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Movies Like Number One Fan

If you liked Number One Fan (2014), a drama and thriller movie directed by Jeanne Herry, 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 Caveman's Valentine

    The Caveman's Valentine (2001)

    ★ 5.9/10Also drama and thriller

    Romulus, a misunderstood musician turned recluse hiding from personal demons in a New York City cave, finds the frozen body of a young drifter in a tree. The authorities, including his police officer daughter, claim…

  2. 2Gotcha!

    Gotcha! (1985)

    ★ 6/10Also comedy and thriller

    A student on a trip to France is tricked into smuggling secrets across the Iron Curtain by a sexy spy.

  3. 3Unsubmissives

    Unsubmissives (2025)

    ★ 7.2/10Also thriller and drama

    Early 1990’s, south of France. Katy, Hélène, Laurence and Carole have been best friends since childhood. Now in their twenties, they find themselves struggling with hardship and limited opportunities in their sunny…

  4. 424 Days

    24 Days (2014)

    ★ 6.6/10Also drama and thriller

    When Ilan Halimi is kidnapped for ransom because Jewish and supposedly rich, his family and the police start a race against time to save him from the tortures of the "gang of barbarians".

  5. 5Three Days and a Life

    Three Days and a Life (2019)

    ★ 6.5/10Also thriller and drama

    Christmas 1999, in a peaceful little village in the Ardennes. The life of a young boy named Antoine will soon be devastated by three tragic events : the death of a dog, the vanishing of a child, and a big ravaging storm.

  6. 6The Beasts

    The Beasts (2022)

    ★ 7.5/10Also thriller and drama

    Antoine and Olga, a French couple, have been living in a small village in Galicia for a long time. They practice eco-responsible agriculture and restore abandoned houses to facilitate repopulation. Everything should be…

  7. 7Blast

    Blast (2022)

    ★ 6.7/10Also thriller and drama

    In a Parisian parking lot Sonia finds herself trapped in her car with her son and the daughter of her boyfriend Fred, who has been left outside, powerless to deal with the situation: an anti-tank mine has been set…

  8. 8The Parts You Lose

    The Parts You Lose (2019)

    ★ 6.7/10Also drama and thriller

    An unlikely friendship unfolds between a young deaf boy, Wesley, and a fugitive criminal who takes refuge in an abandoned barn on the family’s rural North Dakota farm.

  9. 9Remember

    Remember (2015)

    ★ 7.3/10Also drama and thriller

    With the aid of a fellow Auschwitz survivor and a hand-written letter, an elderly man with dementia goes in search of the person responsible for the death of his family.

  10. 10Under the Stars of Paris

    Under the Stars of Paris (2021)

    ★ 6.7/10Also drama and comedy

    Christine’s life has not been easy lately. Her lonely routine is divided between free food banks distributions and wandering the streets. On a cold winter night she founds Suli, an 8-year-old Eritrean boy, sobbing in…

  11. 11Out of Control

    Out of Control (2025)

    ★ 5.8/10Also drama and thriller

    Julien and Marie have enjoyed 15 years of seemingly stable marriage until Anaëlle, Julien’s childhood flame, returns. Her sudden presence awakens old insecurities in Marie, who begins to doubt Julien’s devotion and…

  12. 12Moxie

    Moxie (2021)

    ★ 7.2/10Also comedy and drama

    Inspired by her mom's rebellious past and a confident new friend, a shy 16-year-old publishes an anonymous zine calling out sexism at her school.

  13. 13Hostile Takeover

    Hostile Takeover (2025)

    ★ 6.9/10Also comedy and thriller

    Follows Pete, a professional hitman, as he faces a group of assassins after the boss of a crime syndicate suspects disloyalty due to his attendance at Workaholics Anonymous meetings.

  14. 14Spy, Stand Up

    Spy, Stand Up (1982)

    ★ 7.2/10Also thriller and drama

    Sebastien Grenier, a former French spy, is working as a financial analyst in Zurich. However, his peaceful existence starts to disintegrate when he is recruited by a top French intelligence operative to discover how…

  15. 15The House on Carroll Street

    The House on Carroll Street (1988)

    ★ 5.9/10Also drama and thriller

    A reporter, fired after refusing to give names to a 1951 House Un-American Activities Committee, takes a part-time job as companion to an old lady. While working she overhears a noisy argument in the neighboring house…

  16. 16Stillwater

    Stillwater (2021)

    ★ 6.6/10Also drama and thriller

    Bill Baker, an American oil-rig roughneck from Oklahoma, travels to Marseille to visit his estranged daughter, Allison, who is in prison for a murder she claims she did not commit. Confronted with language barriers…

  17. 17Bye Bye Morons

    Bye Bye Morons (2020)

    ★ 7.2/10Also comedy and drama

    When 43-year-old hairdresser Suze Trappet finds out that she's seriously ill, she decides to go looking for a child she was forced to abandon when she was only 15. On her madcap bureaucratic quest she crosses paths…

  18. 186 Below: Miracle on the Mountain

    6 Below: Miracle on the Mountain (2017)

    ★ 5.8/10Also thriller and drama

    An adrenaline seeking snowboarder gets lost in a massive winter storm in the back country of the High Sierras where he is pushed to the limits of human endurance and forced to battle his own personal demons as he…

  19. 19When Fall Is Coming

    When Fall Is Coming (2024)

    ★ 6.6/10Also drama and thriller

    Michelle is enjoying a peaceful retirement in a Burgundy village, close to her longtime friend Marie-Claude. When her Parisian daughter Valérie drops off her son Lucas to spend school vacation with his grandma…

  20. 20Whatever It Takes

    Whatever It Takes (2026)

    ★ 6.2/10Also comedy and drama

    Rose and Jean have nothing in common. Rose is a force of nature who faces all her problems with a disarming joie de vivre. She lives with her 3 children upstairs in the family hotel that no longer belongs to her…

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