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10 Best Movies Like Red Island

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

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#1
My Little Loves

My Little Loves

1974★ 6.7

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

Daniel lives with his grandmother and, after a year of high school, goes to live with his mother in the south of France; a harsher environment which rapidly changes his perception ...

#2
The Things of Life

The Things of Life

1970★ 7.1

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

The mind of Pierre Bérard, a successful middle-aged architect, is torn between his unstable present with Hélène, his younger lover, and his happy memories of the past with Catherin...

#3
Love on the Run

Love on the Run

1979★ 7.0

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

Now in his thirties, Antoine Doinel is a divorced proofreader in love with a record seller. Colette Tazzi, now a lawyer, buys his first published autobiography, leading them to a c...

#4
My Old Lady

My Old Lady

2014★ 6.2

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

Mathias Gold is a down-on-his-luck New Yorker who inherits a Parisian apartment from his estranged father. But when he arrives in France to sell the vast domicile, he's shocked to ...

#5
The Passengers of the Night

The Passengers of the Night

2022★ 6.9

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

On election night in 1981, celebrations spill out onto the street and there is an air of hope and change throughout Paris. But for Elisabeth, her marriage is coming to an end and s...

#6
Maria

Maria

2024★ 6.4

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

Maria Callas, the world's greatest opera singer, lives the last days of her life in 1970s Paris, as she confronts her identity and life....

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