Movies like Upon Further Reflection (2019)
The best movies like Upon Further Reflection (2019) are The Hot Spot (1990), True Romance (1993) and Nine 1/2 Weeks (1986). If Upon Further Reflection hooked you with its romance, these 22 similar films are what to watch next, and every pick says why it matches.
Quick picks
- Highest ratedTrue Romance (1993)7.5/10 from 3,241 votes
- NewestA Little Chaos (2015)Released 2015
The 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 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 thisNine 1/2 Weeks (1986)
An erotic story about a woman, the assistant of an art gallery, who gets involved in an impersonal affair with a man. She barely knows about his life, only about the sex games they play, so the relationship begins to get complicated.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both romance
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisA Foreign Field (1993)
Nostalgic comic drama in which Cyril and Amos, two veterans of the Normandy landings, return to France to visit the grave of their wartime buddy. They encounter Waldo, an American on a similar mission, and the meeting sparks memories of an old girlfriend from the past. With the mysterious American lady Lisa in their wake, Cyril and Waldo decide to try and track her down.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both romance
Lolita (1997)
Humbert Humbert is a middle-aged British novelist who is both appalled by and attracted to the vulgarity of American culture. When he comes to stay at the boarding house run by Charlotte Haze, he soon becomes obsessed with Lolita, the woman's teenaged daughter.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both romance
Worth the HypeMovies like thisSolo for Clarinet (1998)
Berlin, Germany. A cruel murder took place in an appartment building. Somebody bit off quite a piece of the victim's penis, who then, of course, lost a lot of blood, before being struck down at the head. Leading investigator Bernhard Kominka, being in stress due to a mentally retarded son and a problematic wife, seems to be the only one to see a lady in a red coat. After a while, his theory of her being the murderer may prove to be true, but the Cop also kind of fell in love with this new, interesting person in both of his lives: professional and private as well. Borders dissolve. His decision may be disastrous in any way.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both romance
Pauline at the Beach (1983)
Marion is about to divorce from her husband and takes her 15-year-old niece, Pauline, on a vacation to Granville. There, she meets an old love...
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both romance
Worth the HypeMovies like thisThe Russia House (1990)
Barley Scott Blair, a Lisbon-based editor of Russian literature who unexpectedly begins working for British intelligence, is commissioned to investigate the purposes of Dante, a dissident scientist trapped in the decaying Soviet Union that is crumbling under the new open-minded policies.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both romance
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Last Run (2004)
When a young accountant is devastated after discovering his inspiringly beautiful girlfriend is cheating on him, his best friend, who's engaged to a girl he doesn't love, convinces him to go on a "run" and sleep with as many women as he can to get over his heart break.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both romance
Mona Lisa (1986)
George is a small-time crook just out of prison who discovers his tough-guy image is out of date. Reduced to working as a minder/driver for high class call girl Simone, he has to agree when she asks him to find a young colleague from her King's Cross days. That's when George's troubles just start.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both romance
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Magnificent One (1973)
A writer of pulpy book series in which he's the hero and his beautiful English roommate is the love interest attempts to finish his new book in time at the publisher's demand.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both romance
Worth the HypeMovies like thisCouples Retreat (2009)
Four couples, all friends, descend on a tropical island resort. Though one husband and wife are there to work on their marriage, the others just want to enjoy some fun in the sun. They soon find, however, that paradise comes at a price: Participation in couples therapy sessions is mandatory. What started out as a cut-rate vacation turns into an examination of the common problems many face.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both romance
SnoozefestMovies like this10 Attitudes (2001)
A Jewish man discovers his boyfriend of 10 years has been cheating on him, and decides to embark on a dating spree.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both romance
A Little Chaos (2015)
A landscape gardener is hired by famous architect Le Nôtre to construct the grand gardens at the palace of Versailles. As the two work on the palace, they find themselves drawn to each other and are thrown into rivalries within the court of King Louis XIV.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both romance
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisSlackers (2002)
Dave, Sam and Jeff are about to graduate from Holden University with honors in lying, cheating and scheming. The three roommates have proudly scammed their way through the last four years of college and now, during final exams, these big-men-on-campus are about to be busted by the most unlikely dude in school. Self-dubbed Cool Ethan, an ambitious nerd with a bad crush, enters their lives one day and everything begins to unravel.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both romance
SnoozefestMovies like thisDaisy Kenyon (1947)
Daisy Kenyon is a Manhattan commercial artist having an affair with an arrogant and overbearing but successful lawyer and family man named Dan O'Mara. Daisy meets a single man, a war veteran named Peter Lapham, and after a brief and hesitant courtship decides to marry him, although she is still in love with Dan.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both romance
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisSwimfan (2002)
Ben Cronin has it all: the admiration of his many friends, a terrific girlfriend, and he's on the fast-track to an athletic scholarship. Ben's rock-solid, promising future and romance are turned upside-down with the arrival of Madison Bell. Madison, the new girl in town, quickly sets her sights on the impressionable Ben. While their first few meetings are innocent enough, the obsessive and seductive Madison wants more ... much more.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both romance
SnoozefestMovies like thisLove Crazy (1941)
Circumstance, an old flame and a mother-in-law drive a happily married couple to the verge of divorce and insanity.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both romance
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe End of the Affair (1999)
On a rainy London night in 1946, novelist Maurice Bendrix has a chance meeting with Henry Miles, husband of his ex-mistress Sarah, who abruptly ended their affair two years before. Bendrix's obsession with Sarah is rekindled; he succumbs to his own jealousy and arranges to have her followed.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both romance
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisBefore We Go (2014)
A chance encounter between two strangers in Grand Central Terminal sparks a life-changing, nighttime sojourn through New York City. They grow into each other's most trusted confidants when an evening of unexpected adventure forces them to confront their fears and take control of their lives.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both romance
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Sealed Room (1909)
A king grows suspicious of his favored woman's affection for an Italian troubadour. After confirming their secret romance, he takes a cruel revenge by sealing the lovers inside a secluded tower chamber with no means of escape.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both romance
Mei Mei (2010)
Lulu, a high class prostitute, receives constant visits from her neighbor Julian. He believes that she is his missing ex-girlfriend Mei Mei and begs her for a chance to start over again. Lulu rejects him, thinking that he is just making up stories to win her over. She tells him she never wants to see him again, but soon she misses him. It may be too late as she discovers that Julian is with somebody that looks exactly like her.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both romance
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Frequently asked questions
What are the best movies like Upon Further Reflection?
The closest matches to Upon Further Reflection are The Hot Spot (1990), True Romance (1993) and Nine 1/2 Weeks (1986). Below are 19 more, each with the reason it matches.
What should I watch after Upon Further Reflection?
Start with The Hot Spot (1990), the closest match to Upon Further Reflection.
What is the highest-rated movie like Upon Further Reflection?
True Romance (1993), rated 7.5/10 by 3,241 TMDB users.
What is the newest movie like Upon Further Reflection?
A Little Chaos (2015) is the most recent release on this list.
Are there English movies like Upon Further Reflection?
Yes: The Hot Spot (1990), True Romance (1993) and Nine 1/2 Weeks (1986).
How are movies similar to Upon Further Reflection chosen?
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