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Movies Like Café de Flore

If you liked Café de Flore (2011), a drama and romance movie directed by Jean-Marc Vallée, 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. 1Afterglow

    Afterglow (1997)

    ★ 5.9/10Also drama and romance

    Lucky Mann is a builder equally handy at repairs and seduction. The latest housewife to succumb to his charms is Marianne, unhappily married to corporate exec Jeffrey. When Jeffrey becomes enraptured by Lucky’s wife…

  2. 2The Things of Life

    The Things of Life (1970)

    ★ 7.1/10Also drama and romance

    The mind of Pierre Bérard, a successful middle-aged architect, is torn between his unstable present with Hélène, his younger lover, and his happy memories of the past with Catherine, his ex-wife; but his true destiny…

  3. 3Custody

    Custody (2018)

    ★ 7.5/10Also drama

    Miriam and Antoine have recently separated. While she’s willing to permit their 17-year-old daughter Josephine to decide living arrangements for herself, Miriam is desperate to keep her youngest, 11-year-old Julien…

  4. 4No Limit

    No Limit (2022)

    ★ 6/10Also drama and romance

    Roxana Aubrey decides to drop her studies and escape her life in Paris for a free diving course in the south of France. She is quickly pulled into a life that reaches new depths brought by the weight of an ocean's…

  5. 5Élisa

    Élisa (1995)

    ★ 6.4/10Also drama

    Marie has had a tough childhood ever since her mother Elisa committed suicide. She has spent most of her life in an orphanage and now makes a living as a small time criminal in Paris. Now she wants to unravel her past…

  6. 6The Memory Keeper's Daughter

    The Memory Keeper's Daughter (2008)

    ★ 6.5/10Also drama

    During a blizzard in 1964, Dr. David Henry delivers his son Paul with the help of nurse Caroline. But when Henry realizes his wife is also carrying a girl with Down syndrome, he hands the second child over to Caroline…

  7. 7Remember Me

    Remember Me (2010)

    ★ 7.1/10Also drama and romance

    Still reeling from a heartbreaking family event and his parents' subsequent divorce, Tyler Hawkins discovers a fresh lease on life when he meets Ally Craig, a gregarious beauty who witnessed her mother's death. But as…

  8. 8Gervaise

    Gervaise (1956)

    ★ 6.7/10Also romance and drama

    Gervaise Macquart is a beautiful Parisian laundress and mother whose lover, Lantier, walks out on her. She eventually marries Henri Coupeau, a roofer who has an unfortunate accident. As her now crippled husband…

  9. 9Just a Breath Away

    Just a Breath Away (2018)

    ★ 6.3/10Also drama

    When a deadly mist engulfs Paris, people find refuge in the upper floors of the buildings. With no information, no electricity and hardly any supplies, Mathieu, Anna and their daughter Sarah try to survive the disaster.

  10. 10My Fault: London

    My Fault: London (2025)

    ★ 7.4/10Also drama and romance

    18-year-old Noah moves from America to London, with her mother who's recently fallen in love with William, a wealthy British businessman. Noah meets William’s son, bad-boy Nick, and soon discovers there is an…

  11. 11Je Tu Il Elle

    Je Tu Il Elle (1974)

    ★ 6.5/10Also drama and romance

    A woman suffers a subdued psychological breakdown in the wake of a devastating breakup.

  12. 12Petulia

    Petulia (1968)

    ★ 6/10Also drama and romance

    Dr. Archie Bollen is having a midlife crisis. He's just divorced his wife and is establishing a new life for himself. One night, he catches the eye of Petulia Danner, a charming, free-spirited young woman. Petulia's…

  13. 13Documenteur

    Documenteur (1982)

    ★ 6.6/10Also drama

    After separating from the father of her son, a young French woman tries to find lodging and a fresh start in L.A. for herself and her son.

  14. 14Time Is Up

    Time Is Up (2021)

    ★ 6.5/10Also romance and drama

    Vivien, an accomplished student with a passion for physics, and Roy, a troubled young man, are involved in an accident that forces them to reclaim their lives one minute at the time.

  15. 15Little Fish

    Little Fish (2021)

    ★ 7.1/10Also romance and drama

    A couple fights to hold their relationship together as a memory loss virus spreads and threatens to erase the history of their love and courtship.

  16. 16The Last Woman

    The Last Woman (1976)

    ★ 6.2/10Also drama

    Psychological drama of the compelling relationship between a young French engineer and the girl he takes into his home after his wife has left him with their baby son.

  17. 17Triage

    Triage (2009)

    ★ 6/10Also drama

    The wife of a photojournalist sets out to discover why he came home from a recent assignment without his colleague.

  18. 18The Thing with Feathers

    The Thing with Feathers (2025)

    ★ 6.5/10Also drama

    Following the death of his wife, a young father's hold on reality crumbles, and a strange presence begins to stalk him from the shadowy recesses of the apartment he shares with his two young sons.

  19. 19Five Times Two

    Five Times Two (2004)

    ★ 6.4/10Also drama and romance

    As young French couple Gilles and Marion officially separate, we see, in reverse order, the milestone moments in their relationship: Gilles revealing his unfaithfulness at a tense dinner party; Marion giving birth to…

  20. 20Mommy

    Mommy (2014)

    ★ 8.2/10Also drama

    A peculiar neighbor offers hope to a recent widow who is struggling to raise a teenager who is unpredictable and, sometimes, violent.

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