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Movies Like If Paris Were Told to Us

If you liked If Paris Were Told to Us (1956), a comedy and drama movie directed by Sacha Guitry, 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. 1A Man of His Time

    A Man of His Time (2026)

    ★ 6.6/10Also history and comedy

    September 1940. Henri Marre arrives alone in Vichy as the authoritarian regime settles in. Broke, estranged from his family, and carrying copies of his self-published manifesto Notre Salut (Our Salvation), the…

  2. 2The French Revolution

    The French Revolution (1989)

    ★ 7.5/10Also drama and history

    A history of the French Revolution beginning from the decision of the king to convene the Etats-Generaux in 1789 in order to deal with France's debt problem. Part one spans the event until August 10, 1792 (when the…

  3. 3Diplomacy

    Diplomacy (2014)

    ★ 7/10Also drama and history

    On the night of August 24, 1944, the fate of Paris rests with General von Choltitz, who plans to destroy the city on Hitler's orders. As the general prepares to detonate explosives throughout the capital, Swedish…

  4. 4The Flood

    The Flood (2024)

    ★ 6.4/10Also drama and history

    1792. Louis XVI, his wife Marie Antoinette, and their children have been arrested and imprisoned in the Tour du Temple, a sinister chateau in Paris, awaiting their trial. Far from the splendour of Versailles, they are…

  5. 5Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris

    Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris (2022)

    ★ 7.3/10Also drama and comedy

    A 1950s London cleaning lady falls in love with an haute couture dress by Christian Dior and decides to gamble everything for the sake of this folly.

  6. 6The Rays and Shadows

    The Rays and Shadows (2026)

    ★ 7.4/10Also drama and history

    Jean and Otto, a French newspaperman and a young German Francophile, are fighting for peace in Europe. Jean’s daughter, Corinne, is launching a brilliant acting career in the film world, but war breaks out and France…

  7. 7Napoleon

    Napoleon (1927)

    ★ 7.9/10Also drama and history

    A biopic of former Emperor of France, Napoleon Bonaparte, tracing the Corsican's career from his schooldays (where a snowball fight is staged like a military campaign) to his flight from Corsica, through the French…

  8. 8Chouans !

    Chouans ! (1988)

    ★ 5.8/10Also drama and history

    Directed by Philippe de Broca, the film recounts a bloody episode of the French Revolution. 1793, the Terror . In Vendée and in Bretagne, the chouans are revolting against the young Republic and fight for the monarchy…

  9. 9La Chinoise

    La Chinoise (1967)

    ★ 7/10Also drama and comedy

    A small group of French students are studying Mao, trying to find out their position in the world and how to change the world to a Maoistic community using terrorism.

  10. 10Austerlitz

    Austerlitz (1960)

    ★ 6.7/10Also drama and history

    A return to the life of the Little Corporal with a dramatisation of the decisive 1805 conflict between French forces and the armies of Austria and Russia. An epic reconstruction of the battle of Austerlitz, where…

  11. 11Panther

    Panther (1995)

    ★ 6.3/10Also drama and history

    In this sprawling, fictionalized history of the Black Panthers, 1960s Oakland becomes a war zone as the Panthers battle for the right to exist.

  12. 12Stavisky...

    Stavisky... (1974)

    ★ 5.9/10Also drama and history

    Biarritz, 1933. Charm and talent assist small-time swindler Serge Alexandre, alias Stavisky, to bribe his way into the centre of French politics. But when his great scam involving millions is exposed, he brings the…

  13. 13Munich - The Edge of War

    Munich - The Edge of War (2021)

    ★ 6.9/10Also drama and history

    At the tense 1938 Munich Conference, former friends who now work for opposing governments become reluctant spies racing to expose a Nazi secret.

  14. 14Return of the Hero

    Return of the Hero (2018)

    ★ 6.3/10Also history and comedy

    France, 1809. Captain Neuville is called to the front, leaving his future bride heartbroken. Her sister decides to write letters on his behalf to cheer her up.

  15. 15The Current War

    The Current War (2018)

    ★ 6.7/10Also drama and history

    Electricity titans Thomas Edison and George Westinghouse compete to create a sustainable system and market it to the American people.

  16. 16The Count of Monte Cristo

    The Count of Monte Cristo (2002)

    ★ 7.7/10Also drama and history

    Young 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.

  17. 17De Gaulle: Résistance

    De Gaulle: Résistance (2026)

    ★ 7.8/10Also history and drama

    June, 1940. France collapses and signs the armistice. In the midst of the chaos, one man refuses to give up. Alone against the odds, this unknown general flees to London to save what remains of freedom.

  18. 18Savage House

    Savage House (2026)

    ★ 7/10Also comedy and drama

    Against the backdrop of 18th century England, a massive pox outbreak, and Jacobite uprising – Sir Chauncey Savage and Lady Savage blindly pursue a better life. It's not without a tinge of irony that their family name…

  19. 19The Judge and the Assassin

    The Judge and the Assassin (1976)

    ★ 6.9/10Also history and drama

    France, 1893. Joseph Bouvier attempts to shoot his love who refused to marry him and to commit suicide. Upon release from the filthy asylum where he was placed, with bullets still remaining in his head, he wanders the…

  20. 20Start the Revolution Without Me

    Start the Revolution Without Me (1970)

    ★ 6.1/10Also comedy and history

    Two sets of identical twins are accidentally switched at birth. One pair, Phillipe and Pierre DeSisi, are aristocratic and haughty, while the other, Charles and Claude Coupé, are poor and dim-witted. On the eve of the…

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