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Movies Like End of Desire

If you liked End of Desire (1958), a drama movie directed by Alexandre Astruc, 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. 1The Song of Bernadette

    The Song of Bernadette (1943)

    ★ 7.1/10Also drama

    In 1858 Lourdes, France, adolescent peasant Bernadette has a vision of "a beautiful lady" in the Massabielle grotto - the townspeople assume this lady to be the Virgin Mary. Pompous government officials think the girl…

  2. 2The Return of Martin Guerre

    The Return of Martin Guerre (1982)

    ★ 6.7/10Also drama

    Village of Artigat, southern France, summer 1542, during the reign of Francis I. Martin Guerre and Bertrande de Rols marry. A few years later, accused of having committed a robbery, Martin suddenly disappears. When…

  3. 3Army of Shadows

    Army of Shadows (1969)

    ★ 7.9/10Also drama

    Betrayed by an informant, Philippe Gerbier finds himself trapped in a torturous Nazi prison camp. Though Gerbier escapes to rejoin the Resistance in occupied Marseilles, France, and exacts his revenge on the informant…

  4. 4My Brothers and I

    My Brothers and I (2022)

    ★ 7.2/10Also drama

    Nour, a 14-year-old boy, is enjoying the summer holidays in the South of France. He is the youngest of four brothers. They live together in a council estate, caring for their mother who is in a coma. Nour dreams of…

  5. 5Jean de Florette

    Jean de Florette (1986)

    ★ 7.7/10Also drama

    In a rural French village, an old man and his only remaining relative cast their covetous eyes on an adjoining vacant property. They need its spring water for growing their flowers, and are dismayed to hear that the…

  6. 6Diary of a Country Priest

    Diary of a Country Priest (1951)

    ★ 7.5/10Also drama

    An inexperienced, sickly priest shows up in the rural French community of Ambricourt, where he joins the community's clergy. But the locals don't take kindly to the priest, and his ascetic ways and unsociable demeanor…

  7. 7Topaz

    Topaz (1969)

    ★ 6/10Also drama

    Copenhagen, Denmark, 1962. When a high-ranking Soviet official decides to change sides, a French intelligence agent is caught up in a cold, silent and bloody spy war in which his own family will play a decisive role.

  8. 8The War Lord

    The War Lord (1965)

    ★ 6.2/10Also drama

    A knight in the service of a duke goes to a coastal village where an earlier attempt to build a defensive castle has failed. He begins to rebuild the duke's authority in the face of the barbarians at the border and is…

  9. 9Out of Love

    Out of Love (2025)

    ★ 6.9/10Also drama

    When Jeanne, a meticulous insurance assessor, is suddenly left to care for her estranged sister’s two children after their mother vanishes, her carefully ordered life begins to unravel. Confronted with unexpected…

  10. 10Mansfield Park

    Mansfield Park (2007)

    ★ 6.1/10Also drama

    Fanny Price is sent to live with her wealthy relatives, the Bertrams, where she is treated poorly by most except her cousin Edmund. Her life is complicated by the arrival of the worldly Mary and Henry Crawford

  11. 11Dunkirk

    Dunkirk (1958)

    ★ 6.9/10Also drama

    A British Corporal in France finds himself responsible for the lives of his men when their officer is killed. He has to get them back to Britain somehow. Meanwhile, British civilians are being dragged into the war with…

  12. 12The Hunchback of Notre Dame

    The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1996)

    ★ 7.1/10Also drama

    Isolated in the bell tower of Notre Dame, Quasimodo longs to experience the world beyond the cathedral walls, despite the wishes of his stern guardian, the Judge of Paris Claude Frollo. His first venture into the city…

  13. 13La Belle Équipe

    La Belle Équipe (1936)

    ★ 7.4/10Also drama

    Five unemployed workers win 100,000 Francs in the national lottery. Instead of sharing the money, they buy a ruin and build an open-air cafe. But difficulties come to split their friendly group apart.

  14. 14The Finishers

    The Finishers (2013)

    ★ 6.9/10Also drama

    Julien, 17, is wheelchair-bound due to cerebral palsy. Despite their love for him, his family is gradually falling apart under the strain of dealing with his disability. In a bid to bond with his father, Julien…

  15. 15Secret Name

    Secret Name (2021)

    ★ 6/10Also drama

    Nelie escaped a miserable existence by becoming a frontline nurse in 1914. One day, she takes the identity of Rose, a young woman from a good family, who dies in front of her. She presents herself in her place at…

  16. 16Adieu Philippine

    Adieu Philippine (1962)

    ★ 6.8/10Also drama

    Michel is a young technician in the fledgling TV industry and is due for military service in two months at the time of the Algerian War. Juliette and Liliane are inseparable best friends, and aspiring actresses, who…

  17. 17Les Misérables

    Les Misérables (2012)

    ★ 7.3/10Also drama

    An adaptation of the successful stage musical based on Victor Hugo's classic novel set in 19th-century France. Jean Valjean, a man imprisoned for stealing bread, must flee a relentless policeman named Javert. The…

  18. 18Wonderstruck

    Wonderstruck (2017)

    ★ 6.1/10Also drama

    The story of a young boy in the Midwest is told simultaneously with a tale about a young girl in New York from fifty years ago as they both seek the same mysterious connection.

  19. 19La Cérémonie

    La Cérémonie (1995)

    ★ 7.3/10Also drama

    Sophie, a quiet and shy maid working for an upper-class French family, finds a friend in the energetic and uncompromising postmaster Jeanne, who encourages her to stand up against her bourgeois employers.

  20. 20Detour

    Detour (1945)

    ★ 7.2/10Also drama

    The life of Al Roberts, a pianist in a New York nightclub, turns into a nightmare when he decides to hitchhike to Los Angeles to visit his girlfriend.

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