Movies like La Fenêtre (1970)
The best movies like La Fenêtre (1970) are Breathless (1960), The Tenant (1976) and The Number 23 (2007). If La Fenêtre hooked you, these 20 similar films are what to watch next, and every pick says why it matches.
Quick picks
- Highest ratedThe Tenant (1976)7.6/10 from 1,283 votes
- NewestThe Night Clerk (2020)Released 2020
- In FrenchBreathless (1960)Also in French
Breathless (1960)
A small-time thief steals a car and impulsively murders a motorcycle policeman. Wanted by the authorities, he attempts to persuade a girl to run away to Italy with him.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Worth the HypeMovies like thisThe Tenant (1976)
A quiet and inconspicuous man rents an apartment in Paris where he finds himself drawn into a rabbit hole of dangerous paranoia.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Worth the HypeMovies like thisThe Number 23 (2007)
Animal control officer Walter Sparrow becomes obsessed with a novel that he believes was written about him, as more and more similarities between himself and his literary alter ego seem to arise.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisBuddy Buddy (1981)
During a high-profile Mafia testimony case in Riverside County, a hired killer checks into a hotel room near the courthouse, while his depressed neighbor contemplates suicide over marital problems.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisAcross the Hall (2009)
Convinced that his fiancee is cheating on him, a man follows her to a hotel and calls his best friend to help him avoid a calamity.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisOn a Magical Night (2019)
After 20 years of marriage, Maria decides to leave her husband. She moves into room 212 at the hotel across the street, with a bird’s-eye view of her apartment, her husband and the life she shared with him. While she wonders if she made the right decision, many of the people in her life offer their opinions on the matter. They intend to let her know, whether she likes it or not, on what proves to be a life-changing evening.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisBird People (2014)
An overstressed American businessman and a French chambermaid make a connection at an airport hotel in Paris.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
SnoozefestMovies like thisSo Long at the Fair (1950)
Vicky Barton visits Paris with her brother Johnny, only to discover the following morning he has gone missing and the hotel staff have no recollection of his presence.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisA Pain in the Ass (1973)
Ralf Milan, a hitman, arrives in Montpellier to kill an important witness. He checks in a hotel without knowing that his neighbour has become neurotic after his wife left him.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Worth the HypeMovies like this1408 (2007)
A man specializing in debunking paranormal occurrences checks into the fabled room 1408 at the Dolphin Hotel. Soon after settling in, he confronts genuine terror.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisFrantic (1988)
The wife of an American doctor suddenly vanishes in Paris. To find her, he navigates a puzzling web of language, locale, laissez-faire cops, triplicate-form filling bureaucrats and a defiant, mysterious waif who knows more than she tells.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Dreamers (2003)
When Isabelle and Theo invite Matthew to stay with them, what begins as a casual friendship ripens into a sensual voyage of discovery and desire in which nothing is off limits and everything is possible.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Worth the HypeMovies like thisThe Lobster (2015)
In a dystopian near future, single people, according to the laws of The City, are taken to The Hotel, where they are obliged to find a romantic partner in forty-five days or are transformed into animals and sent off into The Woods.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Worth the HypeMovies like thisThe Invitation (2016)
Will and his new girlfriend Kira are invited to a dinner with old friends at the house of Will’s ex Eden and her new partner David. Although the evening appears to be relaxed, Will soon gets a creeping suspicion that their charming host David is up to something.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisIn Her Shoes (2005)
Irresponsible party girl Maggie is kicked out of her father's and stepmother's home—where she lives for free—and is taken in by her hard-working sister, Philadelphia lawyer Rose. After Maggie's disruptive ways ruin her sister's love life, Rose turns her out as well. But when their grandmother, who they never knew existed, comes into their lives, the sisters face some complicated truths about themselves and their family.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisSame Time, Next Year (1978)
A man and woman meet by chance at a romantic inn over dinner and, although both are happily married to others, they find themselves in the same bed the next morning questioning how this could have happened. They agree to meet on the same weekend each year—in the same hotel room—and the years pass each has some personal crisis that the other helps them through, often without both of them understanding what is going on.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisElizabethtown (2005)
Drew Baylor is fired after causing his shoe company to lose hundreds of millions of dollars. To make matters worse, he's also dumped by his girlfriend. On the verge of ending it all, Drew gets a new lease on life when he returns to his family's small Kentucky hometown after his father dies. Along the way, he meets a flight attendant with whom he falls in love.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Night Clerk (2020)
Hotel night clerk Bart Bromley is a highly intelligent young man on the Autism spectrum. When a woman is murdered during his shift, Bart becomes the prime suspect. As the police investigation closes in, Bart makes a personal connection with a beautiful guest named Andrea, but soon realises he must stop the real murderer before she becomes the next victim.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Million Dollar Hotel (2000)
A federal agent searches for a potential killer among the bizarre residents of a dilapidated Los Angeles hotel.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
SnoozefestMovies like thisL'Argent (1983)
A forged 500-franc note is passed from person to person and shop to shop, until it falls into the hands of a genuine innocent who doesn't see it for what it is—which will have devastating consequences on his life.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
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Frequently asked questions
What are the best movies like La Fenêtre?
The closest matches to La Fenêtre are Breathless (1960), The Tenant (1976) and The Number 23 (2007). Below are 17 more, each with the reason it matches.
What should I watch after La Fenêtre?
Start with Breathless (1960), the closest match to La Fenêtre.
What is the highest-rated movie like La Fenêtre?
The Tenant (1976), rated 7.6/10 by 1,283 TMDB users.
What is the newest movie like La Fenêtre?
The Night Clerk (2020) is the most recent release on this list.
Are there French movies like La Fenêtre?
Yes: Breathless (1960), On a Magical Night (2019) and Bird People (2014).
How are movies similar to La Fenêtre chosen?
First come films that Trakt’s viewers watch alongside La Fenêtre, then TMDB’s recommendations and films it rates as similar in story and genre. Each pick says which signal put it there.