Movies like L'Alarme fatale (2005)
The best movies like L'Alarme fatale (2005) are Muriel, or the Time of Return (1963), Under the Roofs of Paris (1930) and Boyfriends and Girlfriends (1987). If L'Alarme fatale hooked you, these 20 similar films are what to watch next, and every pick says why it matches.
Quick picks
- Highest ratedThe Green Ray (1986)7.5/10 from 295 votes
- NewestFrench Lover (2025)Released 2025
- In FrenchMuriel, or the Time of Return (1963)Also in French
Muriel, or the Time of Return (1963)
In the seacoast town of Boulogne, antique furniture saleswoman Hélène lives with her stepson, Bernard, who's back from military duty in Algiers. An old lover of Hélène's comes to visit, Alphonse, with his niece Françoise; he too is back from Algiers, where he ran a café. Bernard speaks of his fiancée, Muriel, whom Hélène has not met. The past is obscured by guilt, misperceptions, and missed possibilities. Appearances deceive, things change. As Hélène and Alphonse try to sort out a renewal, everyone seems off-kilter just enough to hint that all cannot end well.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisUnder the Roofs of Paris (1930)
In the tenement slums of Paris between the world wars, impoverished street singer Albert yearns for beautiful Romanian immigrant Pola. Pola's boyfriend, local hoodlum Fred, grows jealous of Albert's constant attention to his woman and frames the hapless musician for one of his own petty crimes. But while Albert is in prison for Fred's misdeed, Pola ends up falling for Albert's faithful best friend, Louis.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisBoyfriends and Girlfriends (1987)
Middle-class Parisian suburbs: Blanche and Léa, office worker and student, meet and become friends. Léa is going out with Fabien, but is thinking of leaving him. Blanche falls for Léa's handsome and witty friend Alexandre, but is tongue-tied whenever she meets him. Léa goes on holiday and Blanche, still smitten with the dashing Alexandre, begins to get to know Fabien.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Worth the HypeMovies like thisParis Blues (1961)
During the 1960s, two American jazz musicians living in Paris meet and fall in love with two American tourist girls and must decide between music and love.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisLove & Mercy (2015)
In the late 1960s, the Beach Boys' Brian Wilson stops touring, produces "Pet Sounds" and begins to lose his grip on reality. By the 1980s, under the sway of a controlling therapist, he finds a savior in Melinda Ledbetter.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Worth the HypeMovies like thisJabberwocky (1977)
After the death of his father, young Dennis Cooper goes to town where he has to pass several adventures. The town and the whole kingdom is threatened by a terrible monster called 'Jabberwocky'. Will Dennis make his fortune? Is anyone brave enough to defeat the monster?
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisJuliet, Naked (2018)
Annie is stuck in a long-term relationship with Duncan – an obsessive fan of obscure rocker Tucker Crowe. When the acoustic demo of Tucker's hit record from 25 years ago surfaces, its discovery leads to a life-changing encounter with the elusive rocker himself.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Apartment (1996)
Max is a former playboy who has decided to settle down by marrying his current love, Muriel. However, when Max catches a glimpse of the great lost love of his life, he becomes obsessed with rekindling their relationship.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Married Woman (1964)
A superficial woman finds conflict choosing between her abusive husband and her vain lover.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Science of Sleep (2006)
A man entranced by his dreams and imagination is lovestruck with a French woman and feels he can show her his world.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Worth the HypeMovies like thisLove at Sea (1965)
During her holiday in Brest, a young Parisian falls in love with a sailor. But autumn comes and the two lovers have to part. They write to each other. Will their love resist at a distance, each living his life, him in Brest with his friends, she in Paris who keeps waiting for him? An impossible love story and the cross-portrait of two cities, Paris and Brest, between the realism of the color images and the poetry infused by the sepia black and white images, lives to the rhythm of the nostalgia of the two lovers...
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Worth the HypeMovies like thisGame of Love (2022)
Follows Vivien and Roy as their love story continues and leads them to Roy’s childhood home in Sicily to prepare for the sale of the family estate. During the visit, a mysterious woman arrives and befriends Vivien, much to Roy’s displeasure. Tensions build and lines are crossed as secrets from Roy’s past force the couple to face aspects of their relationship they did not know existed.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisAn American in Paris (1951)
Jerry Mulligan is an exuberant American expatriate in Paris trying to make a reputation as a painter. His friend Adam is a struggling concert pianist who's a long time associate of a famous French singer, Henri Baurel. A lonely society woman, Milo Roberts, takes Jerry under her wing and supports him, but is interested in more than his art.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Worth the HypeMovies like thisThe Green Ray (1986)
A lonely Parisian woman comes to terms with her isolation and anxieties during a long summer vacation.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Worth the HypeMovies like thisCyrano de Bergerac (1950)
France, 1640. Cyrano, the charismatic swordsman-poet with the absurd nose, hopelessly loves the beauteous Roxane; she, in turn, confesses to Cyrano her love for the handsome but tongue-tied Christian. The chivalrous Cyrano sets up with Christian an innocent deception, with tragic results.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Umbrellas of Cherbourg (1964)
This simple romantic tragedy begins in 1957. Guy Foucher, a 20-year-old French auto mechanic, has fallen in love with 17-year-old Geneviève Emery, an employee in her widowed mother's chic but financially embattled umbrella shop. On the evening before Guy is to leave for a two-year tour of combat in Algeria, he and Geneviève make love. She becomes pregnant and must choose between waiting for Guy's return or accepting an offer of marriage from a wealthy diamond merchant.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Worth the HypeMovies like thisLost in Translation (2003)
Two lost souls visiting Tokyo -- the young, neglected wife of a photographer and a washed-up movie star shooting a TV commercial -- find an odd solace and pensive freedom to be real in each other's company, away from their lives in America.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Worth the HypeMovies like thisFrench Lover (2025)
When a jaded actor meets a down-on-her-luck waitress in Paris, their unexpected love story begins — but will it survive the glare of the spotlight?
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Eighth Day (1996)
An unusual and wonderful friendship develops between a busy but unhappy salesman and a resident of a mental asylum.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Worth the HypeMovies like thisPretty Baby (1978)
In 1917 New Orleans, a 12-year-old girl is raised in a brothel by her prostitute mother.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
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Frequently asked questions
What are the best movies like L'Alarme fatale?
The closest matches to L'Alarme fatale are Muriel, or the Time of Return (1963), Under the Roofs of Paris (1930) and Boyfriends and Girlfriends (1987). Below are 17 more, each with the reason it matches.
What should I watch after L'Alarme fatale?
Start with Muriel, or the Time of Return (1963), the closest match to L'Alarme fatale.
What is the highest-rated movie like L'Alarme fatale?
The Green Ray (1986), rated 7.5/10 by 295 TMDB users.
What is the newest movie like L'Alarme fatale?
French Lover (2025) is the most recent release on this list.
Are there French movies like L'Alarme fatale?
Yes: Muriel, or the Time of Return (1963), Under the Roofs of Paris (1930) and Boyfriends and Girlfriends (1987).
How are movies similar to L'Alarme fatale chosen?
First come films that Trakt’s viewers watch alongside L'Alarme fatale, then TMDB’s recommendations and films it rates as similar in story and genre. Each pick says which signal put it there.