Movies like That Obscure Object of Desire
That Obscure Object of Desire is a French flavoured relationship drama with a mocking eye on men, women and their games. The list below looks for films about difficult, unfulfilled or wearing love, preferably European, ironic and closely observed.
Picks and reasons written with AI, based on TMDb data.- The Woman Next DoorA ruinous passion that eats away at reason and routine, told in French.Streaming: Amazon Arthaus Channel, Arthaus+
- ChériImpossible love and vanity, told with a dry, ironic eye.Not streaming right now
- Stolen KissesFrench romantic muddles with a light tone and a tragicomic undercurrent.Streaming: Amazon Arthaus Channel, Arthaus+
- The Married WomanA cool, detached look at desire and relationships in French cinema.Streaming: Amazon Arthaus Channel, Arthaus+
- The Things of LifeIndecisive love between two women, told calmly and humanely.Streaming: Amazon Arthaus Channel, Arthaus+
- Mademoiselle ChambonA quiet, tormenting attraction that unsettles a bourgeois life.Not streaming right now
- MadameSocial satire about the Parisian upper class with a slightly wicked humour.Rent or buy only
- BreathlessFrench cinema about a moody, unpredictable pair of lovers.Streaming: HBO Max
- BelovedA woman in love, difficult men, European auteur cinema with a bitter tone.Streaming: Amazon Prime Video
- Ali: Fear Eats the SoulHumiliation and affection in an unequal relationship, soberly observed.Streaming: Amazon Arthaus Channel, Arthaus+
- Belle de JourAlso Buñuel, also desire and bourgeois life seen with a cool eye.Streaming: Arthaus+, Magenta TV+
- The Discreet Charm of the BourgeoisieBuñuel's mocking comedy with the same surreal undercurrent.Streaming: Amazon Arthaus Channel, Arthaus+