Movies Like A Foreign Girl in Paris
If you liked A Foreign Girl in Paris (1981), a romance movie directed by Claude Bernard-Aubert, 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 Hot Spot (1990)
★ 6.3/10Also romanceUpon arriving to a small town, a drifter quickly gets into trouble with the local authorities — and the local women — after he robs a bank.
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True Romance (1993)
★ 7.5/10Also romanceClarence marries hooker Alabama, steals cocaine from her pimp, and tries to sell it in Hollywood, while the owners of the coke try to reclaim it.
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My Mom's New Boyfriend (2008)
★ 5.4/10Also romanceAfter several years away, FBI agent Henry Durand returns to find his mother, Marty, a much different person: Having long mourned for Henry's father, she is now embracing single life. One day, while Marty, Henry and his…
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The Story of a Boy Who Wanted to Be Kissed (1994)
★ 3.5/10Also romanceRaoul is a 20 years old student in Paris. Girls are not interested in him, though he is good-looking. He wonders why. Raoul does not look for a great passion, he only wants to be kissed. We will follow his love…
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The Last Adventure (1967)
★ 6.9/10Also romanceTwo adventurers and best friends, Roland and Manu, are the victims of a practical joke that costs Manu his pilot's license. With seeming contrition, the jokesters tell Roland and Manu about a crashed plane lying on the…
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Angel-A (2005)
★ 7/10Also romanceA beautiful and mysterious woman helps an inept scam artist get his game together... but is their meeting purely coincidence?
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True (2004)
★ 7/10Also romanceWhile he's receiving an enigmatic phone call from his girlfriend Francine, Thomas remembers the milestones of their relationship, from the very moment they met in a really strange way. A segment of “Paris, je t'aime”…
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Love on the Run (1979)
★ 7/10Also romanceNow in his thirties, Antoine Doinel is a divorced proofreader in love with a record seller. Colette Tazzi, now a lawyer, buys his first published autobiography, leading them to a chance meeting.
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Playboy of Paris (1930)
★ 7/10Also romanceYvonne, daughter of Philibert, a Paris cafe owner, is in love with dreamy, blundering Albert, a waiter, though he pays little attention to her. Philibert plans to marry his daughter to a wealthy Parisian, but upon…
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Breathless (1960)
★ 7.5/10Also romanceA small-time thief steals a car and impulsively murders a motorcycle policeman. Wanted by the authorities, he attempts to persuade a girl to run away to Italy with him.
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The Little Thief (1988)
★ 6.3/10Also romanceIn a small town in post-WWII France, 16-year-old Janine tries to improve her conditions by any means necessary. Three people—Michel, a married lover; Raoul, a fellow thief; Mauricette, a photographer she meets in…
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Le Divorce (2003)
★ 4.9/10Also romanceWhile visiting her sister in Paris, a young woman finds romance and learns her brother-in-law is a philanderer.
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Colours of Time (2025)
★ 7.3/10Also romanceWhen four distant cousins inherit a 19th-century home in Normandy, they decide to visit and examine their family history. No one has lived there since the 1940s, and the cousins are intrigued by all of the items they…
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Before Sunset (2004)
★ 7.8/10Also romanceNine years later, Jesse travels across Europe giving readings from a book he wrote about the night he spent in Vienna with Celine. After his reading in Paris, Celine finds him, and they spend part of the day together…
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Stolen Kisses (1968)
★ 7.3/10Also romanceThe third in a series of films featuring François Truffaut's alter-ego, Antoine Doinel, the story resumes with Antoine being discharged from military service. His sweetheart Christine's father lands Antoine a job as a…
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Antoine and Colette (1962)
★ 7.2/10Also romanceNow aged 17, Antoine Doinel works in a factory which makes records. At a music concert, he meets a girl his own age, Colette, and falls in love with her. Later, Antoine goes to extraordinary lengths to please his new…
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Bed and Board (1970)
★ 7.1/10Also romanceParisian everyman Antoine Doinel has married his sweetheart Christine Darbon, and the newlyweds have set up a cozy domestic life of selling flowers and giving violin lessons while Antoine fitfully works on his…
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Orpheus (1950)
★ 7.7/10Also romanceA 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…
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The Good and the Bad (1976)
★ 5.6/10Also romanceThe film follows the exploits of Jacques, a car-mechanic turned pro-thief, and his Jewish co-conspirator Simon as their robberies, beginning well before the Second World War, take on a political coloration under the…
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Paul and Michelle (1974)
★ 5.6/10Also romanceTaking place approximately three years after the events in Friends, Paul and Michelle follows the family of Paul Harrison and Michelle Latour-Harrison after they have been reunited. Paul has to cope with the…