Top 20 movies like My Father's Glory

My Father's Glory

Raised by his science teacher father, Joseph Pagnol, and seamstress mother Augustine, young Marcel grows up during the turn of the century in awe of his rationalist dad. When the family takes a summer vacation in the countryside, Marcel becomes friends with Lili, who teaches him about rural life.

La Gloire de mon Père is of 1 hour(s) and 45 minute(s). It is Produced By:  Gaumont, TF1 Films Production, CNC. It was released on 1990-08-29. It has the tagline: A childhood in Provence. It has an average vote of 7.351 on TMDB.

Genres: AdventureDrama

1. My Mother's Castle (Le château de ma mère)

My Mother's Castle

To his chagrin, young Marcel Pagnol and his family move back to their home in Marseilles, France, far from their pastoral holiday cottage in the hills. Determined, Marcel makes the long voyage back to the cottage on foot and lands himself in trouble. One day Marcel's father discovers a shortcut to the cottage, but it requires trespassing. Despite their trepidations, Marcel and his family begin using the secret trail to reach their cottage.

It has an average vote of 7.195 on TMDB.

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2. The Time of Love (Le Temps Des Amours)

The Time of Love

The last episode of Pagnol's memories deals with the teenage years of Marcel. While always spending his Summers in his dear Garrigue, he is now on the way to the Baccalaureat. He 's got a good pal Lagneau who of course infuriates the teachers when he "bleats"...

It has an average vote of 6 on TMDB.

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3. The Elders of Saint-Loup (Les Anciens de Saint-Loup)

The Elders of Saint-Loup

Due to financial problems, the boarding-school of Saint-Loup is on the verge of closing its doors. In desperation, Jacquelin, the headmaster, has the idea to invite former students to a fund-raising reunion. Among the alumni, three men whose common point is to have been in love at the time with the headmaster's niece. One is a banker, the second a priest and the last one a globetrotter. All of a sudden, the peace of the assembly is disturbed: Jacquelin's niece has just been murdered.

It has an average vote of 5.9 on TMDB.

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4. Zombie Strippers!

Zombie Strippers!

In the not too distant future a secret government re-animation chemo-virus gets released into conservative Sartre, Nebraska and lands in an underground strip club. As the virus begins to spread, turning the strippers into "Super Zombie Strippers" the girls struggle with whether or not to conform to the new "fad" even if it means there's no turning back.

It has an average vote of 4.7 on TMDB.

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5. The Monkey King: Havoc in Heaven (大闹天宫)

The Monkey King: Havoc in Heaven

Sun Wukong, aka the Monkey King, rebels against the Jade Emperor of Heaven as well as other gods who live there.

It has an average vote of 7.8 on TMDB.

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6. Fabrice Éboué - Adieu Hier (Fabrice Éboué - Adieu Hier)

Fabrice Éboué - Adieu Hier

Social networks, exacerbated militancy, Cancel Culture, the Covid crisis has only accelerated the emergence of the new world... Fabrice Eboué already feels overwhelmed... After the success of "Plus Rien à Perdre" and this long period of pandemic, Fabrice Eboué returns to the stage with his fourth and new show!

It has an average vote of 7.389 on TMDB.

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7. Jane B. for Agnès V. (Jane B. par Agnès V.)

Jane B. for Agnès V.

The interests, obsessions, and fantasies of two singular artists converge in this inspired collaboration between Agnès Varda and her longtime friend the actor Jane Birkin. Made over the course of a year and motivated by Birkin’s fortieth birthday—a milestone she admits to some anxiety over—Jane B. by Agnès V. contrasts the private, reflective Birkin with Birkin the icon.

It has an average vote of 6.6 on TMDB.

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8. Pink Floyd: Pulse

Pink Floyd: Pulse

Pulse is a Pink Floyd concert video taken from the October 20, 1994 concert at Earls Court Exhibition Centre, London, in The Division Bell tour.

It has an average vote of 8.369 on TMDB.

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9. The Heroes of Telemark

The Heroes of Telemark

Set in German-occupied Norway, resistance fighter Knut Straud enlists the reluctant physicist Rolf Pedersen in an effort to destroy the German heavy water production plant in rural Telemark.

It has an average vote of 6.928 on TMDB.

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10. Strange Gardens (Effroyables Jardins)

Strange Gardens

Lucien, 14, can’t understand why his father, a serious and respected teacher, makes a fool of himself by dressing up as a clown and giving a show. André, Lucien’s father’s best friend, feels for the teenager and decides to reveal something from their mutual past that will explain the reason for Lucien’s father’s strange behavior.

It has an average vote of 7.5 on TMDB.

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11. Asphalt Playground (La cité rose)

Asphalt Playground

Mitraillette is 12 years old and lives in Rose City, a housing estate he would not leave for anything. His whole world comprises his family, especially his 16 year-old cousin Isma, who has taken a fancy to Narcisse, the local crime boss. His older brother Djibril is 22, a student at the Sorbonne who dreams of becoming a lawyer. As for Mitraillette, he has his eye on Océane, the most beautiful girl in his school...

It has an average vote of 6.7 on TMDB.

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12. Place publique (Place publique)

Place publique

Revolves around Castro, who was once a very famous TV host, but as he grows old, his popularity is dwindling.

It has an average vote of 5.6 on TMDB.

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13. Monsieur Batignole (Monsieur Batignole)

Monsieur Batignole

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 collaborator of the German Pierre-Jean Lamour calls the Nazis to arrest the Jewish Bernstein family, they move to the confiscated apartment. Some days later, the young Simon Bernstein escapes from the Germans and comes to his former home. When Batignole finds him, he feels sorry for the boy and lodges him, hiding Simon from Pierre-Jean and also from his wife. Later, two cousins of Simon meet him in the cellar of the grocery. When Pierre-Jean finds the children, Batignole decides to travel with the children to Switzerland.

It has an average vote of 7.007 on TMDB.

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14. Alice

Alice

Alice Tate, mother of two, with a marriage of 16 years, finds herself falling for the handsome sax player, Joe. Stricken with a backache, she consults herbalist Dr. Yang, who realizes that her problems are not related to her back, but in her mind and heart. Dr. Yang's magical herbs give Alice wondrous powers, taking her out of well-established rut.

It has an average vote of 6.388 on TMDB.

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15. The Source (La Source des femmes)

The Source

A comedy/drama set in a village and centered on a battle of the sexes, where women threaten to withhold sexual favours as long as the men refuse to install a water pipe.

It has an average vote of 6.679 on TMDB.

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16. Bhool Bhulaiyaa (भूल भुलैया)

Bhool Bhulaiyaa

An NRI and his wife decide to stay in his ancestral home, paying no heed to the warnings about ghosts. Soon, inexplicable occurrences cause him to call a psychiatrist to help solve the mystery.

It has an average vote of 6.6 on TMDB.

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17. Bed and Board (Domicile conjugal)

Bed and Board

Parisian everyman Antoine Doinel has married his sweetheart Christine Darbon, and the newlyweds have set up a cozy domestic life of selling flowers and giving violin lessons while Antoine fitfully works on his long-gestating novel. As Christine becomes pregnant with the couple's first child, Antoine finds himself enraptured with a young Japanese beauty. The complications change the course of their relationship forever.

It has an average vote of 7.194 on TMDB.

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18. The Clink of Ice (Le Bruit des glaçons)

The Clink of Ice

An alcoholic writer is visited by an incarnation of his cancer.

It has an average vote of 5.9 on TMDB.

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19. The Closet (Le Placard)

The Closet

A man spreads the rumor of his fake homosexuality with the aid of his neighbor, to prevent his imminent firing at his work.

It has an average vote of 6.41 on TMDB.

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20. The Eighth Day (Le Huitième Jour)

The Eighth Day

Georges has Down syndrome, living at a mental-institution, Harry is a busy businessman, giving lectures for young aspiring salesmen. He is successful in his business life, but his social life is a disaster since his wife left him and took their two children with her. This weekend his children came by train to meet him, but Harry, working as always, forgot to pick them up. Neither his wife or his children want to see him again and he is driving around on the country roads, anguished and angry. He almost runs over Georges, on the run from the institution since everybody else went home with their parents except him, whose mother is dead. Harry tries to get rid of Georges but he won't leave his new friend. Eventually a special friendship forms between the two of them, a friendship which makes Harry a different person.

It has an average vote of 7.333 on TMDB.

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