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10 Best Movies Like Melissa

If you loved Melissa, we've curated the perfect watchlist for you based on shared genres, themes, and directorial style.

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#1
Exotica

Exotica

1994★ 6.6

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Melissa for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

In the upscale Toronto strip club Exotica, dancer Christina is visited nightly by the obsessive Francis, a depressed tax auditor. Her ex-boyfriend, the club's MC, Eric, still jealo...

#2
Risqué

Risqué

2025★ 7.4

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Melissa for fans of Thriller. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

Fired from a strip club, a vengeful dancer masterminds a high-stakes heist with fellow strippers to take down the corrupt boss and the men who underestimate them....

#3
Girl Lost: A Hollywood Story

Girl Lost: A Hollywood Story

2020★ 6.1

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Melissa for fans of Drama & Thriller. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Interweaving stories of four different women involved in the sex industry offers a glimpse into the dark underbelly of Los Angeles and the taboo lifestyle of a sex worker. A teen r...

#4
Vice Squad

Vice Squad

1982★ 6.2

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Melissa for fans of Drama & Thriller. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

An unlikely Hollywood hooker helps a detective set a trap for a mutilator pimp....

#5
Lockdown

Lockdown

2000★ 6.0

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Melissa for fans of Drama & Thriller. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Avery (Jones) returns to college as a competitive swimmer after getting his life back on track. But his life takes another unexpected turn when he and his two friends (Bonds, Casse...

#6
CrissCross

CrissCross

1992★ 6.1

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Melissa for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

A 12-year-old boy comes of age in 1969 Key West against the backdrop of the Apollo moon landing, when he begins to sell cocaine so his mother can stop stripping....

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