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Movies like The Bohemian Life (1945)

The best movies like The Bohemian Life (1945) are Adieu Philippine (1962), La Belle Équipe (1936) and What Maisie Knew (2013). If The Bohemian Life hooked you with its drama, these 20 similar films are what to watch next, and every pick says why it matches.

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  1. Adieu Philippine (1962)

    Michel is a young technician in the fledgling TV industry and is due for military service in two months at the time of the Algerian War. Juliette and Liliane are inseparable best friends, and aspiring actresses, who hang around outside the TV studio. Michel invites them in to watch, flirts with them both, and dates them separately and together. When Michel goes on a holiday to Corsica, just before he is drafted, the girls follow.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama

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  2. La Belle Équipe (1936)

    Five unemployed workers win 100,000 Francs in the national lottery. Instead of sharing the money, they buy a ruin and build an open-air cafe. But difficulties come to split their friendly group apart.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama

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  3. What Maisie Knew (2013)

    In New York City, six-year-old Maisie is caught in the middle of a bitter custody battle between her self-absorbed parents—an aging rock singer mother and a distracted art dealer father. As both quickly marry new partners to strengthen their legal standing, Maisie is shuttled back and forth in an endless game of emotional point-scoring. Yet amid the chaos and upheaval, Maisie begins to find true comfort and affection in her new step-parents.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama

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  4. Paris 36 (2008)

    A star is born in a time of both celebration and instability in this historical drama with music from director Christophe Barratier. In the spring of 1936, Paris is in a state of uncertainty; while the rise of the Third Reich in Germany worries many, a leftist union-oriented candidate, Léon Blum, has been voted into power, and organized labor is feeling its new power by standing up to management.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama

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  5. Violette (2013)

    Born out of wedlock early in the last century, Violette Leduc meets Simone de Beauvoir in postwar Saint-Germain-des-Près. An intense lifelong relationship develops between the two women authors, based on Violette's quest for freedom through writing and on Simone's conviction that she holds in her hands the destiny of an extraordinary writer.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama

  6. 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 · both drama

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  7. Le Rouge et le Noir (1954)

    It's no holds barred for Julian in pursuit of upward mobility. Although expected to channel career aspirations into the Church of the post-Napoleonic era, his intensely romantic liaisons propel him forward at a pace he cannot control.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama

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  8. Mindwalk (1991)

    On the French island of Mont Saint-Michel, Jack, a failed presidential candidate, Tom, a poet and Sonia, a physicist, engage in an intellectual conversation about politics, philosophy and life over the course of a single day.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama

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  9. The Long Absence (1961)

    Therese, a café owner, mourns the mysterious disappearance of her husband sixteen years earlier. A tramp arrives in the town and she believes him to be her husband. But he is suffering from amnesia and she tries to bring back his memory of earlier times.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama

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  10. Juliette in Spring (2024)

    Juliette goes back in her hometown to spend some time with her family. She finds herself between a loving but moody father, a New Age mother, a sister in the midst of an existential crisis, and a grandmother slowly losing her mind. Buried memories and family secrets rise to the surface in this sweet, tender and sometimes extravagant family portrait.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama

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  11. The Nest (2020)

    Rory is an ambitious entrepreneur who brings his American wife and kids to his native country, England, to explore new business opportunities. After abandoning the sanctuary of their safe American suburban surroundings, the family is plunged into the despair of an archaic '80s Britain and their unaffordable new life in an English manor house threatens to destroy the family.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama

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  12. The Young One (1960)

    A jazz musician seeks refuge from a lynch mob on a remote island, where he meets a hostile game warden and the young object of his attentions.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama

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  13. You Ain't Seen Nothin' Yet (2012)

    From beyond the grave, celebrated playwright Antoine d'Anthac gathers all his friends who have appeared over the years in his play 'Eurydice'. These actors watch a recording performed by a young acting company, La Compagnie de la Colombe. Do love, life, death and love after death still have any place on a theater stage? It's up to them to decide. And the surprises have only just begun...

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama

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  14. The Dazzled (2019)

    Camille, is the eldest of a large family. One day, her parents enter a religious community which gradually, regimentation becomes sectarian and Camille will have to fight to assert her freedom and save her brothers and sisters.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama

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  15. Declaration of War (2011)

    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. Except that their little boy, Adam, behaves abnormally. The young parents try hard to persuade themselves that everything is okay but, with the passing of time, they cannot delude themselves anymore: their son has a problem. From now on, war is declared. A war against illness. A war against Death. A war against despair.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama

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  16. 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 · both drama

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  17. Haute Couture (2021)

    Esther is at the end of her career as Head Seamstress at Dior Avenue Montaigne workshop. One day, she gets her handbag stolen in the metro by a 20 years old girl, Jade. Instead of calling the police she decides to take care of Jade. She sees in her the opportunity to pass on her skills, the craft of dressmaking, her only wealth. In the frenetic world of Haute Couture, Esther will give Jade la beauté du geste, a way to reach beyond herself.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama

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  18. Chaos (2001)

    A bourgeois couple, modern yet conventional. One night by accident, a young prostitute barges into their lives. Hounded down, beaten up, threatened, she will continue to struggle, with the help of a well off lady, first for her survival-her resurrection-then for her dignity and freedom. Stormy encounters for everyone involved.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama

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  19. Thank You, Life (1991)

    Camille, a naïve schoolgirl, meets an intriguing influence in Joelle, a slightly older and much more experienced spirit. Camille follows her new friend through the discovery of sex and the darker side of life. As the film progresses, Camille discovers AIDS and the fear that she may have picked up the disease in her early encounters.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama

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  20. Charm City Kings (2020)

    Mouse desperately wants to join The Midnight Clique, the infamous Baltimore dirt bike riders who rule the summertime streets. When Midnight’s leader, Blax, takes 14-year-old Mouse under his wing, Mouse soon finds himself torn between the straight-and-narrow and a road filled with fast money and violence.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama

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Frequently asked questions

What are the best movies like The Bohemian Life?

The closest matches to The Bohemian Life are Adieu Philippine (1962), La Belle Équipe (1936) and What Maisie Knew (2013). Below are 17 more, each with the reason it matches.

What should I watch after The Bohemian Life?

Start with Adieu Philippine (1962), the closest match to The Bohemian Life.

What is the highest-rated movie like The Bohemian Life?

Charm City Kings (2020), rated 7.8/10 by 508 TMDB users.

What is the newest movie like The Bohemian Life?

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

Are there French movies like The Bohemian Life?

Yes: Adieu Philippine (1962), La Belle Équipe (1936) and Paris 36 (2008).

How are movies similar to The Bohemian Life chosen?

First come films that Trakt’s viewers watch alongside The Bohemian Life, 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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