15 Movies Like 36
Loved 36? Based on its unique Cinema DNA—including its pacing, themes, and emotional tone—we've curated the ultimate list of what you should watch next.
From Straight A's to XXX
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's a match: A highly-rated genre match based on the viewing habits of people who liked 36.
My Dearest Assassin
Hunted for her rare blood type, a caged woman vows to fight alongside the assassin she loves to protect their future when an old enemy resurfaces.
💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to 36.
Mexicali
A former special forces contractor is forced out of retirement as an avocado farmer in Mexico when local gangsters try to force him and his family off their farm.
💡Why it's a match: A highly-rated genre match based on the viewing habits of people who liked 36.
Love Syndrome: The Beginning
Day seeks revenge on Itt for a plan that led to his brother Night's assault, but their twisted dynamic sparks unexpected feelings.
💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to 36.
The Red Line
Three women fall prey to a ruthless phone scam. To settle the score, they'll take on the criminal network that stole their money — and their dignity.
💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to 36.
Scandalous Sex
A daughter seeks to restore the reputation of her disgraced father, a wronged college professor. With help of a professional student, she must overcome an ambitious sorority bitch and corrupt college dean.
💡Why it's a match: A highly-rated genre match based on the viewing habits of people who liked 36.
How to Make Millions Before Grandma Dies
M, a university dropout low on money and luck, volunteers to take care of his terminally ill grandmother, in the hope of pocketing an inheritance.
💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to 36.
Tee Yai: Born to Be Bad
In 1980s Bangkok, a wily thief stages a series of daring heists, baffling the authorities and the public — until one cop sets out to take him down.
💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to 36.
The Protector
A young fighter named Kham must go to Australia to retrieve his stolen elephant. With the help of a Thai-born Australian detective, Kham must take on all comers, including a gang led by an evil woman and her two deadly bodyguards.
💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to 36.
Goal II: Living the Dream
Tempted away from Newcastle United to join Real Madrid, rising star Santiago Munez finds this latest change of fortune the greatest challenge yet - personally as well as professionally. He is reunited with Gavin Harris, though they must compete to be on the team, and estranged from fiancee Roz, whose nursing career keeps her back home.
💡Why it's a match: A highly-rated genre match based on the viewing habits of people who liked 36.
Strange Weather
Years after her son's suicide, a woman longs to confront both the past and a friend of his who took his business idea.
💡Why it's a match: A highly-rated genre match based on the viewing habits of people who liked 36.
Jawbone
A former youth boxing champion, Jimmy McCabe is a man in search of hope but looking in all the wrong places. When he hits rock bottom he turns to his childhood boxing club and the only family he has left: gym owner Bill corner man Eddie and promoter Joe. Back in training, years after anyone thought he was a contender, he risks his life, as he tries to stand tall and regain his place in the world.
💡Why it's a match: A highly-rated genre match based on the viewing habits of people who liked 36.
O.G.
Louis Menkins is five weeks away from being released after 26 years in prison. He is faced with the decision to put his own release at risk in order to protect a young man named Beecher from growing gang controversies.
💡Why it's a match: A highly-rated genre match based on the viewing habits of people who liked 36.
Jan Dara: The Beginning
Jan, a young boy, grows up without a mother and is often insulted by his father. He struggles with his life as he longs to be with several women, even Madame Boonleung, his father's lover.
💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to 36.
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An odyssey through time and memory, centered on a place in New Jersey where—from wilderness, and then, later, from a home—love, loss, struggle, hope and legacy play out between couples and families over generations.
💡Why it's a match: A highly-rated genre match based on the viewing habits of people who liked 36.