Movies Like L'Océan ou les enfants de la mer

If you liked L'Océan ou les enfants de la mer (1916), a movie directed by Henri Andréani, here are 20 movies with a similar feel, based on TMDB's recommendations. Each one links to its cast, trailer and where it's streaming.

1
L'Argent (1928)
★ 7.1/10
Adapted from the novel L'Argent by Émile Zola, the film portrays the world of banking and the stock market in Paris in the 1920s.
2
Angelique (1964)
★ 6.7/10
In 17th-century France, beautiful country maiden Angélique marries wealthy neighbor Jeoffray de Peyrac out of convenience, but eventually, she falls in love with him. So when Jeoffray is arrested and then vanishes, she…
3
To Have and Have Not (1945)
★ 7.4/10
A Martinique charter boat skipper gets mixed up with the underground French resistance operatives during WWII.
4
One Fine Morning (2022)
★ 6.4/10
With a father suffering from neurodegenerative disease, a young woman lives with her eight-year-old daughter. While struggling to secure a decent nursing home, she runs into an unavailable friend with whom she embarks…
5
Scaramouche (1952)
★ 7/10
In 18th-century France, a young man masquerades as an actor to avenge his friend's murder.
6
Maria (2024)
★ 6.5/10
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.
7
La Vie en Rose (2007)
★ 7.4/10
From the mean streets of the Belleville district of Paris to the dazzling limelight of New York's most famous concert halls, Edith Piaf's life was a constant battle to sing and survive, to live and love. Raised in her…
8
Cléo from 5 to 7 (1962)
★ 7.7/10
Agnès Varda eloquently captures Paris in the sixties with this real-time portrait of a singer set adrift in the city as she awaits test results of a biopsy. A chronicle of the minutes of one woman’s life, Cléo from 5…
9
The Ideal Palace (2019)
★ 6.9/10
Follows Joseph Ferdinand Chavel a French postman who built a palace in the French countryside over 33 years.
10
The Smiling Madame Beudet (1923)
★ 6/10
An unhappily married woman devises a scheme to get rid of her husband.
11
The Flood (2024)
★ 6.3/10
1792. Louis XVI, his wife Marie Antoinette, and their children have been arrested and imprisoned in the Tour du Temple, a sinister chateau in Paris, awaiting their trial. Far from the splendour of Versailles, they are…
12
Simply Black (2020)
★ 5.9/10
A failed 40 year old comedian wants to organize the first Black protests in France but meeting with other French celebrities of the Black community will make it a whole new adventure.
13
Moulin Rouge! (2001)
★ 7.5/10
A celebration of love and creative inspiration takes place in the infamous, gaudy and glamorous Parisian nightclub, at the cusp of the 20th century. A young poet, who is plunged into the heady world of Moulin Rouge…
14
A Monster in Paris (2011)
★ 6.9/10
Paris, 1910. Emile, a shy movie projectionist, and Raoul, a colourful inventor, find themselves embarked on the hunt for a monster terrorizing citizens. They join forces with Lucille, the big-hearted star of the Bird…
15
Total Eclipse (1995)
★ 6.4/10
Young, wild poet Arthur Rimbaud and his mentor Paul Verlaine engage in a fierce, forbidden romance while feeling the effects of a hellish artistic lifestyle.
16
The Crime is Mine (2023)
★ 6.5/10
In 1930s Paris, Madeleine, a pretty, young, penniless, and talentless actress, is accused of murdering a famous producer. Helped by her best friend, Pauline, a young, unemployed lawyer, she is acquitted on the grounds…
17
The Colors of Fire (2022)
★ 6.8/10
February 1927. The funeral of Marcel Péricourt, the most powerful banker in Paris. His daughter Madeleine must take the helm of the financial empire of which she is the heiress. But she has a son, Paul, who with an…
18
Lola (1961)
★ 7.1/10
A bored young man meets with his former girlfriend, now a cabaret dancer and single mother, and soon finds himself falling back in love with her.
19
Cyrano, My Love (2018)
★ 7.5/10
Paris, France, December 1897. The young playwright Edmond Rostand feels like a failure. Inspiration has abandoned him. Married and father of two children, desperate and penniless, he persuades the great actor Constant…
20
Party Girl (2014)
★ 6.7/10
Angélique is a 60-year-old bar hostess. She still likes to party, she still likes men. At night, she makes them drink, in a cabaret by the French-German border. As time goes by, clients become rare. But Michel, her…