Dynamic Watchlist Hub: May 09, 2026

10 Best Movies Like The Dunce

If you loved The Dunce, 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 The Dunce 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
Tigertail

Tigertail

2020★ 6.7

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

A man reflects on the lost love of his youth and his long-ago journey from Taiwan to America as he begins to reconnect with his estranged daughter....

#3
Our Struggles

Our Struggles

2018★ 6.4

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

While Olivier, a 39 year-old foreman gives his job everything he’s got, Laura, his wife and the mother of their two children, abandons the family home, leaving Olivier alone to fac...

#4
Out of Season

Out of Season

2024★ 6.3

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

Mathieu lives in Paris, Alice in a small seaside resort in Western France. He is a famous actor, about to turn fifty. She is a piano teacher in her forties. They were in love fifte...

#5
Fanny

Fanny

2013★ 6.8

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

"Fanny" is the second part of the "Marseille trilogy", made by Marcel Pagnol with the generic name of "Marius, Fanny and César". Fanny falls in love and is abandoned by Marius. Now...

#6
Case 137

Case 137

2025★ 7.0

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

Stéphanie, a police officer working for Internal Affairs, is assigned to a case involving a young man severely wounded during a tense and chaotic demonstration in Paris. While she ...

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