Movies like Code Unknown
If Code Unknown's mix of immigrant and homeless stayed with you, start here. Each film below was picked from what Code Unknown's fans love most, with the reason it belongs on this list.
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La Haine
1995 · Directed by Mathieu Kassovitz · 98 min8.1
Why you'll like itAlso a French drama
After a chaotic night of rioting in a marginal suburb of Paris, three young friends, Vinz, Hubert and Saïd, wander around unoccupied waiting for news about the state of health of a mutual friend who has been seriously…
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De Gaulle: Résistance
2026 · Directed by Antonin Baudry · 160 min7.8
Why you'll like itAlso a French 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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Polisse
2011 · Directed by Maïwenn · 123 min7.8
Why you'll like itAlso a French drama
Paris, France. Fred and his colleagues, members of the BPM, the Police Child Protection Unit, dedicated to pursuing all sorts of offenses committed against the weakest, must endure the scrutiny of Melissa, a…
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Divines
2016 · Directed by Houda Benyamina · 105 min7.7
Why you'll like itAlso a French drama
In a ghetto where religion and drug trafficking rub shoulders, Dounia has a lust for power and success. Supported by Maimouna, her best friend, she decides to follow in the footsteps of Rebecca, a respected dealer.
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Vivre Sa Vie
1962 · Directed by Jean-Luc Godard · 84 min7.7
Why you'll like itAlso a French drama
Twelve episodic tales in the life of a Parisian woman and her slow descent into prostitution.
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Vagabond
1985 · Directed by Agnès Varda · 106 min7.4
Why you'll like itAlso a French drama
Mona Bergeron is dead, her frozen body found in a ditch in the French countryside. From this, the film flashes back to the weeks leading up to her death.
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Irreversible
2002 · Directed by Gaspar Noé · 97 min7.2
Why you'll like itAlso a French drama · From the same decade (2000s)
A woman’s lover and her ex-boyfriend take justice into their own hands after she becomes the victim of a rapist. Because some acts can’t be undone. Because man is an animal.
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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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Dheepan
2015 · Directed by Jacques Audiard · 115 min6.8
Why you'll like itAlso a French drama
Three war-torn strangers posing as a family flee Sri Lanka’s civil war to start over in a troubled Paris suburb, but their past traumas resurface as they struggle to survive in their new environment.
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House of Pleasures
2011 · Directed by Bertrand Bonello · 126 min6.5
Why you'll like itAlso a French drama
The dawn of the 20th century: L’Apollonide, a luxurious and traditional brothel in Paris, is living its last days. In this closed world, where some men fall in love and others become viciously harmful, the women share…
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Nocturama
2016 · Directed by Bertrand Bonello · 131 min6.4
Why you'll like itAlso a French drama
Some young folks, tired of the society they're living in, plan a bomb attack over Paris before taking shelter for a night in a shopping center.
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Just a Breath Away
2018 · Directed by Daniel Roby · 90 min6.3
Why you'll like itAlso a French 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.