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10 Best Movies Like A Monkey in Winter

If you loved A Monkey in Winter, we've curated the perfect watchlist for you based on shared genres, themes, and directorial style.

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#1
Le Beau Serge

Le Beau Serge

1959★ 6.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to A Monkey in Winter for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

After long absence, a man returns to his hometown only to find his best friend has become an alcoholic....

#2
A Bag of Marbles

A Bag of Marbles

2017★ 7.8

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to A Monkey in Winter for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

At the beginning of the 1940s, in a France occupied by Nazi forces, lived the Jewish Joffo family. Happy and tight-knit, she sees her future darken when all members of the family a...

#3
The Great Escaper

The Great Escaper

2023★ 6.6

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to A Monkey in Winter for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

In the summer of 2014, a World War II veteran sneaks out of his care home to attend the 70th anniversary commemoration of the D-Day landings in Normandy....

#4
Journey's End

Journey's End

2017★ 6.3

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to A Monkey in Winter for fans of Drama. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

Set in a dugout in Aisne in 1918, a group of British officers, led by the mentally disintegrating young officer Stanhope, variously await their fate....

#5
Monsieur Batignole

Monsieur Batignole

2002★ 7.0

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to A Monkey in Winter for fans of Drama & Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

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-l...

#6
Young Adult

Young Adult

2011★ 5.8

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to A Monkey in Winter for fans of Drama & Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

A divorced writer from the Midwest returns to her hometown to reconnect with an old flame, who's now married with a family....

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