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Movies like No More Heroes (2020)

The best movies like No More Heroes (2020) are The Passengers of the Night (2022), Uncontrollable Circumstances (1989) and Adieu Philippine (1962). If No More Heroes 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. The Passengers of the Night (2022)

    On election night in 1981, celebrations spill out onto the street and there is an air of hope and change throughout Paris. But for Elisabeth, her marriage is coming to an end and she will now have to support herself and her two teenage children. She finds work at a late-night radio show and encounters a troubled teenager named Talulah whom she invites into her home.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama

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  2. Uncontrollable Circumstances (1989)

    Philippe and Daniel decide to go on vacation Southeast Asia, where they meet Hans, a European who livesthere and he becomes their guide and host. Once the holidays are over, before leaving to return to Paris, decided to give a small gift to Hans: a small piece of hashish.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama

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  3. 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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  4. My Brothers and I (2022)

    Nour, a 14-year-old boy, is enjoying the summer holidays in the South of France. He is the youngest of four brothers. They live together in a council estate, caring for their mother who is in a coma. Nour dreams of escaping to a faraway place. When he crosses paths with Sarah, an Opera singer teaching summer classes, he finds the opportunity to come out of his shell and explore new horizons.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama

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  5. Imperial Dreams (2014)

    A 21-year-old reformed gangster's devotion to his family and his future is put to the test when he is released from prison and returns to his old stomping grounds in Watts, Los Angeles.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama

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  6. Another Day (2026)

    Over an eight-year journey in Paris, a struggling young actress turns to alcohol to cope with her anxieties, spiraling into self-destruction before finding a path toward recovery through a new romance and her ailing sister.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama

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  7. My Little Loves (1974)

    Daniel lives with his grandmother and, after a year of high school, goes to live with his mother in the south of France; a harsher environment which rapidly changes his perception of friends, work, and women.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama

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  8. 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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  9. In Praise of Love (2001)

    Someone we hear talking - but whom we do not see - speaks of a project which describes the four key moments of love: meeting, physical passion, arguments/separation and making up. This project is to be told through three couples: young, adult and old. We do not know if the project is for a play, a film, a novel or an opera. The author of the project is always accompanied by a kind of servant. Meanwhile, two years earlier, an American civil servant meets with an elderly French couple who had fought in the Resistance during World War II, brokering a deal with a Hollywood director to buy the rights to tell their story. The members of the old couple's family discuss heatedly questions of nation, memory and history.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama

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  10. Hands of Stone (2016)

    The legendary Roberto Duran and his equally legendary trainer Ray Arcel change each other's lives.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama

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  11. 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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  12. The Visit (1964)

    Carla Zachanassian had a child by Serge Miller as a teenager. When Serge refused to marry her, she was driven out of town. By her own wit and cunning, she has returned as a multi-millionaire for a visit. The town lays out the red carpet expecting big things from Carla, only to learn that her sole purpose is to see Serge Miller killed...

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama

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  13. The Colors of Fire (2022)

    February 1927. The funeral of Marcel Péricourt, the most powerful banker in Paris. His daughter Madeleine must take the helm of the financial empire of which she is the heiress. But she has a son, Paul, who with an unexpected and tragic gesture will place her on the path to ruin.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama

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  14. Le Rouge et le Noir (1954)

    It's no holds barred for Julian in pursuit of upward mobility. Although expected to channel career aspirations into the Church of the post-Napoleonic era, his intensely romantic liaisons propel him forward at a pace he cannot control.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama

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  15. 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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  16. Gloria Mundi (2019)

    Daniel leaves prison. He returns to Marseilles where Mathilda, his daughter, has just given birth. Nicolas, her spouse, a self-employed driver, is exhausted while Mathilda is a sales assistant on a trial basis. But, one night, Nicolas is assaulted by taxi drivers determined to reduce unfair competition.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama

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  17. Eden Is West (2009)

    Desperate to break free from the poverty of his homeland, Elias boards a ramshackle people-smuggling trawler to France. But when the boat is raided by police, Elias leaps into the ocean, eventually finding himself washed up on a Mediterranean beach resort called Eden. So begins Elias odyssesy across Western Europe to Paris, where wondrous promise, helpful new friends and perilous dangers await him every step of the way.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama

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  18. Kisses (2008)

    Two kids, Dylan and Kylie, run away from home on Christmas Day and spend a night of magic and terror on the streets of inner-city Dublin.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama

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  19. 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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  20. Between Two Worlds (2022)

    Marianne Winckler relocates to the port city of Caen in order to pass herself off as a member of a large community of itinerant workers desperate to make ends meet. She gains employment as a cleaner on a ferry travelling between Ouistreham and Portsmouth, recording the drudgery of the work she and her colleagues are required to do.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama

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Frequently asked questions

What are the best movies like No More Heroes?

The closest matches to No More Heroes are The Passengers of the Night (2022), Uncontrollable Circumstances (1989) and Adieu Philippine (1962). Below are 17 more, each with the reason it matches.

What should I watch after No More Heroes?

Start with The Passengers of the Night (2022), the closest match to No More Heroes.

What is the highest-rated movie like No More Heroes?

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

What is the newest movie like No More Heroes?

Another Day (2026) is the most recent release on this list.

Are there French movies like No More Heroes?

Yes: The Passengers of the Night (2022), Uncontrollable Circumstances (1989) and Adieu Philippine (1962).

How are movies similar to No More Heroes chosen?

First come films that Trakt’s viewers watch alongside No More Heroes, 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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