Movies like Ball Red Daughter-in-law (2020)
The best movies like Ball Red Daughter-in-law (2020) are Idol Seungha's R-Rated Film Shooting (2021), The Trials of Cate McCall (2013) and Nobody's Daughter Haewon (2013). If Ball Red Daughter-in-law hooked you with its drama, these 30 similar films are what to watch next, and every pick says why it matches.
Quick picks
- Highest ratedThe Trials of Cate McCall (2013)6.4/10 from 321 votes
- NewestJanet Planet (2024)Released 2024
- In KoreanIdol Seungha's R-Rated Film Shooting (2021)Also in Korean
Idol Seungha's R-Rated Film Shooting (2021)
Film producer Na-eun and director Yeong-tae are on the verge of shelving out cash for an adult film production. They're too busy blaming each other for the messed-up filming. Before another filming begins, Na-eun suggests Yeong-tae to become an actor himself and practice filming. Na-eun leads the shy Yeong-tae very skillfully. How far will the practice go...?
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Trials of Cate McCall (2013)
In order to be reinstated to the bar and recover custody of her daughter, a hotshot lawyer, now in recovery and on probation, must take on the appeal of a woman wrongfully convicted of murder.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisNobody's Daughter Haewon (2013)
Facing her mother’s departure and the weight of a secret affair with her professor, college student Haewon drifts through a series of encounters and dreams, blurring the lines between her desires and reality.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisHigh Society (2018)
The story of the journey of married couple up the social latter. The husband is professor at Seoul National University who is running for the National Assembly, and his wife is a painter.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisHounddog (2008)
A drama set in the American South, where a precocious, troubled girl finds a safe haven in the music and movement of Elvis Presley.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisLovelace (2013)
Story of Linda Lovelace, who is used and abused by the porn industry at the behest of her coercive husband, before taking control of her life.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Visit (1964)
Carla Zachanassian had a child by Serge Miller as a teenager. When Serge refused to marry her, she was driven out of town. By her own wit and cunning, she has returned as a multi-millionaire for a visit. The town lays out the red carpet expecting big things from Carla, only to learn that her sole purpose is to see Serge Miller killed...
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama
Worth the HypeMovies like thisFamily Romance, LLC (2019)
Love is a business at Family Romance, a company that rents human stand-ins for any occasion. Founder Yuichi Ishii helps make his clients’ dreams come true. But when the mother of 12-year-old Mahiro hires Ishii to impersonate her missing father, the line between acting and reality threatens to blur.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Poker House (2008)
Agnes and her two sisters struggle through a day in a home overrun by gamblers, thieves, and johns.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisJanet Planet (2024)
In rural Western Massachusetts, 11-year-old Lacy spends the summer of 1991 at home, enthralled by her own imagination and the attention of her mother, Janet. As the months pass, three visitors enter their orbit, all captivated by Janet.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisTuesday (2024)
A mother and her teenage daughter must confront Death when it arrives in the form of an astonishing talking bird.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisCall Me Crazy: A Five Film (2013)
A psychotherapist helps a law student cope with schizophrenia in one of five interconnected tales dealing with mental illness.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama
Worth the HypeMovies like thisBirdcage Inn (1998)
Jin-a, a young prostitute, moves into a seaside motel called the Birdcage Inn, run by a dysfunctional family. Struggling with her circumstances and the family's treatment, she forms an unlikely bond with the daughter, Hye-mi. As they navigate love, betrayal, and personal growth, their friendship ultimately leads to a deeper understanding and a chance for redemption.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisUnder the Silver Lake (2018)
Young and disenchanted Sam meets a mysterious and beautiful woman who's swimming in his building's pool one night. When she suddenly vanishes the next morning, Sam embarks on a surreal quest across Los Angeles to decode the secret behind her disappearance, leading him into the murkiest depths of mystery, scandal and conspiracy.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisLove You to Death (2019)
Inspired by a true story, this film tells the shocking tale of a mother and daughter who are nothing like they seem, their tumultuous relationship ending in a brutal murder.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama
Worth the HypeMovies like thisIron Jawed Angels (2004)
Defiant young activists take the women's suffrage movement by storm, putting their lives at risk to help American women win the right to vote.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisXiu Xiu: The Sent-Down Girl (1998)
Young teen girl Xiu Xiu is sent away to a remote corner of the Sichuan steppes for manual labor in 1975 (sending young people to there was a part of Cultural Revolution in China). A year later, she agrees to go to even more remote spot with a Tibetan saddle tramp Lao Jin to learn horse herding.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama
Worth the HypeMovies like thisThe Client List (2010)
After she and her husband lose their jobs, a former Texas homecoming queen inadvertently finds herself in the middle of a prostitution ring after she unknowingly accepts a position at a massage parlor.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama
SnoozefestMovies like thisThe Housemaid (2010)
Eun-yi is hired as a maid in a mansion owned by a wealthy businessman. He quickly starts seducing his employee who seemingly has little choice but to comply with his sexual advances. Soon the women of the family plot against Eun-yi who must fight an equally devious battle to protect herself.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisLucky Them (2013)
More interested in partying and flirting with young musicians than work, veteran rock journalist Ellie Klug has one last chance to prove her value to her magazine’s editor: a no-stone-unturned search to discover what really happened to long lost rock god, Matt Smith, who also happens to be her ex-boyfriend. Teaming up with an eccentric amateur documentary filmmaker, Ellie hits the road in search of answers.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisSometimes... 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
Bathhouse 911: Jellyfish Bliss (1978)
A young woman and her boyfriend are recruited to work in a bathhouse but find their relationship falling apart when she falls for a dangerous gangster.
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
Emmanuelle 3 (1977)
Emmanuelle and her architect husband continue their amoral lifestyle in the Seychelles. But when a casual dilliance between her and a film director starts to turn serious her husband shows very traditional signs of jealousy.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both drama
SnoozefestMovies like thisHappily Ever After (1974)
A woman takes revenge on the three college men who abused her a decade earlier.
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
Insurance Queen : Her Business Secrets (2017)
A special insurance saleswoman who uses her body is coming! Hye-kyeong is the best insurance queen there is. Everyone is jealous of her talent but Hye-kyeong doesn't tell anyone about her know-hows. Her junior insurance planner Hyeon-joo is always watching Hye-kyeong from afar but she's depressed because she doesn't get good results. In the end, Hye-kyeong gives Hyeon-joo some tips...
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
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Frequently asked questions
What are the best movies like Ball Red Daughter-in-law?
The closest matches to Ball Red Daughter-in-law are Idol Seungha's R-Rated Film Shooting (2021), The Trials of Cate McCall (2013) and Nobody's Daughter Haewon (2013). Below are 27 more, each with the reason it matches.
What should I watch after Ball Red Daughter-in-law?
Start with Idol Seungha's R-Rated Film Shooting (2021), the closest match to Ball Red Daughter-in-law.
What is the highest-rated movie like Ball Red Daughter-in-law?
The Trials of Cate McCall (2013), rated 6.4/10 by 321 TMDB users.
What is the newest movie like Ball Red Daughter-in-law?
Janet Planet (2024) is the most recent release on this list.
Are there Korean movies like Ball Red Daughter-in-law?
Yes: Idol Seungha's R-Rated Film Shooting (2021), Nobody's Daughter Haewon (2013) and High Society (2018).
How are movies similar to Ball Red Daughter-in-law chosen?
First come films that Trakt’s viewers watch alongside Ball Red Daughter-in-law, then TMDB’s recommendations and films it rates as similar in story and genre. Each pick says which signal put it there.