Dynamic Watchlist Hub: Apr 12, 2026

10 Best Movies Like Placés

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

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#1
A Real Job

A Real Job

2023★ 6.3

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

Benjamin is a PhD student without scholarship support. Under the pressure of his parents, and in need of money, he becomes a substitute teacher in a middle school. Without training...

#2
Wild Oats

Wild Oats

2016★ 6.2

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

Everything changes for Eva when she receives an insurance settlement check accidentally made out for $5,000,000 instead of the expected $50,000. She and her best friend take the mo...

#3
CQ

CQ

2001★ 5.9

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

A young filmmaker in 1960s Paris juggles directing a cheesy sci-fi debacle, directing his own personal art film, coping with his crumbling relationship with his girlfriend, and a n...

#4
Somewhere in Queens

Somewhere in Queens

2023★ 6.2

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

Leo and Angela Russo live a simple life in Queens, surrounded by their overbearing Italian-American family. When their son finds success on his high school basketball team, Leo tea...

#5
Sweetheart

Sweetheart

2019★ 6.5

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

A working woman, mother a three children, realizes that, when her youngest one is about to go to Canada to continue her education, she will end up out of her most precious goal, be...

#6
A Dog Year

A Dog Year

2009★ 6.2

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

Jon Katz is close to burnout. He's a writer with writer's block; his wife has left for her sister's because he's emotionally distant; he rarely answers his phone. A kennel sends hi...

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