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Ranked by tone match
Movies like The Great Arch (2025)
8 films to watch after The Great Arch, ranked by how well they match its tone — not just its genre.
France, 1983. The biggest architectural competition in history is launched by the new socialist president, François Mitterrand. Coveted by all the biggest international architectural firms, the open-call competition is surprisingly won by an unknown: Johan Otto von Spreckelsen, an architecture teacher from Copenhagen. Until then, the fifty-year-old Dane had built only four buildings: his home, and three small chapels.
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1Final Portrait (2017)
Fit 69%Shares History and Drama with The Great Arch.
Paris, 1964. The Swiss sculptor and painter Alberto Giacometti, one of the most accomplished and respected artists of his generation, asks his friend, the American writer James Lord, to sit for a portrait, assuring him that it will take no longer than two or three hours, an afternoon at the most.
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2The Ideal Palace (2019)
Fit 68%Shares History and Drama with The Great Arch.
Follows Joseph Ferdinand Chavel a French postman who built a palace in the French countryside over 33 years.
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3Queen Margot (1994)
Fit 67%Shares Drama and History with The Great Arch.
Paris, Kingdom of France, August 18, 1572. To avoid the outbreak of a religious war, the Catholic princess Marguerite de Valois, sister of the feeble King Charles IX, marries the Huguenot King Henry III of Navarre.
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4Munich - The Edge of War (2021)
Fit 61%Shares Drama and History with The Great Arch.
At the tense 1938 Munich Conference, former friends who now work for opposing governments become reluctant spies racing to expose a Nazi secret.
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5Three Colors: Blue (1993)
Fit 53%Shares Drama with The Great Arch.
The wife of a famous composer survives a car accident that kills her husband and daughter. Now alone, she shakes off her old identity and explores her newfound freedom but finds that she is unbreakably bound to other humans, including her husband’s mistress, whose existence she never suspected.
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6Vivre Sa Vie (1962)
Fit 52%Shares Drama with The Great Arch.
Twelve episodic tales in the life of a Parisian woman and her slow descent into prostitution.
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7Jules and Jim (1962)
Fit 46%Shares Drama with The Great Arch.
In the carefree days before World War I, introverted Austrian author Jules strikes up a friendship with the exuberant Frenchman Jim and both men fall for the impulsive and beautiful Catherine.
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8The 400 Blows (1959)
Fit 44%Shares Drama with The Great Arch.
For young Parisian boy Antoine Doinel, life is one difficult situation after another. Surrounded by inconsiderate adults, including his neglectful parents, Antoine spends his days with his best friend, Rene, trying to plan for a better life. When one of their schemes goes awry, Antoine ends up in trouble with the law, leading to even more conflicts with unsympathetic authority figures.
