Dynamic Watchlist Hub: Apr 11, 2026

10 Best Movies Like The Second Round

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

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#1
The Passengers of the Night

The Passengers of the Night

2022★ 6.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Second Round 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...

#2
What the Day Owes the Night

What the Day Owes the Night

2012★ 7.7

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

Algeria, the 1930s. Younes is nine years old when he is put in his uncle's care in Oran. Rebaptized Jonas, he grows up among the Rio Salado youths, with whom he becomes friends. Em...

#3
The Divide

The Divide

2021★ 6.6

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

Raf and Julie, a couple on the verge of breaking up, find themselves in an emergency ward bordering on collapse on the evening of a Parisian Yellow Vest protest. Their encounter wi...

#4
Promises

Promises

2022★ 6.3

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

Clémence, the fearless mayor of a town near Paris, is completing the final term of her political career. With her faithful right-hand man Yazid, she has long fought for this town p...

#5
Mindwalk

Mindwalk

1991★ 6.9

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

On the French island of Mont Saint-Michel, Jack, a failed presidential candidate, Tom, his ex-speechwriter and Sonia, a physicist, engage in an intellectual conversation about poli...

#6
Paris 36

Paris 36

2008★ 6.1

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

A star is born in a time of both celebration and instability in this historical drama with music from director Christophe Barratier. In the spring of 1936, Paris is in a state of u...

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