Movies Like Août

If you liked Août (2018), a movie directed by Laëtitia Spigarelli, 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
When the Cat's Away (1996)
★ 6.2/10
When Chloe, a young Parisian, decides to take a long-overdue vacation, she has to find someone to look after Gris-Gris, her beloved cat. Everyone, including her gay male roommate, refuses to help her, but she finally…
2
Lost in Paris (2017)
★ 6.1/10
Fiona visits Paris for the first time to assist her myopic Aunt Martha. Catastrophes ensue, mainly involving Dom, a homeless man who has yet to have an emotion or thought he was afraid of expressing.
3
My Old Lady (2014)
★ 6.2/10
Mathias Gold is a down-on-his-luck New Yorker who inherits a Parisian apartment from his estranged father. But when he arrives in France to sell the vast domicile, he's shocked to discover a live-in tenant who is not…
4
A Cat in Paris (2010)
★ 6.8/10
A thrilling mystery that unfurls in the alleys and on the rooftops of the French capital, Paris, over the course of one adventurous evening.
5
Marona's Fantastic Tale (2020)
★ 7.4/10
Marona, an innocent and empathetic little female dog, remembers the life she has shared with different masters, whom she has loved unconditionally.
6
April and the Extraordinary World (2015)
★ 7.1/10
It's 1941, but France is trapped in the 19th Century, governed by steam and Napoleon V. Avril, a teenage girl, goes in search of her missing scientist parents.
7
Freedom-Oleron (2001)
★ 6/10
39 years old Jacques Monot is tired from the same vacation he and his family have every year so he decides to buy a boat.
8
The Green Ray (1986)
★ 7.5/10
A lonely Parisian woman comes to terms with her isolation and anxieties during a long summer vacation.
9
Employee of the Month (2022)
★ 6/10
Vincent, a civil servant, has always enjoyed the benefits of his family's status. When the government votes on a massive savings plan, Vincent is pushed out. When he is transferred to the North Pole, he meets Eva and…
10
Paris Follies (2014)
★ 5.9/10
Long married 50-somethings Brigitte and Xavier are prize cattle breeders in regional France. Life is good, but the departure of their children from home has thrown Brigitte’s world into flux, as she finds herself…
11
Paris Je T'aime (2006)
★ 6.8/10
Olivier 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…
12
A Tale of Springtime (1990)
★ 6.8/10
The story of an introverted young girl just reaching adulthood who takes a liking to an older woman she meets at a party and determines to match her off with her father, despite the latter's already having a lover of…
13
10 Lives (2024)
★ 7.7/10
A pampered cat takes for granted the lucky hand he has been dealt after he is rescued and loved by Rose, a kind-hearted and passionate student. When he loses his ninth life, fate steps in to set him on a transformative…
14
Between Two Worlds (2022)
★ 6.9/10
Marianne Winckler relocates to the port city of Caen in order to pass herself off as a member of a large community of itinerant workers desperate to make ends meet. She gains employment as a cleaner on a ferry…
15
A Couch in New York (1996)
★ 5.8/10
A burnt-out New York psychoanalyst exchanges apartments with a Parisian woman. When his patients arrive, they talk to her and then pay. He returns early and becomes a patient as well.
16
Pasha (1968)
★ 6.7/10
Six months before his retirement from the criminal police, inspector Joss finds his colleague Gouvion dead, in a poorly faked suicide attempt. Joss loses his temper, and investigates on his own, which leads him through…
17
Vivre Sa Vie (1962)
★ 7.7/10
Twelve episodic tales in the life of a Parisian woman and her slow descent into prostitution.
18
Gay Purr-ee (1962)
★ 6.6/10
Mewsette is a starry-eyed cat who grows weary of life on a French farm and heads for the excitement of 1890s Paris. Her tomcat suitor, Jaune-Tom, and his furry cohort, Robespierre, chase after Mewsette, but she's…
19
Finch (2021)
★ 7.8/10
On a post-apocalyptic Earth, a robot, built to protect the life of his dying creator's beloved dog, learns about life, love, friendship, and what it means to be human.
20
The Mad Women's Ball (2021)
★ 7.1/10
A woman who is unfairly institutionalized at a Paris asylum plots to escape with the help of one of its nurses. Based on the novel 'Le bal des folles' by Victoria Mas.