Movies like Last Year at Marienbad (1961)
The best movies like Last Year at Marienbad (1961) are The Things of Life (1970), Hiroshima Mon Amour (1959) and Jules and Jim (1962). If Last Year at Marienbad hooked you with its drama and romance, these 30 similar films are what to watch next, and every pick says why it matches.
Quick picks
- Highest ratedPersona (1966)8.1/10 from 2,524 votes
- NewestA Tale of Winter (1992)Released 1992
- In FrenchThe Things of Life (1970)Also in French
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: Fans watch both · both drama & romance
Worth the HypeMovies like thisHiroshima Mon Amour (1959)
The deep conversation between a Japanese architect and a French actress forms the basis of this celebrated French film, considered one of the vanguard productions of the French New Wave. Set in Hiroshima after the end of World War II, the couple -- lovers turned friends -- recount, over many hours, previous romances and life experiences. The two intertwine their stories about the past with pondering the devastation wrought by the atomic bomb dropped on the city.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & romance
Worth the HypeMovies like thisJules and Jim (1962)
In the carefree days before World War I, introverted Austrian author Jules strikes up a friendship with the exuberant Frenchman Jim and both men fall for the impulsive and beautiful Catherine.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & romance
Worth the HypeMovies like thisThe Woman Next Door (1981)
Two ex-lovers wind up living next door to each other with their respective spouses. Forbidden passions ensue.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & romance
Worth the HypeMovies like thisPersona (1966)
A young nurse, Alma, is put in charge of Elisabeth Vogler: an actress who is seemingly healthy in all respects, but will not talk. As they spend time together, Alma speaks to Elisabeth constantly, never receiving any answer.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Absolute CinemaMovies like thisContempt (1963)
Art film producer Jeremy Prokosch, unhappy with the work of his director, hires Fritz Lang (as himself) to direct an adaptation of The Odyssey, but when it seems that the legendary filmmaker is making a picture destined to bomb, he brings in a screenwriter to energise the script. The professional intersects with the personal when a rift develops between the writer and his wife.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & romance
Worth the HypeMovies like thisHôtel du Nord (1938)
On the meandering Canal St. Martin, at the Parisian Hôtel du Nord, a nearly fatal gunshot separates a dejected young couple. But, amid a sad but beautiful panorama of lively characters, love has the final say. Can life be a fairy tale?
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both romance & drama
Worth the HypeMovies like thisCléo from 5 to 7 (1962)
Agnès Varda eloquently captures Paris in the sixties with this real-time portrait of a singer set adrift in the city as she awaits test results of a biopsy. A chronicle of the minutes of one woman’s life, Cléo from 5 to 7 is a spirited mix of vivid vérité and melodrama, featuring a score by Michel Legrand and cameos by Jean-Luc Godard and Anna Karina.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Worth the HypeMovies like thisThe Silence (1963)
Traveling through an unnamed European country on the brink of war, sickly, intellectual Ester, her sister Anna and Anna's young son, Johan, check into a near-empty hotel. A basic inability to communicate among the three seems only to worsen during their stay. Anna provokes her sister by enjoying a dalliance with a local man, while the boy, left to himself, has a series of enigmatic encounters that heighten the growing air of isolation.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & romance
Worth the HypeMovies like thisL'Eclisse (1962)
Vittoria is a beautiful literary translator living in Rome. After splitting from her writer boyfriend, Riccardo, Vittoria meets Piero, a lively stockbroker, on the hectic floor of the Roman stock exchange. Though Vittoria and Piero begin a relationship, it is not one without difficulties, and their commitment to one another is tested during an eclipse.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & romance
Worth the HypeMovies like thisBreathless (1960)
A small-time thief steals a car and impulsively murders a motorcycle policeman. Wanted by the authorities, he attempts to persuade a girl to run away to Italy with him.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & romance
Worth the HypeMovies like thisL'Avventura (1960)
Claudia and Anna join Anna's lover, Sandro, on a boat trip to a remote volcanic island. When Anna goes missing, a search is launched. In the meantime, Sandro and Claudia become involved in a romance despite Anna's disappearance, though the relationship suffers from guilt and tension.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & romance
Worth the HypeMovies like thisA Man and a Woman (1966)
A man and a woman meet by accident on a Sunday evening at their childrens' boarding school. Slowly, they reveal themselves to each other, finding that they have something deeply in common.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & romance
Worth the HypeMovies like thisHappiness (1965)
Though married to the good-natured, beautiful Thérèse, young husband and father François finds himself falling unquestioningly into an affair with an attractive postal worker.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & romance
Worth the HypeMovies like thisLa Collectionneuse (1967)
Bombastic, womanising art dealer Adrien and his painter friend Daniel go on holiday at a 17th-century villa on the Riviera. But their idyll is disturbed by the presence of the bohemian Haydée, accused of being a 'collector' of men.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & romance
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisMy Night at Maud's (1969)
Devout Roman Catholic Jean-Louis subscribes to an austere moral code influenced by the philosophy of 17th-century physicist Blaise Pascal. When he spots a pretty girl at church, he promises to one day marry her. But then an old friend introduces him to alluring divorcee Maud. After a conversation about love and credo, the chaste Jean-Louis spends the night at Maud's, conflicted about his desires.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both romance & drama
Worth the HypeMovies like thisA Tale of Winter (1992)
Felicie and Charles have a whirlwind holiday romance. Due to a mix-up on addresses they lose contact, and five years later at Christmas-time Felicie is living with her mother in a cold Paris with a daughter as a reminder of that long-ago summer. For male companionship she oscillates between hairdresser Maxence and the intellectual Loic, but seems unable to commit to either as the memory of Charles and what might have been hangs over everything.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & romance
Worth the HypeMovies like thisBelle 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 this8½ (1963)
Guido Anselmi, a film director, finds himself creatively barren at the peak of his career. Urged by his doctors to rest, Anselmi heads for a luxurious resort, but a sorry group gathers—his producer, staff, actors, wife, mistress, and relatives—each one begging him to get on with the show. In retreat from their dependency, he fantasizes about past women and dreams of his childhood.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Absolute CinemaMovies like thisVivre Sa Vie (1962)
Twelve episodic tales in the life of a Parisian woman and her slow descent into prostitution.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Worth the HypeMovies like thisStolen Kisses (1968)
The third in a series of films featuring François Truffaut's alter-ego, Antoine Doinel, the story resumes with Antoine being discharged from military service. His sweetheart Christine's father lands Antoine a job as a security guard, which he promptly loses. Stumbling into a position assisting a private detective, Antoine falls for his employers' seductive wife, Fabienne, and finds that he must choose between the older woman and Christine.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & romance
Worth the HypeMovies like thisLéon Morin, Priest (1961)
Barny, although a Marxist, is intrigued by the mysteries of religion. In confession, she teases a priest, Léon Morin, but he is a young and intelligent man and ready to discuss anything.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & romance
Worth the HypeMovies like this3 Women (1977)
Two co-workers, one a vain woman and the other an awkward teenager, share an increasingly bizarre relationship after becoming roommates.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Worth the HypeMovies like thisLa Notte (1961)
A day in the life of an unfaithful married couple and their steadily deteriorating relationship in Milan.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & romance
Absolute CinemaMovies like thisThe Bakery Girl of Monceau (1963)
After several days without seeing Sylvie, the object of his desire again, a nameless law student becomes involved with Jacqueline, who works at the local bakery. Eventually, he has to choose when he arranges dates with both on the same day.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both romance & drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisMuriel, 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: Fans watch both · both drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisA Woman Is a Woman (1961)
Longing for a baby, a stripper pursues another man in order to make her boyfriend jealous.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & romance
Worth the HypeMovies like thisA Gentle Woman (1969)
When his young wife commits suicide with no explanation, an introspective pawnbroker looks back on their life together.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both romance & drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisBay of Angels (1963)
A bank clerk is drawn into the risky world of a gorgeous gambling addict.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both romance & drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisMasculin Féminin (1966)
Paul, a young idealist trying to figure out what he wants to do with his life, takes a job interviewing people for a marketing research firm. He moves in with aspiring pop singer Madeleine. Paul, however, is disillusioned by the growing commercialism in society, while Madeleine just wants to be successful. The story is told in a series of 15 unrelated vignettes.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & romance
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Frequently asked questions
What are the best movies like Last Year at Marienbad?
The closest matches to Last Year at Marienbad are The Things of Life (1970), Hiroshima Mon Amour (1959) and Jules and Jim (1962). Below are 27 more, each with the reason it matches.
What should I watch after Last Year at Marienbad?
People who watched Last Year at Marienbad most often go on to The Things of Life (1970), Hiroshima Mon Amour (1959) and Jules and Jim (1962).
What is the highest-rated movie like Last Year at Marienbad?
Persona (1966), rated 8.1/10 by 2,524 TMDB users.
What is the newest movie like Last Year at Marienbad?
A Tale of Winter (1992) is the most recent release on this list.
Are there French movies like Last Year at Marienbad?
Yes: The Things of Life (1970), Hiroshima Mon Amour (1959) and Jules and Jim (1962).
How are movies similar to Last Year at Marienbad chosen?
First come films that Trakt’s viewers watch alongside Last Year at Marienbad, then TMDB’s recommendations and films it rates as similar in story and genre. Each pick says which signal put it there.