Movies Like Mia

Ranked by shared directors, cast, themes, genre, and era — not just generic recommendations.

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2011·1h 31m·★ 3.8·Tom Six

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The Piano Teacher

2001·2h 11m·★ 7.5·Michael Haneke

Themes: sexual fetish, bdsm

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1976·1h 45m·★ 6.6·Nagisa Ōshima

Themes: unsimulated sex, sadomasochism

Pillion

2025·1h 47m·★ 6.9·Harry Lighton

Themes: dominance submissiveness, bdsm

Shortbus

2006·1h 41m·★ 6.3·John Cameron Mitchell

Themes: unsimulated sex, bdsm

A Serbian Film

2010·1h 44m·★ 4.9·Srđan Spasojević

Themes: sexual sadism, sadomasochism

Le Clitoris

2017·4m·★ 7.2·Lori Malépart-Traversy

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Requiem for a Dream

2000·1h 42m·★ 8.3·Darren Aronofsky

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2002·1h 52m·★ 7.9·Pedro Almodóvar

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1999·1h 41m·★ 7.8·Pedro Almodóvar

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1962·30m·★ 7.4·François Truffaut

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1933·29m·★ 7.3·Luis Buñuel

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2014·12m·★ 7.0·Tom Ruddock

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2002·1h 51m·★ 6.9·Steven Shainberg

Themes: sadomasochism, bdsm

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1980·1h 50m·★ 6.7·Claude Pinoteau

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8MM

1999·2h 3m·★ 6.6·Joel Schumacher

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