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10 Best Movies Like Shame

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

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#1
Don Jon

Don Jon

2013★ 6.0

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

A New Jersey guy dedicated to his family, friends, and church, develops unrealistic expectations from watching porn and works to find happiness and intimacy with his potential true...

#2
Me and You and Everyone We Know

Me and You and Everyone We Know

2005★ 7.0

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

Single dad Richard meets Christine, a starving artist who moonlights as a cabbie. They awkwardly attempt to start a romance, but Richard’s divorce has left him emotionally damaged....

#3
Cruel Intentions

Cruel Intentions

1999★ 6.8

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

Slaking a thirst for dangerous games, Kathryn challenges her stepbrother, Sebastian, to deflower their headmaster's daughter before the summer ends. If he succeeds, the prize is th...

#4
Happiness

Happiness

1998★ 7.4

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

The lives of several individuals intertwine as they go about their lives in their own unique ways, engaging in acts which society as a whole might find disturbing in a desperate se...

#5
Diggers

Diggers

2007★ 6.0

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

In 1976, four working-class friends come of age in The Hamptons, on the South Shore of Long Island, New York, as clam diggers, as were their fathers and their grandfathers before t...

#6
Carnal Knowledge

Carnal Knowledge

1971★ 6.6

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

Two lifelong friends navigate complex sexual encounters and emotional entanglements, wrestling with societal norms and personal desires....

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