Dynamic Watchlist Hub: Jan 19, 2026

10 Best Movies Like France

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

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#1
Gagarine

Gagarine

2020★ 6.6

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

Yuri, 16, has lived all his life in Gagarin Towers, a vast red-brick housing project on the outskirts of Paris. He dreams of becoming an astronaut. When plans to demolish Gagarin T...

#2
Red Soil

Red Soil

2021★ 6.5

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

Freshly hired as a labor nurse in a chemical factory, Nour discovers that small arrangements exist between management and her father, Slimane, the staff representative, and the com...

#3
SPEC: Zero

SPEC: Zero

2013★ 8.0

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

High school student Saya Toma lost her parents and younger brother in an airplane accident. Detective Akio Kondo came and told her "your family has a high possibility that they w...

#4
No One's with the Calves

No One's with the Calves

2022★ 5.6

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

Five houses, one bus stop, cows and nothing but fields. 24-year-old Christin lives on the farm of her long-term boyfriend Jan. The exciting post-reunification years that defined he...

#5
Femme Debout (Acts 1-3)

Femme Debout (Acts 1-3)

2018★ 9.0

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to France for fans of . It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

A three-acts movement-based short film that gives a physical response to the works of two visual artists: Francis Bacon and Alberto Giacometti....

#6
Madly in Life

Madly in Life

2020★ 7.1

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

Alex and Noémie would like to have a child. But their plans are turned upside down when Alex's mother, Suzanne, has contracted "semantic dementia", a fatal neurodegenerative diseas...