Dynamic Watchlist Hub: May 09, 2026

10 Best Movies Like Bâtards

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

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#1
Forced Vacation

Forced Vacation

2025★ 6.1

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Bâtards for fans of Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

Following a booking error, two families who are complete opposites, as well as a somewhat snobbish publisher and the influencer he wants to publish, are forced to share a sublime v...

#2
Microbe and Gasoline

Microbe and Gasoline

2015★ 6.1

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Bâtards for fans of Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

Two young friends embark on a road trip across France in a vehicle they built themselves....

#3
Very Happy Alexander

Very Happy Alexander

1968★ 6.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Bâtards for fans of Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

Alexandre, a young and honest farmer, is oppressed by an authoritarian wife, who makes him work like a dog. When she dies in a car crash, he decides to stay in bed, absolutely free...

#4
Held Up

Held Up

1999★ 5.8

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Bâtards for fans of Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

What should have been a romantic getaway turns into one hilarious debacle after another when Michael's woman dumps him in the desert where he gets carjacked by a teenager and he is...

#5
My Dog Stupid

My Dog Stupid

2019★ 6.0

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Bâtards for fans of Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

Henri is a middle-aged writer with fading inspiration who has published nothing worthy of note in years. Feeling increasingly misunderstood by his wife and four grown up deadbeat k...

#6
The Test

The Test

2021★ 6.2

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Bâtards for fans of Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

Annie lives in harmony with her husband Laurent and her children: the sensitive elders Maximilien and César; the younger Antoine whom Poupi, never-complaining teen, helps raising h...

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