Movies like Saint Laurent

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   Yves Saint Laurent

   Strong story similarity

   2014 · 106 min · Drama

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   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.

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   • strong story and style similarity
   • strong shared themes: 1960s and biography
   • strong genre and movie-style overlap

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   Laurence Anyways

   Strong story similarity

   2012 · 168 min · Drama · Romance

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   The story of an impossible love between a woman named Fred and a transgender woman named Laurence who reveals her inner desire to become her true self.

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   • strong story and style similarity
   • substantial genre overlap
   • a closely matched era

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   La Belle Époque

   Strong story similarity

   2019 · 115 min · Comedy · Drama

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   Victor, a disillusioned 60-something whose marriage is on the rocks, opts to relive the week of his life when, 40 years earlier, he met his true love through a company that allows customers to return to the time period of their choosing.

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   • strong story and style similarity
   • substantial genre overlap
   • shared production studio: Orange Studio

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   Sauvage

   Strong story similarity

   2018 · 97 min · Drama

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   Léo, a 22-year-old homeless sex worker searches for genuine love on the streets of Strasbourg.

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   • strong story and style similarity
   • strong genre and movie-style overlap
   • a closely matched era

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   Lover for a Day

   Strong story similarity

   2017 · 76 min · Drama · Romance

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   After a bad breakup, a college-aged Parisian moves into her father's flat only to discover that he is living with his new girlfriend - a young woman her age.

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   • strong story and style similarity
   • substantial genre overlap
   • a closely matched era

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   I Wish Someone Were Waiting for Me Somewhere

   Strong story similarity

   2020 · 89 min · Drama · Romance

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   In the beautiful family home, at the end of the summer, Monique celebrates her 70th birthday, surrounded by her 4 children, all of whom have come for the occasion. There is Jean-Pierre, the elder, who took on the role of head of the family after the death of his father; Juliette, pregnant with her first child at 40 and who still dreams of becoming a writer; Margaux, the family’s radical artist, and Mathieu, 30, anxious to seduce pretty Sarah. Later, one day, one of them will make a life-changing decision ...

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   • strong story and style similarity
   • substantial genre overlap
   • shared production studio: Orange Studio

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   Sorry Angel

   Strong story similarity

   2018 · 133 min · Comedy · Drama · Romance

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   At once an intimate chronicle of a romance and a sprawling portrait of life in early 1990s France following the intertwining journeys of Jacques, a worldly Parisian writer, and Arthur, a curious, carefree and much-younger university student who is just beginning to live. Brought together by chance, the two men find themselves navigating a casual fling that gradually deepens into a tender, transformative bond.

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   • strong story and style similarity
   • a closely matched era
   • shared production studio: ARTE France Cinéma

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   The Beast

   Same director

   2024 · 146 min · Drama · Romance · Science Fiction

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   In the near future where emotions have become a threat, Gabrielle finally decides to purify her DNA in a machine that will immerse her in her past lives and rid her of any strong feelings. She then meets Louis and feels a powerful connection, as if she had known him forever.

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   • strong story and style similarity
   • the same director
   • a principal cast member

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   BPM (Beats per Minute)

   Strong story similarity

   2017 · 143 min · Drama

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   Paris, in the early 1990s: a group of young activists is desperately tied to finding the cure against an unknown lethal disease. They target the pharmaceutical labs that are retaining potential cures, and multiply direct actions, with the hope of saving their lives as well as the ones of future generations.

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   • strong story and style similarity
   • strong genre and movie-style overlap
   • a closely matched era

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    It's Only the End of the World

    Shared cast

    2016 · 99 min · Drama

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    Louis, a terminally ill writer, returns home after a long absence to tell his family that he is dying.

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    • strong story and style similarity
    • strong genre and movie-style overlap
    • principal cast overlap

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