15 Movies Like Close to Me
Loved Close to Me? 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.
#1
That Malicious Age
Gardener Napoleone takes a job in a southern-Italian villa and quickly finds himself embroiled in a menage-a-trois with Paola and her mother, which soon leads to sex, death and mayhem.
💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to Close to Me.
#2
Cinema Paradiso
A filmmaker recalls his childhood, when he fell in love with the movies at his village's theater and formed a deep friendship with the theater's projectionist.
💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to Close to Me.
#3
Provocation
Passions run wildly amok at Carlo's country inn as his wife, Amelia, fantasizes about an affair with a guest, while his grandson Gianni spies on him to learn the secrets of love. And when Carlo's sexy cousin Marilinda comes to stay, everybody sits up and takes notice.
💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to Close to Me.
#4
Madness
An escaped convicted murderer invades the cottage of a man, his wife and the wife's sister, whereupon he proceeds to torment this already dysfunctional trio with rape and violence.
💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to Close to Me.
#5
Monika
Monika is young, beautiful and a virgin. She is only 16 years old, and, beside getting the attention of all her classmates, she also attracts older men. She has a relationship with a boy, Leo, but she doesn't know that he uses to pimp the girls he seduces to rich businessmen. One of Leo's client befriends Monika and becomes so obsessed that he pays Leo to get her. But Monika turns her attention to her art professor, unknowing that he too has his secrets.
💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to Close to Me.
#6
The Key
In 1940s Venice, after twenty years' marriage, retired art critic Nino Rolfe and his younger wife Teresa feel their passion waning. To help her shed her inhibitions and rekindle their relationship, the professor records his sexual fantasies in a diary.
💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to Close to Me.
#7
Underworld: Rise of the Lycans
A prequel to the first two Underworld films, this fantasy explains the origins of the feud between the Vampires and the Lycans. Aided by his secret love, Sonja, courageous Lucian leads the Lycans in battle against brutal Vampire king Viktor. Determined to break the king's enslavement of his people, Lucian faces off against the Death Dealer army in a bid for Lycan independence.
💡Why it's a match: A highly-rated genre match based on the viewing habits of people who liked Close to Me.
#8
X
A veteran call girl and a runaway prostitute witness a murder which sends them on an out-of-control roller coaster ride through the twilight zone of sex-for-sale.
💡Why it's a match: A highly-rated genre match based on the viewing habits of people who liked Close to Me.
#9
Off the Grid
After a morally-bankrupt company tries to weaponize a brilliant scientist's revolutionary technology, he goes off the grid to safeguard humanity. When the company sends a strike force to find him, they make their biggest mistake of all – they weaponize the man they are trying to catch.
💡Why it's a match: A highly-rated genre match based on the viewing habits of people who liked Close to Me.
#10
Stolen Girl
In 1993, Maureen’s six-year-old daughter Amina is snuck out of the country by her ex-husband, Karim. After years of unsuccessful attempts to find her, Maureen intersects with a professional retriever of internationally abducted children who promises to help her find Amina in exchange for her collaboration.
💡Why it's a match: A highly-rated genre match based on the viewing habits of people who liked Close to Me.
#11
The Sparrow's Fluttering
A woman, who has been the mistress of a man who has just died, thinks about leaving the little Italian village where they lived and moving to another place. An old and rich man offers her a place in his house, however, she will have to listen to him telling his past love stories.
💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to Close to Me.
#12
The Smile of the Fox
Mark, a hitman haunted by his past as a corrupt Miami cop and the death of his wife and son, prepares for his next killing. Gradually he becomes fascinated by the beautiful prostitute who lives in the next apartment and they embark on a passionate affair. Their dreams of a life together are complicated by her pimp being a drugs baron; before they can escape he must die, but things are never that simple...
💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to Close to Me.
#13
Out of the Blue
After spending time in prison following an assault charge, Connor Bates now works in a library and spends his free time running, swimming, and trying to piece his world back together. When he meets Marilyn Chambers, the wife of a wealthy businessman, they collide into an intense physical and emotional relationship that quickly escalates into idle talk about her husband’s murder.
💡Why it's a match: A highly-rated genre match based on the viewing habits of people who liked Close to Me.
#14
The Tearsmith
Adopted together after a tough childhood in an orphanage, Nica and Rigel realize that unexpected but irresistible feelings pull them together.
💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to Close to Me.
#15
Bad Sister
As a top student at St. Adeline's Catholic Boarding School, Zoe senses that something is not quite right about the school's new nun-- a sense proven to be true when it is revealed the "good' nun is an imposter with a fatal attraction to Zoe's brother.
💡Why it's a match: A highly-rated genre match based on the viewing habits of people who liked Close to Me.