Movies like Outing
The best movies like Outing (2015) are X (2011), Attraction (2001) and Innocent Thing (2014). If Outing 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
X (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 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 thisInnocent 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 thisFrequencies (2013)
The story of the forbidden relationship between a 'low born' boy and a 'high born' girl in an alternate reality where every person's relationships and life worth are determined by their innate 'frequencies'.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both romance
Popcorn FlickMovies 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 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 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 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 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 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 thisHenry & 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 thisOut of the Blue (2022)
After spending time in prison following an assault charge, Connor Bates now works in a library and spends his free time running, swimming, and trying to piece his world back together. When he meets Marilyn Chambers, the wife of a wealthy businessman, they collide into an intense physical and emotional relationship that quickly escalates into idle talk about her husband’s murder.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both romance
SnoozefestMovies 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 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 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 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 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 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 thisDead Again (1991)
In 1949, composer Roman Strauss is executed for the murder of his wife. In 1990s Los Angeles, a detective comes across a mute amnesiac woman who is somehow linked to the Strauss murder.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both romance
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisHarmony (2018)
Born with an energetic power to absorb fear from others, a young woman must find love to balance the fears of her own and fight an ever growing storm of negative energy.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both romance
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisMilitary Woman (2024)
After learning that soldiers are popular with women these days, Do-joon takes out his military uniform stored at home, wears it, and meets Mi-yeon, his former senior from school. Mi-yeon, one of the women who likes men in military uniforms, sees Do-joon walking around wearing one and says he looks cool, so she takes him somewhere.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both romance
Mother and Daughter (2019)
Young-cheol, an ordinary office worker, met Jung-hee, an aunt's sponsor from college when he wanted to start his honeymoon in a 31-pyeong apartment. Young-cheol, who has been spawning for three years, tries to end his relationship with Jung-hee when he becomes acquainted with Eun-ju, whom he met at the club and promises marriage. However, it's easy to cut off your body mix for years. Instead of accepting a breakup, Jung-hee proposes to spend the last weekend together. However, Young-cheol did not know. That Junghee is Eunjoo's mother. After listening to Jung-hee and Eun-joo's lover, I found out that he was Young-cheol. She was jealous because she seemed to be losing her man to her daughter, and revealed to Eunju that Yeongcheol was spawning with her. However, Eunju is a tougher year than her mother. I noticed my mother's jealousy and bet who I chose Young-cheol...
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both romance
Secrets of the Kama Sutra: Nirvana (1999)
Full softcore movie starring Chloe Nicole as a wife who's starting to act a little bolder in the bedroom, so her husband hires a private investigator
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both romance
Bad Detective: Food Chain (2020)
Jeong-mi, a pickpocket ex-convict, ends up pickpocketing again to repay Dae-sik off of her father's debt. One day, Hae-joo, who is secretly meeting a detective, has been kidnapped and turned into Dae-sik's prey. The detective then went on a search to find Hae-joo's whereabouts.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both romance
Little Sister's Private Life (2020)
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both romance
MZ College Student and Young Aunt (2025)
The thrilling and suspicious cohabitation of a young and sexy aunt and a lustful MZ college student begins. Tae-hoon, who has been accepted to college in Seoul, comes to the city imagining his college life by himself but becomes disappointed when his mother calls him to stay at her friend Kyeong-sook’s house. However, he is delighted when he sees the middle-aged woman Kyeong-sook’s young and sexy body, so he happily settles in. While imagining sex with his mother’s friend, who has fair skin and seductive eyes, Tae-hoon, who comes home early, witnesses the mature woman performing an adult broadcast in her room and relieves his sexual desires by watching her stream. However, Tae-hoon gets worried about how to deal with Kyeong-sook and confides in his friend Min-wook, who suggests using her broadcast as a weapon to have sex with her.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both romance
Good Water Boarding House (2018)
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both romance
Good Water Boarding House 2 (2019)
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both romance
My Daughter Is Stupid (2018)
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both romance
The Witches of Breastwick (2005)
A man and wife are sucked into a whirlpool (in the wife's case, hot tub) of supernatural sex by a trio of randy, well-endowed witches.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both romance
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Frequently asked questions
What are the best movies like Outing?
The closest matches to Outing are X (2011), Attraction (2001) and Innocent Thing (2014). Below are 27 more, each with the reason it matches.
What should I watch after Outing?
Start with X (2011), the closest match to Outing.
What is the highest-rated movie like Outing?
Gabriel's Rapture: Part I (2021), rated 7.8/10 by 200 TMDB users.
What is the newest movie like Outing?
June and John (2025) is the most recent release on this list.
Are there Korean movies like Outing?
Yes: Innocent Thing (2014), White Night (2009) and Military Woman (2024).
How are movies similar to Outing chosen?
First come films that Trakt’s viewers watch alongside Outing, then TMDB’s recommendations and films it rates as similar in story and genre. Each pick says which signal put it there.