15 Movies Like Public Friends
Loved Public Friends? Based on its unique Cinema DNA—including its pacing, themes, and emotional tone—we've curated the ultimate list of what you should watch next.
#1
The Novices
Sister Agnès runs away from her convent in Brittany and seeks refuge in Paris with prostitute Mona Lisa. With absolutely no qualifications, the young novice has a hard job finding work, so Mona Lisa tries to teach her the ropes of the oldest profession of them all!
💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to Public Friends.
#2
The Intouchables
A true story of two men who should never have met – a quadriplegic aristocrat who was injured in a paragliding accident and a young man from the projects.
💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to Public Friends.
#3
Exploits of a Young Don Juan
In 1914, sixteen year old Roger returned home from boarding school during vacation to find his puberty hit hard in a house filled with beautiful women. These women have previous engagements with other men who are away, and during this time, Roger impregnates them all, including his aunt and sister, then devises plans to cuckold the men.
💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to Public Friends.
#4
Amélie
At a tiny Parisian café, the adorable yet painfully shy Amélie accidentally discovers a gift for helping others. Soon Amelie is spending her days as a matchmaker, guardian angel, and all-around do-gooder. But when she bumps into a handsome stranger, will she find the courage to become the star of her very own love story?
💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to Public Friends.
#5
Alter Ego
Alex, a quiet forty-something, leads an ordinary life until new neighbours move in. The husband is Alex’s perfect lookalike… except for one thing: he has hair. Alex sinks into a growing paranoia as he becomes preoccupied with this more charismatic, brilliant and accomplished mysterious double.
💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to Public Friends.
#6
The Lady Banker
Ambitious Emma Eckhert successfully makes her way into a world previously reserved for men: that of high finance. She quickly becomes popular with small savers, but leads a scandalous life that will cost her.
💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to Public Friends.
#7
Dear Inspector
When Lise's car bumps Antoine's bike, they recognize each other from a brief fling 20 years before while at the Sorbonne. He's now a professor of Greek; she's loathe to tell him she's a police inspector. A call interrupts their first dinner date: a Deputy of the National Assembly has been murdered. She has a suspect, another Deputy, and must track him while deflecting Antoine's eye from her vocation. All roads in the inquiry lead to Christine Vallier, the dead Deputy's mistress, a beguiling 22-year-old whose mother ran the Assembly's snack bar. When more deputies die and Antoine learns Lise's identity, she must act quickly solve the crime and save her future.
💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to Public Friends.
#8
The Chorus
In 1940s France, a new teacher at a school for disruptive boys gives hope and inspiration.
💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to Public Friends.
#9
Going in Style
Desperate to pay the bills and come through for their loved ones, three lifelong pals risk it all by embarking on a daring bid to knock off the very bank that absconded with their money.
💡Why it's a match: A highly-rated genre match based on the viewing habits of people who liked Public Friends.
#10
Sexual Chronicles of a French Family
Three generations of a French family open up about their sexual experiences and desires after young Romain is caught masturbating in his biology class.
💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to Public Friends.
#11
Taxi
In Marseilles a skilled pizza delivery boy Daniel who drives a scooter finally has his dreams come true. He gets a taxi license. Caught by the police for a huge speed infraction, he will help Emilien, a loser inspector who can't drive, on the track of German bank robbers, so he doesn't lose his license and his dream job.
💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to Public Friends.
#12
Rubber
In the California desert, the adventures of a telepathic killer-tire, mysteriously attracted by a very pretty girl, as witnessed by incredulous onlookers.
💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to Public Friends.
#13
The Million Pound Note
An impoverished American sailor is fortunate enough to be passing the house of two rich gentlemen who have conceived the crazy idea of distributing a note worth one million pounds. The sailor finds that whenever he tries to use the note to buy something, people treat him like a king and let him have whatever he likes for free. Ultimately, the money proves to be more troublesome than it is worth when it almost costs him his dignity and the woman he loves.
💡Why it's a match: A highly-rated genre match based on the viewing habits of people who liked Public Friends.
#14
Marsupilami
David is tasked to deliver a mysterious package from South America, only to find out he is carrying a baby Marsupilami!
💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to Public Friends.
#15
Don't Look Now... We're Being Shot At!
During World War II, two French civilians and a downed British Bomber Crew set out from Paris to cross the demarcation line between Nazi-occupied Northern France and the South. From there they will be able to escape to England. First, they must avoid German troops – and the consequences of their own blunders.
💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to Public Friends.