Movies Like On the Verge of a Fever
If you liked On the Verge of a Fever (2004), a drama movie directed by John L'Ecuyer, 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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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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Simon Killer (2012)
★ 5.9/10Also dramaA recent college graduate flees to Paris after a break-up, where his involvement with a prostitute begins to reveal a potentially dark recent past.
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Vivre Sa Vie (1962)
★ 7.7/10Also dramaTwelve episodic tales in the life of a Parisian woman and her slow descent into prostitution.
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The Margin (1976)
★ 6/10Also dramaA businessman leaves his country home, and wife and young son for a business trip to Paris. While there he develops a sexual and spiritual bond with a call girl.
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Party Girl (2014)
★ 6.7/10Also dramaAngélique 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…
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Thank You, Life (1991)
★ 6.2/10Also dramaCamille, a naïve schoolgirl, meets an intriguing influence in Joelle, a slightly older and much more experienced spirit. Camille follows her new friend through the discovery of sex and the darker side of life. As the…
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Pretty Baby (1978)
★ 7/10Also dramaIn 1917 New Orleans, a 12-year-old girl is raised in a brothel by her prostitute mother.
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Young & Beautiful (2013)
★ 6.5/10Also dramaIsabelle, a 17-year-old student, loses her virginity during a quick holiday romance. When she returns home, she begins a secret life as a prostitute for a year.
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Chaos (2001)
★ 6.4/10Also dramaA bourgeois couple, modern yet conventional. One night by accident, a young prostitute barges into their lives. Hounded down, beaten up, threatened, she will continue to struggle, with the help of a well off lady…
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Adieu Philippine (1962)
★ 6.8/10Also dramaMichel 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…
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Haute Couture (2021)
★ 6.1/10Also dramaEsther is at the end of her career as Head Seamstress at Dior Avenue Montaigne workshop. One day, she gets her handbag stolen in the metro by a 20 years old girl, Jade. Instead of calling the police she decides to take…
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Salomé (2013)
★ 6.1/10Also dramaAfter the lewd and frenetic Dance of the Seven Veils, and with the solemn pledge from the very lips of Herod himself that she could have whatever her heart desires up to half his kingdom, wanton and proud young Salomé…
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The Public Woman (1984)
★ 6/10Also dramaAn inexperienced young actress is invited to play a role in a film based on Dostoyevsky's 'The Possessed'. The film director, a Czech immigrant in Paris, takes over her life, and in a short time she is unable to draw…
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Bobby Jones: Stroke of Genius (2004)
★ 5.9/10Also dramaThe story of golf icon and legend, Bobby Jones, who retired from competition at the tender age of 28.
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Working Girls (1987)
★ 6.3/10Also dramaA lesbian college graduate, trying to bankroll her own photography business, works as a high-priced New York City escort.
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Divines (2016)
★ 7.6/10Also dramaIn a ghetto where religion and drug trafficking rub shoulders, Dounia has a lust for power and success. Supported by Maimouna, her best friend, she decides to follow in the footsteps of Rebecca, a respected dealer. But…
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Sound and Fury (1988)
★ 6.6/10Also dramaThis drama depicts the misery of neglected children in big cities. 13 years old Bruno is of a good family, but since the death of his grandmother he spends most of his time alone, in a phantasy world, while his mother…
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Pacifiction (2022)
★ 6.2/10Also dramaIsland of Tahiti. French government official De Roller is a calculating man with impeccable manners, capable of dealing with both high society and the locals he frequents in shady joints.
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The Passengers of the Night (2022)
★ 6.9/10Also dramaOn 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 she will now have to support herself…
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Secret Things (2002)
★ 5.8/10Also dramaTwo young women find themselves struggling to survive in Paris, street-wise Nathalie, a stripper, and naïve Sandrine, a barmaid. Together, they discover that sex can be used to their advantage, and pleasure.