15 Movies Like The Last Days of Pompeii

Loved The Last Days of Pompeii? 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.

Monika
#1

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 The Last Days of Pompeii.

Cinema Paradiso
#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 The Last Days of Pompeii.

Caligula
#3

Caligula

After the death of the paranoid emperor Tiberius, Caligula, his heir, seizes power and plunges the empire into a bloody spiral of madness and depravity.

💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to The Last Days of Pompeii.

Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny
#4

Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny

Finding himself in a new era, and approaching retirement, Indy wrestles with fitting into a world that seems to have outgrown him. But as the tentacles of an all-too-familiar evil return in the form of an old rival, Indy must don his hat and pick up his whip once more to make sure an ancient and powerful artifact doesn't fall into the wrong hands.

💡Why it's a match: A highly-rated genre match based on the viewing habits of people who liked The Last Days of Pompeii.

The Key
#5

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 The Last Days of Pompeii.

John Carter
#6

John Carter

John Carter is a war-weary, former military captain who's inexplicably transported to the mysterious and exotic planet of Barsoom (Mars) and reluctantly becomes embroiled in an epic conflict. It's a world on the brink of collapse, and Carter rediscovers his humanity when he realizes the survival of Barsoom and its people rests in his hands.

💡Why it's a match: A highly-rated genre match based on the viewing habits of people who liked The Last Days of Pompeii.

Last Tango in Paris
#7

Last Tango in Paris

A recently widowed American begins an anonymous sexual relationship with a young Parisian woman.

💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to The Last Days of Pompeii.

Black Velvet
#8

Black Velvet

Crystal, a wealthy, scorned woman living in a massive Egyptian palace with her daughter Magda, finds commiseration in a dried-up Hollywood expat who surrounds himself with singing children.

💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to The Last Days of Pompeii.

No Place to Be Single
#9

No Place to Be Single

A brilliant and intelligent love comedy that celebrates second chances and new horizons, starring a strong and determined woman who settles the score.

💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to The Last Days of Pompeii.

Provocation
#10

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 The Last Days of Pompeii.

Miranda
#11

Miranda

In 1950s Ferrara, a lonely innkeeper explores a series of relationships while awaiting her missing husband’s return from war.

💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to The Last Days of Pompeii.

The Tearsmith
#12

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 The Last Days of Pompeii.

Africa Blood and Guts
#13

Africa Blood and Guts

A chronicle of the violence that occurred in much of the African continent throughout the 1960s. As many African countries were transitioning from colonial rule to other forms of government, violent political upheavals were frequent. Revolutions in Zanzibar and Kenya in which thousands were killed are shown, the violence not only political; there is also extensive footage of hunters and poachers slaughtering different types of wild animals.

💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to The Last Days of Pompeii.

Play Motel
#14

Play Motel

The motel has a special room designed for sexual activities. It also has a habit of photographing sex act engines and extorting the parties concerned. One day a mysterious killer with black gloves up and the situation is changing.

💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to The Last Days of Pompeii.

That Malicious Age
#15

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 The Last Days of Pompeii.