Movies like The Place (2017)
The best movies like The Place (2017) are Dogman (2018), Euphoria (2018) and The Consequences of Love (2004). If The Place hooked you with its drama and thriller, these 30 similar films are what to watch next, and every pick says why it matches.
Quick picks
- Highest ratedOn My Skin (2018)8.0/10 from 1,908 votes
- NewestAmerica Latina (2022)Released 2022
- In ItalianDogman (2018)Also in Italian
Dogman (2018)
Marcello, a small and gentle dog groomer, finds himself involved in a dangerous relationship of subjugation with Simone, a former violent boxer who terrorizes the entire neighborhood. In an effort to reaffirm his dignity, Marcello will submit to an unexpected act of vengeance.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & thriller
Worth the HypeMovies like thisEuphoria (2018)
Matteo is a young successful businessman, audacious, charming and energetic. Ettore instead, is a calm, righteous, second grade teacher always living in the shadows, still in the small town from where both come from. They’re brothers but with two very different personalities. A dramatic event will force them to live together in Rome for a few months, bringing up the opportunity to face their differences with sympathy and tenderness, in a climax of fear and euphoria.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Consequences of Love (2004)
Lugano, Switzerland. Titta Di Girolamo is a discreet and sullen man who has been living for almost a decade in a modest hotel room, a prisoner of an atrocious routine, apparently without purpose. His past is a mystery, nobody knows what he does for a living, he answers indiscreet questions evasively. What secrets does this enigmatic man hide?
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & thriller
Worth the HypeMovies like thisThe Goddess of Fortune (2019)
Alessandro and Arturo have been together for over 15 years and, despite the feeling they still have for each other, their relationship is now at crisis. When Alessandro’s best friend, out of the blue, asks them to take care of her two kids for a few days, something changes in their daily routine and love will drive them to a crazy and unexpected turn in their life.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Worth the HypeMovies like thisDon't Be Bad (2015)
A story set in the 90s and in the outskirts of Rome to Ostia. A world where money, luxury cars, night clubs, cocaine and synthetic drugs are easy to run. A world in which Vittorio and Cesare, in their early twenties, act in search of their success.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Worth the HypeMovies like thisDarker Than Midnight (2014)
Davide is different from the other teenagers. Something makes him look like a girl. Davide is fourteen when he runs away from home. His intuition leads him to choose Villa Bellini, a park in Catania, as a refuge. The park is a world in itself, a world of the marginalized, to which the rest of the city turns a blind eye. But one day the past catches up and Davide has to face the most difficult choice, this time alone.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Naples in Veils (2017)
In a Naples suspended between magic and superstition, madness and rationality, a mystery envelops the existence of Adriana, overwhelmed by a sudden love and a violent crime.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Binding (2020)
While visiting her fiancé's mother in southern Italy, a woman must fight the mysterious and malevolent curse intent on claiming her daughter.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller & drama
SnoozefestMovies like thisLike Crazy (2016)
Two mental patients with opposite personalities ditch their Tuscan hospital and embark on an unpredictable exploration of the real world.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Worth the HypeMovies like thisThere's No Place Like Home (2018)
An extended family reunites on an idyllic island to celebrate their grandparents' 50th wedding anniversary. However, a storm causes them to get stuck in there longer than expected, causing secrets and long-held grudges to break out.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like this3 Things (2017)
Before entering the witness protection program, bank robber Mikael demands 3 things from the police. 3 things that cast a whole new light on the robbery he and his partners have been jailed for.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller & drama
America Latina (2022)
Massimo Sisti is a reputable professional with a nice house, a happy marriage, and two loving daughters, whose life is turned upside down when one day he finds a little girl tied up in his basement.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisSaturn in Opposition (2007)
This film focuses on contemporary 30- and 40-somethings trying to make sense of their lives in an age in which the old certainties have disappeared. Lorenzo and Davide make their lives together within a circle that includes Antonio and Angelica, married with children; Nerval and her policeman husband.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisSotto una buona stella (2014)
A wealthy broker, Federico Picchioni, within two days forfeits his partner and work, finishing well to living with two children and granddaughter (abandoned by her father). He is, at this point, in the face of many difficulties of adjustment but finds comfort in the help of his neighbor.
Why it matches: Fans watch both
SnoozefestMovies like thisHuman Capital (2013)
The destinies of two families are irrevocably tied together after a cyclist is hit off the road by a jeep in the night before Christmas Eve.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Worth the HypeMovies like thisSteam: The Turkish Bath (1997)
Francesco and Marta run a husband-and-wife design company in Rome. When Francesco's aunt dies in Istanbul he travels there to sort out the hamam Turkish steam bath that she left him. He finds a love and warmth in his relatives' Istanbul home that is missing from his life in Italy.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Armadillo's Prophecy (2018)
A 27-year-old suburban slacker entertains daily conversations bordering on paradoxical with his conscience, which manifests itself in the form of a human-sized armadillo. Based on the best-selling graphic novel by Zerocalcare.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisTutta colpa di Freud (2014)
Francesco is a psychoanalyst grappling with three hopeless causes: a bookseller in love with a book thief, a lesbian hell-bent on becoming straight after a heartbreak, and an 18-year-old in a relationship with a much older married man. Unfortunately, these patients are also his three beloved daughters!
Why it matches: Fans watch both
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisOn My Skin (2018)
The incredible true story behind the most controversial Italian court cases in recent years. Stefano Cucchi was arrested for a minor crime and mysteriously found dead during his detention. In one week's time, a family is changed forever.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Absolute CinemaMovies like thisThe First Beautiful Thing (2010)
The film tells the story of the Michelucci family, from the nineteen-seventies to the present day: the central character is the stunningly beautiful Anna, the lively, frivolous and sometimes embarrassing mother of Bruno and Valeria. Everything begins in the Summer of 1971, at the annual Summer beauty pageant held at Livorno’s most popular bathing establishment. Anna is unexpectedly crowned “Most Beautiful Mother”, unwittingly stirring the violent jealousy of her husband. From then on, chaos strikes the family and for Anna, Bruno and his sister Valeria, it is the start of an adventure that will only end thirty years later.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Worth the HypeMovies like thisPerfect Strangers (2016)
During a dinner, a group of friends decide to share whatever message or phone call they will receive during the evening, with unforeseen consequences.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Worth the HypeMovies like thisItaliano medio (2015)
A committed environmentalist whose hyperfixation with everything that's wrong with the world is taking a toll on his marriage tries a pill that reduces human brain capacity from the usual 20% to a mere 2%. Which puts him on a par with your typical man on the street.
Why it matches: Fans watch both
SnoozefestMovies like thisTommaso (2016)
Tommaso has just left his first wife but he will meet a new person who will change everything in his life.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
SnoozefestMovies like thisFasten Your Seatbelts (2014)
Elena and Antonio seem not to be made for each other. They are too different in terms of character, life choices, worldview, and the way they relate to others. They are total opposites. However, they are overwhelmed by a mutual attraction they're trying hard to avoid; but to which they succumb to.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Guest Room (2021)
The morning Stella decides to take her own life, a stranger knocks at her door claiming the guest room he booked for the night. Surprised but charmed by this man who seems to know her very well, Stella decides to let him in. But when Sandro, the man who broke Stella's heart, joins them at home, this odd situation turns immediately into chaos.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller & drama
SnoozefestMovies like thisThe Best Years (2020)
Italy from the '80s to the present day, through the dreams, loves, successes and failures of four friends.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisWoman of Straw (1964)
Anthony Richmond schemes to get the fortune of his tyrannical, wheelchair-using tycoon uncle Charles Richmond by persuading Maria, a nurse he employs, to marry him.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama & thriller
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisCassandra's Dream (2007)
The tale of two brothers with serious financial woes. When a third party proposes they turn to crime, things go bad and the two become enemies.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama & thriller
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisObsession (1976)
A wealthy New Orleans businessman becomes obsessed with a young woman who resembles his late wife.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both thriller & drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisGlass (2019)
In a series of escalating encounters, former security guard David Dunn uses his supernatural abilities to track Kevin Wendell Crumb, a disturbed man who has twenty-four personalities. Meanwhile, the shadowy presence of Elijah Price emerges as an orchestrator who holds secrets critical to both men.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both thriller & drama
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Frequently asked questions
What are the best movies like The Place?
The closest matches to The Place are Dogman (2018), Euphoria (2018) and The Consequences of Love (2004). Below are 27 more, each with the reason it matches.
What should I watch after The Place?
People who watched The Place most often go on to Dogman (2018), Euphoria (2018) and The Consequences of Love (2004).
What is the highest-rated movie like The Place?
On My Skin (2018), rated 8.0/10 by 1,908 TMDB users.
What is the newest movie like The Place?
America Latina (2022) is the most recent release on this list.
Are there Italian movies like The Place?
Yes: Dogman (2018), Euphoria (2018) and The Consequences of Love (2004).
How are movies similar to The Place chosen?
First come films that Trakt’s viewers watch alongside The Place, then TMDB’s recommendations and films it rates as similar in story and genre. Each pick says which signal put it there.