Movies like Sex Tower (2011)
The best movies like Sex Tower (2011) are The Hot Spot (1990), True Romance (1993) and Elsa & Fred (2014). If Sex Tower 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 3,246 votes
- NewestPaper Planes (2023)Released 2023
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 thisElsa & Fred (2014)
After his daughter persuades him to move into a new apartment, aged widower Fred strikes up a friendship with his eccentric 74-year-old neighbour Elsa, who convinces him it's never too late to keep enjoying life. Although he seemed resigned to a miserable bedridden existence, Fred embraces Elsa's youthful enthusiasm as she introduces him to the path of life and entertains him with outlandish stories about her past life. But when he discovers Elsa's terminally ill, Fred decides to accompany her on the trip of her dreams to the eternal city of Rome to help her fulfil a lifelong ambition.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both romance
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisHead Over Heels (2001)
Ordinary single girl Amanda Pierce unexpectedly finds herself sharing an awesome Manhattan apartment with four sexy supermodels. Determined to bring Amanda into their world, the models give her the ultimate makeover. The plan works fabulously as Amanda connects with next door charmer Jim Winston. That is, until one night while spying on him, Amanda thinks she sees the man of her dreams committing a cold blooded crime.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both romance
SnoozefestMovies like thisSidewalls (2011)
Martin is a neurotic web designer taking baby steps out of the isolation of his one-room apartment and his virtual reality. Mariana is an artist fresh out of a long relationship. They are perfect for each other, live on the same street, in opposite buildings, but they never meet. Can the movement of a modern city of three million people bring them together?
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both romance
Worth the HypeMovies like thisPaper Planes (2023)
A woman with agoraphobia and the Airbnb guest across the hall strike up a correspondence that becomes something more for the holidays.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both romance
What's Your Number? (2011)
Ally Darling is realizing she's a little lost in life. Her latest romance has just fizzled out, and she's just been fired from her marketing job. Then she reads an eye-opening magazine article that warns that 96 percent of women who've been with 20 or more lovers are unlikely to find a husband. Determined to turn her life around and prove the article wrong, Ally embarks on a mission to find the perfect mate from among her numerous ex-boyfriends.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both romance
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Hole (1998)
In the final days of the year 1999, almost everyone in Taiwan has died from a strange plague that ravished the island. As rain pours down relentlessly, a single man is stuck with an unfinished plumbing job and a hole in his floor. This results in a very odd relationship with the woman who lives below him.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both romance
Worth the HypeMovies like thisSingles (1992)
A group of young adults in their twenties, who share an apartment in the city of Seattle, ponder on love and face all the challenges of adulthood.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both romance
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisLove Object (2004)
The twisted tale of Kenneth, socially insecure technical writer who forms an obsessive relationship with "Nikki", an anatomically accurate silicone sex doll he orders over the Internet.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both romance
SnoozefestMovies like thisJust Like Heaven (2005)
Shortly after David Abbott moves into his new San Francisco digs, he has an unwelcome visitor on his hands: winsome Elizabeth Masterson, who asserts that the apartment is hers -- and promptly vanishes. When she starts appearing and disappearing at will, David thinks she's a ghost, while Elizabeth is convinced she's alive.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both romance
Worth the HypeMovies like thisStreet Scene (1931)
The setting is a city block during a sweltering summer, where the residents serve as representatives of the not-very-idealized American melting pot. There is idle chitchat, gossip, jealousy, racism, adultery, and suddenly but not unexpectedly, a murder.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both romance
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisKate & Leopold (2001)
When her scientist ex-boyfriend discovers a portal to travel through time -- and brings back a 19th-century nobleman named Leopold to prove it -- a skeptical Kate reluctantly takes responsibility for showing Leopold the 21st century. The more time Kate spends with Leopold, the harder she falls for him. But if he doesn't return to his own time, his absence will forever alter history.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both romance
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisPieces of April (2003)
Quirky and rebellious April Burns lives with her boyfriend in a low-rent New York City apartment miles away from her emotionally distant family. But when she discovers that her mother has a fatal form of breast cancer, she invites the clan to her place for Thanksgiving. While her father struggles to drive her family into the city, April -- an inexperienced cook -- runs into kitchen trouble and must ask a neighbor for help.
Why it matches: Similar story and style
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Super (2018)
A man becomes the superintendent of a large New York City apartment building where people mysteriously go missing.
Why it matches: Similar story and style
SnoozefestMovies like thisUncut Gems (2019)
A charismatic New York City jeweler always on the lookout for the next big score makes a series of high-stakes bets that could lead to the windfall of a lifetime. Howard must perform a precarious high-wire act, balancing business, family, and encroaching adversaries on all sides in his relentless pursuit of the ultimate win.
Why it matches: Similar story and style
Worth the HypeMovies like thisThe Blackout (2009)
It's Christmas Eve, the city goes dark, and the few remaining tenants of The Ravenwood find themselves trapped in their building. And they are not alone.
Why it matches: Similar story and style
The Freeze (2017)
Two room mates finally get a new fridge from their landlord but it is old, broke, and haunted.
Why it matches: Similar story and style
Grandma's Apartment (TBA)
A grandmother and her grandson navigate love and fame, while crossing paths with Baron Frankenstein.
Why it matches: Similar story and style
Come in, Kitso! (1968)
A naive provincial, Kitsos, who lives in Athens, accepts to work as a doorman in the apartment building where his old friend Aris lives, in order to help him marry the owner's daughter, Poly. Because the latter is quite a difficult character, Kitsos is forced to play the fool. Then, he discovers that Poly is in love with another resident of the apartment building, the famous singer Yannis Vogiatzis. Poly's father assigns Kitsos to monitor his daughter, because he suspects something, while his maid manages to charm him, and marry him, and the apartment building is disturbed by his incredible antics.
Why it matches: Similar story and style
Parempaan asumiseen (1968)
Risto Jarva's short documentary on housing in Helsinki in the late 1960's.
Why it matches: Similar story and style
Concrete (2013)
Vienna in the late 90s. VHS footage reveals the video-diary of Markus and Ana, a young unemployed couple. Boredom and the need for an adrenaline fix pushes them into a spiral of theft, alcohol and drugs.
Why it matches: Similar story and style
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Frequently asked questions
What are the best movies like Sex Tower?
The closest matches to Sex Tower are The Hot Spot (1990), True Romance (1993) and Elsa & Fred (2014). Below are 19 more, each with the reason it matches.
What should I watch after Sex Tower?
Start with The Hot Spot (1990), the closest match to Sex Tower.
What is the highest-rated movie like Sex Tower?
True Romance (1993), rated 7.5/10 by 3,246 TMDB users.
What is the newest movie like Sex Tower?
Paper Planes (2023) is the most recent release on this list.
Are there English movies like Sex Tower?
Yes: The Hot Spot (1990), True Romance (1993) and Elsa & Fred (2014).
How are movies similar to Sex Tower chosen?
First come films that Trakt’s viewers watch alongside Sex Tower, then TMDB’s recommendations and films it rates as similar in story and genre. Each pick says which signal put it there.