Movies Like Sex and Lucía (2001)

Sex and Lucía is a 2001 drama, romance film from Julio Medem with a MovieMagicScore of 6.6/10. Here are 20 similar films, ranked by real viewer ratings — starting with Letter from an Unknown Woman and Bang Rajan.

Drama Romance

Letter from an Unknown Woman

1948

A pianist about to flee from a duel receives a letter from a woman he cannot remember. As she tells the story of her lifelong love for him, he is forced to reinterpret his own past.

7.8

MagicScore

Bang Rajan

2000

Set right before the fall of Thailand's old capital, Ayuttaya, Bang Rajan draws on the legend of a village of fighters who bravely fended off the Burmese armies.

6.4

MagicScore

A Woman Without Love

1952

After indulging in an affair with a man (a friend of the family) she truly loves, a woman returns to her young son and husband for good, and loses contact with the man. Her husband is unaware of the affair. Twenty years later, there is news that the friend has died and left all of his money to the younger son in the family, which leads us to question this younger son's biological origin.

5.3

MagicScore

Open Your Eyes

1997

Handsome 25-year-old Cesar had it all -- a successful career, expensive cars, a swank bachelor's pad, and an endless string of beautiful and willing women -- until he is thrown into a strange psychological mystery after a car accident scars his face and lands him in prison.

7.4

MagicScore

Law of Desire

1987

Pablo, a successful film director, disappointed in his relationship with his young lover, Juan, concentrates in a new project, a monologue starring his transgender sister, Tina. Antonio, an uptight young man, falls possessively in love with the director and in his passion would stop at nothing to obtain the object of his desire.

7.1

MagicScore

Labyrinth of Passion

1982

An array of outrageous people, including a desperate nymphomaniac and a terrorist with an acute sense of smell, seek love and happiness in Madrid.

6.1

MagicScore

Muriel's Wedding

1994

A young social outcast in Australia steals money from her parents to finance a vacation where she hopes to find happiness, and perhaps love.

6.8

MagicScore

2046

2004

Women enter and exit a science fiction author's life over the course of a few years after the author loses the woman he considers his one true love.

7.2

MagicScore

Indochine

1992

Set in colonial French Indochina during the 1930s to 1950s, this is the story of Éliane Devries, a French plantation owner, and of her adopted Vietnamese daughter, Camille, set against the backdrop of the rising Vietnamese nationalist movement.

7.0

MagicScore

#10

The Burning Plain

2008

A trailer is burning in the middle of a plain. The bodies of two adulterous lovers are found. Scenes from both families, before and after the dramatic events, suggest an unusual connection between them. But what is their secret?

6.6

MagicScore

#11

Talk to Her

2002

Two men share an odd friendship while they care for two women who are both in deep comas.

7.6

MagicScore

#12

Shall We Kiss?

2007

When Gabriel and Emilie meet by chance, he offers her a ride, and they spend the evening talking, laughing and getting along famously. At the end of the night, Emilie declines Gabriel's offer of "a kiss without consequences". Emilie admonishes him that the kiss could have unexpected consequences, and tells him a story, unfolding in flashbacks, about the impossibility of indulging your desires without affecting someone else's life.

6.1

MagicScore

#13

Live Flesh

1997

When Victor attempts to seduce Elena, all he gets for his trouble is a one-way, six-year ticket to prison, where he concentrates on strengthening his mind, his body... and his desire for vengeance on the man who put him there. After his release and still madly in love with her, Victor will stop at nothing to win her over even if means revenge, for Elena has married David, the cop who sent him to prison!

7.0

MagicScore

#14

Dark Blue Almost Black

2006

Jorge is a young man whose plans for the future are put on hold when his father has a stroke. For seven years, he diligently nurses his father and works as a janitor while studying part time to get a business degree. When Natalia, his childhood crush, returns from a stint studying abroad, Jorge begins to yearn for something better. He is desperate to find a new and better job, but finds that no one will hire him because he has experience only as a janitor. Antonio, Jorge’s older brother, soon to be released from jail, is an opportunist who has never gotten along with their father. In prison, at a theater workshop, Antonio meets Paula, a beautiful young woman in jail on drug charges. Paula has a problem because she flirted with another inmate's boyfriend.

6.8

MagicScore

#15

Fools Rush In

1997

After a one night stand with Alex, Isabel realizes that she is pregnant and they decide to get married. However, along with the marriage comes compromise of one's own cultural traditions.

6.5

MagicScore

#16

Death of a Cyclist

1955

A couple having an affair strike a bicyclist with their car and do not offer aid out of fear of their relationship being exposed.

7.1

MagicScore

#17

Home Fries

1998

Dorian and Angus chase down their womanizing stepfather with a helicopter, frightening him to death. In his effort to cover their tracks, Dorian begins investigating his stepfather's mistress, Sally. She works at a fast-food drive-through, she's pregnant and Dorian quickly falls in love with her. Unfortunately, his scheming mother wants Sally dead. And Sally isn't sure she wants Dorian to be her child's father and also his brother.

5.1

MagicScore

#18

Vanilla Sky

2001

David Aames has it all: wealth, good looks and gorgeous women on his arm. But just as he begins falling for the warmhearted Sofia, his face is horribly disfigured in a car accident. That's just the beginning of his troubles as the lines between illusion and reality, between life and death, are blurred.

6.8

MagicScore

#19

The Light

2004

Camille arrives in Ouessant, the island of her birth off the Brittany coast, to sell the family home. She spends a last night in the house during which she discovers a secret. In 1963 a man came to work with her father, who was the Jument lighthouse operator. He only stayed two months, but his presence proved to be a disturbing catalyst.

6.7

MagicScore

#20

Elsewhere

2009

A teen girl disappears after trying to meet men online in order to escape her small town. Apparently, only her best friend worries enough to investigate the mystery.

5.8

MagicScore

Frequently asked

What are the best movies like Sex and Lucía?

The top films similar to Sex and Lucía by MovieMagicScore are Letter from an Unknown Woman (7.8), Bang Rajan (6.4), A Woman Without Love (5.3). Each shares drama/romance themes and is ranked by real viewer ratings, not critics or studios.

Is Sex and Lucía worth watching?

Sex and Lucía holds a MovieMagicScore of 6.6/10 from 593 viewer ratings.

What kind of movie is Sex and Lucía?

Sex and Lucía (2001) is a drama, romance film directed by Julio Medem, starring Paz Vega, Tristán Ulloa, Elena Anaya.

Where can I find more recommendations like Sex and Lucía?

Browse the full ranked list above, or explore more drama recommendations on MovieMagicScore, where every list is ordered by genuine viewer ratings.

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About movies like Sex and Lucía

This ranked list pairs Sex and Lucía (2001), a drama and romance film from Julio Medem, with similar titles by genre, theme and cast overlap (fans of Paz Vega 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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