Movies Like Odette Toulemonde (2007)

Odette Toulemonde is a 2007 comedy, drama film from Éric-Emmanuel Schmitt with a MovieMagicScore of 5.6/10. Here are 20 similar films, ranked by real viewer ratings — starting with Serendipity and The Legend of Paul and Paula.

Comedy Drama

Serendipity

2001

Although strangers Sara and Jonathan are both already in relationships, they realize they have genuine chemistry after a chance encounter – but part company soon after. Years later, they each yearn to reunite, despite being destined for the altar. But to give true love a chance, they have to find one another again.

6.9

MagicScore

The Legend of Paul and Paula

1973

Paul and Paula have had bad experiences with love: Paul is financially well off but has lost all affection for his wife, and Paula leads a troublesome life raising two children on her own. They meet and discover a strong passion for each other. Life seems like a dream when they're together - but their short flights from the burdens of reality are once and again interrupted by Paul's ties to family and career.

5.8

MagicScore

The Young Girls of Rochefort

1967

Delphine and Solange are two sisters living in Rochefort. Delphine is a dancing teacher and Solange composes and teaches the piano. Maxence is a poet and a painter. He is doing his military service. Simon owns a music shop, he left Paris one month ago to come back where he fell in love 10 years ago. They are looking for love, looking for each other, without being aware that their ideal partner is very close...

7.7

MagicScore

Caramel

2007

In a beauty salon in Beirut the lives of five women cross paths. The beauty salon is a colorful and sensual microcosm where they share and entrust their hopes, fears and expectations.

6.9

MagicScore

Atonement

2007

As a 13-year-old, fledgling writer Briony Tallis irrevocably changes the course of several lives when she accuses her older sister's lover of a crime he did not commit.

7.6

MagicScore

Outsourced

2007

After his entire department is outsourced, an American novelty products salesman heads to India to train his replacement.

6.4

MagicScore

Iris

2001

True story of the lifelong romance between novelist Iris Murdoch and her husband John Bayley, from their student days through her battle with Alzheimer's disease.

6.4

MagicScore

Autumn in New York

2000

Will Keane, a Manhattan restaurateur, is content with his playboy lifestyle until he meets Charlotte Fielding, a free-spirited young woman. Together the pair pursue a passionate affair that forces them both to reevaluate what they want out of life, even as fate threatens to steal away their future.

6.1

MagicScore

Carol

2015

In 1950s New York, a department-store clerk who dreams of a better life falls for an older, married woman.

7.5

MagicScore

#10

Dog Days

2001

Vignettes of the lives of several residents of a Vienna suburb during a heat wave.

6.5

MagicScore

#11

Stranger Than Fiction

2006

Harold Crick is a lonely IRS agent whose mundane existence is transformed when he hears a mysterious voice narrating his life.

7.3

MagicScore

#12

Brideshead Revisited

2008

Artist Charles Ryder runs into aristocrat Julia Flyte and recalls his friendship with her eccentric family prior to the outbreak of the Second World War.

6.3

MagicScore

#13

Mannequin

1987

Jonathan Switcher, an unemployed artist, finds a job as an assistant window dresser for a department store. When Jonathan happens upon a beautiful mannequin he previously designed, she springs to life and introduces herself as Emmy, an Egyptian under an ancient spell. Despite interference from the store's devious manager, Jonathan and his mannequin fall in love while creating eye-catching window displays to keep the struggling store in business.

6.8

MagicScore

#14

Miracle on 34th Street

1994

Six-year-old Susan Walker has doubts about childhood's most enduring miracle—Santa Claus. Her mother told her the secret about Santa a long time ago, but, after meeting a special department store Santa who's convinced he's the real thing, Susan is given the most precious gift of all—something to believe in.

6.7

MagicScore

#15

Black Cat, White Cat

1998

Matko is a small time hustler, living by the Danube with his 17-year-old son Zare. After a failed business deal he owes money to the much more successful gangster Dadan. Dadan has a sister, Afrodita, that he desperately wants to see get married so they strike a deal: Zare is to marry her.

7.7

MagicScore

#16

Becoming Jane

2007

Though young Jane Austen's financially strapped parents expect her to marry the nephew of wealthy Lady Gresham, Jane herself knows that such a union will destroy her creativity and sense of self-worth. Instead, she becomes involved with Tom Lefroy, a charming but penniless apprentice lawyer who gives her the knowledge of the heart she needs for her future career as a novelist.

7.3

MagicScore

#17

Miracle on 34th Street

1947

Kris Kringle, seemingly the embodiment of Santa Claus, is asked to portray the jolly old fellow at Macy's following his performance in the Thanksgiving Day parade. His portrayal is so complete that many begin to question if he truly is Santa Claus, while others question his sanity.

7.4

MagicScore

#18

Holiday Affair

1949

Just before Christmas, department store clerk Steve Mason meets big spending customer Connie Ennis, who's actually a comparison shopper sent by another store. Steve lets her go, which gets him fired. They spend the afternoon together, which doesn't sit well with Connie's steady suitor, Carl, when he finds out, but delights her young son Timmy, who quickly takes to Steve.

6.8

MagicScore

#19

Dark Horse

2005

A young man spurs romance and helps his friend and himself go through the struggles of their ordinary life in Denmark.

6.7

MagicScore

#20

The Grocer's Son

2007

Antoine Sforza, a thirty-year-old young man, left his village ten years before in order to start a new life in the big city, but now that his father, a traveling grocer, is in hospital after a stroke, he more or less reluctantly accepts to come back to replace him in his daily rounds.

6.5

MagicScore

Frequently asked

What are the best movies like Odette Toulemonde?

The top films similar to Odette Toulemonde by MovieMagicScore are Serendipity (6.9), The Legend of Paul and Paula (5.8), The Young Girls of Rochefort (7.7). Each shares comedy/drama themes and is ranked by real viewer ratings, not critics or studios.

Is Odette Toulemonde worth watching?

Odette Toulemonde holds a MovieMagicScore of 5.6/10 from 136 viewer ratings.

What kind of movie is Odette Toulemonde?

Odette Toulemonde (2007) is a comedy, drama film directed by Éric-Emmanuel Schmitt, starring Catherine Frot, Albert Dupontel, Jacques Weber.

Where can I find more recommendations like Odette Toulemonde?

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About movies like Odette Toulemonde

This ranked list pairs Odette Toulemonde (2007), a comedy and drama film from Éric-Emmanuel Schmitt, with similar titles by genre, theme and cast overlap (fans of Catherine Frot 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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