Movies like Don't Look Down (2008)

Name: Don't Look Down
Released: 2008

10 films to watch after Don't Look Down, ranked by how well they match its tone — not just its genre.

A sexy Spanish siren named Elvira schools a young man in tantric lovemaking.

1

Y Tu Mamá También (2001)

Fit 70%

Shares Drama and Romance with Don't Look Down.

In Mexico, two teenage boys and an attractive older woman embark on a road trip and learn a thing or two about life, friendship, sex, and each other.
2

The Dreamers (2003)

Fit 69%

Shares Drama and Romance with Don't Look Down.

When Isabelle and Theo invite Matthew to stay with them, what begins as a casual friendship ripens into a sensual voyage of discovery and desire in which nothing is off limits and everything is possible.
3

The Duke of Burgundy (2015)

Fit 68%

Shares Drama and Romance with Don't Look Down.

Day in and day out, lovers Cynthia and Evelyn enact an elaborate sadomasochistic fantasy as mistress and maid. But as their ritual of domination and submission begins to turn stale, Cynthia yearns for something more conventional, while Evelyn tries to push their taboos even further.
4

Sex and Lucía (2001)

Fit 63%

Shares Drama and Romance with Don't Look Down.

Lucía is a young waitress in Madrid who seeks refuge on a quiet, secluded Mediterranean island after the loss of her longtime boyfriend. Amidst the fresh air, dazzling sun, and glistening deep blue water, Lucía begins to piece together the dark corners of her past relationship.
5

Gloomy Sunday (1999)

Fit 60%

Shares Drama and Romance with Don't Look Down.

Budapest in the 1930s. Restaurant owner Laszlo hires pianist András to play in his restaurant. Both men fall in love with the beautiful waitress Ilona who inspires András to his only composition. His song of Gloomy Sunday is, at first, loved and then feared, for its melancholic melody sets off a chain of suicides. The fragile balance of the erotic ménage à trois is sent off kilter when the German Hans falls in love with Ilona as well.
6

Shortbus (2006)

Fit 58%

Shares Romance and Drama with Don't Look Down.

In post-9/11 New York City, an eclectic group of citizens find their lives entangled, personally, romantically, and sexually, at Shortbus, an underground Brooklyn salon infamous for its blend of art, music, politics, and carnality.
7

Little Children (2006)

Fit 58%

Shares Drama and Romance with Don't Look Down.

The lives of two lovelorn spouses from separate marriages, a registered sex offender, and a disgraced ex-police officer intersect as they struggle to resist their vulnerabilities and temptations.
8

Notes on a Scandal (2006)

Fit 53%

Shares Drama and Romance with Don't Look Down.

A veteran high school teacher befriends a younger art teacher, who is having an affair with one of her 15-year-old students. However, her intentions with this new "friend" also go well beyond platonic friendship.
9

sex, lies, and videotape (1989)

Fit 50%

Shares Drama with Don't Look Down.

Ann, a frustrated wife, enters into counseling due to a troubled marriage. Unbeknownst to her, her husband John has begun an affair with her sister. When John’s best friend Graham arrives, his penchant for interviewing women about their sex lives forever changes John and Ann’s rocky marriage.
10

The Cuckoo (2002)

Fit 39%

Shares Drama and Romance with Don't Look Down.

September of 1944, a few days before Finland went out of the Second World War. A chained to a rock Finnish sniper-kamikadze Veikko managed to set himself free. Ivan, a captain of the Soviet Army, arrested by the Front Secret Police 'Smersh', has a narrow escape. They are soldiers of the two enemy armies. A Lapp woman Anni gives a shelter to both of them at her farm. For Anni they are not enemies, but just men.