Movies Like This Rascal of Anatole

If you liked This Rascal of Anatole (1952), a movie directed by Émile Couzinet, 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
Angèle and Tony (2011)
★ 6.2/10
Angèle, a beautiful young woman with a past, arrives in a small fishing harbor in Normandy. She meets Tony, a professional fisherman, who finds himself attracted to her although he dislikes her blunt ways. Tony hires…
2
Love Is in the Air (2013)
★ 6/10
Antoine is a lawyer living in New York. On his way back to France for the final round of a job interview, Antoine finds himself sitting right next to his ex-girlfriend Julie. With a seven-hour flight ahead of them…
3
Office Space (1999)
★ 7.4/10
A depressed white-collar worker tries hypnotherapy, only to find himself in a perpetual state of devil-may-care bliss that prompts him to start living by his own rules, and hatch a hapless attempt to embezzle money…
4
LOL 2.0: Anne’s Golden Hour (2026)
★ 6/10
At 55, Anne is finally enjoying her freedom after her children leave home. But everything changes when her 23-year-old daughter, Louise, moves back in with her after a professional and romantic failure. And to make…
5
Love Me No More (2008)
★ 7.1/10
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…
6
Last Summer (2023)
★ 6.1/10
One summer, a French teenager who has been living with his mother in the city moves in with his estranged father’s family in the countryside, where he clashes with his stepmother.
7
Four Lovers (2010)
★ 5.9/10
Mutual attraction leads two married couples to swap bedtime partners.
8
10 Days with Dad (2020)
★ 6/10
Antoine is the Head of HR of a big company. Managing people is his thing, so when his overwhelmed wife suddenly decides to go on holiday and leave him with the responsibility of the house and their four kids, he knows…
9
Working Girl (1988)
★ 6.6/10
When a secretary's idea is stolen by her boss, she takes a risky chance to reclaim it by impersonating him and running the project from his position.
10
The Other End of the Line (2007)
★ 6.5/10
An employee at an Indian call-center travels to San Francisco to be with a guy she falls for over the phone.
11
One Hundred and One Nights (1995)
★ 6.1/10
Monsieur Cinema, a hundred years old, lives alone in a large villa. His memories fade away, so he engages a young woman to tell him stories about all the movies ever made.
12
40 Dates and 40 Nights (2026)
★ 7.4/10
Ready to quit the dating scene altogether, burned-out Leah accepts her grandmother's outrageous challenge—40 dates in 40 nights in exchange for a year's rent—only to discover amidst the awkward dinners and unexpected…
13
The Taming of the Shrew (1967)
★ 6.9/10
Italy, 16th century. Petruchio, a choleric, lying and poor rural landowner from Verona, arrives in Padua in search of fortune and a wife, while Baptista, a wealthy merchant, announces that he will not allow Bianca, his…
14
The Smiling Madame Beudet (1923)
★ 6/10
An unhappily married woman devises a scheme to get rid of her husband.
15
Angélique (2013)
★ 6.5/10
The incredible destiny of Angélique: a beautiful girl who found in her love for Joffrey Peyrac the strength to fight injustice and submission in a century plagued by power struggles, inequality and the oppression.
16
Love Is in the Air (2023)
★ 6.2/10
A fiercely independent pilot fighting to keep her family business afloat starts to fall for the man sent by corporate to ground her operation forever.
17
Secretary (2002)
★ 6.8/10
A young woman, recently released from a mental hospital, gets a job as a secretary to a demanding lawyer, where their employer-employee relationship turns into a sexual, sadomasochistic one.
18
The Girl in the Book (2015)
★ 5.8/10
The story of a young writer's transformation when her past invades her present.
19
Hesher (2010)
★ 6.8/10
A young boy has lost his mother and is losing touch with his father and the world around him. Then he meets Hesher who manages to make his life even more chaotic.
20
You, Me & Tuscany (2026)
★ 7.3/10
When a woman crashes at an empty Italian villa, posing as the owner's fiancée, she discovers an unexpected romance that could transform her life.