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10 Best Movies Like L'Assommoir

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

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#1
Gervaise

Gervaise

1956★ 6.7

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

An adaptation of Émile Zola’s 1877 masterpiece L’assommoir, the film is an uncompromising depiction of a lowly laundress’s struggles to deal with an alcoholic husband while running...

#2
Paris 36

Paris 36

2008★ 6.1

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

A star is born in a time of both celebration and instability in this historical drama with music from director Christophe Barratier. In the spring of 1936, Paris is in a state of u...

#3
Uncontrollable Circumstances

Uncontrollable Circumstances

1989★ 6.2

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

Philippe and Daniel decide to go on vacation Southeast Asia, where they meet Hans, a European who livesthere and he becomes their guide and host. Once the holidays are over, before...

#4
School of Life

School of Life

2017★ 7.4

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to L'Assommoir for fans of Drama. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

Paris 1930. Paul has only ever had one and the same horizon: the high walls of the orphanage, an austere building in the Parisian working class suburbs. Entrusted to a joyful count...

#5
Strange Affair

Strange Affair

1981★ 6.2

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

A young Parisian advertising executive becomes so captivated by the unsettling charm of his mysterious new employer that he eventually abandons his family and friends, viewing it a...

#6
The Kick of Sirocco

The Kick of Sirocco

1979★ 6.0

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

A shady Parisian tries to take advantage of a family of French-descended Algerians forced to move to France....

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