Movies like New Folder (2014)
The best movies like New Folder (2014) are Innocent Thing (2014), Attraction (2001) and X (2011). If New Folder hooked you with its romance, these 30 similar films are what to watch next, and every pick says why it matches.
Quick picks
- Highest ratedGabriel's Rapture: Part I (2021)7.8/10 from 200 votes
- NewestJune and John (2025)Released 2025
- In KoreanInnocent Thing (2014)Also in Korean
Innocent Thing (2014)
A high school teacher whose wife is about to give birth finds himself tangled in temptation and obsession when a student falls for him.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both romance
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisAttraction (2001)
A writer/radio advice show host fails to heed his own advice as he stalks his ex-girlfriend and then becomes involved with an actress friend of hers.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both romance
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisX (2011)
A veteran call girl and a runaway prostitute witness a murder which sends them on an out-of-control roller coaster ride through the twilight zone of sex-for-sale.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both romance
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisGabriel's Rapture: Part I (2021)
In the fourth instalment of the Gabriel's Inferno series, Professor Gabriel Emerson has embarked on a passionate, yet clandestine affair with his former student Julia Mitchell, but when they return from their romantic holiday in Italy, their happiness is threatened. Will Gabriel succumb to Dante's fate?
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both romance
Worth the HypeMovies like thisJune and John (2025)
John leads an ordinary life with a monotonous routine. One day John runs into a woman on the subway who is as beautiful as she is mysterious named June. His encounter with her finally leads him to have a goal in his bumptious life.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both romance
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisGabriel's Rapture: Part III (2022)
In the sixth installment of the Gabriel's Inferno series, Julia deals with the aftermath of Gabriel's departure, while Gabriel goes on a journey of self-discovery. Will they reunite and be able to repair what is broken?
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both romance
Absolute CinemaMovies like thisWhite Night (2009)
A pawnbroker is found murdered in a remote town in a derelict building. Three people come under suspicion but all of them have perfect alibis and the investigation comes to a standstill. Almost fifteen years pass and the lead inspector decides to re-investigate.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both romance
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Map of Tiny Perfect Things (2021)
Two teenagers trapped in an endless time loop set out to find all the tiny things that make that one day perfect.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both romance
Worth the HypeMovies like thisTurkey Drop (2019)
Lucy Jacobs, a freshman university student, returns home to her small town for Thanksgiving break and suspects she's about to get turkey dropped— aka dumped by her high school sweetheart. To avoid a Turkey Day travesty, Lucy gets out of her comfort zone, proving she's not the same play-it-safe girl she once was.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both romance
Popcorn FlickMovies like this5lbs of Pressure (2024)
Fresh out of prison after serving time for murder, Adam returns to his old stomping grounds to seek out a son who doesn't know him. Eli, the brother of the man he killed is looking for revenge. Mike, is trying to escape a life of crime living under the thumb of his gangster Uncle.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both romance
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisWild at Heart (1990)
Young lovers Sailor and Lula hit the road to start a new life together away from the wrath of Lula’s deranged, disapproving mother, who has hired a team of hitmen to cut the lovers’ surreal honeymoon short.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both romance
Worth the HypeMovies like thisVanilla Sky (2001)
David Aames has it all: wealth, good looks and gorgeous women on his arm. But just as he begins falling for the warmhearted Sofia, his face is horribly disfigured in a car accident. That's just the beginning of his troubles as the lines between illusion and reality, between life and death, are blurred.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both romance
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisFlying Home (2014)
Colin, an ambitious young American businessman, has a deal with a potential client, a rich Arab sheikh who is a passionate pigeon fancier. The sheikh has tried several times to buy a champion pigeon, but the owner continues to stubbornly refuse his offer. In an attempt to gain the trust of the Sheikh, Colin offers him a deal: if he manages to convince the owner to sell the champion pigeon, the sheikh will agree to do business with Colin's company. But when Colin meets Jos, the grumpy owner of the pigeon, and Isabella, his granddaughter, he realizes that this mission will not be as easy as he had hoped.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both romance
SnoozefestMovies like thisParadise (1982)
After their caravan is attacked and their respective families butchered by Arab marauders, teenagers David and Sarah flee across the desert. But the desert is filled with danger from the elements, animals and the unwholesome appetite of the Jackal, a sheik who wants Sarah for himself. However, the desert also holds temptation and love. David and Sarah hide out in an oasis and build a life for themselves, discovering each other in new ways.
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 thisWomb (2010)
A woman's consuming love forces her to bear the clone of her dead beloved. From his infancy to manhood, she faces the unavoidable complexities of her controversial decision.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both romance
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisZoe (2018)
Two colleagues at a revolutionary research lab design technology to improve and perfect romantic relationships. As their work progresses, their discoveries become more profound.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both romance
SnoozefestMovies like thisThe Rainmaker (1956)
Lizzie Curry is on the verge of becoming a hopeless old maid. Her wit and intelligence and skills as a homemaker can't make up for the fact that she's just plain plain! Even the town sheriff, File, for whom she harbors a secrect yen, won't take a chance --- until the town suffers a drought and into the lives of Lizzie and her brothers and father comes one Bill Starbuck ... profession: Rainmaker!
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 thisEscobar: Paradise Lost (2014)
For Pablo Escobar family is everything. When young surfer Nick falls for Escobar's niece, Maria, he finds his life on the line when he's pulled into the dangerous world of the family business.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both romance
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisSweet Sex (2017)
A famous patissier and his women enjoy work and sex. Neung-geum has dreamt of being a pattisier. She stops supporting her boyfriends school bills. Woo-hyeon is a famous dessert patissier and he has secretive sex to get secret recipes but to him this is just a way to find sweetness. Neung-geum learns how to make dessert from Woo-hyeon. What kind of sex will they have today? What flavor?
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both romance
Swapping: My Friend's Wife (2016)
Seong-sik became stays at home while his workaholic wife Hye-joo works. Next to them, Seong-ki's friend Joon-seok and his wife move in. Seong-sik learns how to do housework from his friend's wife Eun-yeong. At first they hit it off but that soon turns into an affair and when Joon-seok and Hye-joo find out, they also start cheating on their spouses...
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both romance
My Friend's Husband (2017)
Ji-eun was having a hard time because of her different taste in sex with her husband. She talks to So-hyeon next door about this and she suggests and new kind of 'sex therapy'; to switch husbands for a week.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both romance
Swingers Party with My Friend (2019)
Sin-wook and Dong-soo have been friends since they were kids. Sin-wook and his wife swap partners with Dong-soo and his wife. They start playing Strip Go Stop and the game gets serious. The four of them have sex, but they end up falling for each others' wives and husbands and even meet in secret. One day, when their sex life reaches its peak, Sin-wook's wife, Yeon-hee, gets pregnant, not knowing whose baby it is. Her relationship with Sin-wook is on thin ice and then the baby is born. They do a DNA test to find out who the father is.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both romance
My Wife's Part Time Job (2019)
Seon-yeong's husband suddenly loses his job, so a friend introduces her to a sexy substitute driving gig. She hesitates, but decides to do it when she hears it makes more money than an average sub-driver. Then one day, Seon-yeong meets Dong-hoon, the guy next door, while on the job and they have an affair.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both romance
Affair with a 20-year-old Female Student (2023)
The woman, who went to her boyfriend's house and witnessed the scene where he had an affair with a young student, is surprised, leaves without saying anything, and drinks alone. Drunk, she stumbles on the way into her house, but her friend's brother sees her and supports her. After hearing her reason for drinking, he starts to seduce her by thinking about having sex with her.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both romance
Privacy Lewdness (2014)
Min-gyu, Soo-yeon, Young-suk, Wisdom, and Cho-hye go to a three-room pension. Solo Cho Hye-man sleeps in the attic room of Fumijin, and the rest of the friends are couples, so they are assigned a good room. Cho-hye, who is full of heartache, suddenly falls asleep in the attic and has a strangely vivid dream. In a dream, she has a hot sex with friend Suyeon's lover Minkyu. The next day, Cho-hye, who had been in a troubled mind, comes to the attic with another friend Wisdom sleeping. And while they're sleeping while chatting, Min-gyu and three have the same dream of having sex at the same time. And when they wake up, they sense that there is something weird in the attic ...
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both romance
Bad Detective: Reload (2019)
The first story of a former detective and current private inspector. Hye-sook and Yoo-jin are a lesbian couple that love each other. One day, Hye-sook finds out Yoo-jin is seeing another man and warns the man to stay away.However, the man ends up threatening her for her life. Hye-sook wants Yoo-jin back so she seeks a private eye, but a few days later, she goes off grid. The private suspects she’s been kidnapped and finds Yoo-jin to find out the whereabouts of Hye-sook.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both romance
Youngest Sister-in-law (2019)
Min-hwan, who lives with his brother, was lovers with his youngest sister-in-law. The sex continued even after she married his brother. Eun-hye, who is seeing elder men behind her boyfriend’s back, goes to Min-hwan’s house one day, and is surprised to see Min-hwan’s brother. The elder man she’s meeting in Min-hwan’s brother.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both romance
Married Woman Boutique: Women Indulging in Scandalous Love Affair (2002)
Kimie steps into a boutique each day to support her household in place of her husband, who is unable to work due to heart disease—while her own spirit aches with longing. She surrenders willingly to the irresistible pull of Tsukuda, the dashing apparel‐maker’s salesman whose whispered promises slip between her legs like silk. Kenji, burning to reclaim his former glory, watches his world unravel when he discovers the affair that simmered beneath Kimie’s restraint. And as the truth of Kimie’s glowing secret—her pregnancy—dawns on him, his reproaches choke in his throat, meeting instead a startling, fervent embrace from the woman he thought he knew…
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both romance
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Frequently asked questions
What are the best movies like New Folder?
The closest matches to New Folder are Innocent Thing (2014), Attraction (2001) and X (2011). Below are 27 more, each with the reason it matches.
What should I watch after New Folder?
Start with Innocent Thing (2014), the closest match to New Folder.
What is the highest-rated movie like New Folder?
Gabriel's Rapture: Part I (2021), rated 7.8/10 by 200 TMDB users.
What is the newest movie like New Folder?
June and John (2025) is the most recent release on this list.
Are there Korean movies like New Folder?
Yes: Innocent Thing (2014), White Night (2009) and Sweet Sex (2017).
How are movies similar to New Folder chosen?
First come films that Trakt’s viewers watch alongside New Folder, then TMDB’s recommendations and films it rates as similar in story and genre. Each pick says which signal put it there.