Movies like Up to You (2018)
The best movies like Up to You (2018) are True Romance (1993), The Hot Spot (1990) and The Garden of Sinners: A Study in Murder - Part 2 (2009). If Up to You hooked you with its romance, these 25 similar films are what to watch next, and every pick says why it matches.
Quick picks
- Highest ratedTrue Romance (1993)7.5/10 from 3,246 votes
- NewestKaleidoscope: Scarlet Temptation for Ladies (2024)Released 2024
- In JapaneseThe Garden of Sinners: A Study in Murder - Part 2 (2009)Also in Japanese
True 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 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 thisThe Garden of Sinners: A Study in Murder - Part 2 (2009)
In February 1999, a string of murders has Shiki Ryougi and Mikiya Kokutou on edge. These crimes share a disturbing resemblance to a similar set of homicides from 1995, when Shiki and Mikiya first met, and awaken a dark, murderous desire that has laid dormant within Shiki's soul ever since then.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both romance
Worth the HypeMovies like thisThe Garden of Sinners: A Study in Murder - Part 1 (2007)
August 1995: Mikiya first meets Shiki in a white kimono during a snowing day. Later on, at the high school freshmen ceremony, Mikiya sees Shiki in the crowd and chases after her, introducing himself to her. But Shiki hides a big secret: A wave of bizarre murders occur around many loose ends, and no suspects. there are still many questions: Who to believe? Who is the murderer? What is the secret of Shiki? and especially: Who is SHIKI?
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both romance
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Garden of Sinners: Oblivion Recording (2008)
January 1999: Apprentice mage Azaka Kokutou, Mikiya's younger sister, has been ordered by her mentor, Touko Aozaki, to investigate a certain incident in which fairies steal the memories of students at Azaka's school, Reien Academy. Azaka launches an investigation with the help of Shiki.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both romance
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisSister Swapping (2023)
Sisters Ji-soo and Ji-yeong decided to sell their used underwear due to financial difficulties. Perverted men offer to buy them at a higher price by asking these two sisters for shots of them wearing the underwear. Other men offer to pay even higher prices by demanding sex out of greater desire. As the sisters earn more money than expected, their service becomes more and more popular.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both romance
Purpose of Tutoring (2023)
Yeong-tak and Ha-na are stepsiblings who live with the support of their divorced adoptive parents. The two begin taking individual private lessons for their respective careers. Yeong-tak secretly gives his acting teacher Na-ri sleeping pills to covet her body, while Ha-na is busy seducing her physical education teacher Han-cheol. Meanwhile, Na-ri and Han-cheol run into each other at the stepsiblings' house, fall in love at first sight, and seek revenge on the two who offended them.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both romance
Life of Pleasure Exploration (2023)
Two women, Hae-na and Hee-na, prey on men under the pretense of marriage. One of these men is a doctor who falls for Hae-na and showers her with luxury gifts, but that's all he does. She can hardly get in touch physically with him. Meanwhile, Hae-na meets Ji-hoon, her former lover, again by chance, but after finding out about his relationship with Hee-na, the three decide to pursue money rather than love and start working for the men around them.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both romance
Boarder: Dangerous Cohabitation (2024)
Mi-hyeon's newlywed life was normal until her husband, Ki-hyeon, got into an accident. Her body and mind are ruined as she takes care of her crippled husband. While struggling with the hardships of her life, Mi-hyeon takes in a young man as a boarder with the introduction of her friend, and a deviation that Mi-hyeon never had before begins.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both romance
Exchange Wife 2 (2023)
Kyeong-soo, an art dealer who specializes in painting, goes to evaluate the requested painting and accidentally damages it. Chang-in, the owner of the painting, suggests one thing from Kyung-soo, who was at a loss.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both romance
Female Workers: Romance at Work 3 (2023)
Yoo-ra succeeded in finding a job after a difficult time. Despite her stunning beauty, her family's financial situation is difficult. Her male assistant manager knows of her difficult situation, so he asks for her body with money as bait. On the other hand, Hye-seon, the female manager of the same company, seduces the handsome new employee, Min-soo. Employees enjoy the world of animals in the workplace without knowing each other.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both romance
Purpose of the MZ Sisters (2023)
MZ-generation sisters Hee-jeong and Eun-jeong use an app to find a personal PT teacher to help them lose weight. Both sisters fall in love with their teacher, Ji-hoon, at first sight. The two sisters compete with each other to seduce Ji-hoon to take over.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both romance
Mother-in-law in Love With Son-in-law 4 (2023)
Joon-yeon and So-hyeon are living together with Joon-yeon's young and pretty mother-in-law for a while after his father-in-law remarries. One day, Joon-yeon is left home alone with his mother-in-law due to So-hyeon and her father-in-law's sudden business trip. The mother-in-law seduces her handsome son-in-law on a hot night. Unable to forget the sex he had with his mother-in-law, Joon-yeon even plans to have a threesome with his wife and his mother-in-law.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both romance
My Husband's Gift (2023)
So-hee is a young wife who relieves her husband, who is crippled from the waist down, every night with her own hands. However, she feels lonely every night. One day, after she satisfied her husband's needs, her husband caught her masturbating without him knowing. Seeing that his wife is unable to satisfy her lust because of his disability, he makes an unexpected proposal.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both romance
Office Sharing (2023)
Kang Ji-yeong runs a shared office. Under her, regular VIP Kim Gi-baek, writer Yang Kyeong-mi, and business planner Min Jeong-gyoo enter the office one after another. Boss Ji-yeong feels that Gi-baek and Min-gyoo are turning their attention to Kyeong-mi. Out of jealousy, she decides to corrupt Kyeong-mi and kick her out of her shared office. However, Kyeong-mi is secretly attracted to her female boss and starts working on a script about it.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both romance
Young Woman Masturbating (2023)
A female college student is masturbating by imagining many things while watching a movie: imagining sex between a sister-in-law and her brother-in-law, imagining sex between a daughter-in-law and her father-in-law, etc. While she was masturbating, she moaned loudly and was caught by her stepbrother. The woman's body gets hot and cannot hold it, so she seduces her stepbrother.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both romance
Business Relationship (2023)
Dong-sik and Jeong-mi, a married couple who run a multi-level company, make a huge amount of money through fraud, where they trick their victims using romance scams. The couple recruited Mi-yeon and Won-woo for the job. Later, Dong-sik and Jeong-mi develop feelings for Mi-yeon and Won-woo as the couple gets tired of each other. They begin relationships with their recruits by buying their favor with money.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both romance
Wife's Obsession With Checking Underwear (2023)
Hae-won is a wife who is pathologically obsessed with her husband. When her husband, In-seong, goes to work or is out of her sight, she constantly calls him and monitors his every move. One day, Hae-won invited her best friend, Song-joo, to their house to hang out, but she began to suspect that the relationship between Song-ju and In-seong was strange, and ends up threatening her best friend's life when she comes to clear up her misunderstanding.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both romance
Kaleidoscope: Scarlet Temptation for Ladies (2024)
An erotic drama depicting the sex, desire, and betrayal of men and women who are driven by love and pleasure. Hayato, an elite employee, marries Kasumi, whom he seduced from his rival Shindo. However, Kasumi is dissatisfied with being treated like a trophy wife, and Hayato also has Kasumi's best friend Shizuka as his lover. Shindo, who has returned from America, appears before Kasumi as if to test her heart.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both romance
Motivation for Admission (2022)
An erotic film about the tearful survival story of two female employees who got a job at a strange, unmanned company in the non-face-to-face era.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both romance
Taste of the Three Neighborhood Women (2023)
While Mi-na is out, Hyeon-goo invites So-hee to his house and enjoys. She forces So-hee, who wants to go to sleep, back to her house because Mi-na doesn't know when she will come back. However, while secretly meeting Seung-mo, Mi-na informs Hyeon-goo that she cannot enter her house, and Hyeon-goo regrets sending So-hee to her house. But this time, he invites Soo-yeong, a business traveler, to his house.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both romance
A Secret Experience of Delicious Sex - Director's Cut (2017)
A very special fountain pen allows the writing of its user to come to life. From the power of the pen rises a naked woman to fit the imagination of the writer.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both romance
Young Older Sister-in-Law (2018)
Baek-ho lives in his brother's house and he's a jobless man with his mind in the gutter. He steals his in-law's panties for his own pleasure. One day he is caught.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both romance
My Young Master (2019)
Seon-yeong's husband cheats on her, which she endures until her younger brother-in-law comes to stay. After a series of events, she seduces him and decides to divorce her cheating husband and runaway with his brother.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both romance
Age 19 Rated Affair: A Secret That Can't Be Told (2016)
Two women start living with a man who lives alone. The women introduce themselves as sisters looking for their long lost father and they start to seduce the man. Actually, these women are a serial killing duo who only target men who live alone. In the end, the man loses his life. While they are celebrating, a boy calling himself the man's brother, appears in front of them one day. He looks and sounds just like the man but has a completely different personality and he's nothing like the two women has ever seen before.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both romance
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Frequently asked questions
What are the best movies like Up to You?
The closest matches to Up to You are True Romance (1993), The Hot Spot (1990) and The Garden of Sinners: A Study in Murder - Part 2 (2009). Below are 22 more, each with the reason it matches.
What should I watch after Up to You?
Start with True Romance (1993), the closest match to Up to You.
What is the highest-rated movie like Up to You?
True Romance (1993), rated 7.5/10 by 3,246 TMDB users.
What is the newest movie like Up to You?
Kaleidoscope: Scarlet Temptation for Ladies (2024) is the most recent release on this list.
Are there Japanese movies like Up to You?
Yes: The Garden of Sinners: A Study in Murder - Part 2 (2009), The Garden of Sinners: A Study in Murder - Part 1 (2007) and The Garden of Sinners: Oblivion Recording (2008).
How are movies similar to Up to You chosen?
First come films that Trakt’s viewers watch alongside Up to You, then TMDB’s recommendations and films it rates as similar in story and genre. Each pick says which signal put it there.