20 movies like Monsieur Batignole, ordered by similarity : #AnneFrank. Parallel Stories(2019), Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)(2014), Conversations With My Gardener(2007), Menashe(2017), The Old Man & the Gun(2018), Saving Face(2004), Funny Story(2018), Au Revoir, les enfants(1987), The Anniversary(1968), Bon Voyage(2003), Jacob the Liar(1974), Finding Your Feet(2017) ...
Comedy, Drama
France
2002
101 Minutes
Jules Sitruk Gérard Jugnot Michèle Garcia Jean-Paul Rouve Alexia Portal Götz Burger Sam Karmann Ticky Holgado Violette Blanckaert Daphne Baiwir Élisabeth Commelin
grocer fiancé collaborator jewish child cousin daughter emotional touching dark amusing paris cellar apartment building grocery store occupied france german occupation holocaust secrets nazis hiding
In 1942, in an occupied Paris, the apolitical grocer Edmond Batignole lives with his wife and daughter in a small apartment in the building of his grocery. When his future son-in-law and ... See full summary »
Documentary, Drama, History
Italy
2019
92 Minutes
Helen Mirren Anna Migotto Anne Frank
anne frank jew nazi nazi collaborator holocaust survivor bleak chilling dark disheartening disturbing emotional engaging gripping incredible melancholy moving amsterdam concentration camp hideout holocaust
It is based on five women who did survive the Holocaust but shared her same fate of "deportation, suffering and being denied their childhood and adolescence," according to promotional materials.
Comedy, Drama
USA
2014
119 Minutes
Michael Keaton Zach Galifianakis Edward Norton Andrea Riseborough Amy Ryan Emma Stone Naomi Watts Lindsay Duncan Merritt Wever Jeremy Shamos Bill Camp
action hero actor broadway director girlfriend daughter ex-wife creative charming emotional amusing dark apartment new york city broadway theater backstage street restaurant acting father/daughter relationship challenge
A washed-up superhero actor attempts to revive his fading career by writing, directing, and starring in a Broadway production.
Comedy, Drama
2007
109 Minutes
Daniel Auteuil Jean-Pierre Darroussin Fanny Cottençon Alexia Barlier
painter gardener artist former classmate man friend amusing heartwarming charming uplifting lighthearted melodramatic france paris rural community countryside garden lake friendship relationships
Comedy, Drama
USA
2017
82 Minutes
Menashe Lustig Ruben Niborski Yoel Weisshaus Meyer Schwartz Yoel Falkowitz Mirka Hermoza Laznik Abraham Bresky Jorge Cea
hasidic jew grocer father son widower emotional moving spirited tender new york city grocery store house park cemetery temple judaism single parents single life parent/child relationship love
Within Brooklyn's ultra-orthodox Jewish community, a widower battles for custody of his son. A tender drama performed entirely in Yiddish, the film intimately explores the nature of faith and the price of parenthood.
Comedy, Mystery & Thriller, Drama
USA|UK
2018
93 Minutes
Robert Redford Casey Affleck Sissy Spacek Danny Glover Tom Waits Tika Sumpter Ari Elizabeth Johnson Teagan Johnson Gene Jones John David Washington Barlow Jacobs
prisoner prison guard bank robber wife detective escape artist amusing gutsy bleak suspenseful tense california san quentin penitentiary prison bank car escape bank heist life story prison
Based on the true story of Forrest Tucker and his audacious escape from San Quentin at the age of 70 to an unprecedented string of heists that confounded authorities and enchanted the public.
Gay & Lesbian, Romance, Comedy, Drama
USA
2004
96 Minutes
Michelle Krusiec Joan Chen Lynn Chen Jessica Hecht Ato Essandoh Nathanel Geng Jin Wang Guang Lan Koh David Shih Brian Yang Brittany Perrineau
mother daughter grandfather lesbian love interest emotional endearing inspiring new york city apartment mother/daughter relationship father/daughter relationship lesbianism secret pregnancy tradition love transformation 2000s
A Chinese-American lesbian and her traditionalist mother are reluctant to go public with secret loves that clash against cultural expectations.
Comedy, Drama, Gay & Lesbian
USA
2018
85 Minutes
Matthew Glave Emily Bett Rickards Jana Winternitz Nikki Limo Lily Holleman Jessica Diggins Aschleigh Jensen Pete Gardner Reginald VelJohnson Jacob Wysocki
older man daughter estranged father friend girlfriend tense amusing emotional shocking uneasy california wedding restaurant bar woods love triangle awkward situations love father/daughter relationship secret
A dramedy about a well-intentioned father who inadvertently wreaks havoc on the life of his estranged daughter when she invites him to her woodland wedding.
Drama
France|West Germany|Italy
1987
104 Minutes
Gaspard Manesse Raphael Fejto Francine Racette Stanislas Carré de Malberg Philippe Morier-Genoud François Berléand Irène Jacob François Négret
student priest nazi headmaster dark emotional profound france boarding school world war ii holocaust friendship secret nazism trauma discovery growing up 1940s
A French boarding school run by priests seems to be a haven from World War II until a new student arrives. He becomes the roommate of the top student in his class. Rivals at first, the roommates form a bond and share a secret.
Comedy, Drama
UK
1968
95 Minutes
Bette Davis Jimmy Sangster Sheila Hancock Jack Hedley James Cossins Elaine Taylor Christian Roberts Timothy Bateson Arnold Diamond
widow son fiancée pregnant woman transvestite wife dark amusing emotional campy house bedroom england living room family dysfunction family secrets blackmail transsexuality emasculation emigration
Three sons who work in the family construction business help their overbearing mother celebrate her anniversary to her late husband.
Mystery & Thriller, Comedy, Drama
France
2003
114 Minutes
Isabelle Adjani Gérard Depardieu Virginie Ledoyen Yvan Attal Gregori Derangere Peter Coyote Jean-Marc Stehle Nicolas Vaude Aurore Clément Xavier De Guillebon Édith Scob
actress government official prisoner german writer student charming witty spirited bordeaux, france hotel theater prison paris german occupation relationships love interest death world war ii discovery
An actress, a writer, a student, and a government worker band together in an effort to escape Paris as the Nazis move into the city.
Comedy, Drama
East Germany|Czechoslovakia
1974
100 Minutes
Vlastimil Brodský Erwin Geschonneck Manuela Simon Henry Hübchen Blanche Kommerell Deszo Garas Zsuzsa Gordon Friedrich Richter Margit Bara Reimar-Johannes Baur
jew military officer nazi friend bleak witty poland ghetto holocaust hope judaism nazism deception survival discovery underdog 1940s
A Jewish ghetto in central Europe, 1944. By coincidence, Jakob Heym eavesdrops on a German radio broadcast announcing the Soviet Army is making slow by steady progress towards central ... See full summary »
Romance, Comedy, Drama
UK
2017
111 Minutes
Joanna Lumley Celia Imrie Timothy Spall Imelda Staunton David Hayman John Sessions Josie Lawrence Indra Ové Victoria Wicks Marianne Oldham Sian Thomas
jilted lover husband best friend sister man amusing charming emotional touching mansion apartment dance hall park rome divorce starting over romance dancing family dysfunction family relationships
On the eve of retirement a middle class, judgmental snob discovers her husband has been having an affair with her best friend and is forced into exile with her bohemian sister who lives on an impoverished inner-city council estate.
Comedy, Romance, Drama
Australia
2016
124 Minutes
Lars Eidinger Adèle Haenel Hannah Herzsprung Jan Josef Liefers Sigrid Marquardt Djenabuh Jalloh Rolf Hoppe Bibiane Zeller Gerdy Zint Cornelius Schwalm Eva Löbau
man scientist wife jewish man young woman intern charming amusing emotional melodramatic witty heartwarming germany postwar germany history nazism secret family history holocaust discovery
A brilliant young psychiatrist is forced to confront the dark creature that dwells deep within her own unconscious when she investigates the supernatural disappearance of a university student.
Comedy, Drama
Australia
1987
104 Minutes
Judy Davis Jan Adele Claudia Karvan Colin Friels John Clayton Frankie J. Holden Monica Trapaga Mark Hembrow
mother daughter grandmother teen girl singer drifter touching emotional dark new south wales, australia town seaside trailer park beach alcoholism mother/daughter relationship estrangement abandoned child reunion secret past
Story about a backup singer for an Elvis impersonator who re-enters her past when she leaves a tour in a small town and finds her daughter in a mobile home park.
Comedy, Drama
USA
1941
88 Minutes
Shirley Temple Herbert Marshall Laraine Day Gail Patrick Felix Bressart Lloyd Corrigan Nella Walker Guy Bellis Wade Boteler Charles Judels Else Argal
girl father governess friend fiancée psychologist charming amusing emotional household antique shop truck philadelphia daydreaming father/daughter relationship loneliness neglect romance psychoanalysis escape
Kathleen is a 12 year old who lives in a big house with a nanny, a butler, maids, no mother and a father who is working most of the time. She dreams of a family with a mother, father and ... See full summary »
Comedy, Fantasy, Biography, Drama
Japan|USA
2018
116 Minutes
Steve Carell Leslie Mann Diane Kruger Janelle Monáe Eiza González Merritt Wever Gwendoline Christie Leslie Zemeckis Neil Jackson Matt O'Leary Falk Hentschel
photographer nazi victim doll love interest friend amusing endearing emotional quirky touching house courtroom art gallery bar yard doctor's office survival friendship art imitating life
A victim of a brutal attack finds a unique and beautiful therapeutic outlet to help him through his recovery process.
Drama, War, Comedy
Germany|Luxembourg|Belgium|France
2017
102 Minutes
Moritz Bleibtreu Antje Traue Tim Seyfi Mark Ivanir Anatole Taubman Hans Löw Pál Mácsai Vaclav Jakoubek Joachim Paul Assböck Joel Basman Harvey Friedman
german jew jewish man american agent war criminal amusing hilarious witty engaging playful charming germany postwar germany money jewish people investigation relationships adventure discovery
David Berman and his friends, all Holocaust survivors, have only one purpose: to go to America as soon as possible. For this they need money. Close to his aim, David is not only deprived of his savings but also overtaken by his shady past.
Comedy, Drama
France
1962
108 Minutes
Jean-Pierre Cassel Claude Brasseur Claude Rich O.E. Hasse Jacques Jouanneau Sacha Briquet
corporal prisoner of war german soldier assistant waiter farmer suspenseful uplifting amusing prison camp train paris germany prison break world war ii bombing resilience capture cowardice escape
An upper-class corporal from Paris is captured by the Germans when they invade France in 1940. Assisted and accompanied by characters as diverse as a morose dairy farmer, a waiter, a myopic... See full summary »
Comedy, Drama
France
2004
150 Minutes
Emmanuelle Devos Mathieu Amalric Catherine Deneuve Maurice Garrel Nathalie Boutefeu Jean-Paul Roussillon Magalie Woch Hippolyte Girardot Noémie Lvovsky Elsa Wolliaston Geoffrey Carey
father daughter grandchild ex-lover fiancé emotional grenoble, france mental institution family home paris family terminal illness love marriage mental illness transformation quest 2000s
Parallel storylines tell the current state of affairs for two ex-lovers: Nora's a single mother who comes to care for her terminally ill father; holed in up in mental ward, Ismael, a brilliant musician, plots his escape.
Comedy, Drama
USA|Canada
2018
94 Minutes
Charlize Theron Mackenzie Davis Mark Duplass Ron Livingston Emily Haine Elaine Tan Asher Miles Fallica Lia Frankland Gameela Wright Colleen Wheeler Maddie Dixon-Poirier
mother wife husband brother child nanny amusing emotional tense raw touching house school parking lot barbecue concert stage motherhood marriage relationships childcare
A struggling mother of three forms an unexpected bond with the night nanny hired to help with her newborn baby.