20 best movies like Boyfriends and Girlfriends (1987)

List of the best movies like Boyfriends and Girlfriends (1987): The Lobster, Chinese Puzzle, Do not disturb, The Science of Sleep, Paris, A Faithful Man, La Vie de Bohème, A Tale of Autumn, Godard Mon Amour, Bus Palladium.

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Markimdb: 7.2
Genrefantastic, thriller, comedy, melodrama, drama
CountryRepublic of Ireland, United Kingdom, Greece, France, Netherlands, USA
Duration01:36

    In a dystopian near future, single people, according to the laws of The City, are taken to The Hotel, where they are obliged to find a romantic partner in forty-five days or are transformed into beasts and sent off into The Woods.

    Markimdb: 6.9
    Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama
    CountryFrance, Spain, USA, Belgium
    Duration01:57

    Xavier is a 40-year-old father of two who still finds life very complicated. When the mother of his children moves to New York, he can't bear them growing up far away from him and so he decides to move there as well.

    Markimdb: 4.8
    Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama
    CountryFrance
    Duration01:28

    In this lively French remake of Humpday, best buds reunite and revive their friendship on a questionable dare. Can two straight guys really make a gay sex film, together?

    Markimdb: 7.3
    Genrefantasy, comedy, melodrama, drama
    CountryFrance, Italy, USA
    Duration01:45

    A man entranced by his dreams and imagination is lovestruck with a French woman and feels he can show her his world.

    Markimdb: 6.8
    Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama
    CountryFrance
    Duration02:10

    Pierre, a professional dancer, suffers from a serious heart disease. While he is waiting for a transplant which may (or may not) save his life, he has nothing better to do than look at the people around him, from the balcony of his Paris apartment.

    Markimdb: 6.2
    Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama
    CountryFrance
    Duration01:28

    Marianne leaves Abel for Paul, his best friend and the father of her unborn child. Eight years later, Paul dies and Marianne returns to Abel. However, things have changed for the both of them and feelings of jealousy surround their new relationship.

    Markimdb: 7.6
    Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama
    CountryFinland, France, Sweden, Germany
    Duration01:40

    Three penniless artists become friends in modern-day Paris: Rodolfo, an Albanian painter with no visa, Marcel, a playwright and magazine editor with no publisher, and Schaunard, a post-modernist composer of execrable noise.

    Markimdb: 7.4
    Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama
    CountryFrance

    Magali, forty-something, is a winemaker and a widow: she loves her work but feels lonely. Her friends Rosine and Isabelle both want secretly to find a husband for Magali.

    Markimdb: 6.6
    Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama, biography
    CountryFrance
    Duration02:02

    During the making of one of his films, French film director Jean-Luc Godard falls in love with 17-year old actress Anne Wiazemsky and later gets married.

    Markimdb: 5.6
    Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama, music
    CountryFrance

    A comedy that follows the break-up of a French rock group.

    Markimdb: 6.1
    Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama
    CountryUSA, France
    Duration01:38

      When he suddenly finds himself without his long-standing blue-collar job, Larry Crowne enrolls at his local college to start over. There, he becomes part of an eclectic community of students and develops a crush on his teacher.

      Markimdb: 7
      Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama
      CountryIndia
      Duration02:22

      Hum Tum (Hindi: हम तुम, translation: You and Me, Urdu: ہم تم) is a Bollywood movie, released in India on May 28, 2004, directed by Kunal Kohli and produced by Aditya Chopra and Yash Chopra. The movie stars Saif Ali Khan and Rani Mukerji in the lead roles.

      Markimdb: 6.3
      Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama, sport
      CountryArgentina, Uruguay, Russia, Germany, France
      Duration01:40

      After being expelled for a flagrant foul during a match in Primera C (the fourth division in Argentinian football), Patón Bonasiolle, the captain and midfielder from Talleres de Escalada, realizes his career as a footballer has come to an end. At the age of 35, this means the end of a world he has known since he was a child. Together with Ale - his wife - he looks for a fresh new start.

      Markimdb: 6.2
      Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama
      CountryFrance
      Duration01:55

      Camille was only sixteen and still in high school when she fell in love with Eric, another student. They later married and a child and were happy for a while. But now twenty-five years have passed and Eric leaves her for a younger woman. Bitter and desperate Camille drinks so much liquor at a New Year Eve's party that she falls into an ethylic coma and she finds herself... propelled into her own past! Camille is sixteen again when she wakes up this morning, her parents are not dead anymore and she must go to school, where she will meet her schoolmates and, of course, Eric. Is she going to fall for him again and... be miserable twenty-five years later? Or will she avoid him with the result never having her beloved daughter? Who ever said that time traveling was fun?

      Markimdb: 6.4
      Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama, crime
      CountryUSA
      Duration02:24

      When new kid in town Ed Wallis is given an assignment to interview an older person, he turns to his mysterious neighbor, Ashby Holt for help. That new connection leads to unexpected journeys for both of them, as Ashby – who turns out to be a retired CIA assassin – deals with a terminal prognosis, and Ed deals with adjusting to life with his newly single mom and developing relationship with a brainy classmate, Eloise.

      Markimdb: 7
      Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama
      CountryUSA, France
      Duration01:46

      Two women, Nic and Jules, brought a son and daughter into the world through artificial insemination. When one of their children reaches age, both kids go behind their mothers' backs to meet with the donor. Life becomes so much more interesting when the father, two mothers and children start to become attached to each other.

      Markimdb: 5.6
      Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:27

      The Four Faced Liar is a story of love and lies for four twenty-somethings looking to find themselves in New York City... A story of love and lies for four twenty-somethings looking to find themselves in New York City. A pair of best friends and a seemingly perfect couple meet at a local Irish pub tucked in the winding streets of the West Village. Through their chance meeting, the four bond and over time all of their relationships with one another morph into love, betrayal and heartbreak for all.

      Markimdb: 6.7
      Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama
      CountryFrance

      A young woman arrives in Paris where she finds a job as a waitress in bar next on Avenue Montaigne that caters to the surrounding theaters and the wealthy inhabitants of the area. She will meet a pianist, a famous actress and a great art collector, and become acquainted with the "luxurious" world her grandmother has told her about since her childhood.

      Markimdb: 6.2
      Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama, crime
      CountryFrance
      Duration02:12

      Detective Yvonne is the widow of police chief Santi, a local hero in a town on the French Riviera. When she learns he was in fact a crooked cop, she tries to right his wrongs. Crossing paths with Antoine, a victim of Santi, sets off a series of wild events.

      Markimdb: 6.9
      Genrethriller, comedy, melodrama, drama, crime
      CountryFrance, Canada

      Grieving after the death of her young son Joseph, novelist Betty Fisher enters a dark depression. Hoping to bring her out of it, her mother Margot arranges to kidnap another child, Jose, to replace the son Betty lost. Although she knows it's wrong, Betty accepts Jose as her new son. Meanwhile, Jose's mother Carole is looking for her son with the help of her boyfriend Francois and some of his criminal cohorts.

      Markimdb: 6.2
      Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama, family
      CountryFrance
      Duration01:49

      The second film from the Le Boum series about a young French teenage girl who after moving to a new city falls in love with a boy and is thinking of having sex with him because her girlfriends have already done it.

      Markimdb: 6.5
      Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama
      CountryUnited Kingdom, Australia, France

      Alice, a perfect wife and mother who lives happily with her husband and child until the day she discovers her husband is living a double life that has ruined her financially and left her a single mother. Alice fights back and dives into a world beyond anything she has ever known.

      Markimdb: 6.8
      Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama
      CountryFrance
      Duration01:41

      Louise, a widow with two children, almost crushes a stranger with her car. She takes care of him, even if he's not really wounded. It turns out that he has mental disorders and that they can help each other much more than they thought.

      Markimdb: 6
      Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama
      CountryFrance

      In the midst of rehearsals for a new play, amateur dramatics proponents Colin and Kathryn receive the shattering news that their friend George is fatally ill and only has a few months to live.

      Markimdb: 5.3
      Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama
      CountryUSA

      Otto Wall is just a little unlucky in life, and unbeknownst to him, in love. When his wife suddenly asks for a divorce, he bounces between a search for answers, desperate attempts to stay connected to his daughter, and his fateful reentry into the dating pool.

      Markimdb: 6.4
      Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama
      CountryRepublic of Ireland, France, Netherlands
      Duration01:52

      From Jane Austen’s novella, the beautiful and cunning Lady Susan Vernon visits the estate of her in-laws to wait out colorful rumors of her dalliances and to find husbands for herself and her daughter. Two young men, handsome Reginald DeCourcy and wealthy Sir James Martin, severely complicate her plans.

      Markimdb: 6.9
      Genrefantasy, comedy, melodrama, drama, detective
      CountryFrance
      Duration02:05

      Two actresses fall prey to the supernatural manipulations of a nightclub magician.

      Markimdb: 6.4
      Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama
      CountryFrance
      Duration01:45

      Alain, a successful Parisian publisher struggling to adapt to the digital revolution, has major doubts about the new manuscript of Léonard, one of his long-time authors - another work of auto-fiction recycling his love affair with a minor celebrity. Selena, Alain’s wife, a famous stage actress, is of the opposite opinion.

      Markimdb: 6.2
      Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama
      CountryUnited Kingdom, Germany, France
      Duration01:32

      A sumptuous dramatic comedy set in late 19th Century France, during the Belle Epoque, a period of social and cultural excess in European upper classes which ended only as the First World War erupted.

      Markimdb: 6.7
      Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama, music
      CountryUSA, Spain
      Duration01:54

      Two young women and their friends spend spare time at an exclusive nightclub in 1980s New York.

      Markimdb: 6.5
      Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama
      CountryUSA, France
      Duration01:38

      Set in the 1920s French Riviera, a master magician is commissioned to try and expose a psychic as a fraud.

      Markimdb: 6.3
      Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama
      CountryFrance, Japan, USA
      Duration01:33

      Nora Wilder (Parker Posey), a single, career woman works at a Manhattan boutique hotel where her excellent skills in guest relations lack in the romantic department. If it is not her loving and dominant mother (Gena Rowlands) attempting to set her up that consistently fail, she has her friend’s (Drea de Matteo) disastrous blind dates to rely on as a backup for further dismay. She's surrounded by friends who are all happily engaged or romantically involved and somehow, love escapes Nora -- until she meets an unusual Frenchman (Melvil Poupaud) who helps her discover life beyond her self-imposed boundaries.

      Markimdb: 6.6
      Genrethriller, comedy, melodrama, drama
      CountryFrance
      Duration01:25

      The adventures of an upper-class suburban family abruptly confronted with the younger brother's discovery of his homosexuality, the elder sister's suicide attempt and sado-masochist tendencies, and the intrusion of a very free-spirited maid and her husband... And it all started with the arrival in the family of an innocent looking rat...

      Markimdb: 6.7
      Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:25

      Megan is an all-American girl. A cheerleader. She has a boyfriend. But Megan doesn't like kissing her boyfriend very much. And she's pretty touchy with her cheerleader friends. Her conservative parents worry that she must be a lesbian and send her off to "sexual redirection" school, where she must, with other lesbians and gays learn how to be straight.

      Markimdb: 6.7
      Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama, military
      CountryUnited Kingdom, Sweden, France
      Duration02:21

      During the Blitz of World War II, a female screenwriter (Gemma Arterton) works on a film celebrating England's resilience as a way to buoy a weary populace's spirits. Her efforts to dramatise the true story of two sisters (Lily Knight and Francesca Knight) who undertook their own maritime mission to rescue wounded soldiers are met with mixed feelings by a dismissive all-male staff.

      Markimdb: 6.5
      Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:49

      Dan Foreman is a seasoned advertisement sales executive at a high-ranking publication when a corporate takeover results in him being placed under naive supervisor Carter Duryea, who is half his age. Matters are made worse when Dan's new supervisor becomes romantically involved with his daughter an 18 year-old college student Alex.

      Markimdb: 6.7
      Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama
      CountryUnited Kingdom, USA, Germany, Italy, France
      Duration01:26

      Just as Amelia thinks she's over her anxiety and insecurity, her best friend announces her engagement, bringing her anxiety and insecurity right back.

      Markimdb: 6.8
      Genremelodrama, drama
      CountryFrance
      Duration01:37

      When Camille falls ill, she is forced to live with Philibert and Franck.

      Markimdb: 5.8
      Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama, music
      CountryLuxembourg, France, USA
      Duration01:37

      A struggling young musician and devoted fan of Ricky Nelson wants to be just like his idol and become a rock star.

      Markimdb: 5.6
      Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama
      CountryFrance, Spain, Luxembourg
      Duration01:38

      After an injury, Graham suffers from short-term memory loss, which causes him to fall back into the abyss of amnesia every 10 minutes. Those around him both profit and suffer from his condition -- his sex-crazed boss, Sabine, tricks him into regular trysts, while his family tries to come to terms with the situation. But when temp Irene starts working at Graham's company, they fall into an affair that begins to make a mark on his memory.

      Markimdb: 6.3
      Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:45

      When she receives word that her longtime platonic pal Michael O'Neal is getting married to debutante Kimberly Wallace, food critic Julianne Potter realizes her true feelings for Michael -- and sets out to sabotage the wedding.

      Markimdb: 7
      Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama
      CountryUSA, United Kingdom
      Duration01:38

      Verona and Burt have moved to Colorado to be close to Burt's parents but, with Veronica expecting their first child, Burt's parents decide to move to Belgium, now leaving them in a place they hate and without a support structure in place. They set off on a whirlwind tour of of disparate locations where they have friends or relatives, sampling not only different cities and climates but also different families. Along the way they realize that the journey is less about discovering where they want to live and more about figuring out what type of parents they want to be.

      Markimdb: 6.6
      Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama
      CountryUnited Kingdom, USA
      Duration02:00

      Emma Woodhouse is a congenial young lady who delights in meddling in other people’s affairs. She is perpetually trying to unite men and women who are utterly wrong for each other. Despite her interest in romance, Emma is clueless about her own feelings, and her relationship with gentle Mr. Knightly.

      Markimdb: 6.7
      Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama
      CountryFrance
      Duration01:31

      A car dealer, well-to-do and with a beautiful wife, finds himself attracted to his rather plain new temporary secretary. Despite her own commitments she feels the same and the two soon embark on an affair. Though it would seem it has happened before his wife finds this particular entanglement of her husband's very difficult to accept.

      Markimdb: 8
      Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama
      CountryFrance, Italy
      Duration01:55

      A committed film director struggles to complete his movie while coping with a myriad of crises, personal and professional, among the cast and crew.

      Markimdb: 6
      Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama
      CountryFrance

      Alex, Antoine, Jeff and Manu. Four friends, four years later. Their relationships, friendship, shared secrets, feelings of guilt and their desire to change and improve.

      Markimdb: 7.5
      Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama
      CountryUSA, Hungary
      Duration02:06

      Two middle-aged men embark on a spiritual journey through Californian wine country. One is an unpublished novelist suffering from depression, and the other is only days away from walking down the aisle.

      Markimdb: 6.2
      Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama
      CountryFrance, Belgium, Spain, Luxembourg
      Duration01:37

      After a bull is killed in a bullfight, its body parts are transported across Spain, France, Italy and Belgium. The bull's parts fall into the wide variety of people, including: an Italian actress selling the bones in a supermarket promotion, a Spanish woman who dines on its steaks, a little girl in France who imagines a world where animals are much larger than humans, and a taxidermist whose wife is simultaneously giving birth to quintuplets.

      Markimdb: 6.6
      Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama
      CountryFrance, Belgium

      Rémy and Mélanie are thirty years old and live in the same district in Paris. She multiplies missed appointments on social networks while he struggles to meet. Both victims of this loneliness of the big cities, at the time hyper connected where one thinks however that to meet should be simpler ... Two individuals, two courses. Without knowing it, they take two roads that will lead them in the same direction ... that of a love story?

      Markimdb: 5.7
      Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama
      CountryUnited Kingdom, Germany
      Duration01:48

      Three 40-something women in a small English town meet weekly for a ritual of gin, cigarettes, and sweets -- and swapped stories arguing which of them has the most pathetic love life. Kate is headmistress at the local school; her best friends are the town's police chief and a cynical, thrice-divorced doctor.




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