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Movies like The Face with a Thousand Kisses

The best movies like The Face with a Thousand Kisses are Angry Annie (2022), Ratcatcher (1999) and Another Day (2026). If The Face with a Thousand Kisses hooked you, these 20 similar films are what to watch next, and every pick says why it matches.

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  1. Angry Annie (2022)

    Annie becomes pregnant. Since she doesn't want to keep the child, she meets a movement that performs illegal abortions. But, in the seventies, Annie will encounter allies and opponents along the way.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

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  2. Ratcatcher (1999)

    James Gillespie is 12 years old. The world he knew is changing. Haunted by a secret, he has become a stranger in his own family. He is drawn to the canal where he creates a world of his own. He finds an awkward tenderness with Margaret Anne, a vulnerable 14 year old expressing a need for love in all the wrong ways, and befriends Kenny, who possesses an unusual innocence in spite of the harsh surroundings.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

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  3. Another Day (2026)

    Over an eight-year journey in Paris, a struggling young actress turns to alcohol to cope with her anxieties, spiraling into self-destruction before finding a path toward recovery through a new romance and her ailing sister.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

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  4. Madeline (1998)

    Horrified at the prospect of her beloved school being sold, a young French girl named Madeline uses her wit and craftiness to attempt to save it, making an unlikely new friend in the process.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

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  5. Betty (1992)

    A drunken, self-destructive woman called Betty wanders into a Parisian bar where she meets middle-aged alcoholic Laure. Laure decides to take care of Betty. Recovering in a hotel room, Betty begins to recount to Laure the story of her bourgeois life and her unhappy and unfaithful marriage.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

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  6. La Cérémonie (1995)

    Sophie, a quiet and shy maid working for an upper-class French family, finds a friend in the energetic and uncompromising postmaster Jeanne, who encourages her to stand up against her bourgeois employers.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

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  7. All This, and Heaven Too (1940)

    When lovely and virtuous governess Henriette Deluzy comes to educate the children of the debonair Duc de Praslin, a royal subject to King Louis-Philippe and the husband of the volatile and obsessive Duchesse de Praslin, she instantly incurs the wrath of her mistress, who is insanely jealous of anyone who comes near her estranged husband. Though she saves the duchess's little son from a near-death illness and warms herself to all the children, she is nevertheless dismissed by the vengeful duchess as the attraction between the duke and Henriette continues to grow.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

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  8. Angèle and Tony (2011)

    Angèle, a beautiful young woman with a past, arrives in a small fishing harbor in Normandy. She meets Tony, a professional fisherman, who finds himself attracted to her although he dislikes her blunt ways. Tony hires her as a fishmonger, lodges her and teaches her the tricks of the trade. The relationships between Myriam, Tony's mother, and Angèle are far from easy but the young woman gradually adapts to her new environment and little by little Tony and Angèle manage to tame each other.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

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  9. Peppermint Soda (1977)

    In the fall of 1963, Anne is becoming a teenager. She lives in Paris with her mother and her older sister, Frédérique. They're just back from summer at the beach with their father. School starts. A turbulent year awaits them both.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

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  10. Henry & June (1990)

    While traveling in Paris, author Henry Miller and his wife, June, meet Anais Nin, and sexual sparks fly as Nin starts an affair with the openly bisexual June. When June is forced to return to the U.S., she gives Nin her blessing to sleep with her husband. Then, when June returns to France, an unexpected, and sometimes contentious, threesome forms.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

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  11. The Beast (2024)

    In the near future where emotions have become a threat, Gabrielle finally decides to purify her DNA in a machine that will immerse her in her past lives and rid her of any strong feelings. She then meets Louis and feels a powerful connection, as if she had known him forever.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

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  12. One Fine Morning (2022)

    With a father suffering from neurodegenerative disease, a young woman lives with her eight-year-old daughter. While struggling to secure a decent nursing home, she runs into an unavailable friend with whom she embarks on an affair.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

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  13. The 33 (2015)

    Based on the true story of the collapse of a mine in San Jose, Chile—that left 33 miners isolated underground for 69 days.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

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  14. Sundays and Cybele (1962)

    The tragic story of a young orphan girl who is befriended by an innocent but emotionally disabled veteran of the French Indochina War.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

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  15. April and the Extraordinary World (2015)

    It's 1941, but France is trapped in the 19th Century, governed by steam and Napoleon V. Avril, a teenage girl, goes in search of her missing scientist parents.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

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  16. When the Cat's Away (1996)

    When Chloe, a young Parisian, decides to take a long-overdue vacation, she has to find someone to look after Gris-Gris, her beloved cat. Everyone, including her gay male roommate, refuses to help her, but she finally makes an arrangement with the elderly Madame Renée, who often watches over other peoples' cats and dogs. However, when Chloe comes back, Madame Renée tells her that unfortunately the cat has been lost, and the unlucky owner goes on a search for her dear animal friend. While looking for the cat, she meets many colorful characters who populate the neighborhood.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

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  17. LOL 2.0: Anne’s Golden Hour (2026)

    At 55, Anne is finally enjoying her freedom after her children leave home. But everything changes when her 23-year-old daughter, Louise, moves back in with her after a professional and romantic failure. And to make matters worse, her son, Théo, announces that she's going to be a grandmother! Anne realizes that life never goes as planned and that, at any age, we are still learning to grow up.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

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  18. 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

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  19. One Hundred and One Nights (1995)

    Monsieur Cinema, a hundred years old, lives alone in a large villa. His memories fade away, so he engages a young woman to tell him stories about all the movies ever made.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

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  20. The Things of Life (1970)

    The mind of Pierre Bérard, a successful middle-aged architect, is torn between his unstable present with Hélène, his younger lover, and his happy memories of the past with Catherine, his ex-wife; but his true destiny awaits him at a crossroads on his way to Rennes…

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

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Frequently asked questions

What are the best movies like The Face with a Thousand Kisses?

The closest matches to The Face with a Thousand Kisses are Angry Annie (2022), Ratcatcher (1999) and Another Day (2026). Below are 17 more, each with the reason it matches.

What should I watch after The Face with a Thousand Kisses?

Start with Angry Annie (2022), the closest match to The Face with a Thousand Kisses.

What is the highest-rated movie like The Face with a Thousand Kisses?

La Cérémonie (1995), rated 7.3/10 by 424 TMDB users.

What is the newest movie like The Face with a Thousand Kisses?

Another Day (2026) is the most recent release on this list.

Are there French movies like The Face with a Thousand Kisses?

Yes: Angry Annie (2022), Another Day (2026) and Betty (1992).

How are movies similar to The Face with a Thousand Kisses chosen?

First come films that Trakt’s viewers watch alongside The Face with a Thousand Kisses, 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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