Movies like Swingers (2002)
The best movies like Swingers (2002) are Closer (2004), Belle de Jour (1967) and Damage (1992). If Swingers hooked you with its romance and drama, these 30 similar films are what to watch next, and every pick says why it matches.
Quick picks
- Highest ratedBelle de Jour (1967)7.3/10 from 1,057 votes
- NewestLove (2015)Released 2015
Closer (2004)
The relationships of two couples become complicated and deceitful when the man from one couple meets the woman of the other.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & romance
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisBelle de Jour (1967)
Beautiful young housewife Séverine Serizy cannot reconcile her masochistic fantasies with her everyday life alongside dutiful husband Pierre. When her lovestruck friend Henri mentions a secretive high-class brothel run by Madame Anais, Séverine begins to work there during the day under the name Belle de Jour. But when one of her clients grows possessive, she must try to go back to her normal life.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & romance
Worth the HypeMovies like thisDamage (1992)
The life of a respected British politician at the height of his career crumbles when he becomes obsessed with his son's lover.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & romance
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisJulia (1999)
Giulia is an independent young woman who is prepared to offer her body and her spirit against all the religious taboos.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & romance
Little Children (2006)
The lives of two lovelorn spouses from separate marriages, a registered sex offender, and a disgraced ex-police officer intersect as they struggle to resist their vulnerabilities and temptations.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & romance
Worth the HypeMovies like thisBare Sex (2003)
2 couples and a single guy really, engage in a naughty game of truth or dare.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both romance & drama
Last Tango in Paris (1972)
A recently widowed American begins an anonymous sexual relationship with a young Parisian woman.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & romance
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisSexual Chronicles of a French Family (2012)
Three generations of a French family open up about their sexual experiences and desires after young Romain is caught masturbating in his biology class.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & romance
SnoozefestMovies like thisThe Secret (2000)
Marie, who works as a successful door-to-door encyclopedia salesperson, has been married to her husband Francois for 12 years and has a two-year-old son. Though she is relatively content with her life, she feels something is wanting. Enter 50-year old African-American Bill. Initially she is annoyed by his insouciance, but she finds that she is irresistibly attracted to him. Soon the two are in the midst of sordid illicit affair. She knows little about her new lover, and he seems uninterested in learning about her, but the long sessions of lovemaking are something else entirely. Feeling out of control, Marie is increasingly repelled by her own actions. Psychologically, she struggles to reconcile her torrid encounters with Bill and mundane domestic chores such as bathing her son. Moreover, she finds herself incapable of hiding her adulterous behavior, rather she comes home with scratches and hickeys all over her body, to the devastation of Francois.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both romance & drama
Worth the HypeMovies like thisLove (2015)
Murphy is an American living in Paris who enters a highly sexually and emotionally charged relationship with the unstable Electra. Unaware of the seismic effect it will have on their relationship, they invite their pretty neighbor into their bed.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & romance
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisIntimacy (2001)
Failed musician Jay abandoned his family and now earns a living as head bartender in a trendy London pub. Every Wednesday afternoon, a woman comes to his house for graphic, almost wordless, sex. One day, Jay follows her and learns about her. This eventually disrupts their relationship.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both romance & drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisSecretary (2002)
A young woman, recently released from a mental hospital, gets a job as a secretary to a demanding lawyer, where their employer-employee relationship turns into a sexual, sadomasochistic one.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both romance & drama
Popcorn FlickMovies 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: Fans watch both · both drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisIndecent Proposal (1993)
John Gage offers a down-on-his-luck yuppie husband $1 million for the opportunity to spend the night with the man's wife.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both romance & drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Piano Teacher (2001)
Erika Kohut, a sexually repressed piano teacher living with her domineering mother, meets a young man who starts romantically pursuing her.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & romance
Worth the HypeMovies like thisThe Center of the World (2001)
A couple checks into a suite in Las Vegas. In flashbacks we see that he's a computer whiz on the verge of becoming a dot.com millionaire, she's a lap dancer at a club. He's depressed, withdrawing from work, missing meetings with investors. He wants a connection, so he offers her $10,000 to spend three nights with him in Vegas, and she accepts with conditions. Is mutual attraction stirring?
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & romance
SnoozefestMovies like thisClose My Eyes (1991)
After some years of tension, Richard begins a sexual relationship with his sister Natalie. Now married, the relationship proves dangerously obsessional.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & romance
SnoozefestMovies like thisCruel Intentions (1999)
Slaking a thirst for dangerous games, Kathryn challenges her stepbrother, Sebastian, to deflower their headmaster's daughter before the summer ends. If he succeeds, the prize is the chance to bed Kathryn. But if he loses, Kathryn will claim his most prized possession.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & romance
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisTurkish Delight (1973)
Gifted but hot-headed sculptor Eric has a stormy, erotic, and star-crossed romance with a beautiful young woman named Olga.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & romance
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisAll Ladies Do It (1992)
After five years of marriage, Diana discovers the joys of adultery, claiming that she can save her failing relationship through betrayal.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
SnoozefestMovies like thissex, lies, and videotape (1989)
Ann, a frustrated wife, enters into counseling due to a troubled marriage. Unbeknownst to her, her husband John has begun an affair with her sister. When John’s best friend Graham arrives, his penchant for interviewing women about their sex lives forever changes John and Ann’s rocky marriage.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Worth the HypeMovies 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 thisNine 1/2 Weeks (1986)
An erotic story about a woman, the assistant of an art gallery, who gets involved in an impersonal affair with a man. She barely knows about his life, only about the sex games they play, so the relationship begins to get complicated.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & romance
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisBlue Is the Warmest Color (2013)
Adèle's life is changed when she meets Emma, a young woman with blue hair, who will allow her to discover desire, to assert herself as a woman and as an adult. In front of others, Adele grows, seeks herself, loses herself, finds herself.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both romance & drama
Worth the HypeMovies like this1-900 (1994)
Sarah, 30, single, well educated, likes art, places a voice ad for phone sex, inviting replies from men under 35, sturdy and sensual. Wilbert, a chubby middle aged architect, leaves a message that he is Thomas, 32 and well formed. A week later, she phones. She likes his voice, he likes her laugh, so once a week she phones him (he's not to know her last name, where she lives, or her number). Portraits emerge of humor and sadness. He presses for details of her life and tells her about his work; she wants these Thursday calls to be fantasy and release, separate from the rest of who she is. The film dramatizes these tensions of lies and truth, connection and distance. Written by
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & romance
Sleeping Beauty (2011)
A haunting erotic fairytale about Lucy, a young University student drawn into a mysterious hidden world of beauty and desire.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & romance
SnoozefestMovies like thisThe Dreamers (2003)
When Isabelle and Theo invite Matthew to stay with them, what begins as a casual friendship ripens into a sensual voyage of discovery and desire in which nothing is off limits and everything is possible.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & romance
Worth the HypeMovies like thisThe Unbearable Lightness of Being (1988)
Successful surgeon Tomas leaves Prague for an operation, meets a young photographer named Tereza, and brings her back with him. Tereza is surprised to learn that Tomas is already having an affair with the bohemian Sabina, but when the Soviet invasion occurs, all three flee to Switzerland. Sabina begins an affair, Tom continues womanizing, and Tereza, disgusted, returns to Czechoslovakia. Realizing his mistake, Tomas decides to chase after her.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & romance
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisErotic Seductions (2007)
Playgirl Carrie and her college teacher Jack debate the worth and depth of sexual and romantic relationships while enthusiastically field-testing their theories.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & romance
Emmanuelle 2000: Emmanuelle Pie (2003)
Brazen beauty Emmanuelle embarks on more saucy sci-fi antics. A young man uses a mind-control power for his own sexual needs. Miss Emmanuelle shows up to give him more than a slap on the wrist.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both romance & drama
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Frequently asked questions
What are the best movies like Swingers?
The closest matches to Swingers are Closer (2004), Belle de Jour (1967) and Damage (1992). Below are 27 more, each with the reason it matches.
What should I watch after Swingers?
People who watched Swingers most often go on to Closer (2004), Belle de Jour (1967) and Damage (1992).
What is the highest-rated movie like Swingers?
Belle de Jour (1967), rated 7.3/10 by 1,057 TMDB users.
What is the newest movie like Swingers?
Love (2015) is the most recent release on this list.
How are movies similar to Swingers chosen?
First come films that Trakt’s viewers watch alongside Swingers, then TMDB’s recommendations and films it rates as similar in story and genre. Each pick says which signal put it there.