Movies like The Big Swap (1998)
The best movies like The Big Swap (1998) are Intimate Deception (1997), The Principles of Lust (2003) and Breathing Lessons (1994). If The Big Swap hooked you with its drama, these 30 similar films are what to watch next, and every pick says why it matches.
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- Highest ratedsex, lies, and videotape (1989)7.0/10 from 1,103 votes
- NewestHands of Stone (2016)Released 2016
Intimate Deception (1997)
Charlie is an artist in a slump. He is constantly harassed by his "step-father-in-law," Bob Masters, about his having shot a burglar in the recent past. When Charlie and Jennifer decide to take in Tina as a boarder she turns out to be a model ready and willing to pose for Charlie.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
The Principles of Lust (2003)
Crippled by his writer's block, Paul enters into a new, exciting relationship with risk-taking Billy and super-sexy Juliette. As it becomes increasingly tangled, however, he must choose one of them over the other.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Breathing Lessons (1994)
A married couple review their lives and renew their love for one another while driving to a friend's funeral.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Lap Dancing (1995)
Angie is having no luck auditioning for movies. She thinks about going back home, but her roommate Claudia convinces her to try working at the "gentleman's club" with her in order to gain more life experience. Angie hopes to be able to turn the experience toward more effective acting but is having difficulty overcoming her inhibitions. She meets a burned out movie director at the club who helps her with her dilemma.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Exotica (1994)
In the upscale Toronto strip club Exotica, dancer Christina is visited nightly by the obsessive Francis, a depressed tax auditor. Her ex-boyfriend, the club's MC, Eric, still jealously pines for her even as he introduces her onstage, but Eric is having his own relationship problems with the club's female owner. Thomas, a mysterious pet-shop owner, is about to become unexpectedly involved in their lives.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisFull Body Massage (1999)
Nina, an art dealer, has her weekly massage appointment and is surprised to find out her usual masseur, Douglas, has sent a replacement named Fitch. The pair develop an easy rapport during the session, with talk about past relationships. As Nina lies topless on the massage table, Fitch also takes time to explain various massage techniques, including those used by Hopi medicine men.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
SnoozefestMovies like thisSecond Skin (1999)
When Elena finds a hotel bill in her husband’s pocket, she begins to suspect that he’s having an affair — but not that it’s with a man.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
The Woman Chaser (1999)
An unscrupulous used car salesman and aspiring filmmaker in 1950s Los Angeles struggles to get his first film made, at all costs.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Beautiful Kate (2009)
Ned Kendall is asked to return to the remote and isolated family home by his sister, to say goodbye to his father who is dying. Ned also brings his young aspiring actress fiancee who struggles with the isolation. When home he starts having memories of his childhood many involving his beautiful twin sister and his older brother. These memories awaken long-buried secrets from the family's past.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
SnoozefestMovies like thisForbidden Homework (1992)
A young man completing an assignment for his film class invites Marieda, a middle-aged woman, over to his aunt's house to rehearse for a drama she believes they will eventually record. But she doesn't realize that she is being videotaped since her arrival.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Female Perversions (1996)
An ambitious female attorney wallows in excess and meaningless sex with both male and female partners, while dealing with her personal life problems including helping her kleptomaniac sister.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
SnoozefestMovies like thisSue (1998)
An unemployed ex-office worker searching for work floats a fragile line of sanity as she struggles to find friendship and companionship. Her tenuous grasp on reality further fluctuates when a man whom she met in a restaurant and started an affair with is called to go to India for an assignment. The final straw occurs when she is evicted and moves into a sleazy hotel. She then starts seeking casual sex in unorthodox locations just to have human contact.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Surrender (2003)
An erotic drama that submerges an innocent new arrival to the City of Angels in the intoxicating double life of her charismatic lesbian dominatrix housemate.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Play Time (1995)
Lindsey and Geena spend some time together by the pool while their husbands play golf. After talking about their fantasies they begin to enact a few of them for each other. Soon they incorporate Lindsey's husband Joe into their intimate games. When straight-laced Brad finds out what his wife and friends have been doing he blows up, threatening their marriages and friendships.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Secret Things (2002)
Two young women find themselves struggling to survive in Paris, street-wise Nathalie, a stripper, and naïve Sandrine, a barmaid. Together, they discover that sex can be used to their advantage, and pleasure.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
SnoozefestMovies like thisSunday (1997)
Mistaking a homeless man for a famous director, a British actress seeks career help from him.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Close My Eyes (1991)
After some years of tension, Richard begins a sexual relationship with his sister Natalie. Now married, the relationship proves dangerously obsessional.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
SnoozefestMovies like thisNormal (2007)
A deadly car accident brings together a group of previously unrelated people, each of whom is forced to deal with the emotional fallout.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Whatever Lola Wants (2007)
A Brooklyn postal worker follows her Egyptian boyfriend to Cairo where she takes belly-dancing lessons from a legendary but disgraced Egyptian dancer.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Suspicious River (2001)
A young married woman sells her body, not just for money, to guests at the motel where she works as a receptionist.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
sex, lies, and videotape (1989)
Ann, a frustrated wife, enters into counseling due to a troubled marriage. Unbeknownst to her, her husband John has begun an affair with her sister. When John’s best friend Graham arrives, his penchant for interviewing women about their sex lives forever changes John and Ann’s rocky marriage.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Worth the HypeMovies like thisLady of the Night (1986)
Angelina is tired of long serious relationships. One day she is brutally raped and she changes dramatically. Suddenly she is getting involved in more and more dangerous relations with unknown men until her behavior leads to a fatal crime.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Effie Gray (2014)
A look at the mysterious relationship between Victorian art critic John Ruskin and his teenage bride Effie Gray.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisHands of Stone (2016)
The legendary Roberto Duran and his equally legendary trainer Ray Arcel change each other's lives.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisBreathe In (2013)
When a foreign exchange student arrives in a small upstate New York town, she challenges the dynamics of her host family's relationships and alters their lives forever.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama
SnoozefestMovies like thisResurrecting the Champ (2007)
Up-and-coming sports reporter rescues a homeless man ("Champ") only to discover that he is, in fact, a boxing legend believed to have passed away. What begins as an opportunity to resurrect Champ's story and escape the shadow of his father's success becomes a personal journey as the ambitious reporter reexamines his own life and his relationship with his family.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisHungry Hearts (2015)
The relationship of a couple who meet by chance in New York City is put to the test when they encounter a life or death circumstance.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisKiller's Kiss (1955)
Davey Gordon, a New York City boxer at the end of his career, falls for dancer Gloria Price. However, their budding relationship is interrupted by Gloria's violent boss, Vincent Rapallo, who has eyes for Gloria. The two decide to skip town, but before they can, Vincent and his thugs abduct Gloria, and Davey is forced to search for her among the most squalid corners of the city, with his enemy hiding in the shadows.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Pumpkin Eater (1964)
Jo, the mother of seven children, divorces her second husband in order to marry Jake, a successful but promiscuous screenwriter. Though they are physically and emotionally compatible, they are slowly torn apart.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisBobby Jones: Stroke of Genius (2004)
The story of golf icon and legend, Bobby Jones, who retired from competition at the tender age of 28.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama
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Frequently asked questions
What are the best movies like The Big Swap?
The closest matches to The Big Swap are Intimate Deception (1997), The Principles of Lust (2003) and Breathing Lessons (1994). Below are 27 more, each with the reason it matches.
What should I watch after The Big Swap?
People who watched The Big Swap most often go on to Intimate Deception (1997), The Principles of Lust (2003) and Breathing Lessons (1994).
What is the highest-rated movie like The Big Swap?
sex, lies, and videotape (1989), rated 7.0/10 by 1,103 TMDB users.
What is the newest movie like The Big Swap?
Hands of Stone (2016) is the most recent release on this list.
Are there English movies like The Big Swap?
Yes: Intimate Deception (1997), The Principles of Lust (2003) and Breathing Lessons (1994).
How are movies similar to The Big Swap chosen?
First come films that Trakt’s viewers watch alongside The Big Swap, then TMDB’s recommendations and films it rates as similar in story and genre. Each pick says which signal put it there.