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10 Best Movies Like A Budding Heart

If you loved A Budding Heart, we've curated the perfect watchlist for you based on shared genres, themes, and directorial style.

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#1
Benjamin

Benjamin

2019★ 6.1

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to A Budding Heart for fans of Comedy & Drama. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

Benjamin, a rising star filmmaker, is on the brink of premiering his difficult second film No Self at the London Film Festival when Billie, his hard drinking publicist, introduces ...

#2
Going Places

Going Places

1974★ 6.7

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to A Budding Heart for fans of Comedy & Drama. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

Two whimsical, aimless thugs harass and assault women, steal, murder, and alternately charm, fight, or sprint their way out of trouble. They take whatever the bourgeoisie holds dea...

#3
Matthias & Maxime

Matthias & Maxime

2019★ 7.1

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to A Budding Heart for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Two childhood best friends are asked to share a kiss for the purposes of a student short film. Soon, a lingering doubt sets in, confronting both men with their preferences, threate...

#4
Lilies

Lilies

1997★ 8.1

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to A Budding Heart for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

1952: Bishop Bilodeau visits a prison to hear the confession of Simon, a boyhood friend jailed for murder 40 years ago. However, once there, Bilodeau finds himself forced to watch ...

#5
Heartbeats

Heartbeats

2010★ 7.1

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to A Budding Heart for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Francis is a young gay man, Marie is a young straight woman and the two of them are best friends -- until the day the gorgeous Nicolas walks into a Montreal coffee shop. The two fr...

#6
Double Lover

Double Lover

2017★ 6.1

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to A Budding Heart for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Chloé, a fragile young woman, falls in love with her psychoanalyst, Paul. A few months later she moves in with him, but soon discovers that her lover is concealing a part of his id...

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