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10 Best Movies Like The Pleasure Principle

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

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#1
Boxcar Bertha

Boxcar Bertha

1972★ 5.8

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

"Boxcar" Bertha Thompson, a transient woman in Arkansas during the violence-filled Depression of the early '30s, meets up with rabble-rousing union man "Big" Bill Shelly and the tw...

#2
In the Blood

In the Blood

2014★ 5.8

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Pleasure Principle for fans of Action. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

When her husband goes missing during their Caribbean vacation, a woman sets off on her own to take down the men she thinks are responsible....

#3
Mango Yellow

Mango Yellow

2002★ 6.6

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

The lives of a macho butcher, his wife, a lonely waitress, a sadist and a flophouse manager intersect in Recife, Brazil....

#4
Lockdown

Lockdown

2000★ 6.0

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Pleasure Principle for fans of Drama. 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...

#5
Farming

Farming

2018★ 6.2

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

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. Ins...

#6
Jawbone

Jawbone

2017★ 6.2

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Pleasure Principle for fans of Drama. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

A former youth boxing champion, Jimmy McCabe is a man in search of hope but looking in all the wrong places. When he hits rock bottom he turns to his childhood boxing club and the ...

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