Movies like L'âme du bled (1929)
The best movies like L'âme du bled (1929) are Morocco (1930), I Got Life! (2017) and The Princess of Montpensier (2010). If L'âme du bled hooked you, these 20 similar films are what to watch next, and every pick says why it matches.
Quick picks
- Highest ratedCasablanca (1943)8.1/10 from 6,326 votes
- NewestLonely Planet (2024)Released 2024
- In FrenchI Got Life! (2017)Also in French
Morocco (1930)
Mogador, Morocco. Late 1920s. A complex romance develops between a womanizing Legionnaire and a disillusioned Parisian cabaret singer.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisI Got Life! (2017)
Aurore has separated, just lost her job, and learns that she is going to be a grandmother.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Princess of Montpensier (2010)
Set in the high courts of 16th Century France, where the wars of religion between Catholics and Protestants are raging. Marie de Mézières, a beautiful young aristocrat, is in love with Henri de Guise, but her hand in marriage is promised to the Prince of Montpensier.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisA View of Love (2010)
Happily married with a daughter, Marc is a successful real estate agent in Aix-en-Provence. One day, he has an appointment with a woman to view a traditional country house. A few hours later, Marc finally puts a name to her face. It's Cathy, the girl he was in love with growing up in Oran, Algeria, in the last days of the French colonial regime. Marc hurries to her hotel. They spend the night together. Then she's gone again. And Marc's mother tells him Cathy never left Algeria. She was killed with her father in a bombing just before independence...
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
SnoozefestMovies like thisCasablanca (1943)
In Casablanca, Morocco in December 1941, a cynical American expatriate meets a former lover, with unforeseen complications.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Absolute CinemaMovies like thisAn Autumn Tale (1998)
Magali, forty-something, is a winemaker and a widow: she loves her work but feels lonely. Her friends Rosine and Isabelle both want secretly to find a husband for Magali.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Worth the HypeMovies like thisThe Smiling Madame Beudet (1923)
An unhappily married woman devises a scheme to get rid of her husband.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisUntamable Angelique (1967)
Angelique goes in search of her husband Joffrey de Peyrac who did not die on the stake.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisFeelings (2003)
Two seemingly happily married French couples are forced to contend with a number of issues.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
SnoozefestMovies like thisAngelique and the Sultan (1968)
Angélique is in a North African Muslim kingdom where she is now part of the Sultan's harem. She refuses to be bedded as her captors try to beat sense into her. She finally decides to escape with the help of two Christian prisoners.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisChinese Puzzle (2013)
Xavier is a 40-year-old father of two who still finds life very complicated. When the mother of his children moves to New York, he can't bear them growing up far away from him and so he decides to move there as well.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisLonely Planet (2024)
At an idyllic writers retreat in Morocco, a newly single novelist finds an unexpected connection with a younger man who's reevaluating his life choices.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisAtlantics (2019)
Arranged to marry a rich man, young Ada is crushed when her true love goes missing at sea during a migration attempt — until a miracle reunites them.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisMy Mother's Castle (1990)
To his chagrin, young Marcel Pagnol and his family move back to their home in Marseille, France, far from their pastoral holiday cottage in the hills. Determined, Marcel makes the long voyage back to the cottage on foot and lands himself in trouble. One day Marcel's father discovers a shortcut to the cottage, but it requires trespassing. Despite their trepidations, Marcel and his family begin using the secret trail to reach their cottage.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Worth the HypeMovies like thisWhat the Day Owes the Night (2012)
Algeria, the 1930s. Younes is nine years old when he is put in his uncle's care in Oran. Rebaptized Jonas, he grows up among the Rio Salado youths, with whom he becomes friends. Emilie is one of the gang; everyone is in love with her. A great love story develops between Jonas and Emilie, which is soon unsettled by the conflicts troubling the country.
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 thisReturn of the Hero (2018)
France, 1809. Captain Neuville is called to the front, leaving his future bride heartbroken. Her sister decides to write letters on his behalf to cheer her up.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe 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
Worth the HypeMovies like thisThe Kick of Sirocco (1979)
A shady Parisian tries to take advantage of a family of French-descended Algerians forced to move to France.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisCyrano de Bergerac (1990)
Famed swordsman and poet Cyrano de Bergerac is in love with his cousin Roxane. He has never expressed his love for her as he his large nose undermines his self-confidence. Then he finds a way to express his love to her, indirectly.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
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Frequently asked questions
What are the best movies like L'âme du bled?
The closest matches to L'âme du bled are Morocco (1930), I Got Life! (2017) and The Princess of Montpensier (2010). Below are 17 more, each with the reason it matches.
What should I watch after L'âme du bled?
Start with Morocco (1930), the closest match to L'âme du bled.
What is the highest-rated movie like L'âme du bled?
Casablanca (1943), rated 8.1/10 by 6,326 TMDB users.
What is the newest movie like L'âme du bled?
Lonely Planet (2024) is the most recent release on this list.
Are there French movies like L'âme du bled?
Yes: I Got Life! (2017), The Princess of Montpensier (2010) and A View of Love (2010).
How are movies similar to L'âme du bled chosen?
First come films that Trakt’s viewers watch alongside L'âme du bled, then TMDB’s recommendations and films it rates as similar in story and genre. Each pick says which signal put it there.