Movies Like Stay as You Are

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

A Simple Story

1978·1h 47m·★ 6.8·Claude Sautet

Themes: pregnancy, extramarital affairTMDB recommendsDrama & Romance

The Last Kiss

2006·1h 55m·★ 6.4·Tony Goldwyn

Themes: architect, pregnancyFans also likedDrama & Romance

The Broken

2008·1h 33m·★ 5.4·Sean Ellis

Themes: architect, fearTMDB recommends

The Key

1983·1h 50m·★ 5.4·Tinto Brass

Themes: older man younger woman relationship, extramarital affairFans also likedDrama & Romance

Nine Months

1995·1h 43m·★ 5.5·Chris Columbus

Themes: pregnancy, marriageTMDB recommends

The Belly of an Architect

1987·1h 58m·★ 6.9·Peter Greenaway

Themes: architect, older man younger woman relationshipFans also liked

Dream Lover

1994·1h 43m·★ 6.2·Nicholas Kazan

Themes: architect, marriageFans also liked

Lust, Caution

2007·2h 38m·★ 7.5·Ang Lee

Themes: older man younger woman relationship, extramarital affairDrama & Romance

Damage

1992·1h 51m·★ 6.7·Louis Malle

Themes: older man younger woman relationship, extramarital affairDrama & Romance

A Special Day

1977·1h 46m·★ 8.1·Ettore Scola

Fans also likedStarring Marcello MastroianniDrama & Romance

La Notte

1961·2h 2m·★ 7.9·Michelangelo Antonioni

Fans also likedStarring Marcello MastroianniDrama & Romance

Le Notti Bianche

1957·1h 41m·★ 7.7·Luchino Visconti

Fans also likedStarring Marcello MastroianniDrama & Romance

A Drama of Jealousy (and other things)

1970·1h 45m·★ 7.1·Ettore Scola

Fans also likedStarring Marcello MastroianniDrama & Romance

The Crowd

1928·1h 38m·★ 8.0·King Vidor

TMDB recommendsDrama & Romance

Last Year at Marienbad

1961·1h 35m·★ 7.6·Alain Resnais

TMDB recommendsDrama & Romance

From Here to Eternity

1953·1h 58m·★ 7.6·Fred Zinnemann

TMDB recommendsRomance & Drama

Law of Desire

1987·1h 42m·★ 7.1·Pedro Almodóvar

TMDB recommendsDrama & Romance

Dark Blue Almost Black

2006·1h 45m·★ 7.1·Daniel Sánchez Arévalo

TMDB recommendsDrama & Romance

The Invisible Man

2020·2h 4m·★ 7.1·Leigh Whannell

Themes: architect, pregnancy

Knock Knock

2015·1h 39m·★ 4.9·Eli Roth

Themes: architect, extramarital affair

How Good Is Stay as You Are?

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