Movies like Recipe for Romance (2011)
The best movies like Recipe for Romance (2011) are The Hot Spot (1990), True Romance (1993) and Bolero (1984). If Recipe for Romance hooked you with its romance, these 22 similar films are what to watch next, and every pick says why it matches.
Quick picks
- Highest ratedTrue Romance (1993)7.5/10 from 3,246 votes
- NewestLove (2015)Released 2015
The Hot Spot (1990)
Upon arriving to a small town, a drifter quickly gets into trouble with the local authorities — and the local women — after he robs a bank.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both romance
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisTrue Romance (1993)
Clarence 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.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both romance
Worth the HypeMovies like thisBolero (1984)
Follows the tale of a young woman’s sexual awakening and subsequent journey around the world in pursuit of her ideal lover. Encounters include an Arabian sheik and a Spanish bullfighter. Her friend and butler accompany her and help to arrange her couplings.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both romance
SnoozefestMovies like thisBlack Velvet (1976)
Crystal, a wealthy, scorned woman living in a massive Egyptian palace with her daughter Magda, finds commiseration in a dried-up Hollywood expat who surrounds himself with singing children.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both romance
Liebestraum (1991)
A man returns to his hometown and a series of dark secrets are revealed.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both romance
Love Letters (1983)
After discovering a box of old love letters sent to her mother by a mysterious stranger, Anna, a young radio deejay, begins a torrid affair with a married man. Burning attraction brings them together, but the reality does not come close to the passion expressed in the letters.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both romance
Lovers: A True Story (1991)
A torrid affair between a recently discharged serviceman and an attractive widow leads to murder.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both romance
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Cool Surface (1994)
A writer returns to Hollywood after finishing his novel in the wilderness. Still smarting from his girlfriend's suicide and his publisher's criticisms of his novel, he becomes intrigued by the neighbor couple's abusive relationship.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both romance
The Song of the Red Ruby (1970)
A young, idealistic business student has ambitions to be a concert pianist, but his obsession with beautiful women keeps him from achieving his goal. To earn money for his tuition, he takes a job as headmaster of a small girls' school. There his weakness for beautiful women is put to the test when he is pursued by a bevy of sexy coeds.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both romance
Confessions of Loving Couples (1967)
Author Frank's debut novel is successful, but he needs the proceeds to pay off a debt and his girlfriend Mascha ends their relationship. He meets another woman, but he and Mascha also seem to make amends. These amorous vicissitudes give him inspiration for a new book, which will deal with eroticism in the Netherlands.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both romance
Three Birds (2002)
Sent on a problem-solving mission by his boss, ambitious junior executive Gustavo (Daniel Kuzniecka) runs out of gas and lands in a tiny rural town full of bizarre locals and no cell phone reception. Trapped in a desolate wasteland, he finds shelter at a crumbling motel inhabited by a luscious temptress (Isabel Achaval), oddball owners and a variety of dubious guests. Soon, Gustavo realizes that his unplanned layover may change his very fate.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both romance
Wide Sargasso Sea (1993)
In the wake of Jamaican emancipation, French colonist Annette Cosway falls into poverty and marries racist Englishman Paul Mason. But when Annette's young son dies in a fire started by former slaves, Mason flees to England, leaving his grief-stricken wife and her Creole daughter Antoinette behind. Soon Antoinette learns she must marry to claim her inheritance and sets her sights on Rochester, an Englishman eerily similar to Mason.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both romance
Lies 2014 (2014)
Jin-hee (Yoon Seol-hee) meets married man Min-ki (Hong Seok-yeon) on an online meeting site to make a living for herself and her incompetent boyfriend. She meets him for money but they slowly fall into something more than just a physical relationship. One day, a rumor spreads that she's a whore and breaks up with her boyfriend. With the betrayal for her boyfriend and love for Min-ki growing deeper, Jin-hee decides to put everything in the past and go abroad. The day before she leaves, she goes to meet Min-ki for the last time...
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both romance
Spider's Web (2002)
A wily businessman plots with a sultry executive to swindle $40 million from his father. But who is conning who?
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both romance
Intimate Affairs (2002)
Edgar is an artist living in Paris during the 1920s who believes that sex is a subject of vital importance, but almost no one discusses it with the gravity it deserves. With this in mind, Edgar gathers together a panel of fellow creative types at the home of the wealthy tycoon Faldo and his oddly accented spouse Sasha for an evening in which they will discuss their erotic lives without self-serving wit or exaggeration.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both romance
SnoozefestMovies like thisLove Crimes (1992)
An Atlanta prosecutor sets her own trap for a sex offender who poses as a famous photographer.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both romance
California Suite (1978)
The misadventures of four groups of guests at the Beverly Hills Hotel.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both romance
SnoozefestMovies like thisBlue Paradise (1980)
Another imitation of "The Blue Lagoon", starring Don Monahan (from the "Porky"-movies) and Ingmar Bergman's daughter Anna as the young lovers.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both romance
Love (2015)
Murphy is an American living in Paris who enters a highly sexually and emotionally charged relationship with the unstable Electra. Unaware of the seismic effect it will have on their relationship, they invite their pretty neighbor into their bed.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both romance
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisRecently, My Sister Is Unusual (2014)
Mitsuki 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 possessed by the spirit of Hiyori. Hiyori likes Yuya and believes Yuya can help her get to heaven. Hiyori places a leather chastity belt upon on Mitsuki and a plan takes place to help send Hiyori to heaven.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both romance
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Seductress (2000)
Shauna O'Brien plays the title character in The Seductress. Alexis Baxter (O'Brien) is a literal femme fatal, marrying wealthy men and then killing them in order to assume their fortune. Kay Sanders (Gabriella Hall) has a rather large interest in the case. Kay's boyfriend, Paul (Jonathan Smith), receives some inflammatory photographs and warns his neighbor Roman (Gary Angelino) that Roman may be in trouble. Roman takes action, and discovers that Alexis and Kay are actually sisters who are hiding a deep dark secret.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both romance
Caroline at Midnight (1994)
A policeman's wife falls for a reporter who suspects her husband of corruption and murder.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both romance
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Frequently asked questions
What are the best movies like Recipe for Romance?
The closest matches to Recipe for Romance are The Hot Spot (1990), True Romance (1993) and Bolero (1984). Below are 19 more, each with the reason it matches.
What should I watch after Recipe for Romance?
Start with The Hot Spot (1990), the closest match to Recipe for Romance.
What is the highest-rated movie like Recipe for Romance?
True Romance (1993), rated 7.5/10 by 3,246 TMDB users.
What is the newest movie like Recipe for Romance?
Love (2015) is the most recent release on this list.
Are there English movies like Recipe for Romance?
Yes: The Hot Spot (1990), True Romance (1993) and Bolero (1984).
How are movies similar to Recipe for Romance chosen?
First come films that Trakt’s viewers watch alongside Recipe for Romance, then TMDB’s recommendations and films it rates as similar in story and genre. Each pick says which signal put it there.