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Movies Like The Canyons

If you loved The Canyons's Thriller and Drama storytelling, these films deliver a similar experience — carefully selected for tone, themes, and emotional depth. Each pick includes where to watch it right now.

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Unfaithful
6.7

Unfaithful

2002

A New York suburban couple's marriage goes dangerously awry when the wife indulges in an adulterous fling.

Heatwave
6.3

Heatwave

2022

A woman's life takes an unexpected turn when she falls for her boss's wife. She must soon defend herself as she becomes entangled in a web of malice.

Addicted
5.9

Addicted

2014

A gallerist risks her family and flourishing career when she enters into an affair with a talented painter and slowly loses control of her life.

The Good Girl
6.2

The Good Girl

2002

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

Fair Play
6.3

Fair Play

2023

An unexpected promotion at a cutthroat hedge fund pushes a young couple's relationship to the brink, threatening to unravel not only their recent engagement but their lives.

An Affair to Die For
5.9

An Affair to Die For

2019

A weekend get-away for two lovers turns into a nightmare of psychological mind games when their infidelity is discovered.

Below Her Mouth
6.8

Below Her Mouth

2017

An unexpected affair quickly escalates into a heart-stopping reality for two women whose passionate connection changes their lives forever.

Take This Waltz
6.4

Take This Waltz

2011

Twenty-eight-year-old Margot is happily married to Lou, a good-natured cookbook author. But when Margot meets Daniel, a handsome artist who lives across the street, their mutual attraction is undeniable.

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Magpie
6.4

Magpie

2024

A couple's lives are thrown into disarray when their daughter is cast opposite a controversial major star.

Notes on a Scandal
7.1

Notes on a Scandal

2006

A veteran high school teacher befriends a younger art teacher, who is having an affair with one of her 15-year-old students. However, her intentions with this new "friend" also go well beyond platonic friendship.

Deep Water
5.8

Deep Water

2022

A well-to-do husband who allows his wife to have affairs in order to avoid a divorce becomes a prime suspect in the disappearance of her lovers.

Inventing the Abbotts
6.3

Inventing the Abbotts

1997

In the 1950s, brothers Jacey and Doug Holt, who come from the poorer side of their sleepy Midwestern town, vie for the affections of the wealthy, lovely Abbott sisters. Lady-killer Jacey alternates between Eleanor and Alice, wanting simply to break the hearts of rich young women. But sensitive Doug has a real romance with Pamela, which Jacey and the Abbott patriarch, Lloyd, both frown upon.

Little Children
7.1

Little Children

2006

The lives of two lovelorn spouses from separate marriages, a registered sex offender, and a disgraced ex-police officer intersect as they struggle to resist their vulnerabilities and temptations.

Careful What You Wish For
6.1

Careful What You Wish For

2015

A guy gets more than he bargained for after entering into an affair with the wife of an investment banker. Soon, a suspicious death and substantial life insurance policy embroil him in a scandal.

Revolutionary Road
7.0

Revolutionary Road

2008

A young couple living in a Connecticut suburb during the mid-1950s struggle to come to terms with their personal problems while trying to raise their two children. Based on a novel by Richard Yates.

The Ledge
6.2

The Ledge

2011

A thriller in which a battle of philosophies between a fundamentalist Christian and an atheist escalates into a lethal battle of wills.

American Beauty
8.0

American Beauty

1999

Lester Burnham, a depressed suburban father in a mid-life crisis, decides to turn his hectic life around after developing an infatuation with his daughter's attractive friend.

Adulterers
6.1

Adulterers

2016

On a steamy New Orleans afternoon, Sam Deuprey decides to surprise his beautiful wife, Ashley, for their anniversary and comes home early. But Ashley is not alone in the bedroom. She and her lover, Damien are about to learn how far a jealous husband will go.

Elena Undone
6.9

Elena Undone

2010

The wife of a pastor who preaches against homosexuality embarks on an affair with a female writer.

Solitary Man
5.9

Solitary Man

2009

A car magnate watches his personal and professional life hit the skids because of his business and romantic indiscretions.

Why These Movies Are Similar

These recommendations share core qualities with The Canyons (2013): Thriller and Drama themes, similar narrative structure, and comparable emotional depth. NoBadPicks uses a combination of TMDB collaborative filtering, genre matching, and AI analysis to surface films most likely to resonate with fans of The Canyons.

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