The Polish movie 365 DNI, or 365 Days in English, has been a massive success since getting a wide release on Netflix in 2020. Many fell quickly for the charms of Laura and Massimo, no matter how nonsensical the story of the movie actually was. Fans looking for a popcorn thriller with plenty of hot scenes will be more than happy with what's on offer here.
While the sequel, 365 Days: This Day scratches much of the same itch, it still isn’t enough for fans, many of whom are now looking for similarly steamy mainstream movies to indulge their need for more from this ever more popular sub-genre. While nothing out there presents exactly the same style as 365 Days has adopted, there are many similar movies that have been released over the past ten years like the Polish thriller.
Updated June 5, 2023 by Ritwik Mitra: The steamy thriller 365 Days may not be peak cinema, but people looking for an erotic film to spend some time on will love what this film brings to the table. The movie is filled to the brim with raunchy scenes and a crime-laden plot that may be a bit too cheesy for its own good but still gets the job done. People in the mood for movies like 365 Days can check out a bevy of other films that hit the same notes and are quite entertaining to watch in their own right.
16 Eyes Wide Shut
Stanley Kubrick is a master of his craft, and it's a shame that he didn't manage to complete his editing process on Eyes Wide Shut before meeting an untimely demise that rocked the entire filmmaking world to its core. To this day, the director is touted by many as one of the most influential filmmakers of all time, and people are still influenced by his work and hold it to an extremely high standard that very few people have managed to reach.
Eyes Wide Shut is an erotic psychological thriller that focuses on the exploits of a couple who deal with marital issues of their own while toying around with the concept of infidelity in many unique ways. The movie almost feels surreal in certain instances, making for an intense watch, and shows just how much of a master Kubrick was of his craft, relentlessly editing the movie days before his death.
15 Indiscretion
A movie that combines a bunch of steamy scenes with a political thriller, Indiscretion is a unique blend of genres that fans of 365 Days will have a great time with. The movie's setup deals with the wife of a politician who ends up having an affair with a young artist, only for things to spiral out of control after the man ends up developing a dangerous obsession with her.
It may not be a mind-blowing movie by any stretch of the imagination, but Indiscretion is a great choice for a couple looking for a more raunchy movie to watch over the weekend. The shots are decent, the plot gets the job done, and the actors do a great job of convincing the audience just how crazy they are for each other over the movie's runtime.
14 Vicky Cristina Barcelona
Vicky Cristina Barcelona is a unique movie that hooks viewers in from the get-go, featuring two young women who go on a trip to Barcelona and get enamored with an interesting man named Juan Antonio who offers to court them both for the night. However, it turns out that Juan has a crazy ex-wife who is still hopelessly in love with him...and this feeling is mutual, as the movie slowly progresses and explores their unique relationship.
The movie can be pretty funny, with its steamier scenes handled with great delicacy. The cast is also quite talented, with the trio of Rebecca Hall, Scarlett Johansson, and Penelope Cruz doing great justice to their characters and showing off the wealth of talents at their disposal.
13 Fifty Shades Of Grey
Fifty Shades of Grey is one of the first movies that comes to mind when people talk about 365 Days, and it's easy to see why this is the case. The novel this movie is based on became a phenomenon, with its steamy content being right up the alley of many readers.
Expectations were high for the movie, and most people are of the opinion that the movie delivered despite having its fair share of flaws. It's by no means a perfect adaptation, but Fifty Shades of Grey does enough things right to satiate most fans.
12 The Girl Next Door
The Girl Next Door is a funny rom-com that fans of 365 Days can have a great time with. The movie takes a look at the life of a high school student and how his life is turned upside down after a former adult actress moves in next door.
The chain of events that occurs is hilarious and makes this movie well worth a watch. It helps that Emile Hirsch and Elisha Cuthbert actually have great chemistry, which is readily apparent throughout the entire movie.
11 Friends With Benefits
Speaking of rom-coms, another great movie that comes to mind is Friends with Benefits. The duo of Justin Timberlake and Mila Kunis starts in a hilarious movie that explores the concept of being more than friends and the complications that arise within such a dynamic.
Friends with Benefits is a great movie, and fans of 365 Days can definitely get some enjoyment out of watching this flick. The humor and writing are top-notch, keeping things fresh and engaging till the movie reaches its bombastic climax.
10 365 Days: This Day
It's only fitting that a great recommendation for fans of 365 Days would be a sequel, and that is exactly what 365 Days: This Day delivers. The duo of Massimo and Laura light up the screen once again, with the movie bringing its fair share of action and suspenseful moments.
365 Days: This Day is a complete package that fans of the first movie will have a great time with. The plot itself might not be anything to write home about, but the movie's steamy content is exactly what viewers signed up for.
9 Nymphomaniac
Lars Von Trier’s epic two-part movie is filled with sexual scenes as a woman called Joe recounts the many stories of her sexual escapades over the years. While the cast may be much more well-known than many of these similarly exotic movies, there is nothing lost in the steaminess of the many scenes with a sexual nature throughout.
Nothing in the realm of sexual experience is left out of the story of Joe. While there are many sickening and disreputable things Joe does and admits to doing throughout the movies, the intrigue of putting these things to screen is what made it such an experience that retains a unique place in cinema as a romantic movie that isn't about people ending up together or happy.
8 After
After is less preoccupied with explicit scenes and focuses more on the loving, tumultuous relationship between the young, inexperienced Tessa and bad boy Hardin. While the book this adaptation came from was originally a piece of fan fiction about One Direction, that hasn’t limited the movie's success. After all, many of the most generic rom-coms are great ones.
Whether the movie’s writing is up to scratch is up for debate amongst fans and critics, but if anyone hasn’t seen it yet, then it is still a good time to get on the hype train as another two sequels and a prequel are planned for the franchise. Fans certainly can’t get enough of this story and there are plenty of steamy scenes to please 365 Days fans as well.
7 The Voyeurs
While The Voyeurs is somewhat of a turn away from the exact style of 365 Days, this story about a young couple becoming obsessed with their neighbors' sex life will thrill fans all the same. Sydney Sweeney and Justice Smith star as a young woman who can’t take her eyes off another couple, and her increasingly concerned boyfriend.
While The Voyeurs relies more on the thriller aspect and only has a few steamier scenes, it deals with the fascination with taboo sex that some fans of movies like 365 Days might be able to relate to. The twists and turns that the movie takes along the way are intriguing and will keep audiences hooked until the end.
6 Below Her Mouth
If audiences wish they could find something on the LGBTQIA+ side of things in cinema that was similarly filled with scenes of an explicit nature, Below Her Mouth is perfect. The movie, about a young woman engaged to a man who meets a confident lesbian and falls for her, contains plenty of sex scenes and has been praised for the steaminess it brings to the screen.
While critics have panned the movie as failing on a more dramatic level, fans of 365 Days should enjoy what it brings and the two characters' emotional journeys throughout. While Below Her Mouth deals with several LGBT tropes that are familiar, it does it knowingly and will make interesting viewing for fans of the sub-genre.
5 Newness
Dealing much more with modern relationships and dating apps, Newness features Nicholas Hoult and Laia Costa as a pair of millennials who meet on a dating app and begin a relationship. After they both cheat on each other, they decide to have an open relationship which turns tumultuous and begins causing arguments between them.
Filled with sexual scenes featuring the couple and each of them individually sleeping with other people, Newness deals with the emotional side of modern dating as well as the sexier side of things and will intrigue fans of 365 Days who themselves are in the midst of this modern dating culture. None of the other movies like 365 Days are exactly wholesome but Newness tries to bring things to a nicer conclusion than some others above and below it.
4 Elles
If the European style of 365 Days is something that someone is seeking more of, Elles should be perfect. About a journalist writing an article on prostitution, this French/Polish movie deals with a number of sexual and emotional topics.
The movie focuses on the interviews conducted between the journalist and two prostitutes as they recount many experiences they have had over the years and how they feel about their work. It also reveals how this later affects the journalist and her relationship with her husband. While a quieter, more contemplative movie than some others included in this article, Elles does plenty in keeping the scenes steamy for viewers as well.
3 Shame
Starring Michael Fassbender and Carey Mulligan as siblings living in New York, Shame is directed by Steve McQueen and deals with sexual addiction uniquely. Fassbender stars as Brandon, a man who has frequent sex with prostitutes and watches a great deal of pornography.
Brandon’s situation is shown to be terrible through the realistic depiction of how a sex addict operates. While fans of 365 Days may enjoy this darker take on the erotic genre, Shame does deal with many sensitive topics that make it more difficult to watch.
2 Amar
A Spanish movie about a complicated, intense relationship that lasts for one year, Amar deals with Laura and Carlos. The pair decide to love each other as if every day was their last together, and Laura dreams of becoming pregnant one day as she breaks away from her previous life.
While Amar focuses greatly on the relationship between these two people, it also has a great number of steamier sex scenes that audiences were thrilled by when it was first released in 2017. It's also got a similarly European vibe to 365 Days, dealing with the intensity of the sudden relationship.
1 Through My Window
Another Spanish movie, Through My Window has only recently come out but deals with a couple that fans of 365 Days will love. Raquel is a teenage girl obsessed with Ares, one of the three heirs to a huge company that lives in a mansion next to her house.
When their lives become entangled, Raquel goes after what she wants, and they end up together, though a series of petty arguments slow the progress of their relationship. However, Through My Window doesn’t shy away from many moments of steamy glances which evolve by the end of the second act into the kind of steamy scenes fans of 365 Days will cherish. While it may not be one of the best recent comedies out there, it is a fun and interesting movie.