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10 Best Movies Like Madame Bovary

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

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#1
The Mystery of Oberwald

The Mystery of Oberwald

1981★ 5.5

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

A man, mirroring the assassinated King, infiltrates a castle to kill the Queen but hesitates, leading to a deadly dare and revelation of shared history....

#2
Zach Galifianakis: Live at the Purple Onion

Zach Galifianakis: Live at the Purple Onion

2007★ 7.1

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

From an inauspicious beginning performing comedy routines in the back of a burger joint in New York, unorthodox stand-up star Zach Galifianakis has made a splash on the scene with ...

#3
Julian Po

Julian Po

1997★ 6.5

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

Christian Slater is a stranger who comes to a small town. The local citizens think he's up to no good. After bothering him for a while, he blurts out in frustration, that he is the...

#4
Bertil, Gekås tur & retur

Bertil, Gekås tur & retur

2009★ 7.5

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

Documentary about the milk farmer Bertil Nilsson...

#5
The Comics

The Comics

1990★ 5.8

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

Two silent movie actors escape from their film. Forced to find a way to survive in the real world, they will only cause troubles to the people they will meet along the way....

#6
Fantozzi in Heaven

Fantozzi in Heaven

1993★ 5.8

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

One by one, with a sweet but inexorable rate, Ugo's colleagues, go to a better life. When Ugo is attending at one of the innumerable funerals, he and the priest remain involved in ...