Movies Like Time to Leave
If you liked Time to Leave (2005), a drama movie directed by François Ozon, 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.
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The Swimming Pool (1969)
★ 7/10Also dramaSet in a magnificent villa near a sun-drenched St. Tropez, lovers Jean-Paul and Marianne are spending a happy, lazy summer holiday. Their only concern is to gratify their mutual passion - until the day when Marianne…
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Fat Girl (2001)
★ 6.1/10Also dramaAnaïs is twelve and bears the weight of the world on her shoulders. She watches her older sister, Elena, whom she both loves and hates. Elena is fifteen and devilishly beautiful. Neither more futile, nor more stupid…
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Louder Than Bombs (2015)
★ 6.5/10Also dramaThree years after his wife, acclaimed photographer Isabelle Reed, dies in a car crash, Gene keeps everyday life going with his shy teenage son, Conrad. A planned exhibition of Isabelle’s photographs prompts Gene's…
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Uncle Frank (2020)
★ 7.3/10Also dramaIn 1973, when Frank Bledsoe and his 18-year-old niece Beth take a road trip from Manhattan to Creekville, South Carolina for the family patriarch's funeral, they're unexpectedly joined by Frank's lover Walid.
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Couture (2026)
★ 6.4/10Also dramaAn American filmmaker faces challenges and self-discovery as she arrives in Paris for Fashion Week on a life-and-death journey.
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It's Only the End of the World (2016)
★ 7.2/10Also dramaLouis, a terminally ill writer, returns home after a long absence to tell his family that he is dying.
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Amanda (2018)
★ 7/10Also dramaDavid, who gets by doing odd jobs, meets Léna, who has just moved up to Paris, and falls in love. But soon after, his life is brutally interrupted by the sudden death of his sister. Beyond the shock, and the pain…
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Polisse (2011)
★ 7.7/10Also dramaParis, France. Fred and his colleagues, members of the BPM, the Police Child Protection Unit, dedicated to pursuing all sorts of offenses committed against the weakest, must endure the scrutiny of Melissa, a…
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Sauvage (2018)
★ 6.7/10Also dramaLéo, a 22-year-old homeless sex worker searches for genuine love on the streets of Strasbourg.
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Sister My Sister (1994)
★ 5.9/10Also dramaA true story of shocking violence catapults a picturesque little town into history. The close sibling relationship between the two maids takes on a new dimension as their overbearing employer discovers a sexual fever…
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House of Pleasures (2011)
★ 6.5/10Also dramaThe dawn of the 20th century: L’Apollonide, a luxurious and traditional brothel in Paris, is living its last days. In this closed world, where some men fall in love and others become viciously harmful, the women share…
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Personal Shopper (2016)
★ 5.9/10Also dramaMaureen, mid-20s, is a personal shopper for a media celebrity. The job pays for her stay in Paris, a city she refuses to leave until she makes contact with her twin brother who previously died there. Her life becomes…
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The Danish Girl (2015)
★ 7.5/10Also dramaWhen Gerda Wegener asks her husband Einar to fill in as a portrait model, Einar discovers the person she's meant to be and begins living her life as Lili Elbe. Having realized her true self and with Gerda's love and…
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The Thing with Feathers (2025)
★ 6.5/10Also dramaFollowing the death of his wife, a young father's hold on reality crumbles, and a strange presence begins to stalk him from the shadowy recesses of the apartment he shares with his two young sons.
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Code Unknown (2000)
★ 6.7/10Also dramaA series of events unfold like a chain reaction, all stemming from a minor event that brings the film's five characters together. Set in Paris, France, Anne is an actress whose boyfriend Georges photographs the war in…
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Irreversible (2002)
★ 7.2/10Also dramaA woman’s lover and her ex-boyfriend take justice into their own hands after she becomes the victim of a rapist. Because some acts can’t be undone. Because man is an animal. Because the desire for vengeance is a…
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The Tenant (1976)
★ 7.6/10Also dramaA quiet and inconspicuous man rents an apartment in Paris where he finds himself drawn into a rabbit hole of dangerous paranoia.
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The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: Them (2014)
★ 6.2/10Also dramaA New York couple's relationship is tested after the loss of their child. This film is the wide-released combination of the original two :him and :her volumes that premiered at the Cannes Film Festival.
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Ares (2016)
★ 6/10Also dramaIn a near future, the world order has changed. With its 10 millions of unemployed citizens, France has now become a poor country. Its people wavers between rebellion and resignation and find an outlet in the shape of…
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Lola and the Sea (2019)
★ 6.4/10Also dramaJust when Lola, 18 years old and transgender, learns that she can finally have surgery, her mother, who is her only financial support, passes away. Abiding by her mother’s last wishes, Lola and her father, who are…