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10 Best Movies Like First Name: Carmen

If you loved First Name: Carmen, we've curated the perfect watchlist for you based on shared genres, themes, and directorial style.

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#1
Lola

Lola

1961★ 7.1

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to First Name: Carmen for fans of Drama & Romance. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

A bored young man meets with his former girlfriend, now a cabaret dancer and single mother, and soon finds himself falling back in love with her....

#2
Le Petit Soldat

Le Petit Soldat

1963★ 6.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to First Name: Carmen for fans of Drama & Romance. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Despite his lack of political convictions, photojournalist Bruno Forestier is roped into a paramilitary group waging a shadow war in Geneva against the Algerian independence moveme...

#3
The Eel

The Eel

1997★ 6.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to First Name: Carmen for fans of Crime & Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

A businessman kills his adulterous wife and is sent to prison. After his release, he opens a barbershop and meets new people, talking to almost no one except for an eel he befrien...

#4
Hail Mary

Hail Mary

1985★ 6.3

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to First Name: Carmen for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

A college student gets pregnant without having intercourse, affecting people close and unrelated to her in different ways....

#5
The Most Beautiful Boy in the World

The Most Beautiful Boy in the World

2021★ 7.5

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to First Name: Carmen for fans of Documentary. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

In 1971, due to the world premiere of Death in Venice, Italian director Lucino Visconti proclaimed his Tadzio as the world’s most beautiful boy. A shadow that today, 50 years later...

#6
In Praise of Love

In Praise of Love

2001★ 6.6

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to First Name: Carmen for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Someone we hear talking - but whom we do not see - speaks of a project which describes the four key moments of love: meeting, physical passion, arguments/separation and making up. ...