Dynamic Watchlist Hub: Apr 17, 2026

10 Best Movies Like Ballades

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

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#1
Uncontrollable Circumstances

Uncontrollable Circumstances

1989★ 6.2

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

Philippe and Daniel decide to go on vacation Southeast Asia, where they meet Hans, a European who livesthere and he becomes their guide and host. Once the holidays are over, before...

#2
Violette

Violette

2013★ 6.0

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

Born out of wedlock early in the last century, Violette Leduc meets Simone de Beauvoir in postwar Saint-Germain-des-Près. An intense lifelong relationship develops between the two ...

#3
The Magic of Ordinary Days

The Magic of Ordinary Days

2005★ 7.4

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

Pregnant out of wedlock, an educated young woman is pressured by her father into an arranged marriage with a lonely farmer in this drama set during WWII....

#4
White Wedding

White Wedding

1989★ 6.5

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

A philosophy professor has an illicit affair with one of his students, a bright yet troubled girl who lives alone....

#5
Adieu Philippine

Adieu Philippine

1962★ 6.9

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

Michel is a young technician in the fledgling TV industry and is due for military service in two months at the time of the Algerian War. Juliette and Liliane are inseparable best f...

#6
Promises

Promises

2022★ 6.3

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

Clémence, the fearless mayor of a town near Paris, is completing the final term of her political career. With her faithful right-hand man Yazid, she has long fought for this town p...

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