15 Movies Like The Phantom of the Opera

Loved The Phantom of the Opera? 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.

The Holy Boy
#1

The Holy Boy

A PE teacher moves to a isolated mountain village where the people appear to live in unshakeable serenity, but soon stumbles across a disturbing ritual. Once a week, the locals are freed of their pain by a lonely boy born with the power to heal one's soul just by hugging them. Trying to rescue him from this madness, the man unleashes his dark side.

💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to The Phantom of the Opera.

Monika
#2

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 Phantom of the Opera.

Lola's Secret
#3

Lola's Secret

Young man has his dreams come true when the sexy new maid seduces him. But she also has a secret that leads to trouble.

💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to The Phantom of the Opera.

Cinema Paradiso
#4

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 Phantom of the Opera.

Cannibal Holocaust
#5

Cannibal Holocaust

A New York University professor returns from a rescue mission to the Amazon rainforest with the footage shot by a lost team of documentarians who were making a film about the area's local cannibal tribes.

💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to The Phantom of the Opera.

The Key
#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 The Phantom of the Opera.

White Cannibal Queen
#7

White Cannibal Queen

A man is on safari in the jungle with his wife and daughter when the wife gets eaten and the daughter is captured by cannibals. Several years later he goes back to see if his daughter is still alive.

💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to The Phantom of the Opera.

Barbarian
#8

Barbarian

In town for a job interview, a young woman arrives at her Airbnb late at night only to find that it has been mistakenly double-booked and a strange man is already staying there. Against her better judgement, she decides to stay the night anyway.

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

Last Tango in Paris
#9

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 Phantom of the Opera.

Black Velvet
#10

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 Phantom of the Opera.

Stage Fright
#11

Stage Fright

While a group of young actors rehearse a new musical about a mass murderer, a notorious psychopath escapes from a nearby insane asylum.

💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to The Phantom of the Opera.

The Crow
#12

The Crow

Exactly one year after young rock guitarist Eric Draven and his fiancée are brutally killed by a ruthless gang of criminals, Draven, watched over by a hypnotic crow, returns from the grave to exact revenge.

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

No Place to Be Single
#13

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 Phantom of the Opera.

Provocation
#14

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 Phantom of the Opera.

Miranda
#15

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 Phantom of the Opera.