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10 Best Movies Like La Peau d'un autre

If you loved La Peau d'un autre, we've curated the perfect watchlist for you based on shared genres, themes, and directorial style.

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#1
Eugénie Grandet

Eugénie Grandet

2021★ 6.0

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to La Peau d'un autre for fans of History. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Felix Grandet reigns supreme in his modest house in Saumur where his wife and daughter Eugenie lead a distraction-free existence. Extremely avaricious, he does not take a favorable...

#2
The Return of the Tall Blond Man with One Black Shoe

The Return of the Tall Blond Man with One Black Shoe

1974★ 6.6

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to La Peau d'un autre for fans of Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

With "little captain" Cambrai raising serious doubts about the reality of the so-called "super spy," Colonel Toulouse kidnaps Christine and forces Francois to play again the charac...

#3
You Only Live Once

You Only Live Once

1937★ 7.1

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to La Peau d'un autre for fans of Crime. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Based partially on the story of Bonnie and Clyde, Eddie Taylor is an ex-convict who cannot get a break after being released from prison. When he is framed for murder, Taylor is for...

#4
An Officer and a Spy

An Officer and a Spy

2019★ 7.1

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to La Peau d'un autre for fans of History. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

In 1894, French Captain Alfred Dreyfus is wrongfully convicted of treason and sentenced to life imprisonment at the Devil’s Island penal colony....

#5
Coco Before Chanel

Coco Before Chanel

2009★ 6.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to La Peau d'un autre for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Several years after leaving the orphanage, to which her father never returned for her, Gabrielle Chanel finds herself working in a provincial bar. She's both a seamstress for the p...

#6
Les Misérables

Les Misérables

1978★ 7.2

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to La Peau d'un autre for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

In 19th century France, Jean Valjean, a man imprisoned for stealing bread, must flee a relentless policeman named Javert. The pursuit consumes both men's lives, and soon Valjean fi...

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