Movies Like Bright Days Ahead (2013)

Bright Days Ahead is a 2013 drama, romance film from Marion Vernoux with a MovieMagicScore of 5.9/10. Here are 20 similar films, ranked by real viewer ratings — starting with The Secret Lives of Dentists and Toothless.

Drama Romance

The Secret Lives of Dentists

2002

An introspective dentist's suspicions about his wife's infidelity stresses his mental well being and family life to the breaking point.

5.9

MagicScore

Toothless

1997

A female dentist is cast into limbo after her death in an accident and is given the assignment to act as the Tooth Fairy as her action to be admitted into heaven.

5.3

MagicScore

Touchy Feely

2013

Abby is a sought after massage therapist and a free spirit, while her brother Paul thrives on routine, running a failing dental practice with his assistant and daughter Jenny. Suddenly, Abby develops an aversion to bodily contact, which not only makes her unable to do her job, but also severely affects her relationship with her boyfriend. As Abby navigates her way through an identity crisis, her brother's dental practice receives new life when clients seek out his “healing touch.”

4.7

MagicScore

Happiness

1965

A young husband and father, perfectly content with his life, falls in love with another woman.

7.4

MagicScore

The Taste of Others

2000

Unpolished and ultra-pragmatic industrialist Jean-Jacques Castella reluctantly attends Racine's tragedy "Berenice" in order to see his niece play a bit part. He is taken with the play's strangely familiar-looking leading lady Clara Devaux. During the course of the show, Castella soon remembers that he once hired and then promptly fired the actress as an English language tutor. He immediately goes out and signs up for language lessons. Thinking that he is nothing but an ill-tempered philistine with bad taste, Clara rejects him until Castella charms her off her feet.

6.8

MagicScore

Below Her Mouth

2017

An unexpected affair quickly escalates into a heart-stopping reality for two women whose passionate connection changes their lives forever.

6.8

MagicScore

The Red Thread

2016

Seven years after their first infatuated encounter, Abril and Manuel meet again. Despite the fact that they are both married, it is soon apparent that their attraction has only grown.

6.7

MagicScore

“Wuthering Heights”

2026

Tragedy strikes when Heathcliff falls in love with Catherine Earnshaw, a woman from a wealthy family in 18th-century England.

6.7

MagicScore

Fire

1997

In a barren, arranged marriage to an amateur swami who seeks enlightenment through celibacy, Radha's life takes an irresistible turn when her beautiful young sister-in-law seeks to free herself from the confines of her own loveless marriage.

6.7

MagicScore

#10

The Bigamist

1953

San Francisco businessman Harry Graham and his wife and business partner, Eve, are in the process of adopting a child. When private investigator Mr. Jordan uncovers the fact that Graham has another wife, Phyllis, and a small child in Los Angeles, he confesses everything.

6.4

MagicScore

#11

Down to the Bone

2004

A woman stuck in a stale marriage struggles to raise her children and manage her secret drug habit. But when winter comes to her small town, her balancing act begins to come crashing down.

6.4

MagicScore

#12

Only Human

2004

Leni takes Rafi to meet her family in Madrid. Leni's family is Jewish - mother, father, older sister and daughter, brother, and grandfather. Rafi is Palestinian, in Spain since age 12. Before her father returns from work, Leni reveals Rafi's origins. He accidentally drops a block of frozen soup out the flat window, probably killing a passerby. Leni initiates a cover-up and Rafi figures out the body is probably Leni's father. The body disappears and without telling the rest of the family what they know, Leni and Rafi organize a search for dad. Mom is sure he's having an affair. Leni's belly-dancing sister kisses Rafi. Her brother grabs a rifle to shoot the Arab. Can anything be put right?

6.2

MagicScore

#13

Last Night

2010

Michael and Joanna are a young and successful married couple who appear to have it all. But when Michael finds himself alone on a business trip with an attractive new colleague and Joanna encounters the other great love of her life, each is thrust into an evening of temptation.

6.1

MagicScore

#14

Country Strong

2010

Soon after the rising young singer-songwriter Beau Williams gets involved with a fallen, emotionally unstable country star Kelly Canter, the pair embark on a career resurrection tour helmed by her husband/manager James and featuring a beauty queen-turned-singer Chiles Stanton. Between concerts, romantic entanglements and old demons threaten to derail them all.

6.1

MagicScore

#15

Love Is All You Need

2012

Ida, a Danish hairdresser who has lost her hair to cancer, returns home from the hospital one day to find her husband is cheating on her. She decides to travel to Italy on her own for her daughter's wedding, but discovers on arriving that the wedding gathering will present its own challenges.

6.0

MagicScore

#16

Christopher Strong

1933

A romance develops between a happily married middle-aged British politician and an adventurous young aviatrix.

5.8

MagicScore

#17

Sylvia

2003

Story of the relationship between the poets Ted Hughes and Sylvia Plath.

5.7

MagicScore

#18

Babygirl

2024

A high-powered CEO puts her career and family on the line when she begins a torrid affair with her much younger intern.

5.7

MagicScore

#19

Grand Central

2013

A young unemployed man finds work at a nuclear power plant and begins an illicit affair with the fiancée of one of his senior workmates.

5.6

MagicScore

#20

Crazy Kind of Love

2013

While re-evaluating her life, a mother relies on her stoner son and his awkward brother to keep life interesting. When an unlikely romance blossoms between the youngest son and the girl next door, she realizes the key to her happiness can be found where she least expects it.

5.5

MagicScore

Frequently asked

What are the best movies like Bright Days Ahead?

The top films similar to Bright Days Ahead by MovieMagicScore are The Secret Lives of Dentists (5.9), Toothless (5.3), Touchy Feely (4.7). Each shares drama/romance themes and is ranked by real viewer ratings, not critics or studios.

Is Bright Days Ahead worth watching?

Bright Days Ahead holds a MovieMagicScore of 5.9/10 from 77 viewer ratings.

What kind of movie is Bright Days Ahead?

Bright Days Ahead (2013) is a drama, romance film directed by Marion Vernoux, starring Fanny Ardant, Laurent Lafitte, Patrick Chesnais.

Where can I find more recommendations like Bright Days Ahead?

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 Bright Days Ahead

This ranked list pairs Bright Days Ahead (2013), a drama and romance film from Marion Vernoux, with similar titles by genre, theme and cast overlap (fans of Fanny Ardant 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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