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Movies like The Russian Sexual Battle on Ice (2000)

The best movies like The Russian Sexual Battle on Ice (2000) are Henry & June (1990), The Hot Spot (1990) and True Romance (1993). If The Russian Sexual Battle on Ice hooked you with its romance, these 23 similar films are what to watch next, and every pick says why it matches.

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  1. Henry & 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

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  2. 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

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  3. True 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

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  4. The Love Guru (2008)

    Born in America and raised in an Indian ashram, Pitka returns to his native land to seek his fortune as a spiritualist and self-help expert. His skills are put to the test when he must get a brokenhearted hockey player's marriage back on track in time for the man to help his team win the Stanley Cup.

    Why it matches: Similar story and style · both romance

  5. Lions in Waiting (2017)

    The new member of a high school hockey team struggles to make sense of who he is.

    Why it matches: Similar story and style · both romance

  6. Yesterday (1980)

    A young American hockey player, studying in Canada on a hockey scholarship, falls in love while risking his scholarship and the prospect of the Vietnam war draft.

    Why it matches: Similar story and style · both romance

  7. Breakaway (2011)

    A hockey enthusiast since 12 years of age, Toronto-based Rajvinder Singh, even went to the extent of trimming his hair, discarding his Pagri/turban, did not complete his education, incurred the wrath of his father, Darvesh, who wanted him to be involved in the family business as well as confirm and respect Sikh religion principles and values. Hoping to play professional hockey, Rajvinder, along with other fellow Sikh players, instead finds himself treated as the object of ridicule, referred to as a 'joker', by mainstream Caucasian players. Even his friends tease him and ask him to take up 'Guli Danda' and Kabaddi', while his father makes him work for Uncle Sammy as a truck driver. He is attracted to stunning law student Melissa Winters while her brother, Dan, offers to coach Rajvinder and his team. Unable to get themselves included in any team, they form their own...

    Why it matches: Similar story and style · both romance

  8. Stay the Night (2022)

    A failed work opportunity prompts chronically single Grace to pursue a one night stand with a stranger. Turns out he's an on-the-outs professional athlete in town with a problem of his own. Maybe they can help each other.

    Why it matches: Similar story and style · both romance

  9. I Love Snuff (1995)

    An S/M couple kidnaps a young victim and tortures her. They film the tortures and send the videos to the girl's husband, hoping to horrify him and get a reaction. But the husband is excited and asks for more...

    Why it matches: Similar story and style · both romance

  10. Frozen in Love (2018)

    When struggling bookstore owner Mary and the bad boy of professional hockey, Adam, are teamed together to help facilitate an image makeover for the other, they soon realize that opposites attract and they find themselves unexpectedly frozen in love.

    Why it matches: Similar story and style · both romance

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  11. Face-Off (1971)

    A love story involving a Canadian professional hockey player and a hippie folk singer. Their union is tumultuous, as both try to come to terms with their differences in careers and lifestyles. Several National Hockey League players also appear in the film.

    Why it matches: Similar story and style · both romance

  12. Pigs Have Wings (1977)

    Rome, 70s. Rocco and Antonia, high school students, meet during a political rally. The two young people share age, political ideas, dissatisfaction with their parents. Moreover, by attending, they realize they have fallen in love. It is the discovery of sex and passion. After some time, however, their relationship goes into crisis.

    Why it matches: Similar story and style · both romance

  13. Youngblood (1986)

    A skilled young hockey prospect hoping to attract the attention of professional scouts is pressured to show that he can fight if challenged during his stay in a Canadian minor hockey town. His on-ice activities are complicated by his relationship with the coach's daughter.

    Why it matches: Similar story and style · both romance

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  14. Cowards Bend the Knee (2003)

    When he takes his girlfriend to a seedy abortion clinic in the back room of a combination hair salon / bordello, Guy Maddin meets the madam’s daughter and falls in love. But she won’t let any man touch her until her father’s murder has been avenged.

    Why it matches: Similar story and style · both romance

  15. Ronnie and Julie (1997)

    In this modern day version of 'Romeo and Juliet,' a rising hockey star and a figure skater with a bright future fall in love. However, they find themselves on opposite sides of the rink due to the fierce rivalry between their parents.

    Why it matches: Similar story and style · both romance

  16. El man del porno (2018)

    When Carlos Andrés decides that the best way to contribute to his family is to become a porn actor, the only problem is that his girlfriend does not know about his successful career.

    Why it matches: Similar story and style · both romance

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  17. Thick Lashes of Lauri Mäntyvaara (2017)

    There's this hot ice-hockey guy called Lauri Mäntyvaara. Satu promises she'll do her best, so that her best friend Heidi will get him. You'd think that the picturesque Finnish Archipelago would be the perfect place to discover your first love (and get rid of your virginity), but it will not be easy, if a cynical protein-shake-slurping ice hockey team thinks the target of your desire should focus only on the European Championship, and the only places you can escape to are the pretentious summer wedding parties - or bitter divorce parties.

    Why it matches: Similar story and style · both romance

  18. Touch and Go (1986)

    A Chicago hockey star is accosted by a youth gang who attempt to rob him; after he chases them off he catches the youngest member and gives him a ride home, where he meets the boy's mother.

    Why it matches: Similar story and style · both romance

  19. Underwater Love (2011)

    35-year-old Asuka works in a lakeside fish factory. She’s about to be married to her boss, Taki, but one day, she encounters a kappa – a water sprite found in Japanese folklore – and learns that the creature is in fact the reborn form of Aoki, an old crush who’d drowned when they were 17.

    Why it matches: Similar story and style · both romance

  20. Perfectly Normal (1991)

    A shy young man with a passion for opera has his world turned upside down by a con artist who really does have a heart of gold.

    Why it matches: Similar story and style · both romance

  21. Ice 2 (2020)

    What happens in fairy tales after the wedding of the prince and princess? Figure skater Nadia and hockey player Sasha got married and more than anything else they dream of a child. True, the price they will have to pay for this dream will be unimaginably high. After such upheavals, it seems impossible to count on a happy ending. But if you think so, you do not know anything about real tales...

    Why it matches: Similar story and style · both romance

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  22. The Favour, the Watch and the Very Big Fish (1991)

    A farce, Hoskins plays a photographer who specializes in religious pictures who searches for a model for Jesus. He does a favor for a friend and finds himself doing a voice track for a porno movie with Natasha Richardson. Hoskins finds his model for Jesus in Jeff Goldblum and a romantic triangle begins in which Goldblum finds adoring crowds believing him to be Jesus and then begins to believe it himself.

    Why it matches: Similar story and style · both romance

  23. Idol of the Crowds (1937)

    Retired hockey player Johnny Hansen, in order to make money to enlarge his chicken farm, returns to the game and leads his team into the championship series. Just before the series starts, he is offered a bribe to throw the games but refuses. An attempt is made on his life which results in Bobby, the team's mascot, being injured.

    Why it matches: Similar story and style · both romance

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Frequently asked questions

What are the best movies like The Russian Sexual Battle on Ice?

The closest matches to The Russian Sexual Battle on Ice are Henry & June (1990), The Hot Spot (1990) and True Romance (1993). Below are 20 more, each with the reason it matches.

What should I watch after The Russian Sexual Battle on Ice?

Start with Henry & June (1990), the closest match to The Russian Sexual Battle on Ice.

What is the highest-rated movie like The Russian Sexual Battle on Ice?

True Romance (1993), rated 7.5/10 by 3,246 TMDB users.

What is the newest movie like The Russian Sexual Battle on Ice?

Stay the Night (2022) is the most recent release on this list.

How are movies similar to The Russian Sexual Battle on Ice chosen?

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