Top 20 movies like Madame Bovary

Madame Bovary

Bored with the limited and tedious nature of provincial life in 19th-century France, the fierce and sensual Emma Bovary finds herself in calamitous debt and pursues scandalous sexual liaisons with absolute abandon. However, when her volatile lifestyle catches up to her, the lives of everyone around her are endangered.

Madame Bovary is of 2 hour(s) and 23 minute(s). It is Produced By:  Conseil Régional de Haute Normandie, CED Productions, FR3 Films Production, Le Club des Investisseurs, Credit Lyonnais, Conseil Général de l'Eure, MK2 Films, Canal+. It was released on 1991-04-03. It has the tagline: Two souls adrift on the waves of the Seine It has an average vote of 6.3 on TMDB.

Genres: RomanceDramaHistory

1. Dyke Hard (Dyke Hard)

Dyke Hard

Dyke Hard is a failed rock group travelling to a battle of the bands competition in the big city. The journey is further filled with bizarre, fierce and passionate encounters with cyborgs, ghosts, a thai boxer, roller derby gals, ninjas, motorcycle gangs and a mysterious billionaire all of whom will do everything to stop the band from making it in time to the battle.

It has an average vote of 4.6 on TMDB.

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2. Beaumarchais the Scoundrel (Beaumarchais, l'insolent)

Beaumarchais the Scoundrel

Beaumarchais the Scoundrel is a biopic film based on the life of the French playwright, financier and spy Pierre Beaumarchais depicting his activities during the American War of Independence and his authorship of the Figaro trilogy of plays.

It has an average vote of 6.6 on TMDB.

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3. Séraphine (Séraphine)

Séraphine

The tragic story of French naïve painter Séraphine Louis aka Séraphine de Senlis , a humble servant who becomes a gifted self-taught painter. Discovered by prominent critic and collector William Uhde, she came to prominence between the wars grouped with other naïve painters like Henri Rouseau only to descend into madness and obscurity with the onset of Great Depression and World War II.

It has an average vote of 6.8 on TMDB.

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4. Cop au Vin (Poulet au vinaigre)

Cop au Vin

Unorthodox detective Jean Lavardin is called to a provincial French town after a prank turns deadly.

It has an average vote of 6.159 on TMDB.

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5. Story of Women (Une affaire de femmes)

Story of Women

France, World War II. In order to somehow make ends meet, the mother of two children, Marie Latour, does underground abortions and rents a room to a familiar prostitute. She doesn't pay any attention to her husband, who returned from the war because of his injury and lives her own life. Abortions gradually begin to bring a good income, and boredom can be easily dispelled by starting a young lover.

It has an average vote of 7.299 on TMDB.

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6. Buñuel in the Labyrinth of the Turtles (Buñuel en el laberinto de las tortugas)

Buñuel in the Labyrinth of the Turtles

Paris, 1930. Luis Buñuel is penniless after the scandal surrounding the release of his last movie. Sculptor Ramón Acín, a good friend, buys a lottery ticket and promises Buñuel that he will pay for his next movie if he wins the prize.

It has an average vote of 6.99 on TMDB.

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7. Shark Bait

Shark Bait

After losing everything, a young fish, Pi, goes to live with his family on the Reef. There he meets the love of his life but finds that she already has the unwanted affections of a bully shark. He must follow his destiny to save her and rid the Reef of this menace for good.

It has an average vote of 4.951 on TMDB.

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8. The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: Them

The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: Them

A New York couple's relationship is tested after the loss of their child. This film is the wide-released combination of the original two :him and :her volumes that premiered at the Cannes Film Festival.

It has an average vote of 6.181 on TMDB.

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9. Maggie's Plan

Maggie's Plan

Maggie's plan to have a baby on her own with a sperm donor is derailed when she falls in love with John, an older married professor, destroying his volatile marriage to the brilliant and impossible Georgette. But three years later, married to John with one daughter, Maggie is out of love and in a quandary: what do you do when you suspect your man and his ex-wife are actually perfect for each other?

It has an average vote of 5.724 on TMDB.

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10. La Ceremonie (La Cérémonie)

La Ceremonie

Sophie, a quiet and shy maid working for an upper-class French family, finds a friend in the energetic and uncompromising postmaster Jeanne, who encourages her to stand up against her bourgeois employers.

It has an average vote of 7.293 on TMDB.

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11. The Origin of Evil (L'Origine du mal)

The Origin of Evil

In a luxurious seaside villa, a modest young woman finds herself in the company of a strange family : an unknown and wealthy father, his extravagant wife, his daughter, an ambitious woman, a rebellious teenager, and their creepy maid.

It has an average vote of 6.5 on TMDB.

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12. The Passion of Joan of Arc (La Passion de Jeanne d'Arc)

The Passion of Joan of Arc

A classic of the silent age, this film tells the story of the doomed but ultimately canonized 15th-century teenage warrior. On trial for claiming she'd spoken to God, Jeanne d'Arc is subjected to inhumane treatment and scare tactics at the hands of church court officials. Initially bullied into changing her story, Jeanne eventually opts for what she sees as the truth. Her punishment, a famously brutal execution, earns her perpetual martyrdom.

It has an average vote of 8 on TMDB.

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13. The Spanish Apartment (L'Auberge espagnole)

The Spanish Apartment

A strait-laced French student moves into an apartment in Barcelona with a cast of six other characters from all over Europe. Together, they speak the international language of love and friendship.

It has an average vote of 7.125 on TMDB.

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14. Beowulf

Beowulf

A 6th-century Scandinavian warrior named Beowulf embarks on a mission to slay the man-like ogre, Grendel.

It has an average vote of 5.9 on TMDB.

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15. A Ghost Story

A Ghost Story

Recently deceased, a white-sheeted ghost returns to his suburban home to console his bereft wife, only to find that in his spectral state he has become unstuck in time, forced to watch passively as the life he knew and the woman he loves slowly slip away.

It has an average vote of 7.1 on TMDB.

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16. Changeling

Changeling

Christine Collins is overjoyed when her kidnapped son is brought back home. But when Christine suspects that the boy returned to her isn't her child, the police captain has her committed to an asylum.

It has an average vote of 7.597 on TMDB.

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17. Legally Blonde

Legally Blonde

Elle Woods, a fashionable sorority queen, is dumped by her boyfriend. She decides to follow him to law school, but while there, she figures out that there is more to herself than just looks.

It has an average vote of 6.756 on TMDB.

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18. The Expendables

The Expendables

Barney Ross leads a band of highly skilled mercenaries including knife enthusiast Lee Christmas, a martial arts expert Yin Yang, heavy weapons specialist Hale Caesar, demolitionist Toll Road, and a loose-cannon sniper Gunner Jensen. When the group is commissioned by the mysterious Mr. Church to assassinate the dictator of a small South American island, Barney and Lee visit the remote locale to scout out their opposition and discover the true nature of the conflict engulfing the city.

It has an average vote of 6.24 on TMDB.

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19. Maleficent

Maleficent

A beautiful, pure-hearted young woman, Maleficent has an idyllic life growing up in a peaceable forest kingdom, until one day when an invading army threatens the harmony of the land. She rises to be the land's fiercest protector, but she ultimately suffers a ruthless betrayal – an act that begins to turn her heart into stone. Bent on revenge, Maleficent faces an epic battle with the invading King's successor and, as a result, places a curse upon his newborn infant Aurora. As the child grows, Maleficent realizes that Aurora holds the key to peace in the kingdom – and to Maleficent's true happiness as well.

It has an average vote of 7.092 on TMDB.

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20. Up

Up

Carl Fredricksen spent his entire life dreaming of exploring the globe and experiencing life to its fullest. But at age 78, life seems to have passed him by, until a twist of fate gives him a new lease on life.

It has an average vote of 7.958 on TMDB.

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