15 Movies Like The Exchange Student

Loved The Exchange Student? 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.

Mr. Bean's Holiday
#1

Mr. Bean's Holiday

Mr. Bean wins a trip to Cannes where he unwittingly separates a young boy from his father and must help the two reunite. On the way he discovers France, bicycling and true love, among other things.

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

LOL 2.0: Anne’s Golden Hour
#2

LOL 2.0: Anne’s Golden Hour

At 55, Anne is finally enjoying her freedom after her children leave home. But everything changes when her 23-year-old daughter, Louise, moves back in with her after a professional and romantic failure. And to make matters worse, her son, Théo, announces that she's going to be a grandmother! Anne realizes that life never goes as planned and that, at any age, we are still learning to grow up.

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

Serial (Bad) Weddings 2
#3

Serial (Bad) Weddings 2

Claude and Marie Verneuil face a new crisis. The four spouses of their daughters, David, Rachid, Chao and Charles decided to leave France for various reasons. Here they are imagining their lives elsewhere.

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

Open Season
#4

Open Season

Flanked by their two children, Simon and Adélaïde decide, like many Parisians today, to leave their two-room apartment for a quieter and more comfortable life in the country. They are seduced by a house in the middle of nature: space, a vegetable garden, a wood adjoining their garden and above all villagers who welcome them with open arms. A dream come true! But the young couple was soon to be disillusioned: the wood was actually a hunting ground for big game! Although the hunters are friendly, they are not willing to give up their territory, making Simon and Adélaïde's dream of the countryside a living hell. But true to their reputation, our Parisians are not going to let them do it.

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

Little Nicholas
#5

Little Nicholas

Nicolas has a happy existence, parents who love him, a great group of friends with whom he has great fun, and all he wants is that nothing changes. However, one day, he overhears a conversation that leads him to believe that his life might change forever, his mother is pregnant! He panics and envisions the worst.

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

Head Above Water
#6

Head Above Water

Judge George brings his young wife, Nathalie, to a remote island for a vacation. But while George accompanies their only neighbor -- Nathalie's childhood friend Lance -- on a fishing trip, Nathalie spends time with her ex, Kent. When Kent ends up dead the next morning, Nathalie tries to hide the evidence before her husband gets home. After the body is found, the events of the previous night unravel, with unexpected revelations.

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

C'est la vie!
#7

C'est la vie!

Max is a battle-weary veteran of the wedding-planning racket. His latest — and last — gig is a hell of a fête, involving stuffy period costumes for the caterers, a vain, hyper- sensitive singer who thinks he's a Gallic James Brown, and a morose, micromanaging groom determined to make Max's night as miserable as possible. But what makes the affair too bitter to endure is that Max's colleague and ostensible girlfriend, Joisette, seems to have written him off, coolly going about her professional duties while openly flirting with a much younger server. It's going to be a very long night… especially once the groom's aerial serenade gets underway.

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

What We Did on Our Holiday
#8

What We Did on Our Holiday

Doug and Abi and their three children travel to the Scottish Highlands for Doug's father Gordie's birthday party. It's soon clear that when it comes to keeping a secret under wraps from the rest of the family, their children are their biggest liability...

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

All Hands on Deck!
#9

All Hands on Deck!

An unlikely oddball trio bond during an impromptu trip to the French countryside on a foolhardy romantic mission.

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

The Gilded Cage
#10

The Gilded Cage

In the beautiful area of ​​Paris, Maria and José Ribeiro lived for almost thirty years on the ground floor of a Haussmann building, in their dear little lodge.

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

The Test
#11

The Test

Annie lives in harmony with her husband Laurent and her children: the sensitive elders Maximilien and César; the younger Antoine whom Poupi, never-complaining teen, helps raising him. But a positive pregnancy test will disturb the harmony.

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

Passport to Paris
#12

Passport to Paris

Sent to Paris to visit their grandfather, the twins fall in love with France, not to mention two French boys.

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

Life with Father
#13

Life with Father

A straitlaced turn-of-the-century father presides over a family of boys and the mother who really rules the roost.

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

Demi-sœurs
#14

Demi-sœurs

Lauren, a lovely 29-year-old it-girl, tries to break into the world of fashion by skimming Parisian parties. Olivia, a 28-year-old psychologist, has two obsessions: to save the confectionery of her parents, and to find her ideal husband. At the age of 26, Salma, a fiery young history teacher, still lives with her mother in the suburbs. Their roads have no reason to cross - until the day when, on the death of their biological father that they never knew, they inherit together a splendid Parisian apartment. For these three sisters who have nothing in common, cohabitation will prove to be explosive, to say the least.

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

Freedom-Oleron
#15

Freedom-Oleron

39 years old Jacques Monot is tired from the same vacation he and his family have every year so he decides to buy a boat.

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