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10 Best Movies Like Longing for the World

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

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#1
Haute Couture

Haute Couture

2021★ 6.1

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

Esther is at the end of her career as Head Seamstress at Dior Avenue Montaigne workshop. One day, she gets her handbag stolen in the metro by a 20 years old girl, Jade. Instead of ...

#2
Juliette in Spring

Juliette in Spring

2024★ 6.7

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

Juliette goes back in her hometown to spend some time with her family. She finds herself between a loving but moody father, a New Age mother, a sister in the midst of an existentia...

#3
The Divide

The Divide

2021★ 6.6

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

Raf and Julie, a couple on the verge of breaking up, find themselves in an emergency ward bordering on collapse on the evening of a Parisian Yellow Vest protest. Their encounter wi...

#4
Heaven Will Wait

Heaven Will Wait

2016★ 7.0

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

Mélanie, 16 years old, lives with her mother. She likes going to school, her friends, playing the cello, and she wants to change the world. But when she meets a boy on the Internet...

#5
A California Christmas: City Lights

A California Christmas: City Lights

2021★ 6.6

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Longing for the World for fans of Drama. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

Follows Callie and Joseph one year after they fell in love, now running a dairy farm and winery, but their romance is threatened when business and family obligations call Joseph ba...

#6
One Wild Moment

One Wild Moment

1977★ 6.1

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Longing for the World for fans of Drama. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

Pierre, 44, contentedly divorced, takes his teen daughter to the Côte d'Azur along with his friend Jacques and Jacques' own teen daughter, Françoise. On the topless beaches of Sain...

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