What movies are similar to sex, lies, and videotape?

Start with films such as Nymphomaniac: Vol. I, Boogie Nights, Shame, Lolita. Each title on this page is chosen to mirror the vibe, themes, and style that make sex, lies, and videotape memorable, with short explanations to help you pick where to begin.

What should I watch if I liked sex, lies, and videotape?

Use the ranked list above: it highlights 10 close cousins—similar tension, character dynamics, and storytelling ambition—so you can queue something tonight without endless browsing.

Are there movies with the same vibe as sex, lies, and videotape?

Yes. The recommendations here lean into overlapping moods and motifs, not just shared genre labels, so you get films that “feel” related in pacing, tone, and emotional payoff.

What should I watch after sex, lies, and videotape?

Try Nymphomaniac: Vol. I, Boogie Nights, Shame—each shares DNA with sex, lies, and videotape while changing the setting enough to feel fresh.

What genre is sex, lies, and videotape?

sex, lies, and videotape (1989) is best described as Drama. Stores and algorithms use different labels, but that mix is what fans actually recognize on a rewatch.

Is sex, lies, and videotape worth revisiting?

Viewer scores sit around 6.9/10 on TMDB—high enough that replays are common for people who like this drama lane.

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sex, lies, and videotape (1989) works because people revisit sex, lies, and videotape for the same reason it broke through in 1989: clear stakes, memorable faces, and a drama rhythm that doesn't stall in the middle. Steven Soderbergh keeps the ensemble pointed in one direction. The film leans hard into its core genre, which is exactly what fans say they wanted more of from blockbusters in that era. The concrete hook is ann, a frustrated wife, enters into counseling due to a troubled marriage., and that gives this guide a clear center of gravity. For movies like sex, lies, and videotape, we prioritized drama films that share drama, rewatchable without flattening everything into one broad genre bucket. The useful comparison point is not only genre; it is how the movie controls attention from scene to scene. Each recommendation names the shared texture and the difference, which makes the page more useful than a plain list. These 10 recommendations are ordered to keep the sex, lies, and videotape feeling intact while still giving you different characters, stakes, and endings.

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1.Nymphomaniac: Vol. I (2013)
★ 6.8 · Drama · 1h 58m
Why it fits
What actually breaks in the third act is not the same beat: sex, lies, and videotape pays off through Ann, a frustrated wife, enters into counseling due to a troubled marriage., while Nymphomaniac: Vol. I pushes resolution toward A man named Seligman finds a fainted wounded woman in an alley and he.
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2.Boogie Nights (1997)
★ 7.6 · Drama · 2h 36m
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If Ann, a frustrated wife, enters into counseling due to a troubled marriage. is what locked you into sex, lies, and videotape, Boogie Nights hands you Set in 1977, back when sex was safe, pleasure was a business and business was booming, idealistic porn as the next jolt of narrative curiosity. drama.
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3.Shame (2011)
★ 6.9 · Drama · 1h 42m
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Character pressure in Shame accumulates around Brandon, a thirty-something man living in New York, eludes intimacy with women but feeds his deepest desires with, echoing how sex, lies, and videotape tightened the screws with Ann, a frustrated wife, enters into counseling due to a troubled marriage.. The through-line is drama, not mirrored blocking.
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4.Lolita (1997)
★ 7.1 · Drama · Romance · 2h 17m
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A 1997 frame changes how Humbert Humbert is a middle-aged British novelist who is both appalled by and attracted to the vulgarity of lands next to sex, lies, and videotape (1989) and its Ann, a frustrated wife, enters into counseling due to a troubled marriage.. drama, romance survive the era shift without forcing the stories to match.
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5.Indecent Proposal (1993)
★ 6.4 · Romance · Drama · 1h 57m
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Indecent Proposal is pitched a bittersweet, emotionally layered tone, which is the first thing you feel beside sex, lies, and videotape. drama, romance still braid the two films, but Indecent Proposal leans on John Gage offers a down-on-his-luck yuppie husband $1 million for the opportunity to spend the night with the where.
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6.Casanova (2005)
★ 6.4 · Adventure · Comedy · Drama · 1h 52m
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The afterglow from Casanova is a sharp, often funny tone: different residue than sex, lies, and videotape, even when drama, adventure, comedy read familiar. Trace the fork to Ann, a frustrated wife, enters into counseling due to a troubled marriage. versus With a reputation for seducing members of the opposite sex, regardless.
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7.The Little Death (2014)
★ 6.7 · Drama · Comedy · Romance · 1h 36m
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A comedy film that looks into the loosely connected lives of people with strange sexual fantasies. is the sharpest reason to queue The Little Death after sex, lies, and videotape: it refracts the same curiosity Ann, a frustrated wife, enters into counseling due to a troubled marriage. stirred, with drama, comedy, romance doing quieter parallel work underneath.
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8.Kinsey (2004)
★ 6.6 · Drama · 1h 58m
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drama surface in both films, yet Kinsey keeps the temperature a tense, propulsive tone, not a tonal echo of sex, lies, and videotape. Compare Kinsey is a portrait of researcher Alfred Kinsey, driven to uncover the most private secrets of a nation. against Ann, a frustrated wife, enters into counseling due to a troubled marriage.
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9.Jamon Jamon (1992)
★ 6.2 · Comedy · Drama · Romance · 1h 34m
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Jamon Jamon handles José Luis has a cushy corporate job at the lingerie factory his mom owns. with a Comedy bias that sex, lies, and videotape did not foreground in its Drama read of Ann, a frustrated wife, enters into counseling due to a troubled marriage.. drama, comedy, romance are the bridge.
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10.The World to Come (2021)
★ 7.0 · Romance · Drama · Western · 1h 45m
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Surface texture differs—Romance treatment of In 1856, two women forge a close connection despite their isolation on the American frontier. beside Drama treatment of Ann, a frustrated wife, enters into counseling due to a troubled marriage.—while drama, romance, western stay legible. The World to Come commits to a bittersweet, emotionally layered tone in how those pieces land.
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Why You'll Love These Movies

Across these recommendations, you will see recurring fingerprints from sex, lies, and videotape: drama, romance, comedy, adventure, plus a tense through-line that keeps scenes charged even when the plots diverge. The emotional appeal is consistent—films that ask for attention, then reward it with momentum, specificity, and a clear point of view. As a viewing experience, the list is built to feel like a guided night at the movies: enough variety to stay surprising, enough overlap to feel intentional, and pacing that respects how sex, lies, and videotape trained you to watch. If you want the same satisfaction you felt during sex, lies, and videotape—that mix of craft, stakes, and atmosphere—these picks are meant to land in the same neighborhood without repeating the same story.

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What movies are similar to sex, lies, and videotape?: Start with films such as Nymphomaniac: Vol. I, Boogie Nights, Shame, Lolita. Each title on this page is chosen to mirror the vibe, themes, and style that make sex, lies, and videotape memorable, with short explanations to help you pick where to begin.
What should I watch if I liked sex, lies, and videotape?: Use the ranked list above: it highlights 10 close cousins—similar tension, character dynamics, and storytelling ambition—so you can queue something tonight without endless browsing.
Are there movies with the same vibe as sex, lies, and videotape?: Yes. The recommendations here lean into overlapping moods and motifs, not just shared genre labels, so you get films that “feel” related in pacing, tone, and emotional payoff.
What should I watch after sex, lies, and videotape?: Try Nymphomaniac: Vol. I, Boogie Nights, Shame—each shares DNA with sex, lies, and videotape while changing the setting enough to feel fresh.
What genre is sex, lies, and videotape?: sex, lies, and videotape (1989) is best described as Drama. Stores and algorithms use different labels, but that mix is what fans actually recognize on a rewatch.
Is sex, lies, and videotape worth revisiting?: Viewer scores sit around 6.9/10 on TMDB—high enough that replays are common for people who like this drama lane.

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1.Nymphomaniac: Vol. I (2013)

2.Boogie Nights (1997)

3.Shame (2011)

4.Lolita (1997)

5.Indecent Proposal (1993)

6.Casanova (2005)

7.The Little Death (2014)

8.Kinsey (2004)

9.Jamon Jamon (1992)

10.The World to Come (2021)

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