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Movies Like The Child of the Carnival

If you liked The Child of the Carnival (1921), a comedy and drama movie directed by Ivan Mosjoukine, 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. 1Lady Windermere's Fan

    Lady Windermere's Fan (1925)

    ★ 6.9/10Also comedy and drama

    A society woman believes her husband is having an affair, a misconception which may have dire personal consequences for all involved.

  2. 2Maybe More

    Maybe More (2024)

    ★ 5.8/10Also comedy and drama

    After 25 years together, married life has taken its toll on Xavier and Sophie, so when Sophie decides to invite their neighbours over for dinner, Xavier is less than enthusiastic to say the least! He can’t stand how…

  3. 3New Biz in the Hood

    New Biz in the Hood (2019)

    ★ 5.8/10Also comedy and drama

    Fred Bartel is the charismatic boss of a trendy Parisian communication agency, Happy Few. After a heated tax audit, he was forced by the administration to relocate overnight his company in La Courneuve. Fred and his…

  4. 4All Fired Up

    All Fired Up (1982)

    ★ 6/10Also comedy and drama

    Victor Valance, an absent father and gambler, works with shady casino operations abroad. When he returns to Paris in need of money, he plans to take advantage that Pauline, his eldest daughter now fully responsible for…

  5. 5Bye Bye Morons

    Bye Bye Morons (2020)

    ★ 7.2/10Also comedy and drama

    When 43-year-old hairdresser Suze Trappet finds out that she's seriously ill, she decides to go looking for a child she was forced to abandon when she was only 15. On her madcap bureaucratic quest she crosses paths…

  6. 6Landline

    Landline (2017)

    ★ 6.2/10Also comedy and drama

    A teenager living with her sister and parents in Manhattan during the 1990s discovers that her father is having an affair.

  7. 7César

    César (1936)

    ★ 7.7/10Also comedy and drama

    Leaping forward twenty years, the trilogy continues with the death of Fanny's husband, Panisse, and the discovery of her secret by her son, Césariot. The young man resolves to track down his biological father, Marius…

  8. 8Four Adventures of Reinette and Mirabelle

    Four Adventures of Reinette and Mirabelle (1987)

    ★ 7.4/10Also comedy and drama

    Two young girls meet, Reinette from the countryside and Mirabelle from Paris, and decide to take a flat together in Paris where they attend University. Four successive stories about their daily lives illustrate the…

  9. 9Macadam Stories

    Macadam Stories (2015)

    ★ 6.8/10Also drama and comedy

    Improbable encounters bring tenderness, laughter and compassion to a world of urban alienation.

  10. 10Hooking Up

    Hooking Up (2020)

    ★ 6.3/10Also comedy and drama

    Bailey and Darla embark upon a misguided and mutually deceitful form of therapy, one in which they must drive across the country, re-enacting Darla's colorful history as a sex addict. As their true motivations for the…

  11. 11The Decline of the American Empire

    The Decline of the American Empire (1986)

    ★ 6.7/10Also comedy and drama

    Four very different Montreal university teachers gather at a rambling country house to prepare a dinner. Remy (married), Claude (a homosexual), Pierre (involved with a girlfriend) and Alain (a bachelor) discuss sex…

  12. 12Bad Seeds

    Bad Seeds (2018)

    ★ 7.6/10Also comedy and drama

    Wael, a former street child, makes a living from small scams with his adoptive mother and partner-in-crime Monique. When this unconventional duo swindles the wrong guy, Victor, an old acquaintance of Monique now in…

  13. 13Under the Stars of Paris

    Under the Stars of Paris (2021)

    ★ 6.7/10Also drama and comedy

    Christine’s life has not been easy lately. Her lonely routine is divided between free food banks distributions and wandering the streets. On a cold winter night she founds Suli, an 8-year-old Eritrean boy, sobbing in…

  14. 14The Guide to the Perfect Family

    The Guide to the Perfect Family (2021)

    ★ 6.5/10Also comedy and drama

    A couple in Québec deals with the pitfalls, pressure and high expectations of raising kids in a society obsessed with success and social media image.

  15. 15Jim's Story

    Jim's Story (2024)

    ★ 6.9/10Also comedy and drama

    Aymeric runs into Florence, a former coworker, one evening in Saint-Claude in the Haut-Jura. She is six months pregnant and single. When she gives birth to Jim, Aymeric is there. They spend happy years together until…

  16. 16Whatever It Takes

    Whatever It Takes (2026)

    ★ 6.1/10Also comedy and drama

    Rose and Jean have nothing in common. Rose is a force of nature who faces all her problems with a disarming joie de vivre. She lives with her 3 children upstairs in the family hotel that no longer belongs to her…

  17. 17On Becoming a Guinea Fowl

    On Becoming a Guinea Fowl (2024)

    ★ 7.5/10Also comedy and drama

    On an empty road in the middle of the night, Shula stumbles across the body of her uncle. As funeral proceedings begin around them, she and her cousins bring to light the buried secrets of their middle-class Zambian…

  18. 18Alice and the Mayor

    Alice and the Mayor (2019)

    ★ 6.2/10Also comedy and drama

    The mayor of Lyon, Paul Théraneau, is in a delicate position. After 30 years in politics, he is running out of ideas and is faced with a feeling of existential emptiness. To overcome this, Paul hires a young and…

  19. 19Somewhere in Queens

    Somewhere in Queens (2023)

    ★ 6.3/10Also comedy and drama

    Leo and Angela Russo live a simple life in Queens, surrounded by their overbearing Italian-American family. When their son finds success on his high school basketball team, Leo tears the family apart trying to make it…

  20. 20No Love Lost

    No Love Lost (2023)

    ★ 6.1/10Also comedy and drama

    A single father, Étienne, is preparing for his daughter Rosa to leave home, but his life is upended when he sees his long-lost wife, Valérie, on TV, forcing a confrontation with the past.

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