Movies like Kaleidoscope: Scarlet Temptation for Ladies (2024)
The best movies like Kaleidoscope: Scarlet Temptation for Ladies (2024) are Holiday Date (2019), The Matchmaker's Playbook (2018) and Paris, Wine & Romance (2019). If Kaleidoscope: Scarlet Temptation for Ladies hooked you with its romance, these 30 similar films are what to watch next, and every pick says why it matches.
Quick picks
- Highest ratedGabriel's Rapture: Part I (2021)7.8/10 from 200 votes
- NewestGabriel's Rapture: Part II (2022)Released 2022
- In JapaneseEvergreen Love (2016)Also in Japanese
Holiday Date (2019)
When Brooke’s boyfriend, Ethan, breaks up with her just before the holidays, she agrees to go home with Joel, an actor who will pose as her boyfriend.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both romance
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Matchmaker's Playbook (2018)
After a career-ending accident, former NFL recruit Ian Hunter is back on campus, and he's putting his extensive skills with women to work as one of the masterminds behind a successful and secretive dating service. But when Blake Olson requests the services of Wingmen, Inc., Ian may have landed his most hopeless client yet. As Blake begins the transformation from hot mess to smokin' hot, Ian realizes he's in danger of breaking his cardinal rule....
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both romance
Worth the HypeMovies like thisParis, Wine & Romance (2019)
Isabella is the ambitious new owner of her family’s Oregon winery whose dream of becoming world-renowned takes a big step forward when she enters a prestigious wine competition in Paris. Upon arrival, Isabella meets her biggest competitor, Jacques, from one of the world’s foremost winemaking families. Impressed by Isabella and her expertise in wine, a budding romance develops between them.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both romance
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisWinter Love Story (2019)
When new author Cassie is paired with successful author Elliot on a promotional book tour, she learns to believe in her talent. She also finds truth in the old adage “you can’t judge a book by its cover” as she falls for the guy she once thought to be pompous and full of himself.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both romance
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisIt Was Always You (2021)
Elizabeth's engagement plans are thrown into disarray when her fiancée's free-spirited brother David returns home. David's unexpected influence prompts Elizabeth to question her life decisions.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both romance
Worth the HypeMovies like thisSailing Into Love (2019)
A biology teacher’s crusade to save a nearby island from development leads to unexpected romance with the handsome and mysterious young sea captain who is new to the seaside town of Willow Bay.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both romance
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisEvergreen Love (2016)
Sayaka works at a office. She's not very good at her job or with love. One night, she finds a man, Itsuki, collapsed in front of her home. She takes him inside and they begin to live together. Itsuki teaches Sayaka about cooking wild herbs and collecting wild herbs, but he has a secret.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both romance
Worth the HypeMovies like thisTaking a Shot at Love (2021)
Former professional ballet dancer Jenna works with NHL star Ryan Cooper to help him recover from an injury using ballet as therapy, and as they grow close, he helps her mend her injured heart. But when it’s time for Ryan to return to the ice and leave Jenna and her small, Connecticut town, they both must consider the paths they want to take and just maybe, love will find its way.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both romance
Worth the HypeMovies 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 · both romance
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisTurkey Drop (2019)
Lucy Jacobs, a freshman university student, returns home to her small town for Thanksgiving break and suspects she's about to get turkey dropped— aka dumped by her high school sweetheart. To avoid a Turkey Day travesty, Lucy gets out of her comfort zone, proving she's not the same play-it-safe girl she once was.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both romance
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisA Country Wedding (2015)
A famous country singer set to marry a glamorous Hollywood actress returns to his small town roots. When he crosses paths with his childhood sweetheart and finally feels inspired to write songs again he reevaluates his life, his values and his opinion of true love. As his wedding day approaches, he must decide if he has chosen the right woman to be his wife.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both romance
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisFrequencies (2013)
The story of the forbidden relationship between a 'low born' boy and a 'high born' girl in an alternate reality where every person's relationships and life worth are determined by their innate 'frequencies'.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both romance
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisDaytime Shooting Star (2017)
Fifteen-year-old country girl Suzume Yosano has to move to Tokyo to live with her uncle due to her father's transfer. She bumps into a mysterious man who ends up taking her to her uncle's place after she gets lost. Turns out, Suzume will be seeing him a lot more often once she starts school because... he's her homeroom teacher?!
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both romance
Worth the HypeMovies like thisSecret Millionaire (2018)
When a bored millionaire (Steve Lund) is mistaken for a parking attendant by a beautiful girl (Siobhan Williams) who is protesting against his family’s intention of closing a local park, he uses the misunderstanding to get to know her better.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both romance
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisMatching Hearts (2020)
As Valentine's Day nears, a matchmaker is tasked by her mentor to find a match for an entrepreneur who believes staying single is the key to success.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both romance
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisWolf Girl and Black Prince (2016)
Erika Shinohara is a first year of high school student. While talking to friends, she makes up a story about her "boyfriend." In reality, Erika Shinohara doesn't have a boyfriend. Erika's friends soon begin to doubt her story and Erika is also running out of lies. Erika then sees a pretty boy on the street and takes his picture discreetly. She later shows his picture to her friends as her boyfriend. The boy in the picture is Kyouya Sata and happens to attend the same school as Erika. She tells Kyouya about her situation and asks him to be her pretend boyfriend. Even though Kyouya has a pretty appearance, he has a dark side.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both romance
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisGabriel's Rapture: Part I (2021)
In the fourth instalment of the Gabriel's Inferno series, Professor Gabriel Emerson has embarked on a passionate, yet clandestine affair with his former student Julia Mitchell, but when they return from their romantic holiday in Italy, their happiness is threatened. Will Gabriel succumb to Dante's fate?
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both romance
Worth the HypeMovies like thisMumon: The Land of Stealth (2017)
Raised suckling poison arrows among the sparring Iga ninja factions, Mumon is a carefree 16th-century mercenary. When the ninja council makes a power play to defeat the young Nobukatsu Oda struggling to step into his father’s warlord shoes as they expand rule across the country, Mumon jumps into the fray to satisfy his new bride Okuni’s demand that he make good on his promises of wealth. Yet Mumon soon finds what is worth fighting for beyond money or nation.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both romance
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisGabriel's Rapture: Part II (2022)
In the fifth installment of the Gabriel's Inferno series, Gabriel and Julia’s happiness is threatened by a conspiring student and academic politics. When Gabriel is confronted by the university administration, will he succumb to Dante's fate? Or will he fight to keep Julia, his Beatrice, forever?
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both romance
Absolute CinemaMovies like thisSisters of the Groom (2017)
When Sarah needs to impress a corporate bigwig in order to help her sister's catering business, she finds herself agreeing to be his son’s pretend date to a family wedding
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both romance
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Woman Bought for Thirty Million Yen (2013)
Asami, a female businesswoman who runs an apparel business, has a huge amount of sponsorship fees that was supposed to be transferred from an investor stolen by someone. Suddenly, she is left with a huge debt and is forced to become a "body funder."
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both romance
The Man from the Sea (1991)
A middle-aged man comes to the coast in search of some place to die. But that beach was a gay beach. There, the man meets a gay young man for a reason...
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both romance
Coming Out, Our Declaration as a Couple (1993)
A suspicious man named Yoshioka, who claims to be a friend of Takashi's late father, offers a car as payment for two university students acting in a private adult video. The two friends Takashi and Shogo desperately want a car to make their campus life more meaningful, so they reluctantly agree to appear in a gay adult video together. They somehow manage to get through the humiliating filming and get the promised car. Takashi thinks he'll never do it again, but at that moment something he doesn't realize is beginning to sprout inside him. The next day, Takashi is called by Yoshioka to visit his office. Yoshioka's sponsor, a man who calls himself Hayami, appears before Takashi. Hayami asks Takashi to appear in another gay adult video, and if he refuses, he will copy Yoshioka's tape and distribute it everywhere. Takashi succumbs to the blackmail threats, but during the filming of the video, Shogo looks for him.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both romance
Naughty Office Lady: Don't Pull Out Until Morning (2000)
A couple of men and women who look happy. However, each of them was living another life that the other did not know. Their words, which at times seem to betray their own feelings, crystallize into a dry ending.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both romance
Ice Cream No Kahori (1991)
A man turns 30 and returns to his hometown. Memories come back to him of an old man who ran the ice cream shop..
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both romance
Hitomi Kurosawa: Clumsy Love Story (1987)
A sensual drama that carefully depicts the conflicts of a hotel lady, set in an office whose names are all fruits. Hitomi Kurosawa, who is known for her voluptuous proportions, delicately portrays the complex feelings of a prostitute who has no illusions about her love life. Melon (Hitomi Kurosawa), who lies to her hometown's parents that she works as an office lady and works as a hotel lady in Tokyo, is proposed to by her regular customer Kageda (Yutaka Ikejima). Melon has arranged a date with Kageda on Christmas, which is also her birthday, and asks him to give her sunflowers, which are out of season.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both romance
Molester Stalker Targeted Beauty Model (2001)
A sad love story with a hint of saspense about a master detective who seduces women with sophisticated technology, his target, a beautiful model, and the madness of the stalker who hunts her down.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both romance
Slutty Goldfish Princess: Falling in Love with the Sea (2000)
An erotic fantasy story in which actress Yoko Satomi plays the role of a mysterious slutty housekeeper. Koji, a dull office worker, buys unsold goldfish and returns home, but his wife Emi runs away from home after a petty quarrel. There is an awkward atmosphere with his daughter Yukiko, who is a ronin student, but the situation changes when Izumi, who is a housekeeper, tutor and an experience-based sex counselor, shows up. An intense sexual experience is on the horizon, full of lust, love and forbidden desires.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both romance
Unfaithful Wife: Sticky and Messy (2002)
Middle-aged Hiroshi, a 53‑year‑old salaryman whose wife cheats on him and whose daughter barely tolerates him, finds himself discarded by his company and adrift—until a mysterious phone call from Mariko, his long‑lost love who supposedly died thirty years ago, pulls him into a forbidden reverie and dreams of a different life with her. Mariko, embodied by the irresistible Yōko Satomi—dressed in the provocative uniforms and iconic emblems of the old protest movements—the past awakens in tantalizing detail. As Hiroshi dials into a life he might have lived with Mariko, full of erotic promise and the intoxicating thrill of rewriting his destiny.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both romance
Manji (2006)
One day, Sonoko, a married woman having a husband, meets young, beautiful Mitsuko. Puzzled Sonoko is charmed by the beauty of Mitsuko, and two people fall into relations between women at the start.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both romance
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Frequently asked questions
What are the best movies like Kaleidoscope: Scarlet Temptation for Ladies?
The closest matches to Kaleidoscope: Scarlet Temptation for Ladies are Holiday Date (2019), The Matchmaker's Playbook (2018) and Paris, Wine & Romance (2019). Below are 27 more, each with the reason it matches.
What should I watch after Kaleidoscope: Scarlet Temptation for Ladies?
Start with Holiday Date (2019), the closest match to Kaleidoscope: Scarlet Temptation for Ladies.
What is the highest-rated movie like Kaleidoscope: Scarlet Temptation for Ladies?
Gabriel's Rapture: Part I (2021), rated 7.8/10 by 200 TMDB users.
What is the newest movie like Kaleidoscope: Scarlet Temptation for Ladies?
Gabriel's Rapture: Part II (2022) is the most recent release on this list.
Are there Japanese movies like Kaleidoscope: Scarlet Temptation for Ladies?
Yes: Evergreen Love (2016), Daytime Shooting Star (2017) and Wolf Girl and Black Prince (2016).
How are movies similar to Kaleidoscope: Scarlet Temptation for Ladies chosen?
First come films that Trakt’s viewers watch alongside Kaleidoscope: Scarlet Temptation for Ladies, then TMDB’s recommendations and films it rates as similar in story and genre. Each pick says which signal put it there.