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10 Best Movies Like Populaire

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

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#1
The Stroller Strategy

The Stroller Strategy

2012★ 5.5

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

When Thomas Platz is suddenly made the guardian of a baby - then pretends to be its real father in order to win back Marie, the girlfriend who dumped him a year before. Stuck betwe...

#2
Violette

Violette

2013★ 6.0

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

Born out of wedlock early in the last century, Violette Leduc meets Simone de Beauvoir in postwar Saint-Germain-des-Près. An intense lifelong relationship develops between the two ...

#3
Maman

Maman

2012★ 4.9

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

Sandrine and Alice are two sisters who, in their thirties, decide the time has come to attempt a reconciliation with their mother....

#4
The Artist and the Model

The Artist and the Model

2012★ 6.1

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

In occupied France in summer 1943, a world-weary famous sculptor finds the desire to work again with the arrival of a beautiful young Spanish refugee....

#5
Who Killed Bambi?

Who Killed Bambi?

2003★ 6.0

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

Isabelle, a beautiful nursing student, is starting her internship at a prestigious hospital. She meets Dr. Philip there, feels atracted to him from the beggining and starts sufferi...

#6
A Minor Leap Down

A Minor Leap Down

2015★ 6.9

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

Nahal is around thirty and in her fourth month of pregnancy. During a routine check-up she learns that her baby has died and she now faces a curettage abortion in two days’ time. W...