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Movies like The Best Way to Walk (1976)

The best movies like The Best Way to Walk (1976) are Three Nights a Week (2022), Naked as We Came (2013) and I Love You, I Don't (1976). If The Best Way to Walk hooked you with its drama, these 30 similar films are what to watch next, and every pick says why it matches.

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  1. Three Nights a Week (2022)

    When young Baptiste meets Cookie Kunty, a young Parisian drag queen, he feels compelled to start a new photographic project.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama

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  2. Naked as We Came (2013)

    After an unexpected phone call, Laura and her brother Elliot rush to their family’s country estate to find their mother, Lilly, gravely ill and living with a handsome young stranger named Ted. Estranged for some time, their mother’s condition sets Laura and Elliot on a path to realizing where their own lives have gone wrong.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama

  3. I Love You, I Don't (1976)

    The petite waitress Johnny works and lives in a truck-stop, where she's lonely and longs for love. She develops a crush on the garbage truck driver Krassky, although her sleazy boss Boris warns her that he's gay.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama

  4. Port Authority (2019)

    Paul, a 20 year old midwesterner, arrives at the central bus station and quickly catches eyes with Wye, a 22 year old girl voguing on the sidewalk. After Paul seeks her out in secret, an intense love between them blossoms. But when Paul discovers Wye is trans, he is forced to confront his own identity and what it means to belong.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama

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  5. Savage Nights (1992)

    Jean is young, gay, and promiscuous. Only after he meets one or two women, including Laura, does he come to realize his bisexuality. Jean has to overcome a personal crisis and a tough choice between Laura and his male lover Samy.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama

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  6. August (2011)

    August tells the story of two former lovers, Troy and Jonathan, who reunite after a long ago painful breakup. After spending several years in Spain, Troy returns to Los Angeles and decides to phone Jonathan and meet for coffee. A seemingly innocent rendezvous turns into an attempt to revive passions past. Only this time it's not that simple as Jonathan has a new beau, Raul, and is trying to make the right decision a second time around.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama

  7. My Brother the Devil (2012)

    Fourteen-year-old Mo is a lonely, sensitive boy whose hunger for the rant and banter of buddies makes him prone to tread dangerous territories. He idolizes his handsome older brother, Rashid, a charismatic, well-respected member of a local gang, whose drug dealing enables “Rash” to provide for his family. Aching to be seen as a tough guy himself, Mo takes a job that unlocks a fateful turn of events and forces the brothers to confront their inner demons. It turns out that hate is easy. It is love and understanding that take real courage.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama

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  8. Just Charlie (2017)

    Football star Charlie has the world at her feet. With a top club desperate to sign her, her future is seemingly mapped out. But the teenager sees only a nightmare. Raised as a boy, Charlie is torn between wanting to live up to her father's expectations and shedding this ill fitting skin.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama

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  9. The Giver (2014)

    In a seemingly perfect community, without war, pain, suffering, differences or choice, a young boy is chosen to learn from an elderly man about the true pain and pleasure of the "real" world.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama

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  10. 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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  11. 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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  12. The Boys in the Band (2020)

    At a birthday party in 1968 New York, a surprise guest and a drunken game leave seven gay friends reckoning with unspoken feelings and buried truths.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama

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  13. Pacifiction (2022)

    Island of Tahiti. French government official De Roller is a calculating man with impeccable manners, capable of dealing with both high society and the locals he frequents in shady joints.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama

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  14. I Don't Kiss (1991)

    A good-looking but naive lad leaves his mountain village to try and make his way in Paris. He thinks maybe he will try acting but things don't go too well for him. Eventually he is forced to sell himself to men and though he meets an attractive girl she is herself a prostitute with a vicious pimp.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama

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  15. The King Is Dancing (2000)

    Louis XIV, the French sun-king has two passions, establishing absolute rule over the realm -after decades of religious/civil wars- by divine right and artistic brilliancy as a dancer

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama

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  16. Dossier 51 (1978)

    A French diplomat is surveilled by a secret service to find a weakness for political control, his private life becoming 'File No. 51'.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama

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  17. A Love to Hide (2005)

    A young Jewish girl, Sara, is looking to escape the clutches of the Third Reich after seeing her parents and sister brutally slain by a smuggler who betrayed them while attempting to escape to England. Terrified, she is sheltered by her childhood friend Jean, a homosexual in a clandestine relationship with his lover Philippe.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama

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  18. A Month in the Country (1987)

    A destitute WWI veteran is hired to help carry out restoration work on a medieval mural in a rural Yorkshire church. While living in the quiet village, he forms a close friendship with an archaeologist and begins to come to terms with his trauma.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama

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  19. The Origin of Evil (2022)

    In a luxurious seaside villa, a modest young woman finds herself in the company of a strange family: an unknown and wealthy father, his extravagant wife, his daughter, an ambitious woman, a rebellious teenager, and their creepy maid.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama

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  20. Love! Valour! Compassion! (1997)

    A group of gay friends spend summer weekends together at a lakeside house in upstate New York. As the season progresses and secrets begin to surface, the complex relationships within the group are sometimes strained and sometimes strengthened.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama

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  21. Bend It Like Beckham (2002)

    Jess Bhamra, the daughter of a strict Indian couple in London, is not permitted to play organized soccer, even though she is 18. When Jess is playing for fun one day, her impressive skills are seen by Jules Paxton, who then convinces Jess to play for her semi-pro team. Jess uses elaborate excuses to hide her matches from her family while also dealing with her romantic feelings for her coach, Joe.

    Why it matches: Similar story and style · both drama

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  22. My Own Private Idaho (1991)

    Mike Waters is a hustler afflicted with narcolepsy. Scott Favor is the rebellious son of a mayor. Together, the two travel from Portland, Oregon to Idaho and finally to the coast of Italy in a quest to find Mike's estranged mother. Along the way they turn tricks for money and drugs, eventually attracting the attention of a wealthy benefactor and sexual deviant.

    Why it matches: Similar story and style · both drama

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  23. 7 Virgins (2005)

    It is summertime in a blue-collar, marginal district of a city in the South of Spain. Tano, a teenager currently serving a sentence in a juvenile reform center, is given a 48-hour leave to attend his brother’s wedding.

    Why it matches: Similar story and style · both drama

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  24. Everything Is Illuminated (2005)

    A young Jewish American man endeavors—with the help of eccentric, distant relatives—to find the woman who saved his grandfather during World War II—in a Ukrainian village which was ultimately razed by the Nazis.

    Why it matches: Similar story and style · both drama

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  25. Summer Storm (2004)

    Tobi and Achim, the pride of the local crew club, have been the best of friends for years and are convinced that nothing will ever stand in the way of their friendship. They look forward to the upcoming summer camp and the crew competition. Then the gay team from Berlin arrives and Tobi is totally confused. The evening before the races begin, the storm that breaks out is more than meteorological.

    Why it matches: Similar story and style · both drama

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  26. Mala Noche (1987)

    Walt is a lonely convenience store clerk who has fallen in love with a Mexican migrant worker named Johnny. Though Walt has little in common with the object of his affections — including a shared language — his desire to possess Johnny prompts a sexual awakening that results in a tangled love triangle.

    Why it matches: Similar story and style · both drama

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  27. Nobody's Watching (2017)

    Nico is a famous actor in Argentina, but in New York, nobody takes notice. He needs to juggle bartending, babysitting and odd jobs to keep himself afloat. But when old friends from Buenos Aires come to visit, he needs to juggle the image of his old life with the reality of the struggling actor in New York City.

    Why it matches: Similar story and style · both drama

  28. Faggot (2017)

    This short film tells the story of Alexis, a 16-years-old hockey player who, after discovering he is gay, must face a heartbreaking dilemma: come out to his homophobic friends at the risk of being rejected and ridiculed, or stay in the closet even if that would mean abandoning Elliot, the only person who really loves him for what he is.

    Why it matches: Similar story and style · both drama

  29. Desert Hearts (1985)

    While waiting for her divorce papers, a repressed literature professor finds herself unexpectedly attracted by a carefree, spirited young woman named Cay.

    Why it matches: Similar story and style · both drama

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  30. Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1958)

    An alcoholic ex-football player drinks his days away, having failed to come to terms with his sexuality and his real feelings for his football buddy who died after an ambiguous accident. His wife is crucified by her desperation to make him desire her: but he resists the affections of his wife. His reunion with his father—who is dying of cancer—jogs a host of memories and revelations for both father and son.

    Why it matches: Similar story and style · both drama

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Frequently asked questions

What are the best movies like The Best Way to Walk?

The closest matches to The Best Way to Walk are Three Nights a Week (2022), Naked as We Came (2013) and I Love You, I Don't (1976). Below are 27 more, each with the reason it matches.

What should I watch after The Best Way to Walk?

Start with Three Nights a Week (2022), the closest match to The Best Way to Walk.

What is the highest-rated movie like The Best Way to Walk?

Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1958), rated 7.6/10 by 879 TMDB users.

What is the newest movie like The Best Way to Walk?

Three Nights a Week (2022) is the most recent release on this list.

Are there French movies like The Best Way to Walk?

Yes: Three Nights a Week (2022), I Love You, I Don't (1976) and Savage Nights (1992).

How are movies similar to The Best Way to Walk chosen?

First come films that Trakt’s viewers watch alongside The Best Way to Walk, 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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