Best movies like The Summer of All My Parents
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Plot Summary:
After attempting to set a mailbox on fire, Pimpette, 14, and her elder sister, Joséphine, 18, spend their summer holidays shuttling between their secretly pregnant mom and bachelor father. But when Joséphine gets involved with the wrong crowd, little Pimpette turns out to be more responsible than the grown-ups who spend their time educating her.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 254
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 96 min
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Confidence Reigns (2004)
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Christel and Christoph have no education, no morals - they are working as servants in wealthy homes in order to clean out their hosts. Having decided to combine their talents and efforts, they are starting to work in the the house of Therions - wealthy bourgeoisie of Mulhouse.
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 415
Genere: Comedy
Country: France
Duration: 98 min
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Diane Has the Right Shape (2017)
Plot Summary:
Diane doesn't hesitate for a moment when her best friends, Thomas and Jacques, ask her to be their surrogate mother. It is in these hardly ideal circumstances that she becomes infatuated with Fabrizio.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 385
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: exciting, sincere, touching, captivating, suspenseful
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Dad Is Gone, Mom Also (1989)
Plot Summary:
A coming-of-age film: When Laurette's parents disappear following a row, Laurette assumes responsibility for the family. The initial fiesta of children alone gives way to abandonment and the pressures of responsibility.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 65
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 104 min
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Sophia Antipolis (2018)
Plot Summary:
Sophia Antipolis: a technopole on the French Riviera, a place where dreams should come true. But fear and despair lurk beneath the surface. Under a deceitful sun, five lives map out the haunting story of a young woman: Sophia.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 404
Genere: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: hot
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Land Legs (2015)
Plot Summary:
Dom, 36 years old, is a sailor on board of the fishing boat Petit Gael II from the port of Les Sables d'Olonne, a small town in western France. He is used to leave for the open sea for at least three weeks in a row. Despite of his absences, his teenaged children decided to live with him since the divorce of the parents. But when his daughter Mailys gets pregnant, Dom understands that he will have to choose between the sea and his family.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 132
Genere: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: psychological, sincere, thought provoking, touching, unusual plot structure, captivating, contemplative
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Year of the Jellyfish (1984)
Plot Summary:
Chris, a sexy teenager who appears mostly bare-breasted on the French Riviera, has a crush on Romain, her mother's lover. In reaction to her inability to attract his attention, she experiments with other risque affairs.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 110 min
Plot tags: erotic
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Charlotte for Ever (1986)
Plot Summary:
Stan, screeplay writer, had his time of glory in Hollywood. Today, alcoholic with a certain envy for suicide, his only link to life is his daughter, Charlotte.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 802
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: crying, humorous, realistic, semi serious, sexual, sexy
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This One Summer (2022)
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Every summer, 10-year-old Dune goes with her parents to the south-west coast of France, where she meets her best friend Mathilde. Together, they explore pine forests, contemplate the shape of clouds, follow teenagers and crash their parties, and secretly watch horror films. But this one summer is special for Dune – last year, the family skipped their usual holiday without her knowing why. She feels that something has changed. As childhood becomes a little more distant, she begins to see adults and teenagers differently and understand their secrets.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 150
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 99 min
Plot tags:
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Just to Be Sure (2017)
Plot Summary:
Erwan, a strapping Breton who clears mines for a living, is shaken when he discovers that his father is not his father. Despite his affection for the man who raised him, he quietly sets out to find his biological father, and succeeds in locating Joseph, an endearing old codger he takes a liking to. Just when things look settled, another unexpected “bomb” hits Erwan in the form of Anna, an elusive nymph.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: thought provoking, humorous, captivating, disturbing
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Other People's Children (2022)
Plot Summary:
Rachel loves her life, her students, her friends, her ex, her guitar lessons. When she falls in love with Ali, she grows close to his 4-year-old daughter, Leila. She tucks her in, looks after her, and loves her like a mother... which she isn’t. Not yet. Rachel is 40. The desire for a family of her own is growing stronger, and the clock is ticking. Is it too late?.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 103 min
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Ciao Ciao (2017)
Plot Summary:
A free and wild young woman has to come back from the big city to her village in the mountains.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 139
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: France, China
Duration: 83 min
Plot tags:
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Day Off (2001)
Plot Summary:
Day Off (French: Mercredi, folle journée !) is a 2001 French drama film directed by Pascal Thomas.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 421
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 127 min
Plot tags: touching, feel good, light, humorous, captivating, suspense, melancholic, sensitive
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A Summer's Tale (1996)
Plot Summary:
A shy maths graduate takes a holiday in Dinard before starting his first job. He hopes his sort-of girlfriend will join him, but soon strikes up a friendship with another girl working in town. She in turn introduces him to a further young lady who fancies him. Thus the quiet young lad finds he is having to do some tricky juggling in territory new to him.
IMDB Rating: 7.6
IMDB Votes: 10000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 113 min
Plot tags: art house, artsy, anthology, cute, sincere, sexy, clever, humorous, realistic, talky
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Bombay Dreams (2004)
Plot Summary:
Ebba and her friend Camilla go looking for her mother in India.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 692
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: Sweden
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags:
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Baby Bump(s) (2017)
Plot Summary:
An attention-craving mother nearing 50, unemployed and living with her pregnant daughter and son-in-law, suddenly finds herself with child, too.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: thought provoking, humorous, light, feel good, captivating, entertaining
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I Got Life! (2017)
Plot Summary:
Aurore has separated, just lost her job and learns that she is going to be a grandmother.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: sentimental, romantic, uplifting, touching, humorous, sweet, captivating, entertaining
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Scumbag Hustler (2014)
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Soloman Crow pays a visit to his god fearing, bible quoting, closeted homosexual brother and his sexually repressed wife. He enters their home with a proclamation to kick a drug habit that almost cost him his life. Broke, it doesn't take Soloman long to start conning and scheming his way around the city to feed his ravenous cravings for dope and sex. Even his brother's wife isn't immune to Soloman's mind games... If you want a hero with redeeming qualities, look somewhere else.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 63
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 67 min
Plot tags: surprise ending, humorous, light, feel good, contemplative, sex comedy, independent film, teen comedy, cult film
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We Need a Vacation (2002)
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It is the end of the school year for the children of a dormitory town. Most of them leave the place for a vacation with their parents but not Lucien and Adama whose parents can't afford the expense. While the big brothers of the housing estate are busy breaking the law Lulu and Adama manage to sneak into their neighbors' trailer. The two stowaways are elated until they reach their destination: a nudist camp...!.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 158
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags:
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Mr. Know-It-All (2018)
Plot Summary:
A football coach afraid of commitment has to take care of his nephew with Asperger's Syndrome.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 799
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 99 min
Plot tags: captivating, light, sincere, humorous, feel good
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Little Brothers (1999)
Plot Summary:
Talia runs away from home taking her beloved dog with her. When her dog is stolen Talia enlists the help of a gang of boys to help her find her pet.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 442
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: rough, serious, realistic, crying, detective
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An Easy Girl (2019)
Plot Summary:
Naïma has just turned 16. This summer, she will have to decide what she wants from life if she doesn’t want to miss out. Then her cousin Sofia arrives, with an amazing body and a dangerously seductive lifestyle. Naïma desires only to follow her own path, so long as it leads upwards… Despite the warnings of her best friend Dodo, she and Sofia will live through unforgettable encounters during a long summer that will mark them forever.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: erotic, melancholic, realistic, scenic, controversial, cute, visually appealing, meditative
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Real Love (2018)
Plot Summary:
Forbach, East of France, today. Mario, a man without much ambition, except where love is concerned, is back to square one after his wife left home. He now must raise his two adolescent daughters by himself, while going through some sort of a teenage crisis of his own. 14-year-old Frida blames her father for their mother's leaving and she develops ambivalent feelings towards her new girlfriend. 17-year-old Niki will soon leave home. Until then, she lives the good life. Mario can't help but lose the women he loves. Yet they must all agree to let one another go.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 759
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: psychological, light, feel good, unusual plot structure, humorous, contemplative
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Peppermint Soda (1977)
Plot Summary:
In the fall of 1963, Anne is becoming a teenager. She lives in Paris with her mother and her older sister, Frédérique. They're just back from summer at the beach with their father. School starts. A turbulent year awaits them both.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 101 min
Plot tags: cult classic, sentimental, sincere, touching, humorous, realistic, contemplative, semi serious, teen comedy, period drama
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1, 2, 3, Freeze (1993)
Plot Summary:
A provocative, seemingly absurd patchwork movie which sends a worthwhile message about hope against all odds, love, children and human understanding. Schoolgirl Victorine has an insane mother and an alcoholic father who can never find his way home in their maze of slum apartment blocks. Aggressive, sexually threatening boys of all ages are everywhere, and while the teacher eventually relents to a gang of adolescent rapists, Victorine gives herself to a rowdy gang of older layabouts, eventually winning the heart of burglar Paul.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 891
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 104 min
Plot tags: sexy, bleak, humorous, serious, realistic, experimental, surreal, disturbing, controversial, stylized
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The Good Life (1996)
Plot Summary:
This humorous movie charts the life of a 14-year-old (Tristan) as he deals with some major issues in his life. At the beginning of the movie, he has already decided to dedicate his life to writing and losing his virginity (while his parents are away on holiday). Things don't quite go to plan when, at the crucial moment, the phone rings to tell him his parents have been killed in a car crash. From then, he is on his own and in control of his destiny, or at least he thinks so.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 788
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: Spain, France
Duration: 107 min
Plot tags: sentimental, touching, serious, realistic, sexual, non-linear, crying, sexy
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Camping 3 (2016)
Plot Summary:
Like every summer, our friends, the Pics, Jacky and Laurette, Gatineau, recently divorced from Sopie, and Patrick Chirac, ever true to form, get together at the Blue Waves camping grounds. This year, Patrick has decided to try car sharing. Believing that he'll travel through France alone with Vanessa, he finds himself accompanied by three young Dijon inhabitants: smooth-talking Robert, good-looking Benji and loudmouth José. Of course, after car sharing Patrick is forced to try out bed sharing.
IMDB Rating: 4.3
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags:
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Halfaouine: Boy of the Terraces (1990)
Plot Summary:
Twelve-year-old Noura dangles uncertainly in that difficult netherworld between childhood and adulthood. His growing libido has gotten him banned from the women's baths, where his mother took him when he was younger, but he's not yet old enough to participate in grown-up discussions with the men of his Tunisian village. Noura's only real friend is a troublemaker named Salih -- the village political outcast.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama, Comedy
Country: Tunisia, France, Italy
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: erotic, sincere, humorous, realistic, semi serious, sexual, sexy
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Haute Couture (2021)
Plot Summary:
Esther is at the end of her career as Head Seamstress at Dior Avenue Montaigne workshop. One day, she gets her handbag stolen in the metro by a 20 years old girl, Jade. Instead of calling the police she decides to take care of Jade. She sees in her the opportunity to pass on her skills, the craft of dressmaking, her only wealth. In the frenetic world of Haute Couture, Esther will give Jade la beauté du geste, a way to reach beyond herself.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags:
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A Summer in La Goulette (1996)
Plot Summary:
Summer, 1967. La Goulette, the touristic beach of Tunisi, is the site where three nice seventeen-year-old girls live: Gigi, sicilian and catholic; Meriem, Tunisian and Arab; Tina, French and Jewish. They would like to have their first sexual experience during that summer, challenging their families. Their fathers, Youssef, Jojo and Giuseppe, are old friends and their friendship will be in crisis because of the girls, while Hadj, an old rich Arab, would like to marry Meriem.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 840
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: Tunisia, France, Belgium
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: sexual, touching, humorous, realistic, semi serious, sexy
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Slums of Beverly Hills (1998)
Plot Summary:
In 1976, a lower-middle-class teenager struggles to cope living with her neurotic family of nomads on the outskirts of Beverly Hills.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 14000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: dark comedy, humorous, disturbing, sincere, semi serious, teen, independent film, clever, black comedy, period piece