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10 Best Movies Like Parfums d'Alger

If you loved Parfums d'Alger, we've curated the perfect watchlist for you based on shared genres, themes, and directorial style.

#1
The Soft Skin

The Soft Skin

1964★ 7.1

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

Pierre Lachenay is a well-known publisher and lecturer, married to Franca and father of Sabine. He starts a love affair with air hostess Nicole, which Pierre is hiding, but he cann...

#2
Human Nature

Human Nature

2001★ 6.0

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Parfums d'Alger for fans of Drama. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

Obsessive scientist Nathan and his lover, the naturalist Lila, discover Puff: a man born and raised in the wild. As Nathan trains the wild man in the civilized ways of the world, L...

#3
The Men Who Stare at Goats

The Men Who Stare at Goats

2009★ 6.0

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

A reporter in Iraq might just have the story of a lifetime when he meets Lyn Cassady, a guy who claims to be a former member of the U.S. Army's New Earth Army, a unit that employs ...

#4
Gigi

Gigi

1958★ 6.2

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

A home, a motorcar, servants, the latest fashions: the most eligible and most finicky bachelor in Paris offers them all to Gigi. But she, who's gone from girlish gawkishness to cul...

#5
Barbie Presents: Thumbelina

Barbie Presents: Thumbelina

2009★ 6.6

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Parfums d'Alger for fans of Animation. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

Meet a tiny girl named Thumbelina who lives in harmony with nature in the magical world of the Twillerbees that's hidden among the wildflowers. At the whim of a spoiled young girl ...

#6
Au Revoir les Enfants

Au Revoir les Enfants

1987★ 7.5

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

Au revoir les enfants tells a heartbreaking story of friendship and devastating loss concerning two boys living in Nazi-occupied France. At a provincial Catholic boarding school, t...