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10 Best Movies Like Dead Weight

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

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#1
Ghislain Lambert's Bicycle

Ghislain Lambert's Bicycle

2001★ 6.0

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

In the 70s, there was Merckx and there were the others. Ghislain Lambert was one of the others. This is his story, a quite simple one. The story of a modest Belgian bike racer. His...

#2
Hikers

Hikers

1997★ 5.7

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

A quartet of Parisians embark upon a guided hike in Corsica and end up working through the sometimes comical chaos of their individual lives....

#3
Have Mercy on Us All

Have Mercy on Us All

2007★ 5.9

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

In Paris, many citizens go to the precinct after the doors of their apartments have been sprayed with a 4 and the letters "clt". When a dweller is found mysteriously dead in his ap...

#4
Pédale dure

Pédale dure

2004★ 3.4

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

Loic and Seb are a couple living in Paris's gay district, the Marais. Seb is the owner of the district's most trendy, chic and camp nightclub. It's a world devoid of judging eyes w...

#5
Two Worlds

Two Worlds

2007★ 5.1

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

A French tradesman travels in time and liberates an oppressed tribe in another world....

#6
Marche à l'ombre

Marche à l'ombre

1984★ 6.5

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

Two friends, one a musician the other constantly depressed wander around Greece and France till they get to Paris without a penny to their name. Here they spend nights in the under...