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10 Best Movies Like C'est La Vie

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

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#1
My Mother's Castle

My Mother's Castle

1990★ 7.2

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to C'est La Vie for fans of Comedy & Drama. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

To his chagrin, young Marcel Pagnol and his family move back to their home in Marseille, France, far from their pastoral holiday cottage in the hills. Determined, Marcel makes the ...

#2
The Housekeeper

The Housekeeper

2002★ 5.6

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to C'est La Vie for fans of Comedy & Drama. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

After his wife leaves him for another man, Jacques hires a housekeeper, Laura, to keep his Paris apartment in order. As he starts increasing her hours and spending more time with h...

#3
The Girl from Paris

The Girl from Paris

2001★ 6.4

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to C'est La Vie for fans of Comedy & Drama. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

A woman in her thirties gets tired of life in Paris and decides to leave and become a farmer....

#4
The Murdered House

The Murdered House

1988★ 6.6

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to C'est La Vie for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

After World War I, a young ex-soldier, Sébastien Monge, returns to his home village. Ignorant of his past, he learns that, 24 years before, his entire family was slain in their hom...

#5
Legacy

Legacy

2021★ 8.1

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to C'est La Vie for fans of Documentary. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

Ten years after the film Home (2009), Yann Arthus-Bertrand looks back, with Legacy, on his life and fifty years of commitment. It's his most personal film. The photographer and dir...

#6
The Captive

The Captive

2000★ 5.6

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to C'est La Vie for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

A handsome, idle, and hopeless neurotic lives in a labyrinthine, half-renovated Paris flat with his ailing grandmother, a faithful family servant, and Ariane Rey, his willing capti...