Top 20 movies like Portrait of a Lady on Fire

Portrait of a Lady on Fire

On an isolated island in Brittany at the end of the eighteenth century, a female painter is obliged to paint a wedding portrait of a young woman.

Portrait de la jeune fille en feu is of 2 hour(s) and 0 minute(s). It is Produced By:  Lilies Films, ARTE France Cinéma, Hold Up Films. It was released on 2019-09-18. It has the tagline: Don't regret. Remember. It has an average vote of 8.137 on TMDB.

Genres: DramaRomance

1. Tomboy (Tomboy)

Tomboy

A French family moves to a new neighborhood with during the summer holidays. The story follows a 10-year-old gender non-conforming child, Laure, who experiments with their gender presentation, adopting the name Mikäel.

It has an average vote of 7.302 on TMDB.

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2. Water Lilies (Naissance des pieuvres)

Water Lilies

Set during a sultry summer in a French suburb, Marie is desperate to join the local pool's synchronized swimming team, but is her interest solely for the sake of sport or for a chance to get close to Floriane, the bad girl of the team? Sciamma, and the two leads, capture the uncertainty of teenage sexuality with a sympathetic eye in this delicate drama of the angst of coming-of-age.

It has an average vote of 6.545 on TMDB.

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3. The French Dispatch

The French Dispatch

The staff of an American magazine based in France puts out its last issue, with stories featuring an artist sentenced to life imprisonment, student riots, and a kidnapping resolved by a chef.

It has an average vote of 7.1 on TMDB.

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4. Sorry We Missed You

Sorry We Missed You

Ricky and his family have been fighting an uphill struggle against debt since the 2008 financial crash. An opportunity to wrestle back some independence appears with a shiny new van and the chance to run a franchise as a self-employed delivery driver. It's hard work, and his wife's job as a carer is no easier. The family unit is strong but when both are pulled in different directions everything comes to breaking point.

It has an average vote of 7.4 on TMDB.

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5. The Half of It

The Half of It

Shy, straight-A student Ellie is hired by sweet but inarticulate jock Paul, who needs help wooing the most popular girl in school. But their new and unlikely friendship gets tricky when Ellie discovers she has feelings for the same girl.

It has an average vote of 7.104 on TMDB.

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6. Girlhood (Bande de filles)

Girlhood

Oppressed by her family setting, dead-end school prospects and the boys law in the neighborhood, Marieme starts a new life after meeting a group of three free-spirited girls. She changes her name, her dress code, and quits school to be accepted in the gang, hoping that this will be a way to freedom.

It has an average vote of 6.431 on TMDB.

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7. The Farewell

The Farewell

A headstrong Chinese-American woman returns to China when her beloved grandmother is given a terminal diagnosis. Billi struggles with her family's decision to keep grandma in the dark about her own illness as they all stage an impromptu wedding to see grandma one last time.

It has an average vote of 7.436 on TMDB.

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8. Ammonite

Ammonite

In 1840s England, palaeontologist Mary Anning and a young woman sent by her husband to convalesce by the sea develop an intense relationship. Despite the chasm between their social spheres and personalities, Mary and Charlotte discover they can each offer what the other has been searching for: the realisation that they are not alone. It is the beginning of a passionate and all-consuming love affair that will defy all social bounds and alter the course of both lives irrevocably.

It has an average vote of 7.007 on TMDB.

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9. The Lighthouse

The Lighthouse

Two lighthouse keepers try to maintain their sanity while living on a remote and mysterious New England island in the 1890s.

It has an average vote of 7.515 on TMDB.

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10. Nineteen Eighty-Four

Nineteen Eighty-Four

George Orwell's novel of a totalitarian future society in which a man whose daily work is rewriting history tries to rebel by falling in love.

It has an average vote of 6.821 on TMDB.

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11. The Specials (Hors Normes)

The Specials

For twenty years, Bruno and Malik have lived in a different world—the world of autistic children and teens. In charge of two separate nonprofit organizations , they train young people from underprivileged areas to be caregivers for extreme cases that have been refused by all other institutions. It’s an exceptional partnership, outside of traditional settings, for some quite extraordinary characters.

It has an average vote of 7.8 on TMDB.

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12. Matthias & Maxime (Matthias & Maxime)

Matthias & Maxime

Two childhood best friends are asked to share a kiss for the purposes of a student short film. Soon, a lingering doubt sets in, confronting both men with their preferences, threatening the brotherhood of their social circle, and, eventually, changing their lives.

It has an average vote of 7.115 on TMDB.

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13. Deerskin (Le Daim)

Deerskin

A man's obsession with owning the designer deerskin jacket of his dreams leads him to turn his back on his humdrum life in the suburbs, blow his life savings, and even turn him to crime.

It has an average vote of 6.458 on TMDB.

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14. Tell It to the Bees

Tell It to the Bees

Dr. Jean Markham returns to the town she left as a teenager to take over her late father's medical practice. When a school-yard scuffle lands Charlie in her surgery, she invites him to visit the hives in her garden and tell his secrets to the bees, as she once did. The new friendship between the boy and the bee keeper brings his mother Lydia into Jean's world.

It has an average vote of 7.6 on TMDB.

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15. Cold War (Zimna wojna)

Cold War

A man and a woman meet in the ruins of post-war Poland. With vastly different backgrounds and temperaments, they are fatally mismatched and yet drawn to each other.

It has an average vote of 7.5 on TMDB.

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16. It Must Be Heaven

It Must Be Heaven

Filmmaker Elia Suleiman travels to different cities and finds unexpected parallels to his homeland of Palestine.

It has an average vote of 6.52 on TMDB.

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17. My Days of Mercy

My Days of Mercy

The daughter of a man on death row falls in love with a woman on the opposing side of her family's political cause.

It has an average vote of 7.3 on TMDB.

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18. I Lost My Body (J'ai perdu mon corps)

I Lost My Body

A story of Naoufel, a young man who is in love with Gabrielle. In another part of town, a severed hand escapes from a dissection lab, determined to find its body again.

It has an average vote of 7.49 on TMDB.

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19. Honeyland (Медена земја)

Honeyland

When nomadic beekeepers break Honeyland’s basic rule , the last female beehunter in Europe must save the bees and restore natural balance.

It has an average vote of 8 on TMDB.

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20. Disclosure

Disclosure

An investigation of how Hollywood's fabled stories have deeply influenced how Americans feel about transgender people, and how transgender people have been taught to feel about themselves.

It has an average vote of 8 on TMDB.

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