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10 Best Movies Like The Ugly Duckling

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

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#1
La Notte

La Notte

1961★ 7.9

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

A day in the life of an unfaithful married couple and their steadily deteriorating relationship in Milan....

#2
Nullarbor

Nullarbor

2011★ 7.3

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

An animated road-movie set across the vast and barren landscape of Australia's Nullarbor Plain....

#3
No End

No End

1985★ 7.0

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

1982, Poland. A translator loses her husband and becomes a victim of her own sorrow. She looks to sex, to her son, to law, and to hypnotism when she has nothing else in this time o...

#4
Ballet Mécanique

Ballet Mécanique

1924★ 6.5

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Ugly Duckling for fans of Documentary. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

A pulsing, kaleidoscope of images set to an energetic soundtrack. This is a world in motion, dominated by mechanical and repetitive images, with a few moments of solitude in a gard...

#5
Jim's Story

Jim's Story

2024★ 6.8

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

Aymeric runs into Florence, a former coworker, one evening in Saint-Claude in the Haut-Jura. She is six months pregnant and single. When she gives birth to Jim, Aymeric is there. T...

#6
Florence Fight Club

Florence Fight Club

2015★ 7.4

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

Intertwined stories from the gladiator/athletes participating to the Calcio Storico Fiorentino yearly championship....