Top 20 movies like Games of Love and Chance

Games of Love and Chance

A group of teenagers living in a housing project in the outskirts of Paris rehearse a scene from Marivaux's play of the same name. Krimo is determined not to take part, but after developing feelings for Lydia, he quickly assumes the main role and love interest in the play.

L'Esquive is of 2 hour(s) and 4 minute(s). It is Produced By:  CinéCinéma, Lola Films, Noé Productions. It was released on 2003-11-25. It has an average vote of 6.7 on TMDB.

Genres: RomanceDrama

1. Wesh, Wesh, What's Happening? (Wesh wesh, qu'est-ce qui se passe?)

Wesh, Wesh, What's Happening?

Kamel, a young man from the french ghetto, near Paris, is coming back to France. He was arrested for dealing drugs, he spent five years in jail and was banned from France for two years. He tries, with his family's support, to find a job and live a normal life. But nothing's normal in the ghetto.

It has an average vote of 6.2 on TMDB.

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2. The Syrian Bride (הכלה הסורית)

The Syrian Bride

In Majdal Shams, the largest Druze village in Golan Heights on the Israeli-Syrian border, the Druze bride Mona is engaged to get married with Tallel, a television comedian that works in the Revolution Studios in Damascus, Syria. They have never met each other because of the occupation of the area by Israel since 1967; when Mona moves to Syria, she will lose her undefined nationality and will never be allowed to return home. Mona's father Hammed is a political activist pro-Syria that is on probation by the Israeli government. His older son Hatten married a Russian woman eight years ago and was banished from Majdal Shams by the religious leaders and his father. His brother Marwan is a wolf trader that lives in Italy. His sister Amal has two teenager daughters and has the intention to join the university, but her marriage with Amin is in crisis. When the family gathers for Mona's wedding, an insane bureaucracy jeopardizes the ceremony.

It has an average vote of 6.6 on TMDB.

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3. The Goodbye Kiss (Arrivederci amore, ciao)

The Goodbye Kiss

Leftist radical-turned-terrorist Giorgio—who fled to Latin America in the '70s to escape justice—decides to surrender after hearing about the fall of the Berlin Wall. Determined to lead a comfortable, bourgeois life in his native Italy, he cuts a deal with a shady police chief, getting his sentence reduced in exchange for ratting out former comrades. Once released, Giorgio obsessively pursues his dream of becoming a "respectable" citizen, even if the way is paved with larceny, pimping, drug-dealing, rape, heist, and murder...

It has an average vote of 6.76 on TMDB.

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4. The Seventh Juror (Le Septième Juré)

The Seventh Juror

In a moment of madness a middle-aged, married and respectable pharmacist kills a young woman who is sun-bathing by a lake. Unable to take in what he has done, he flees from the scene of the crime and behaves as if nothing has happened. Eventually her boyfriend is charged with the crime and, in a strange twist of fate, the killer finds himself serving on the jury.

It has an average vote of 6.9 on TMDB.

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5. Giorgino (Giorgino)

Giorgino

October 1918: After returning to the civil life, the young Doctor Giorgino Volli searches for a group of children, which he had been the care-taker of before the first world war began. However, soon the searching becomes a part of hide-and-seek with death. Giorgino finds a village bordered with a treacherous marsh and rumours of wolves. There he also meets the mysterious Catherine....

It has an average vote of 6.7 on TMDB.

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6. Sagan (Sagan)

Sagan

A biopic of famous French writer Françoise Sagan, best known for her groundbreaking first book, Bonjour Tristesse.

It has an average vote of 6.2 on TMDB.

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7. The Price to Pay (Le Prix à payer)

The Price to Pay

Jean-Pierre, a wealthy businessman, is lonely. He still desires his wife but she only seems interested in shopping and the beauty salon. Tired of lunching alone every day, one day he decides to invite his chauffeur to join him, and a relationship quickly develops as the two find they have much in common. Are they just cash machines for their wives? Don't they deserve some love in return? Jean-Pierre confiscates his wife's credit card, but things don't turn out exactly the way he'd hoped...

It has an average vote of 5.3 on TMDB.

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8. The Blaze (En plein feu)

The Blaze

Simon lives with his aging father Joseph in the south of France. When a massive wildfire devastates their tree-covered coastal region and as the warning siren reaches their home, the two must leave everything behind to escape. But the wind intensifies and the air fills with smoke as they get caught in a massive traffic jam with other evacuees while the fire is getting closer and closer. With ash soon falling like snow, the temperature rising and a menacing fire approaching, Simon must quickly find a way out to save himself and his weakened father.

It has an average vote of 4.8 on TMDB.

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9. Gaspard at the Wedding (Gaspard va au mariage)

Gaspard at the Wedding

After keeping a careful distance for many years, 25-year-old Gaspard must renew contact with his family when his father remarries. Accompanied by Laura, an eccentric young woman who agrees to pretend she's his girlfriend at the wedding, he finally feels ready to set foot in the zoo owned by his parents, where he is reunited with the monkeys and tigers he grew up with... But with a father who is an out-of-control womanizer, a brother who is far too sensible, and a sister who is far too beautiful, he unknowingly sets himself up to experience the last days of his childhood.

It has an average vote of 6.068 on TMDB.

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10. The Secret of the Grain (La Graine et le Mulet)

The Secret of the Grain

In southern France, a Franco-Arabic shipyard worker along with his partner's daughter pursues his dream of opening a restaurant.

It has an average vote of 7.01 on TMDB.

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11. Skirt Day (La Journée de la jupe)

Skirt Day

A teacher, driven to exasperation from insults and insubordination, takes her class hostage.

It has an average vote of 7.09 on TMDB.

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12. Mais qui a tué Pamela Rose ? (Mais qui a tué Pamela Rose ?)

Mais qui a tué Pamela Rose ?

FBI Agents Bullit and Riper investigate the murder of a young dancer called Pamela Rose, found dead in her motel room in Bornsville, a small american town. Despite their differences, they must team up: the local police is hostile and they can only count on themselves to solve the crime. They meet Ginger, Pamela's best friend, and discover soon enough she knows more than she says.

It has an average vote of 6.1 on TMDB.

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13. 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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14. The Beat That My Heart Skipped (De battre mon cœur s'est arrêté)

The Beat That My Heart Skipped

Like his father, Tom is a real estate agent who makes his money from dirty, and sometimes brutal, deals. But a chance encounter prompts him to take up the piano and become a concert pianist. He auditions with the help of a beautiful, young virtuoso pianist who cannot speak French - music is their only exchange. But pressures from the ugly world of his day job soon become more than he can handle.

It has an average vote of 6.922 on TMDB.

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15. The Names of Love (Le Nom des gens)

The Names of Love

Bahia Benmahmoud, a free-spirited young woman, has a particular way of seeing political engagement, as she doesn't hesitate to sleep with those who don't agree with her to convert them to her cause - which is a lot of people, as all right-leaning people are concerned. Generally, it works pretty well. Until the day she meets Arthur Martin, a discreet forty-something who doesn't like taking risks. She imagines that with a name like that, he's got to be slightly fascist. But names are deceitful and appearances deceiving.

It has an average vote of 7.314 on TMDB.

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16. Once in a Lifetime (Les Héritiers)

Once in a Lifetime

Based on a true story. In Léon Blum high school in Créteil , a history teacher decides to have her weakest 10th grade class take a national history competition. This will change them.

It has an average vote of 7.4 on TMDB.

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17. Executive Decision

Executive Decision

Terrorists hijack a 747 inbound to Washington D.C., demanding the release of their imprisoned leader. Intelligence expert David Grant suspects another reason and he is soon the reluctant member of a special assault team that is assigned to intercept the plane and hijackers.

It has an average vote of 6.284 on TMDB.

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18. Avicii: True Stories

Avicii: True Stories

Documentary about the arena-packing Swedish DJ, chronicling his explosive rise to fame and surprising decision to retire from live performances in 2016.

It has an average vote of 8 on TMDB.

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19. The Salt of the Earth (Le sel de la terre)

The Salt of the Earth

During the last forty years, the photographer Sebastião Salgado has been travelling through the continents, in the footsteps of an ever-changing humanity. He has witnessed the major events of our recent history: international conflicts, starvations and exodus… He is now embarking on the discovery of pristine territories, of the wild fauna and flora, of grandiose landscapes: a huge photographic project which is a tribute to the planet's beauty. Salgado's life and work are revealed to us by his son, Juliano, who went with him during his last journeys, and by Wim Wenders, a photographer himself.

It has an average vote of 8.104 on TMDB.

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20. Gold Brick (Cash)

Gold Brick

Determined to even the scales and profit from his thankless job, a factory worker schemes to traffic luxury perfumes from under his employer's nose.

It has an average vote of 6.232 on TMDB.

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