Movies like Idle Fantasies (2023)
The best movies like Idle Fantasies (2023) are The Hot Spot (1990), True Romance (1993) and Henry & June (1990). If Idle Fantasies hooked you with its romance, these 23 similar films are what to watch next, and every pick says why it matches.
Quick picks
- Highest ratedChungking Express (1994)8.0/10 from 2,345 votes
- NewestIf You had Stayed (2026)Released 2026
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 thisHenry & June (1990)
While 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 her blessing to sleep with her husband. Then, when June returns to France, an unexpected, and sometimes contentious, threesome forms.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both romance
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisEpitaph (TBA)
An ex-Army marksman's plan to avenge the murder of his parents brings him into business with a murder-for-hire organization and the C.I.A.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both romance
A Walk to Remember (2002)
When the popular, restless Landon Carter is forced to participate in the school drama production, he falls in love with Jamie Sullivan, the daughter of the town's minister. Jamie has a "to-do" list for her life, as well as a very big secret she must keep from Landon.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both romance
Worth the HypeMovies like thisIf You had Stayed (2026)
After a tragic choice leads him to the brink, a disillusioned artist named Michael awakens on a mysterious beach. a liminal space where lost souls come to confront their pasts. Guided by Bob, a charismatic yet enigmatic caretaker, Michael embarks on a surreal journey through the pivotal moments of his life: love, heartbreak, and devastating loss. As he confronts hidden truths and unspoken regrets, Michael is faced with one profound question: Was it worth it, and what would life be like if he had stayed?
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both romance
Badineries (2025)
While their couple is falling apart, Baptiste and Violette, two students, discover a new passion that may revive their relationship: murder. Yet, it is not sure that Gabriel and Madeleine, their Catholic and puritan friends, are going to approve this process...
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both romance
Chungking Express (1994)
Two melancholic Hong Kong policemen fall in love: one with a mysterious underworld figure, the other with a beautiful and ethereal server at a late-night restaurant.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both romance
Absolute CinemaMovies like thisTonight and Every Night (1958)
Orphan He Yongnian was brought up by Zheng Mu, the owner of a small shop, and he was childhood sweetheart with Zheng's daughter Jingqin. Yongnian and Jingqin's love roots have been planted early, Jingqin helps everywhere, and Yongnian is very grateful. After Yongnian graduated, he was appreciated by the boss of the trading company, Leung. Jingqin's mother and daughter supported him. Boss Leung's daughter Dai Ni is attracted by Yong Nian and starts pursuing him. Yongnian's heart is attached to Jingqin, but he is afraid of offending Dai Ni, so he reluctantly entertains. Seduced by Dai Ni, Yongnian gradually yearns for a higher life, ignoring Zheng's mother and daughter...
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both romance
Wifi Society: Gray Secret (2015)
Frame and Earth have been close friends since university. One day, Earth introduces his boyfriend Non, twenty-two years his senior, to Frame. They both have a good life. They love and take care each other. The love of this couple is always in sight of Frame. One day, Frame needs to go to Bank's house for a project, that day is also the birthday of Bank's mom. When Frame meets Bank's dad, he's shocked to discover Bank's dad is P'Non. What Frame will decide to do? Will he tell Earth that P'Non is his friend's dad? or will he tell Bank that Bank's dad is the boyfriend of his friend?
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both romance
My secretary is mad... mad... mad... (1967)
The aviation company for which Ricardo works gives a secretary a trip to Peru.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both romance
Summer Catch (2001)
Local boy Ryan Dunne, now a pitcher for Boston College, meets Tenley Parrish, the daughter of a wealthy couple who summer on the Cape. Ryan and Tenley fall in love, much to the chagrin of their families, while Ryan clings to one last hope of being discovered and signed to a pro baseball contract.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both romance
SnoozefestMovies like thisBonhomme (2021)
A dare led a rugby player to kiss his receptive waiter, which led to his first intimate night with a man. He woke with the possibility of a meaningful romance, but circumstances may not be as he thought.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both romance
La casa de las mil estrellas (2021)
Stine Olson is reunited with his childhood friend Jan and his brother Paul. Both want to sell a property inherited from their father and hire Stine to organize the demolition of the house.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both romance
According to Greta (2009)
Dumped on her grandparents for the summer by her indifferent mother, acerbic and self-destructive teenager Greta disrupts the elderly couple's staid life on the Jersey Shore. Eventually, a romance helps Greta face down her demons.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both romance
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisShout (1991)
A new music teacher in a 1955 West Texas home for wayward boys brings new vision and hope for many of the interned boys.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both romance
SnoozefestMovies like thisFinding Together (2021)
Eddie and Byron began their relationship just before COVID-19, but quarantine forces them to face distance, work stress, and the big question: will living together work? A tender and honest LGBTQ+ story, perfect for those who believe in love... even in the toughest times.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both romance
Sob Sister (1931)
Jane Ray, a very clever reporter of crimes of passion, or "sob sister," for a New York tabloid, begins to feel depressed by the sordidness of her latest assignment, the investigation of a young woman's murder by her husband. Despite her growing distaste for her profession, Jane gets her story and, with typical ingenuity, frustrates her competitors' attempts to follow her lead.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both romance
Christmas in August (1998)
It's a sweltering summer, but Jung-won, a terminally ill, thirty-something photographer, is already in the winter of his life when he begins a tentative romance with a young traffic cop who doesn't know about his condition. Is their relationship doomed before it even begins?
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both romance
Worth the HypeMovies like thisA Student's Song of Heidelberg (1930)
A long time ago, John Miller emigrated from Germany to America. Now he wants his daughter Elinor to get to know his old homeland and sends her off to Heidelberg, where she is to study for a year. Pretty soon, the pretty young girl is in demand among the young men in town. Especially the students Dahlberg and Bornemann try to win Elinor's heart.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both romance
A Curtain Raiser (2006)
Bruno, a young Frenchman, is frustrated by his girlfriend's constant lack of punctuality. He decides to end their relationship the next time she is late again.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both romance
The Elephant in the Room (2025)
A progressive woman meets a man she is attracted to, but his support for Donald Trump challenges her beliefs and leaves her questioning whether their political differences can be overcome for a relationship to work.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both romance
Gone, But Not Forgotten (2003)
Questions about the identity of an amnesiac threaten his romance with the park ranger who rescued him.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both romance
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Frequently asked questions
What are the best movies like Idle Fantasies?
The closest matches to Idle Fantasies are The Hot Spot (1990), True Romance (1993) and Henry & June (1990). Below are 20 more, each with the reason it matches.
What should I watch after Idle Fantasies?
Start with The Hot Spot (1990), the closest match to Idle Fantasies.
What is the highest-rated movie like Idle Fantasies?
Chungking Express (1994), rated 8.0/10 by 2,345 TMDB users.
What is the newest movie like Idle Fantasies?
If You had Stayed (2026) is the most recent release on this list.
Are there English movies like Idle Fantasies?
Yes: The Hot Spot (1990), True Romance (1993) and Henry & June (1990).
How are movies similar to Idle Fantasies chosen?
First come films that Trakt’s viewers watch alongside Idle Fantasies, then TMDB’s recommendations and films it rates as similar in story and genre. Each pick says which signal put it there.