Movies like Nurse's Diary (1997)
The best movies like Nurse's Diary (1997) are Henry & June (1990), The Hot Spot (1990) and True Romance (1993). If Nurse's Diary hooked you with its romance, these 23 similar films are what to watch next, and every pick says why it matches.
Quick picks
- Highest ratedTrue Romance (1993)7.5/10 from 3,244 votes
- NewestWhat Happened at the Carpenter's Shop (2020)Released 2020
- In FrenchEmmanuelle 3 (1977)Also in French
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 thisWhat Happened at the Carpenter's Shop (2020)
A rumour spread out all over the neighborhood. Yeon-joo, a beautiful, entertaining SNS celebrity, and also a woodworker is being watched and admired by Do-shik. He decides to ask her for a date one weekend. Do-shik appeared and grasped Yeon-joo without her noticing him. Meanwhile, the clueless, naïve, and honest bookkeeper of the carpenter shop is keeping two huge secrets no one would even thought of. Finally, the great secret of Yeon-joo and Tae-ju is revealed, turning the tables around.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both romance
Bare Sex (2003)
2 couples and a single guy really, engage in a naughty game of truth or dare.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both romance
Nefeli (1980)
A beautiful woman is going to the island of Lesbos to rest, there she will meet two other beautiful young women and it will be great having sex with everyone.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both romance
Animal Attraction: Carnal Desires (1999)
A massage parlor gets way more business than it can handle when Mick, an excellent and handsome masseur, begins working there. He quickly gets a reputation for being one of the best in the business and suddenly finds himself unable to satisfy his customers' growing demands. He also wants to open his own business. But he is forced to choose between his loyalties and his desires.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both romance
Emmanuelle 3 (1977)
Emmanuelle and her architect husband continue their amoral lifestyle in the Seychelles. But when a casual dilliance between her and a film director starts to turn serious her husband shows very traditional signs of jealousy.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both romance
SnoozefestMovies like thisHot Laps (1993)
Unfolding in the world of stock car racing, an up-and-coming driver gets mixed up in a dangerous love triangle and deadly rivalry with a hot-shot driver and his sexy girlfriend.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both romance
Joy in Moscow (1992)
Pretty Joy and her friend come to Moscow to shoot a commercial. A taxi driver, who recruits girls for an underground organization run by a distant descendant of Rasputin, suggests they visit the Rasputin Museum. During the tour, the girls are hypnotized by the evil character, who hypnotizes his victims before using their charms to seduce the rich tourists.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both romance
The Harrad Experiment (1973)
At fictional Harrad College students learn about sexuality and experiment with each other. Based on the 1966 book of the same name by Robert Rimmer, this movie deals with the concept of free love during the height of the sexual revolution which took place in the United States.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both romance
Forever Mine (1999)
A hotel cabana boy falls for the wife of a powerful politico. But when she confesses to the affair, her husband determines to end it forever.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both romance
SnoozefestMovies like thisSwung (2015)
David’s life is on the slide: he’s broke, in the middle of a divorce and ‘can’t get it up’. His girlfriend, Alice, is his rock, but the magazine she writes for is going down and the pressure is on to find a story. While job hunting online, David stumbles across the perfect antidote to his boredom: a ‘Swingers’ site. The resulting inbox of lewd invitations on the home-laptop justifiably upsets Alice, until she realises this could be just the ‘story’ she needs. The idea of uncovering the swinging scene causes quite a stir in Alice’s office and, much to David’s chagrin, she is urged to pursue the story. Their first reluctant foray is an hysterically low-rent initiation, however, an unexpected upturn for David’s manhood is all the extra encouragement they need. As events accelerate beyond their control the once adoring couple become lost and fundamental questions are asked of their relationship.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both romance
SnoozefestMovies like thisLies (2000)
A Korean high school student and a married sculptor embark on a sexual odyssey soaked in sadomasochism and love.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both romance
Friday Night (2002)
The night before she is to move in with her boyfriend, a young Parisian woman picks up a male hitchhiker, leading to a highly charged and impossibly erotic detour.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both romance
Joy in Africa (1992)
Joy and her lover Marc decide to escape for a romantic weekend getaway to Africa. Once there, the couple meets a man named Paul who invites them to a "special" foursome. After catching Marc in the arms of Paul's attractive companion, Joy, heartbroken and alone, decides to run away with the help of the handsome Djibril on his boat. He takes her to his mistress, Princess Malika, who is secretly in love with Joy and ready to do anything to marry her. After an erotic ceremony masquerading as a wedding, Joy is kidnapped by Paul's men, whom she had refused. The young woman is then taken to a mysterious brothel...
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both romance
Room in Rome (2010)
A hotel room in the center of Rome serves as the setting for Alba and Natasha, two sexy and recently acquainted women, to have a physical adventure that touches their very souls.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both romance
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Obsessive Tutor: The Ogasawara Family Book (2013)
A family that broke up because of the visit of an overly beautiful tutor. However, in the interrogation room about the incident, the tutor and three family members give different testimony.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both romance
Embrace the Darkness II (2002)
A sultry vampire acts as mentor to a reluctant recruit.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both romance
Love Match (2014)
A sexy comedy about a professor and his female student.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both romance
Flower & Snake (2004)
The wealthy president of a company has built up an unpayable debt to a local crime lord, and to escape punishment he sells his famous dancer wife to the lecherous old man figuring a 90 year old can’t do too much bad with her. Perhaps not, but others can while he watches. She’s put on stage in an underground BDSM sex show and begins a spiraling decent from strongly independent woman to submissive sex slave
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both romance
SnoozefestMovies like thisSnapdragon (1993)
An erotic amnesiac lures a police psychologist into a world of lust and danger.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both romance
SnoozefestMovies like thisOysters at Nam Kee's (2002)
Young Dutch dropout, Berry, falls in love with slightly older nightclub dancer and ex-nude model Thera and gives up his social live with his dodgy comrades and fine family to make a three-stop 'world tour' together. Suddenly Thera ODs terribly, leaving Berry alone with his obsessive but unanswered love which drives him crazy.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both romance
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Frequently asked questions
What are the best movies like Nurse's Diary?
The closest matches to Nurse's Diary 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 Nurse's Diary?
Start with Henry & June (1990), the closest match to Nurse's Diary.
What is the highest-rated movie like Nurse's Diary?
True Romance (1993), rated 7.5/10 by 3,244 TMDB users.
What is the newest movie like Nurse's Diary?
What Happened at the Carpenter's Shop (2020) is the most recent release on this list.
Are there French movies like Nurse's Diary?
Yes: Emmanuelle 3 (1977), Joy in Moscow (1992) and Friday Night (2002).
How are movies similar to Nurse's Diary chosen?
First come films that Trakt’s viewers watch alongside Nurse's Diary, then TMDB’s recommendations and films it rates as similar in story and genre. Each pick says which signal put it there.