Movies Like The Smiling Madame Beudet (1923)

The Smiling Madame Beudet is a 1923 drama film from Germaine Dulac with a MovieMagicScore of 5.8/10. Here are 20 similar films, ranked by real viewer ratings — starting with The Seashell and the Clergyman and Napoleon.

Drama

The Seashell and the Clergyman

1928

Obsessed with a general's wife, a clergyman has strange visions of death and lust, struggling against his own eroticism.

6.6

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Napoleon

1927

A biopic of Napoleon Bonaparte, tracing the Corsican's career from his schooldays (where a snowball fight is staged like a military campaign) to his flight from Corsica, through the French Revolution (where a real storm is intercut with a political storm) and the Terror, culminating in his triumphant invasion of Italy in 1797.

7.8

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Cœur fidèle

1923

The good guys win out in this sweet tale about a young orphan who is abused for much of her life but who eventually finds happiness when she marries an honest man who extricates her from her situation.

7.2

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Suspense.

1913

Abandoned by her maidservant in an isolated country house, a mother must protect herself and her baby from an invading tramp while her husband races home in a stolen car to save them.

7.1

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The Cigarette

1919

A Parisian museum director believes his wife is cheating on him and so places a poisoned cigarette in the box on his desk, thus allowing chance to decide the moment of his death.

6.8

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Falling Leaves

1912

It's early autumn and Dr. Headley eagerly demonstrates what seems to be a miraculous cure for tuberculosis. Not far from where he is working, the disease seems preparing to soon claim yet another life, a teenage girl named Winifred. Winifred's mother and little sister Trixie are devastated. When Trixie hears the family doctor say of Winifred that "when the last leaf falls, she will have passed away," she interprets the doctor's words literally. Thinking over what she has heard, she determines to do everything possible to save her sister.

6.6

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The Blot

1921

Professor Griggs, teaching at the college, doesn't get paid a living wage; his next door neighbor, successful shoemaker Olsen, has money and plentiful food, while the Griggses have hardly any. When the professor's rich student Phil West falls for beautiful Griggs daughter Amelia and also befriends the poor Reverend Gates (a young man who is also in love with Amelia), he observes the difference in his life and theirs and tries to help make a difference.

6.2

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Salomé

1923

Based on Oscar Wilde's play, the films tells the story of how Salomé agrees to dance for King Herod in return for the head of John the Baptist.

6.1

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Shoes

1916

A young working girl, struggling to support her family on her meager salary, desperately wishes for a new pair of shoes.

6.0

MagicScore

#10

Where Are My Children?

1916

Walton, the District Attorney, yearns to have children. Soon after defending an author on trial for publishing indecent literature, Walton discovers a secret his wife and her socialite friends have been hiding from him.

6.0

MagicScore

#11

Witch's Cradle

1944

The surrealist film shows repetitive imagery involving a string fashioned in a bizarre, almost spiderweb-like pattern over the hands of several individuals, most notably an unnamed young woman and an elderly gentleman. The film also shows a shadowy darkness and people filmed at odd angles, an exposed human heart, and other occult symbols and ritualistic imagery which evokes an unsettling and dream-like aura. Considered an unfinished film.

6.6

MagicScore

#12

The Consequences of Feminism

1906

It's a society in which gender roles are switched. Will men stand to be unequal?

6.2

MagicScore

#13

The Very Eye of Night

1958

Dancers, shown in photographic negative, perform a series of ballet moves, solos, pas de deux, larger groupings. The dancers glide and rotate untroubled by gravity against a slowly changing starfield background. Their movements are accompanied by music scored for a small ensemble of woodwind and percussion.

5.9

MagicScore

#14

A House Divided

1913

A married couple, suspecting one another of infidelity, decide to "live separately together."

5.8

MagicScore

#15

Matrimony's Speed Limit

1913

A man must marry by noon or lose his inheritance. It's 11:50 a.m. and he can't find his fiancée.

5.7

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#16

Madame's Cravings

1906

A pregnant woman steals things from others on account of her cravings.

5.7

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#17

Caught in a Cabaret

1914

Charlie is a clumsy waiter in a cheap cabaret, suffering the strict orders from his boss. He meets a pretty girl in the park and tries to impress her by pretending to be an ambassador. Unfortunately she has a jealous fiancé.

5.6

MagicScore

#18

Mabel's Busy Day

1914

Mabel tries to sell hot dogs at a car race, but isn't doing a very good job at it. She sets down the box of hot dogs and leaves them for a moment. Charlie finds them and gives them away to the hungry spectators at the track as Mabel frantically tries to find her lost box of hot dogs. Mabel finds out that Charlie has stolen them and sends the police after him. Chaos ensues.

5.6

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#19

Mabel at the Wheel

1914

A villain, competing with his rival's race car, kidnaps the rival before the race. Mabel decides to take the wheel in his place.

5.6

MagicScore

#20

A Sticky Woman

1906

A lady uses her maid to lick her stamps, when an overtly excited man notices the maid, forcibly kisses her, and they wind up stuck to each other.

5.6

MagicScore

Frequently asked

What are the best movies like The Smiling Madame Beudet?

The top films similar to The Smiling Madame Beudet by MovieMagicScore are The Seashell and the Clergyman (6.6), Napoleon (7.8), Cœur fidèle (7.2). Each shares drama themes and is ranked by real viewer ratings, not critics or studios.

Is The Smiling Madame Beudet worth watching?

The Smiling Madame Beudet holds a MovieMagicScore of 5.8/10 from 87 viewer ratings.

What kind of movie is The Smiling Madame Beudet?

The Smiling Madame Beudet (1923) is a drama film directed by Germaine Dulac, starring Germaine Dermoz, Alexandre Arquillière, Jean d'Yd.

Where can I find more recommendations like The Smiling Madame Beudet?

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