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10 Best Movies Like Down by Love

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

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#1
My Son

My Son

2014★ 6.8

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

Mathilde, a mother-of-three, thoughtful consultant in a Planned Parenthood Center, is visited by a 16-year-old girl who was raped at a party. Shattered when she finds out her son i...

#2
The Life Coach

The Life Coach

2009★ 5.4

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

Max Chêne is a life coach who helps to motivate everybody from professional athletes to government ministers to business executives. After his gambling debts get out of control and...

#3
Tintin and the Mystery of the Golden Fleece

Tintin and the Mystery of the Golden Fleece

1961★ 6.1

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

After the death of Captain Thémistocle Paparanic, Captain Haddock's old friend, he inherits a ship called the Golden Fleece. Once Tintin and the captain arrive in Istanbul, where t...

#4
Everything Now

Everything Now

2016★ 6.2

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Down by Love for fans of Thriller. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

This gripping and wrenching thriller tells the story of Ilan Halimi who was kidnapped for ransom in a Paris suburb. His captors, who dub themselves The Gang of Barbarians, operate ...

#5
Memoirs of a French Whore

Memoirs of a French Whore

1979★ 6.1

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

Marie is nineteen and bored in her little suburban life with no future. In a café, she meets the charismatic and beautiful Gerard. Blinded by adoration, Mary decides to leave her p...

#6
The Son of Joseph

The Son of Joseph

2016★ 6.6

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Down by Love for fans of Drama. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

A young man who lives with his mother and has never known his father, heads off to look for him. He finds a cynical and Machiavellian man who works as a publisher in Paris. After h...