Movies like The Window Dresser (1961)
The best movies like The Window Dresser (1961) are Bad Sister (2015), The Shipment (2021) and Preaching to the Perverted (1997). If The Window Dresser hooked you, these 30 similar films are what to watch next, and every pick says why it matches.
The Window Dresser
Quick picks
- Highest ratedMannequin (1987)6.9/10 from 865 votes
- NewestThe Short Report with Sabrina Carpenter (2025)Released 2025
Bad Sister (2015)
As a top student at St. Adeline's Catholic Boarding School, Zoe senses that something is not quite right about the school's new nun-- a sense proven to be true when it is revealed the "good' nun is an imposter with a fatal attraction to Zoe's brother.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Shipment (2021)
A former U.S. Navy Seal is forced to become the international criminal he once fought against when a powerful and violent drug cartel kidnaps his wife and daughter.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisPreaching to the Perverted (1997)
A computer wizard infiltrates a London sex club to get evidence for a shutdown, but falls for the proprietress.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisA Glenbrooke Christmas (2020)
As Christmas nears, heiress Jessica Morgan seizes what seems like her last chance to experience a relaxed Christmas and heads off to the small town of Glenbrooke, where she meets a handsome fireman.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisFedora (1978)
Down-on-his-luck Hollywood producer Barry 'Dutch' Detweiler attempts to lure Fedora, a famous but reclusive film actress, out of retirement, only to discover the horrifying truth behind her success.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisNever Kiss a Man in a Christmas Sweater (2020)
Single mom Maggie is facing Christmas alone until Lucas crashes into her life and becomes an unexpected house guest. Together they overcome Christmas while finding comfort in their growing bond.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisHard 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
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisMy Awkward Sexual Adventure (2012)
A hyper-repressed and schlubby accountant (Jonas Chernick) strikes a deal with a worldly but disorganized stripper (Emily Hampshire): he'll help her with her crushing debt if she helps him become a better lover.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisNightfall (1956)
An innocent man turns fugitive as he reconstructs events that implicate him for a murder and robbery he did not commit.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisChateau Christmas (2020)
Margot, a world-renowned pianist, returns to Chateau Newhaus to spend the holidays with her family and is reunited with an ex who helps her rediscover her passion for music.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisChristmas in Evergreen: Tidings of Joy (2019)
A skeptical writer shows up in Evergreen to get the scoop on the town's famed passion for Christmas during a search for a long-lost time capsule.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Uncanny (1977)
Wilbur Gray, a horror writer, has stumbled upon a terrible secret, that cats are supernatural creatures who really call the shots. In a desperate attempt to get others to believe him, Wilbur spews three tales of feline horror.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
SnoozefestMovies like thisMannequin (1987)
Jonathan Switcher, an unemployed artist, finds a job as an assistant window dresser for a department store. When Jonathan happens upon a beautiful mannequin he previously designed, she springs to life and introduces herself as Emmy, an Egyptian under an ancient spell. Despite interference from the store's devious manager, Jonathan and his mannequin fall in love while creating eye-catching window displays to keep the struggling store in business.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisShadow of the Vampire (2000)
Director F.W. Murnau makes a Faustian pact with a vampire to get him to star in his 1922 film "Nosferatu."
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisDirty Sexy Saint (2019)
Clay Kincaid hates the nickname 'Saint', he got for being too kind to stray animals and desperate people. Especially when it comes to women. With a rough and damaged past that has left him jaded, he doesn't do committed relationships. This is before he meets Samantha Jamieson, an heiress turned runaway in need of help. When she starts to work as a waitress at his bar, he discovers that she is someone truly special and amazing… someone that could warm his damaged heart.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisDC Showcase: Catwoman (2011)
Catwoman attempts to track down a mysterious cargo shipment that is linked to a Gotham City crime boss called Rough Cut.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Christmas Calendar (2017)
When Emily, a struggling baker in a small town, receives a handmade Christmas Calendar from a secret admirer, the local residents become obsessed with finding out the identity of the sender.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisNorthanger Abbey (2007)
A young woman's penchant for sensational Gothic novels leads to misunderstandings in the matters of the heart.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisX (2011)
A veteran call girl and a runaway prostitute witness a murder which sends them on an out-of-control roller coaster ride through the twilight zone of sex-for-sale.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisFoxy Brown (1974)
A voluptuous black woman takes a job as a high-class prostitute in order to get revenge on the mobsters who murdered her boyfriend.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Mummy (1966)
A mummy observers a number of topless serving girls before attempting to make off with one of them.
Why it matches: Similar story and style
The Four Poster (1964)
A girl is staying at a spooky hotel, where she is menaced by a hunchback, but a soldier saves her.
Why it matches: Similar story and style
Nightmare at Elm Manor (1961)
A crazed butler harasses a semi-clad woman in a hotel.
Why it matches: Similar story and style
Meet the Fabulous Vicky Kennedy (1961)
Before she became a regular in the Carry On films, Margaret Nolan was known as Vicky (or Vicki) Kennedy and worked as a glamour model. Here she bares the lot, for the lecherous lens of George Harrison Marks.
Why it matches: Similar story and style
Vampire (1964)
Soho 'glamour' filmmaker George Harrison Marks plays girl-hungry vampire Count Dracula III in this strange striptease short.
Why it matches: Similar story and style
The Short Report with Sabrina Carpenter (2025)
Katrina Sharpenter reports in from the newsroom to bring us breaking news from the fast-moving world of fashion. We check in with Serena Carpen-Terra, red carpet correspondent, as she covers the most memorably basic celebs to walk the carpet. Then, we turn to meteorologist Christina Barbenter, who delivers this week’s weather report (it's hot, and we're thirsty). Finally, Katrina sits down to interview hypnotic, espresso-loving pop sensation Sabrina Carpenter. Will she spill all her pop star secrets? Is she actually a cult leader? Watch to find out...
Why it matches: Similar story and style
Attic Queen (1960)
Virginia tries on some old clothes in her attic. She finds a crown and looks like a regal queen.
Why it matches: Similar story and style
Macabre! (1968)
An attractive woman drugs, kidnaps and tortures a man. The man manages to break free and attacks her.
Why it matches: Similar story and style
Witches Brew (1960)
Rita Landre plays a witch who casts spells to make anyone she wants disappear. She also makes her own clothes disappear.
Why it matches: Similar story and style
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Frequently asked questions
What are the best movies like The Window Dresser?
The closest matches to The Window Dresser are Bad Sister (2015), The Shipment (2021) and Preaching to the Perverted (1997). Below are 27 more, each with the reason it matches.
What should I watch after The Window Dresser?
Start with Bad Sister (2015), the closest match to The Window Dresser.
What is the highest-rated movie like The Window Dresser?
Mannequin (1987), rated 6.9/10 by 865 TMDB users.
What is the newest movie like The Window Dresser?
The Short Report with Sabrina Carpenter (2025) is the most recent release on this list.
Are there English movies like The Window Dresser?
Yes: Bad Sister (2015), The Shipment (2021) and Preaching to the Perverted (1997).
How are movies similar to The Window Dresser chosen?
First come films that Trakt’s viewers watch alongside The Window Dresser, then TMDB’s recommendations and films it rates as similar in story and genre. Each pick says which signal put it there.