Movies like The Midwife (2017)
The best movies like The Midwife (2017) are The Country Doctor (2016), Hideaway (Le refuge) (2009) and Before the Winter Chill (2013). If The Midwife hooked you with its drama, these 30 similar films are what to watch next, and every pick says why it matches.
Quick picks
- Highest ratedPatients (2017)7.4/10 from 629 votes
- NewestThe Rapture (2023)Released 2023
- In FrenchThe Country Doctor (2016)Also in French
The Country Doctor (2016)
All the people in this countryside area, can count on Jean-Pierre, the doctor who auscultates them, heals and reassures them day and night, 7 days a week. Now Jean-Pierre is sick, so he sees Natalie, a young doctor, coming from the hospital to assist him. But will she adapt to this new life and be able to replace the man that believed to be irreplaceable?
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisHideaway (Le refuge) (2009)
Mousse and Louis are young, beautiful, rich and in love. But drugs have invaded their lives. One day, they overdose and Louis dies. Mousse survives, but soon learns she's pregnant. Feeling lost, Mousse runs away to a house far from Paris. Several months later, Louis' brother joins her in her refuge.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisBefore the Winter Chill (2013)
They are the perfect French haute bourgeois couple: Paul is a respected surgeon and Lucie cooks and gardens exquisitely. But now, in the autumn of his life, Paul can’t resist the lure of an ambiguous and dangerous relationship with a mysterious young woman. Might there be something sinister behind the roses delivered to his office and the “chance” meetings?
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
SnoozefestMovies like thisPeaceful (2021)
A son in denial of a serious illness. A mother facing the unbearable. And between them a doctor fighting to do his job and bring them to acceptance. The three of them have one year and four seasons to come together and understand what it means to die while living.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Worth the HypeMovies like thisHeal the Living (2016)
The intersecting lives of teens on a surfing trip, a woman with a weak heart and two teams of doctors and medical experts.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisA Good Man (2021)
Benjamin and Aude have loved each other for 7 years. They live together on a small island in Brittany. Benjamin dreams of starting a family but the couple learns that Aude is sterile. So Benjamin has an idea. He is the one who will bear their child because before being Benjamin, his name was Sarah.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Sofia (2018)
Sofia, 20, lives with her parents in Casablanca. Suffering from pregnancy denial, she finds herself breaking the law by giving birth to a baby out of wedlock. The hospital gives her 24 hours to provide the father's papers before informing the authorities…
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisHippocrates (2014)
Benjamin is meant to be a great doctor, he’s certain of it. But his first experience as a junior doctor in the hospital ward where his father works doesn’t turn out the way he hoped it would. Responsibility is overwhelming, his father is all but present, and his co-junior partner, a foreign doctor, is far more experimented than he is. This internship will force Benjamin to confront his limits… and start his way to adulthood.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Secret of the Grain (2007)
In southern France, a Franco-Arabic shipyard worker along with his partner's daughter pursues his dream of opening a restaurant.
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Worth the HypeMovies like thisThe Rapture (2023)
Lydia, a dedicated midwife, is in the middle of a breakup. At the time, her best friend Salomé tells her she is pregnant. One day, she comes across Milo - a one-night stand - as she is carrying her friend's baby in her arms.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like this150 Milligrams (2016)
In the hospital where she works in Brest, France, a lung specialist discovers a direct link between suspicious deaths and state-approved medicine. She fights single-handedly for the truth to come out.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisLes Bonnes Femmes (1960)
Four Parisian women navigate the world of romance and daily life looking to fulfill their dreams.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisLeaving (2009)
A bourgeois housewife, planning to go back to work as a physiotherapist after having devoted 20 years to her husband and two children, has her comfortable, elegant life turned upside down when she falls for a Spanish builder and begins a runaway affair.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisHer Way (2021)
Marie, an independent and militant woman, has never needed anyone's help, including when it comes to raising her son. When the latter is expelled from his certificate of professional competence training class, Marie cannot accept it. Dreaming of a brighter future for him, she decides to enrol him in one of the best cooking schools in France.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisParis (2008)
Pierre, a professional dancer, suffers from a serious heart disease. While he is waiting for a transplant which may (or may not) save his life, he has nothing better to do than look at the people around him, from the balcony of his Paris apartment.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisAva (2017)
Ava, 13, is spending the summer on the Atlantic coast when she learns that she will lose her sight sooner than expected. Her mother decides to act as if everything were normal so as to spend their best summer ever. Ava confronts the problem in her own way. She steals a big black dog that belongs to a young man on the run...
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThings to Come (2016)
Nathalie teaches philosophy at a high school in Paris. She is passionate about her job and particularly enjoys passing on the pleasure of thinking. Married with two children, she divides her time between her family, former students and her very possessive mother. One day, Nathalie’s husband announces he is leaving her for another woman. With freedom thrust upon her, Nathalie must reinvent her life.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisPatients (2017)
After a serious sport accident in a swimming pool, Ben, now an incomplete quadriplegic, arrives in a rehabilitation center. He meets with other handicapped persons (tetraplegics, paraplegics, traumatized crania), all victims of accidents, as well as a handicapped since his early childhood. They go through impotence, despair and resignation, with their daily struggle to learn how to move a finger or to hold a fork. Some of them slowly find a little mobility while others receive the verdict of the handicap for life. Despite everything, hope and friendship help them endure their difficulties.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Worth the HypeMovies like thisThe New Girlfriend (2014)
A young woman makes a surprising discovery about the husband of her late best friend.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisAt War (2018)
After promising 1100 employees that they would protect their jobs, the managers of a factory decide to suddenly close up shop. Laurent takes the lead in a fight against this decision.
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Worth the HypeMovies like thisThe Sower (2017)
In 1852, the mountain village in Provence where Violette lives is brutally deprived of all its men after the repression of the republicans ordered by Napoleon III. Women spend months in total isolation, desperate to see their men again. In this situation, they make an oath in case a man arrives in the village.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisRevoir Paris (2022)
Three months after surviving a terrorist attack in a bistro, Mia is still traumatized and unable to recall the events of that night. In an effort to move forward, she investigates her memories and retraces her steps.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Worth the HypeMovies like thisFor a Woman (2013)
After the death of her mother, Anne makes a shocking discovery: an old photograph casts doubt on her origins and leads her to discover a mysterious uncle who lived with her parents after the war. As she lifts the lid on a long forgotten family secret, the young woman learns that her mother once succumbed to an amorous passion that was as intense as it was short-lived...
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
SnoozefestMovies like thisAfter Love (2016)
Marie and Boris decide to get a divorce after 15 years of marriage. Tensions rise when cash-strapped Boris must continue to live with Marie and the two children while trying to figure out how to divide the assets.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisNormandy Nude (2018)
At the Mêle sur Sarthe, a small Norman village, farmers are affected by a crisis. Georges Balbuzard, the mayor of the city, is not one to let them down and decides to try everything to save his village...
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
SnoozefestMovies like thisStaying Vertical (2016)
Screenwriter Leo is searching for the wolf in the south of France. During a scouting excursion he is seduced by Marie, a free-spirited and dynamic shepherdess. Nine months later she gives birth to their child. Suffering from post-natal depression and with no faith in Leo, who comes and goes without warning, Marie abandons both of them. Leo finds himself alone, with a baby to care for.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
SnoozefestMovies like thisThe Girl with a Bracelet (2020)
Lise (16 years old) is accused of murdering her best friend. As the trial starts, her parents stand right by her side. But once her secret life is revealed in court, the truth becomes indistinguishable.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThrough the Fire (2018)
Franck is a firefighter in Paris. He saves people. He lives at the station with his wife, who is about to have twins. He’s happy. During a call out to a fire, he puts himself in danger, to save his men. He’s going to have to learn to live again and accept to be the one being saved, this time.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Worth the HypeMovies like thisThe Accusation (2021)
The Farels are a power couple: Jean is a prominent French pundit and his wife Claire an essayist known for her radical feminism. Together they have a model son, Alexandre, who is a student at a prestigious American university. During a brief visit to Paris, Alexandre meets Mila, the daughter of his mother’s new partner, and invites her to a party. The next day, Mila files a complaint against Alexandre for rape, destroying family harmony and setting in motion an inextricable media-judicial machine that posits opposing truths.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Worth the HypeMovies like thisMarie's Story (2014)
Marie Heurtin is born both blind and deaf. Sister Marguerette wins her trust and teaches her how to express herself.
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Frequently asked questions
What are the best movies like The Midwife?
The closest matches to The Midwife are The Country Doctor (2016), Hideaway (Le refuge) (2009) and Before the Winter Chill (2013). Below are 27 more, each with the reason it matches.
What should I watch after The Midwife?
People who watched The Midwife most often go on to The Country Doctor (2016), Hideaway (Le refuge) (2009) and Before the Winter Chill (2013).
What is the highest-rated movie like The Midwife?
Patients (2017), rated 7.4/10 by 629 TMDB users.
What is the newest movie like The Midwife?
The Rapture (2023) is the most recent release on this list.
Are there French movies like The Midwife?
Yes: The Country Doctor (2016), Hideaway (Le refuge) (2009) and Before the Winter Chill (2013).
How are movies similar to The Midwife chosen?
First come films that Trakt’s viewers watch alongside The Midwife, then TMDB’s recommendations and films it rates as similar in story and genre. Each pick says which signal put it there.