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10 Best Movies Like El Calentito

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

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#1
To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar

To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar

1995★ 7.4

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

Manhattan drag queens Vida Boheme and Noxeema Jackson impress regional judges in competition, securing berths in the Nationals in Los Angeles. When the two meet pathetic drag novic...

#2
Valley Girl

Valley Girl

1983★ 6.0

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

Julie, a girl from the valley, meets Randy, a punk from the city. They are from different worlds and find love. Somehow they need to stay together in spite of her trendy, shallow f...

#3
Torch Song Trilogy

Torch Song Trilogy

1988★ 7.2

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

Arnold Beckoff is looking for love and acceptance, but as a gay man working as a female impersonator in 1970s New York City, neither come easily. After a series of heartaches, Arno...

#4
The Last Days of Disco

The Last Days of Disco

1998★ 6.3

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

Two young women and their friends spend spare time at an exclusive nightclub in 1980s New York....

#5
The World Unseen

The World Unseen

2007★ 7.1

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

A drama centered on two women who engage in a dangerous relationship during South Africa's apartheid era....

#6
Looking for Mr. Goodbar

Looking for Mr. Goodbar

1977★ 6.4

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

A short, unhappy affair with a married man leads a dedicated schoolteacher into the alcohol-and-drug fueled underworld of singles’ bars, where she begins to engage in a pattern of ...

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