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10 Best Movies Like Belle de Jour

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

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#1
The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie

The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie

1972★ 7.5

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Belle de Jour for fans of Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

In Luis Buñuel’s deliciously satiric masterpiece, an upper-class sextet sits down to dinner but never eats, their attempts continually thwarted by a vaudevillian mixture of events ...

#2
Love in the Afternoon

Love in the Afternoon

1972★ 7.3

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Belle de Jour for fans of Drama & Romance. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Frederic leads a bourgeois life; he is a partner in a small Paris office and is happily married to Helene, a teacher expecting her second child. In the afternoons, Frederic daydrea...

#3
I Promise You Anarchy

I Promise You Anarchy

2015★ 6.2

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Belle de Jour for fans of Drama & Romance. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Miguel and Johnny know each other since childhood. They are dedicated to skate and have fun. To earn easy money and continue skating, they sell their own blood to a clandestine con...

#4
Steel Dawn

Steel Dawn

1987★ 5.0

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Belle de Jour for fans of Action. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

In a post-apocalyptic world, a warrior wandering through the desert comes upon a group of settlers who are being menaced by a murderous gang that is after the water they control....

#5
Pandora and the Flying Dutchman

Pandora and the Flying Dutchman

1951★ 6.6

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Belle de Jour for fans of Drama & Romance. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Pandora Reynolds is a woman who has never fallen in love – but one who men kill and die for. When she meets dashing and mysterious ship's captain Hendrik van der Zee, he pushes her...

#6
Job: The Last Grey Cell

Job: The Last Grey Cell

2006★ 5.3

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Belle de Jour for fans of Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

Three friends from the neighborhood – Adi, Pele and Chemist – are often referred to as freeloaders, morons, losers. This is a gross simplification! In fact they are underestimated ...