Movies Like A Simple Story

Ranked by shared directors, cast, themes, genre, and era — not just generic recommendations.

Cesar and Rosalie

1972·1h 50m·★ 7.3·Claude Sautet

2 shared crewDir. Claude SautetDP: Jean Boffety

The Things of Life

1970·1h 29m·★ 7.4·Claude Sautet

2 shared crewDir. Claude SautetDP: Jean Boffety

Mado

1976·2h 15m·★ 6.6·Claude Sautet

2 shared crewDir. Claude SautetDP: Jean Boffety

Waiter!

1983·1h 42m·★ 6.3·Claude Sautet

2 shared crewDir. Claude SautetDP: Jean Boffety

A Bad Son

1980·1h 50m·★ 7.4·Claude Sautet

2 shared crewDir. Claude SautetDP: Jean Boffety

Vincent, Francois, Paul and the Others

1974·1h 53m·★ 7.3·Claude Sautet

2 shared crewDir. Claude SautetDP: Jean Boffety

Bed and Board

1970·1h 37m·★ 7.4·François Truffaut

Themes: divorce, pregnancy, extramarital affairTMDB recommendsDrama & Romance

Open Hearts

2002·1h 53m·★ 7.5·Susanne Bier

TMDB recommendsThemes: divorce, extramarital affairDrama & Romance

To Take A Wife

2004·1h 37m·★ 7.1·Ronit Elkabetz

TMDB recommendsThemes: divorce, extramarital affairDrama & Romance

Young Adam

2003·1h 33m·★ 6.3·David Mackenzie

TMDB recommendsThemes: pregnancy, extramarital affairDrama & Romance

The Hunt

2012·1h 56m·★ 8.3·Thomas Vinterberg

Themes: drama, divorce

Manhattan

1979·1h 36m·★ 7.8·Woody Allen

TMDB recommendsDrama & Romance

Talk to Her

2002·1h 52m·★ 7.9·Pedro Almodóvar

TMDB recommendsDrama & Romance

Stolen Kisses

1968·1h 30m·★ 7.5·François Truffaut

TMDB recommendsDrama & Romance

Bridget Jones's Diary

2001·1h 37m·★ 6.8·Sharon Maguire

TMDB recommendsRomance & Drama

Love in the Time of Cholera

2007·2h 19m·★ 6.4·Mike Newell

TMDB recommendsDrama & Romance

Versa

2025·8m·★ 7.5·Malcon Pierce

TMDB recommends

Trouble in Paradise

1932·1h 23m·★ 7.9·Ernst Lubitsch

TMDB recommends

The Magic of Ordinary Days

2005·2h·★ 7.5·Brent Shields

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One Day

2011·1h 47m·★ 7.0·Lone Scherfig

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How Good Is A Simple Story?

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