Movies like The Novices (1970)

Name: The Novices
Released: 1970

10 films to watch after The Novices, ranked by how well they match its tone — not just its genre.

Sister Agnès runs away from her convent in Brittany and seeks refuge in Paris with prostitute Mona Lisa. With absolutely no qualifications, the young novice has a hard job finding work, so Mona Lisa tries to teach her the ropes of the oldest profession of them all!

1

A Real Job (2023)

Fit 55%

Shares Comedy and Drama with The Novices.

Benjamin is a PhD student without scholarship support. Under the pressure of his parents, and in need of money, he becomes a substitute teacher in a middle school. Without training nor experience, and facing a declining public educational system, he discovers how tough this job can be. Hopefully, his supportive and committed colleagues will lead him to take a fresh look at the profession.
2

Jeune Femme (2017)

Fit 54%

Shares Comedy and Drama with The Novices.

Broke, with nothing but her cat to her name and doors closing in her face, Paula is back in Paris after a long absence. As she meets different people along the way, there is one thing she knows for sure: she's determined to make a new start and she'll do it with style and panache.
3

Four Adventures of Reinette and Mirabelle (1987)

Fit 50%

Shares Comedy and Drama with The Novices.

Two young girls meet, Reinette from the countryside and Mirabelle from Paris, and decide to take a flat together in Paris where they attend University. Four successive stories about their daily lives illustrate the very different views, characters and relation to the world of these two friends.
4

CQ (2001)

Fit 47%

Shares Comedy and Drama with The Novices.

A young filmmaker in 1960s Paris juggles directing a cheesy sci-fi debacle, directing his own personal art film, coping with his crumbling relationship with his girlfriend, and a new-found infatuation with the sci-fi film's starlet.
5

Bye Bye Morons (2020)

Fit 47%

Shares Comedy and Drama with The Novices.

When 43-year-old hairdresser Suze Trappet finds out that she's seriously ill, she decides to go looking for a child she was forced to abandon when she was only 15. On her madcap bureaucratic quest she crosses paths with JB, a 50-year-old man in the middle of a burnout, and Mr. Blin, a blind archivist prone to overenthusiasm. The unlikely trio set off on a hilarious and poignant helterskelter journey across the city in search of Suze's long-lost child.
6

Irma Vep (1996)

Fit 44%

Shares Comedy and Drama with The Novices.

A has-been French filmmaker wants a Hong Kong actress to be the heroine in a rendering of Les Vampires.
7

Alice and the Mayor (2019)

Fit 43%

Shares Comedy and Drama with The Novices.

The mayor of Lyon, Paul Théraneau, is in a delicate position. After 30 years in politics, he is running out of ideas and is faced with a feeling of existential emptiness. To overcome this, Paul hires a young and brilliant philosopher, Alice Heimann. Then follows a dialogue between two diametrically opposed personalities who will turn their certainties upside down.
8

Macadam Stories (2015)

Fit 42%

Shares Drama and Comedy with The Novices.

Improbable encounters bring tenderness, laughter and compassion to a world of urban alienation.
9

Uranus (1990)

Fit 42%

Shares Drama and Comedy with The Novices.

After World War II, a small French village struggles to put the war behind as the controlling Communist Party tries to flush out Petain loyalists. The local bar owner, a simple man who likes to write poetry, who only wants to be left alone to do his job, becomes a target for Communist harassment as they try and locate a particular loyalist, and he pushes back.
10

Open at Night (2017)

Fit 38%

Shares Drama and Comedy with The Novices.

One night to change everything. One night to save a theater, one night to change one's perspective about life. Luigi will push and pull Faeza with him everywhere around Paris an entire night to save his theater.