Movies like Skylab
If Skylab's mix of family relationships stayed with you, start here. Each film below was picked from what Skylab's fans love most, with the reason it belongs on this list.
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My Summer in Provence
2014 · Directed by Roselyne Bosch · 105 min6.3
Why you'll like itWith Aure Atika · Shares: family relationships · Also a French comedy · From the same decade (2010s)
In the wake of their parent's separation, three siblings spend the summer in the south of France with their estranged Grandfather. In less than 24 hours, a clash of generations has occurred between the teenagers and…
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School of Life
2017 · Directed by Nicolas Vanier · 116 min7.4
Why you'll like itWith Éric Elmosnino · Also a French drama · From the same decade (2010s)
Paris 1930. Paul has only ever had one and the same horizon: the high walls of the orphanage, an austere building in the Parisian working class suburbs.
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The Perfect Game
2009 · Directed by William Dear · 118 min7.3
Why you'll like itShares: family relationships
Based on a true story, a group of boys from Monterrey, Mexico who become the first non-U.S. team to win the Little League World Series.
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Bye Bye Morons
2020 · Directed by Albert Dupontel · 87 min7.2
Why you'll like itAlso a French comedy
When 43-year-old hairdresser Suze Trappet finds out that she's seriously ill, she decides to go looking for a child she was forced to abandon when she was only 15.
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Jim's Story
2024 · Directed by Arnaud Larrieu · 101 min6.9
Why you'll like itAlso a French comedy
Aymeric runs into Florence, a former coworker, one evening in Saint-Claude in the Haut-Jura. She is six months pregnant and single. When she gives birth to Jim, Aymeric is there.
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Macadam Stories
2015 · Directed by Samuel Benchetrit · 100 min6.8
Why you'll like itAlso a French drama · From the same decade (2010s)
Improbable encounters bring tenderness, laughter and compassion to a world of urban alienation.
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Just to Be Sure
2017 · Directed by Carine Tardieu · 100 min6.4
Why you'll like itAlso a French drama · From the same decade (2010s)
Erwan, a strapping Breton who clears mines for a living, is shaken when he discovers that his father is not his father. Despite his affection for the man who raised him, he quietly sets out to find his biological…