Movies like The Hedgehog: 20 to watch next
If you loved The Hedgehog (2009) — a comedy and drama film directed by Mona Achache — these 20 movies are the closest matches.
The first picks are what fans of The Hedgehog most often go on to watch; the rest share its genres and themes like goldfish, death of neighbor and bookcase. 2 of them are streaming in India right now — each entry shows where.
Where to watch The Hedgehog →·Get picks for your whole taste →
- 1
Three Colors: White 1994★ 7.4
Shares: Comedy, Drama
Polish immigrant Karol Karol finds himself out of a marriage, a job and a country when his French wife, Dominique, divorces him after six months due to his impotence. Forced to leave France after losing the business they jointly owned, Karol enlists fellow Polish expatriate Mikołaj to smuggle him back to their homeland.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
- 2
Lost in Paris 2017★ 6.1
Shares: Comedy
Fiona visits Paris for the first time to assist her myopic Aunt Martha. Catastrophes ensue, mainly involving Dom, a homeless man who has yet to have an emotion or thought he was afraid of expressing.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
- 3
At Eternity's Gate 2018★ 7.0
Shares: Drama
Famed but tormented artist Vincent van Gogh spends his final years in Arles, France, painting masterworks of the natural world that surrounds him.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
- 4
La Vénus électrique 2026★ 7.2
Shares: Drama, Comedy
A painter in 1928 Paris, unable to work since his wife’s death, unknowingly participates in fake spiritualist shows staged by a carnival worker. As he regains his inspiration, she falls in love with the man she is deceiving.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
- 5
Cookie's Fortune 1999★ 6.4
Shares: Comedy, Drama
Conflict arises in the small town of Holly Springs when an old woman's death causes a variety of reactions among family and friends.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
- 6
The Suicide Shop 2012★ 6.3
Shares: Comedy
In a cold French city where suicide is a common urge, there is a colorful shop, managed for many years by the Tuvache family, where it is very easy to obtain the necessary tools to satisfy the sinister desires of so many depressed citizens.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
- 7
Three Colors: Blue 1993★ 7.6
Shares: Drama
The wife of a famous composer survives a car accident that kills her husband and daughter. Now alone, she shakes off her old identity and explores her newfound freedom but finds that she is unbreakably bound to other humans, including her husband’s mistress, whose existence she never suspected.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
- 8
Father of My Children 2009★ 6.7
Shares: Drama
Grégoire Canvel has everything a man could want. A wife he loves, three delightful children, and a stimulating job. He's a film producer. Discovering talented filmmakers and developing films that fit his conception of the cinema-free and true to life-is precisely his reason for living. Yet his prestigious production company, Moon Films, is on its last legs.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
- 9
My Girl 1991★ 7.4
Shares: Comedy, Drama
Vada Sultenfuss is obsessed with death. Her mother is dead, and her father runs a funeral parlor. She is also in love with her English teacher, and joins a poetry class over the summer just to impress him. Thomas J., her best friend, is "allergic to everything", and sticks with Vada despite her hangups. When Vada's father hires Shelly, and begins to fall for her, things take a turn to the worse...
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
- 10
The Friend 2025★ 6.6
Shares: Comedy, Drama
New York City writer Iris finds her comfortable, solitary life thrown into disarray after her closest friend and mentor bequeaths her a Great Dane named Apollo. The huge dog immediately creates practical problems for Iris, from furniture destruction to eviction notices, as well as more existential ones. Yet as Iris finds herself unexpectedly bonding with Apollo, she begins to come to terms with her past, and her own creative inner life.
Stream in India on Netflix, JioHotstar
- 11
LOL (Laughing Out Loud) 2009★ 6.5
Shares: Comedy
Lola is a striking teenaged girl who is on the cusp of adulthood and longs to rush into the adult world of independence, freedom and sexual exploits, but is tenaciously held back by her mother.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
- 12
Dead Tired 1994★ 6.0
Shares: Comedy
Stressed and overworked, famous French movie star Michel Blanc is beginning to wear down, physically and mentally, from the pressure and demands of fame. Already in a fragile state of mind, strange events start to transpire all around him, and he gradually loses his grip. Taking the advice of a psychiatrist, Blanc retreats to the countryside with his friend Carole Bouquet, but Blanc still has not managed to escape all of his problems.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
- 13
Attila Marcel 2013★ 6.9
Shares: Comedy, Drama
Paul is a sweet man-child, raised — and smothered — by his two eccentric aunts in Paris since the death of his parents when he was a toddler. Now thirty-three, he still does not speak. Paul's aunts have only one dream for him: to win piano competitions. Although Paul practices dutifully, he remains unfulfilled until he submits to the interventions of his upstairs neighbour. Suitably named after the novelist, Madame Proust offers Paul a concoction that unlocks repressed memories from his childhood and awakens the most delightful of fantasies.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
- 14
Manhattan Murder Mystery 1993★ 7.2
Shares: Comedy
A middle-aged couple suspects foul play when their neighbor's wife suddenly drops dead.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
- 15
Final Portrait 2017★ 6.0
Shares: Drama
Paris, 1964. The Swiss sculptor and painter Alberto Giacometti, one of the most accomplished and respected artists of his generation, asks his friend, the American writer James Lord, to sit for a portrait, assuring him that it will take no longer than two or three hours, an afternoon at the most.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
- 16
Loving Vincent 2017★ 8.0
Shares: Drama
A young man arrives at the last hometown of painter Vincent van Gogh to deliver the troubled artist's final letter and ends up investigating his final days there.
Stream in India on Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads
- 17
This is My Mother 2024★ 7.0
Shares: Drama, Comedy
Pierre, a successful 33-year-old florist, has his life turned upside down by the sudden arrival of his mother Judith, whom he hasn’t seen for two years. Mercurial and extravagant, she suffers from bipolar disorder and has recently escaped from a clinic. Pierre has only one idea in mind: bring her back as quickly as possible so his life can get back on track. But nothing happens as he hoped for. Their unexpected reunion, as funny and explosive as it is heart-wrenching, will transform Pierre and Judith forever.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
- 18
All Three of Us 2015★ 7.5
Shares: Drama, Comedy
An Iranian family survives the shah and the ayatollah and moves to France. This story follows the family through it all. Despite the politics, revolution, prison, beatings, assassinations and suicides this is a comedy.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
- 19
Bazaar (Murder in the Building) 2026★ 6.5
Shares: Comedy, Drama
Misanthropic novelist François writes gripping crime stories – “Agatha Christie meets The Scarlet Pimpernel” – but outside of the swashbuckling imaginary world of his Marquis la Rose-novels, life is far from thrilling. His partner Colette, a professor at the Sorbonne and world-renowned expert on Alfred Hitchcock, is tired of watching François sit around their apartment in his pyjamas and yearns for the excitement of the classic films she watches with her students. When Colette begins to suspect their flamboyant actor neighbour of murdering his wife, the couple’s mundane lives are turned upside down – and their stale relationship is jolted back to life.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
- 20
Number One Fan 2014★ 6.1
Shares: Drama, Comedy
Muriel Bayen, a divorced beautician and mother of two, loves to tell stories. She is a huge fan of this singer Vincent Lacroix, in fact she is a dedicated fan. One day Vincent knock on her door and ask for her help.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now