Movies like Damsel (2020)
The best movies like Damsel (2020) are Not Easily Broken (2009), My Policeman (2022) and Newness (2017). If Damsel hooked you with its drama and romance, these 30 similar films are what to watch next, and every pick says why it matches.
Quick picks
- Highest ratedGabriel's Inferno: Part III (2020)8.3/10 from 1,097 votes
- NewestChaser Game W: A Match Made in Heaven (2026)Released 2026
Not Easily Broken (2009)
A car accident and shifting affections test the bond between a married couple.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama & romance
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisMy Policeman (2022)
In the late 1990s, the arrival of elderly invalid Patrick into Marion and Tom’s home triggers the exploration of seismic events from 40 years previous: the passionate relationship between Tom and Patrick at a time when homosexuality was illegal.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama & romance
Worth the HypeMovies like thisNewness (2017)
In contemporary Los Angeles, two millennials navigating a social media–driven hookup culture begin a relationship that pushes both emotional and physical boundaries.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both romance & drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisFire with Fire (1986)
A tough, street-smart kid serving a sentence in a state youth reformatory meets a beautiful, innocent girl studying at a nearby convent. When forbidden love blossoms between them, they must fight the prison authorities, their parents and the law.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama & romance
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisI Can't Think Straight (2008)
Tala, a London-based Palestinian, is preparing for her elaborate Middle Eastern wedding when she meets Leyla, a young British Indian woman who is dating her best friend. Spirited Christian Tala and shy Muslim Leyla could not be more different from each other, but the attraction is immediate and goes deeper than friendship. But Tala is not ready to accept the implications of the choice her heart has made for her and escapes back to Jordan, while Leyla tries to move on with her new-found life, to the shock of her tradition-loving parents. As Tala's wedding day approaches, simmering tensions come to boiling point and the pressure mounts for Tala to be true to herself.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama & romance
Worth the HypeMovies like thisThe Lost Husband (2020)
Trying to put her life back together after the death of her husband, Libby and her children move to her estranged Aunt's goat farm in central Texas.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama & romance
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisTime Is Up (2021)
Vivien, an accomplished student with a passion for physics, and Roy, a troubled young man, are involved in an accident that forces them to reclaim their lives one minute at the time.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both romance & drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Secret: Dare to Dream (2020)
A widow with three children hires a handyman to fix her house during a major storm. When not doing home repairs, he shares his philosophy of believing in the power of the universe to deliver what we want.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama & romance
Worth the HypeMovies like thisLovely, Still (2009)
A holiday fable that tells the story of an elderly man discovering love for the first time.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama & romance
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisA Journal for Jordan (2021)
Based on the true story of First Sergeant Charles Monroe King, a soldier deployed to Iraq begins to keep a journal of love and advice for his infant son. Back at home, senior New York Times editor Dana Canedy revisits the story of her unlikely, life-altering relationship with King and his enduring devotion to her and their child.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama & romance
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisHello, Goodbye, and Everything in Between (2022)
Clare and Aidan make a pact to break up before college — no regrets, no broken hearts. But will one epic goodbye date offer them a last chance at love?
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both romance & drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisGabriel's Inferno: Part III (2020)
The final part of the film adaption of the erotic romance novel Gabriel's Inferno written by an anonymous Canadian author under the pen name Sylvain Reynard.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both romance & drama
Absolute CinemaMovies like thisLove Everlasting (2016)
Bridger is a young outsider who's always wanted more. He and his mother flee an abusive home, eventually finding a small town in the middle of nowhere. Once there, Bridger finds true acceptance with another misfit.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both romance & drama
Worth the HypeMovies like thisHollywood Dirt (2017)
Hollywood arrives in force to Quincy, the small town where the secret Crown Cola billionaire's live. They want to film about the billionaire's and how they made their fortunes. Summer Jenkins, who was the town pariah, joins forces with the scout, Ben, and finds filming locations, extras, lessons with the town officials and house owners, etc. When Cole Masten arrives, they hate each other, but sparks fly. Cole is running from a nasty divorce, yet is captivated by Summer. Summer is dying to leave town to get away from the gossip. This is a great story about Southern customs, a Southern girl, and a Hollywood star who finds his lady.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama & romance
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisSalome (1953)
In the reign of emperor Tiberius, Gallilean prophet John the Baptist preaches against King Herod and Queen Herodias. The latter wants John dead, but Herod fears to harm him due to a prophecy. Enter beautiful Princess Salome, Herod's long-absent stepdaughter. Herodias sees the king's dawning lust for Salome as her means of bending him to her will. But Salome and her lover Claudius are–contrary to Scripture–nearing conversion to the new religion.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama & romance
SnoozefestMovies like thisDeparture (2016)
An English mother and her teenage son spend a week preparing the sale of their remote holiday house in the South of France. Fifteen-year-old Elliot struggles with his dawning sexuality and an increasing alienation from his mother, Beatrice. She in turn is confronted by the realisation that her marriage to his father, Philip, has grown loveless and the life she knows is coming to an end. When an enigmatic local teenager, Clément, quietly enters their lives, both mother and son are compelled to confront their desires and, finally, each other.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama & romance
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThey Won't Believe Me (1947)
On trial for murdering his girlfriend, philandering stockbroker Larry Ballentine takes the stand to claim his innocence and describe the actual, but improbable sounding, sequence of events that led to her death.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama & romance
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisBlind (2017)
A novelist is blinded in a car crash that killed his wife and several years later rediscovers his passion for life and writing when he embarks on an affair with the neglected wife of an indicted businessman.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama & romance
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisA Perfect Ending (2012)
This intimate drama follows Rebecca, a woman who has kept her sexuality a secret from her friends but chooses to reveal it to a stranger. While Rebecca's revelations may not yield the results she expects, a perfect ending is still in reach.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama & romance
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisNine Lives (2005)
Captives of the very relationships that define and sustain them, nine women resiliently meet the travails and disappointments of life.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama & romance
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisToday Tmr, I Love You (2022)
Two women who never met before, Chenny and Leakna, slowly develop a deep connection and begin to fall in love with each other. Chenny is a strong and independent woman who finds in Leakna a fierce and independent partner. As they get to know each other better, Chenny realizes that Leakna is someone she used to love when they were children. They fall in love again, but their relationship is eventually broken by Jenny's father, who doesn't approve of their love. Leakna decides to sacrifice everything to protect Chenny, going as far as offering her own eyes to save her.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both drama & romance
Contact (2025)
In a heartfelt night of vulnerability and laughter, two mismatched young women navigate through 'The 36 Questions That Lead to Love' experiment, where they must engage in an intimate four-minute gaze of uninterrupted eye contact, challenging their perceptions of connection and the possibility of falling in love.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both romance & drama
Portrait of a Lady on Fire (2019)
On an isolated island in Brittany at the end of the eighteenth century, a female painter is obliged to paint a wedding portrait of a young woman.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both drama & romance
Absolute CinemaMovies like thisChaser Game W: A Match Made in Heaven (2026)
Seven years after the events of “Chaser Game W2: The Beautiful Celestial Maidens”—Itsuki and Fuyu now live in Ito City, Shizuoka Prefecture, with their daughter Tsuki, who is in middle school. Amid their busy daily lives filled with housework, parenting, and work, the time they spend together has gradually become something they take for granted. Over the course of those seven years, their relationship has shifted from “lovers” to “family,” and subtle emotional distance has begun to emerge between them. Though their hearts are shaken by each other’s casual words and actions, they continue to maintain the appearance of a peaceful household. However, their daughter Tsuki senses the growing unease between her parents. One day, after getting caught up in trouble, Tsuki is helped by a taxi driver named Kozue. This encounter becomes a turning point, prompting Itsuki and Fuyu to finally confront their true feelings and reexamine the form their love has taken as it drifted apart.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both romance & drama
Wish That You Were Here (2026)
Ilyse and Ella's love for each other endures despite the distance between them -- but are text messages and shared memories enough to sustain them through an uncertain future? Set in the backdrop of a rural and urban Philippines, Wish That You Were Here is a love letter to those in the closet.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both romance & drama
Summer Vacation (2020)
A teenage girl navigates sexuality and intimacy via a dating app.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both drama & romance
Into the Warren (2018)
An esoteric sapphic short movie
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both drama & romance
Rabbits Love Roadkill (2017)
As kit tries listening to her girlfriend, she is plagued by visions of rabbit.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both romance & drama
The Edge of Heaven (2007)
The lives of six German-Turkish immigrants are drawn together by circumstance: An old man and a prostitute forging a partnership, a young scholar reconciling his past, two young women falling in love, and a mother putting the shattered pieces of her life back together.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both drama
Worth the HypeMovies like thisI Am Lesbian (2023)
Coming out isn't easy. A lesbian coming out to her sister. Will she understand LGBTQIA needs.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both drama
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Frequently asked questions
What are the best movies like Damsel?
The closest matches to Damsel are Not Easily Broken (2009), My Policeman (2022) and Newness (2017). Below are 27 more, each with the reason it matches.
What should I watch after Damsel?
Start with Not Easily Broken (2009), the closest match to Damsel.
What is the highest-rated movie like Damsel?
Gabriel's Inferno: Part III (2020), rated 8.3/10 by 1,097 TMDB users.
What is the newest movie like Damsel?
Chaser Game W: A Match Made in Heaven (2026) is the most recent release on this list.
Are there English movies like Damsel?
Yes: Not Easily Broken (2009), My Policeman (2022) and Newness (2017).
How are movies similar to Damsel chosen?
First come films that Trakt’s viewers watch alongside Damsel, then TMDB’s recommendations and films it rates as similar in story and genre. Each pick says which signal put it there.