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10 Best Movies Like The High Life

If you loved The High Life, we've curated the perfect watchlist for you based on shared genres, themes, and directorial style.

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#1
Very Happy Alexander

Very Happy Alexander

1968★ 6.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The High Life for fans of Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

Alexandre, a young and honest farmer, is oppressed by an authoritarian wife, who makes him work like a dog. When she dies in a car crash, he decides to stay in bed, absolutely free...

#2
The Troubles of Alfred

The Troubles of Alfred

1972★ 5.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The High Life for fans of Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

Unlucky in love, Alfred tries to commit suicide, only to be thwarted by police efforts to prevent a simultaneous attempt by a nearby young woman. Recovering, the young lady puts hi...

#3
A Difficult Year

A Difficult Year

2023★ 5.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The High Life for fans of Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

Compulsive spenders Albert and Bruno are in debt up to their necks. While seeking help from community workers to get their lives back on track, they run into a group of young green...

#4
Dead Tired

Dead Tired

1994★ 6.0

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The High Life for fans of Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

Stressed and overworked, famous French movie star Michel Blanc is beginning to wear down, physically and mentally, from the pressure and demands of fame. Already in a fragile state...

#5
La Belle Verte

La Belle Verte

1996★ 7.2

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The High Life for fans of Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

As part of an intergalactic coalition, a well-meaning space alien volunteers to bring a message of self-actualization and harmony with nature to the one planet rejected by all her ...

#6
It Boy

It Boy

2013★ 6.5

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The High Life for fans of Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

38-year-old Alice has everything to become the next editor-in-chief of Rebelle magazine except for her uptight image. But when the young and charming Balthazar, barely 20, crosses ...

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