Movies like The Girl on a Motorcycle (1968)
The best movies like The Girl on a Motorcycle (1968) are Baby Love (1969), Nanami: The Inferno of First Love (1968) and Masculin Féminin (1966). If The Girl on a Motorcycle hooked you with its drama and romance, these 30 similar films are what to watch next, and every pick says why it matches.
Quick picks
- Highest ratedL'Eclisse (1962)7.6/10 from 580 votes
- NewestU.S. Go Home (1995)Released 1995
Baby Love (1969)
Following the suicide of her mother, an emotionally disoriented schoolgirl is swept away to live in the countryside by wealthy family friends. Her entangled need for comfort and desire to explore her powers of sexual fascination soon embroils the entire household.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Nanami: The Inferno of First Love (1968)
A teenage goldsmith with a dark past tragically falls in love with a young nude model.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & romance
Masculin Féminin (1966)
Paul, a young idealist trying to figure out what he wants to do with his life, takes a job interviewing people for a marketing research firm. He moves in with aspiring pop singer Madeleine. Paul, however, is disillusioned by the growing commercialism in society, while Madeleine just wants to be successful. The story is told in a series of 15 unrelated vignettes.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & romance
Worth the HypeMovies like thisSunday Bloody Sunday (1971)
Recently divorced career woman Alex Greville begins a romantic relationship with glamorous mod artist Bob Elkin, fully aware that he's also intimately involved with middle-aged doctor Daniel Hirsh. For both Alex and Daniel, the younger man represents a break with their repressive pasts, and though both know that Bob is seeing both of them, neither is willing to let go of the youth and vitality he brings to their otherwise stable lives.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisBelle de Jour (1967)
Beautiful young housewife Séverine Serizy cannot reconcile her masochistic fantasies with her everyday life alongside dutiful husband Pierre. When her lovestruck friend Henri mentions a secretive high-class brothel run by Madame Anais, Séverine begins to work there during the day under the name Belle de Jour. But when one of her clients grows possessive, she must try to go back to her normal life.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & romance
Worth the HypeMovies like thisThe Mark (1961)
A man who served prison time for intent to molest a child tries to build a new life with the help of a sympathetic psychiatrist.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
L'Eclisse (1962)
Vittoria is a beautiful literary translator living in Rome. After splitting from her writer boyfriend, Riccardo, Vittoria meets Piero, a lively stockbroker, on the hectic floor of the Roman stock exchange. Though Vittoria and Piero begin a relationship, it is not one without difficulties, and their commitment to one another is tested during an eclipse.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & romance
Worth the HypeMovies like thisLast Year at Marienbad (1961)
At a weekend gathering, a man tells a woman that they had spent time there together a year prior. But, the woman has no recollection whatsoever and is convinced that he is simply fabricating the encounter. The more he speaks about their activities the previous year however, the more compelling he becomes. The question remains however – did they meet previously or not?
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & romance
Worth the HypeMovies like thisModel Shop (1969)
While trying to raise money to prevent his car from being repossessed, George is attracted to Lola, a Frenchwoman who works in a "model shop", an establishment that rents out beautiful pin-up models to photographers. George spends his last twelve dollars to photograph Lola, and discovers that she is as unhappy as he.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & romance
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisSaturday Night and Sunday Morning (1960)
A 22-year-old factory worker lets loose on the weekends: drinking, brawling, and dating two women, one of whom is older and married.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & romance
Worth the HypeMovies like thisI Am Curious (Yellow) (1967)
Lena, aged twenty, wants to know all she can about life and reality. She collects information on everyone and everything, storing her findings in an enormous archive. She experiments with relationships, political activism, and meditation. Meanwhile, the actors, director and crew are shown in a humorous parallel plot about the making of the film and their reactions to the story and each other. Nudity, explicit sex, and controversial politics kept this film from being shown in the US while its seizure by Customs was appealed.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
SnoozefestMovies like thisL'Avventura (1960)
Claudia and Anna join Anna's lover, Sandro, on a boat trip to a remote volcanic island. When Anna goes missing, a search is launched. In the meantime, Sandro and Claudia become involved in a romance despite Anna's disappearance, though the relationship suffers from guilt and tension.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & romance
Worth the HypeMovies like thisThe Lickerish Quartet (1970)
A wealthy couple and their adult son invite a motorcycle stuntwoman from a local circus back to their castle, thinking she is an actress from a pornographic film they've just watched.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & romance
SnoozefestMovies like thisDarling (1965)
Diana, a beautiful but shallow and easily distracted model and failed actress, toys with the affections of several men while attempting to gain fame and fortune in Swinging London.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & romance
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisBreathless (1960)
A small-time thief steals a car and impulsively murders a motorcycle policeman. Wanted by the authorities, he attempts to persuade a girl to run away to Italy with him.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & romance
Worth the HypeMovies like thisLast Tango in Paris (1972)
A recently widowed American begins an anonymous sexual relationship with a young Parisian woman.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & romance
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Trip (1967)
After his wife leaves him, a disillusioned director dives into the drug scene, trying anything his friend suggests.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
SnoozefestMovies like thisPetulia (1968)
Dr. Archie Bollen is having a midlife crisis. He's just divorced his wife and is establishing a new life for himself. One night, he catches the eye of Petulia Danner, a charming, free-spirited young woman. Petulia's vibrant personality hides her fear of her abusive husband, David, whose father is a powerful society figure. As Petulia and Archie's feelings for each other grow, they must decide what it is they truly want.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & romance
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe L-Shaped Room (1962)
Jane is young, French, pregnant and unmarried. Bucking convention, she is uninterested in settling with her baby's father or getting an abortion. After renting a room in a dingy London boarding house, Jane befriends the odd group of inhabitants and starts an affair with one boarder, Toby. As Jane's pregnancy threatens her new relationship, and the reality of single motherhood approaches, she is forced to decide what to do about both her baby and her budding romance.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & romance
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisCamille 2000 (1969)
Marguerite, a beautiful woman of affairs, falls for the young and promising Armand, but sacrifices her love for him for the sake of his future and reputation.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & romance
Funeral Parade of Roses (1969)
In 1960s Tokyo, Gonda owns a bar in which the gay, cross-dresser, and trans scenes meet. Gonda is in a relationship with the madam of the bar, Leda. As the younger Eddie starts a passionate affair with Gonda, she ignites the jealousy of Leda, unaware of another kind of history between them.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Worth the HypeMovies like thisCruel Story of Youth (1960)
A harsh young man seduces a freeloading young woman and eventually takes advantage of her knack for hitchhiking to rob middle-class men.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both romance & drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisCentral Bazaar (1976)
A group of strangers explore their fantasies over a period of five days.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Chelsea Girls (1966)
Follows various residents of the Chelsea Hotel in 1966 New York City.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
SnoozefestMovies like thisVixen! (1968)
In a Canadian mountain resort, Vixen Palmer resides with her naive pilot husband Tom. While he's away flying in tourists, she sleeps with practically everybody including a husband and his wife, and even her biker brother. However, the only one she won't bed is her brother's friend... who is Black.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
SnoozefestMovies like thisPets (1973)
Naive, but brash and sultry teenage runaway Bonnie finds herself lost and adrift in America. The lovely young lass runs afoul of a colorful array of evil oddballs who all treat her like an object.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Zabriskie Point (1970)
Anthropology student Daria, who's helping a property developer build a village in the Los Angeles desert, and dropout Mark, who's wanted by the authorities for allegedly killing a policeman during a student riot, accidentally encounter each other in Death Valley and soon begin an unrestrained romance.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Worth the HypeMovies like thisPoor Cow (1967)
Joy lives a life filled with bad choices. At a young age, she marries and has a child–with an abusive thief who quickly ends up incarcerated. Left alone, she takes up with the guy's mate, another thief, who seems to give her some happiness but who also ends up locked up. She then takes up with a series of seedy types who offer nothing but momentary pleasure–if that.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisAbigail Leslie Is Back in Town (1975)
Abigail Leslie has been away for years but has now returned to the small town of Baypoint, where her sexual appetite made her infamous. Abigail is a woman who is serious about her carnal pursuits, and upon her return she immediately re-establishes her pursuit of the flesh of a lonely tomboy who has a longing for her brother, a repressed housewife who harbors a hidden love of the ladies, and a troubled husband and wife, Abigail having seduced the husband prior to her departure years earlier.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
U.S. Go Home (1995)
In the sixties, in a suburb near Paris, Martine wants to lose her virginity.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
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Frequently asked questions
What are the best movies like The Girl on a Motorcycle?
The closest matches to The Girl on a Motorcycle are Baby Love (1969), Nanami: The Inferno of First Love (1968) and Masculin Féminin (1966). Below are 27 more, each with the reason it matches.
What should I watch after The Girl on a Motorcycle?
People who watched The Girl on a Motorcycle most often go on to Baby Love (1969), Nanami: The Inferno of First Love (1968) and Masculin Féminin (1966).
What is the highest-rated movie like The Girl on a Motorcycle?
L'Eclisse (1962), rated 7.6/10 by 580 TMDB users.
What is the newest movie like The Girl on a Motorcycle?
U.S. Go Home (1995) is the most recent release on this list.
Are there English movies like The Girl on a Motorcycle?
Yes: Baby Love (1969), Sunday Bloody Sunday (1971) and The Mark (1961).
How are movies similar to The Girl on a Motorcycle chosen?
First come films that Trakt’s viewers watch alongside The Girl on a Motorcycle, then TMDB’s recommendations and films it rates as similar in story and genre. Each pick says which signal put it there.