Movies like Paternal
If Paternal's drama stayed with you, start here. Each film below was picked from what Paternal's fans love most, with the reason it belongs on this list.
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The Beasts
2022 · Directed by Rodrigo Sorogoyen · 138 min7.5
Why you'll like itAlso a French drama · From the same decade (2020s)
Antoine and Olga, a French couple, have been living in a small village in Galicia for a long time. They practice eco-responsible agriculture and restore abandoned houses to facilitate repopulation.
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Declaration of War
2011 · Directed by Valérie Donzelli · 100 min7.0
Why you'll like itAlso a French drama
Roméo and Juliette are two young actors. They fall in love at first sight, move in together and make a baby. A love story and the founding of a home like millions of others.
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Three Days and a Life
2019 · Directed by Nicolas Boukhrief · 120 min6.5
Why you'll like itAlso a French drama
Christmas 1999, in a peaceful little village in the Ardennes. The life of a young boy named Antoine will soon be devastated by three tragic events : the death of a dog, the vanishing of a child, and a big ravaging storm.
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Kompromat
2022 · Directed by Jérôme Salle · 127 min6.3
Why you'll like itAlso a French drama · From the same decade (2020s)
Mathieu, a member of the French institute in Irkutsk, is arrested overnight by the Russian authorities. Imprisoned and accused of sexual abuse on his own daughter, he realises he is a victim of a Kompromat.