15 Movies Like Sophie's Misfortunes

Loved Sophie's Misfortunes? Based on its unique Cinema DNA—including its pacing, themes, and emotional tone—we've curated the ultimate list of what you should watch next.

A Family of Bastards
#1

A Family of Bastards

After the death of his father, Mohamed discovers the living of a step-brother and a step-sister. Together, they must manage the suspicious bar they inherited of linked to criminality, drug traffic and prostitution.

💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to Sophie's Misfortunes.

The Intouchables
#2

The Intouchables

A true story of two men who should never have met – a quadriplegic aristocrat who was injured in a paragliding accident and a young man from the projects.

💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to Sophie's Misfortunes.

Rodrigue in Love
#3

Rodrigue in Love

A struggling actor, Stéphane arrives with his troupe at the Avignon Festival to perform a boulevard play. There, he meets Fanny, a renowned actress, and falls under her spell. Taking advantage of a misunderstanding to get closer to her, Stéphane sinks into a lie that he will have to keep going for the duration of the festival... but which will quickly overwhelm him!

💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to Sophie's Misfortunes.

Pinocchio
#4

Pinocchio

When the gentle woodcarver Geppetto builds a marionette to be his substitute son, a benevolent fairy brings the toy to life. The puppet, named Pinocchio, is not yet a human boy. He must earn the right to be real by proving that he is brave, truthful, and unselfish.

💡Why it's a match: A highly-rated genre match based on the viewing habits of people who liked Sophie's Misfortunes.

Marsupilami
#5

Marsupilami

David is tasked to deliver a mysterious package from South America, only to find out he is carrying a baby Marsupilami!

💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to Sophie's Misfortunes.

Dear Inspector
#6

Dear Inspector

When Lise's car bumps Antoine's bike, they recognize each other from a brief fling 20 years before while at the Sorbonne. He's now a professor of Greek; she's loathe to tell him she's a police inspector. A call interrupts their first dinner date: a Deputy of the National Assembly has been murdered. She has a suspect, another Deputy, and must track him while deflecting Antoine's eye from her vocation. All roads in the inquiry lead to Christine Vallier, the dead Deputy's mistress, a beguiling 22-year-old whose mother ran the Assembly's snack bar. When more deputies die and Antoine learns Lise's identity, she must act quickly solve the crime and save her future.

💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to Sophie's Misfortunes.

1001 Nights
#7

1001 Nights

Sheherazade has been married to a ruler who wants many wives, but only one at a time. Consequently, as soon as he has bedded them, he has them put to death. In most retellings, the girl staves off this unfortunate conclusion by putting off the connubial event for a thousand and one nights, telling irresistible stories instead. In this one, she gets hold of a magic lamp.

💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to Sophie's Misfortunes.

Sexual Chronicles of a French Family
#8

Sexual Chronicles of a French Family

Three generations of a French family open up about their sexual experiences and desires after young Romain is caught masturbating in his biology class.

💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to Sophie's Misfortunes.

Amélie
#9

Amélie

At a tiny Parisian café, the adorable yet painfully shy Amélie accidentally discovers a gift for helping others. Soon Amelie is spending her days as a matchmaker, guardian angel, and all-around do-gooder. But when she bumps into a handsome stranger, will she find the courage to become the star of her very own love story?

💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to Sophie's Misfortunes.

Exploits of a Young Don Juan
#10

Exploits of a Young Don Juan

In 1914, sixteen year old Roger returned home from boarding school during vacation to find his puberty hit hard in a house filled with beautiful women. These women have previous engagements with other men who are away, and during this time, Roger impregnates them all, including his aunt and sister, then devises plans to cuckold the men.

💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to Sophie's Misfortunes.

Miraculous World: Tokyo, Stellar Force
#11

Miraculous World: Tokyo, Stellar Force

Kagami drags Marinette to Tokyo to help the Stellars defeat a new supervillain, but Marinette soon realizes her friend has another, untold reason for this trip to Japan.

💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to Sophie's Misfortunes.

Hook
#12

Hook

The boy who wasn't supposed to grow up—Peter Pan—does just that, becoming a soulless corporate lawyer whose workaholism could cost him his wife and kids. During his trip to see Granny Wendy in London, the vengeful Capt. Hook kidnaps Peter's kids and forces Peter to return to Neverland.

💡Why it's a match: A highly-rated genre match based on the viewing habits of people who liked Sophie's Misfortunes.

Miraculous: Ladybug & Cat Noir, The Movie
#13

Miraculous: Ladybug & Cat Noir, The Movie

After a guardian of magical jewels turns an awkward girl and a popular boy into superheroes, they can never reveal their identities — even to each other.

💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to Sophie's Misfortunes.

The Aristocats
#14

The Aristocats

When Madame Adelaide Bonfamille leaves her fortune to Duchess and her children—Bonfamille’s beloved family of cats—the butler plots to steal the money and kidnaps the legatees, leaving them out on a country road. All seems lost until the wily Thomas O’Malley Cat and his jazz-playing alley cats come to the aristocats’ rescue.

💡Why it's a match: A highly-rated genre match based on the viewing habits of people who liked Sophie's Misfortunes.

It Boy
#15

It Boy

38-year-old Alice has everything to become the next editor-in-chief of Rebelle magazine except for her uptight image. But when the young and charming Balthazar, barely 20, crosses Alice's path, she realizes that he holds the key to her promotion.

💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to Sophie's Misfortunes.