20 movies like The Pillow Book, ordered by similarity : Cloud 9(2008), What If(2013), Permission(2017), Carol(2015), The Boy Downstairs(2017), Asako I & II(2018), Boys(2018), Hampstead(2017), About Last Night(2014), It Happened in L.A.(2017), The Female Brain(2017), The Souvenir(2019) ...
Romance
Netherlands|UK|France|Luxembourg|Austria
1996
123 Minutes
Vivian Wu Ewan McGregor Yoshi Oida Ken Ogata Hideko Yoshida Judy Ongg Ken Mitsuishi Yutaka Honda Barbara Lott
model englishman japanese woman family member friend narrator brooding creative intense hong kong photography studio street bedroom car apartment modeling writing body image romance self-confidence
A woman with a body writing fetish seeks to find a combined lover and calligrapher.
Romance, Drama
Germany
2008
98 Minutes
Ursula Werner Horst Rehberg Horst Westphal Steffi Kühnert
woman man couple lover cheeky confident emotional engaging heartwarming germany home apartment lake love love triangle loveless marriage lovers old age love forbidden love
A romantic drama about a woman who enters into an affair after 30 years of marriage.
Romance
2013
102 Minutes
Daniel Radcliffe Zoe Kazan Megan Park Adam Driver Mackenzie Davis Jemima Rooper Rafe Spall Meghan Heffern Jonathan Cherry Oona Chaplin
friend best friend love interest medical student boyfriend girlfriend college dropout true love animator amusing endearing heartwarming hilarious lighthearted positive united states apartment city office love
A medical-school dropout (Daniel Radcliffe) tries to hide his attraction to his new friend (Zoe Kazan), a bubbly artist who already has a boyfriend.
Romance
USA|Canada
2017
96 Minutes
Rebecca Hall Dan Stevens Gina Gershon François Arnaud Morgan Spector David Joseph Craig Jason Sudeikis Bridget Everett Sarah Steele Raúl Castillo
boyfriend girlfriend lover friend family member fiancé emotional intense intricate offbeat amusing new york city restaurant central park apartment gallery polyamory sex exploration relationships
A woman on the brink of a marriage proposal is told by a friend that she should date other men before spending the rest of her life with her boyfriend.
Gay & Lesbian, Romance, Drama
UK|USA|Australia
2015
118 Minutes
Cate Blanchett Rooney Mara Sarah Paulson Jake Lacy John Magaro Cory Michael Smith Carrie Brownstein Kevin Crowley Nik Pajic Kyle Chandler
woman love interest divorcée romantic interest lover daughter mother photographer gay/lesbian emotional engaging endearing sad powerful tense united states manhattan new york new york city department store
An aspiring photographer develops an intimate relationship with an older woman in 1950s New York.
Romance
USA
2017
91 Minutes
Zosia Mamet Matthew Shear Deirdre O'Connell Sarah Ramos Diana Irvine Arliss Howard Deborah Offner David Wohl Jeff Ward Theo Stockman Liz Larsen
writer ex-boyfriend girlfriend friend neighbor love interest amusing quirky emotional charming cool endearing new york city apartment brooklyn cab restaurant central park love friendship
A young woman is forced to reflect on her first relationship when she inadvertently moves into her ex-boyfriend's apartment building.
Romance, Drama
Japan|France
2018
119 Minutes
Erika Karata Masahiro Higashide Sairi Itô Kôji Nakamoto Kôji Seto Misako Tanaka Daichi Watanabe Rio Yamashita
woman love interest ex-boyfriend friend businessman dreamy charming passionate emotional tender japan house road countryside lost love love triangle new love romance love adventure
Asako lives in Osaka. She falls in love with Baku, a free-spirit. One day, Baku suddenly disappears. Two years later, Asako now lives in Tokyo and meets Ryohei. He looks just like Baku, but has a completely different personality.
Drama, Romance
2018
82 Minutes
Aure Atika Nicolas Bauwens Tommy Lee Baïk Ilian Bergala Pierre Cartonnet Marie Denarnaud Félix Maritaud
young man man gay man classmate concierge boyfriend intense brooding suspenseful melodramatic emotional profound hotel club school past homosexuality partnership first love trust
Romance
2017
103 Minutes
Diane Keaton Brendan Gleeson Lesley Manville Jason Watkins James Norton Hugh Skinner Simon Callow Alistair Petrie Rosalind Ayres Brian Protheroe
widow woman man loner neighbor love interest amusing engaging heartwarming touching hilarious emotional hampstead heath park hampstead, england apartment shack river woods eviction love
An American widow living in the London suburb of Hampstead and a man who lives on the Heath form an unlikely alliance against unscrupulous property developers in the neighborhood.
Romance, Drama
USA
2014
100 Minutes
Kevin Hart Michael Ealy Regina Hall Joy Bryant Christopher McDonald Adam Rodriguez Joe Lo Truglio Paula Patton Catherine Shu David Greenman Bryan Callen
friend man businesswoman best friend woman athlete amusing charming cheeky bedroom bar restaurant stadium apartment office relationships dating friendship male bonding casual sex
Follow two couples as they journey from the bar to the bedroom and are eventually put to the test in the real world.
Romance
USA
2017
97 Minutes
Michelle Morgan Jorma Taccone Dree Hemingway Kentucker Audley Margarita Levieva Adam Shapiro Angela Trimbur Robert Schwartzman Nora Zehetner Tate Donovan Andre Hyland
boyfriend girlfriend best friend friend cheeky witty emotional quirky lighthearted offbeat los angeles house bedroom movie set apartment car relationships dating marriage love
In this classically styled comedy of manners set in Los Angeles, sophisticated thirtysomethings try to determine whether ideal happiness exists in coupledom or if the perfectly suited couple is actually just an urban myth.
Romance
USA
2017
100 Minutes
Sofía Vergara Alysia Reiner Cecily Strong Chris D'Elia Beanie Feldstein Deon Cole Phil Hendrie Angel Parker Rebeka Montoya Xosha Roquemore Adam Shapiro
woman man scientist newlywed married man married woman girlfriend boyfriend love interest amusing charming cheeky confident cool creative emotional intricate passionate playful spirited
What makes a woman swipe right for Mr. Wrong? Sofía Vergara and Whitney Cummings star in this fresh, witty look at the science behind our romantic missteps.
Romance, Drama
UK|USA
2019
119 Minutes
Honor Swinton Byrne Tom Burke Tilda Swinton Richard Ayoade Tosin Cole Jack McMullen Jaygann Ayeh
older man student young woman love interest friend mother brooding emotional gripping intense raw tense london apartment countryside studio party first love privilege insecurity
A young film student in the early '80s becomes romantically involved with a complicated and untrustworthy man.
Romance
1996
107 Minutes
Kate Beckinsale Mark Strong Samantha Morton Bernard Hepton Prunella Scales Raymond Coulthard Olivia Williams Dominic Rowan Lucy Robinson
young woman matchmaker lover love interest vicar friend engaging amusing emotional lighthearted melodramatic heartwarming england small town london matchmaking love interest relationships attraction family
While matchmaking for friends and neighbors, a young 19th-century Englishwoman (Kate Beckinsale) nearly misses her own chance at love.
Romance, Adventure, Drama
UK|Italy
1990
137 Minutes
John Malkovich Debra Winger Campbell Scott Jill Bennett Timothy Spall Eric Vu-An
couple woman man artist friend adventurer engaging emotional charming melodramatic desert sahara sahara desert relationships romance attraction danger happiness lovers love
An American couple travel abroad to revitalize their relationship. But as the trip drags on, their attempt at recovering what they once had seems futile.
Romance
USA
2015
90 Minutes
Columbus Short LeToya Luckett Serayah Jackie Christie Malik Yoba Parker McKenna Posey Ella Joyce Shanti Lowry Hawthorne James
bride bride-to-be groom ex-boyfriend lover love interest family parent friend mother father fiancé emotional heartwarming intense house beach beach house marriage love
On the day of her wedding, as Selena Jackson comes to terms with the long-lost love she's never quite gotten over, many of her guests, including her best friends and her own mother, also ... See full summary »
Romance, Drama
USA|Greece
2013
109 Minutes
Ethan Hawke Julie Delpy Seamus Davey-Fitzpatrick Jennifer Prior Charlotte Prior Walter Lassally Xenia Kalogeropoulou Ariane Labed
lover greek person daughter friend family member grandmother brooding emotional intense greece car train house beach hotel reminiscence love argument questioning travel
We meet Jesse and Celine nine years on in Greece. Almost two decades have passed since their first meeting on that train bound for Vienna.
Romance
India
1997
179 Minutes
young man young woman childhood friend best friend love interest charming passionate melodramatic touching india germany england dance hall house hospital love love interest love triangle best friends childhood friends
A grand musical about three passionate and dreamy characters: Rahul, Pooja and Nisha. Will their dreams come true? Will they find their true love?
Romance, Mystery & Thriller, Drama
USA
2016
88 Minutes
Michael Shannon Imogen Poots Michael Nyqvist Justin Long Rosanna Arquette Emmanuelle Devos Alex Lombard Amy Argyle Carlos Moreno Jr. Maynor Alvarado
chef woman mysterious man co-worker friend lover brooding emotional intense las vegas restaurant paris bedroom car kitchen obsession love trust betrayal revenge
A psychosexual noir love story, set in Las Vegas and Paris, about love, obsession, sex, betrayal, revenge and, ultimately, the search for redemption.
Romance
USA
2013
92 Minutes
Ashley Bell Zach Cregger Sara Paxton Michael Stahl-David Addison Timlin Marshall Allman Justin Arnold Kelli Bland
girlfriend boyfriend ex-girlfriend ex-boyfriend jealous person best friend amusing charming hilarious engaging emotional lighthearted austin austin, texas plane bedroom flat relationships attraction jealousy
'Godfather of hipsterdom' Gavin McInnes goes on a stand-up comedy tour with his best friend from high school and things go from bad to worse to downright catastrophic.
Romance
France
1992
69 Minutes
Sophie Marceau Vincent Perez Marine Delterme Micheline Presle Gérard Séty Bruno Todeschini Ariel Semenoff Marcel Maréchal Gérard Caillaud
man beautiful woman love interest mother father friend amusing passionate sultry france apartment household relationships routine desire platonic love dating sexual frustration love temptation
A hang-up man tries to love in a different way from normal, and finally manages the psychological shadow for love.