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10 Best Movies Like La Dérive des continents

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

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#1
My Little Loves

My Little Loves

1974★ 6.8

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

Daniel lives with his grandmother and, after a year of high school, goes to live with his mother in the south of France; a harsher environment which rapidly changes his perception ...

#2
Élisa

Élisa

1995★ 6.4

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to La Dérive des continents 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...

#3
Gloria Mundi

Gloria Mundi

2019★ 6.3

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

Daniel leaves prison. He returns to Marseilles where Mathilda, his daughter, has just given birth. Nicolas, her spouse, a self-employed driver, is exhausted while Mathilda is a sal...

#4
Her Way

Her Way

2021★ 6.6

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

Marie, an independent and militant woman, has never needed anyone's help, including when it comes to raising her son. When the latter is expelled from his certificate of profession...

#5
Alex of Venice

Alex of Venice

2015★ 5.9

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

After her stay-at-home husband leaves her, a workaholic lawyer finds that she is not completely up to the tasks of caring for her young son, ailing father and household all by hers...

#6
All Day and a Night

All Day and a Night

2020★ 6.2

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

While serving life in prison, a young man looks back at the people, the circumstances and the system that set him on the path toward his crime....

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