Movies like Desire: An Erotic Fantasyplay (1996)
The best movies like Desire: An Erotic Fantasyplay (1996) are Henry & June (1990), The Hot Spot (1990) and True Romance (1993). If Desire: An Erotic Fantasyplay hooked you with its romance, these 23 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
- NewestRock Star (2018)Released 2018
Henry & 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 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 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 thisRomance of the West Chamber (1997)
Cheung, a 23-year-old unmarried travelling scholar, stops by the monastery, where he sees a beautiful woman. Against the rules, Monk Faben allows Cheung to stay and woo the girl, Ann-Ann. She is shy, and also the Prime Minister's daughter, so the wooing is arranged by Ann-Ann's maid Hung.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both romance
Treibgut der Großstadt (1967)
A young woman works in a Berlin hotel while her husband, a commercial art student, drives a cab. They are 3600 DM in debt. In order to pay the rates, the woman agrees to work as an entertainer in a bar against her husband's wishes...
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both romance
Young People Fucking (2007)
On a Tuesday night, five couples have separate sexual adventures. Matt and Kris, friends for years, want to have an only-once, no-strings good time. Abby and Andrew, married, celebrate his birthday, but it's marred by angst and miscommunication. Mia and Eric are exes, making sure they are over each other. Jaime and Ken work together and this is a first date. Inez and Gord invite his roommate, Dave, to join them. By the time each couple has gone through a prelude, foreplay, sex, an interlude, orgasm, and afterglow, they've answered basic questions: can sex be anonymous, are we bored, is our marriage really finished, does anyone tell the truth, and how do we make someone happy?
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both romance
SnoozefestMovies like thisTropical Ecstasy (1970)
A woman who makes her living as a prostitute must decide her fate between two totally different men.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both romance
Peep Show (1986)
A distinguished surgeon, married to a beautiful woman, has the habit of watching his wife in secret. The man decides to grant his wife to the owner of a refined brothel to be able to observe her from behind a mirror.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both romance
L'etreinte (1969)
L’Étreinte (1969) is a sharp, provocative Franco-Belgian psychological drama that masterfully subverts power dynamics through an erotic lens. Heavily inspired by The Story of O, the film tracks Gisèle, an innocent runaway who becomes a housemaid—and subsequent sex slave—to Michel, a wealthy playboy. What begins as a classic tale of bourgeois exploitation takes a radical turn when a visiting friend awakens Gisèle to her own alienation. In a striking third-act shift, the film flips the master-servant dynamic, leaving the oppressor completely subjugated by his former victim..
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both romance
Climax (1972)
Monika feels unused and misunderstood. The young wife of the busy and successful civil engineer Kai is often alone because he is hunted and plagued by appointments. Increasingly sexually frustrated, Monika tries masturbating. On the advice of a friend, Monika looks for male acquaintances and becomes a nymphomaniac. What she did not find with Kai - tenderness, refuge and understanding - Monika finally finds with one of her lovers.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both romance
Picture of Beauty (2017)
In an early 20th century village, a painter with an unusual commission finds two pretty girls two model for him. The girls slowly come of age while exploring their sexuality and finding liberation in a repressed society.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both romance
SnoozefestMovies like thisForever Mine (1999)
A hotel cabana boy falls for the wife of a powerful politico. But when she confesses to the affair, her husband determines to end it forever.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both romance
SnoozefestMovies like thisPeccati a Venezia (1980)
Melissa, a beautiful woman in her prime, her cousin Gianni and her elderly and paralyzed Aunt Adele live in a villa in a decadent Venice, Franca. A very young friend of the family comes to the villa. In a short time the life of the three is turned upside down.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both romance
Passion and Romance: Ocean of Dreams (1997)
Hungry for more sizzle and spice in their bland love lives, a married couple embarks upon a cruise. Once aboard the ship, they find themselves faced with a veritable buffet of erotic delights and a strong temptation to overindulge.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both romance
Wild Orchid (1989)
A woman lawyer becomes mesmerized by a self-made millionaire during an encounter in Rio setting off a series of erotic encounters.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both romance
SnoozefestMovies like thisScandal: Lawful Entry (2000)
An important madam is indicted and several of her whores testify in court by illustrating with sex scenes.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both romance
Wild Orchid II: Two Shades of Blue (1991)
Blue is a teenage girl who lives with her Jazz playing father Ham. Ham gets very sick and dies, and now Blue must support herself somehow. Elle, the headmistress at a brothel, talks her into living and working at her establishment. She decides to leave the business and lead a normal life. Elle is hellbent to see that she never has one.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both romance
SnoozefestMovies like thisRed Shoe Diaries (1992)
A man grieving the loss of his fiancée discovers a diary she kept that details a side of her he never knew. In an effort to understand, he reaches out in an unusual way by placing an ad asking for women’s diaries and hearing their stories.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both romance
SnoozefestMovies like thisLove Exchange (2001)
Jackie and Ben move into a luxurious new home in the affluent neighborhood of Verdana Hills. They are immediately welcomed and befriended by their sexy new neighbor Lizelle and invited to a pool party to meet the rest of the neighbors in the complex. After meeting Lizelle’s husband Lorenzo at the pool gathering, Ben is invited and told about a “sexual card game” that allows everyone in the complex to discard their marital inhibitions. Soon both Jackie and Ben are pulled into a world of swingers and lurid sex that threatens the very fibers of their relationship.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both romance
Emmanuelle 2000: Being Emmanuelle (2000)
Exploring desires and fantasies while experiencing pleasures through the love making device gets Emmanuelle willing to spread the excitement so much it gets close to feeling like in her own skin.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both romance
The Harrad Experiment (1973)
At fictional Harrad College students learn about sexuality and experiment with each other. Based on the 1966 book of the same name by Robert Rimmer, this movie deals with the concept of free love during the height of the sexual revolution which took place in the United States.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both romance
A New Love in Tokyo (1994)
A look at the lives of two prostitutes in Tokyo: Rei, who works as an S&M dominatrix, and Ayumi, in the more straightforward profession of call girl. In addition to their working life, the film also looks at their private lives. Rei is acting in an amateur theatre company along with the receptionist from Ayumi's escort service, while Ayumi is living with her student-boyfriend as he struggles to finally get accepted to college.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both romance
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Frequently asked questions
What are the best movies like Desire: An Erotic Fantasyplay?
The closest matches to Desire: An Erotic Fantasyplay are Henry & June (1990), The Hot Spot (1990) and True Romance (1993). Below are 20 more, each with the reason it matches.
What should I watch after Desire: An Erotic Fantasyplay?
Start with Henry & June (1990), the closest match to Desire: An Erotic Fantasyplay.
What is the highest-rated movie like Desire: An Erotic Fantasyplay?
True Romance (1993), rated 7.5/10 by 3,246 TMDB users.
What is the newest movie like Desire: An Erotic Fantasyplay?
Rock Star (2018) is the most recent release on this list.
Are there English movies like Desire: An Erotic Fantasyplay?
Yes: Henry & June (1990), The Hot Spot (1990) and True Romance (1993).
How are movies similar to Desire: An Erotic Fantasyplay chosen?
First come films that Trakt’s viewers watch alongside Desire: An Erotic Fantasyplay, then TMDB’s recommendations and films it rates as similar in story and genre. Each pick says which signal put it there.