Movies like Semi-document: Nozoku (1985)
The best movies like Semi-document: Nozoku (1985) are Go, Go Second Time Virgin (1969), Stardust Memories (1980) and Leaving Las Vegas (1995). If Semi-document: Nozoku hooked you, these 30 similar films are what to watch next, and every pick says why it matches.
Quick picks
- Highest ratedLeaving Las Vegas (1995)7.2/10 from 1,751 votes
- NewestLove Sarah (2020)Released 2020
- In JapaneseGo, Go Second Time Virgin (1969)Also in Japanese
Go, 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 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 thisLeaving Las Vegas (1995)
Ben Sanderson, an alcoholic Hollywood screenwriter who lost everything because of his drinking, arrives in Las Vegas to drink himself to death. There, he meets and forms an uneasy friendship and non-interference pact with prostitute Sera.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Worth the HypeMovies 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 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 thisHow to Fall in Love (2012)
An accountant, who never quite grew out of his awkward teenage years, finds himself with a dating coach - she happens to be his high school crush as well. Thanks to his coach, he gets a pretty woman he has his sights on for some time, but realizes they are incompatible. Meanwhile, his dating lessons with his teenage crush reawaken old feelings. Not realizing the feelings are mutual, he finds himself unable to act on them due to his fear of being rejected by the one he truly loves.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Long Weekend (2005)
Cooper is an actor who sees life as one big party, while Ed is in advertising and takes life too seriously. When Ed gets stressed over a deadline he has to meet, his brother Cooper works hard in trying to get his brother hooked up with a girl, thus a long weekend of stress and beautiful women, culminating in Ed meeting, and making love to, the woman of his dreams.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
SnoozefestMovies 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 thisThe Audrey Hepburn Story (2000)
The film spans from Hepburn's early childhood to the 1950s which details her life as a Dutch ballerina, coming to grips with her parents' divorce, and enduring life in the Nazi-occupied Netherlands during World War II. She then settles in the U.S. where she succeeds in making it big as a movie actress, in such movies as Breakfast at Tiffany's.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Big Picture (1989)
Hollywood beckons for recent film school grad Nick Chapman, who is out to capitalize on the momentum from his national award-winning student film. Studio executive Allen Habel seduces Nick with a dream deal to make his first feature, but once production gets rolling, corporate reality begins to intervene: Nick is unable to control a series of compromises to his high-minded vision, and it's all he can do to maintain his integrity in the midst of filmmaking chaos.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
SnoozefestMovies like thisLove Sarah (2020)
A young woman wishes to fulfill her mother's dream of opening her own bakery in Notting Hill, London. To do this, she enlists the help of an old friend and her grandma.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Knack... and How to Get It (1965)
A nebbish schoolteacher begs his smooth (and misogynistic) pal to teach him 'the knack' – how to score with women. Serendipitously, the men meet up with a new girl in town, as well as a friendly lunatic who can’t help but paint things white.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisOur Wife (1931)
Oliver is making plans to marry his sweetheart Dulcy with Stan as his best man, but the plans are thwarted when Dulcy's father sees a picture of Ollie and forbids the marriage. The couple plan to elope, and run away to a Justice of the Peace. After typical Laurel and Hardy blundering, they manage to sneak the girl away from her father's house.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Worth the HypeMovies like thisAll of My Heart: Inn Love (2017)
Brian and Jenny are preparing for the grand opening of their bed and breakfast, Emily's Country Inn, when a big storm hits Buck County. Brian agrees to go back to Wall Street to boost their funds, while Jenny scrambles to keep the opening on track.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisMuch Ado About Nothing (2013)
A modern retelling of Shakespeare's classic comedy about two pairs of lovers with different takes on romance and a way with words.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
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
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 thisModern Romance (1981)
A film editor breaks up with his girlfriend, unsure if he is in love.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies 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
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisOh, Ramona! (2019)
Oh, Ramona! seeks the transformation of Andrew from a teenager into an adult who lives candidly and selflessly his first love story, innocent and uninvolved, alternating with the second, intense and insane story, incapable of making a choice.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
SnoozefestMovies 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 Semi-document: Nozoku?
The closest matches to Semi-document: Nozoku are Go, Go Second Time Virgin (1969), Stardust Memories (1980) and Leaving Las Vegas (1995). Below are 27 more, each with the reason it matches.
What should I watch after Semi-document: Nozoku?
Start with Go, Go Second Time Virgin (1969), the closest match to Semi-document: Nozoku.
What is the highest-rated movie like Semi-document: Nozoku?
Leaving Las Vegas (1995), rated 7.2/10 by 1,751 TMDB users.
What is the newest movie like Semi-document: Nozoku?
Love Sarah (2020) is the most recent release on this list.
Are there Japanese movies like Semi-document: Nozoku?
Yes: Go, Go Second Time Virgin (1969), Flower & Snake: Zero (2014) and Yôen: Niku shibari (1987).
How are movies similar to Semi-document: Nozoku chosen?
First come films that Trakt’s viewers watch alongside Semi-document: Nozoku, then TMDB’s recommendations and films it rates as similar in story and genre. Each pick says which signal put it there.