Movies like Lovelace (2013)
The best movies like Lovelace (2013) are From Straight A's to XXX (2017), The Notorious Bettie Page (2006) and The Girlfriend Experience (2009). If Lovelace hooked you with its drama, these 30 similar films are what to watch next, and every pick says why it matches.
Quick picks
- Highest ratedBoogie Nights (1997)7.6/10 from 3,774 votes
- NewestMy First Film (2024)Released 2024
From 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 thisThe Notorious Bettie Page (2006)
Bettie Page grew up in a conservative religious family in Tennessee and became a photo model sensation in 1950s New York. Bettie's legendary pin-up photos made her the target of a Senate investigation into pornography, and transformed her into an erotic icon who continues to enthrall fans to this day.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Popcorn FlickMovies 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 thisAbout Cherry (2012)
18-year-old Angelina shuffles between school, a dead-end job, her exploitative boyfriend, and home, where her life consists of cleaning up after her alcoholic mother and protecting her younger sister from their menacing stepfather. After arranging an escape to San Francisco with her best friend Andrew, she soon finds herself dating a coke-addicted attorney and becoming immersed in the local porn industry, mentored by lesbian director Margaret, who has more than just a professional interest in Angelina's talents.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
SnoozefestMovies like thisRated X (2000)
Based on the true story of Jim and Artie Mitchell, two brothers who entered the porn industry in the early 1960s. After creating such legendary porn films as Behind the Green Door and Inside Marilyn Chambers, they became addicted to drugs and began a downward spiral leading to bankruptcy and murder.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
SnoozefestMovies like thisSugar Daddy (2021)
When a struggling musician can't afford her rent, she signs up for a website where rich older men pay to date younger women. Her new money-making venture sends her down a dark rabbit hole that forces her to grow up fast, shaping her music, and how she sees the world.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Model (2016)
When emerging fashion model Emma gets a chance to pursue her dream of becoming an international top model, she leaves her everyday life in Denmark behind, and moves to Paris. At a photo shoot in her new hometown, she meets the attractive photographer Shane White and they fall in love. But their relationship soon turns into a dangerous obsession for Emma.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
SnoozefestMovies like thisBombshell (2019)
Bombshell is a revealing look inside the most powerful and controversial media empire of all time; and the explosive story of the women who brought down the infamous man who created it.
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Popcorn FlickMovies like thisI Shot Andy Warhol (1996)
The story of Valerie Solanas, a '60s radical who preached misandry in her "SCUM" manifesto. She wrote a screenplay for a film that she wanted Andy Warhol to produce, but he repeatedly ignored her. So she shot him.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe People vs. Larry Flynt (1996)
Larry Flynt is the hedonistically obnoxious, but indomitable, publisher of Hustler magazine. The film recounts his struggle to make an honest living publishing his girlie magazine and how it changes into a battle to protect the freedom of speech for all people.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Worth the HypeMovies like thisBlonde (2022)
From her volatile childhood as Norma Jeane, through her rise to stardom and romantic entanglements, this reimagined fictional portrait of Hollywood legend Marilyn Monroe blurs the lines of fact and fiction to explore the widening split between her public and private selves.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
SnoozefestMovies like thisInterview (2007)
After falling out with his editor, a fading political journalist is forced to interview America's most popular soap actress.
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 thisShowgirls (1995)
Fresh to Las Vegas with no connections, Nomi Malone takes a job as an exotic dancer. Her talents are quickly noticed by Cristal, a headlining dancer who senses an opportunity to bolster her own act. But Nomi won’t play second fiddle and soon begins her venomous path to the top, ruthlessly backstabbing anyone who gets in her way.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
SnoozefestMovies like thisNorma Jean & Marilyn (1996)
This film follows Norma Jean from her simple, ambitious youth to her sex star pinnacle and back down. She moves from lover to lover in order to further her career. She finds fame but never happiness, only knowing seduction but not love.
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Female Perversions (1996)
An ambitious female attorney wallows in excess and meaningless sex with both male and female partners, while dealing with her personal life problems including helping her kleptomaniac sister.
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SnoozefestMovies like thisKinsey (2004)
Kinsey is a portrait of researcher Alfred Kinsey, driven to uncover the most private secrets of a nation. What begins for Kinsey as a scientific endeavor soon takes on an intensely personal relevance, ultimately becoming an unexpected journey into the mystery of human behavior.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisMy First Film (2024)
Vita revisits her first attempt at filmmaking 15 years prior. Shooting a semi-autobiographical film starring her friend Dina, Vita’s eager but inexperienced approach causes the production to spiral into chaos, leading to significant disruptions and a near-fatal accident.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Girl Lost: A Hollywood Story (2020)
Interweaving stories of four different women involved in the sex industry offers a glimpse into the dark underbelly of Los Angeles and the taboo lifestyle of a sex worker. A teen runaway, single mother and two career escorts interconnect through their own personal journeys filled with loss, betrayal and the struggle to survive.
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SnoozefestMovies like thisSavage Grace (2007)
This examination of a famous scandal from the 1970s explores the relationship between Barbara Baekeland and her only son, Antony. Barbara, a lonely social climber unhappily married to the wealthy but remote plastics heir Brooks Baekeland, dotes on Antony, who is homosexual. As Barbara tries to "cure" Antony of his sexuality -- sometimes by seducing him herself -- the groundwork is laid for a murderous tragedy.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
SnoozefestMovies like thisJackie (2016)
An account of the days of First Lady, Jacqueline Kennedy, in the immediate aftermath of John F. Kennedy's assassination in 1963.
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Popcorn FlickMovies 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 thisThe Assistant (2020)
A searing look at a day in the life of an assistant to a powerful executive. As Jane follows her daily routine, she grows increasingly aware of the insidious abuse that threatens every aspect of her position.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisBoogie Nights (1997)
In 1977, an idealistic porn producer and his promising protege try to catch up with the end of an era before their never-ending party collides with cold, hard reality.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Worth the HypeMovies like thisShame (2011)
Brandon, a thirty-something man living in New York, eludes intimacy with women but feeds his deepest desires with a compulsive addiction to sex. When his younger sister temporarily moves into his apartment, stirring up bitter memories of their shared painful past, Brandon's life, like his fragile mind, gets out of control.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisA Woman, a Part (2017)
An exhausted, workaholic actress, Anna Baskin, 44, abruptly extricates herself from a successful but mind-numbing TV role, returning to her past life in New York to reinvent herself.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Fish Tank (2009)
Fifteen-year-old Mia is in a constant state of war with her family and the world around her. When she meets her party-girl mother’s charming new boyfriend Connor, she is amazed to find he returns her attention, and believes he might help her start to make sense of her life.
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Popcorn FlickMovies like thisNymphomaniac: Vol. I (2013)
A man named Seligman finds a fainted wounded woman in an alley and he brings her home. She tells him that her name is Joe and that she is nymphomaniac. Joe tells her life and sexual experiences with hundreds of men since she was a young teenager while Seligman tells about his hobbies, such as fly fishing, reading about Fibonacci numbers or listening to organ music.
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.
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SnoozefestMovies like thisZeroville (2019)
A young actor arrives in Hollywood in 1969 during a transitional time in the Industry.
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Frequently asked questions
What are the best movies like Lovelace?
The closest matches to Lovelace are From Straight A's to XXX (2017), The Notorious Bettie Page (2006) and The Girlfriend Experience (2009). Below are 27 more, each with the reason it matches.
What should I watch after Lovelace?
People who watched Lovelace most often go on to From Straight A's to XXX (2017), The Notorious Bettie Page (2006) and The Girlfriend Experience (2009).
What is the highest-rated movie like Lovelace?
Boogie Nights (1997), rated 7.6/10 by 3,774 TMDB users.
What is the newest movie like Lovelace?
My First Film (2024) is the most recent release on this list.
Are there English movies like Lovelace?
Yes: From Straight A's to XXX (2017), The Notorious Bettie Page (2006) and The Girlfriend Experience (2009).
How are movies similar to Lovelace chosen?
First come films that Trakt’s viewers watch alongside Lovelace, then TMDB’s recommendations and films it rates as similar in story and genre. Each pick says which signal put it there.