Movies like Sugar Daddy (2021)
The best movies like Sugar Daddy (2021) are Love, Guaranteed (2020), Lovelace (2013) and For the Love of Money (2021). If Sugar Daddy hooked you with its drama, these 30 similar films are what to watch next, and every pick says why it matches.
Quick picks
- Highest ratedThink Like a Man (2012)6.8/10 from 929 votes
- NewestKandi Burruss and Todd Tucker's The Pass (2023)Released 2023
Love, Guaranteed (2020)
A lawyer takes on a new client that wants to sue a dating website because it guarantees love.
Why it matches: Fans watch both
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: Fans watch both · both drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisFor the Love of Money (2021)
When a single mother is pushed to her limit, she turns to the only world she knows, a world she's spent a lifetime running from, to protect her daughter. Gigi Davis is a strong, determined woman who insists on living her life on her terms. So when she got pregnant and walked away from a billion dollar family business to chart her own path, it surprised no one. She went on to build a shockingly unremarkable life for herself and her daughter Ashely. Her days were filled with piano recitals, basketball games and everything else you would expect of a single mom living in the city. Gigi was broke, but happy. Her little girl was healthy. Nothing else mattered. Until shadowy figures make the mistake of threatening her daughter's life and she shows them that gangsters come in all shapes and sizes. Unfortunately for Gigi, it doesn't end there and she finds herself being pulled back into a life she never wanted.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Palm Trees and Power Lines (2023)
Seventeen-year-old Lea spends her summer break tanning in her backyard, and drifting between tiptoeing around her needy mother, and aimlessly trailing her best friend and boys from school. This monotony is interrupted by a chance encounter with Tom, a seductive man twice her age who promises an alternative to Lea's unsatisfying adolescent life.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisPVT Chat (2021)
Jack is an internet gambler living in NYC. After the death of his roommate, he becomes fixated on Scarlet - a cam girl from San Francisco. His obsession reaches a boiling point when fantasy materializes in reality and Jack sees Scarlet on a rainy NYC Chinatown street.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
SnoozefestMovies like thisBuffaloed (2020)
Set in the underworld of debt-collecting, homegrown hustler Peg Dahl will do anything to escape Buffalo, NY.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisKandi Burruss and Todd Tucker's The Pass (2023)
Nina and Maurice, a married couple who give each other one night off from fidelity, the titular "hall pass." Their lives quickly turn upside down as the one night of pleasure becomes a tool of deception.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Think Like a Man (2012)
The balance of power in four couples’ relationships is upset when the women start using the advice in Steve Harvey’s book, Act Like A Lady, Think Like A Man, to get more of what they want from their men. When the men realize that the women have gotten a hold of their relationship “playbook,” they decide that the best defense is a good offense and come up with a plan to use this information to their advantage.
Why it matches: Fans watch both
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisBabysitter's Black Book (2015)
When her parents' financial problems threaten Ashley's dreams for college, the high school whiz kid takes matters into her own hands. She and her girlfriends turn their babysitting business into a wildly successful escort service for dads. But in this small suburban community, nothing stays secret for long.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
SnoozefestMovies like thisTalhotBlond (2012)
Thomas Montgomery, a married father of two young daughters, gets seduced by the world of online gambling and chat rooms where a virtual romance and sexual obsession ultimately leads to the murder of an innocent man.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisLady Driver (2020)
When a rebellious teen embarks on a solo summer journey to connect with her roots, she finds herself in a new world, geared up for the ride of her life, and discovers she had the drive in her all along.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Bling Ring (2013)
Lured by stardom, a crew of aimless teens breaks into celebrity homes for a string of high-profile robberies and fame by appropriation.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
SnoozefestMovies 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: Fans watch both · both drama
SnoozefestMovies like thisNative Son (2019)
A young black man named Bigger Thomas takes a job working for a highly influential Chicago family, a decision that will change the course of his life forever.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
SnoozefestMovies like thisNostalgia (2018)
A mosaic of stories about love and loss, exploring our relationship to the objects, artifacts, and memories that shape our lives.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Palo Alto (2014)
A lack of parental guidance encourages teens in an affluent California town to rebel with substance abuse and casual sex.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisMonica (2023)
After years of estrangement, a trans woman returns home to help care for her dying mother.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
SnoozefestMovies like thisFrom Straight A's to XXX (2017)
When a change of circumstances leaves Miriam unable to pay her college tuition, she makes a surprising decision: to start performing in adult films, using the pseudonym Belle Knox. Miriam lies to her family and her friends at school, keeping her double life a secret. But soon rumours spread and Miriam becomes the subject of vicious online attacks and unwanted attention. Miriam fights back: she talks to the media, saying her new line of work empowers her as a feminist. But her confident stand has unintended consequences. Miriam is shunned by her conservative family and her colleagues in the adult film world. One impulsive decision has quickly spiralled out of control - and Miriam's problems are just beginning.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
SnoozefestMovies like thisHustlers (2019)
A crew of savvy former strip club employees band together to turn the tables on their Wall Street clients.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThirteen (2003)
When 13-year-old Tracy befriends Evie, the most popular girl in school, her life is turned upside down as Evie introduces her to a world of sex, drugs, and money. But it isn’t long before Tracy’s new lifestyle begins to take a heavy toll on her and her family.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisIngrid Goes West (2017)
Ingrid becomes obsessed with a social network star named Taylor Sloane who seemingly has a perfect life. But when Ingrid decides to drop everything and move west to be Taylor's friend, her behaviour turns unsettling and dangerous.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisLUV (2013)
Over the course of one day, a shy 13-year-old forms a bond with his troubled uncle.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
SnoozefestMovies like thisSelah and the Spades (2019)
Paloma, the new girl at an esteemed prep school, is drawn into the daily aggressions of warring senior class factions. She joins the Spades and becomes friends with the Spades’ leader, an enigmatic and scheming cheerleader named Selah.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
SnoozefestMovies like thisGuest of Honour (2020)
Veronica wants to remain in jail for a sexual assault she knows she's been wrongfully indicted for. She and her father, Jim, find themselves acting out of the bounds of good behavior as the past haunts them.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Sleepwalking in Suburbia (2017)
Michelle Miller is a chronic sleepwalker. She and her husband Dan Miller are trying to have their first child after she had a miscarriage the year before. One night she sleepwalks into the bedroom of her neighbor Luke Williams while his wife Nancy is out of town. They have sex; she is unaware of this but he not only knows about it but falls madly in love with Michelle and decides he wants to leave Nancy for her. Michelle gets pregnant, but doesn't know whether the baby is Dan's or Luke's.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Very Good Girls (2013)
Two New York City girls make a pact to lose their virginity during their first summer out of high school. When they both fall for the same street artist, the friends find their connection tested for the first time.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
SnoozefestMovies like thisThe Girlfriend Experience (2009)
Chelsea is an in-demand call girl whose $2,000 an hour price tag allows her to live in New York's lap of luxury. Besides her beauty and sexual skill, Chelsea offers her clients companionship and conversation, or, as she dubs it, "the girlfriend experience." With her successful business and a devoted, live-in boyfriend, Chelsea thinks she has it made... until a new client rocks her world.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
SnoozefestMovies like thisWhite Lie (2019)
Katie Arneson is faking cancer. A university dance major, Katie's falsified diagnosis and counterfeit fundraising have transformed her into a campus celebrity surrounded by the supportive community she's always dreamed of. But now dependent on a bursary for sick students to maintain her ruse, Katie learns the funding is in jeopardy unless she can provide copies of her medical records within the week.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisLost Girls & Love Hotels (2020)
Searching for escape in Tokyo's back alleys, a haunted English teacher explores love and lust with a dashing Yakuza, as their tumultuous affair takes her on a journey through the city's dive bars and three-hour love hotels.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
SnoozefestMovies like thisWhore (2008)
A group of young hopeful teenagers who have come to Hollywood in the hopes of an acting career find that the business is harder than they had ever imagined.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
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Frequently asked questions
What are the best movies like Sugar Daddy?
The closest matches to Sugar Daddy are Love, Guaranteed (2020), Lovelace (2013) and For the Love of Money (2021). Below are 27 more, each with the reason it matches.
What should I watch after Sugar Daddy?
People who watched Sugar Daddy most often go on to Love, Guaranteed (2020), Lovelace (2013) and For the Love of Money (2021).
What is the highest-rated movie like Sugar Daddy?
Think Like a Man (2012), rated 6.8/10 by 929 TMDB users.
What is the newest movie like Sugar Daddy?
Kandi Burruss and Todd Tucker's The Pass (2023) is the most recent release on this list.
Are there English movies like Sugar Daddy?
Yes: Love, Guaranteed (2020), Lovelace (2013) and For the Love of Money (2021).
How are movies similar to Sugar Daddy chosen?
First come films that Trakt’s viewers watch alongside Sugar Daddy, then TMDB’s recommendations and films it rates as similar in story and genre. Each pick says which signal put it there.