Movies like Independent Woman (2025)
The best movies like Independent Woman (2025) are Henry & June (1990), The Hot Spot (1990) and True Romance (1993). If Independent Woman hooked you with its romance, these 23 similar films are what to watch next, and every pick says why it matches.
Quick picks
- Highest ratedPortrait of a Lady on Fire (2019)8.1/10 from 3,105 votes
- NewestDragon Girl Problem (2025)Released 2025
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
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe 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 thisWaves (2019)
A controlling father’s attempts to ensure that his two children succeed in high school backfire after his son experiences a career-ending sports injury. Their familial bonds are eventually placed under severe strain by an unexpected tragedy.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both romance
Worth the HypeMovies like thisPortrait 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 romance
Absolute CinemaMovies like thisCherry Magic! Thirty Years of Virginity Can Make You a Wizard?! Movie (2024)
Compilation film for 30-sai made Doutei dato Mahoutsukai ni Nareru Rashii and will depict episodes not shown in the TV anime.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both romance
Girl Seduction (2003)
This is a collection of popular softcore actress Misty Mundae' best scenes.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both romance
Club Wild Side (1998)
A couple try to save their marriage, while their houseguest discovers her sexuality.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both romance
The Diary (1999)
Gorgeous Anna's (Lila Baumann) boyfriend leaves her and tells her to forget him. She is confused over him and eventually marries a rich man whose family oppose this marriage. She is happy but her ex-lover returns and wants her back.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both romance
7 seX 7 (2012)
An Croatian erotic anthology of seven short stories directed by Irena Skoric, all revolving around sex and relationships. Five of the stories following the intimacies of straight couples, where the 6th and 7th stories revolve around a lesbian couple and a gay couple.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both romance
Dragon Girl Problem (2025)
To escape an arranged marriage in the Dragon Palace, Kim Yong-man, the dragon king's daughter, flees to the human world and begins high school, determined to become the top of her class. There, she encounters Shim Hae-soo, the current number one student sitting beside her. As rivalry shifts into friendship, the two gradually become special to each other.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both romance
Below Her Mouth (2017)
An unexpected affair quickly escalates into a heart-stopping reality for two women whose passionate connection changes their lives forever.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both romance
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisGood Kisser (2019)
Jenna agrees to a sexy weekend fling with her materialistic girlfriend Kate and the worldly Mia, but as the night unfolds, Jenna notices strange details about each of them, as the love triangle starts to crack.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both romance
Educating Elainia (2006)
Sexy nude model, Karly, invites her sheltered friend, Elainia, to a photo shoot in the Mojave Desert. Elainia is mesmerized by the photo shoot and afterwards witnesses a naughty side of Karly she's never seen. Stimulated by all the sexy glamour, Elainia decides to learn all the pleasures of nude modeling from Karly. But when the photographer falls for both of the girls, Karly and Elainia will have to fight for their man... or share him.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both romance
College Dormitory (1984)
Story about a girl who, tired of her step-mother and her step-mothers gigolo, goes to a boarding-school and falls in love with the woman who runs it. Fanette, the woman who runs the boarding school is strict and Juliette finds she loves the strictness. She loves to be spanked..
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both romance
Rivals in Love (1976)
A maid at a seaside hotel nurses to health a man she found on the beach who has lost his memory.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both romance
The Busy Lesbian Club (1934)
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both romance
Emma & Louise (2000)
Emma and Louise meet at a nightclub. They enjoy each other, have a drink and end their evening in bed. This is when the question of protected sex arises...
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both romance
Naked Lust (2009)
Softcore flick about popular singer Cherry Pop who is desperately looking for inspiration for a new album.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both romance
Secret Sex Club (2003)
A man visits a mysterious woman after strange things start happening in his apartment.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both romance
Blue Beach (1982)
A mature woman and her friends go on vacation to Spain, where they seduce the young men they meet.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both romance
Der Hammer (2005)
A musical about a woman getting work done on her house.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both romance
Les Invisibles (2012)
Several elderly homosexual men and women speak frankly about their pioneering lives, their fearless decision to live openly in France at a time when society rejected them.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both romance
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Frequently asked questions
What are the best movies like Independent Woman?
The closest matches to Independent Woman 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 Independent Woman?
Start with Henry & June (1990), the closest match to Independent Woman.
What is the highest-rated movie like Independent Woman?
Portrait of a Lady on Fire (2019), rated 8.1/10 by 3,105 TMDB users.
What is the newest movie like Independent Woman?
Dragon Girl Problem (2025) is the most recent release on this list.
Are there English movies like Independent Woman?
Yes: Henry & June (1990), The Hot Spot (1990) and True Romance (1993).
How are movies similar to Independent Woman chosen?
First come films that Trakt’s viewers watch alongside Independent Woman, then TMDB’s recommendations and films it rates as similar in story and genre. Each pick says which signal put it there.