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10 Best Movies Like Desert Hearts

If you loved Desert Hearts, we've curated the perfect watchlist for you based on shared genres, themes, and directorial style.

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#1
On Swift Horses

On Swift Horses

2025★ 6.2

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Desert Hearts for fans of Drama & Romance. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

In the 1950s, a seemingly sensible newlywed and her wayward brother-in-law undertake parallel journeys of risk, romance, and self-discovery....

#2
Behind the Candelabra

Behind the Candelabra

2013★ 6.6

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Desert Hearts for fans of Drama & Romance. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Based on the autobiographical novel, the tempestuous 6-year relationship between Liberace and his (much younger) lover, Scott Thorson, is recounted....

#3
The World to Come

The World to Come

2021★ 7.0

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Desert Hearts for fans of Drama & Romance. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

In 1856, two women forge a close connection despite their isolation on the American frontier....

#4
Elena Undone

Elena Undone

2010★ 6.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Desert Hearts for fans of Drama & Romance. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

The wife of a pastor who preaches against homosexuality embarks on an affair with a female writer....

#5
My Week with Marilyn

My Week with Marilyn

2011★ 6.7

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Desert Hearts for fans of Drama & Romance. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

London, 1956. Genius actor and film director Laurence Olivier is about to begin the shooting of his upcoming movie, premiered in 1957 as The Prince and the Showgirl, starring Maril...

#6
Camp Belvidere

Camp Belvidere

2014★ 6.5

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Desert Hearts for fans of Drama & Romance. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Camp Belvidere is a lesbian romance set in the 1950s about the coming of age of Camp Leader Rose and her forbidden encounter with Nurse Gin. It depicts the journey and evolution of...

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