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Movies like Être elles (2016)

The best movies like Être elles (2016) are The Trouble with Angels (1966), The Nannies (2022) and Me, Myself and Mum (2013). If Être elles hooked you with its comedy, these 20 similar films are what to watch next, and every pick says why it matches.

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  1. The Trouble with Angels (1966)

    Mary and her friend, Rachel, are new students at St. Francis Academy, a boarding school run by the iron fist of Mother Superior. The immature teens grow bored and begin playing pranks on both the unsuspecting nuns and their unpleasant classmates, becoming a constant thorn in Mother Superior's side. However, as the years pass, Mary and Rachel slowly mature and begin to see the nuns in a different light.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy

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  2. The Nannies (2022)

    Angèle, a thirty-something from Ivory Coast, always cope thanks to the gift of gab and audacity. To escape from a bunch of dangerous criminals, she becomes a nanny in the uptown Paris, hired by Hélène, the single mom of eight years old Arthur. Discovering the work conditions of her colleagues, she decides to stand up for their rights, thanks to a young lawyer who will quickly fall for her.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy

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  3. Me, Myself and Mum (2013)

    How to become a man when your mother and your closed circle have decided otherwise? This is the challenge Guillaume took up. The film recounts Guillaume's tragicomic battle from the young age of eight, as he adopts the role of a girl then of a homosexual... until, aged 30, he meets the woman who, after his mother, will become the other woman in his life. Beyond this story of a heterosexual coming-out, the film tells the tale of an actor who never stopped loving women, maybe even a little too much.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy

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  4. Would I Lie to You? (1997)

    Jobless loner Eddie Vuibert gets a lucky break when a rich Jewish entrepreneur mistakes him for a Jew and gives him a sweet job in the Parisian fashion district.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy

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  5. Comme t'y es belle ! (2006)

    Isa, Alice, Léa and Nina, linked by their Sephardic families as much as by their friendship, share their lives between love affairs, a beauty institute under fiscal control, children to raise, an undocumented Moroccan nanny to marry, repeated diets, family and religious holidays to honor, but before being beautiful, their biggest challenge is to be themselves.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy

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  6. Babes (2024)

    After getting pregnant from a one-night stand, a single woman leans on her married best friend and mother of two to guide her through gestation and beyond.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy

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  7. Louise-Michel (2008)

    In this radical and endearing black comedy, a group of retrenched female factory workers decide to pool their compensation money… and hire a hit man to liquidate their boss.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy

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  8. It Boy (2013)

    38-year-old Alice has everything to become the next editor-in-chief of Rebelle magazine except for her uptight image. But when the young and charming Balthazar, barely 20, crosses Alice's path, she realizes that he holds the key to her promotion.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy

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  9. Three Men and a Cradle (1985)

    Three young men - Jacques, Pierre, and Michel - share an apartment in Paris, and have many girlfriends and parties. Once, during a party, a friend of Jacques' tells him he has a quite compromising package to deliver, and asks him if he can leave it discreetly at their place. Jacques agrees and, as he works as a steward, flies away for a one-month trip in Japan, telling Pierre and Michel about the package. Then, one of Jacques' former girlfriends drops a baby before their door, making Pierre and Michel believing it is the package they are waiting for. Their lives are then completely changed.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy

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  10. The Women on the 6th Floor (2011)

    Paris, in the early 1960s. Jean-Louis Joubert is a serious but uptight stockbroker, married to Suzanne, a starchy class-conscious woman and father of two arrogant teenage boys, currently in a boarding school. The affluent man lives a steady yet boring life. At least until, due to fortuitous circumstances, Maria, the charming new maid at the service of Jean-Louis' family, makes him discover the servants' quarter on the sixth floor of the luxury building he owns and lives in. There live a crowd of lively Spanish maids who will help Jean-Louis to open to a new civilization and a new approach of life. In their company - and more precisely in the company of beautiful Maria - Jean-Louis will gradually become another man, a better man.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy

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  11. Jealous (2017)

    A divorced teacher suddenly becomes jealous of everyone, including her daughter, friends and neighbors.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy

  12. Themroc (1973)

    Themroc, a bachelor house painter living at home with his mother, leads a sad and colorless life. One day, after a run-in with his boss, he rebels. He wrecks his apartment, rejects every facet of bourgeois life, and begins acting like an urban, modern-day Neanderthal.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy

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  13. For 200 Grand, You Get Nothing Now (1982)

    After getting screwed over by life (again), two losers decide that enough is enough. Using stolen ski masks and stolen toy guns, they take hostages in their local bank, holding them for ransom. Things go well until the hostages learn what's going on, and demand a piece of the action for themselves.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy

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  14. Barbecue (2014)

    On his 50th birthday, a man who's been watching his weight, health and temper all his life suffers a heart attack. He's been doing everything he was told he should do and it still didn't help. He decides to turn the page and let loose.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy

  15. Hard to Die (1990)

    While doing the inventory for a lingerie outlet in a high rise office building, five attractive women are terrorized by a series of bizarre killings. They suspect that the strange janitor, who witnessed another series of killings six months previously, is at the bottom of the whole thing. Little do they know the real horror that they face in the end.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy

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  16. Alter Ego (2026)

    A quiet, middle-aged man spirals into obsession and paranoia when a charismatic look-alike moves in next door, featuring the exact same face—and a full head of hair.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy

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  17. Le Bal des casse-pieds (1992)

    A tolerant veterinarian turns the other cheek when annoyed but changes his nature when he falls in love.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy

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  18. Carry On Regardless (1961)

    After a bunch of no-hopers approaches an employment agency, the anarchy mounts as they do a series of odd jobs, including a chimp's tea party, trying to stay sober at a wine tasting… and demolishing a house.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy

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  19. Heartbeat (1938)

    A pompous grocer’s assistant in Marseille annoys a visiting film crew so much that they prank him with a phony acting contract; believing it to be real, the “schpountz” heads to Paris for his new career.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy

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  20. Femmes Fatales (1976)

    Two men, fortyish, worn out by their wives, abandon everything to go and live in the back of beyond. There they meet a truculent priest, a boozer, Émile who recalls them to life's simple pleasures. Calm is what they want. But soon their example inspires thousands of disorientated males...

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy

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Frequently asked questions

What are the best movies like Être elles?

The closest matches to Être elles are The Trouble with Angels (1966), The Nannies (2022) and Me, Myself and Mum (2013). Below are 17 more, each with the reason it matches.

What should I watch after Être elles?

Start with The Trouble with Angels (1966), the closest match to Être elles.

What is the highest-rated movie like Être elles?

The Women on the 6th Floor (2011), rated 6.8/10 by 426 TMDB users.

What is the newest movie like Être elles?

Alter Ego (2026) is the most recent release on this list.

Are there French movies like Être elles?

Yes: The Nannies (2022), Me, Myself and Mum (2013) and Would I Lie to You? (1997).

How are movies similar to Être elles chosen?

First come films that Trakt’s viewers watch alongside Être elles, then TMDB’s recommendations and films it rates as similar in story and genre. Each pick says which signal put it there.

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