20 movies like Shortbus, ordered by similarity : Carol(2015), The Decline of the American Empire(1986), Cloud 9(2008), Melissa P.(2005), Carnal Knowledge(1971), Luster(2002), Ismael's Ghosts(2017), Eyes Wide Shut(1999), Another Year(2010), A Four Letter Word(2007), The Good Girls(1960), Mozart & the Whale(2005) ...
Drama, Comedy
USA
2006
102 Minutes
Sook-Yin Lee Paul Dawson Lindsay Beamish PJ DeBoy Raphael Barker Peter Stickles Jay Brannan Justin Bond
therapist gay man lover dominatrix husband wife outlandish hedonistic sultry new york city party office apartment sex relationships therapy homosexuality marriage quest love
A group of New Yorkers caught up in their romantic-sexual milieu converge at an underground salon infamous for its blend of art, music, politics, and carnality.
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.
Comedy, Drama
Canada
1986
100 Minutes
Dominique Michel Dorothée Berryman Pierre Curzi Rémy Girard Yves Jacques Daniel Brière Louise Portal Genevieve Rioux Gabriel Arcand
husband wife divorcée homosexual bachelor girlfriend cheeky sultry moving hedonistic montreal university country house gym infidelity monogamy sex passion party marriage
Sexual revelations emerge when a group of academics and their partners spend a weekend at a country retreat.
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.
Drama
Italy|Spain
2005
120 Minutes
María Valverde Primo Reggiani Fabrizia Sacchi Marcello Mazzarella Claudio Santamaria Geraldine Chaplin Elio Germano Alba Rohrwacher Giulio Berruti Pier Giorgio Bellocchio Letizia Ciampa
young woman dominatrix sex addict sex columist man mother cheeky confident disturbing emotional intense rousing italy sicily sex sexual awakening sexual fantasy relationships love scandal
An adolescent girl, living with her mother and her grandmother, will have her first sexual experiences in a heavy and excessive way.
Comedy, Drama
USA
1971
96 Minutes
Jack Nicholson Art Garfunkel Ann-Margret Candice Bergen Rita Moreno Cynthia O'Neal Carol Kane
good guy ladies' man girlfriend wife cool witty offbeat new york city amherst, mass. college apartment sex marriage love love triangle friendship growing up love 1960s
Chronicling the lifelong sexual development of two men who meet and befriend one another in college.
Comedy, Drama
USA
2002
90 Minutes
Justin Herwick Shane Powers B. Wyatt Pamela Gidley Susanna Melvoin Jonah Blechman Sean Thibodeau Willie Garson
poet rock star cousin photographer business owner lover lighthearted cheeky record store los angeles homosexuality sex love triangle sadomasochism suicide relationships love temptation 2000s
Luster is a refreshingly funny and sexy look at unrequited love. Jackson, a cute, lanky, blue-haired poet who works in a record store, is at the center of Everett Lewis' twisted black LA ... See full summary »
Romance, Drama
France
2017
114 Minutes
Mathieu Amalric Marion Cotillard Charlotte Gainsbourg Louis Garrel Alba Rohrwacher Laszlo Szabo Hippolyte Girardot Jacques Nolot Catherine Mouchet Samir Guesmi
filmmaker girlfriend former lover wife missing wife husband emotional tense intricate sultry passionate france beach house beach office filmmaker going home love relationships marriage
The story follows a filmmaker whose life is sent into a tailspin by the return of a former lover just as he is about to embark on the shoot of a new film.
Drama
UK|USA
1999
159 Minutes
Tom Cruise Nicole Kidman Sydney Pollack Marie Richardson Rade Serbedzija Todd Field Vinessa Shaw Alan Cumming Sky Dumont Fay Masterson Leelee Sobieski
doctor curator husband wife sexy man sexy woman chilling sultry tense shocking new york city apartment mansion city apartment bedroom street husband/wife relationship sex cult sadomasochism
A New York City doctor embarks on a harrowing, night-long odyssey of sexual and moral discovery after his wife reveals a painful secret to him.
Drama, Comedy
UK|USA
2010
129 Minutes
Jim Broadbent Ruth Sheen Lesley Manville Oliver Maltman Peter Wight David Bradley Martin Savage Karina Fernandez Michele Austin Philip Davis Imelda Staunton
husband friend wife psychiatrist son lawyer amusing moving charming england house family marriage relationships heartbreak matchmaking husband/wife relationship quest love forbidden love
A look at four seasons in the lives of a happily married couple and their relationships with their family and friends.
Comedy, Romance, Drama
USA
2007
87 Minutes
Jesse Archer Charlie David Cory Grant J.R. Rolley Allison Lane Jeremy Gender John Kaisner William Hernandez Virginia Bryan Steven Goldsmith
gay man alcoholic boyfriend fiancé friend boss amusing witty new york city gay bar apartment homosexuality relationships stereotypes sexual identity living together therapy love transformation 2000s
Hook up artist Luke surprises himself when he considers becoming monogamous after meeting and dating smug and handsome Stephen, but Stephen might not be all that he seems, will Luke be disappointed?
Drama
France|Italy
1960
105 Minutes
Bernadette Lafont Lucile Saint-Simon Clotilde Joano Stéphane Audran Mario David Jean-Louis Maury Sacha Briquet Dinan
single woman woman saleswoman man love interest lover amusing cheeky engaging dreamy heartwarming lighthearted paris france relationships love work destiny saleswomen love interest
A feud between families in 1870's rural France.
Romance, Comedy, Drama
USA
2005
92 Minutes
Josh Hartnett Radha Mitchell Gary Cole Sheila Kelley Erica Leerhsen John Carroll Lynch Nate Mooney Rusty Schwimmer Robert Wisdom Allen Evangelista
autistic person doctor boss taxi driver love interest savant intense inspiring emotional new york city apartment zoo taxi mental illness husband/wife relationship mathematics accident relationships therapy love
A love story between two savants with Asperger's syndrome, a kind of autism, whose conditions sabotage their budding relationship.
Drama, Comedy
1954
95 Minutes
Eva Dahlbeck Gunnar Björnstrand Harriet Andersson Yvonne Lombard Åke Grönberg Olof Winnerstrand Birgitte Reimer John Elfström Renée Björling Dagmar Ebbesen Sigge Fürst
husband wife lover doctor patient charming emotional sweden household train love marriage adultery aging love discovery 1950s
When a doctor has a summer affair with a young woman, his wife decides to return to her former lover.
Comedy, Drama
France|UK
1954
85 Minutes
Gérard Philipe Natasha Parry Valerie Hobson Joan Greenwood Margaret Johnson Germaine Montero Julie Anslow Mae Bacon
husband wife boss best friend young woman wealthy woman witty amusing emotional london apartment household bus office england infidelity marriage romance deception sexual conquests
A philanderer fakes suicide with unexpected consequences.
Comedy, Drama
USA
1933
65 Minutes
Bette Davis Gene Raymond Frank McHugh Claire Dodd Ferdinand Gottschalk Monroe Owsley Kay Strozzi Alphonse Ethier Bodil Rosing Gay Seabrook
illustrator advertising executive married woman ladies' man husband wife amusing unrestrained new york city apartment office havana living together marriage career vs. love infidelity independence separation love temptation
Although free spirit Helen Bauer does not believe in marriage, she consents to marry Don, but his infidelities cause her to also take on a lover.
Drama, Comedy
USA
1979
96 Minutes
Woody Allen Diane Keaton Mariel Hemingway Michael Murphy Meryl Streep Anne Byrne Karen Ludwig Michael O'Donoghue Tisa Farrow Helen Hanft Bella Abzug
writer teenager ex-wife friend lover witty playful touching new york city apartment central park delicatessen dating may-december romance loneliness loss love triangle new york city growing up love
The life of a divorced television writer dating a teenage girl is further complicated when he falls in love with his best friend's mistress.
Comedy, Drama
France|USA
2002
88 Minutes
Victor Rasuk Judy Marte Melonie Diaz Altagracia Guzman Silvestre Rasuk Krystal Rodriguez Kevin Rivera Wilfree Vasquez Donna Maldonado
teen boy brother grandmother teen girl love interest overweight person amusing brash moving lower east side pool family home bedroom street new york city family teen angst immigrants sexual awakening religion
A Lower East Side teen-ager struggles to find some sanity while surrounded by an eccentric grandmother, a crazy new girlfriend, and a longing younger brother.
Comedy, Drama
France
1985
106 Minutes
nurse pilot physical therapist lover child husband charming melodramatic lighthearted paris airport family home double life marriage deception love triangle relationships family love temptation
Alice seems to lead a quiet life: the first three days of the week, she works in Paris and and meets with friend Philip, and his little boy, Simon. The other two days, she works in a thalassotherapy center.
Drama, Comedy
USA
2009
109 Minutes
George Clooney Vera Farmiga Anna Kendrick Jason Bateman Danny McBride Melanie Lynskey Amy Morton Sam Elliott J.K. Simmons Zach Galifianakis Chris Lowell
corporate downsizer co-worker love interest sister brother-in-law boss charming moving airplane airport office hotel apartment travel love loneliness business transformation quest love
Ryan Bingham enjoys living out of a suitcase for his job, travelling around the country firing people, but finds that lifestyle threatened by the presence of a potential love interest, and a new hire presenting a new business model.
Gay & Lesbian, Comedy, Drama
USA
2014
91 Minutes
Bill Hader Kristen Wiig Luke Wilson Ty Burrell Boyd Holbrook Joanna Gleason Kathleen Rose Perkins Paul Castro Jr.
twin brother sister husband mother lover charming heartwarming inspiring melodramatic touching city house doctor's office bar gym office family dysfunction estrangement homosexuality
Having both coincidentally cheated death on the same day, estranged twins reunite with the possibility of mending their relationship.