Movies Like The First Day of the Rest of Your Life

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

Our Futures

2015·1h 37m·★ 6.0·Rémi Bezançon

2 shared crewBoth star Pio Marmaï & Zabou BreitmanDir. Rémi Bezançon

Love Is in the Air

2005·1h 43m·★ 6.7·Rémi Bezançon

2 shared crewDir. Rémi BezançonDP: Antoine Monod

A Happy Event

2011·1h 47m·★ 6.5·Rémi Bezançon

2 shared crewDir. Rémi BezançonDP: Antoine Monod

The Mystery of Henri Pick

2019·1h 41m·★ 6.7·Rémi Bezançon

2 shared crewDir. Rémi BezançonDP: Antoine Monod

Zarafa

2012·1h 18m·★ 6.9·Rémi Bezançon

Both star Roger Dumas & Déborah FrançoisDir. Rémi Bezançon

American History X

1998·1h 59m·★ 8.5·Tony Kaye

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Paris, Texas

1984·2h 25m·★ 8.1·Wim Wenders

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Talk to Her

2002·1h 52m·★ 7.9·Pedro Almodóvar

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Walk the Line

2005·2h 16m·★ 7.8·James Mangold

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Lost Highway

1997·2h 14m·★ 7.6·David Lynch

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The Marriage of Maria Braun

1979·2h·★ 7.7·Rainer Werner Fassbinder

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A History of Violence

2005·1h 36m·★ 7.4·David Cronenberg

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The Diary of Anne Frank

1959·2h 59m·★ 7.4·George Stevens

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Open Hearts

2002·1h 53m·★ 7.5·Susanne Bier

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The Tin Drum

1979·2h 42m·★ 7.4·Volker Schlöndorff

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The War of the Roses

1989·1h 56m·★ 6.9·Danny DeVito

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Four Weddings and a Funeral

1994·1h 57m·★ 7.1·Mike Newell

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Bridget Jones's Diary

2001·1h 37m·★ 6.8·Sharon Maguire

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Love in the Time of Cholera

2007·2h 19m·★ 6.4·Mike Newell

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24 Days

2014·1h 50m·★ 6.4·Alexandre Arcady

Both star Zabou Breitman & Jacques Gamblin

How Good Is The First Day of the Rest of Your Life?

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