Movies like The Apartment
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The Apartment (1996)
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Original name: L'Appartement
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Romance
Country: France, Spain, Italy
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
A stylish suspense thriller that confounds the audience while presenting them with an extraordinary and elusive mystery. Max is a former playboy who has decided to settle down by marrying his current love, Muriel. However, during a business trip, Max catches a glimpse of the great lost love of his life, reviving his wanderlust and sending him off on a chase of the elusive Lisa, whom he had overheard suggesting to a friend that her lover, Daniel, had killed someone for her. Soon, Max is trying to unravel the mystery behind the suspicious death of Daniel's wife, which he hopes will lead him closer to Lisa.
Style:
sexy, psychological, tense, enigmatic, suspense, suspenseful, romantic, art house, psychological thriller, sentimental ...
Plot:
obsession, cafe, infidelity, manipulation, mistaken identity, crazy love, twists and turns, relationships, lost love, love triangle, flirting, dishonesty, voyeur, sex, voyeurism, love, loneliness, stalking, chase, identity, female nudity, unfaithfulness, friendship, businessman, unrequited love ...
Time:
90s
Place:
france, montmartre paris, paris france, tokyo, new york
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Most similar movies to The Apartment
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out sexy, realistic, serious and erotic films with plots about obsession, female nudity, death, sex scene, love, sex and nude mostly in Drama, Romance and Mystery genres. Some movies like The Apartment: Wicker Park (2004), Lantana (2001), The Sweet Body of Deborah (1968), Mister Foe (2007), Monsieur Hire (1989). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
Matthew, a young advertising executive in Chicago, puts his life and a business trip to China on hold when he thinks he sees Lisa, the love of his life who left him without a word two years earlier, walking out of a restaurant one day.
Style:
sexy, romantic, clever, psychological, thought provoking ...
Audience:
chick flick, date night, girls' night
Plot:
obsession, love story, fall in love, unrequited love, relationships, love at first sight, love triangle, happy ending, flashback, dream girl, dating, destiny ...
Time:
2000s, year 2004, 21st century
Place:
chicago, usa, france
Similarity:
100%
21K
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Romance
Country: Australia, Germany
Duration: 121 min.
Story:
Plagued with grief over the murder of her daughter, Valerie Somers suspects that her husband John is cheating on her. When Valerie disappears, Detective Leon Zat attempts to solve the mystery of her absence. A complex web of love, sex and deceit ...
Style:
sexy, emotional, psychological, suspenseful, serious ...
Plot:
infidelity, disappearance, therapist, nylons, unfaithfulness, therapy, passion, telephone call, sexuality, photograph, divorce, police investigation ...
Time:
year 2001, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
australia, sydney australia, new zealand
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Country: Italy, France
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
A young newlywed couple from America returns to Geneva to visit Marcel's home town. Once there he is informed of his former lover's suicide and in turn is subjected to threats that accuse him of being responsible for her death and further, ...
Style:
psycho sexual, psychological thriller, sexy, crying, neo noir ...
Plot:
female nudity, female orgasm, dead body, mysterious telephone call, violence, game, striptease, car wash, death threat, murder, boxing, suspicion ...
Place:
switzerland, geneva switzerland
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Hallam's talent for spying on people reveals his darkest fears-and his most peculiar desires. Driven to expose the true cause of his mother's death, he instead finds himself searching the rooftops of the city for love.
Style:
talky, sentimental, independent film, psychological, realistic ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
sexuality, coming of age, sex, older woman younger man sex, hotel, teenage life, loneliness, treehouse, voyeur, peeping tom, death of mother, male female relationship ...
Time:
70s, 21st century
Place:
scottish highlands, glasgow scotland, edinburgh scotland, europe, scotland
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 81 min.
Story:
A French man spies on a lovely younger woman across the way. When he's spotted by the woman shortly after being questioned by the police about a local murder, the man simple life becomes more complicated.
Style:
sexy, neo noir, suspenseful, psychological, detective ...
Plot:
voyeurism, older man younger woman romance, voyeur, peeping tom, femme fatale, false accusation, amateur detective, investigation, murder, serial killer, secret relationship, brothel ...
Time:
80s, year 1989
Place:
france
Similarity:
100%
306K
Genre: Fantasy, Mystery, Romance, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Spain, USA
Duration: 136 min.
Story:
David Aames has it all: wealth, good looks and gorgeous women on his arm. But just as he begins falling for the warmhearted Sofia, his face is horribly disfigured in a car accident. That's just the beginning of his troubles as the lines between ...
Style:
psychological, surreal, philosophical, enigmatic, twist ending ...
Audience:
girls' night, adult
Plot:
virtual reality, dream, alternate reality, surrealism, lost love, disfigurement, redemption, obsession, tragic love, love, hopes, death ...
Time:
year 2001, future, 22nd century, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
new york, usa, manhattan new york city
Similarity:
100%
50K
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 123 min.
Story:
After a whirlwind romance with a wealthy widower, a naïve bride moves to his family estate but can't escape the haunting shadow of his late wife.
Style:
suspense, gothic, psychological, romantic drama, period piece ...
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
estate, second wife, investigation, housekeeper, obsession, mysterious death, manipulation, haunted by the past, widower, incest, family secret, secret relationship ...
Time:
20th century, 1930s, 2020s, victorian era
Place:
england, french riviera, cornwall, monte carlo
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Romance
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
Two melancholy Hong Kong policemen fall in love: one with a mysterious female underworld figure, the other with a beautiful and ethereal server at a late-night restaurant he frequents.
Style:
art house, atmospheric, cult classic, visual, visually stunning ...
Audience:
family friendly
Plot:
loneliness, multiple storylines, food, serendipity, femme fatale, love story, relationships, fall in love, breakup, amor, drug smuggling, police officer ...
Time:
90s, year 1994, 20th century
Place:
hong kong, china, california, asia, taiwan ...
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Drama, Mystery
Country: France
Duration: 133 min.
Story:
In spring 1976, a 19-year-old beauty, her German-born mother, and her crippled father move to the town of a firefighter nicknamed Pin-Pon. Everyone notices the provocative Eliane. She singles out Pin-Pon and soon is crying on his shoulder ...
Style:
sexy, erotic drama, erotic, sexual, neurotic ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
revenge, sexual manipulation, rape, rape victim, small town, erotica, breast feeding, exhibitionism, bare breasts, mother daughter relationship, traumatic childhood, revenge motive ...
Time:
80s, year 1983, 70s, year 1976, 1950s ...
Place:
france, europe, south of france, provence
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Country: Argentina, Spain
Duration: 129 min.
Story:
A retired legal counselor writes a novel hoping to find closure for one of his past unresolved homicide cases and for his unreciprocated love with his superior - both of which still haunt him decades later.
Style:
suspense, clever, touching, suspenseful, intense ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
twists and turns, investigation, rape, murder, murder mystery, murderer, lawyer, writers, justice, passion, investigator, homicide ...
Time:
year 2009, 2000s, y2k, 90s, 20th century ...
Place:
latin america, argentina, south america, harvard university, buenos aires argentina
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
As young French couple Gilles and Marion officially separate, we see, in reverse order, the milestone moments in their relationship: Gilles revealing his unfaithfulness at a tense dinner party; Marion giving birth to their premature son while Gilles ...
Style:
sexy, sincere, sensual, non-linear, psychological ...
Plot:
divorce, infidelity, sex, rape, adultery, wedding, husband wife relationship, wedding night, sex scene, relationships, orgy, voyeurism ...
Time:
year 2004, 21st century
Place:
france, sardinia, sicily, europe, senegal ...
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Romance
Country: France, Luxembourg, Belgium
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
In Paris, Dominique, a middle-aged fashion professional, solicits the services of the handsome Quentin , a bisexual bartender and prostitute who is 15 years her junior. After they first sleep together, their business transaction becomes transformed ...
Style:
sexy, erotic, sexual, enigmatic, serious ...
Plot:
obsession, sex, violence, making love, infidelity, relationships, forbidden sex, fashion, fall in love, adultery, betrayal, loneliness ...
Time:
90s, year 1998
Place:
france, morocco, paris france, tokyo
Similarity:
19%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Country: Italy
Duration: 131 min.
Story:
Virgil Oldman is a world renowned antiques expert and auctioneer. An eccentric genius, he leads a solitary life, going to extreme lengths to keep his distance from the messiness of human relationships. When appointed by the beautiful but emotionally ...
Style:
twist ending, surprise ending, psychological, atmospheric, enigmatic ...
Audience:
teens, adult
Plot:
twists and turns, art, painting, art collector, loneliness, forgery, art theft, collector, obsession, age difference, solitude, young woman ...
Time:
year 2013, y2k, 2010s, 18th century, 21st century
Place:
vienna, europe, berlin germany, prague, italy
Similarity:
50%
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Genre: Drama, Mystery, Romance
Country: Spain, USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
Two men share an odd friendship while they care for two women who are both in deep comas.
Style:
sexy, psychological, emotional, sincere, surreal ...
Plot:
friendship, rape, sex, hospital, impossible love, suicide, loneliness, obsession, tragic love, male nurse, bromance, insomnia ...
Time:
near future, year 2002, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
spain, madrid, iberian peninsula, europe, jordan ...
Similarity:
50%
24K
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
Cultural critic David Kepesh finds his life -- which he indicates is a state of "emancipated manhood" -- thrown into tragic disarray by Consuela Castillo, a well-mannered student who awakens a sense of sexual possessiveness in her teacher.
Style:
sexy, sincere, suspenseful, enigmatic, erotic ...
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
older man younger woman relationship, age difference, obsession, teacher student sex, male teacher female student affair, couples, infidelity, love and romance, male female relationship, hospital, love story, hedonism ...
Time:
year 2008, 21st century
Place:
manhattan new york city, new york
Similarity:
19%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: France, Spain
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Paris doctor Catherine starts to think her husband, Bernard, is having an affair when she hears an unfamiliar woman's message on his voice mail. Hoping to learn more about his extramarital activities, Catherine heads to a strip club, where she ...
Style:
sexy, atmospheric, serious, psychological, realistic ...
Plot:
sexual relations, lesbian, dangerous attraction, sex, husband wife relationship, one night stand, prostitute, fall in love, adultery, striptease, gynecologist, voyeur ...
Time:
year 2003
Place:
paris france, europe, france
Similarity:
19%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
Betty Blue, a mentally unbalanced and sexually aggressive free spirit who becomes involved with Zorg, a repairman moonlighting as a writer. The two engage in a variety of sexual encounters, and grow more passionate toward each other. Betty finds ...
Style:
sexy, erotic, sexual, atmospheric, talky ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
obsession, borderline personality disorder, sexuality, sex scene, nudity, obsessive love, mental illness, love story, crazy love, public nudity, desire, sex ...
Time:
20th century, 80s, year 1986
Place:
france, paris france, europe, spain
Similarity:
19%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 210 min.
Story:
In this sexually frank French drama, the aimless young Alexandre juggles his relationships with his girlfriend, Marie, and a casual lover named Veronika. The dialogue-heavy film focuses intently on the love triangle, with Marie increasingly jealous ...
Style:
sexual, sexy, black and white, serious, psychological ...
Plot:
sex scene, cafe, love triangle, friendship, infidelity, obsession, introspection, love and romance, love affair, tragic love, hopes, lifestyle ...
Time:
20th century, year 1973, year 1972, 70s, 60s
Place:
france, paris france, new york, hamburg germany, europe ...
Similarity:
18%
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35K
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Romance
Country: Spain, France, USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
The film spans 30 years in Julieta’s life from a nostalgic 1985 where everything seems hopeful, to 2015 where her life appears to be beyond repair and she is on the verge of madness.
Style:
melancholic, sexual, erotic, sentimental, colorful ...
Plot:
loneliness, guilt, childhood, sex, mother daughter estrangement, depression, hospital, female nudity, death of husband, family drama, mother daughter relationship, autobiography ...
Time:
2010s, year 2016, 80s, 90s
Place:
spain, galicia, portugal, madrid, switzerland
Similarity:
18%
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Romance
Country: France, Switzerland, Poland
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Part-time model Valentine meets a retired judge who lives in her neighborhood after she runs over his dog. At first the judge gifts Valentine with the dog, but her possessive boyfriend won't allow her to keep it. When she returns with the dog ...
Style:
cerebral, colorful, philosophical, enigmatic, art house ...
Plot:
redemption, coincidence, judge, friendship, dog, love affair, loneliness, fashion model, model, lovers, photograph, billboard ...
Time:
90s, year 1994
Place:
geneva switzerland, english channel, france, poland, eastern europe ...
Similarity:
18%
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Country: France, USA
Duration: 127 min.
Story:
A police detective is in charge of the investigation of a brutal murder, in which a beautiful and seductive woman could be involved.
Style:
sexy, erotic, sexual, detective, neo noir ...
Audience:
kids, boys' night, girls' night, adult
Plot:
femme fatale, obsession, sex, nudity, manipulation, seduction, sexual tension, dangerous attraction, police investigation, murder, fatal attraction, strong sexual content ...
Time:
90s, year 1992, 20th century
Place:
san francisco, bay area, persia, oakland california, california ...
Similarity:
18%
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Romance
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
On a rainy London night in 1946, novelist Maurice Bendrix has a chance meeting with Henry Miles, husband of his ex-mistress Sarah, who abruptly ended their affair two years before. Bendrix's obsession with Sarah is rekindled; he succumbs to his ...
Style:
romantic, erotic, sexy, period piece, heartbreaking ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
world war two, obsession, private detective, infidelity, jealousy, passion, obsessive love, love affair, love story, sex scene, writers, extramarital affair ...
Time:
1940s, year 1999, 1930s, 20th century, year 1940 ...
Place:
london, brighton, england, europe
Similarity:
18%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Country: UK, France, Mexico, USA
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
A young man is plunged into a life of subterfuge, deceit and mistaken identity in pursuit of a femme fatale whose heart is never quite within his grasp
Style:
sexy, erotic, romantic, suspense, atmospheric ...
Audience:
chick flick, date night, adult
Plot:
femme fatale, sex, obsession, couple relations, dangerous attraction, passion, husband wife relationship, love story, passionate sex, desire, sex scene, carnival ...
Time:
19th century, year 2001, victorian era, turn of the century, 20th century ...
Place:
cuba, iran, morocco, delaware, havana cuba ...
Similarity:
18%
Genre: Drama, Music, Mystery, Romance
Country: France, Poland, Switzerland
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Julie is haunted by her grief after living through a tragic auto wreck that claimed the life of her composer husband and young daughter. Her initial reaction is to withdraw from her relationships, lock herself in her apartment and suppress her pain. ...
Style:
cerebral, sexy, philosophical, visual, art house ...
Plot:
grief, classical music, musician, solitude, loss of child, sex, mourning, trauma, loneliness, depression, stripper, car accident ...
Time:
90s, year 1993, 20th century
Place:
paris france, france, poland, eastern europe, europe
Similarity:
18%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 171 min.
Story:
Successful surgeon Tomas leaves Prague for an operation, meets a young photographer named Tereza, and brings her back with him. Tereza is surprised to learn that Tomas is already having an affair with the bohemian Sabina, but when the Soviet ...
Style:
sexy, erotic, sexual, sensual, erotic drama ...
Audience:
date night, adult
Plot:
sex, infidelity, passion, adultery, waitress, photography, voyeurism, lesbianism, voyeur, erotic scene, photograph, love triangle ...
Time:
20th century, year 1988, year 1968, 60s
Place:
central europe, california, switzerland, soviet union, europe ...
Similarity:
17%
39K
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Australia, France
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
Lil and Roz are two lifelong friends, having grown up together as neighbors in an idyllic beach town. As adults, their sons have developed a friendship as strong as that which binds their mothers. One summer, all four are confronted by simmering ...
Style:
sexy, erotic, romantic, emotional, sexual ...
Audience:
girls' night, chick flick, teens, adult
Plot:
forbidden love, older woman younger man relationship, infidelity, lust, adultery, sexual tension, older woman younger man sex, sexual relations, sexuality, female sexuality, love affair, mother son relationship ...
Time:
year 2013, 21st century
Place:
australia, sydney australia, new zealand
Similarity:
17%
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Country: Germany, UK
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Young Scott Doherty (Adam Garcia) gets suspicious when his mother (Jacqueline Bisset) plans to wed Oliver Vance (Stuart Wilson) soon after her husband's untimely death. Scott investigates with Oliver's pretty daughter, Kelly (Alice Evans), ...
Style:
sexy, erotic, neo noir, serious, suspense ...
Plot:
murder mystery, murder, dangerous attraction, whodunit, conspiracy, seduction, fall in love, uncover truth, femme fatale, love affair, dishonesty, family problems ...
Time:
year 2004, 21st century
Place:
usa, atlantic ocean, florida, new york
Similarity:
17%
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 121 min.
Story:
When New York psychiatrist Bill Capa visits Los Angeles to take over his murdered colleague's therapy group, he finds himself embroiled in the thick of a mystery when he bumps into Rose and begins a torrid affair.
Style:
sexy, erotic, suspense, psychological thriller, sensual ...
Audience:
boys' night, adult
Plot:
twists and turns, erotica, fatal attraction, voyeurism, mental illness, investigation, femme fatale, secret identity, psychiatrist, therapist, uncover truth, serial killer ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
california, los angeles, usa, manhattan new york city, new york
Similarity:
17%
22K
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: UK, France
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
The life of a respected British politician at the height of his career crumbles when he becomes obsessed with his son's lover.
Style:
sexy, sexual, erotic, melancholic, psychological ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
forbidden love, adultery, love affair, sex, obsession, infidelity, sexuality, dangerous attraction, femme fatale, passion, sex scene, love triangle ...
Time:
year 1992, 90s, 20th century
Place:
europe, palm springs california, paris france, london, brussels ...
Similarity:
17%
Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Italy, France, Spain
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
An insurance scam lands a man on death row for murdering his wife. What everyone doesn't know is she really isn't dead.
Style:
realistic, sexy, suspenseful, serious, tense ...
Plot:
murder, love triangle, investigation, who done it, false accusation, death row, sexual fantasy, killer, plot twist, female nudity, doppelganger, sexual obsession ...
Time:
20th century, 60s
Place:
italy, paris france, san francisco
Similarity:
17%
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