Dynamic Watchlist Hub: Apr 14, 2026

10 Best Movies Like Desire

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

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#1
The Pornographers

The Pornographers

1966★ 7.2

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Desire for fans of Drama. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

Subu makes pornographic films. He sees nothing wrong with it. They are an aid to a repressed society, and he uses the money to support his landlady, Haru, and her family. From time...

#2
Radiance

Radiance

2017★ 6.5

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

The story follows the social intercourse between a cameraman, Masaya, with a visual impairment, and Misako who disconnects from the world....

#3
Babylon

Babylon

1980★ 6.9

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

Drama telling the story of Blue, a young man of Jamaican descent living in Brixton in 1980, as he hangs out with his friends, fronts a dub sound system, loses his job, struggles wi...

#4
Floating Clouds

Floating Clouds

1955★ 7.7

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

A married Japanese forester during WWII is sent to Indochina to manage forests. He meets a young Japanese typist and promises to leave his wife. He doesn't and after the war, she t...

#5
Intentions of Murder

Intentions of Murder

1964★ 7.0

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

The neglected common-law wife of a Japanese librarian is repeatedly harassed by a young man with a heart condition who seduces her with the prospect of a better life....

#6
My Rainy Days

My Rainy Days

2009★ 7.4

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

Because of her past, 17-year-old Rio lives her days filling the emptiness in her heart with money—until one day, she meets a university professor named Kouki and falls in love....

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