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10 Best Movies Like Making Plans for Lena

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

#1
Love Songs

Love Songs

2007★ 7.0

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Making Plans for Lena for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Ismael and Julie, in the hope of sparking their stalled relationship, enter a playful yet emotionally laced threesome with Alice. When tragedy strikes, these young Parisians are fo...

#2
The Triplets of Belleville

The Triplets of Belleville

2003★ 7.4

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Making Plans for Lena for fans of Comedy & Drama. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

When her grandson is kidnapped during the Tour de France, Madame Souza and her beloved pooch Bruno team up with the Belleville Sisters—an aged song-and-dance team from the days of ...

#3
The Beautiful Person

The Beautiful Person

2008★ 6.5

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Making Plans for Lena for fans of Comedy & Drama. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

In the wake of her mother's tragic death, French teenager Junie transfers to a different high school. Though Junie lives mostly inside her own head, her beauty and stoicism win her...

#4
Divorce French Style

Divorce French Style

2016★ 6.1

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

Two years have passed. After missing their separation, the Leroy seem perfectly successful in their divorce. But the appearance of two new lovers in the life of Vincent and Florenc...

#5
Norwegian Wood

Norwegian Wood

2010★ 6.4

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Making Plans for Lena for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Toru recalls his life in the 1960s, when his friend Kizuki killed himself and he grew close to Naoko, Kizuki's girlfriend, and another woman, the outgoing, lively Midori....

#6
Faust

Faust

2011★ 6.6

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Making Plans for Lena for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

A doctor in early 19th-century Germany becomes infatuated with the sister of a man he unintentionally killed and bargains with the Devil incarnate to conjure their union in exchang...