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Movies like Should the Wind Drop (2021)

The best movies like Should the Wind Drop (2021) are La Belle Équipe (1936), Colonel Chabert (1994) and The Young One (1960). If Should the Wind Drop 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. 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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  2. Colonel Chabert (1994)

    When Colonel Chabert returns from the war, he discovers that he has lost everything.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama

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  3. 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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  4. The Cut (2025)

    A retired boxer intends to return to the ring for one last shot at the title, but first he must make the weight. Holed up in a room in Las Vegas with an unscrupulous trainer, he embarks on an intensive and illegal weight-cutting program.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama

  5. Out of Love (2025)

    When Jeanne, a meticulous insurance assessor, is suddenly left to care for her estranged sister’s two children after their mother vanishes, her carefully ordered life begins to unravel. Confronted with unexpected responsibilities, she must balance the fragile task of earning the children’s trust while also tending to her own relationship with her girlfriend, who struggles to adjust to Jeanne’s new role. As grief, uncertainty, and shifting loyalties mount, Jeanne finds herself redefining what family and love truly mean.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama

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  6. The Minister (2011)

    Transport Minister Bertrand Saint-Jean is awoken in the middle of the night by his head of staff. A bus has gone off the road into a gully. He has no choice but to go to the scene of the accident. Thus begins the odyssey of a politician in a world that is increasingly more complex and hostile.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama

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  7. 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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  8. 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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  9. L'Argent (1928)

    Adapted from the novel L'Argent by Émile Zola, the film portrays the world of banking and the stock market in Paris in the 1920s.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama

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  10. The Girl in the Book (2015)

    The story of a young writer's transformation when her past invades her present.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama

  11. In the Beginning (2009)

    France, present day. A professional conman passes himself off as the boss of a construction site building a highway extension. He cons the whole region, hires dozens of workers and cynically enjoys the profits of his scam until he meets the lady mayor of a small village that the road will go through. She intrigues and unsettles him, before revealing to him a world he never knew: feelings. How far will he go now to save his victims and save himself from his own lies?

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama

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  12. All to Play For (2023)

    Sylvie lives with her two children whom she’s raising on her own. One evening, there’s an accident, and her youngest son is removed from her care. Sylvie must subsequently fight to get her son back and to keep herself afloat.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama

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  13. The Cage (1975)

    The story of a woman who is suddenly visited by her estranged ex-husband. The ex-hubby wants to buy her country house, which she received in the divorce settlement. Instead he finds himself locked in a cage in the cellar.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama

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  14. Sergio (2020)

    A sweeping drama set in the chaotic aftermath of the US invasion of Iraq, where the life of top UN diplomat Brazilian Sérgio Vieira de Mello hangs in the balance during the most treacherous mission of his career.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama

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  15. The Carpetbaggers (1964)

    Jonas Cord is a disagreeable young tycoon who's building planes, directing films, and catting around on the corporate make in 1930s Hollywood.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama

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  16. Jungleland (2020)

    Stanley manages his boxer brother Lion but when a devastating loss in the ring leaves the pair in debt, an opportunity to recoup the cash leads to a series of misadventures that threaten to break the bond between them.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama

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  17. Love Me No More (2008)

    Antoine Méliot is around 40 years old and has everything he needs to be happy: a beautiful wife, two adorable children, friends he can count on, a pretty house in the Yvelines and money. But one day he decides to ruin everything in one weekend.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama

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  18. Brother (2019)

    Because he wanted to protect his little brother, Teddy, a young man without a history, is accused of the murder of his father and sent to a closed educational center, waiting for his trial for parricide. He then plunges into a brutal universe of which he does not know the rules.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama

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  19. 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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  20. Like a Son (2024)

    Jacques Romand is a history teacher who has lost faith in his vocation. One evening, witnessing a shopkeeper attacked by three young robbers, he catches one of the aggressors, Victor, a 14-year-old Roma boy.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama

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Frequently asked questions

What are the best movies like Should the Wind Drop?

The closest matches to Should the Wind Drop are La Belle Équipe (1936), Colonel Chabert (1994) and The Young One (1960). Below are 17 more, each with the reason it matches.

What should I watch after Should the Wind Drop?

Start with La Belle Équipe (1936), the closest match to Should the Wind Drop.

What is the highest-rated movie like Should the Wind Drop?

Love Me No More (2008), rated 7.1/10 by 221 TMDB users.

What is the newest movie like Should the Wind Drop?

Out of Love (2025) is the most recent release on this list.

Are there French movies like Should the Wind Drop?

Yes: La Belle Équipe (1936), Colonel Chabert (1994) and Out of Love (2025).

How are movies similar to Should the Wind Drop chosen?

First come films that Trakt’s viewers watch alongside Should the Wind Drop, 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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