Movies Like Pillion (2025)

Pillion is a 2025 comedy, drama, romance film from Harry Lighton with a MovieMagicScore of 6.4/10. Here are 20 similar films, ranked by real viewer ratings — starting with Shortbus and Dirty Weekend.

Comedy Drama Romance

Shortbus

2006

In post-9/11 New York City, an eclectic group of citizens find their lives entangled, personally, romantically, and sexually, at Shortbus, an underground Brooklyn salon infamous for its blend of art, music, politics, and carnality.

6.3

MagicScore

Dirty Weekend

2015

During a layover in Albuquerque, work colleagues Les and Natalie discover more about each other than they ever thought possible. Anxious and irritable, Les is drawn back into the city by past experiences he can’t forget (even if he doesn't really remember the particulars of his previous drunken adventure). Natalie, refusing to leave his side, follows along as her own secrets are slowly revealed, leaving her feeling both vulnerable and unbound.

4.9

MagicScore

The Night Porter

1974

A concentration camp survivor discovers her former torturer and lover working as a porter at a hotel in postwar Vienna. When the couple attempt to re-create their sadomasochistic relationship, his former SS comrades begin to stalk them.

6.7

MagicScore

Love, Simon

2018

Everyone deserves a great love story, but for 17-year-old Simon Spier, it's a little more complicated. He hasn't told his family or friends that he's gay, and he doesn't know the identity of the anonymous classmate that he's fallen for online.

8.0

MagicScore

This Special Friendship

1964

A tale of the tender relationship between a twelve-year-old boy and the fourteen-year-old upperclassman who is the object of his desire, all set within the rigid atmosphere of a Jesuit-run school.

7.8

MagicScore

Kiss of the Spider Woman

2025

Valentín, a political prisoner, shares a cell with Molina, a window dresser convicted of public indecency. The two form an unlikely bond as Molina recounts the plot of a Hollywood musical starring his favorite silver screen diva, Ingrid Luna.

6.1

MagicScore

Beyond the Law

1993

Dan Saxon is an undercover cop who infiltrates a biker gang to nail the scum behind a drug-smuggling operation. In order to maintain the trust of the gang's leader, he must commit ever more dangerous and heinous crimes. Just how far 'beyond the law' will Saxon go?

6.2

MagicScore

Prayers for Bobby

2009

Bobby Griffith was his mother's favorite son, the perfect all-American boy growing up under deeply religious influences in Walnut Creek, California. Bobby was also gay. Struggling with a conflict no one knew of, much less understood, Bobby finally came out to his family.

8.1

MagicScore

Kiss of the Spider Woman

1985

The story of two radically different men thrown together in a Latin American prison cell. One is Valentin, a journalist being tortured for his political beliefs. The other is Molina, a gay window-dresser who fills their lonely nights by spinning romantic fantasies drawn from memories of old movies.

7.0

MagicScore

#10

Querelle

1982

A handsome Belgian sailor on shore leave in the port of Brest, who is also a drug smuggler and murderer, embarks upon a voyage of highly charged and violent homosexual self-discovery that will change him forever from the man he once was.

6.6

MagicScore

#11

Mia

2017

Mia recounts her most intimate confessions, uncensored, in her first approach to a totally new world of domination and submission.

6.1

MagicScore

#12

The Feeling That the Time for Doing Something Has Passed

2024

A mosaic-style comedy following the life of a woman as time passes in her long-term casual BDSM relationship, low-level corporate job, and quarrelsome Jewish family.

5.2

MagicScore

#13

S&M Judge

2009

In 1997, the Belgian public was in shock when judge Koen A. was convicted for the S&M relationship with his wife. Although their life was destroyed by the verdict, Koen and his wife Magda remain together today. The film is a story about dark sexuality and true love, told from the lover's unique point of view

6.5

MagicScore

#14

Light Gradient

2009

Two young men, Johann and Robin, take a trip into the countryside. The more they walk the forests of Brandenburg, the stranger their adventure becomes. Bikes disappear, maps prove useless – and each gets to know a new side of the other.

5.1

MagicScore

#15

Torch Song Trilogy

1988

Arnold is a gay man working as a drag queen in 1971 NYC. He meets a handsome bisexual man.

7.3

MagicScore

#16

Beautiful Thing

1996

Set during a long, hot summer on the Thamesmead Estate in Southeast London, where three teenagers edge towards adulthood.

7.2

MagicScore

#17

The Wedding Banquet

1993

A Taiwanese-American man is happily settled in New York with his American boyfriend. He plans a marriage of convenience to a Chinese woman in order to keep his parents off his back and to get the woman a green card. Chaos follows when his parents arrive in New York for the wedding.

7.2

MagicScore

#18

Just Friends

2019

Joris is trying to come to terms with his broken family relationships on the 10th anniversary of his father’s death when he meets the free-spirited, Yad. Also dealing with family issues, Yad has returned home to The Netherlands after living on his own. Joris and Yad spark an instant connection and decide they want to be more than “just friends,” but fear their families could threaten their relationship.

7.0

MagicScore

#19

The Wedding Banquet

2025

Frustrated with his commitment-phobic boyfriend Chris and running out of time, Min makes a proposal: a green-card marriage with their friend Angela in exchange for her partner Lee's expensive IVF. Elopement plans are upended, however, when Min's grandmother surprises them with an extravagant Korean wedding banquet.

7.0

MagicScore

#20

Taekwondo

2016

Fernando is on holiday with his closest male friends in a beautiful country house in a suburb of Buenos Aires. On their own without their girlfriends in a “men only” environment, the hunky young studs bask in the hot sun, play in the pool, smoke pot, and drink, most often semi-clad or naked. In this freewheeling and testosterone-infused environment, they talk of their desires and strengthen their individual bonds.

6.9

MagicScore

Frequently asked

What are the best movies like Pillion?

The top films similar to Pillion by MovieMagicScore are Shortbus (6.3), Dirty Weekend (4.9), The Night Porter (6.7). Each shares comedy/drama/romance themes and is ranked by real viewer ratings, not critics or studios.

Is Pillion worth watching?

Pillion holds a MovieMagicScore of 6.4/10 from 264 viewer ratings.

What kind of movie is Pillion?

Pillion (2025) is a comedy, drama, romance film directed by Harry Lighton, starring Harry Melling, Alexander Skarsgård, Lesley Sharp.

Where can I find more recommendations like Pillion?

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About movies like Pillion

This ranked list pairs Pillion (2025), a comedy and drama and romance film from Harry Lighton, with similar titles by genre, theme and cast overlap (fans of Harry Melling take note). Unlike critic-driven sites, every position here is ordered by MovieMagicScore — a rating built only from real viewers, with no studio marketing or paid placement. Scores update as more people rate, so the list stays current.

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