Top 20 movies like Down by Love
Top 20 Movies like Down by Love
- 1. My Son
- 2. The Son of Joseph
- 3. Everything Now
- 4. Electric Slide
- 5. Tintin and the Mystery of the Golden Fleece
- 6. The Life Coach
- 7. The Lookout
- 8. The Anarchists
- 9. The Patience Stone
- 10. Rattrapage
- 11. Thanks Boss!
- 12. Back to Mom's
- 13. Yves Saint Laurent
- 14. Next Time I'll Aim for the Heart
- 15. The Assassin
- 16. Voice from the Stone
- 17. Bis
- 18. The Parisian B*
- 19. Blue Is the Warmest Color
- 20. Me, Myself and Mum
1. My Son (Un fils)
Mathilde, a mother-of-three, thoughtful consultant in a Planned Parenthood Center, is visited by a 16-year-old girl who was raped at a party. Shattered when she finds out her son is being accused, she now faces a great dilemma.
It has an average vote of 6.8 on TMDB.
2. The Son of Joseph (Le Fils de Joseph)
A young man who lives with his mother and has never known his father, heads off to look for him. He finds a cynical and Machiavellian man who works as a publisher in Paris. After he attempts to kill him, he finds filial love thanks to his uncle.
It has an average vote of 6.7 on TMDB.
3. Everything Now (Tout, tout de suite)
This gripping and wrenching thriller tells the story of Ilan Halimi who was kidnapped for ransom in a Paris suburb. His captors, who dub themselves The Gang of Barbarians, operate under the assumption that his Jewish heritage means he is worth a lot of money. Taking the audience through the harrowing experience of the Halimi family and sharing a searing insight into Ilan's vicious ordeal, the story tracks the massive but futile investigation doomed by near-misses and tragedy that triggered a national outcry. For 24 days the police, insistent upon handling the case as a normal for-ransom kidnapping, failed to recognize the anti-Semitic overtones of the abduction. Faithfully reenacting events from the view of the various characters, Tout, tout de suite raises troubling questions about the state of anti-Semitism and race relations in contemporary France.
It has an average vote of 6.3 on TMDB.
4. Electric Slide
A heightened homage to the City of Angels, Electric Slide riffs on the real-life story of Eddie Dodson, the notorious "Gentleman Bank Robber." With a debonair sophistication and a serious talent for flirt, Dodson managed to lure money from mesmerized female tellers at over 60 banks during an epic spree in the 1980s.
It has an average vote of 5 on TMDB.
5. Tintin and the Mystery of the Golden Fleece (Tintin et le Mystère de la Toison d'or)
After the death of Captain Thémistocle Paparanic, Captain Haddock's old friend, he inherits a ship called the Golden Fleece. Once Tintin and the captain arrive in Istanbul, where the ship is anchored, they meet Mr. Karabine, a businessman who stubbornly insists on buying it even though it is in a dilapidated state.
It has an average vote of 6.151 on TMDB.
6. The Life Coach (Le Coach)
Max Chêne is a life coach who helps to motivate everybody from professional athletes to government ministers to business executives. After his gambling debts get out of control and his wife throws him out, he is approached to take on a unique client.
It has an average vote of 5.4 on TMDB.
7. The Lookout (Le Guetteur)
When police is about to apprehend a famous gang of bank robbers, an elite sniper opens fire from a roof, thus facilitating the flee of his accomplices. However, one of them is seriously injured, which compromises the plans of the thieves.
It has an average vote of 5.5 on TMDB.
8. The Anarchists (Les Anarchistes)
Set in 1899 Paris, a young police sergeant is chosen to infiltrate a group of anarchists, an opportunity he sees to rise through the ranks. However, he soon finds himself becoming attached to the group.
It has an average vote of 5.75 on TMDB.
9. The Patience Stone (Syngué Sabour - Pierre de patience)
In a war ridden country a woman watches over the husband reduced to a vegetable state by a bullet in the neck, abandoned by Jihad companions and brothers. One day, the woman decides to say things to him she could never have done before.
It has an average vote of 7 on TMDB.
10. Rattrapage (Rattrapage)
Guillaume and his friends have planned to attend the biggest electronic music festical to celebrate their passing school… but Guillaume has to take the test once again and has to go over everything over the weekend.
It has an average vote of 5.5 on TMDB.
11. Thanks Boss! (Merci Patron !)
A family fired by a company owned by LVMH seeks reparation from their previous employer with the help of the movie director.
It has an average vote of 7.3 on TMDB.
12. Back to Mom's (Retour chez ma mère)
At 40, Stephanie loses her job and is forced to move back in with her mother. She is welcomed with open arms to the joys of overheated apartment, Francis Cabrel playing on loop, Scrabble games and precious motherly advice on how to behave at the table and live her life.
It has an average vote of 5.7 on TMDB.
13. Yves Saint Laurent (Yves Saint Laurent)
A look at the life of French designer Yves Saint Laurent from the beginning of his career in 1958 when he met his lover and business partner, Pierre Berge.
It has an average vote of 6.647 on TMDB.
14. Next Time I'll Aim for the Heart (La prochaine fois je viserai le cœur)
Between 1978 and 1979, the inhabitants of the Oise are in fear of a maniac who kills several hitchhikers and escape the police. He was then dubbed "the killer of the Oise" is actually a shy young policeman who will investigate his own murder, only to lose control of the situation.
It has an average vote of 5.998 on TMDB.
15. The Assassin (刺客聶隱娘)
9th century China. 10-year-old general’s daughter Nie Yinniang is abducted by a nun who initiates her into the martial arts, transforming her into an exceptional assassin charged with eliminating cruel and corrupt local governors. One day, having failed in a task, she is sent back by her mistress to the land of her birth, with orders to kill the man to whom she was promised – a cousin who now leads the largest military region in North China. After 13 years of exile, the young woman must confront her parents, her memories and her long-repressed feelings.
It has an average vote of 6.448 on TMDB.
16. Voice from the Stone
Verena is a nurse who arrives at an old mansion in Italy to help a young boy who has fallen silent since the sudden passing of his mother.
It has an average vote of 5.61 on TMDB.
17. Bis (Bis)
Éric and Patrice have been friends since high school. Over the years, they have both taken very different paths: Éric has become a hedonist, has a string of girlfriends and is always on the look out for a new one; Patrice has become a monogamous father with a very ordered life. After a drunken evening, the two childhood friends find themselves cast back into 1986, when they were 17 years old. This return to the past is a dream opportunity to try to change the path their lives will take. What will they do with this second chance?
It has an average vote of 5.307 on TMDB.
18. The Parisian B* (Connasse, princesse des cœurs)
Thirty-year-old Camilla, realizes that she doesn't have the life she deserves and decides that the only destiny worthy of her is that of a royal princess.
It has an average vote of 5.8 on TMDB.
19. Blue Is the Warmest Color (La Vie d'Adèle - Chapitres 1 et 2)
Adèle's life is changed when she meets Emma, a young woman with blue hair, who will allow her to discover desire, to assert herself as a woman and as an adult. In front of others, Adele grows, seeks herself, loses herself, finds herself.
It has an average vote of 7.088 on TMDB.
20. Me, Myself and Mum (Les Garçons et Guillaume, à table !)
How to become a man when your mother and your closed circle have decided otherwise? This is the challenge Guillaume took up. The film recounts Guillaume's tragicomic battle from the young age of eight, as he adopts the role of a girl then of a homosexual... until, aged 30, he meets the woman who, after his mother, will become the other woman in his life. Beyond this story of a heterosexual coming-out, the film tells the tale of an actor who never stopped loving women, maybe even a little too much.
It has an average vote of 6.681 on TMDB.
