Movies Like The Son of Joseph (2016)

The Son of Joseph is a 2016 comedy, drama film from Eugène Green with a MovieMagicScore of 6.6/10. Here are 20 similar films, ranked by real viewer ratings — starting with My Afternoons with Margueritte and Mamma Mia!.

Comedy Drama

My Afternoons with Margueritte

2010

An illiterate and lonely man bonds with an older and well-read woman.

6.9

MagicScore

Mamma Mia!

2008

A spirited young bride-to-be living with her single mother on a small Greek island secretly invites three of her mother's ex-boyfriends in hope of finding her biological father to walk her down the aisle.

7.0

MagicScore

Marriage Italian Style

1964

During the bombing of Naples in World War II, a cynical businessman helps a naive prostitute, who spends the next two decades desperate to have him reciprocate her feelings.

7.7

MagicScore

Bridget Jones's Baby

2016

After breaking up with Mark Darcy five years earlier, Bridget Jones' happily-ever-after hasn't quite gone according to plan. Fortysomething and single again, she decides to focus on her job as top news producer and surround herself with old friends and new. For once, Bridget has everything completely under control. Then her love life takes a turn - while a weekend away at a music festival, she meets a dashing American named Jack, who is everything Mark is not, and spends a night with him. A week later, she runs into newly-separated Mark, and has a one-night dalliance. In an unlikely twist, she finds herself pregnant, but with one hitch - she's not sure of the identity of her baby's father - Mark or Jack.

6.4

MagicScore

The Last Circus

2010

A trapeze artist must decide between her lust for Sergio, the Happy Clown, or her affection for Javier, the Sad Clown, both of whom are deeply disturbed.

6.7

MagicScore

Nobel Son

2007

Soon after his insufferably arrogant father wins the Nobel Prize for chemistry, Barkley Michaelson is kidnapped by Thaddeus James, a young genius who claims to be Barkley's illegitimate half-brother. Motivated not so much by money as revenge, Thaddeus tries to convince Barkley to help him carry out a multimillion-dollar extortion plot against their patriarch.

6.0

MagicScore

Floating Weeds

1959

When a theater troupe's master visits his old flame, he unintentionally sets off a chain of unexpected events with devastating consequences.

7.4

MagicScore

A Story of Floating Weeds

1934

An aging actor returns to a small town with his troupe and reunites with his former lover and illegitimate son, a scenario that enrages his current mistress and results in heartbreak for all.

7.1

MagicScore

The Spider's Stratagem

1970

A young man returns to his countryside hometown to investigate the unclear circumstances behind the death of his father, ostensibly killed by Fascists in 1936, before his birth. As he unravels a web of lies that seems to encompass the whole town, he finds himself entangled in the same web.

7.0

MagicScore

#10

A Kid

2016

Matthieu is a 33 year old Parisian who finds out that the father he never knew has died and decides to go to his funeral in order to meet his two siblings in Quebec. But once in Montréal, he realizes that nobody is aware of his existence or even interested in it. He is alone, in hostile territory…

7.0

MagicScore

#11

Powder Blue

2009

On the gritty streets of LA, the destinies of four people desperate for connection and redemption are about to collide.

6.1

MagicScore

#12

The Godfather

1972

Spanning the years 1945 to 1955, a chronicle of the fictional Italian-American Corleone crime family. When organized crime family patriarch, Vito Corleone barely survives an attempt on his life, his youngest son, Michael steps in to take care of the would-be killers, launching a campaign of bloody revenge.

8.7

MagicScore

#13

Buona Sera, Mrs. Campbell

1968

After the end of WWII, an Italian woman receives child support payments from three former US soldiers who all believe themselves to be the father of her daughter, Gia.

5.8

MagicScore

#14

A Son Named Erasmus

2020

Four friends in their 40s find out a deceased old flame of theirs had a child, conceived with one of them during an Erasmus (EU student exchange program) in Portugal 20 years earlier. They embark on a journey in search of the offspring, while waiting for the DNA results to find out which one is the father.

5.7

MagicScore

#15

Billy & Mandy: Wrath of the Spider Queen

2007

The Spider Queen wants to take revenge on Grim for denying her the rightful place as the Ripper.

8.3

MagicScore

#16

Taxi!

1931

Amidst a backdrop of growing violence and intimidation, independent cab drivers struggling against a consolidated juggernaut rally around hot-tempered Matt Nolan. Nolan is determined to keep competition alive on the streets, even if it means losing the woman he loves.

6.6

MagicScore

#17

Revenge

1990

Michael ‘Jay’ Cochran has just left the Navy after 12 years and he's not quite sure what he's going to do, except that he knows he wants a holiday. He decides to visit Tiburon Mendez, a powerful but shady Mexican businessman who he once flew to Alaska for a hunting trip. Arriving at the Mendez mansion in Mexico, he is immediately surprised by the beauty and youth of Mendez’s wife, Miryea.

6.5

MagicScore

#18

Kontroll

2003

A tale about a strange young man, Bulcsú, and the fellow ticket inspectors on his team who work aboard the subterranean Budapest Metro. A tale about racing along the tracks, and about a mysterious serial killer. And a tale about love.

7.2

MagicScore

#19

Defending Your Life

1991

Is there love after death? After he dies suddenly, the hapless advertising executive Daniel Miller finds himself in Judgment City, a gleaming way station where the newly deceased must prove they lived a life of sufficient courage to advance in their journey through the universe. As the self-doubting Daniel struggles to make his case, a budding relationship with the uninhibited Julia offers him a chance to finally feel alive.

6.9

MagicScore

#20

Unicorn Store

2017

A woman named Kit moves back to her parent's house, where she receives a mysterious invitation that would fulfill her childhood dreams.

5.9

MagicScore

Frequently asked

What are the best movies like The Son of Joseph?

The top films similar to The Son of Joseph by MovieMagicScore are My Afternoons with Margueritte (6.9), Mamma Mia! (7.0), Marriage Italian Style (7.7). Each shares comedy/drama themes and is ranked by real viewer ratings, not critics or studios.

Is The Son of Joseph worth watching?

The Son of Joseph holds a MovieMagicScore of 6.6/10 from 25 viewer ratings.

What kind of movie is The Son of Joseph?

The Son of Joseph (2016) is a comedy, drama film directed by Eugène Green, starring Victor Ezenfis, Natacha Régnier, Fabrizio Rongione.

Where can I find more recommendations like The Son of Joseph?

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

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About movies like The Son of Joseph

This ranked list pairs The Son of Joseph (2016), a comedy and drama film from Eugène Green, with similar titles by genre, theme and cast overlap (fans of Victor Ezenfis 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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