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10 Best Movies Like Betty

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

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#1
Élisa

Élisa

1995★ 6.4

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

Marie has had a tough childhood ever since her mother Elisa committed suicide. She has spent most of her life in an orphanage and now makes a living as a small time criminal in Par...

#2
The Nest

The Nest

2020★ 6.1

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

Rory is an ambitious entrepreneur who brings his American wife and kids to his native country, England, to explore new business opportunities. After abandoning the sanctuary of the...

#3
Violette

Violette

2013★ 6.0

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

Born out of wedlock early in the last century, Violette Leduc meets Simone de Beauvoir in postwar Saint-Germain-des-Près. An intense lifelong relationship develops between the two ...

#4
Eden Is West

Eden Is West

2009★ 6.2

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

Desperate to break free from the poverty of his homeland, Elias boards a ramshackle people-smuggling trawler to France. But when the boat is raided by police, Elias leaps into the ...

#5
Through the Fire

Through the Fire

2018★ 7.3

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

Franck is a firefighter in Paris. He saves people. He lives at the station with his wife, who is about to have twins. He’s happy. During a call out to a fire, he puts himself in da...

#6
Hardball

Hardball

2001★ 6.5

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

An aimless young man who is scalping tickets, gambling and drinking, agrees to coach a Little League team from the Cabrini Green housing project in Chicago as a condition of gettin...

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