Movies Like Hôtel du Nord
If you liked Hôtel du Nord (1938), a romance and drama movie directed by Marcel Carné, 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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Water Lilies (2007)
★ 6.5/10Also drama and romanceSet during a sultry summer in a French suburb, Marie is desperate to join the local pool's synchronized swimming team, but is her interest solely for the sake of sport or for a chance to get close to Floriane, the bad…
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Paris Je T'aime (2006)
★ 6.8/10Also drama and romanceOlivier Assayas, Gus Van Sant, Wes Craven and Alfonso Cuaron are among the 20 distinguished directors who contribute to this collection of 18 stories, each exploring a different aspect of Parisian life. The colourful…
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Goodbye Again (1961)
★ 7.1/10Also drama and romanceMiddle-aged businesswoman Paula Tessier rejects the advances of her client's amusing 25-year-old son, Philip Van der Besh, but reconsiders when her longtime philandering partner begins yet another casual affair with a…
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Luna (2018)
★ 6.2/10Also drama and romanceA 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…
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The Lovers (1958)
★ 6.6/10Also romance and dramaA shallow, provincial wife finds her relationship with her preoccupied husband strained by romantic notions, leading her further towards Paris and the country wilderness.
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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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Madame Bovary (1991)
★ 6.2/10Also dramaIn 19th-century France, doctor's wife Emma Bovary seeks to escape her dull provincial life through various extramarital affairs and extravagant spending, leading to tragic consequences.
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The Little Thief (1988)
★ 6.3/10Also romance and dramaIn 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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One Fine Morning (2022)
★ 6.4/10Also romance and dramaWith a father suffering from neurodegenerative disease, a young woman lives with her eight-year-old daughter. While struggling to secure a decent nursing home, she runs into an unavailable friend with whom she embarks…
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Life in a Year (2020)
★ 8.2/10Also drama and romanceA 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.
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...And God Created Woman (1956)
★ 6.1/10Also drama and romance18-year-old orphan Juliette's unbridled appetite for pleasure shakes up all of St Tropez; her sweet but naïve husband Michel endures beatings, insults, and mambo in his futile attempts to tame her wild ways.
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Love Is My Profession (1958)
★ 6.3/10Also romance and dramaLeading lawyer Andre Gobillot takes the case of Yvette, a young criminal. As he works on her defence, an unexpected romance blooms between them, only to be cut short by a tragedy.
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Mélo (1986)
★ 6.9/10Also drama and romanceIn 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…
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Private Fears in Public Places (2006)
★ 6.4/10Also drama and romanceSeven 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…
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Hunting & Gathering (2007)
★ 6.5/10Also romance and dramaWhen Camille falls ill, she is forced to live with Philibert and Franck.
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Jeanne du Barry (2023)
★ 6.9/10Also drama and romanceThe life of Jeanne Bécu, who was born as the illegitimate daughter of an impoverished seamstress in 1743 and went on to rise through the Court of Louis XV to become his last official mistress.
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The Count of Monte Cristo (2002)
★ 7.7/10Also dramaYoung sailor Edmond Dantès is wrongfully imprisoned, escapes, finds treasure, and reinvents himself as the wealthy Count of Monte Cristo to exact revenge on those who betrayed him.
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Les Misérables (2012)
★ 7.3/10Also dramaAn adaptation of the successful stage musical based on Victor Hugo's classic novel set in 19th-century France. Jean Valjean, a man imprisoned for stealing bread, must flee a relentless policeman named Javert. The…
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What the Day Owes the Night (2012)
★ 7.6/10Also drama and romanceAlgeria, the 1930s. Younes is nine years old when he is put in his uncle's care in Oran. Rebaptized Jonas, he grows up among the Rio Salado youths, with whom he becomes friends. Emilie is one of the gang; everyone is…
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Cyrano (2021)
★ 6.3/10Also drama and romanceA 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…