15 Movies Like The Women of Niskavuori
Loved The Women of Niskavuori? Based on its unique Cinema DNA—including its pacing, themes, and emotional tone—we've curated the ultimate list of what you should watch next.
From Straight A's to XXX
When a change of circumstances leaves Miriam unable to pay her college tuition, she makes a surprising decision: to start performing in adult films, using the pseudonym Belle Knox. Miriam lies to her family and her friends at school, keeping her double life a secret. But soon rumours spread and Miriam becomes the subject of vicious online attacks and unwanted attention. Miriam fights back: she talks to the media, saying her new line of work empowers her as a feminist. But her confident stand has unintended consequences. Miriam is shunned by her conservative family and her colleagues in the adult film world. One impulsive decision has quickly spiralled out of control - and Miriam's problems are just beginning.
💡Why it's a match: A highly-rated genre match based on the viewing habits of people who liked The Women of Niskavuori.
The Mother
A grandmother has a passionate affair with a man half her age, who is also sleeping with her daughter.
💡Why it's a match: A highly-rated genre match based on the viewing habits of people who liked The Women of Niskavuori.
No Thank You
Heli Valkonen is desperately in love with her husband. But Matti is just not in the mood. He is only interested in playing computer games, dressed in worn out fleece pants. For him, a shoulder massage is the highest form of intimacy. When subtle hints, nice words and fetching clothes won't help, Heli resorts in direct, and increasingly direct action - in vain.
💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to The Women of Niskavuori.
Revolutionary Road
A young couple living in a Connecticut suburb during the mid-1950s struggle to come to terms with their personal problems while trying to raise their two children. Based on a novel by Richard Yates.
💡Why it's a match: A highly-rated genre match based on the viewing habits of people who liked The Women of Niskavuori.
Maria's Lovers
A World War II prisoner returns home to his childhood sweetheart. However, back home, he discovers that he has to compete to win her love.
💡Why it's a match: A highly-rated genre match based on the viewing habits of people who liked The Women of Niskavuori.
The Man from Elysian Fields
A failed novelist's inability to pay the bills strains relations with his wife and leads him to work at an escort service, where he becomes entwined with a wealthy woman whose husband is a successful writer.
💡Why it's a match: A highly-rated genre match based on the viewing habits of people who liked The Women of Niskavuori.
Miller's Girl
A talented young writer embarks on a creative odyssey when her teacher assigns a project that entangles them both.
💡Why it's a match: A highly-rated genre match based on the viewing habits of people who liked The Women of Niskavuori.
Lawn Dogs
In the affluent, gated community of Camelot Gardens, bored wives indiscriminately sleep around while their unwitting husbands try desperately to climb the social ladder. Trent, a 21-year-old outsider who mows the neighborhood lawns, quietly observes the infidelities and hypocrisies of this overly privileged society. When Devon, a 10-year-old daughter from one family, forges a friendship with Trent, things suddenly get very complicated.
💡Why it's a match: A highly-rated genre match based on the viewing habits of people who liked The Women of Niskavuori.
Farming
Based on the writer/director's childhood, FARMING tells the story of a young Nigerian boy, 'farmed out' by his parents to a white British family in the hope of a better future. Instead, he becomes the feared leader of a white skinhead gang.
💡Why it's a match: A highly-rated genre match based on the viewing habits of people who liked The Women of Niskavuori.
Inventing the Abbotts
In the 1950s, brothers Jacey and Doug Holt, who come from the poorer side of their sleepy Midwestern town, vie for the affections of the wealthy, lovely Abbott sisters. Lady-killer Jacey alternates between Eleanor and Alice, wanting simply to break the hearts of rich young women. But sensitive Doug has a real romance with Pamela, which Jacey and the Abbott patriarch, Lloyd, both frown upon.
💡Why it's a match: A highly-rated genre match based on the viewing habits of people who liked The Women of Niskavuori.
See You Soon
A U.S. soccer star suffers a career-threatening injury in the run-up to the World Cup, and during his recovery, embarks on an epic romance with a Russian single mom.
💡Why it's a match: A highly-rated genre match based on the viewing habits of people who liked The Women of Niskavuori.
Wuthering Heights
Yorkshire moorlands, northern England, in the late 18th century. Young Heathcliff, rescued from the streets of Liverpool by Mr. Earnshaw, the owner of Wuthering Heights, an isolated farm, develops over the years an insane passion for Cathy, his foster sister, a sick obsession destined to end tragically.
💡Why it's a match: A highly-rated genre match based on the viewing habits of people who liked The Women of Niskavuori.
Elena Undone
The wife of a pastor who preaches against homosexuality embarks on an affair with a female writer.
💡Why it's a match: A highly-rated genre match based on the viewing habits of people who liked The Women of Niskavuori.
Fire with Fire
A tough, street-smart kid serving a sentence in a state youth reformatory meets a beautiful, innocent girl studying at a nearby convent. When forbidden love blossoms between them, they must fight the prison authorities, their parents and the law.
💡Why it's a match: A highly-rated genre match based on the viewing habits of people who liked The Women of Niskavuori.
