Movies like Le Concours de pêche (1937)
The best movies like Le Concours de pêche (1937) are Midnight's Garden (2017), Logorama (2009) and U (2006). If Le Concours de pêche hooked you, these 20 similar films are what to watch next, and every pick says why it matches.
Le Concours de pêche
Quick picks
- Highest ratedPersepolis (2007)7.9/10 from 2,276 votes
- NewestSirocco and the Kingdom of Winds (2023)Released 2023
- In FrenchMidnight's Garden (2017)Also in French
Midnight's Garden (2017)
The moon shines, a young couple plays in the forest. Their game leads them to an unfamiliar garden, in the middle of a clearing. Unaware of danger, the young lovers enter the maze of a garden at midnight. Little by little, they are submerged by a intoxicating spell. They lose themselves in the strange labyrinth. Will they manage to break the spell that keeps them prisoner?
Why it matches: Similar story and style
Logorama (2009)
Two cops portrayed by Michelin Men chase an armed Ronald McDonald through the streets of a fictionalized, stylized city.
Why it matches: Similar story and style
Worth the HypeMovies like thisU (2006)
Since her parents passed away, Princess Mona lives by herself in a castle with two hideous, ghastly characters, Goomi and His Lordship. One day her sobs draw the attention of a unicorn, called U, who wants to comfort and protect Mona for as long as she needs. U becomes Mona's companion, her confidant and her inseparable friend. While Mona grows into a beautiful princess, a group of charming, peaceful and fanciful Yeah-Yeah’s settles in the neighboring forest. They have no particular special powers, yet they soon bring about major changes in everyone's lives, especially in Kulka, the dreamy musician.
Why it matches: Similar story and style
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisSanta and the Tooth Fairies (1991)
When Santa receives Hans' letter too late to deliver him a toy, Santa and the Tooth Fairies join forces to finish Hans' present before midnight strikes.
Why it matches: Similar story and style
Azur & Asmar: The Princes' Quest (2006)
Raised on tales of a Djinn fairy princess, Azur, a young Frenchman goes to North Africa in search of the sprite, only to discover that his close childhood friend, Asmar, an Arab youth whose mother raised both boys also seeks the genie.
Why it matches: Similar story and style
Worth the HypeMovies like thisPersepolis (2007)
In 1970s Iran, Marjane 'Marji' Satrapi watches events through her young eyes and her idealistic family of a long dream being fulfilled of the hated Shah's defeat in the Iranian Revolution of 1979. However as Marji grows up, she witnesses first hand how the new Iran, now ruled by Islamic fundamentalists, has become a repressive tyranny on its own.
Why it matches: Similar story and style
Absolute CinemaMovies like thisThe Man Who Slept (2009)
A young woman lives with her sleeping husband. Prisoner of her loneliness, she refuses to accept that this man is only a memory.
Why it matches: Similar story and style
Santa's Christmas Snooze (1995)
A grouchy bear doses Santa Claus with a sleeping potion in order to ruin Christmas in this animated feature.
Why it matches: Similar story and style
Negative Space (2017)
Even though Sam's father is hardly ever home because he is often away on business trips, he is able to connect with his son by teaching him how to pack a suitcase.
Why it matches: Similar story and style
Worth the HypeMovies like thisRaining Cats and Frogs (2003)
It's a catastrophe! A flood has hit our planet and an unusual group of people are all that remains. Led by Ferdinand, a modern day Noah, this little group have managed to defy the furiously raging elements. People and animals alike are dragged through this incredible whirlpool of an adventure.
Why it matches: Similar story and style
Worth the HypeMovies like thisSirocco and the Kingdom of Winds (2023)
Agnès, Juliette and Carmen's neighbour, writes children's storybooks that take place in a fantasy world, The Kingdom of the Winds. The intrepid sisters discover a passageway between their world and this extraordinary universe. Once on the other side, the girls take on the appearance of cats and discover Sirocco, a terrifying character who can control the wind.
Why it matches: Similar story and style
My Neighbors' Neighbors (2022)
An ogre breaks his teeth the day before Saint-Festin, the ogres’ great celebration day. A magician botches his trick of sawing a woman in half, and loses his assistant’s legs. An overequipped hiker gets stuck in the elevator for several days. An old man falls in love with a runaway pair of legs. A mother asks her neighbour to look after her children on the eve of Saint-Festin… In one building, the lives of ten next-door neighbours, or the neighbours of neighbours, intertwine as they grapple with the dramas, joys, surprises and dangers of everyday life.
Why it matches: Similar story and style
Les Cowboys n'ont pas peur de mourir (2009)
Cowboys aren't afraid to die. Their death, always spectacular, is the grand finale of a tragic destiny. But when a cowboy messes up his exit, when he seems to hesitate awkwardly between life and death, the Western turns to the absurd.
Why it matches: Similar story and style
Fierce (2017)
A young corporate executive is kidnapped from his apartment. He wakes up in the middle of a forest only to be stalked by a mysterious hunter.
Why it matches: Similar story and style
The Illusionist (2010)
A French illusionist travels to Scotland to work. He meets a young woman in a small village. Their ensuing adventure in Edinburgh changes both their lives forever.
Why it matches: Similar story and style
Worth the HypeMovies like thisA Monkey's Tale (1999)
Kom is from a tribe of monkeys who live in a canopy. He rejects elders' authority as well as the superstition that the lower world would be inhabited by demons. But he accidentally falls from the trees…
Why it matches: Similar story and style
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Animated World of Paul Grimault (2019)
A collection of newly restored short films from the imagination of Paul Grimault, an icon of French animation. Le Marchand de notes (The Note Seller), 1942, 10 min L’Épouvantail (The Scarecrow), 1946, 10 min Les Passagers de la Grande Ourse, (The Passengers of the Ursa Major), 1943, 9 min Le Voleur de paratonnerres (The LIghtning Rod Thief), 1946, 10 min La Flûte magique (The Magic Flute), 1946, 9 min Le Petit Soldat (The Little Soldier), 1948, 11 min Le Diamant (The Diamond), 1970, 9 min Le Chien mélomane (The Dog Who Loved Music), 1973, 11 min
Why it matches: Similar story and style
The Banquet of the Concubine (2012)
Delicately flirting with eroticism, the animated film The Banquet of the Concubine, by young Chinese director Hefang Wei, recounts one of the most famous love stories of Imperial China. In this tale of bitter jealousy, nothing can sweeten the heart of an abandoned mistress, not even the luscious lychee.
Why it matches: Similar story and style
A Cat in Paris (2010)
A thrilling mystery that unfurls in the alleys and on the rooftops of the French capital, Paris, over the course of one adventurous evening.
Why it matches: Similar story and style
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisVers Syracuse (2020)
Dreamlike sea bathing and horse rides. Colors take the plunge, the horizon blazes, breaking waves pound endlessly. A strange journey through depths of sound and vision.
Why it matches: Similar story and style
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Frequently asked questions
What are the best movies like Le Concours de pêche?
The closest matches to Le Concours de pêche are Midnight's Garden (2017), Logorama (2009) and U (2006). Below are 17 more, each with the reason it matches.
What should I watch after Le Concours de pêche?
Start with Midnight's Garden (2017), the closest match to Le Concours de pêche.
What is the highest-rated movie like Le Concours de pêche?
Persepolis (2007), rated 7.9/10 by 2,276 TMDB users.
What is the newest movie like Le Concours de pêche?
Sirocco and the Kingdom of Winds (2023) is the most recent release on this list.
Are there French movies like Le Concours de pêche?
Yes: Midnight's Garden (2017), Logorama (2009) and U (2006).
How are movies similar to Le Concours de pêche chosen?
First come films that Trakt’s viewers watch alongside Le Concours de pêche, then TMDB’s recommendations and films it rates as similar in story and genre. Each pick says which signal put it there.