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10 Best Movies Like À corps défendant

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

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#1
Bronson

Bronson

2009★ 7.0

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to À corps défendant for fans of Drama. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

A young man who was sentenced to 7 years in prison for robbing a post office ends up spending 30 years in solitary confinement. During this time, his own personality is supplanted ...

#2
Bent

Bent

1997★ 6.9

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

Max is a handsome young man who, after a fateful tryst with a German soldier, is forced to run for his life. Eventually Max is placed in a concentration camp where he pretends to b...

#3
Down by Love

Down by Love

2016★ 6.0

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

A man, a woman. A prison director, his inmate. An impossible love, a true story....

#4
Élisa

Élisa

1995★ 6.4

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

Marie has had a tough childhood ever since her mother Elisa committed suicide. She has spent most of her life in an orphanage and now makes a living as a small time criminal in Par...

#5
Maria's Lovers

Maria's Lovers

1984★ 5.9

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

A World War II prisoner returns home to his childhood sweetheart. However, back home, he discovers that he has to compete to win her love....

#6
Suite Française

Suite Française

2015★ 7.2

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

France, 1940. In the first days of occupation, beautiful Lucile Angellier is trapped in a stifled existence with her controlling mother-in-law as they both await news of her husban...

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