Lolita (1962)

Humbert Humbert is a middle-aged British novelist who is both appalled by and attracted to the vulgarity of American culture. When he comes to stay at the boarding house run by Charlotte Haze, he soon becomes obsessed with Lolita, the woman's teenaged daughter.

Genres: Drama, Comedy, Romance

What to watch after Lolita

• Eyes Wide Shut (1999) — Same subject: sexual obsession, eroticism
• The Haunting (1963)
• Deep End (1970) — Same feel: disturbing, dark
• Barry Lyndon (1975) — Stanley Kubrick directed both
• A Place in the Sun (1951)
• A Clockwork Orange (1971) — Stanley Kubrick directed both