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Movies like Innocent (1999)

The best movies like Innocent (1999) are L'Argent (1928), The Passerby (1982) and La Belle Équipe (1936). If Innocent 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. 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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  2. The Passerby (1982)

    Max Baumstein is a reputable businessman who founded an international organization fighting against violations of human rights. Why would he commit an act that apparently negates the principles he has striven for so long to uphold? As he is tried for first-degree murder for killing a Paraguayan ambassador in cold blood, he reveals a secret about himself that he kept hidden from his wife Lina. His act is the conclusion of a struggle that started many decades earlier in his childhood...

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama

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  3. 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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  4. All Day and a Night (2020)

    While serving life in prison, a young man looks back at the people, the circumstances and the system that set him on the path toward his crime.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama

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  5. 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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  6. Night Ride (2019)

    Jin is a young illegal Chinese immigrant in Paris. He works in a fraudulent taxi scheme for the Triads. The only memory of his past as a DJ in Beijing is the inspiring sophisticated electro music he plays in his car when he drives. One night, Naomi, a troubling and stunning escort and stripper, gets in his car. Intrigued by the young driver, falling for his music, she decides to make him her exclusive driver. But as they grow closer, Jin will have to betray dangerous people.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama

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  7. 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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  8. Adieu Philippine (1962)

    Michel is a young technician in the fledgling TV industry and is due for military service in two months at the time of the Algerian War. Juliette and Liliane are inseparable best friends, and aspiring actresses, who hang around outside the TV studio. Michel invites them in to watch, flirts with them both, and dates them separately and together. When Michel goes on a holiday to Corsica, just before he is drafted, the girls follow.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama

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  9. Street Flow 3 (2026)

    Grieving and facing the consequences of their crimes, the Traoré brothers get one last chance to forge a new path.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama

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  10. Eleanor the Great (2025)

    94-year-old Eleanor Morgenstein tries to rebuild her life after the death of her best friend. As a result, she moves back to New York City after living in Florida for decades.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama

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  11. El Chicano (2019)

    A pair of twin brothers from East L.A. choose to live their lives differently and end up on opposite sides of the law.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama

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  12. Home (2021)

    An ex-felon returns home from prison and must confront the demons of his past.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama

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  13. You Ain't Seen Nothin' Yet (2012)

    From beyond the grave, celebrated playwright Antoine d'Anthac gathers all his friends who have appeared over the years in his play 'Eurydice'. These actors watch a recording performed by a young acting company, La Compagnie de la Colombe. Do love, life, death and love after death still have any place on a theater stage? It's up to them to decide. And the surprises have only just begun...

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama

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  14. Night of the Kings (2021)

    A young man is sent to "La Maca," a prison in the middle of the Ivorian forest ruled by its inmates. As tradition goes with the rising of the red moon, he is designated by the Boss to be the new "Roman" and must tell a story to the other prisoners. Learning what fate awaits him, he begins to narrate the mystical life of the legendary outlaw named "Zama King" and has no choice but to make his story last until dawn.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama

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  15. Céline (1992)

    After the death of her father, 22-year-old Céline inherits most of his estate, but gives it to her stepmother, causing her greedy fiancé to leave her. Following several failed suicide attempts, Céline is hospitalized and comes to the attention of a nurse, Genevieve, who has struggled with depression. Under her personal care, Céline gradually recovers, and the two women grow close.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama

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  16. 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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  17. 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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  18. Hounddog (2008)

    A drama set in the American South, where a precocious, troubled girl finds a safe haven in the music and movement of Elvis Presley.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama

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  19. Rebound: The Legend of Earl 'The Goat' Manigault (1996)

    A dramatization of the life of Earl 'The Goat' Manigault (Don Cheadle), with a lot of factual based occurrences. A reformed junkie returns from prison to clean up his act and devote the rest of his life to the young kids of Harlem. 1996 was the 25th anniversary of the first tournament named after him.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama

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  20. Lorelei (2020)

    A man is released from prison after 15 years. He reunites with his high school girlfriend, now a single mother of three. What follows is a lyrical take on love, regret and second chances.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama

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Frequently asked questions

What are the best movies like Innocent?

The closest matches to Innocent are L'Argent (1928), The Passerby (1982) and La Belle Équipe (1936). Below are 17 more, each with the reason it matches.

What should I watch after Innocent?

Start with L'Argent (1928), the closest match to Innocent.

What is the highest-rated movie like Innocent?

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

What is the newest movie like Innocent?

Street Flow 3 (2026) is the most recent release on this list.

Are there French movies like Innocent?

Yes: L'Argent (1928), The Passerby (1982) and La Belle Équipe (1936).

How are movies similar to Innocent chosen?

First come films that Trakt’s viewers watch alongside Innocent, 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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