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10 Best Movies Like The Bet

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

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#1
The Three Kings

The Three Kings

2001★ 5.7

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

The Three Wise Men – Balthazar, Melchior and Gaspard – are on their way to Bethlehem to pay homage to the infant Jesus when they are suddenly, an inexplicably, transported two thou...

#2
The Three Brothers

The Three Brothers

1995★ 6.9

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

Three half-brothers are reunited at their mother's funeral. After being told of their inheritance they quickly spend the money, only to find out that they will not receive it after...

#3
Denis

Denis

2013★ 4.1

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

Twice Vincent thinks he has found the woman of his life. Twice his ideal woman left him for the same man: Denis. Now Vincent is pursuing a happy love affair with Anna, but he fears...

#4
L'Extraterrestre

L'Extraterrestre

1999★ 3.8

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

Chased by two androids programmed to kill him, Zerph puts down his flying saucer in Auvergne while waiting for help....

#5
Papa Was Not a Rolling Stone

Papa Was Not a Rolling Stone

2014★ 5.6

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

Stéphanie grew up with an absent mother and a brutal stepfather. One day, she knows, she'll leave the city to live the life she's always dreamed of....

#6
Something Fishy

Something Fishy

1994★ 5.8

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

A private eye finds that her professional and personal lives are beginning to intertwine in this French drama. Maxime Chabrier (Anémone) is a woman in her mid-40s who works as a pr...