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Movies Like La Vie de Bohème

If you liked La Vie de Bohème (1992), a drama and romance movie directed by Aki Kaurismäki, 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 Happy Prince

    The Happy Prince (2018)

    ★ 6.2/10Also drama

    In 1895, Oscar Wilde (1854-1900) was the most famous writer in London, and Bosie Douglas, son of the notorious Marquess of Queensberry, was his lover. Accused and convicted of gross indecency, he was imprisoned for two…

  2. 2Three Colors: Blue

    Three Colors: Blue (1993)

    ★ 7.6/10Also drama

    The wife of a famous composer survives a car accident that kills her husband and daughter. Now alone, she shakes off her old identity and explores her newfound freedom but finds that she is unbreakably bound to other…

  3. 3Poetical Refugee

    Poetical Refugee (2001)

    ★ 6.6/10Also drama

    Like a Candide dreaming of Eldorado, Jallel lands in France, hoping to try his luck. From encounter to encounter, hostel to social welfare group, Jallel will make his way through a Paris of outcasts. Although failing…

  4. 4Mélo

    Mélo (1986)

    ★ 6.9/10Also drama and romance

    In 1920s Paris, violinists and lifelong friends Pierre Belcroix and Marcel Blanc are happy with their lives, although Marcel has become famous and Pierre has not. Pierre is married to Romaine, a stylish young flapper…

  5. 5Blind

    Blind (2017)

    ★ 6.1/10Also drama and romance

    A novelist is blinded in a car crash that killed his wife and several years later rediscovers his passion for life and writing when he embarks on an affair with the neglected wife of an indicted businessman.

  6. 6Private Fears in Public Places

    Private Fears in Public Places (2006)

    ★ 6.4/10Also drama and romance

    Seven lonely lives in Paris: a middle-aged estate agent who believes a colleague is sending messages in video tapes she loans him; his co-worker whose Bible is close at hand in times of stress; her late-night charge…

  7. 7Orpheus

    Orpheus (1950)

    ★ 7.7/10Also romance and drama

    A famous poet in postwar Paris, scorned by the Left Bank youth, is in love with both his wife Eurydice and a mysterious princess. Seeking inspiration, the poet becomes obsessed and follows the princess from the world…

  8. 8Same Kind of Different as Me

    Same Kind of Different as Me (2017)

    ★ 6.8/10Also drama

    International art dealer Ron Hall must befriend a dangerous homeless man in order to save his struggling marriage to his wife, a woman whose dreams will lead all three of them on the journey of their lives.

  9. 9The Soloist

    The Soloist (2009)

    ★ 6.7/10Also drama

    A Los Angeles journalist befriends a homeless Juilliard-trained musician, while looking for a new article for the paper.

  10. 10Scarlet Street

    Scarlet Street (1945)

    ★ 7.6/10Also drama

    Cashier and part-time starving artist Christopher Cross is absolutely smitten with the beautiful Kitty March. Kitty plays along, but she's really only interested in Johnny, a two-bit crook. When Kitty and Johnny find…

  11. 11The Green Ray

    The Green Ray (1986)

    ★ 7.5/10Also drama and romance

    A lonely Parisian woman comes to terms with her isolation and anxieties during a long summer vacation.

  12. 12Life in a Year

    Life in a Year (2020)

    ★ 8.2/10Also drama and romance

    A 17 year old finds out that his girlfriend is dying, so he sets out to give her an entire life, in the last year she has left.

  13. 13A Ghost Story

    A Ghost Story (2017)

    ★ 7.1/10Also drama and romance

    Recently deceased, a white-sheeted ghost returns to his suburban home to console his bereft wife, only to find that in his spectral state he has become unstuck in time, forced to watch passively as the life he knew and…

  14. 14Moulin Rouge!

    Moulin Rouge! (2001)

    ★ 7.5/10Also drama and romance

    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…

  15. 15Collateral Beauty

    Collateral Beauty (2016)

    ★ 7.2/10Also drama and romance

    Retreating from life after a tragedy, a man questions the universe by writing to Love, Time and Death. Receiving unexpected answers, he begins to see how these things interlock and how even loss can reveal moments of…

  16. 16Cyrano

    Cyrano (2021)

    ★ 6.3/10Also drama and romance

    A man ahead of his time, Cyrano de Bergerac dazzles whether with ferocious wordplay at a verbal joust or with brilliant swordplay in a duel. But, convinced that his appearance renders him unworthy of the love of a…

  17. 17Luna

    Luna (2018)

    ★ 6.2/10Also drama and romance

    A film in which the director captures the beautiful and accurate qualities of reality when building the energetic portrait of a 16-year-old girl immersed in the macho culture of urban suburban south-west France, just a…

  18. 18Yamakasi

    Yamakasi (2001)

    ★ 6/10Also drama

    Yamakasi - Les samouraïs des temps modernes is a 2001 French movie written by Luc Besson. It demonstrates the skills of the Yamakasi, a group of traceurs who battle against injustice in the Paris ghetto. They use…

  19. 19Rent

    Rent (2005)

    ★ 6.8/10Also drama and romance

    In New York City's gritty East Village, a group of bohemians strive for success and acceptance while enduring the obstacles of poverty, illness and the AIDS epidemic.

  20. 20Hunting & Gathering

    Hunting & Gathering (2007)

    ★ 6.5/10Also romance and drama

    When Camille falls ill, she is forced to live with Philibert and Franck.

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