Movies Like Down to the Bone (2004)

Down to the Bone is a 2004 drama, romance film from Debra Granik with a MovieMagicScore of 6.4/10. Here are 20 similar films, ranked by real viewer ratings — starting with Factory Girl and The Taste of Others.

Drama Romance

Factory Girl

2006

In the mid-1960s, wealthy debutant Edie Sedgwick meets artist Andy Warhol. She joins Warhol's famous Factory and becomes his muse. Although she seems to have it all, Edie cannot have the love she craves from Andy, and she has an affair with a charismatic musician, who pushes her to seek independence from the artist and the milieu.

6.0

MagicScore

The Taste of Others

2000

Unpolished and ultra-pragmatic industrialist Jean-Jacques Castella reluctantly attends Racine's tragedy "Berenice" in order to see his niece play a bit part. He is taken with the play's strangely familiar-looking leading lady Clara Devaux. During the course of the show, Castella soon remembers that he once hired and then promptly fired the actress as an English language tutor. He immediately goes out and signs up for language lessons. Thinking that he is nothing but an ill-tempered philistine with bad taste, Clara rejects him until Castella charms her off her feet.

6.8

MagicScore

On the Edge

2006

Three flatmates in Mexico City face uncertainties: Lucía who has a great job as an art director for TV commercials is abusing alcohol and cocaine. She risks losing her job, going to prison for assault, and she's woefully in love with a bullfighter who may be two-timing her. Carmen, an artist without income, can be manic - snorting lots of cocaine and hanging out with a gay man and a transvestite. What's her future? Hanna contemplates divorce from Abraham, a wealthy momma's boy, and she's disoriented by feelings of attraction to Sandra, a customer at her jewelry store. Can any of these poor little rich girls sort things out in a world of excess?

4.7

MagicScore

The Red Thread

2016

Seven years after their first infatuated encounter, Abril and Manuel meet again. Despite the fact that they are both married, it is soon apparent that their attraction has only grown.

6.7

MagicScore

Maps to the Stars

2014

Driven by an intense need for fame and validation, members of a dysfunctional Hollywood family are chasing celebrity, one another and the relentless ghosts of their pasts.

6.2

MagicScore

High Art

1998

When Syd, a young editor at an influential art magazine, becomes involved with her neighbor, a drug-addicted lesbian photographer, both seek to exploit each other for their respective careers while slowly falling in love with each other.

6.2

MagicScore

Rush

1991

Undercover cop Jim Raynor is a seasoned veteran. His partner, Kristen Cates, is lacking in experience, but he thinks she's tough enough to work his next case with him: a deep cover assignment to bring down the notoriously hard-to-capture drug lord Gaines. While their relationship turns romantic during the assignment, they also turn into junkies, and will have to battle their own addictions if they want to bring down Gaines once and for all.

6.6

MagicScore

Cloud 9

2008

A romantic drama about a woman who enters into an affair after 30 years of marriage.

5.7

MagicScore

Last Night

2010

Michael and Joanna are a young and successful married couple who appear to have it all. But when Michael finds himself alone on a business trip with an attractive new colleague and Joanna encounters the other great love of her life, each is thrust into an evening of temptation.

6.1

MagicScore

#10

The Vicious Kind

2009

A man tries to warn his brother away from the new girlfriend he brings home during Thanksgiving, but ends up becoming infatuated with her in the process.

6.2

MagicScore

#11

Private Life

2018

Richard and Rachel, a couple in the throes of infertility, try to maintain their marriage as they descend deeper and deeper into the insular world of assisted reproduction and domestic adoption.

6.9

MagicScore

#12

The Last Days of Disco

1998

Two young women and their friends spend spare time at an exclusive nightclub in 1980s New York.

6.2

MagicScore

#13

The Good Girl

2002

A discount store clerk strikes up an affair with a stock boy who considers himself the incarnation of Holden Caulfield.

6.2

MagicScore

#14

Heaven Knows What

2015

A young heroin addict roams the streets of New York to panhandle and get her next fix, while her unstable boyfriend drifts in and out of her life at random.

6.5

MagicScore

#15

Ex-Lady

1933

Although free spirit Helen Bauer does not believe in marriage, she consents to marry Don, but his infidelities cause her to also take on a lover.

6.1

MagicScore

#16

The Basketball Diaries

1995

A high school basketball player’s life turns upside down after free-falling into the harrowing world of drug addiction.

7.4

MagicScore

#17

Fritz the Cat

1972

A swinging, hypocritical college student cat raises hell in a satirical vision of the 1960s.

6.2

MagicScore

#18

The Square

2008

Ray, a construction worker trapped in an unhappy marriage, pursues an affair with his neighbor, Carla. Carla's husband, Greg, is a mobster who keeps large sums of drug money in their home. With this in mind, Carla comes up with a plan: She and Ray will steal Greg's money, burn down her house, convince Greg the money was lost in the fire and then run away together. Carla's scheme, however, doesn't go off as planned.

6.1

MagicScore

#19

Carlito's Way

1993

Free after years in prison, Carlito Brigante intends to give up his criminal ways, but it's not long before the ex-con is sucked back into the New York City underworld. Reconnecting with his dancer girlfriend, Carlito gets entangled in the shady dealings of his friend Dave Kleinfeld, who also serves as his lawyer. An encounter with shifty gangster Benny Blanco sets the duo on a dangerous path.

7.8

MagicScore

#20

We Own the Night

2007

A New York nightclub manager tries to save his brother and father from Russian mafia hitmen.

6.7

MagicScore

Frequently asked

What are the best movies like Down to the Bone?

The top films similar to Down to the Bone by MovieMagicScore are Factory Girl (6.0), The Taste of Others (6.8), On the Edge (4.7). Each shares drama/romance themes and is ranked by real viewer ratings, not critics or studios.

Is Down to the Bone worth watching?

Down to the Bone holds a MovieMagicScore of 6.4/10 from 37 viewer ratings.

What kind of movie is Down to the Bone?

Down to the Bone (2004) is a drama, romance film directed by Debra Granik, starring Vera Farmiga, Hugh Dillon, Clint Jordan.

Where can I find more recommendations like Down to the Bone?

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 Down to the Bone

This ranked list pairs Down to the Bone (2004), a drama and romance film from Debra Granik, with similar titles by genre, theme and cast overlap (fans of Vera Farmiga 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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