Movies like Match Point
The best movies like Match Point (2005) are Unfaithful (2002), Closer (2004) and We Don't Live Here Anymore (2004). If Match Point hooked you with its drama and romance, these 30 similar films are what to watch next, and every pick says why it matches.
Quick picks
- Highest ratedDial M for Murder (1954)8.0/10 from 2,987 votes
- NewestBabygirl (2024)Released 2024
Unfaithful (2002)
A New York suburban couple's marriage goes dangerously awry when the wife indulges in an adulterous fling.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller & drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisCloser (2004)
The relationships of two couples become complicated and deceitful when the man from one couple meets the woman of the other.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & romance
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisWe Don't Live Here Anymore (2004)
Married couple Jack and Terry Linden are experiencing a difficult period in their relationship. When Jack decides to step outside the marriage, he becomes involved with Edith, who happens to be the wife of his best friend and colleague, Hank Evans. Learning of their partners' infidelity, Terry and Hank engage in their own extramarital affair together. Now, both marriages and friendships are on the brink of collapse.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & romance
SnoozefestMovies like thisIndecent Proposal (1993)
John Gage offers a down-on-his-luck yuppie husband $1 million for the opportunity to spend the night with the man's wife.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both romance & drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisRevolutionary Road (2008)
A young couple living in a Connecticut suburb during the mid-1950s struggle to come to terms with their personal problems while trying to raise their two children. Based on a novel by Richard Yates.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & romance
Worth the HypeMovies like thisDot the I (2003)
A fiery Spanish woman is about to marry a kind British man when she meets a Brazilian actor who ignites in her a flame of lust she can't ignore.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both romance & drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Apartment (1996)
Max is a former playboy who has decided to settle down by marrying his current love, Muriel. However, when Max catches a glimpse of the great lost love of his life, he becomes obsessed with rekindling their relationship.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & romance
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Postman Always Rings Twice (1981)
The sensuous wife of a lunch wagon proprietor and a rootless drifter begin a sordidly steamy affair and conspire to murder her Greek husband.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both romance & drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisMurder (2004)
To escape a secure but stifling life with her workaholic husband Sudhir, bored housewife Simran begins an affair with Sunny, an ex-boyfriend from her college days. However, when Sudhir grows suspicious and hires a private detective, the infidelity soon comes to light.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & thriller
SnoozefestMovies like thisNotes on a Scandal (2006)
A veteran high school teacher befriends a younger art teacher, who is having an affair with one of her 15-year-old students. However, her intentions with this new "friend" also go well beyond platonic friendship.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & romance
Worth the HypeMovies like thisPerfect Proposal (2015)
An indebted young woman gets a proposal from a handsome man to apply for work on a luxury yacht with his boss, the difficult, infirm old chairman of a large company, where they can manipulate him to get their hands on his wealth.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller & drama
Intersection (1994)
During a car accident, Vincent Eastman watches his whole life flash before his eyes, and he doesn't like what he sees. While maintaining the semblance of a marriage with his wife, Sally, Vincent has been carrying on with a mistress, Olivia. She's everything Sally isn't -- warm, passionate, carefree. So why can't he choose between the two, especially when his indecision is taking its toll on his daughter?
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & romance
SnoozefestMovies like thisChallengers (2024)
Tennis player turned coach Tashi has taken her husband, Art, and transformed him into a world-famous Major champion. To jolt him out of his recent losing streak, she signs him up for a "Challenger" event — close to the lowest level of pro tournament — where he finds himself standing across the net from his former best friend and Tashi's former boyfriend.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & romance
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Other Side of Midnight (1977)
When French beauty Noelle Page falls in love with American pilot Larry Douglas, she believes he'll marry her. Instead, he returns to the U.S and marries the sweet but naive Catherine. Even though Noelle has found a new lover, an affluent Greek named Constantin, and has started a great career as an actress, she vows revenge on her onetime lover. But once her plan is in motion, she and Larry fall in love and plot Catherine's death.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & romance
Adulterers (2016)
On a steamy New Orleans afternoon, Sam Deuprey decides to surprise his beautiful wife, Ashley, for their anniversary and comes home early. But Ashley is not alone in the bedroom. She and her lover, Damien are about to learn how far a jealous husband will go.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller & drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisRandom Hearts (1999)
After losing their spouses in a plane crash, an internal affairs cop and a congresswoman find each other's keys in each other's loved ones' possessions and discover that the two were having an affair.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & romance
SnoozefestMovies like thisFatal Attraction (1987)
A married man's one-night stand comes back to haunt him when that lover begins to stalk him and his family.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller & drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisFair Play (2023)
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.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & thriller
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisBlue Valentine (2010)
Dean and Cindy live a quiet life in a modest neighborhood. They appear to have the world at their feet at the outset of the relationship. However, his lack of ambition and her retreat into self-absorption cause potentially irreversible cracks in their marriage.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & romance
Worth the HypeMovies like thisBabygirl (2024)
A high-powered CEO puts her career and family on the line when she begins a torrid affair with her much younger intern.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both romance & thriller
SnoozefestMovies like thisThief of Hearts (1984)
A woman trapped in a boring marriage begins an affair with a handsome man who seems able to read her mind. She doesn't know that he has broken into her house and read her diaries, where she has recorded her deepest thoughts and fantasies.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & thriller
SnoozefestMovies like thisDial M for Murder (1954)
When her American lover visits London, a wealthy woman’s jealous husband hatches a plan to murder her and inherit her fortune.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller & drama
Absolute CinemaMovies like thisDamage (1992)
The life of a respected British politician at the height of his career crumbles when he becomes obsessed with his son's lover.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & romance
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Talented Mr. Ripley (1999)
Tom Ripley is a calculating young man who believes it's better to be a fake somebody than a real nobody. Opportunity knocks in the form of a wealthy U.S. shipbuilder who hires Tom to travel to Italy to bring back his playboy son, Dickie. Ripley worms his way into the idyllic lives of Dickie and his girlfriend, plunging into a daring scheme of duplicity, lies and murder.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller & drama
Worth the HypeMovies like thisBitter Moon (1992)
A passenger on a cruise ship develops an irresistible infatuation with an eccentric paraplegic's wife.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller & drama
Worth the HypeMovies like thisBody Heat (1981)
During an extreme heatwave, a beautiful Florida woman and a seedy lawyer engage in an affair while plotting the murder of her rich husband.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller
Worth the HypeMovies like thisCoup de chance (2023)
Fanny and Jean have everything of an ideal couple: fulfilled professionally, they live in a magnificent apartment in the beautiful districts of Paris, and seem to be in love as on the first day. But when Fanny crosses, by chance, former classmate Alain, she's immediately capsized. They see each other again very quickly and grow closer.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both romance & drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisLe Divorce (2003)
While visiting her sister in Paris, a young woman finds romance and learns her brother-in-law is a philanderer.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & romance
SnoozefestMovies like thisThe Delinquent Season (2018)
In Dublin, two couples (Jim and Danielle; Yvonne and Chris) are seemingly living in marital bliss. However, when Chris's behaviour begins to change, Yvonne seeks solace in the arms of Jim, and before long they are in the midst of an affair. When a life-changing secret is later revealed, all four are forced to re-evaluate their lives, their marriages, and their friendships - but can anything be salvaged from the wreckage?
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & romance
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisLittle Children (2006)
The lives of two lovelorn spouses from separate marriages, a registered sex offender, and a disgraced ex-police officer intersect as they struggle to resist their vulnerabilities and temptations.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & romance
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Frequently asked questions
What are the best movies like Match Point?
The closest matches to Match Point are Unfaithful (2002), Closer (2004) and We Don't Live Here Anymore (2004). Below are 27 more, each with the reason it matches.
What should I watch after Match Point?
People who watched Match Point most often go on to Unfaithful (2002), Closer (2004) and We Don't Live Here Anymore (2004).
What is the highest-rated movie like Match Point?
Dial M for Murder (1954), rated 8.0/10 by 2,987 TMDB users.
What is the newest movie like Match Point?
Babygirl (2024) is the most recent release on this list.
Are there English movies like Match Point?
Yes: Unfaithful (2002), Closer (2004) and We Don't Live Here Anymore (2004).
How are movies similar to Match Point chosen?
First come films that Trakt’s viewers watch alongside Match Point, then TMDB’s recommendations and films it rates as similar in story and genre. Each pick says which signal put it there.