Movies like Augustine
If Augustine's mix of france, epilepsy and hysteria stayed with you, start here. Each film below was picked from what Augustine's fans love most, with the reason it belongs on this list.
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The Dancer
2016 · Directed by Stéphanie Di Giusto · 108 min6.5
Why you'll like itWith Soko · Shares: france · Also a French drama · From the same decade (2010s)
A young woman from the American Midwest, Loïe Fuller became the toast of the Folies Bergère at the turn of the 20th century and an icon of the Belle Epoque.
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De Gaulle: Résistance
2026 · Directed by Antonin Baudry · 160 min7.8
Why you'll like itShares: france · Also a French historical 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.
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Three Colors: Blue
1993 · Directed by Krzysztof Kieślowski · 98 min7.6
Why you'll like itShares: france · Also a French drama
The wife of a famous composer survives a car accident that kills her husband and daughter. Now alone, she shakes off her old identity and explores her newfound freedom but finds that she is unbreakably bound to other…
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Happening
2021 · Directed by Audrey Diwan · 99 min7.2
Why you'll like itShares: france · Also a French drama
France, 1963. Anne is a bright young student with a promising future ahead of her. But when she falls pregnant, she sees the opportunity to finish her studies and escape the constraints of her social background…
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Lust for Life
1956 · Directed by Vincente Minnelli · 122 min7.2
Why you'll like itShares: 19th century · Also drama and history
An intense and imaginative artist, revered Dutch painter Vincent van Gogh possesses undeniable talent, but he is plagued by mental problems and frustrations with failure.
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The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc
1999 · Directed by Luc Besson · 158 min6.4
Why you'll like itShares: france · Also drama and history
In 1429, a French teenager stood before her King with a message she claimed came from God; that she would defeat the world's greatest army and liberate her country from its political and religious turmoil.
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The Round Up
2010 · Directed by Roselyne Bosch · 115 min7.5
Why you'll like itAlso a French drama · From the same decade (2010s)
A faithful retelling of the 1942 "Vel' d'Hiv Roundup" and the events surrounding it.
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Quills
2000 · Directed by Philip Kaufman · 124 min7.2
Why you'll like itShares: 19th century
In early 19th-century France, the Marquis de Sade is confined to an asylum where his forbidden writings continue to circulate beyond its walls.
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The Mad Women's Ball
2021 · Directed by Mélanie Laurent · 122 min7.1
Why you'll like itAlso a French drama
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.
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Consent
2023 · Directed by Vanessa Filho · 119 min6.8
Why you'll like itAlso a French historical drama
In 2013, Vanessa Springora recounts how she found herself under the influence of a famous writer. In 1986, she was 13; him, almost 50.