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Movies Like La Balade de Lucie

If you liked La Balade de Lucie (2013), a drama movie directed by Sandrine Ray, 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. 1Élisa

    Élisa (1995)

    ★ 6.4/10Also drama

    Marie has had a tough childhood ever since her mother Elisa committed suicide. She has spent most of her life in an orphanage and now makes a living as a small time criminal in Paris. Now she wants to unravel her past…

  2. 2The Cage

    The Cage (1975)

    ★ 6/10Also drama

    The story of a woman who is suddenly visited by her estranged ex-husband. The ex-hubby wants to buy her country house, which she received in the divorce settlement. Instead he finds himself locked in a cage in the…

  3. 3Young Mothers

    Young Mothers (2025)

    ★ 6.5/10Also drama

    Housed in a shelter for young mothers, Jessica, Perla, Julia, Ariane, and Naïma, all of whom have grown up in difficult circumstances, struggle to obtain a better life for themselves and their children.

  4. 4Juliette in Spring

    Juliette in Spring (2024)

    ★ 6.8/10Also drama

    Juliette goes back in her hometown to spend some time with her family. She finds herself between a loving but moody father, a New Age mother, a sister in the midst of an existential crisis, and a grandmother slowly…

  5. 5Full Time

    Full Time (2022)

    ★ 7/10Also drama

    Julie finally gets an interview for a job where she can raise her children better only to run into a national transit strike.

  6. 6Bloody Milk

    Bloody Milk (2017)

    ★ 6.9/10Also drama

    Pierre, in his thirties, is a breeder of dairy cattle. His life revolves around his farm, his veterinarian sister and his parents whose livestock he took over. As the first cases of a zoonotic outbreak are reported in…

  7. 7The Young One

    The Young One (1960)

    ★ 7/10Also drama

    A jazz musician seeks refuge from a lynch mob on a remote island, where he meets a hostile game warden and the young object of his attentions.

  8. 8Chaos

    Chaos (2001)

    ★ 6.4/10Also drama

    A 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…

  9. 9Out of Control

    Out of Control (2025)

    ★ 5.8/10Also drama

    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…

  10. 10Out 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…

  11. 11Wild Diamond

    Wild Diamond (2024)

    ★ 6.4/10Also drama

    Liane, 19 years old, daring and fiery, lives with her mother and little sister under the dusty sun of Fréjus in the South of France. Obsessed with beauty and the need to become “someone”, she sees reality TV as her…

  12. 12Adieu 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…

  13. 13A Mouthful of Air

    A Mouthful of Air (2021)

    ★ 6.4/10Also drama

    Julie is a new mom and children's book author, who escapes into the bright Crayola-colored world of her creation in order to leave behind the darkness caused by her post-partum depression.

  14. 14Hold Me Tight

    Hold Me Tight (2021)

    ★ 6.3/10Also drama

    At dawn, Clarisse takes a last look at her husband and two sleeping children, hesitates to leave a note, and hits the road. A desperate escape that gradually reveals its layers as Clarisse — who seems to have an…

  15. 15Kompromat

    Kompromat (2022)

    ★ 6.3/10Also drama

    Mathieu, a member of the French institute in Irkutsk, is arrested overnight by the Russian authorities. Imprisoned and accused of sexual abuse on his own daughter, he realises he is a victim of a Kompromat. With the…

  16. 16The Nest

    The Nest (2020)

    ★ 6.1/10Also drama

    Rory is an ambitious entrepreneur who brings his American wife and kids to his native country, England, to explore new business opportunities. After abandoning the sanctuary of their safe American suburban…

  17. 17Haute Couture

    Haute Couture (2021)

    ★ 6.1/10Also drama

    Esther 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…

  18. 18All to Play For

    All to Play For (2023)

    ★ 6.4/10Also drama

    Sylvie lives with her two children whom she’s raising on her own. One evening, there’s an accident, and her youngest son is removed from her care. Sylvie must subsequently fight to get her son back and to keep herself…

  19. 19The Origin of Evil

    The Origin of Evil (2022)

    ★ 6.4/10Also drama

    In a luxurious seaside villa, a modest young woman finds herself in the company of a strange family: an unknown and wealthy father, his extravagant wife, his daughter, an ambitious woman, a rebellious teenager, and…

  20. 20Love Me No More

    Love Me No More (2008)

    ★ 7.1/10Also drama

    Antoine Méliot is around 40 years old and has everything he needs to be happy: a beautiful wife, two adorable children, friends he can count on, a pretty house in the Yvelines and money. But one day he decides to ruin…

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