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Movies like The Middle of the World

Loved The Middle of the World (Alain Tanner, 1974)? Here are the titles the community finds closest.

Updated October 5, 2026

The closest titles

01
Saturday Night and Sunday Morning
1960 · Movie · Karel Reisz · 1h 30m
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A 22-year-old factory worker lets loose on the weekends: drinking, brawling, and dating two women, one of whom is older and married.
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Not Easily Broken
2009 · Movie · Bill Duke · 1h 39m
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A car accident and shifting affections test the bond between a married couple.
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Cesar and Rosalie
1972 · Movie · Claude Sautet · 1h 50m
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A young woman becomes entangled with a successful businessman, but her ex tries to win her back, provoking intense jealousy that leads her to reconsider her choice. Ultimately, one man's actions force a resolution to her dilemma.
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04
The Golden Bowl
2000 · Movie · James Ivory · 2h 10m
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Wealthy American widower Adam Verver and his daughter Maggie live a refined life in Europe, surrounded by art. Maggie marries impoverished Italian Prince Amerigo, while Adam marries Maggie's friend Charlotte Stant. The Prince and Charlotte are having an affair, which Maggie discovers and navigates through a silent, psychological battle of wills, ultimately using her cunning to preserve her marriage and protect her father.
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A Room in Town
1982 · Movie · Jacques Demy · 1h 34m
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Set against the backdrop of an increasingly violent strike, a worker falls in love with the middle-class daughter of his landlady.
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On the Edge
2001 · Movie · John Carney · 1h 25m
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A suicidal young man is committed to a Dublin psychiatric hospital where he meets new friends who greatly influence his life.
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White Wedding
1989 · Movie · Jean-Claude Brisseau · 1h 32m
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A philosophy professor has an illicit affair with one of his students, a bright yet troubled girl who lives alone.
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My King
2015 · Movie · Maïwenn · 2h 05m
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Tony is admitted to a rehabilitation center after a serious ski accident. Dependent on the medical staff and pain relievers, she takes time to look back on a turbulent relationship that she experienced with Georgio.
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09
Maria's Lovers
1984 · Movie · Andrei Konchalovsky · 1h 49m
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A World War II prisoner returns home to his childhood sweetheart. However, back home, he discovers that he has to compete to win her love.
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10
An Affair of Love
1999 · Movie · Frédéric Fonteyne · 1h 20m
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A man and a woman meet to fulfill her sexual fantasy.
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Nine Lives
2005 · Movie · Rodrigo García · 1h 55m
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Captives of the very relationships that define and sustain them, nine women resiliently meet the travails and disappointments of life.
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Blood and Sand
1941 · Movie · Rouben Mamoulian · 2h 05m
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Bullfighter Juan Gallardo falls for socialite Dona Sol, turning from the faithful Carmen who nevertheless stands by her man as he continues to face real danger in the bullring.
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What movie to watch after The Middle of the World?

According to the MovieLike community, Saturday Night and Sunday Morning is the closest, followed by Not Easily Broken and Cesar and Rosalie.

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