Movies Like Pierrot le Fou (1965)

Pierrot le Fou is a 1965 crime, drama, romance film from Jean-Luc Godard with a MovieMagicScore of 7.3/10. Here are 20 similar films, ranked by real viewer ratings — starting with The Man from London and Mississippi Mermaid.

Crime Drama Romance

The Man from London

2008

A switchman at a seaside railway witnesses a murder but does not report it after he finds a suitcase full of money at the scene of the crime.

7.1

MagicScore

Mississippi Mermaid

1969

A tobacco planter on Réunion island in the Indian Ocean becomes engaged through correspondence to a French woman he does not know. The woman that arrives does not look like the picture he received, but he marries her anyway.

6.6

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Shockproof

1949

Jenny Marsh, recently released from prison for killing a man, finds herself under the watchful eye of her parole officer, Griff Marat, who helps her secure a job caring for his ailing mother.

6.4

MagicScore

Conversation Piece

1974

A retired professor of American origin lives a solitary life in a luxurious palazzo in Rome. He is confronted by a vulgar Italian marchesa and her lover, her daughter and her daughter's boyfriend, and forced to rent to them an apartment on the upper floor of his palazzo. From this point on his quiet routine is turned into chaos by his tenants' machinations, and everybody's life takes an unexpected but inevitable turn.

7.3

MagicScore

The Sugarland Express

1974

Married small-time crooks Lou-Jean and Clovis Poplin lose their baby to the state of Texas and resolve to do whatever it takes to get him back. Lou-Jean gets Clovis out of jail, and the two steal their son from his foster home, in addition to taking a highway patrolman hostage. As a massive dragnet starts to pursue them across Texas, the couple become unlikely folk heroes and even start to bond with the captive policeman.

6.6

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The Goldfinch

2019

A boy in New York is taken in by a wealthy family after his mother is killed in a bombing at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. In a rush of panic, he steals 'The Goldfinch', a painting that eventually draws him into a world of crime.

7.1

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Breathless

1960

A small-time thief steals a car and impulsively murders a motorcycle policeman. Wanted by the authorities, he attempts to persuade a girl to run away to Italy with him.

7.5

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She Does Not Drink, Smoke or Flirt But... She Talks

1970

Housemaid Georgette loves to gossip and this causes major trouble to people around her.

6.1

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The Last Seduction

1994

A devious femme fatale steals her husband’s drug money and hides out in a small town where she meets the perfect dupe for her next scheme.

6.8

MagicScore

#10

The Rules of the Game

1939

A weekend at a marquis’ country château lays bare some ugly truths about a group of haut bourgeois acquaintances.

7.5

MagicScore

#11

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

#12

Gabrielle

2005

Wealthy but arrogant writer Jean Hervey comes home one day to find that his wife, Gabrielle, has left him for another man. Realizing her mistake, Gabrielle returns, and the pair begin a merciless analysis of their marriage as the relationship comes undone.

5.5

MagicScore

#13

Marguerite

2015

Paris in the 1920s. Marguerite Dumont is a wealthy woman with a passion for music and the opera. For years, she has performed regularly for a circle of guests. But Marguerite sings tragically out of tune and no one has ever told her. Her husband and her close friends have always encouraged her in her illusions. Things become very complicated the day she gets it into her head to perform in front of a genuine public, at the Opera.

6.4

MagicScore

#14

Tallulah

2016

Desperate to be rid of her toddler, a dissatisfied Beverly Hills housewife hires a stranger to babysit and ends up getting much more than she bargained for.

6.7

MagicScore

#15

Me and My Sister

2004

Louise, who has just written a novel, comes to Paris to meet with a potential publisher. While in the city, she stays with her older sister, Martine, who in many ways is the exact opposite of Louise: she lives in a fashionable neighborhood, is cold to others, and has snobby friends, while Louise lives in a small town and is thoroughly unpretentious. Louise's apparent happiness -- and similarities to their mother -- gradually gets on Martine's nerves.

5.6

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#16

Golden Youth

2019

Paris, France, 1979. Rose, a rebellious orphaned teenager, and Michel, a young aspiring painter, enjoy their crazy love under the neon lights of the decadent nightclub Le Palace, where they establish an ambiguous relationship with Lucille and Hubert, two bohemian bourgeois who will change their lives.

4.4

MagicScore

#17

Casque d'Or

1952

At the end of the 19th century, during a ball in Joinville, on the outskirts of Paris, Georges, a former delinquent working as a carpenter, meets Marie, a young woman connected to a criminal gang.

7.3

MagicScore

#18

Desire

1936

Madeleine steals a string of pearls in Paris and uses American engineer Tom, who is driving on his vacation to Spain, to get the pearls out of France. But getting the pearls back from him proves to be difficult without falling in love.

6.9

MagicScore

#19

Nocturama

2016

Some young folks, tired of the society they're living in, plan a bomb attack over Paris before taking shelter for a night in a shopping center.

6.4

MagicScore

#20

Pocket Listing

2016

A satirical thriller about L.A.'s real estate roller coaster. Double crosses, adultery, murder, mistaken identity, and revenge ensues when a mysterious power player and his sultry wife hire a disgraced Los Angeles property broker to discreetly market and sell their Malibu villa.

6.2

MagicScore

Frequently asked

What are the best movies like Pierrot le Fou?

The top films similar to Pierrot le Fou by MovieMagicScore are The Man from London (7.1), Mississippi Mermaid (6.6), Shockproof (6.4). Each shares crime/drama/romance themes and is ranked by real viewer ratings, not critics or studios.

Is Pierrot le Fou worth watching?

Pierrot le Fou holds a MovieMagicScore of 7.3/10 from 906 viewer ratings, putting it among the better-reviewed titles in its genre.

What kind of movie is Pierrot le Fou?

Pierrot le Fou (1965) is a crime, drama, romance film directed by Jean-Luc Godard, starring Jean-Paul Belmondo, Anna Karina, Graziella Galvani.

Where can I find more recommendations like Pierrot le Fou?

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About movies like Pierrot le Fou

This ranked list pairs Pierrot le Fou (1965), a crime and drama and romance film from Jean-Luc Godard, with similar titles by genre, theme and cast overlap (fans of Jean-Paul Belmondo 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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