Movies like Geki iki okusama: Shikumareta kairaku (2019)
The best movies like Geki iki okusama: Shikumareta kairaku (2019) are It Feels So Good (2019), Newness (2017) and The Duke of Burgundy (2015). If Geki iki okusama: Shikumareta kairaku hooked you with its drama and romance, these 30 similar films are what to watch next, and every pick says why it matches.
Quick picks
- Highest ratedBelow Her Mouth (2017)6.8/10 from 1,335 votes
- NewestTime Is Up (2021)Released 2021
- In JapaneseIt Feels So Good (2019)Also in Japanese
It Feels So Good (2019)
When it rains it pours. Kenji divorced his wife, lost his job and his old squeeze Naoko is getting married back home in the north of Japan, specifically in Akita. He returns there in order to attend her wedding. Naoko surprises him by proposing that they have sex again. The one night stand is the new beginning.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama & romance
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisNewness (2017)
In contemporary Los Angeles, two millennials navigating a social media–driven hookup culture begin a relationship that pushes both emotional and physical boundaries.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both romance & drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Duke of Burgundy (2015)
Day in and day out, lovers Cynthia and Evelyn enact an elaborate sadomasochistic fantasy as mistress and maid. But as their ritual of domination and submission begins to turn stale, Cynthia yearns for something more conventional, while Evelyn tries to push their taboos even further.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama & romance
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisStill the Water (2014)
On the Japanese island of Amami, despite lacking parental guidance, Kaito and his girlfriend Kyoko try to find their place in the world. While Kaito suffers from the absence of his father, who moved to Tokyo after his birth, Kyoko must come to grips with her mother’s terminal illness.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama & romance
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Last Time I Saw Paris (1954)
Reporter Charles Wills, in Paris to cover the end of World War II, falls for the beautiful Helen Ellswirth following a brief flirtation with her sister, Marion. After he and Helen marry, Charles pursues his novelistic ambition while supporting his new bride with a deadening job at a newspaper wire service. But when an old investment suddenly makes the family wealthy, their marriage begins to unravel — until a sudden tragedy changes everything.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama & romance
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisTime Is Up (2021)
Vivien, an accomplished student with a passion for physics, and Roy, a troubled young man, are involved in an accident that forces them to reclaim their lives one minute at the time.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both romance & drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisFifty Shades Freed (2018)
Believing they have left behind shadowy figures from their past, newlyweds Christian and Ana fully embrace an inextricable connection and shared life of luxury. But just as she steps into her role as Mrs. Grey and he relaxes into an unfamiliar stability, new threats could jeopardize their happy ending before it even begins.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama & romance
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisIn the Realm of the Senses (1976)
A passionate telling of the story of Sada Abe, a woman whose affair with her master led to an obsessive and ultimately destructive sexual relationship.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama & romance
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisPetulia (1968)
Dr. Archie Bollen is having a midlife crisis. He's just divorced his wife and is establishing a new life for himself. One night, he catches the eye of Petulia Danner, a charming, free-spirited young woman. Petulia's vibrant personality hides her fear of her abusive husband, David, whose father is a powerful society figure. As Petulia and Archie's feelings for each other grow, they must decide what it is they truly want.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama & romance
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisLondon (2005)
London is a drug laden adventure that centers on a party in a New York loft where a young man is trying to win back his ex-girlfriend.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama & romance
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisOriginal Sin (2001)
A young man is plunged into a life of subterfuge, deceit and mistaken identity in pursuit of a femme fatale whose heart is never quite within his grasp.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama & romance
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisMonday (2021)
A spark on a Friday can lead to a sizzling weekend fling, but what happens when you get to the inevitable Monday?
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama & romance
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisAsylum (2005)
A woman becomes very curious about one of her psychiatrist husband's inmates, a man who was found guilty in the murder and disfigurement of his former wife.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama & romance
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisBelow Her Mouth (2017)
An unexpected affair quickly escalates into a heart-stopping reality for two women whose passionate connection changes their lives forever.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama & romance
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Future (2011)
When a couple decides to adopt a stray cat their perspective on life changes radically, literally altering the course of time and space and testing their faith in each other and themselves.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama & romance
SnoozefestMovies like thisTokyo Decadence (1992)
A submissive hooker goes about her trade, suffering abuse at the hands of Japanese salarymen and Yakuza types. She's unhappy about her work, and is apparently trying to find some sort of appeasement for the fact that her lover has married.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisSuburbia (1984)
When household tensions and a sense of worthlessness overcome Evan, he finds escape when he clings with the orphans of a throw-away society. The runaways hold on to each other like a family until a tragedy tears them apart.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisAntiporno (2017)
Kyôko, a traumatized young Japanese girl, finds herself struggling with her self-confidence in her adult life. Growing up in a family without her mother and her sister, she constantly questions the rationale of sex and the notion of liberty in modern Japanese society.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisFemale Yakuza Tale (1973)
Ocho is accidentally captured by a drug trafficking cartel who use Chinese women to smuggle drugs into Japan by hiding it in their vaginas. She is tortured, and manages to escape, fighting both the male yakuzas and a gang of female thieves.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisLockdown (2000)
Avery (Jones) returns to college as a competitive swimmer after getting his life back on track. But his life takes another unexpected turn when he and his two friends (Bonds, Casseus) are wrongly accused of murder and end up in prison.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisEcstasy of the Angels (1972)
A militant revolutionary group is torn apart by betrayal as its members descend into paranoia and sexual decadence.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both drama & romance
Sometimes... Like a Prostitute (1978)
A man with a medical condition and a guilty past becomes obsessed with a simple minded girl he finds in a park. His wife is not thrilled when he brings her home.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both drama
Sex Zone (1968)
Inspired by the true story of a Geisha murdered in a city famous for its baths, Adachi forged here his favorite style, a kind of conceptual documentary recounting the incident in monotone. The same event that at the beginning of Violated Angels escaped every principle of causality, is portrayed here as a singular anti-spectacle.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both drama
Sex Documentary Technique (1978)
Pink film by Mamoru Watanabe.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both drama
Married Women Who Want to Do It (2003)
Annoyed by her husband's boorish sexual behavior, newlywed Aya joins her female friend Kei in an extra-marital fling. She records the experience on her cell phone camera to show her husband the advantages of a more romantic love-making technique. Kei later introduces the couple to a sex counselor.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both drama
Bullying Housewives: Lewd Heaven (2000)
Byakumaru, who achieved great sales as a supermarket manager in a rural town in the Kanto region, received a special bonus of 1 million yen and a three-day vacation. Byakumaru decides to use the bonus and vacation time to reunite with his older sister, who he lost in his childhood. His parents died in a traffic accident, and he grew up in a relative's home, but was later placed in different homes and his whereabouts were never known. As a result of the investigation by Koshinsho, there are four housewives from Shiromaru's area living in a certain housing complex in Tokyo, and one of them appears to be Shiromaru's older sister. Shiromaru heads to the housing complex with Ayaka, an employee of Koshinsho, but...
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both drama
Saki Mizusawa's Mistress Application (1994)
A woman who works part-time at a publishing company while attending university. She has good taste, but she has a shy personality, and she was the type to lose money. One day, she was predicted by a fortune teller who was passing by that "another you will appear", and on her way home, she suddenly felt dizzy and when she opened her eyes, she had a strange experience in which everything appeared red. And from that day on, her personality changed...
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both drama
Sticky Wife, Begging Wife II: While being Watched by her Husband (1997)
Editor Kurumada is in charge of the popular author Hara. When he receives a call from the capricious Hara and goes to retrieve the manuscript, Hara hugs his wife, Mariko, in his study as if to show off to Kurumada. Even though Kurumada suppressed her rising anger, Mariko's foolishness still stuck in her mind. Afterwards, Kurumada is invited to Mariko's home and begins a relationship with her. The incident was videotaped by Hara. Hara claims that he has the right to embrace Kurumada's wife, Yumi... The second work in the series depicting the sexual behavior of a married woman who indulges in swapping.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both drama
Groper Train: One Shot in the Morning (1989)
Yoriko hears an unexpected story from lawyer Sanada. Her great-aunt, who lives in America, says that if Yoriko marries Daizaburo, she will inherit all of her 2 billion yen inheritance. However, Yoriko has never him and does not know where he is. All she knows is that he is a habitual groper and has a star tattoo on his groin. With the help of her best friend Ryoko, Yoriko gets on the train and approaches a group of men...
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both drama
Tokubetsu kikaku: The tôkô shashin (1990)
Yumiko goes to a hotel with Funaki, whom she met at a park, and after having an affair, he is photographed nude. Her husband, Goro, happened to see a photo posted in an erotic magazine, and although her eyes were erased, he was convinced that it was Yumiko and blamed her. However, she strongly denied it, so she met with the magazine's editor and had him show her a photo of her. She was definitely Yumiko...
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both drama
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What are the best movies like Geki iki okusama: Shikumareta kairaku?
The closest matches to Geki iki okusama: Shikumareta kairaku are It Feels So Good (2019), Newness (2017) and The Duke of Burgundy (2015). Below are 27 more, each with the reason it matches.
What should I watch after Geki iki okusama: Shikumareta kairaku?
Start with It Feels So Good (2019), the closest match to Geki iki okusama: Shikumareta kairaku.
What is the highest-rated movie like Geki iki okusama: Shikumareta kairaku?
Below Her Mouth (2017), rated 6.8/10 by 1,335 TMDB users.
What is the newest movie like Geki iki okusama: Shikumareta kairaku?
Time Is Up (2021) is the most recent release on this list.
Are there Japanese movies like Geki iki okusama: Shikumareta kairaku?
Yes: It Feels So Good (2019), Still the Water (2014) and In the Realm of the Senses (1976).
How are movies similar to Geki iki okusama: Shikumareta kairaku chosen?
First come films that Trakt’s viewers watch alongside Geki iki okusama: Shikumareta kairaku, then TMDB’s recommendations and films it rates as similar in story and genre. Each pick says which signal put it there.