
Movies that feel like Cruel Intentions (1999)
If you loved Cruel Intentions, the closest films we have are A Heart in Winter (1992), Lust, Caution (2007) and Phantom Thread (2017). All three share Cruel Intentions' contemplative and romantic feel, which is what we rank on before quality. 10 of the 12 picks below are included with a subscription right now on Netflix, Amazon Prime Video and Criterion Channel and others, checked against today's data.
If Cruel Intentions hit the spot, these will too

Contemplative and romantic in the same breath
The difference: Critics rated this one higher still

One thread runs through both: sexual obsession
The difference: Leans harder into action than Cruel Intentions does

Tender where it counts, obsessive underneath

The same hand behind both of them: Roger Kumble
The difference: Missing the obsession of Cruel Intentions

Both keep coming back to the same thing: upper class


Drama with a pulse of stillness, in both cases
The difference: Sits closer to history than Cruel Intentions does

Both lean on romance more than on romance

Both are built on the same subject: drug abuse

The same preoccupation in both: brothers and sisters

Same instincts, 9 years apart

The same preoccupation in both: sexual obsession
The difference: Made in the 1930s, in a different era of the craft
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all contemplative movies βThe best-reviewed films that share Cruel Intentionsβ defining feeling.









