20 movies like Venus in Fur, ordered by similarity : La La Land(2016), Return of the Secaucus 7(1980), A Fine Madness(1966), The Distinguished Citizen(2016), Sideways(2004), I'm Going Home(2001), Irma Vep(1996), Adaptation(2002), Beware of a Holy Whore(1971), White Hunter, Black Heart(1990), Barfly(1987), Cold Souls(2009) ...
Comedy, Drama
France|Poland
2013
95 Minutes
actress writer director emotional sultry audition hidden agenda temptation 19th century
An actress attempts to convince a director how she's perfect for a role in his upcoming production.
Musical, Romance, Comedy, Drama
USA|Hong Kong
2016
128 Minutes
Ryan Gosling Emma Stone John Legend Rosemarie DeWitt J.K. Simmons Finn Wittrock Meagen Fay Callie Hernandez Sonoya Mizuno Jessica Rothe Tom Everett Scott
pianist actress friend family member casting director singer charming emotional brooding touching heartwarming los angeles office audition observatory restaurant street dreams passion struggle
While navigating their careers in Los Angeles, a pianist and an actress fall in love while attempting to reconcile their aspirations for the future.
Comedy, Drama
USA
1980
106 Minutes
Mark Arnott Gordon Clapp Maggie Cousineau Brian Johnson Adam LeFevre Bruce MacDonald Jean Passanante Maggie Renzi John Sayles David Strathairn Karen Trott
schoolteacher actress songwriter counselor medical student speechwriter intricate uneasy emotional new hampshire house theater river basketball court reunion friendship nostalgia politics class distinctions male bonding
Seven former college friends, along with a few new friends, gather for a weekend reunion at a summer house in New Hampshire to reminisce about the good old days, when they got arrested on the way to a protest in Washington, DC.
Comedy, Drama
USA
1966
104 Minutes
Sean Connery Joanne Woodward Jean Seberg Patrick O'Neal Colleen Dewhurst Renee Taylor Clive Revill Werner Peters
poet wife psychiatrist partner seductress orderly frenetic hilarious sultry emotional new york city apartment mental institution brooklyn bridge hot tub artistic struggle writer's block mental illness institutionalization infidelity
Samson Shillitoe, mad genius of a poet irresistible to women, but plagued by writer's block, agrees to see a psychiatrist, and his beautiful wife.
Drama, Comedy
Argentina|Spain
2016
118 Minutes
Oscar Martínez Gastón Duprat Dady Brieva Andrea Frigerio Belén Chavanne Nora Navas Marcelo D'Andrea Gustavo Garzón Emma Rivera Iván Steinhardt Julián Larquier Tellarini
nobel laureate writer author old flame love interest amusing engaging charming witty creative emotional argentina jealousy celebrity happiness attraction success adventure discovery love
A recipient of the Nobel Prize for Literature, who has been living in Europe for decades, accepts an invitation to receive a prize. In Argentina he finds both similarities and irreconcilable differences with the people of his hometown.
Comedy, Drama
USA|Hungary
2004
126 Minutes
Paul Giamatti Thomas Haden Church Virginia Madsen Sandra Oh Marylouise Burke Jessica Hecht Missy Doty M.C. Gainey Patrick Gallagher Alex Kalognomos Joe Marinelli
writer actor waitress server wife amusing endearing playful emotional san diego wine country friendship midlife crisis male bonding affair road trip adventure temptation growing up 2000s
Two men reaching middle age with not much to show but disappointment embark on a week-long road trip through California's wine country, just as one is about to take a trip down the aisle.
Comedy, Drama
France|Portugal
2001
90 Minutes
Michel Piccoli Antoine Chappey Catherine Deneuve John Malkovich Leonor Baldaque Leonor Silveira
actor director grandson actress agent nanny sad profound emotional tender paris theater café film set house france tragic death aging retirement mourning
The comfortable daily routines of aging Parisian actor Gilbert Valence, 76, are suddenly shaken when he learns that his wife, daughter, and son-in-law have been killed in a car crash.
Comedy, Drama
France
1996
99 Minutes
Jean-Pierre Léaud Nathalie Richard Antoine Basler Nathalie Boutefeu Bulle Ogier Lou Castel Arsinée Khanjian Alex Descas Dominique Faysse Bernard Nissile Olivier Torres
director maggie cheung costume designer crew member journalist actress witty creative crafty offbeat france movie set hotel theater vacation home filmmaking life imitating art culture clash unrequited love failing career
A Chinese movie actress, in France to star in a remake of "Les Vampires", finds petty intrigues and clashing egos on the set.
Comedy, Drama
USA
2002
114 Minutes
Nicolas Cage Meryl Streep Chris Cooper Tilda Swinton Cara Seymour Brian Cox Judy Greer Maggie Gyllenhaal Ron Livingston Jay Tavare Stephen Tobolowsky
screenwriter writer twin thief waitress quirky frenetic household jungle movie set restaurant new york city swamp evolution movie making robbery romance writer's block obsession pursuit
A lovelorn screenwriter becomes desperate as he tries and fails to adapt 'The Orchid Thief' by Susan Orlean for the screen.
Comedy, Drama
1971
117 Minutes
Eddie Constantine Lou Castel Hanna Schygulla Marcella Michelangeli Rainer Werner Fassbinder
director star actor actress cinematographer producer cheeky hedonistic offbeat spain film set hotel party filmmaking drinking boredom jealousy sexual tension show business rivalry
Members of a troubled German film crew spend most of their time drinking, talking and waiting in a hotel.
Comedy, Drama
USA
1990
112 Minutes
Clint Eastwood Jeff Fahey George Dzundza Alun Armstrong Marisa Berenson Timothy Spall Mel Martin Richard Vanstone Jamie Koss Catherine Neilson Richard Warwick
director screenwriter producer native actor actress dark disturbing africa village river hotel london zimbabwe hunting filmmaking obsession africa fall quest
A thinly fictionalized account of a legendary movie director, whose desire to hunt down an animal turns into a grim situation with his movie crew in Africa.
Comedy, Drama
USA
1987
100 Minutes
Mickey Rourke Faye Dunaway Alice Krige Jack Nance J.C. Quinn Frank Stallone Sandy Martin Roberta Bassin
writer drunk bartender barfly woman publisher gritty hedonistic cheeky emotional los angeles bar street apartment parking lot alcoholism poetry misfits drinking fighting
Based on the life of successful poet Charles Bukowski and his exploits in Hollywood during the 60s, 70s, and 80s.
Sci-Fi, Comedy, Drama
USA|France
2009
101 Minutes
Paul Giamatti Dina Korzun Emily Watson David Strathairn Lauren Ambrose Katheryn Winnick Boris Kievsky Oksana Lada Natalia Zvereva Rebecca Brooksher
actor doctor courier actress poet russian engaging offbeat emotional amusing new york city st. petersburg, russia stage doctor's office street apartment unlikely allies self-discovery acting souls
Paul is an actor who feels bogged down by his participation in a production of Chekov's play, Vanya.
Comedy, Drama
USA
1992
112 Minutes
Robert Wuhl Martin Landau Robert De Niro Danny Aiello Eli Wallach Jace Alexander Tuesday Knight Sheryl Lee Ralph Christopher Walken Laurie Metcalf Jean Smart
director producer investor mistress actor screenwriter quirky witty hollywood, calif. movie set diner aspirations show business filmmaking re-writes second chance writing quest underdog transformation
A comedy about a screenwriter (Robert Wuhl), whose old movie script is read by a producer (Martin Landau) and the search for financial backers begins. But it seems that each money source (... See full summary »
Comedy, Drama
1972
109 Minutes
Goldie Hawn Edward Albert Eileen Heckart Michael Warren Paul Michael Glaser
blind person mother actress director touching mellow emotional san francisco apartment blindness mother/son relationship love love growing up transformation 1970s
A San Francisco hippie (Goldie Hawn) frees her blind neighbor (Edward Albert) from his fussy mother (Eileen Heckart).
Drama
France
1980
130 Minutes
Catherine Deneuve Gérard Depardieu Jean Poiret Heinz Bennent Andréa Ferréol Paulette Dubost Sabine Haudepin Jean-Louis Richard Maurice Risch
theater owner director actress actor designer critic uneasy emotional engaging paris theater montmartre world war ii german occupation love triangle theater production secret performance discovery temptation
In occupied Paris, an actress married to a Jewish theater owner must keep him hidden from the Nazis while doing both of their jobs.
Drama
2000
154 Minutes
Lena Endre Erland Josephson Krister Henriksson Thomas Hanzon Michelle Gylemo Juni Dahr Philip Zandén Therese Brunnander Marie Richardson
actress musician director cheater dark emotional household sweden paris romance infidelity movie making friendship betrayal forbidden love temptation 2000s
A woman's (Lena Endre) affair with a friend of the family (Krister Henriksson) destroys her marriage and makes her daughter a pawn in the feud with her husband.
Comedy, Drama
UK
1936
82 Minutes
Miriam Hopkins Gertrude Lawrence Sebastian Shaw Rex Harrison A.E. Matthews Val Gielgud Lawrence Grossmith Laura Smithson
secretary actor actress critic boyfriend intricate emotional tense london theater trafalgar square leicester square hyde park tower bridge theater criticism love triangle william shakespeare betrayal rivalry
Ann Williams (Miriam Hopkins), secretary to eccentric drama critic T.H. Skeates (A.E. Matthews), is persuaded to alter a ruinous review of Shakespearean actor Edmond Davey (Sebastian Shaw) ... See full summary »
Comedy, Drama
USA
1984
114 Minutes
Drew Barrymore Ryan O'Neal Shelley Long Sam Wanamaker Allen Goorwitz Sharon Stone David Paymer David Graf
father mother daughter director writer filmmaker melodramatic emotional hollywood, calif. household divorce family dysfunction childhood work vs. family infidelity parenthood love discovery 1980s
Alternating between the past and the present, a precocious little girl sues her selfish, career-driven parents for emancipation, surprising them both.
Romance, Comedy, Drama
USA
2016
121 Minutes
Warren Beatty Lily Collins Alden Ehrenreich Annette Bening Matthew Broderick Alec Baldwin Haley Bennett Candice Bergen Dabney Coleman Steve Coogan Ed Harris
actress howard hughes driver director staff member friend brooding emotional intense hollywood, calif. mansion movie studio bedroom car airport hollywood howard hughes dating contract relationships
The unconventional love story of an aspiring actress, her ambitious driver, and their eccentric boss, the legendary billionaire Howard Hughes.
Comedy, Drama
UK|USA
2004
106 Minutes
Jude Law Marisa Tomei Omar Epps Nia Long Jane Krakowski Sienna Miller Susan Sarandon Renee Taylor Dick Latessa Jefferson Mays Gedde Watanabe
playboy single mother sexy woman best friend older woman cheeky hedonistic amusing sultry emotional new york city apartment restaurant street limo bar one-night stand friendship casanova commitment
A cockney womanizer learns the hard way about the dangers of his actions.