15 Movies Like Narcissus and Psyche

Loved Narcissus and Psyche? 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.

Lolita
#1

Lolita

Humbert Humbert is a middle-aged British novelist who is both appalled by and attracted to the vulgarity of American culture. When he comes to stay at the boarding house run by Charlotte Haze, he soon becomes obsessed with Lolita, the woman's teenaged daughter.

💡Why it's a match: A highly-rated genre match based on the viewing habits of people who liked Narcissus and Psyche.

My Left Foot: The Story of Christy Brown
#2

My Left Foot: The Story of Christy Brown

No one expects much from Christy Brown, a boy with cerebral palsy born into a working-class Irish family. Though Christy is a spastic quadriplegic and essentially paralyzed, a miraculous event occurs when, at the age of 5, he demonstrates control of his left foot by using chalk to scrawl a word on the floor. With the help of his steely mother — and no shortage of grit and determination — Christy overcomes his infirmity to become a painter, poet and author.

💡Why it's a match: A highly-rated genre match based on the viewing habits of people who liked Narcissus and Psyche.

Nightmare Alley
#3

Nightmare Alley

An ambitious carnival man with a talent for manipulating people with a few well-chosen words hooks up with a female psychologist who is even more dangerous than he is.

💡Why it's a match: A highly-rated genre match based on the viewing habits of people who liked Narcissus and Psyche.

The Life of Chuck
#4

The Life of Chuck

In this extraordinary story of an ordinary man, Charles 'Chuck' Krantz experiences the wonder of love, the heartbreak of loss, and the multitudes contained in all of us.

💡Why it's a match: A highly-rated genre match based on the viewing habits of people who liked Narcissus and Psyche.

The Doors
#5

The Doors

The story of the famous and influential 1960s rock band and its lead singer and composer, Jim Morrison.

💡Why it's a match: A highly-rated genre match based on the viewing habits of people who liked Narcissus and Psyche.

Satantango
#6

Satantango

Inhabitants of a small village in Hungary deal with the effects of the fall of Communism. The town's source of revenue, a factory, has closed, and the locals, who include a doctor and three couples, await a cash payment offered in the wake of the shuttering. Irimias, a villager thought to be dead, returns and, unbeknownst to the locals, is a police informant. In a scheme, he persuades the villagers to form a commune with him.

💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to Narcissus and Psyche.

The Crush
#7

The Crush

A precocious and obsessive teenager develops a crush on a naive writer with harrowing consequences.

💡Why it's a match: A highly-rated genre match based on the viewing habits of people who liked Narcissus and Psyche.

Return Ticket
#8

Return Ticket

Five old men and a kid are travelling in a train's cabin without purpose. They travel because it's free and they don't have another place to stay. From their conversations we learn the tragedies of their lives. Also the hidden interlockings of their faith will out slowly.

💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to Narcissus and Psyche.

Son of Saul
#9

Son of Saul

In the horror of 1944 Auschwitz, a prisoner forced to burn the corpses of his own people finds moral survival trying to save from the flames the body of a boy he takes for his son, seeking to give him a proper Jewish burial.

💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to Narcissus and Psyche.

Dealer
#10

Dealer

A drug dealer spends his day pedaling around Budapest visiting friends and clients.

💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to Narcissus and Psyche.

Feels Like Home
#11

Feels Like Home

Rita, an ordinary, but lonely woman is kidnapped. Her captors are the Árpáds; they claim she is not called Rita but Szilvi, a runaway from their family. Rita eventually understands that the only way out is in - to escape she must impersonate Szilvi. The more she becomes the lost girl the more she finds out about the family - and understands that her life is on the line.

💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to Narcissus and Psyche.

Reading Lolita in Tehran
#12

Reading Lolita in Tehran

In revolutionary Iran, as fundamentalists tighten their grip on society, a professor secretly gathers seven of her most dedicated female students to read and discuss forbidden classics of Western literature, including Lolita and Pride and Prejudice. Based on the bestselling memoir by Azar Nafisi. A film by Eran Riklis starring Golshifteh Farahani (Paterson), Zar Amir (Holy Spider), and Mina Kavani (No Bears).

💡Why it's a match: A highly-rated genre match based on the viewing habits of people who liked Narcissus and Psyche.

Hungry Hearts
#13

Hungry Hearts

The relationship of a couple who meet by chance in New York City is put to the test when they encounter a life or death circumstance.

💡Why it's a match: A highly-rated genre match based on the viewing habits of people who liked Narcissus and Psyche.

Peaceful Warrior
#14

Peaceful Warrior

A chance encounter with a stranger changes the life of a college gymnast.

💡Why it's a match: A highly-rated genre match based on the viewing habits of people who liked Narcissus and Psyche.

Moscow Square
#15

Moscow Square

1989 is an important year in the political history of Hungary. However, Petya and his friends couldn't care less. They are about to graduate high school. The only important things to them are the parties, girls, making some easy cash. And of course, passing the upcoming exam with the leaked questions.

💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to Narcissus and Psyche.