Movies Like The First Day of the Rest of Your Life (2008)

The First Day of the Rest of Your Life is a 2008 drama film from Rémi Bezançon with a MovieMagicScore of 7.5/10. Here are 20 similar films, ranked by real viewer ratings — starting with Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood and The Savages.

Drama

Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood

2002

A mother and daughter dispute is resolved by the "Yaya sisterhood" - long time friends of the mother.

6.1

MagicScore

The Savages

2007

A sister and brother face the realities of familial responsibility as they begin to care for their ailing father.

6.9

MagicScore

This Christmas

2007

This year Christmas with the Whitfields promises to be one they will never forget. All the siblings have come home for the first time in years and they've brought plenty of baggage with them. As the Christmas tree is trimmed and the lights are hung, secrets are revealed and family bonds are tested. As their lives converge, they join together and help each other discover the true meaning of family.

6.5

MagicScore

Suburban Mayhem

2006

Can you really get away with murder? Welcome to the world of Katrina, a 19-year-old single mum who's planning to do just that. Katrina lives in a world of petty crime, fast cars, manicures and blow-jobs. A master manipulator of men living at home with her father in suburban Golden Grove, Katrina will stop at nothing to get what she wants - even murder.

5.4

MagicScore

The Diary of Anne Frank

1959

The true, harrowing story of a young Jewish girl who, with her family and their friends, is forced into hiding in an attic in Nazi-occupied Amsterdam.

7.2

MagicScore

Mambo Italiano

2003

When an Italian man comes out of the closet, it affects both his life and his crazy family.

5.9

MagicScore

Burning Man

2011

Tom is a British chef in a Bondi restaurant who seems to have decided there are no longer any rules he needs to obey. Whatever Tom is up to, his actions seem to be tolerated by those around him. As Tom descends into darkness, fragments of a different story begin to emerge. All the women in his world are trying in their own, very different ways to help put him back together.

5.9

MagicScore

RV

2006

Climbing aboard their mammoth recreational vehicle for a cross-country road trip to the Colorado Rockies, the Munro family – led by dysfunctional patriarch, Bob – prepares for the adventure of a lifetime. But spending two weeks together in one seriously small space has a way of cramping their style.

5.9

MagicScore

Kramer vs. Kramer

1979

Ted Kramer is a career man for whom his work comes before his family. His wife Joanna cannot take this anymore, so she decides to leave him. Ted is now faced with the tasks of housekeeping and taking care of himself and their young son Billy.

7.6

MagicScore

#10

My Family

1995

Traces over three generations an immigrant family's trials, tribulations, tragedies, and triumphs. Maria and Jose, the first generation, come to Los Angeles, meet, marry, face deportation all in the 1930s. They establish their family in East L.A., and their children Chucho, Paco, Memo, Irene, Toni, and Jimmy deal with youth culture and the L.A. police in the '50s. As the second generation become adults in the '60s, the focus shifts to Jimmy, his marriage to Isabel (a Salvadorian refugee), their son, and Jimmy's journey to becoming a responsible parent.

7.4

MagicScore

#11

Cherry Blossoms

2008

After finding out that her husband, Rudi, has a fatal illness, Trudi Angermeier arranges a trip to Berlin so they can see their children. Of course, the kids don't know the real reason they're visiting -- and the catch is, neither does Rudi...

7.3

MagicScore

#12

We Live in Time

2024

An up-and-coming chef and a recent divorcée find their lives forever changed when a chance encounter brings them together, in a decade-spanning, deeply moving romance.

7.2

MagicScore

#13

Tess

1979

A strong-willed peasant girl is sent by her father to the estate of some local aristocrats to capitalize on a rumor that their families are from the same line, but is left traumatised from her experiences.

7.1

MagicScore

#14

Njandukalude Naattil Oridavela

2017

Sheela Chacko's leads a regular life as a mother, wife and a college lecturer. All this turns around when she learns about a serious affliction facing her. The comedy-drama carries on about how her insecure husband and her three children react to the enfolding situation.

6.8

MagicScore

#15

War and Peace

1956

The love story of young Countess Natasha Rostova and Count Pierre Bezukhov is interwoven with the Great Patriotic War of 1812 against Napoleon's invading army.

6.7

MagicScore

#16

The Long Excuse

2016

A recently widowed writer whose wife died in a bus crash comes to terms with his grief—or lack of it—in caring for the children of a working man who also lost his wife in the same accident.

6.5

MagicScore

#17

Lymelife

2008

A coming of age dramedy where infidelity, real estate, and Lyme disease have two families falling apart on Long Island in the early eighties. Scott, 15, is at the point in his life when he finds out that the most important people around him, his father, his mother, and his brother, are not exactly who he thought they were. They are flawed and they are human.

6.1

MagicScore

#18

Breathe In

2013

When a foreign exchange student arrives in a small upstate New York town, she challenges the dynamics of her host family's relationships and alters their lives forever.

5.9

MagicScore

#19

Unrelated

2008

A woman in an unhappy relationship takes refuge with a friend's family on holiday in Tuscany.

5.7

MagicScore

#20

Hippocrates

2014

Benjamin is meant to be a great doctor, he’s certain of it. But his first experience as a junior doctor in the hospital ward where his father works doesn’t turn out the way he hoped it would. Responsibility is overwhelming, his father is all but present, and his co-junior partner, a foreign doctor, is far more experimented than he is. This internship will force Benjamin to confront his limits… and start his way to adulthood.

6.5

MagicScore

Frequently asked

What are the best movies like The First Day of the Rest of Your Life?

The top films similar to The First Day of the Rest of Your Life by MovieMagicScore are Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood (6.1), The Savages (6.9), This Christmas (6.5). Each shares drama themes and is ranked by real viewer ratings, not critics or studios.

Is The First Day of the Rest of Your Life worth watching?

The First Day of the Rest of Your Life holds a MovieMagicScore of 7.5/10 from 493 viewer ratings, putting it among the better-reviewed titles in its genre.

What kind of movie is The First Day of the Rest of Your Life?

The First Day of the Rest of Your Life (2008) is a drama film directed by Rémi Bezançon, starring Jacques Gamblin, Zabou Breitman, Déborah François.

Where can I find more recommendations like The First Day of the Rest of Your Life?

Browse the full ranked list above, or explore more drama recommendations on MovieMagicScore, where every list is ordered by genuine viewer ratings.

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About movies like The First Day of the Rest of Your Life

This ranked list pairs The First Day of the Rest of Your Life (2008), a drama film from Rémi Bezançon, with similar titles by genre, theme and cast overlap (fans of Jacques Gamblin take note). Unlike critic-driven sites, every position here is ordered by MovieMagicScore — a rating built only from real viewers, with no studio marketing or paid placement. Scores update as more people rate, so the list stays current.

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