Movies Like The Woman Next Door (1981)

The Woman Next Door is a 1981 drama, romance film from François Truffaut with a MovieMagicScore of 7.1/10. Here are 20 similar films, ranked by real viewer ratings — starting with In the Mood for Love and Married Life.

Drama Romance

In the Mood for Love

2000

In 1960s Hong Kong, two neighbors form an intimate bond after making a discovery about their spouses in this visually stunning tale of unrequited love.

8.1

MagicScore

Married Life

2008

A very gentle middle-aged man is married, but when he falls in love with another woman, he decides that to divorce his wife would humiliate her too much – so instead he decides to kill her.

5.8

MagicScore

Inland Empire

2006

When actress Nikki Grace gets the lead role in a cursed film, her world becomes more and more surreal, blending realities and ideas of infidelity, reincarnation, and supernatural forces.

7.0

MagicScore

The Secret

2000

Marie, who works as a successful door-to-door encyclopedia salesperson, has been married to her husband Francois for 12 years and has a two-year-old son. Though she is relatively content with her life, she feels something is wanting. Enter 50-year old African-American Bill. Initially she is annoyed by his insouciance, but she finds that she is irresistibly attracted to him. Soon the two are in the midst of sordid illicit affair. She knows little about her new lover, and he seems uninterested in learning about her, but the long sessions of lovemaking are something else entirely. Feeling out of control, Marie is increasingly repelled by her own actions. Psychologically, she struggles to reconcile her torrid encounters with Bill and mundane domestic chores such as bathing her son. Moreover, she finds herself incapable of hiding her adulterous behavior, rather she comes home with scratches and hickeys all over her body, to the devastation Francois.

7.1

MagicScore

Alice

1990

Alice Tate, mother of two, with a marriage of 16 years, finds herself falling for a handsome sax player, Joe. Stricken with a backache, she consults herbalist Dr. Yang, who realizes that her problems are not related to her back, but in her mind and heart. Dr. Yang's magical herbs give Alice wondrous powers, taking her out of her well-established rut.

6.4

MagicScore

The Unfaithful Wife

1969

Insurance executive Charles suspects his wife Hélène of playing the field, so he has a private detective locate his wife's lover, author Victor Pegala.

6.9

MagicScore

Arlington Road

1999

Bedraggled college professor Michael Faraday has been vexed — and increasingly paranoid — since his wife's accidental death in a botched FBI operation. When a seemingly all-American couple set up house next door, Michael begin to suspect there’s more to them than meets the eye.

7.0

MagicScore

Control

2007

The story of Joy Division’s lead singer Ian Curtis, from his schoolboy days in 1973 to his suicide on the eve of the band's first American tour in 1980.

7.5

MagicScore

A Girl Cut in Two

2007

A TV weather girl is torn between an older man, a famous married author whom she loves but who won't leave his wife, and a semi-deranged young heir to an industrial fortune who loves her.

5.9

MagicScore

#10

Finders Keepers, Lovers Weepers!

1968

The owner of a topless Sunset Strip go-go bar is unaware of his wife's affair with the hunky bartender and his girlfriend's plan to rob the club.

5.0

MagicScore

#11

Home Sweet Hell

2015

Don Champagne seems to have it all, but when his wife, Mona, learns of his affair with a pretty new salesgirl, she will stop at nothing to maintain their storybook life.

5.4

MagicScore

#12

Hiroshima Mon Amour

1959

The deep conversation between a Japanese architect and a French actress forms the basis of this celebrated French film, considered one of the vanguard productions of the French New Wave. Set in Hiroshima after the end of World War II, the couple -- lovers turned friends -- recount, over many hours, previous romances and life experiences. The two intertwine their stories about the past with pondering the devastation wrought by the atomic bomb dropped on the city.

7.7

MagicScore

#13

The Square

2008

Ray, a construction worker trapped in an unhappy marriage, pursues an affair with his neighbor, Carla. Carla's husband, Greg, is a mobster who keeps large sums of drug money in their home. With this in mind, Carla comes up with a plan: She and Ray will steal Greg's money, burn down her house, convince Greg the money was lost in the fire and then run away together. Carla's scheme, however, doesn't go off as planned.

6.1

MagicScore

#14

A Little Chaos

2015

A landscape gardener is hired by famous architect Le Nôtre to construct the grand gardens at the palace of Versailles. As the two work on the palace, they find themselves drawn to each other and are thrown into rivalries within the court of King Louis XIV.

6.3

MagicScore

#15

Jean de Florette

1986

In a rural French village, an old man and his only remaining relative cast their covetous eyes on an adjoining vacant property. They need its spring water for growing their flowers, and are dismayed to hear that the man who has inherited it is moving in. They block up the spring and watch as their new neighbour tries to keep his crops watered from wells far afield through the hot summer. Though they see his desperate efforts are breaking his health and his wife and daughter's hearts, they think only of getting the water.

7.7

MagicScore

#16

The Three Musketeers

1973

In 17th century France, young D'Artagnan wants to join the King's Musketeers, but instead befriends three legendary musketeers—Athos, Porthos, and Aramis—and together, they become embroiled in the political intrigue surrounding King Louis XIII and his adversaries, particularly the powerful Cardinal Richelieu.

6.8

MagicScore

#17

Sin Takes a Holiday

1930

Dowdy Sylvia accepts her boss' marriage proposal, even though he only asked her to avoid marriage to another woman. As a wealthy wife, Sylvia changes from ugly duckling to uninhibited swan and even contemplates having an affair with a man she meets during a trip to Paris.

5.3

MagicScore

#18

Block-Heads

1938

It's 1938, but Stan doesn't know the war is over; he's still patrolling the trenches in France, and shoots down a French aviator. Oliver sees his old chum's picture in the paper and goes to visit Stan who has now been returned to the States and invites him back to his home.

6.9

MagicScore

#19

Blonde Venus

1932

In an effort to be able to afford expensive treatment for her gravely ill American husband, a retired German entertainer returns to the cabaret as Blonde Venus and catches the eye of a wealthy politician.

6.8

MagicScore

#20

Crash

1996

A car crash victim inexplicably finds himself aroused by car accidents and becomes involved with an underground subculture of like-minded souls.

6.5

MagicScore

Frequently asked

What are the best movies like The Woman Next Door?

The top films similar to The Woman Next Door by MovieMagicScore are In the Mood for Love (8.1), Married Life (5.8), Inland Empire (7.0). Each shares drama/romance themes and is ranked by real viewer ratings, not critics or studios.

Is The Woman Next Door worth watching?

The Woman Next Door holds a MovieMagicScore of 7.1/10 from 328 viewer ratings, putting it among the better-reviewed titles in its genre.

What kind of movie is The Woman Next Door?

The Woman Next Door (1981) is a drama, romance film directed by François Truffaut, starring Gérard Depardieu, Fanny Ardant, Henri Garcin.

Where can I find more recommendations like The Woman Next Door?

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 Woman Next Door

This ranked list pairs The Woman Next Door (1981), a drama and romance film from François Truffaut, with similar titles by genre, theme and cast overlap (fans of Gérard Depardieu 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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