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10 Best Movies Like Max

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

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#1
The Man from Elysian Fields

The Man from Elysian Fields

2001★ 5.8

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

A failed novelist's inability to pay the bills strains relations with his wife and leads him to work at an escort service, where he becomes entwined with a wealthy woman whose husb...

#2
Alex of Venice

Alex of Venice

2015★ 5.9

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

After her stay-at-home husband leaves her, a workaholic lawyer finds that she is not completely up to the tasks of caring for her young son, ailing father and household all by hers...

#3
Petulia

Petulia

1968★ 5.9

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

Dr. Archie Bollen is having a midlife crisis. He's just divorced his wife and is establishing a new life for himself. One night, he catches the eye of Petulia Danner, a charming, f...

#4
How to Please a Woman

How to Please a Woman

2022★ 6.3

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

When her all-male house-cleaning business gets out of control, a mature woman must embrace her own sexuality, if she is to make a new life for herself....

#5
Strictly Sexual

Strictly Sexual

2008★ 6.1

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

Two successful women, sick and tired of dating and relationships, decide to keep two young men in their pool house for strictly sexual purposes....

#6
Chéri

Chéri

2009★ 6.1

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

The son of a courtesan retreats into a fantasy world after being forced to end his relationship with the older woman who educated him in the ways of love....

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