Français (Films), a list by JukeBoX

8.3

/832913/

81

/17297/

79

/12116/

4.2

/1176384/

90

/231/

95

/33833/

70

/32/

3.5

age 16+

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?

74

7.6

/538530/

81

/28207/

75

/11364/

3.8

/487601/

71

/70/

87

/24380/

52

/22/

3.0

age 14+

In 2257, a taxi driver is unintentionally given the task of saving a young girl who is part of the key that will ensure the survival of humanity.

78

8.5

/1337348/

84

/28953/

83

/15674/

4.0

/1266692/

76

/66/

95

/14692/

64

/12/

2.5

age 16+

Léon, the top hit man in New York, has earned a rep as an effective "cleaner". But when his next-door neighbors are wiped out by a loose-cannon DEA agent, he becomes the unwilling custodian of 12-year-old Mathilda. Before long, Mathilda's thoughts turn to revenge, and she considers following in Léon's footsteps.

77

8.5

/1012122/

85

/22414/

82

/18055/

4.2

/775374/

75

/127/

93

/2824/

57

/31/

2.5

age 16+

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.

83

7.6

/45326/

78

/5110/

79

/1882/

4.1

/316852/

97

/88/

94

/49/

75

/10/

3.5

age 13+

Edmond Dantès becomes the target of a sinister plot and is arrested on his wedding day for a crime he did not commit. After 14 years in the island prison of Château d’If, he manages a daring escape. Now rich beyond his dreams, he assumes the identity of the Count of Monte-Cristo and exacts his revenge on the three men who betrayed him.

89

8.1

/28715/

78

/690/

79

/714/

4.4

/54052/

97

/77/

94

/535/

99

/24/

4.0

Betrayed by an informant, Philippe Gerbier finds himself trapped in a torturous Nazi prison camp. Though Gerbier escapes to rejoin the Resistance in occupied Marseilles, France, and exacts his revenge on the informant, he must continue a quiet, seemingly endless battle against the Nazis in an atmosphere of tension, paranoia and distrust.

70

7.2

/45668/

70

/887/

70

/820/

3.7

/31223/

64

/36/

80

/462/

62

/28/

3.0

A passenger on a cruise ship develops an irresistible infatuation with an eccentric paraplegic's wife.

78

70

7.4

/5269/

70

/116/

69

/111/

3.8

/5352/

100

/19/

80

/82/

In this classic French satire, Louis, a convict, escapes from prison and takes on legitimate work, making his way up in the business world. Eventually becoming the head of a successful factory, Louis opts to modernize his company with mechanical innovations. But when his friend Émile finally leaves jail years later and reunites with Louis, the past catches up with them. The two, worried about being apprehended by police, long to flee the confines of industry.

71

7.0

/95179/

72

/3708/

67

/2632/

3.3

/61211/

81

/927/

In Marseilles a skilled pizza delivery boy Daniel who drives a scooter finally has his dreams come true. He gets a taxi license. Caught by the police for a huge speed infraction, he will help Emilien, a loser inspector who can't drive, on the track of German bank robbers, so he doesn't lose his license and his dream job.

77

7.3

/6619/

71

/165/

73

/88/

3.7

/66615/

91

/171/

84

/43/

76

/38/

3.0

age 14+

After writing for Cahiers du cinéma, a young Jean-Luc Godard decides making films is the best film criticism. He convinces producer Georges de Beauregard to fund a low-budget feature, and creates a treatment with fellow New Wave filmmaker François Truffaut about a gangster couple. The result? Breathless, one of the first features of the Nouvelle Vague era of French cinema.

86

8.1

/310881/

80

/6457/

78

/3664/

4.3

/780715/

94

/181/

91

/5132/

91

/39/

3.5

age 16+

Nine years later, Jesse travels across Europe giving readings from a book he wrote about the night he spent in Vienna with Celine. After his reading in Paris, Celine finds him, and they spend part of the day together before Jesse has to again leave for a flight. They are both in relationships now, and Jesse has a son, but as their strong feelings for each other start to return, both confess a longing for more.

72

6.4

/11259/

63

/839/

66

/196/

3.5

/57800/

94

/51/

67

/102/

78

/4/

3.0

age 16+

A teenager stops off to see his dealer to test a new drug before heading off for a night of partying. On the way home, he picks up an injured woman, and the night takes a surreal turn.

73

6.7

/29228/

66

/1647/

66

/1114/

3.4

/109569/

84

/199/

90

/6/

75

/38/

3.0

age 17+

A 17th-century nun becomes entangled in a forbidden lesbian affair with a novice. But it is Benedetta's shocking religious visions that threaten to shake the Church to its core.

83

7.6

/203789/

75

/8056/

75

/3074/

4.1

/1378363/

96

/287/

91

/63/

86

/44/

3.5

age 14+

A woman is suspected of her husband's murder, and their blind son faces a moral dilemma as the sole witness.

74

7.9

/71089/

80

/2155/

77

/2538/

4.0

/153161/

68

/105/

92

/1910/

56

/32/

2.5

age 14+

In 1940s France, a new teacher at a school for disruptive boys gives hope and inspiration.

89

8.0

/124712/

81

/4680/

81

/2832/

4.4

/994684/

97

/338/

92

/98/

95

/48/

4.0

age 15+

On an isolated island in Brittany at the end of the eighteenth century, a female painter is obliged to paint a wedding portrait of a young woman.

72

7.1

/76768/

71

/2477/

68

/1934/

3.4

/25391/

81

/113/

78

/3643/

70

/28/

Set in the ghettos of Paris in 2010, an undercover cop and ex-thug try to infiltrate a gang in order to defuse a neutron bomb.

71

7.1

/32231/

72

/965/

66

/879/

3.4

/13599/

80

/295/

After hiding his loot and getting thrown in jail, brooding outlaw Ruby befriends Quentin, a dim-witted and garrulous giant. After Quentin botches a solo escape attempt, they make a break together. Unable to shake the clumsy Quentin, Ruby is forced to take him along as he pursues his former partners in crime to avenge the death of the woman he loved and get to the money.

73

6.9

/2439/

72

/125/

70

/176/

3.6

/3770/

69

/32/

88

/6/

61

/12/

3.5

After promising 1100 employees that they would protect their jobs, the managers of a factory decide to suddenly close up shop. Laurent takes the lead in a fight against this decision.

79

7.2

/54867/

72

/2219/

73

/1256/

4.0

/408710/

86

/43/

76

/414/

75

/10/

4.0

A young woman left her family for an unspecified reason. The husband determines to find out the truth and starts following his wife. At first, he suspects that a man is involved. But gradually, he finds out more and more strange behaviors and bizarre incidents that indicate something more than a possessed love affair.

75

6.7

/26256/

69

/2336/

69

/1343/

3.4

/85065/

98

/54/

80

/60/

79

/11/

age 14+

D'Artagnan, a spirited young Gascon, is left for dead after trying to save a noblewoman from being kidnapped. Once in Paris, he tries by all means to find his attackers, unaware that his quest will lead him to the very heart of a war where the future of France is at stake. Aided by King's Musketeers Athos, Porthos and Aramis, he faces the machinations of villainous Cardinal Richelieu and Milady de Winter, while falling in love with Constance, the Queen's confidante.

76

73

7.3

/8834/

75

/436/

73

/683/

3.7

/16054/

87

/32/

In this Franco-Italian gangster parody, a shopkeeper on his way to an Italian holiday suffers a crash that totals his car. The culprit can only compensate his ruined trip by driving an American friend's car from Naples to Bordeaux, but as it happens to be filled with such contraband as stolen money, jewelry and drugs, the involuntary and unwitting companions in crime soon attract all but recreational attention from the "milieu".

75

6.7

/62209/

75

/3481/

73

/3709/

3.7

/126418/

86

/7/

79

/523/

History's favorite Gauls assist Queen Cleopatra when she wagers that the Egyptian people can build a palace for Julius Caesar in just three months.

72

6.4

/63552/

65

/3844/

65

/2011/

3.5

/177237/

92

/133/

61

/383/

3.5

age 17+

Jen's romantic getaway with her wealthy married boyfriend is disrupted when his friends arrive for an impromptu hunting trip. Tension mounts at the house until the situation culminates in an unexpected way.

78

7.6

/30229/

74

/1458/

75

/1578/

3.8

/79524/

88

/194/

89

/4/

78

/35/

3.0

age 16+

Stéphane has recently joined the Anti-Crime Squad in Montfermeil, in the suburbs of Paris, France, where Victor Hugo set his famed novel “Les Miserables”. Alongside his new colleagues Chris and Gwada – both experienced members of the team – he quickly discovers tensions running high between local gangs. When the trio finds themselves overrun during the course of an arrest, a drone captures the encounter, threatening to expose the reality of everyday life.

85

8.1

/221431/

82

/5040/

80

/4394/

4.5

/906491/

96

/73/

95

/2372/

3.0

age 16+

After a chaotic night of rioting in a marginal suburb of Paris, three young friends, Vinz, Hubert and Saïd, wander around unoccupied waiting for news about the state of health of a mutual friend who has been seriously injured when confronting the police.

70

6.9

/88533/

67

/3382/

70

/2274/

3.8

/440337/

69

/185/

65

/225/

69

/37/

3.0

When a dance troupe is lured to an empty school, a bowl of drug-laced sangria causes their jubilant rehearsal to descend into a dark and explosive nightmare as they try to survive the night—and find who's responsible—before it's too late.

71

7.2

/2702/

64

/35/

68

/66/

3.6

/1563/

83

/6/

80

/21/

2.5

During the French Revolution, a surprising company shares a coach, trying to catch up something - the time itself, perhaps.

88

8.0

/133405/

79

/2254/

80

/2260/

4.3

/248873/

99

/72/

94

/2056/

4.0

age 13+

For young Parisian boy Antoine Doinel, life is one difficult situation after another. Surrounded by inconsiderate adults, including his neglectful parents, Antoine spends his days with his best friend, Rene, trying to plan for a better life. When one of their schemes goes awry, Antoine ends up in trouble with the law, leading to even more conflicts with unsympathetic authority figures.

85

8.2

/9672/

78

/209/

77

/211/

4.2

/18926/

87

/68/

90

/109/

4.0

A biopic of Napoleon Bonaparte, tracing the Corsican's career from his schooldays (where a snowball fight is staged like a military campaign) to his flight from Corsica, through the French Revolution (where a real storm is intercut with a political storm) and the Terror, culminating in his triumphant invasion of Italy in 1797.

70

6.3

/3785/

65

/700/

65

/246/

3.2

/5674/

90

/10/

3.0

age 15+

Car genius Lino returns to conclude his vendetta against Areski and the corrupt commander who ruined their lives in this turbo-charged trilogy finale.

75

7.7

/20206/

75

/551/

71

/507/

3.8

/15129/

88

/16/

82

/347/

60

/12/

3.0

age 10+

An orphan bear cub hooks up with an adult male as they try to dodge human hunters.

85

7.9

/109875/

77

/2063/

77

/1728/

4.2

/137277/

93

/219/

82

/1470/

95

/45/

4.0

age 16+

Georges and Anne are in their eighties. They are cultivated, retired music teachers. Their daughter, who is also a musician, lives abroad with her family. One day, Anne has a stroke, and the couple's bond of love is severely tested.

83

7.6

/52801/

74

/1023/

73

/982/

4.0

/121420/

95

/60/

85

/342/

4.0

Beautiful young housewife Séverine Serizy cannot reconcile her masochistic fantasies with her everyday life alongside dutiful husband Pierre. When her lovestruck friend Henri mentions a secretive high-class brothel run by Madame Anais, Séverine begins to work there during the day under the name Belle de Jour. But when one of her clients grows possessive, she must try to go back to her normal life.

75

6.5

/3056/

65

/90/

66

/82/

3.5

/7714/

96

/105/

62

/12/

82

/23/

4.0

A young man is sent to "La Maca," a prison in the middle of the Ivorian forest ruled by its inmates. As tradition goes with the rising of the red moon, he is designated by the Boss to be the new "Roman" and must tell a story to the other prisoners. Learning what fate awaits him, he begins to narrate the mystical life of the legendary outlaw named "Zama King" and has no choice but to make his story last until dawn.

84

7.8

/117718/

76

/2077/

76

/1829/

4.2

/234406/

96

/57/

93

/1914/

87

/11/

3.5

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.

82

7.4

/13674/

74

/535/

72

/489/

4.0

/55492/

99

/172/

79

/38/

86

/36/

4.0

France, 1963. Anne is a bright young student with a promising future ahead of her. But when she falls pregnant, she sees the opportunity to finish her studies and escape the constraints of her social background disappearing. With her final exams fast approaching and her belly growing, Anne resolves to act, even if she has to confront shame and pain, even if she must risk prison to do so.

75

7.0

/7104/

68

/193/

68

/261/

3.8

/15314/

100

/10/

74

/46/

3.0

Forced to work extremely hard to keep things afloat, Paul begins hearing voices in his head questioning his past choices. Convinced that his wife has been unfaithful, he begins to see every male guest as a potential threat. What follows is Paul's downward spiral into the madness of deranged jealousy where he finally discovers that hell is not a state of mind – hell is himself.

82

7.6

/6032/

75

/372/

74

/337/

4.1

/81562/

100

/61/

83

/16/

3.5

As he pedals through the streets of Paris to deliver meals, Souleymane recounts his story. In two days, he has to go through his asylum application interview, the key to obtaining papers, but Souleymane is not ready.

77

74

7.0

/4052/

71

/263/

69

/302/

3.8

/63035/

98

/44/

83

/9/

In the western part of the French Alps: After the drunk driving death of his father, 18-year-old Totone must look after his younger sister. He pursues a €30k Comté cheese award he has no hope of winning. Good thing Marie-Lise takes a liking for him!

76

6.9

/3908/

69

/264/

70

/339/

3.5

/19994/

94

/62/

95

/11/

71

/17/

3.0

Three months after surviving a terrorist attack in a bistro, Mia is still traumatized and unable to recall the events of that night. In an effort to move forward, she investigates her memories and retraces her steps.

78

74

7.6

/11349/

73

/230/

74

/282/

4.1

/81513/

88

/8/

79

/70/

A young husband and father, perfectly content with his life, falls in love with another woman.

73

70

6.7

/12909/

68

/270/

65

/433/

3.4

/5983/

100

/5/

75

/1122/

When Camille falls ill, she is forced to live with Philibert and Franck.

80

7.4

/20120/

72

/802/

70

/362/

4.0

/90314/

97

/198/

77

/168/

85

/43/

3.5

age 13+

Set in 1889 France, Dodin Bouffant is a chef living with his personal cook and lover Eugénie. They share a long history of gastronomy and love but Eugénie refuses to marry Dodin, so the food lover decides to do something he has never done before: cook for her.

77

7.5

/79000/

71

/1641/

72

/1210/

4.1

/287451/

75

/92/

81

/1132/

79

/27/

3.5

Erika Kohut, a sexually repressed piano teacher living with her domineering mother, meets a young man who starts romantically pursuing her.

82

7.6

/84755/

74

/1429/

74

/1286/

3.8

/140077/

91

/56/

87

/798/

91

/11/

3.5

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.

78

7.5

/93650/

75

/2288/

73

/1579/

3.8

/95190/

90

/59/

91

/3015/

66

/17/

age 16+

In a post-apocalyptic world, the residents of an apartment above the butcher shop receive an occasional delicacy of meat, something that is in low supply. A young man new in town falls in love with the butcher's daughter, which causes conflicts in her family, who need the young man for other business-related purposes.

77

7.6

/171878/

72

/5451/

70

/4776/

3.2

/340880/

88

/204/

84

/1012/

90

/58/