Movies like Western Concubine (1964)
The best movies like Western Concubine (1964) are Original Sin (2001), Go, Go Second Time Virgin (1969) and Flower & Snake: Zero (2014). If Western Concubine hooked you, these 30 similar films are what to watch next, and every pick says why it matches.
Quick picks
- Highest ratedDinner in America (2022)7.8/10 from 251 votes
- NewestThe Last Stand of Ellen Cole (2024)Released 2024
- In JapaneseGo, Go Second Time Virgin (1969)Also in Japanese
Original Sin (2001)
A young man is plunged into a life of subterfuge, deceit and mistaken identity in pursuit of a femme fatale whose heart is never quite within his grasp.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisGo, Go Second Time Virgin (1969)
Go, Go, Second Time Virgin is the story of two damned and abused teenagers who meet and fall in mutant love on a Tokyo rooftop. Their only hope is to cement their love with an escape into oblivion.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisFlower & Snake: Zero (2014)
Misaki Amemiya is an assistant inspector for the Metropolitan Police Department's Community Safety Bureau who becomes ensnared in a trap while investigating a mysterious illegal video website called "Babylon". Soon, she's bound and tortured along with Shizuko and an oversexed housewife named Ruri.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisFifty Shades of Grey (2015)
When college senior Anastasia Steele steps in for her sick roommate to interview prominent businessman Christian Grey for their campus paper, little does she realize the path her life will take. Christian, as enigmatic as he is rich and powerful, finds himself strangely drawn to Ana, and she to him. Though sexually inexperienced, Ana plunges headlong into an affair -- and learns that Christian's true sexual proclivities push the boundaries of pain and pleasure.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
SnoozefestMovies like thisStar of David: Beauty Hunting (1979)
The life of Tatsuya, a young man of proper yet mysterious descent, whose outward respectability hides his urges for rape and torture.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Transgressor (1974)
18 years after the mysterious death of her mother, Maya takes religious vows to find out what terrible things happened to her mother inside the Sacred Heart Convent. As soon as the door closes to the nunnery, the nuns start torturing her. She also has to deal with a lecherous archbishops and a lesbian mother superior.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisImprint (2006)
An American journalist travels through 19th-century Japan to find the prostitute he fell in love with but instead learns of the physical and existential horror that befell her after he left.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisSex and Fury (1973)
Sex & Fury chronicles Ocho's exploits as she searches for her father's killers, each identified by unique tattoos on their backs (a deer, a boar, and a butterfly). Along the way, she also crosses paths with Shunosuke, a radical set on murdering prominent politician Kurokawa, and Christina, an American spy posing as a gambler.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisDinner in America (2022)
An on-the-lam punk rocker and a young woman obsessed with a local band go on an unexpected and epic journey together through the decaying suburbs of the American Midwest.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Worth the HypeMovies like thisPorno (2019)
When a group of naive teens working at a movie theater in a small Christian town discover a mysterious film hidden in its basement, they unleash an alluring succubus who gives them a sex education…written in blood.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisTokyo Decadence (1992)
A submissive hooker goes about her trade, suffering abuse at the hands of Japanese salarymen and Yakuza types. She's unhappy about her work, and is apparently trying to find some sort of appeasement for the fact that her lover has married.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisAvatar: Creating the World of Pandora (2010)
The Making-of James Cameron's Avatar. It shows interesting parts of the work on the set.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisStardust Memories (1980)
While attending a retrospect of his work, a filmmaker recalls his life and his loves: the inspirations for his films.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Trials of Cate McCall (2013)
In order to be reinstated to the bar and recover custody of her daughter, a hotshot lawyer, now in recovery and on probation, must take on the appeal of a woman wrongfully convicted of murder.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisValley Girl (1983)
Julie, a girl from the valley, meets Randy, a punk from the city. They are from different worlds and find love. Somehow they need to stay together in spite of her trendy, shallow friends.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisShanghaied (1915)
A shipowner intends to scuttle his ship on its last voyage to get the insurance money. Charlie, a tramp in love with the owner's daughter, is grabbed by the captain and promises to help him shanghai some seamen. The daughter stows away to follow Charlie. Charlie assists in the galley and attempts to serve food during a gale.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisBelow 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: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisA Woman (1915)
Mother, father and daughter go to the park. The women doze off on a bench while the father plays a hide-and-seek game with a girl, blindfolded. Charlie leads him into a lake. Both dozing ladies on the bench fall for Charlie and invite him for dinner. The father returns home with a friend. Charlie rushes upstairs and dresses like a woman, shaving his mustache. Both men fall for Charlie.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Last Stand of Ellen Cole (2024)
When an evil contractor goes to extreme measures to evict a testy tenant who is standing in the way of his new project, he fails to take into account that this seemingly harmless old woman is a trained killer and will do anything to protect her beloved home.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Absolute CinemaMovies like thisWatching the Detectives (2007)
Neil, a self-proclaimed film geek and owner of Gumshoe video, has always been content to live vicariously through his favorite films noir. But when he meets Violet, a real-life femme fatale, his mundane world gets turned upside down and the line between reality and the movies quickly begins to blur.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisYôen: Niku shibari (1987)
A woman accidentally kills her husband during S&M play.
Why it matches: Similar story and style
Kandagawa Pervert Wars (1983)
Two sexually energized young women who live in a high-rise apartment building happen one day to spy from their window a mother and son making love in the apartment across from theirs. They decide to stage a rescue attempt to free him and in the process one of the young women ends up falling in love with the son despite having a boyfriend and enjoying sex with her female companion. Of course, the mother they are warring against has her own plans when she feels her privacy invaded.
Why it matches: Similar story and style
Erotic Ghost Story: Female Ghost in Heat (1995)
Yuichi and Akie Kanzaki have decided to follow in their father's footsteps and open a hospital. They are excited to start their new life together, but on the night they move in, a beautiful female ghost appears and violently rapes Yuichi and sucks the life out of him while Akie is tied up. After that, the ghost appears day and night. One day, Akie hears a terrible story. What is the purpose of the ghost?
Why it matches: Similar story and style
Groper Train: Caught Red-handed (1994)
Miki and Ai enjoyed chatting and drinking beer together by themselves from time to time. One day, Ai confessed that she had been with a man. The man was Masahiko, who had chased away a molester (Toru) on a crowded train. However, Toru and Masahiko were in on it. In the end, Miki and Ai chose lesbian pleasure over men. Koji, who lived next door to the apartment, was bothered by her moaning. On the train, he met Sayuri, a student from his days as a tutor, and his desire was stimulated. Emi, who used to live with Toru..
Why it matches: Similar story and style
Fûfu kôkan zenya: Watashi no tsuma to anata no okusan (2004)
Shinsuke, a pink film director, is no longer able to have sex with his wife Shigure, and instead he has an affair with Kanae, a married woman living in the same apartment complex, to vent his desire. When Kanae sends photos of their outdoor play to a magazine, Atsuo, Kanae's husband, sees the photos and asks Shinsuke for swapping...
Why it matches: Similar story and style
Red Nagajuban: Married Woman Unresting Bed (2002)
Sachiya is a bedridden man. The only thing he loves to do is to watch a beautiful married woman Tazuko with his telescope. Tazuko loses her husband in war, and Sachiya witnesses her crime.
Why it matches: Similar story and style
Joshidai nama kugi-shi Miyuki (2008)
Just before graduating from university, Miyuki decides to work at a pachinko parlor to repay the kindness of the owner who has looked after her and to carry on the legacy of her father, a legendary nail maker.
Why it matches: Similar story and style
Maruhi tôsatsu: Shirôto anaba saguri (1995)
Tomatsu, a section manager at the city hall. He had a secret that he didn't want anyone to know: the hobby of voyeurism. He knows that it is a criminal act that he should not do, and he has struggled to stop peeping and filming. On the contrary, he is still worried that he cannot get married because of this sexual habit, but even if he tries to cut up the tape and forget about it, he finds out that it has started again. Also, he was found out that he had set up a camera and was in trouble, so he decided to quit at that time, but it didn't last long. One day….
Why it matches: Similar story and style
Chikan ryôin chikatetsu (1975)
Two men meet by chance and vow to give up everything and devote themselves to the molester business.
Why it matches: Similar story and style
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Frequently asked questions
What are the best movies like Western Concubine?
The closest matches to Western Concubine are Original Sin (2001), Go, Go Second Time Virgin (1969) and Flower & Snake: Zero (2014). Below are 27 more, each with the reason it matches.
What should I watch after Western Concubine?
Start with Original Sin (2001), the closest match to Western Concubine.
What is the highest-rated movie like Western Concubine?
Dinner in America (2022), rated 7.8/10 by 251 TMDB users.
What is the newest movie like Western Concubine?
The Last Stand of Ellen Cole (2024) is the most recent release on this list.
Are there Japanese movies like Western Concubine?
Yes: Go, Go Second Time Virgin (1969), Flower & Snake: Zero (2014) and Star of David: Beauty Hunting (1979).
How are movies similar to Western Concubine chosen?
First come films that Trakt’s viewers watch alongside Western Concubine, then TMDB’s recommendations and films it rates as similar in story and genre. Each pick says which signal put it there.