Movies like Sexual Chronicles of a French Family (2012)
The best movies like Sexual Chronicles of a French Family (2012) are A Real Young Girl (1976), 36 Fillette (1988) and C.R.A.Z.Y. (2005). If Sexual Chronicles of a French Family hooked you with its comedy and drama, these 30 similar films are what to watch next, and every pick says why it matches.
Quick picks
- Highest ratedC.R.A.Z.Y. (2005)7.5/10 from 535 votes
- NewestA Little Lust (2015)Released 2015
- In FrenchA Real Young Girl (1976)Also in French
A Real Young Girl (1976)
Reluctantly, a sulky adolescent returns to her parents' house for yet another boring summer vacation, dabbling in desire and the art of desirability, eventually mixing reality with vision, caged fantasies with the fierce female sexuality.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both romance & drama
SnoozefestMovies like this36 Fillette (1988)
A 14-year-old pursues romance with a man while vacationing with her family in Switzerland.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & romance
SnoozefestMovies like thisC.R.A.Z.Y. (2005)
A young French Canadian, one of five boys in a conservative family in the 1960s and 1970s, struggles to reconcile his emerging identity with his father's values.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & drama
Worth the HypeMovies like thisShortbus (2006)
In post-9/11 New York City, an eclectic group of citizens find their lives entangled, personally, romantically, and sexually, at Shortbus, an underground Brooklyn salon infamous for its blend of art, music, politics, and carnality.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both romance & comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisA Little Lust (2015)
Sixteen year old Rocco's two aims in life are to get laid and to see his favorite pop star in concert with his two best friends. When a bullying incident at school forces Rocco to come out to his divorced middle-class parents their liberal leanings are severely tested. Luckily his two friends stand by him and join him in running away from home (in his parents stolen car) to see their favorite singer in concert, followed hot on their heels by his neurotic mother and eccentric gran.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & drama
Tomboy (2011)
Ten-year-old Laure isn't like most girls. She prefers football to dolls and sweaters to dresses. When Laure and her family move to a new neighbourhood, local girl Lisa mistakes Laure for a boy. Indulging in this exciting new identity, Laure becomes Mickaël, and so begins a summer of long sunny afternoons, playground games and first kisses. Yet with the school term fast approaching, and with suspicions arising amongst friends and family, Laure must face up to an uncertain future.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Worth the HypeMovies like thisThe French Kissers (2009)
An awkward adolescent boy and his angst-ridden friends try their best to fit in amongst a cast of varied characters.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & drama
SnoozefestMovies like thisBlue Is the Warmest Color (2013)
Adèle's life is changed when she meets Emma, a young woman with blue hair, who will allow her to discover desire, to assert herself as a woman and as an adult. In front of others, Adele grows, seeks herself, loses herself, finds herself.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both romance & drama
Worth the HypeMovies like thisThe Diary of a Teenage Girl (2015)
Minnie Goetze is a 15-year-old aspiring comic-book artist, coming of age in the haze of the 1970s in San Francisco. Insatiably curious about the world around her, Minnie is a pretty typical teenage girl. Oh, except that she’s sleeping with her mother’s boyfriend.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & romance
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisSwingers (2002)
Despite Diana's insecure nature, she and her husband Julian agree with the idea to sexually experiment with another couple. They put out an ad on the net to which the well experienced Alex and Timo react. We follow Diana and Julian as they prepare for the arrival of Alex and Timo, who they have invited to their home for the weekend. Diana is nervous. As soon as she is confronted with the self-confident and ravishingly sexy Alex, her insecurity increases even more. Timo seems disinterested, a sharp contrast to the boyish excitement of Julian. But as night falls and their sexual exploration begins, we notice Timo may not be as casual as he initially seemed and Diana on the other hand contains hidden strength. And so we realize there's more to 'Swingers' than just sex. Swingers: could your relationship stand the test?
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both romance & drama
SnoozefestMovies like thisExploits of a Young Don Juan (1986)
In 1914, sixteen year old Roger returned home from boarding school during vacation to find his puberty hit hard in a house filled with beautiful women. These women have previous engagements with other men who are away, and during this time, Roger impregnates them all, including his aunt and sister, then devises plans to cuckold the men.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Dreamers (2003)
When Isabelle and Theo invite Matthew to stay with them, what begins as a casual friendship ripens into a sensual voyage of discovery and desire in which nothing is off limits and everything is possible.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & romance
Worth the HypeMovies like thisBilitis (1977)
A coming of age story centering on the exploits of a teenage girl during summer vacation.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & romance
SnoozefestMovies like thisThe Party (1980)
A thirteen-year-old French girl deals with moving to a new city and school in Paris, while at the same time her parents are getting a divorce.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & romance
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisEdge of Seventeen (1999)
1984, Sandusky, Ohio. A naive 17-year-old navigates heartbreak and self-expression as he explores his sexuality.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisShow Me Love (1998)
Two teenage girls in small-town Sweden. Elin is beautiful, popular, and bored with life. Agnes is friendless, sad, and secretly in love with Elin.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & romance
Worth the HypeMovies like thisY Tu Mamá También (2001)
In Mexico, two teenage boys and an attractive older woman embark on a road trip and learn a thing or two about life, friendship, sex, and each other.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & romance
Worth the HypeMovies like thisLove (2015)
Murphy is an American living in Paris who enters a highly sexually and emotionally charged relationship with the unstable Electra. Unaware of the seismic effect it will have on their relationship, they invite their pretty neighbor into their bed.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & romance
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisTurn Me On, Dammit! (2011)
In Skoddeheimen, Norway, 15-year-old Alma is consumed by her hormones and fantasies that range from sweetly romantic images of Artur, the boyfriend she yearns for, to daydreams about practically everybody she lays eyes on.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisFat Girl (2001)
Anaïs is twelve and bears the weight of the world on her shoulders. She watches her older sister, Elena, whom she both loves and hates. Elena is fifteen and devilishly beautiful. Neither more futile, nor more stupid than her younger sister, she cannot understand that she is merely an object of desire. And, as such, she can only be taken. Or had. Indeed, this is the subject: a girl's loss of virginity. And, that summer, it opens a door to tragedy.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisAll Ladies Do It (1992)
After five years of marriage, Diana discovers the joys of adultery, claiming that she can save her failing relationship through betrayal.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & drama
SnoozefestMovies like thisJailbait! (2000)
A popular high school senior gets accused of statutory rape after he impregnates a tawdry sophomore girl.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & romance
Belle de Jour (1967)
Beautiful young housewife Séverine Serizy cannot reconcile her masochistic fantasies with her everyday life alongside dutiful husband Pierre. When her lovestruck friend Henri mentions a secretive high-class brothel run by Madame Anais, Séverine begins to work there during the day under the name Belle de Jour. But when one of her clients grows possessive, she must try to go back to her normal life.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & romance
Worth the HypeMovies like thisLast Tango in Paris (1972)
A recently widowed American begins an anonymous sexual relationship with a young Parisian woman.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & romance
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThawing Out (2009)
Léo is dragged to a nudist camping resort by his mother. Like most boys at the age of 12 or 13, being nude in public holds little appeal for Léo, who protests by wearing extra layers. Until he meets a certain special girl, who captures his heart and releases his inhibitions.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & drama
SnoozefestMovies like thisRomance (1999)
Frustrated by the lack of intimacy in her relationship, a young schoolteacher goes through a series of intimidating and often violent sexual partners.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & romance
SnoozefestMovies like thisWild Reeds (1994)
As the Algerian War draws to a close, a teenager with a girlfriend starts feeling homosexual urges for two of his classmates: a country boy, and a French-Algerian intellectual.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & romance
Worth the HypeMovies like thisCatarina and the others (2011)
Outside, the first sun rays break the dawn. Sixteen years old Catarina can't fall asleep. Inconsequently, in the big city adults are moved by desire... Catarina found she is HIV positive. She wants to drag everyone else along.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
SnoozefestMovies like thisCheeky (2000)
While scouting out apartments in London for her Venetian boyfriend, Carla rents an apartment overlooking the Thames. There, she meets a real estate agent by the name of Moira.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & drama
SnoozefestMovies like thisThe Beautiful Person (2008)
In the wake of her mother's tragic death, French teenager Junie transfers to a different high school. Though Junie lives mostly inside her own head, her beauty and stoicism win her the attention of the entire male student population. Junie begins dating the gentle Otto Cleves, but finds herself intensely drawn to her youthful Italian language teacher, Nemours. When Nemours begins to reciprocate, serious complications ensue.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & comedy
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Frequently asked questions
What are the best movies like Sexual Chronicles of a French Family?
The closest matches to Sexual Chronicles of a French Family are A Real Young Girl (1976), 36 Fillette (1988) and C.R.A.Z.Y. (2005). Below are 27 more, each with the reason it matches.
What should I watch after Sexual Chronicles of a French Family?
People who watched Sexual Chronicles of a French Family most often go on to A Real Young Girl (1976), 36 Fillette (1988) and C.R.A.Z.Y. (2005).
What is the highest-rated movie like Sexual Chronicles of a French Family?
C.R.A.Z.Y. (2005), rated 7.5/10 by 535 TMDB users.
What is the newest movie like Sexual Chronicles of a French Family?
A Little Lust (2015) is the most recent release on this list.
Are there French movies like Sexual Chronicles of a French Family?
Yes: A Real Young Girl (1976), 36 Fillette (1988) and C.R.A.Z.Y. (2005).
How are movies similar to Sexual Chronicles of a French Family chosen?
First come films that Trakt’s viewers watch alongside Sexual Chronicles of a French Family, then TMDB’s recommendations and films it rates as similar in story and genre. Each pick says which signal put it there.