Movies like Cabaret Desire (2011)
The best movies like Cabaret Desire (2011) are The Hot Spot (1990), True Romance (1993) and Gilda (1946). If Cabaret Desire hooked you with its romance, these 22 similar films are what to watch next, and every pick says why it matches.
Quick picks
- Highest ratedTrue Romance (1993)7.5/10 from 3,245 votes
- NewestFiery Enigma (2026)Released 2026
The Hot Spot (1990)
Upon arriving to a small town, a drifter quickly gets into trouble with the local authorities — and the local women — after he robs a bank.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both romance
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisTrue Romance (1993)
Clarence marries hooker Alabama, steals cocaine from her pimp, and tries to sell it in Hollywood, while the owners of the coke try to reclaim it.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both romance
Worth the HypeMovies like thisGilda (1946)
A gambler discovers an old flame while in Argentina, but she's married to his new boss.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both romance
Worth the HypeMovies like this54 (1998)
When the mastermind behind New York's infamous Studio 54 disco plucks young Shane from the sea of faces clamoring to get inside his club, he not only gets his foot in the door, but lands a coveted job behind the bar — and a front-row ticket to the most legendary party on the planet!
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both romance
SnoozefestMovies like thisParty Girl (1995)
Although Mary has little income, she still finds ways to spend her nights at clubs. After being arrested for throwing an illegal rave, she asks her aunt Judy for bail money. Judy then finds Mary a job at her library so that Mary can repay her. Initially, Mary finds the job as a clerk boring and stifling, and prefers to get to know a street food vendor whom she likes. However, Mary must refocus her life once she loses her job and apartment.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both romance
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisFiery Enigma (2026)
Andrea shares her memories of her years working at the gay nightclub Enigma. Among memorabilia and photographs emerges Miriam, with whom she forged an intense and forbidden romance interrupted by cancer. Thirty years after Miriam’s passing, Andrea seeks closure to that chapter of her life.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both romance
A Thin Line Between Love and Hate (1996)
Nightclub manager Darnell Wright is a perpetual playboy who is almost as devoted to his job as he is to the pursuit of beautiful women. After he sets his sights on the ultra-classy Brandi Web, he launches an all-out assault to win her heart. Ultimately, charm, lust and passion prevail, but Darnell learns the hard way that when you play, you pay. Brandi is much harder to get rid of than she was to get--especially when she realizes that she has a rival vying for Darnell's affection. When he finally decides to call it quits, Brandi becomes an obsessed femme fatale stalking the new love of her life.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both romance
SnoozefestMovies like thisLove at Large (1990)
Inept private investigator Harry Dobbs meets vampish new client Miss Dolan, who wants him to follow her abusive lover. But Dobbs sets about tailing a different person entirely – a mysterious character leading a double life. Harry, however, discovers that he himself is being followed by a distaff gumshoe.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both romance
Man Trouble (1930)
A hard-boiled nightclub owner saves a beautiful young girl from drowning. He promptly falls in love with her, but she prefers a younger, more-genteel lover.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both romance
The Birdcage (1996)
A gay cabaret owner and his drag queen partner agree to put up a false heterosexual front so that their son can introduce them to his fiancée's conservative parents.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both romance
Worth the HypeMovies like thisRoad House (1948)
A night club owner becomes infatuated with a torch singer and frames his best friend/manager for embezzlement when the chanteuse falls in love with him.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both romance
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisBall of Fire (1941)
A group of academics have spent years shut up in a house working on the definitive encyclopedia. When one of them discovers that his entry on slang is hopelessly outdated, he ventures into the wide world to learn about the evolving language. Here he meets Sugarpuss O’Shea, a nightclub singer, who’s on top of all the slang—and, it just so happens, needs a place to stay.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both romance
Worth the HypeMovies like thisShooting Fish (1997)
Two con artists hire an unwitting medical-school student as a secretary for their latest scam.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both romance
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisYou'll Never Get Rich (1941)
A Broadway choreographer gets drafted and coincidentally ends up in the same army base as the boyfriend of his object of affection.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both romance
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Gay Divorcee (1934)
Seeking a divorce from her absentee husband, Mimi Glossop travels to an English seaside resort. There she falls in love with dancer Guy Holden, whom she later mistakes for the corespondent her lawyer hired.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both romance
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisHeart Eyes (2025)
When the "Heart Eyes Killer" strikes Seattle, a pair of co-workers pulling overtime on Valentine's Day are mistaken for a couple by the elusive couple-hunting killer. Now, they must spend the most romantic night of the year running for their lives.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both romance
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisGigolette (1935)
Kay Parrish, a society girl, finds she is penniless when her father dies. However she persuades Terry Gallagher to give her a hostess job at his New York City clip-joint, which he operates on the theory that if the suckers want it he'll give it to them, albeit he does apply some principles regarding the matter. A Broadway playboy, Greg Emerson, falls in love with Kay and proposes but his high-society parents object strongly. Terry. although he also has fallen in love with Kay and doesn't realize she feels the same about him, sets out to provide a happy ending for the couple.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both romance
Susie Steps Out (1946)
After her father loses his job because of illness, adolescent Susie Russell poses as older than she is in order to get a job singing in a night club. Complications arising from the deception involve her older sister Clara, who works at an ad agency and the radio crooner, Jeffrey Westcott, whom she is in love with.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both romance
The Beast (2024)
In the near future where emotions have become a threat, Gabrielle finally decides to purify her DNA in a machine that will immerse her in her past lives and rid her of any strong feelings. She then meets Louis and feels a powerful connection, as if she had known him forever.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both romance
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisSpin (2007)
Six young people spend the morning after a wild club spree trying to piece together their misadventures from the night before, including a trip to the veterinarian hospital, at least one breakup and the unexpected discovery of a mobster's corpse. As the group shares their fragmented memories, some of their stories start to fit together while others just lead to more questions.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both romance
The Opposite Sex (1956)
Former radio singer Kay learns from her gossipy friends that her husband, Steve, has had an affair with chorus girl Crystal. Devastated, Kay tries to ignore the information, but when Crystal performs one of her musical numbers at a charity benefit, she breaks down and goes to Reno to file for divorce. However, when she hears that gold-digging Crystal is making Steve unhappy, Kay resolves to get her husband back. The Opposite Sex is a remake of the 1939 comedy The Women.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both romance
New Shoes (1936)
A love affair blossoms between two pairs of shoes after a couple purchases the shoes.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both romance
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Frequently asked questions
What are the best movies like Cabaret Desire?
The closest matches to Cabaret Desire are The Hot Spot (1990), True Romance (1993) and Gilda (1946). Below are 19 more, each with the reason it matches.
What should I watch after Cabaret Desire?
Start with The Hot Spot (1990), the closest match to Cabaret Desire.
What is the highest-rated movie like Cabaret Desire?
True Romance (1993), rated 7.5/10 by 3,245 TMDB users.
What is the newest movie like Cabaret Desire?
Fiery Enigma (2026) is the most recent release on this list.
Are there English movies like Cabaret Desire?
Yes: The Hot Spot (1990), True Romance (1993) and Gilda (1946).
How are movies similar to Cabaret Desire chosen?
First come films that Trakt’s viewers watch alongside Cabaret Desire, then TMDB’s recommendations and films it rates as similar in story and genre. Each pick says which signal put it there.