Movies like Close-Ups (2005)
The best movies like Close-Ups (2005) are The Little Death (2014), Porno (2019) and Newness (2017). If Close-Ups hooked you, these 30 similar films are what to watch next, and every pick says why it matches.
Quick picks
- Highest ratedBasic Instinct (1992)7.0/10 from 4,614 votes
- NewestPorno (2019)Released 2019
- In FrenchEmmanuelle (1974)Also in French
The Little Death (2014)
A comedy film that looks into the loosely connected lives of people with strange sexual fantasies.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisPorno (2019)
When a group of naive teens working at a movie theater in a small Christian town discover a mysterious film hidden in its basement, they unleash an alluring succubus who gives them a sex education…written in blood.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
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
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
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisGoltzius & the Pelican Company (2012)
Hendrik Goltzius, a late-16th-century Dutch printer and engraver of erotic prints, seduces the Margrave of Alsace into paying for a printing press to make and publish illustrated books.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisUnfaithful (2002)
A New York suburban couple's marriage goes dangerously awry when the wife indulges in an adulterous fling.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
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
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
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisFifty Shades of Grey (2015)
When college senior Anastasia Steele steps in for her sick roommate to interview prominent businessman Christian Grey for their campus paper, little does she realize the path her life will take. Christian, as enigmatic as he is rich and powerful, finds himself strangely drawn to Ana, and she to him. Though sexually inexperienced, Ana plunges headlong into an affair -- and learns that Christian's true sexual proclivities push the boundaries of pain and pleasure.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
SnoozefestMovies 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
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisEmmanuelle (1974)
An employee at the French Embassy in Bangkok invites his wife to join him – and enjoy the benefits of their open marriage.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisHard to Die (1990)
While doing the inventory for a lingerie outlet in a high rise office building, five attractive women are terrorized by a series of bizarre killings. They suspect that the strange janitor, who witnessed another series of killings six months previously, is at the bottom of the whole thing. Little do they know the real horror that they face in the end.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisDesire (2011)
In a social context deteriorated by a countrywide economic crisis, the life of several people will be turned upside down after they meet Cécile, a character who symbolizes desire.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisGood Dick (2008)
A fidgety, wisecracking video store clerk develops a fixation on a particularly reclusive customer, a frequent visitor to the pornography section of Cinefile, the video store where he works in Los Angeles. After multiple failures to impress her during their brief daily transactions, he finds her street address in the store's database, drives to her apartment building and initiates an unconventional campaign to win her affections.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
SnoozefestMovies like thisDouble Lover (2017)
Chloé, a fragile young woman, falls in love with her psychoanalyst, Paul. A few months later she moves in with him, but soon discovers that her lover is concealing a part of his identity.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisLove & Sex (2000)
When her rather explicit copy is rejected, magazine journalist Kate is asked by her editor to come up with an article on loving relationships instead, and to do so by the end of the day. This gets Kate thinking back over her own various experiences, and to wondering if she is in much of a position to write on the subject.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisA Very Curious Girl (1969)
Treated as an outcast and exploited by the villagers of a small town, a young woman liberates herself through sex, which she uses as a tool of economic gain and an instrument of revenge against those who have wronged her.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisBasic Instinct (1992)
Catherine, a novelist with an insatiable sexual appetite, becomes a prime suspect when her boyfriend is brutally murdered -- a crime she had described in her latest story.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Worth the HypeMovies like thisMeet Monica Velour (2010)
For Tobe, a nerdy, horny, frizzy-haired cineaste who doesn't quite fit in with the average contemporary teen, the pinnacle of womanhood is Monica Velour, a soft-core actress who reached the zenith of her career in the 1980s. When Tobe learns that his love idol is headlining hundreds of miles away at the Gentlemen's Petting Zoo in Indiana, he drives off with carefree glory, filled with the hope of meeting her.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
SnoozefestMovies like thisCrash (1996)
A car crash victim inexplicably finds himself aroused by car accidents and becomes involved with an underground subculture of like-minded souls.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisTreibgut der Großstadt (1967)
A young woman works in a Berlin hotel while her husband, a commercial art student, drives a cab. They are 3600 DM in debt. In order to pay the rates, the woman agrees to work as an entertainer in a bar against her husband's wishes...
Why it matches: Similar story and style
Playboy Video Centerfold: Kara Monaco - Playmate of the Year 2006 (2006)
In 2004 Playboy traveled across the USA to find the hot, hotter and hottest Bartender Babes from your favorite hangouts. Lucky Orland, Florida, was where we found Kara Monaco and soon after that she became not only our DVD cover Model, but a featured cocktail shaker in Playboy’s pictorial ‘Women Behind Bars.’ 2005 was also a very good year for Kara when she was chosen Playboy’s Miss June – becoming a Centerfold darling and candidate for a certain other honor. No in 2006, we’d like to raise our glasses in a tantalizing toast to Miss Kara Monaco – Playmate of the Year. Wonder what 2007 will bring this breath taker?
Why it matches: Similar story and style
Playboy Video Centerfold: Tiffany Fallon - Playmate of the Year 2005 (2005)
She drives a pickup truck, loves sports and has an absolutely knockout body. Could Tiffany Fallon be any more perfect? The answer is yes, because she can add the title of 2005 Playmate of the Year to her ample list of attributes! In this erotic video collection, the sexy brunette shows off her Southern accents in a way that'll have you whistling Dixie with delight!
Why it matches: Similar story and style
Playboy Video Centerfold: Jodi Ann Paterson - Playmate of the Year 2000 (2000)
Are you ready to meet the first Playmate of the Year for the new millennium? We hope so because Jodi Ann Paterson is abut to explode on the scene with an abundance of talent and sensuality. We knew she was something special when we discovered her on our countrywide Playmate Search 2000. As pure as the snowy mountain peaks that surround the small North-western community where she spent her childhood, this Oregon State University grad toned her sultry figure as an avid snowboarder and exercised her intellect at Eugene's CBS affiliate KVAL-TV. No stranger to the limelight, Miss October 1999 is a veteran of the Miss Teen Circuit, where she won the hearts of the judges with her Indonesian-born exotic beauty. Now she has arrived in Hollywood, where we expect her impressive combination of beauty and brains will surely pave the way for a fantastic future. We're just happy to be along as Jodi begins her rise to the top!
Why it matches: Similar story and style
Playboy Video Centerfold: Colleen Shannon - 50th Anniversary Playmate (2004)
How would it feel to be in the company of Marilyn Monroe, Pamela Anderson and all of the beautiful centerfolds who have graced the pages of Playboy over the past 50 years? Just ask Colleen Shannon, Playboy's 50th Anniversary Playmate! We went to 20 cities and met 10,000 women, and now meet the girl who stood out from all the rest. As Playboy's 50th Anniversary Playmate, Coleen personifies today's girl-next-door. Beautiful, adventurous and athletic, she's the girl behind the turntable in the club and atop the snowboard barreling down the slopes. Glimpse every fun, spontaneous and irresistible moment in this sizzling addition to your collection.
Why it matches: Similar story and style
Playboy Video Centerfold: Carmella DeCesare - Playmate of the Year 2004 (2004)
A sexy Italian/Puerto Rican model and college senior from Cleveland, Carmella first caught Playboy's eye as one of 12 finalists for the FOX-TV reality show Girl Next Door: The Search for a Playboy Centerfold. Although she dropped out of the competition early, Hugh Hefner recognized her potential and invited her to the Playboy Mansion. With the support of her mom, who auditioned for Playboy 20 years earlier. Carmella seized the opportunity to do a test shoot and her Playboy career skyrocketed from there - first as Playboy.com's February 2003 Cyber Girl of the Month, then PLAYBOY magazine's Miss April 2003, and ultimately our Playmate of the Year 2004! Carmella's natural radiance lights up the screen in this sensual look at our girl-next-door beauty. Discover Carmella's true charms as she shares a cab or the ride of a lifetime, then visits an Italian villa for a voyeuristic fantasy, and unleashes her most secret desires in a steamy dream sequence... and much, much more!
Why it matches: Similar story and style
Playboy: Roommates (2002)
Find out what really happens when gal pals take passionate play to a new level of enticing fun. Stunning and seductive, tempting and wild, you've never seen roommates like these. There's so much action the camera overheats. Nothing is too daring for these naughty nymphs as they bring your hottest fantasies to life.
Why it matches: Similar story and style
Erotic Train (2003)
Kyoko, discovering that her husband was having an affair, turns to her best friend for help.
Why it matches: Similar story and style
When Women Lost Their Tails (1972)
Filli and the cavemen from "When Women Had Tails" are living a carefree life inside a dinosaur skeleton. But when conman Ham introduces them to the concept of currency and economics, their lives fall apart. On top of that, Filli starts to fall in love with Ham.
Why it matches: Similar story and style
Forever Mine (1999)
A hotel cabana boy falls for the wife of a powerful politico. But when she confesses to the affair, her husband determines to end it forever.
Why it matches: Similar story and style
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Frequently asked questions
What are the best movies like Close-Ups?
The closest matches to Close-Ups are The Little Death (2014), Porno (2019) and Newness (2017). Below are 27 more, each with the reason it matches.
What should I watch after Close-Ups?
Start with The Little Death (2014), the closest match to Close-Ups.
What is the highest-rated movie like Close-Ups?
Basic Instinct (1992), rated 7.0/10 by 4,614 TMDB users.
What is the newest movie like Close-Ups?
Porno (2019) is the most recent release on this list.
Are there French movies like Close-Ups?
Yes: Emmanuelle (1974), Desire (2011) and Double Lover (2017).
How are movies similar to Close-Ups chosen?
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