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Criterion Channel
82
7.6
/10265/
73
/227/
72
/208/
4.0
/39172/
87
/23/
89
/94/

Love in the Afternoon (1972)
Frederic leads a bourgeois life; he is a partner in a small Paris office and is happily married to Helene, a teacher expecting her second child. In the afternoons, Frederic daydreams about other women, but has no intention of taking any action. One day, Chloe, who had been a mistress of an old friend, begins dropping by his office. They meet as friends, irregularly in the afternoons, till eventually Chloe decides to seduce Frederic, causing him a moral dilemma.
poster
Criterion Channel
82
7.7
/18367/
73
/300/
74
/316/
4.0
/24765/
85
/26/
91
/244/

The Phantom of Liberty (1974)
This Surrealist film, with a title referencing the Communist Manifesto, strings together short incidents based on the life of director Luis Buñuel. Presented as chance encounters, these loosely related, intersecting situations, all without a consistent protagonist, reach from the 19th century to the 1970s. Touching briefly on subjects such as execution, pedophilia, incest, and sex, the film features an array of characters, including a sick father and incompetent police officers.
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Amazon Prime Video
76
7.2
/8805/
72
/343/
71
/582/
3.7
/16967/
96
/98/
74
/16/
75
/21/

By the Grace of God (2019)
Alexandre, a man in his 40s living in Lyon with his wife and children, discovers that the priest who abused him decades ago continues to work with children. He joins forces with others victims of the priest, to bring justice and “lift the burden of silence” about what they endured.
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Kanopy
73
7.4
/20149/
71
/317/
71
/409/
3.9
/22104/
82
/34/
88
/430/

Queen Margot (1994)
Paris, Kingdom of France, August 18, 1572. To avoid the outbreak of a religious war, the Catholic princess Marguerite de Valois, sister of the feeble King Charles IX, marries the Huguenot King Henry III of Navarre.
poster
70
6.9
/1069/
58
/7/
69
/9/
3.4
/286/
67
/9/
73
/2/

The Accompanist (1992)
In Nazi-occupied Paris, a young accompanist named Sophie Vasseur gets a job with famed singer Irene Brice. As Irene's husband Charles, a businessman collaborating with the Nazis, wrestles with his conscience, Sophie becomes obsessed with Irene, taking on the role of maid as well as accompanist, living life vicariously through Irene's triumphs and affairs.
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Amazon Prime Video
76
69
7.3
/8506/
66
/101/
70
/176/
3.7
/8248/
95
/19/
83
/125/

The Milky Way (1969)
Two men, part tramp, part pilgrim, are on their way from France to Santiago de Compostela in Spain. On their way, they meet a vast assortment of characters—some truculent, some violent, and some bizarre; they experience many adventures—some mysterious, some erotic, some even supernatural.
poster
66
6.6
/1562/
71
/40/
64
/71/
3.3
/1892/
74
/23/
64
/12/
61
/22/

Lucie Aubrac (1997)
A love story or a tale of the resistance, this poignant movie tells both the haunting story of a French resistance cell in Lyon but also the love of Lucie Aubrac for her husband...
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Hoopla
65
6.7
/4929/
62
/83/
61
/113/
3.5
/1780/
77
/86/
59
/335/
80
/26/
cc age 18+

Lady Chatterley (2006)
After a crippling injury leaves her husband impotent, Lady Chatterly is torn between her love for her husband and her physical desires. With her husband's consent, she seeks out other means of fulfilling her needs.
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Amazon Prime Video
62
56
6.2
/5210/
60
/114/
59
/71/
3.2
/2913/
67
/75/
69
/192/
56
/26/

CQ (2001)
A young filmmaker in 1960s Paris juggles directing a cheesy sci-fi debacle, directing his own personal art film, coping with his crumbling relationship with his girlfriend, and a new-found infatuation with the sci-fi film's starlet.
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Kanopy
50
5.1
/344/
45
/8/
52
/12/
2.8
/742/
33
/21/
60
/1/
41
/8/

False Confessions (2017)
Dorante, an impoverished young man, is taken on as a secretary by Araminte, a rich widow with whom he is secretly in love. The valet Dubois does all he can to get Araminte to fall in love with Dorante. Following his staging of Marivaux’s comedy at the Odéon theater, Luc Bondy turns the whole theater building into a film studio, placing his actors in the foyer, under the stage, in the kitchens, using the most unusual and unexpected spots to invent a new dynamic between theater and film.
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68
50
6.6
/2660/
63
/33/
57
/62/
3.5
/2364/
100
/8/
58
/11/

The Color of Lies (1999)
In a small Breton town, a 10-year-old girl is found murdered. René, her art teacher, a professional painter, is the last person to have seen her alive. The inspector in charge of the investigation immediately questions him. In this small provincial town where people all know each other and regularly meet at the Bar des Amis, René is increasingly unsettled by the other inhabitants' suspicions and by the inspector's investigation. Children stop coming to him for lessons. His wife, Viviane, a district nurse, protects him and supports him with her love. However, a self-centred media-star writer adds to René's confusion...
poster
Kanopy
48
5.0
/1517/
58
/70/
46
/61/
2.7
/1413/
32
/41/
23
/5/
39
/14/

Rodin (2017)
Auguste Rodin (1840-1917), man of the people, autodidact and revolutionary sculptor - the most brilliant of his era. At 42, Rodin meets Camille Claudel, a young woman desperate to become his assistant. He quickly acknowledges her as his most able pupil, and treats her as an equal in matters of creation.
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MUBI
72
43
7.3
/934/
67
/16/
71
/48/
3.9
/6889/

Love at Sea (1965)
During her holiday in Brest, a young Parisian falls in love with a sailor. But autumn comes and the two lovers have to part. They write to each other. Will their love resist at a distance, each living his life, him in Brest with his friends, she in Paris who keeps waiting for him? An impossible love story and the cross-portrait of two cities, Paris and Brest, between the realism of the color images and the poetry infused by the sepia black and white images, lives to the rhythm of the nostalgia of the two lovers...
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MUBI
72
39
7.1
/477/
67
/19/
74
/34/
3.9
/2919/

Wall Engravings (1968)
Jeanne looks back on her love for Jean. The melancholic young man wouldn't accept the world as it was, always wishing to depart. She doesn't know that he's dead.
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65
39
6.5
/2297/
62
/47/
63
/100/
3.2
/1386/
72
/17/

Elisa (1995)
Marie has had a tough childhood ever since her mother Elisa committed suicide. She has spent most of her life in an orphanage and now makes a living as a small time criminal in Paris. Now she wants to unravel her past and find her father whom she blames for her mother's death.
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MUBI
60
36
6.1
/1683/
65
/32/
63
/40/
3.6
/3389/
42
/12/

Oh, Woe Is Me (1993)
This complex allegorical tale tells the story of man’s quest for spiritual meaning. When God enters the body of 1980s filmmaker Simon Donnadieu, his wife Rachel realizes that something has gone awry, but chooses to remain faithful to her erratically-behaving husband.
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The Roku Channel
69
34
6.0
/655/
62
/35/
61
/64/
3.2
/462/
100
/15/
71
/4/

Number One (2017)
A brilliant and determined female engineer is approached by a network of powerful women with an offer to help become the head of a CAC 40 firm. The conguest, which was at first thrilling, turns to complete war with the men who still dominate.
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58
31
5.8
/1342/
59
/35/
62
/79/
3.2
/1006/
49
/19/

By the Pricking of My Thumbs (2005)
The Beresfords investigate mysterious deaths at an old people's home.
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46
19
4.4
/615/
55
/43/
54
/65/
3.1
/558/
19
/9/

Partners in Crime (2012)
Prudence and Bélisaire Beresford have decided to take things easy. But when a rich Russian heiress disappears, Prudence can't resist and Bélisaire is forced onto the adventure. Their investigation will put them on the trail of a mysterious scientist who holds the secret to eternal youth...
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53
18
5.4
/392/
49
/15/
46
/35/
3.2
/578/

Another Life (2014)
The South of France. Internationally famous pianist Aurore collapses one night during a performance, over-exhausted from too many concerts. Tired of music, she believes she no longer has anything to offer her public. Then she meets Jean, an electrician who installs residential security systems. Despite their differences, they immediately fall in love and plan a new life together. Jean intends to leave his long-time partner, Dolorès, but she will stop at nothing to keep him.
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15
5.8
/592/
60
/10/
52
/23/
3.5
/730/
50
/1/

The Black Angel (1994)
Stephane, the wife of a prominent magistrate, shoots and kills a man in her home and claims he tried to rape her. While investigating her case, her lawyer becomes hopelessly enmeshed in a web of lies and subterfuges concerning her past.
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14
6.4
/423/
44
/5/
64
/19/
3.4
/291/

White Lies (1998)
Believing she comes from a wealthy family, thugs kidnap a young woman hired as an au pair in Paris.
poster
52
14
5.5
/806/
48
/25/
47
/22/
3.1
/331/

Le Sourire (1994)
An old psychiatrist finds out that he is likely to suffer a second and probably fatal heart attack in the near future. As a consequence he becomes determined to seduce Odile, a young woman he first encounters in a railway compartment.
poster
50
12
5.4
/786/
46
/13/
53
/15/
3.1
/369/
38
/6/

An Open Heart (2012)
Mila and Javier, both renowned surgeons and both passionate about their work, have been madly in love for the past 10 years. They have always taken great care to preserve their extraordinary love for each other and refuse to succumb to the routine of everyday living. But Mila’s unexpected pregnancy, combined with increasing pressure from work at the hospital, drives Javier to drink more heavily and he ends up being suspended. Faced with his demons, Javier drifts further and further away from Mila. Yet, when their relationship is under serious threat, Javier is ready to do whatever it takes to win Mila back.
poster
61
11
7.5
/549/
60
/4/
57
/18/
3.4
/226/
47
/3/

The Red and the Black (1997)
In 1827, Berthet, the son of a craftsman and a young seminarian, was tried and sentenced to death for murdering his former mistress, the wife of a noble who had hired him as tutor to his children.
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52
10
5.5
/514/
51
/9/
42
/18/
3.2
/237/

6 Days, 6 Nights (1994)
Alice is a promising young artist in Paris. Her boyfriend Franck, a boxer, has just moved in to her attic flat. Then her sister Elsa, a bored housewife, leaves her unfaithful husband Thomas and turns up unannounced to stay with Alice and Franck. Elsa disrupts their life by playing psychological games with them, but they cannot bring themselves to throw her out.
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56
8
5.5
/254/
57
/8/
46
/12/
3.3
/299/

Daydreams (2017)
Axèle is a photographer, Camille is a writer. They have been awarded an arts residency at the Villa Medicis in Rome. Camille is accompanied by her husband, the famous writer Marc Landré. When a strange rivalry takes shape between them, Camille bonds with Axèle. But who is Axèle really ? A total artist, who never compromises and confuses herself with her oeuvre ? Or a ghost ? This year at the Villa Medici, where bodies and souls free themselves, no one will come out unscathed.
poster
?
5.5
/17/
10
/1/
70
/1/

La duchesse de Langeais (1995)
N/A
poster
?
8.4
/19/

Madame (2019)
Inside a grand Parisian apartment lives an elegant elderly lady. And inside this lady, lives a monster.
poster
?
4.5
/37/
10
/1/
10
/1/

The Girl Across the Way (1968)
A young student visits the home of a friend who has all the good looks, women and luck. Every day, through binoculars from his friend's window, he sees a young girl in front of her home. Although attractive, the woman's face has been badly scarred. He finds out her phone number and the two engage in pleasant conversation. He gets up enough nerve to ask to meet her in person, but the socially inept young man becomes paralyzed with fear. He again summons the courage to meet with her before he is plagued with fear once again.
poster
?
80
/1/

Old Boys (2022)
Following the funeral of their friend Dédé, two septuagenarians, Mr. Paul and Bobby, meet up in a neighborhood bistro where they reminisce about the halcyon days of their football glory and their romantic adventures, particularly with Lola, the owner of the establishment. Around them is a young waitress, Bibi, who bears a striking resemblance to Lola, who is apparently absent: the young woman could well be the daughter of their former mistress, and if so, one of the two could be her father.
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?
4.2
/11/
20
/1/
80
/1/

The Dark Side (1999)
A women is confused for a sex worker while waiting for her boyfriend.
poster
?
20
/1/

Sade en procès (1999)
In 1956, the rich French publisher of the works of the Marquis de Sade, Jean-Jacques Pauvert, was summoned to court for violating good morals and publishing pornography. Sade was born in 1755 and already in 1778 he was sentenced to a years-long prison, which was renewed by himself because of the writing of "scandalous" texts. This saved his life after the French revolution, but he soon came into conflict with Robespierre.
poster
?
5.2
/92/
35
/7/
41
/6/

La Bonzesse (1974)
A detailed account of the techniques and mechanics of prostitution - Meyer is a philosophy student who supplements her grant, gains insight, and gets laid simultaneously.
poster
?
6.9
/72/
35
/2/
46
/5/

The Honors of War (1962)
One morning in August 1944, the inhabitants of a French village are celebrating their premature liberation. The festivities are interrupted by the arrival of an exhausted, leaderless German detachment. A few kilometers away, the inhabitants of the village of Muzière negotiate with the Germans and agree to a truce. But the arrival of a Wehrmacht captain, anxious to regain control of the men, puts an end to this fragile peace process. The captain suggested meeting the Americans and surrendering to regular troops rather than civilians. The inhabitants of Muzière, believing the truce to be broken, fire on the Germans and, on this misunderstanding, the guns start talking again.
poster
?
6.5
/17/
10
/1/

Jamaica Inn (1995)
A young woman finds an isolated inn is the base of a gang of smugglers
poster
?
7.0
/53/
65
/2/
62
/6/

15 jours ailleurs (2013)
Unbearable pressure, unfair competition from a young assistant: Vincent burned out in the middle of a business meeting. With his wife's consent, he was admitted to a psychiatric ward. Neglected by an overworked care team, he befriends Hélène, a young psychotic woman, who is the only one who can get him to talk and cheer up. Hélène confides in him that she dreams of getting out as soon as possible to find her son, Lucas, whose custody has been taken away from her. The Juge des Libertés denies Hélène a trial discharge, which enrages her and leads to her being placed in solitary confinement. When Vincent leaves the hospital, Hélène deceives the nurses, runs away and begs him to help her see Lucas again. Vincent doesn't have the heart to turn her in and accepts the mission.
poster
?
5.6
/10/
3
/3/
50
/1/

Hot Lips (1973)
Drama about the determined efforts of the wife of a sex researcher to reveal her husband's hypocrisy and get revenge for his humiliating behavior to her.
poster
?
6.1
/21/
20
/1/
10
/1/

Les liens du cœur (1996)
N/A
poster
?
10
/1/

Les Hauts de Hurlevent - 2ème partie (1968)
N/A
poster
?
5.9
/37/
10
/1/
78
/3/

Night Taxi (1993)
It is only a few years into the future, but the face of France has changed drastically, due to its takeover by a moralistic, hypocritical and totalitarian regime. Women with children who want to divorce their husbands are not allowed to do so, all political parties have been outlawed, smoking is illegal and everyone must work. After a spat with her boyfriend, Carole (Laure Marsac) hails a taxi, not realizing that she has done so without any of the money or identification papers she needs. Her driver (Bruno Cremer) attempts to help her, but a variety of mishaps bring her to the attention of the police, who proceed to arrest her on made-up charges and a phoney HIV-positive result on tests given at the time of arrest.
poster
?
20
/1/

Premier de cordée : la grande crevasse (1999)
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poster
?
6.9
/46/
10
/1/

The Little Misses (1964)
Four young girls' love of boys put their newly opened all-services company in peril.
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?
7.2
/81/
70
/1/
60
/2/

South of the Clouds (2003)
70-year-old mountain farmer Adrien from Valais suggests a trip on the Trans-Siberian Railway to his friends. The taciturn mountain folk get on the train, but they never really let go. Nothing works without Jass cards and white wine. Only Adrien makes it as far as Beijing: For the stubborn farmer, the long journey ultimately becomes a journey to himself, to his own feelings.
poster
39
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6.3
/222/
10
/1/
44
/9/

A New Life (1993)
In a shock after her mother’s sudden death, warehouse forklift driver Tina seeks out the rich, enigmatic businessman father she has never known and discovers a half-sister, Lise.
poster
49
?
6.4
/185/
53
/3/
31
/7/

North (1992)
The story of a dysfunctional family in Northern France. Dad is a mean abusive drunk pharmacist, mom is addicted to pills and has incestuous desire for her son, the son is skipping school to fish and daughter is mentally handicapped.
poster
?
6.6
/5/
10
/1/
80
/1/

L'Exécution (1961)
Paris, at the start of the German Occupation, five men plan to sabotage a factory.
poster
?
8.0
/95/
65
/5/
86
/5/

Hassan Terro (1967)
While he tries by all means to stay out of the bloody upheavals caused by the battle of Algiers, Hassan, an honest and naive father, unknowingly offers hospitality to a mujahid actively sought by the army. French. A series of events and misunderstandings quickly catapult him to the forefront, presenting him under the pseudonym “Hassan Terro”, a great fictitious terrorist who would have sworn the doom of the French army...


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