20 movies like Things to Come, ordered by similarity : The Measure of a Man(2015), Middle of Nowhere(2012), The Wizard of Lies(2017), Perfect Understanding(1933), Rialto(2019), Frank(2014), I, Tonya(2017), The Forgotten Kingdom(2013), Alex of Venice(2014), The Red and the Black(1954), What Price Hollywood?(1932), Queen to Play(2009) ...
Drama
France|Germany
2016
101 Minutes
Isabelle Huppert André Marcon Roman Kolinka Édith Scob Sarah Le Picard Solal Forte Yves Heck Marion Ploquin
philosophy teacher professor ex-husband disheartening spirited engaging france divorce lifestyle changes discovery fall rise 21st century
A philosophy teacher soldiers through the death of her mother, losing her book deal, and dealing with a husband who is cheating on her.
Drama
2015
91 Minutes
Vincent Lindon Yves Ory Karine De Mirbeck Matthieu Schaller Xavier Mathieu Catherine Saint- Bonnet Roland Thomin Hakima Makoudi Noël Mairot
frenchman factory worker security guard colleague boss unemployed person emotional endearing engaging france supermarket working class job job hunting spying unemployment discovery rise fall 21st century
Romance, Drama
2012
101 Minutes
Emayatzy Corinealdi David Oyelowo Omari Hardwick Lorraine Toussaint Edwina Findley Sharon Lawrence Dondré Whitfield Troy Curvey III Maya Gilbert
wife husband couple medical student convict emotional endearing engaging gripping inspiring prison united states america prison prison life self-discovery journey marriage relationships incarceration
A med student (Emayatzy Corinealdi) considers leaving her long-imprisoned husband (Omari Hardwick) for a charming bus driver (David Oyelowo).
Crime, Drama
France|Israel
2017
133 Minutes
Robert De Niro Michelle Pfeiffer Alessandro Nivola Nathan Darrow Kristen Connolly Lily Rabe Hank Azaria Kathrine Narducci Michael Goorjian Kelly AuCoin Geoffrey Cantor
patriarch husband wife criminal family partner financier engaging intense shocking tense united states fraud schemes financial troubles deception crime family investigation biography
A modern-day Shakespearean tale about a famous Tajik musical family, controlled by the charismatic, funny yet overbearing patriarch, Papa Alaev, who at the age of 80 is starting to lose his... See full summary »
Comedy, Romance, Drama
UK
1933
81 Minutes
Gloria Swanson Laurence Olivier John Halliday Michael Farmer Genevieve Tobin Nora Swinburne Charles Collum Peter Gawthorne Rosalinde Fuller O.B. Clarence Mary Jerrold
husband wife newlywed mistress lord lady melodramatic emotional engaging passionate amusing witty cannes, france london france newlyweds troubled marriage agreement divorce jealousy
A young couple decide to marry under the condition that they agree never to disagree. That agreement is soon put to the test when the husband finds himself attracted to a beautiful young woman.
Gay & Lesbian, Drama
Ireland|UK
2019
86 Minutes
middle-aged man homosexual family married man gripping gritty engaging intense dublin docks ireland discovery homosexuality loss of job loss of hope vulnerability discovery escape fall temptation
Colm, mid-40s has a comfortable life: a managerial job in Dublin's docks, two teenage children, and a kind, loyal wife in Claire. After the death of his father, a destructive figure, Colm's emotional life cracks open, and his downward spiral continues when he is made redundant. Drinking heavily and unable to confide in Claire, Colm finds himself drawn to Jay, a 19-year-old who dabbles in ... See full summary »
Drama, Comedy
2014
95 Minutes
Michael Fassbender Domhnall Gleeson Maggie Gyllenhaal Scoot McNairy Carla Azar François Civil
songwriter suicidal person musician mentally ill person dark amusing small town concert stage england ireland texas musicians band rise to fame suicide mask rise fall 21st century
An aspiring musician (Domhnall Gleeson) finds himself way out of his element after he joins a pop group led by an enigmatic figure (Michael Fassbender) who wears a giant fake head.
Biography, Comedy, Drama
USA|UK|Australia|Canada
2017
121 Minutes
Margot Robbie Sebastian Stan Allison Janney Julianne Nicholson Paul Walter Hauser Bobby Cannavale Mckenna Grace Caitlin Carver Bojana Novakovic
figure skater ex-husband competitor friend mother athlete amusing bleak brash intense gutsy unrestrained portland, ore. france norway ice-skating rink press conference police station figure skating ice skating
Competitive ice skater Tonya Harding rises amongst the ranks at the U.S. Figure Skating Championships, but her future in the activity is thrown into doubt when her ex-husband intervenes.
Romance, Drama
USA
2013
97 Minutes
Jerry Mofokeng Nozipho Nkelemba Zenzo Ngqobe Lillian Dube Moshoeshoe Chabeli Lebohang Ntsane Jerry Phele
young man childhood friend schoolteacher estranged father orphan priest confident emotional engaging profound passionate south africa slum johannesburg, south africa village bus south africa discovery growing up memories
What if the most chilling novel of all time was actually based on account of a horrific experiment gone awry?
Drama
USA
2014
86 Minutes
Mary Elizabeth Winstead Chris Messina Don Johnson Katie Nehra Derek Luke Timm Sharp Skylar Gaertner Matthew Del Negro Reg E. Cathey Jennifer Jason Leigh
lawyer ex-husband ex-wife workaholic uplifting sad moving inspiring venice beach, calif. separation lifestyle changes career vs. family discovery love rise 21st century
A workaholic attorney is forced to reinvent her life after her husband suddenly leaves.
Drama
France
1954
170 Minutes
Gérard Philipe Danielle Darrieux Antonella Lualdi Jean Martinelli Jean Mercure
peasant aristocrat priest lover emotional spirited france household church ambition class distinctions social standing infidelity religion adventure discovery rise fall 1820s
A group of travelers, including a monk, stay in a lonely inn in the mountains. The host confesses the monk his habit of serving a soporific soup to the guests, to rob their possessions and ... See full summary »
Drama
USA
1932
88 Minutes
Constance Bennett Lowell Sherman Neil Hamilton Gregory Ratoff Brooks Benedict Louise Beavers Eddie Anderson Bryant Washburn Florence Roberts Gordon De Main Heinie Conklin
actress movie star director producer husband engaging melodramatic hollywood, calif. restaurant movie set france fame movies marital problems alcoholism scandal rise transformation fall 1930s
The career of a waitress takes off when she meets an amiable drunken Hollywood director.
Drama
2009
97 Minutes
Sandrine Bonnaire Kevin Kline Valerie Lagrange Francis Renaud Alexandra Gentil Alice Pol Didier Ferrari Laurence Colussi Élisabeth Vitali Daniel Martin Dominic Gould
housekeeper doctor chess player husband daughter expatriate emotional engaging spirited corsica hotel house bar chess self-discovery passion family individuality relationships transformation
A chambermaid (Sandrine Bonnaire) begs a reclusive employer (Kevin Kline) to teach her chess, then discovers that she has a real talent for the game.
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.
Drama
USA
1934
82 Minutes
writer pacifist wife publisher politician capitalist spirited disheartening engaging passionate france front lines office police station world war i socialism politics writing infidelity idealism
A brilliant but impoverished writer, who is a pacifist, goes to work for a publisher and writes anti-war editorials. When he discovers that the publisher has betrayed him and is in league ... See full summary »
Comedy, Drama
USA
1939
70 Minutes
John Barrymore Peter Holden Virginia Weidler Donald MacBride William Demarest Katharine Alexander Bennie Bartlett Brandon Tynan Elisabeth Risdon Granville Bates Luis Alberni
professor daughter son teacher mayor political boss engaging bleak heartwarming uplifting small town college household office family political corruption education small-town life self-esteem transformation
In 1923, Gregory Vance, a widower with two children, is a former scholar who has turned from book-to-bottle. He works, slightly, as a night-watchman and his children, who know him for what ... See full summary »
Biography, Drama
France|Spain
1998
127 Minutes
Régis Royer Elsa Zylberstein Anémone Claude Rich Jean-Marie Bigard Helene Babu Claire Borotra Alexandra Pandev Amanda Rubenstein Florence Viala Micha Lescot
toulouse-lautrec artist wealthy man aristocrat frenchman woman engaging charming creative emotional lighthearted melodramatic villa france paris artist's studio café nightclub art ambition
Life, passion, love...all these were part of Toulouse-Lautrec's art. His artistic development among the masters of the postimpressionism.
Drama
2012
90 Minutes
Ryan Simpkins John Hawkes Kendall Toole Ty Simpkins Chris Fogleman Skyler Stone Darin Heames Mary Pat Gleason
father daughter mother disheartening sad engaging family home california family feud family relationships parent/child relationship moving discovery fall growing up 21st century
A man (John Hawkes) takes his children on a cross-country move to California and tries to hide the truth about their mother's absence.
Biography, Drama
USA
2014
90 Minutes
Ashley Jones Alex Carter Scott Gibson Cynthia Preston Evan Brzozowski Sonia Maria Chirila Wesley Morgan Jeff Roop
divorcée mother single mother single woman lover confident positive sultry united states america house bedroom divorce sexual awakening sexual identity self-discovery discovery forbidden love metamorphosis rise
A young woman is facing her destructive multiple personalities using an experimental new procedure known as "The Siamese Burn."
Drama
France|Canada
1980
104 Minutes
Burt Lancaster Susan Sarandon Kate Reid Michel Piccoli Hollis McLaren Robert Joy Al Waxman Robert Goulet Moses Znaimer Angus MacInnes Sean Sullivan
pretty woman mobster husband drug dealer criminal engaging spirited new jersey waterfront atlantic city, n.j. aspirations gambling drug trafficking crime romance aging quest underdog 1970s
In a corrupt city, a small-time gangster and the estranged wife of a pot dealer find themselves thrown together in an escapade of love, money, drugs and danger.
Drama, Comedy
1984
94 Minutes
Louis Ducreux Sabine Azéma Michel Aumont Monique Chaumette Claude Winter Geneviève Mnich Thomas Duval Quentin Ogier Katia Wostrikoff Jean-Roger Milo Pascale Vignal
painter father son wife daughter charming airy engaging france country house family painting memory aging discovery 1910s
A lonely old French painter's (Louis Ducreux) adult children and their offspring visit him one summer day in 1912.