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10 Best Movies Like L'Anniversaire de Paula

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

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#1
Diving

Diving

2017★ 6.1

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to L'Anniversaire de Paula for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

A restless photographer leaves her family to "find herself" and takes up deep-sea diving....

#2
The Passengers of the Night

The Passengers of the Night

2022★ 6.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to L'Anniversaire de Paula for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

On election night in 1981, celebrations spill out onto the street and there is an air of hope and change throughout Paris. But for Elisabeth, her marriage is coming to an end and s...

#3
The Kindness of Strangers

The Kindness of Strangers

2019★ 6.3

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to L'Anniversaire de Paula for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Clara and her two sons escape from her abusive husband with little more than their car and plan to start over in New York. After the car towed away, the family meets Alice, who get...

#4
Kisses

Kisses

2008★ 7.1

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to L'Anniversaire de Paula for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Two kids, Dylan and Kylie, run away from home on Christmas Day and spend a night of magic and terror on the streets of inner-city Dublin....

#5
Love According to Dalva

Love According to Dalva

2023★ 7.0

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to L'Anniversaire de Paula for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

One evening, Dalva is suddenly taken away from her father’s house. Dumbfounded and outraged at first, she later meets Jayden, a social worker, and Samia, a teen with a temper. A ne...

#6
Edie

Edie

2018★ 6.3

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to L'Anniversaire de Paula for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

To try and overcome a lifetime of bitterness and resentment, 83-year-old Edie decides that it is never too late. After packing an old camping bag, she leaves her life behind and em...

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