who makes her living downtown with the pimps and pushers. The cartoonist gets a chance to pitch a film idea to a movie mogul, but the story proves too outrageous: a far-future Earth, depleted by war and pollution, where a mutant antihero challenges and kills God.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

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  8. Spun (2003)

    Over the course of three days, Ross, a college dropout addicted to crystal-meth, encounters a variety of oddball folks – including a stripper named Nikki and her boyfriend, the local meth producer, The Cook – but all he really wants to do is hook up with his ex-girlfriend, Amy.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

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  9. Cat People (1982)

    After years of separation, Irena Gallier and her minister brother, Paul, reunite in New Orleans. When zoologists capture a wild panther, Irena is drawn to the cat – and zoo curator Oliver to her. Soon, Paul will have to reveal the family secret: that when sexually aroused, they revert into predatory jungle cats.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

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  10. Heavy Metal (1981)

    The embodiment of ultimate evil, a glowing orb terrorizes a young girl with bizarre stories of dark fantasy, eroticism and horror.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

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  11. Bordello of Blood (1996)

    A seedy private eye gets more than he ever bargained for when a missing persons case leads him to a brothel overseen by the mother of vampires and her lusty army of the undead.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

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  12. Hellbound: Hellraiser II (1988)

    Now confined to a mental hospital, young Kirsty insists her supposedly dead father is actually stuck in Hell following his wife’s betrayal. Few believe the young woman’s lurid stories aside from the thrill-seeking Dr. Channard. Kirsty is undeterred and, with the help of a fellow patient, heads to Hell for a rescue.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

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  13. Heavy Metal 2000 (2000)

    Upon discovery of a shard of what could be the Loc-Nar, a miner named Tyler becomes possessed with an insatiable hunger for power and a thirst for immortality. On his way to the planet of youth, Tyler wipes out most of a space colony and kidnaps a beautiful young woman. His only mistake is that he doesn't kill her sister, Julie, who then sets out on a mission of rescue and revenge.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

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  14. The Coming of Sin (1978)

    A superstitious servant girl - who has foreboding nightmares about a naked man on horseback - comes to live with a solitary female artist at her country chateau. As the artist takes the girl under her wing, a sensuous relationship develops between them.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

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  15. Hard to Die (1990)

    While doing the inventory for a lingerie outlet in a high rise office building, five attractive women are terrorized by a series of bizarre killings. They suspect that the strange janitor, who witnessed another series of killings six months previously, is at the bottom of the whole thing. Little do they know the real horror that they face in the end.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

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  16. Nymphomaniac: Vol. II (2013)

    The continuation of Joe's sexually dictated life delves into the darker aspects of her adult life and what led to her being in Seligman's care.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

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  17. Below Her Mouth (2017)

    An unexpected affair quickly escalates into a heart-stopping reality for two women whose passionate connection changes their lives forever.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

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  18. Saturday Night Fever (1977)

    Tony spends his Saturdays at a disco where his stylish moves raise his popularity among the patrons. But his life outside the disco is not easy and things change when he gets attracted to Stephanie.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

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  19. Fifty Shades of Grey (2015)

    When college senior Anastasia Steele steps in for her sick roommate to interview prominent businessman Christian Grey for their campus paper, little does she realize the path her life will take. Christian, as enigmatic as he is rich and powerful, finds himself strangely drawn to Ana, and she to him. Though sexually inexperienced, Ana plunges headlong into an affair -- and learns that Christian's true sexual proclivities push the boundaries of pain and pleasure.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

  20. Shortbus (2006)

    In post-9/11 New York City, an eclectic group of citizens find their lives entangled, personally, romantically, and sexually, at Shortbus, an underground Brooklyn salon infamous for its blend of art, music, politics, and carnality.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

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Frequently asked questions

What are the best movies like Pin-Up?

The closest matches to Pin-Up are Goltzius & the Pelican Company (2012), The Little Death (2014) and Pink Flamingos (1972). Below are 17 more, each with the reason it matches.

What should I watch after Pin-Up?

Start with Goltzius & the Pelican Company (2012), the closest match to Pin-Up.

What is the highest-rated movie like Pin-Up?

Nymphomaniac: Vol. I (2013), rated 6.9/10 by 3,801 TMDB users.

What is the newest movie like Pin-Up?

Below Her Mouth (2017) is the most recent release on this list.

Are there Spanish movies like Pin-Up?

Yes: 3some (2009) and The Coming of Sin (1978).

How are movies similar to Pin-Up chosen?

First come films that Trakt’s viewers watch alongside Pin-Up, then TMDB’s recommendations and films it rates as similar in story and genre. Each pick says which signal put it there.

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