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Movies like The Beautiful Image (1951)

The best movies like The Beautiful Image (1951) are Alter Ego (2026), It Boy (2013) and Me, Myself and Mum (2013). If The Beautiful Image hooked you with its comedy, these 20 similar films are what to watch next, and every pick says why it matches.

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  1. Alter Ego (2026)

    A quiet, middle-aged man spirals into obsession and paranoia when a charismatic look-alike moves in next door, featuring the exact same face—and a full head of hair.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy

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  2. It Boy (2013)

    38-year-old Alice has everything to become the next editor-in-chief of Rebelle magazine except for her uptight image. But when the young and charming Balthazar, barely 20, crosses Alice's path, she realizes that he holds the key to her promotion.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy

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  3. Me, Myself and Mum (2013)

    How to become a man when your mother and your closed circle have decided otherwise? This is the challenge Guillaume took up. The film recounts Guillaume's tragicomic battle from the young age of eight, as he adopts the role of a girl then of a homosexual... until, aged 30, he meets the woman who, after his mother, will become the other woman in his life. Beyond this story of a heterosexual coming-out, the film tells the tale of an actor who never stopped loving women, maybe even a little too much.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy

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  4. Le Clan (2023)

    Fred, Achille, Max and Belette form a good-for-nothing gang of crooks. Dismally failing their last raid, they decide to get back in the game, kidnapping Sophie Marceau.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy

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  5. My Dog Stupid (2019)

    Henri is a middle-aged writer with fading inspiration who has published nothing worthy of note in years. Feeling increasingly misunderstood by his wife and four grown up deadbeat kids, he dreams of running away to start over again. Yet when he discovers an unattractive, bad-mannered dog in his garden, he decides to adopt him and both start developing an unexpected friendship that inevitably upsets Henri’s family and neighbors.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy

  6. Very Happy Alexander (1968)

    Alexandre, a young and honest farmer, is oppressed by an authoritarian wife, who makes him work like a dog. When she dies in a car crash, he decides to stay in bed, absolutely free and inactive. Just a dog is occupied to carry food and newspapers to him.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy

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  7. The Women on the 6th Floor (2011)

    Paris, in the early 1960s. Jean-Louis Joubert is a serious but uptight stockbroker, married to Suzanne, a starchy class-conscious woman and father of two arrogant teenage boys, currently in a boarding school. The affluent man lives a steady yet boring life. At least until, due to fortuitous circumstances, Maria, the charming new maid at the service of Jean-Louis' family, makes him discover the servants' quarter on the sixth floor of the luxury building he owns and lives in. There live a crowd of lively Spanish maids who will help Jean-Louis to open to a new civilization and a new approach of life. In their company - and more precisely in the company of beautiful Maria - Jean-Louis will gradually become another man, a better man.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy

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  8. Barbecue (2014)

    On his 50th birthday, a man who's been watching his weight, health and temper all his life suffers a heart attack. He's been doing everything he was told he should do and it still didn't help. He decides to turn the page and let loose.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy

  9. No Filter (2019)

    Beatrice celebrates with her family the release of her book: she tells about the accident of her husband Frederic. He became blind and without filter - always so funny and seductive, he is totally unpredictable. But this book, hymn-to-life, will turn into a joyful fist because if Beatrice changed the names, each of his friends seeks to find his character. The book awakens secret jealousies, while the group of friends and family pitch.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy

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  10. Le Bal des casse-pieds (1992)

    A tolerant veterinarian turns the other cheek when annoyed but changes his nature when he falls in love.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy

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  11. The Speech (2020)

    Meet Adrien! He's 35. He's stuck in a mid-life crisis. He's neurotic and hypochondriac. Tonight he's stuck in an endless family dinner and his girlfriend is not answering his texts. On top of that, his dumb brother-in-law asks him to prepare a speech for his wedding. Could it get even worse?

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy

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  12. Themroc (1973)

    Themroc, a bachelor house painter living at home with his mother, leads a sad and colorless life. One day, after a run-in with his boss, he rebels. He wrecks his apartment, rejects every facet of bourgeois life, and begins acting like an urban, modern-day Neanderthal.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy

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  13. Class Rank (2017)

    Two high school misfits join forces in an attempt to overtake the local school board. Guided by their families, they enter the perilous word of politics and, in the process, learn a thing or two about love.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy

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  14. Driver's Ed (2026)

    A group of teens hit the road in a stolen driver's ed car, racing against time to help a lovesick high school senior track down his college-freshman girlfriend and win her back.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy

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  15. Comme t'y es belle ! (2006)

    Isa, Alice, Léa and Nina, linked by their Sephardic families as much as by their friendship, share their lives between love affairs, a beauty institute under fiscal control, children to raise, an undocumented Moroccan nanny to marry, repeated diets, family and religious holidays to honor, but before being beautiful, their biggest challenge is to be themselves.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy

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  16. Dead Tired (1994)

    Stressed and overworked, famous French movie star Michel Blanc is beginning to wear down, physically and mentally, from the pressure and demands of fame. Already in a fragile state of mind, strange events start to transpire all around him, and he gradually loses his grip. Taking the advice of a psychiatrist, Blanc retreats to the countryside with his friend Carole Bouquet, but Blanc still has not managed to escape all of his problems.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy

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  17. Hold-up (1985)

    Dressed as a clown, the clever rascal Grimm holds up the most secure bank of Montreal and takes 30 hostages. While confusing and ridiculing the police with his strange behavior, he calmly manages to rid the bank of a fortune. But then an unsatisfied companion arouses trouble...

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy

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  18. Copacabana (2010)

    Babou seems to be able to shrug off anything. Real jobs, husbands, responsibilities, who needs them? But when she finds out that her own daughter is too ashamed of her to invite her to her wedding, she decides to make some changes.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy

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  19. The Gentleman from Epsom (1962)

    The story takes place in the racecourses around Paris. A so-called major sells his tips to naive characters.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy

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  20. The Troubles of Alfred (1972)

    Unlucky in love, Alfred tries to commit suicide, only to be thwarted by police efforts to prevent a simultaneous attempt by a nearby young woman. Recovering, the young lady puts him up at her house, as he has run out of places to live. He joins a Parisian sporting team and seems to have transferred his bad luck to a corrupt television boss who is attempting to manipulate the game so that Alfred's Paris team loses.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy

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Frequently asked questions

What are the best movies like The Beautiful Image?

The closest matches to The Beautiful Image are Alter Ego (2026), It Boy (2013) and Me, Myself and Mum (2013). Below are 17 more, each with the reason it matches.

What should I watch after The Beautiful Image?

Start with Alter Ego (2026), the closest match to The Beautiful Image.

What is the highest-rated movie like The Beautiful Image?

The Women on the 6th Floor (2011), rated 6.8/10 by 426 TMDB users.

What is the newest movie like The Beautiful Image?

Driver's Ed (2026) is the most recent release on this list.

Are there French movies like The Beautiful Image?

Yes: Alter Ego (2026), It Boy (2013) and Me, Myself and Mum (2013).

How are movies similar to The Beautiful Image chosen?

First come films that Trakt’s viewers watch alongside The Beautiful Image, 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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