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#1
Twin Peaks

Twin Peaks

1989★ 8.5

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The French as Seen by… for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

An idiosyncratic FBI agent investigates the murder of a young woman in the even more idiosyncratic town of Twin Peaks. (This standalone version of the series pilot was produced for...

#2
Mystery Train

Mystery Train

1989★ 7.3

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The French as Seen by… for fans of Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

In Memphis, Tennessee, over the course of a single night, the Arcade Hotel, run by an eccentric night clerk and a clueless bellboy, is visited by a young Japanese couple traveling ...

#3
Throw Momma from the Train

Throw Momma from the Train

1987★ 6.2

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The French as Seen by… for fans of Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

Larry Donner, an author with a cruel ex-wife, teaches a writing workshop in which one of his students, Owen, is fed up with his domineering mother. When Owen watches a Hitchcock cl...

#4
Pulp Fiction

Pulp Fiction

1994★ 8.5

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The French as Seen by… for fans of Thriller. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

A burger-loving hit man, his philosophical partner, a drug-addled gangster's moll and a washed-up boxer converge in this sprawling, comedic crime caper. Their adventures unfurl in ...

#5
Joker

Joker

2019★ 8.1

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The French as Seen by… for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

During the 1980s, a failed stand-up comedian is driven insane and turns to a life of crime and chaos in Gotham City while becoming an infamous psychopathic crime figure....

#6
The Shawshank Redemption

The Shawshank Redemption

1994★ 8.7

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The French as Seen by… for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Imprisoned in the 1940s for the double murder of his wife and her lover, upstanding banker Andy Dufresne begins a new life at the Shawshank prison, where he puts his accounting ski...