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10 Best Movies Like Check on the King

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

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#1
Riviera Revenge

Riviera Revenge

2024★ 6.1

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Check on the King for fans of Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

François Marsault, a war veteran, makes the most of his retirement alongside his wife Annie. Authoritarian and ruthless, François rules his family with an iron fist — but when he d...

#2
Here and There

Here and There

2024★ 5.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Check on the King for fans of Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

A visa problem forces Adrien back to Paris after 15 years in Senegal with his wife Aminata. Her cousin Sékou, now distanced from his Senegalese origins, takes in Adrien. As Adrien ...

#3
The French Minister

The French Minister

2013★ 6.0

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Check on the King for fans of Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

Alexandre Taillard de Vorms is a force to be reckoned with. With his silver mane and tanned, athletic body, he stalks the world stage as Minister of Foreign Affairs for France, wag...

#4
Family Resemblances

Family Resemblances

1996★ 7.3

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Check on the King for fans of Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

An upper middle-class French family celebrates a birthday in a restaurant. In one evening and during one meal, family history, tensions, collective and separate grudges, delights, ...

#5
Please, Please Me!

Please, Please Me!

2009★ 5.8

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Check on the King for fans of Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

Ariane is convinced that her boyfriend, Jean-Jacques, is having fantasies about another woman, Élisabeth. In an attempt to save their relationship, Ariane encourages Jean-Jacques t...

#6
The Women on the 6th Floor

The Women on the 6th Floor

2011★ 6.8

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Check on the King for fans of Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

Paris, in the early 1960s. Jean-Louis Joubert is a serious but uptight stockbroker, married to Suzanne, a starchy class-conscious woman and father of two arrogant teenage boys, cur...

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