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10 Best Movies Like PlayTime

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

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#1
Mon Oncle

Mon Oncle

1958★ 7.4

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

Genial, bumbling Monsieur Hulot loves his top-floor apartment in a grimy corner of the city, and cannot fathom why his sister's family has moved to the suburbs. Their house is an u...

#2
Jour de Fête

Jour de Fête

1949★ 7.0

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

Jour de Fête tells the story of an inept and easily-distracted French mailman who frequently interrupts his duties to converse with the local inhabitants, as well as inspect the tr...

#3
My Favorite Season

My Favorite Season

1993★ 6.0

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

Elderly woman Berthe leaves her house to live with her daughter Emilie. Emilie and her brother Antoine had a falling out three years ago and have not seen each other since, but Emi...

#4
To The Fore

To The Fore

2015★ 6.5

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to PlayTime for fans of Romance. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

In the world of professional cycling, where teamwork demands individual sacrifice, the three leading sprinters of Team Radiant must confront their own egos and aspirations as the c...

#5
The Eternal Feminine

The Eternal Feminine

2017★ 6.3

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

Rosario Castellanos is an introverted university student who doesn't seem to belong to her time. In the early 1950s in Mexico City, she is fighting to have voice heard in a society...

#6
The Burrow

The Burrow

2014★ 5.2

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

KAFKA'S THE BURROW tells the story of a man's "metamorphosis" (as Kafka would put it) in a rapidly changing and increasingly isolated world. A man (Axel Prahl), who has seemingly a...