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Criterion Channel
89
8.1
/70364/
77
/930/
78
/839/
4.4
/66593/
100
/46/
94
/1018/
100
/8/
cc age 17+

Fanny and Alexander (1982)
As children in the loving Ekdahl family, Fanny and Alexander enjoy a happy life with their parents, who run a theater company. After their father dies unexpectedly, however, the siblings end up in a joyless home when their mother, Emilie, marries a stern bishop. The bleak situation gradually grows worse as the bishop becomes more controlling, but dedicated relatives make a valiant attempt to aid Emilie, Fanny and Alexander.
poster
Criterion Channel
88
8.2
/30123/
80
/590/
79
/588/
4.3
/63121/
100
/43/
93
/288/

A Man Escaped (1956)
A captured French Resistance fighter during World War II engineers a daunting escape from prison.
poster
Kanopy
84
7.6
/7490/
77
/209/
73
/324/
3.9
/11675/
100
/8/
88
/127/
cc age 9+

My Father's Glory (1990)
Raised by his science teacher father, Joseph Pagnol, and seamstress mother Augustine, young Marcel grows up during the turn of the century in awe of his rationalist dad. When the family takes a summer vacation in the countryside, Marcel becomes friends with Lili, who teaches him about rural life.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
81
7.4
/48512/
71
/1182/
72
/1036/
3.8
/146829/
93
/71/
83
/988/
79
/19/

Nosferatu the Vampyre (1979)
A real estate agent leaves behind his beautiful wife to go to Transylvania to visit the mysterious Count Dracula and formalize the purchase of a property in Wismar.
poster
Hulu
80
7.4
/19783/
72
/782/
70
/355/
4.0
/88711/
97
/198/
77
/170/
85
/43/
cc age 13+

The Taste of Things (2023)
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.
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Hoopla
80
7.6
/6051/
76
/176/
72
/292/
3.9
/8463/
73
/11/
87
/97/

My Mother's Castle (1990)
To his chagrin, young Marcel Pagnol and his family move back to their home in Marseille, France, far from their pastoral holiday cottage in the hills. Determined, Marcel makes the long voyage back to the cottage on foot and lands himself in trouble. One day Marcel's father discovers a shortcut to the cottage, but it requires trespassing. Despite their trepidations, Marcel and his family begin using the secret trail to reach their cottage.
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Kanopy
79
7.7
/1045/
80
/21/
75
/10/
3.9
/1496/
100
/42/
62
/1/
87
/17/

My Journey Through French Cinema (2016)
Famous French director Tavernier tells us about his fantastic voyage through the cinema of his country.
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Criterion Channel
79
7.4
/8266/
70
/143/
68
/171/
3.7
/7373/
85
/13/
82
/106/

Danton (1983)
Danton and Robespierre were close friends and fought together in the French Revolution, but by 1793 Robespierre was France's ruler, determined to wipe out opposition with a series of mass executions that became known as the Reign of Terror. Danton, well known as a spokesman of the people, had been living in relative solitude in the French countryside, but he returned to Paris to challenge Robespierre's violent rule and call for the people to demand their rights. Robespierre, however, could not accept such a challenge, even from a friend and colleague, and he blocked out a plan for the capture and execution of Danton and his allies.
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Amazon Prime Video
79
7.4
/7403/
74
/336/
74
/527/
3.8
/28852/
93
/55/
90
/10/
81
/17/

Lost Illusions (2021)
Lucien de Rubempré, a young, lower-class poet, leaves his family's printing house for Paris. Soon, he learns the dark side of the arts business as he tries to stay true to his dreams.
poster
81
79
7.7
/7010/
80
/353/
77
/536/
3.8
/12563/
96
/202/

Crooks in Clover (1963)
An aging gangster, Fernand Naudin is hoping for a quiet retirement when he suddenly inherits a fortune from an old friend, a former gangster supremo known as the Mexican. If he is ambivalent about his new found wealth, Fernand is positively nonplussed to discover that he has also inherited his benefactor’s daughter, Patricia. Unfortunately, not only does Fernand have to put up with the thoroughly modern Patricia and her nauseating boyfriend, but he also had to contend with the Mexican’s trigger-happy former employees, who are determined to make a claim.
poster
Kanopy
79
7.2
/54220/
72
/2170/
73
/1249/
4.0
/396626/
85
/41/
77
/410/
75
/10/

Possession (1981)
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.
poster
Hulu
79
7.3
/123992/
72
/6029/
70
/2038/
3.8
/261062/
94
/254/
79
/723/
88
/43/
cc age 15+

The Death of Stalin (2017)
When dictator Joseph Stalin dies, his parasitic cronies square off in a frantic power struggle to become the next Soviet leader. As they bumble, brawl and back-stab their way to the top, the question remains — just who is running the government?
poster
Kanopy
78
7.3
/7867/
70
/121/
68
/143/
3.7
/5125/
89
/9/
88
/192/

Camille Claudel (1988)
The life of Camille Claudel, a French sculptor who becomes the apprentice of Auguste Rodin and later his lover. Her passion for her art and Rodin drive her further away from reason and rationality.
poster
78
8.5
/1332223/
84
/28672/
83
/15596/
4.0
/1231996/
76
/66/
95
/14696/
64
/12/
cc age 16+

Léon: The Professional (1994)
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.
poster
78
7.9
/14913/
78
/689/
76
/357/
3.9
/6851/
87
/94/
82
/2428/
72
/26/
cc age 6+

Earth (2007)
An epic story of adventure, starring some of the most magnificent and courageous creatures alive, awaits you in EARTH. Disneynature brings you a remarkable story of three animal families on a journey across our planet – polar bears, elephants and humpback whales.
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Kanopy
78
7.6
/46966/
79
/1690/
78
/2006/
3.9
/72863/
73
/45/
90
/1109/
73
/19/

The Dinner Game (1998)
For Pierre Brochant and his friends, Wednesday is “Idiots' Day”. The idea is simple: each person has to bring along an idiot. The one who brings the most spectacular idiot wins the prize. Tonight, Brochant is ecstatic. He has found a gem. The ultimate idiot, “A world champion idiot!”. What Brochant doesn’t know is that Pignon is a real jinx, a past master in the art of bringing on catastrophes...
poster
Criterion Channel
77
7.1
/7666/
68
/217/
68
/214/
3.9
/24372/
89
/9/
80
/79/

A Nos Amours (1983)
Fifteen-year-old Suzanne seeks refuge from a disintegrating family in a series of impulsive, promiscuous affairs. Her fulsome sexuality further ratchets up the suppressed passions of her narcissistic brother, insecure mother and brooding, authoritarian father.
poster
Kanopy
77
8.5
/1006388/
85
/22172/
82
/17985/
4.1
/732301/
75
/128/
93
/2825/
57
/31/
cc age 16+

The Intouchables (2011)
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.
poster
76
7.4
/1812/
64
/19/
68
/32/
3.5
/730/
88
/8/
74
/31/

Carmen (1984)
A film version of the famous Bizet opera, where a soldier (Don Jose) falls in love with a beautiful factory worker (Carmen), but she does not reciprocate his feelings.
poster
Kanopy
76
7.3
/4022/
77
/291/
74
/517/
3.7
/10864/
80
/30/
95
/9/
61
/7/

Cyrano, My Love (2018)
Paris, France, December 1897. The young playwright Edmond Rostand feels like a failure. Inspiration has abandoned him. Married and father of two children, desperate and penniless, he persuades the great actor Constant Coquelin to perform the main role in his new play. But there is a problem: Coquelin wants to premiere it at Christmas and Edmond has not written a single word.
poster
Kanopy
76
7.3
/6927/
77
/542/
78
/881/
3.7
/17551/
83
/24/
84
/14/
55
/7/
cc age 13+

A Bag of Marbles (2017)
At the beginning of the 1940s, in a France occupied by Nazi forces, lived the Jewish Joffo family. Happy and tight-knit, she sees her future darken when all members of the family are forced to wear the yellow star. Fearing the worst, the parents organized their family to flee to the free zone in the south of the country. Maurice, twelve years old, and Joseph, ten years old, will therefore leave alone in order to maximize their chances of finding their older brothers already settled in Nice. The brothers left to their own devices demonstrate an incredible amount of cleverness, courage, and ingenuity to escape the enemy invasion and to try to reunite their family once again.
poster
Kanopy
76
7.2
/8656/
75
/464/
74
/720/
3.8
/18942/
85
/2172/

Delusions of Grandeur (1971)
Don Sallust is the minister of the King of Spain. Being disingenuous, hypocritical, greedy and collecting the taxes for himself, he is hated by the people he oppresses. Accused by The Queen, a beautiful princess Bavarian, of having an illegitimate child to one of her maids of honor, he was stripped of his duties and ordered to retire to a monastery.
poster
Kanopy
76
7.1
/19247/
72
/519/
69
/625/
3.4
/8148/
100
/6/
81
/438/

36th Precinct (2004)
In Paris, two cops are competing for the vacant job of chief of police, in the middle of the search for a gang of violent thieves. The movie is directed by Olivier Marchal, a former police officer who spent 12 years with the French police before creating this story, taken in part from real events of the 1980s.
poster
Kanopy
76
7.0
/8121/
71
/379/
70
/471/
3.8
/22647/
93
/54/
79
/33/
78
/17/
cc age 16+

Breathe (2014)
Charlie, a 17-year-old girl tortured by doubt, is thrilled when she becomes friends with Sarah, but when Sarah tires of Charlie and looks for a new friend, their relationship takes an ominous turn.
poster
76
7.2
/80582/
72
/2216/
71
/2071/
3.6
/54387/
89
/47/
84
/1689/
65
/16/
cc age 17+

Nikita (1990)
A beautiful felon, sentenced to life in prison for the murder of a policeman, is given a second chance – as a secret political assassin controlled by the government.
poster
Kanopy
75
7.1
/6135/
71
/239/
70
/229/
3.5
/3209/
94
/50/
80
/35/
72
/19/

Diplomacy (2014)
On the night of August 24, 1944, the fate of Paris rests with General von Choltitz, who plans to destroy the city on Hitler's orders. As the general prepares to detonate explosives throughout the capital, Swedish consul Raoul Nordling uses diplomacy in a desperate bid to convince him to defy the orders and save Paris.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
74
6.5
/7037/
65
/385/
64
/437/
3.4
/27281/
98
/65/
90
/177/
74
/11/

The Crime Is Mine (2023)
In 1930s Paris, Madeleine, a pretty, young, penniless, and talentless actress, is accused of murdering a famous producer. Helped by her best friend, Pauline, a young, unemployed lawyer, she is acquitted on the grounds of self-defense. A new life of fame and success begins, until the truth comes out.
poster
Hoopla
80
74
7.4
/12027/
77
/788/
78
/1332/
3.9
/36842/
94
/17/
84
/20/

See You Up There (2017)
In November 1918, a few days before the Armistice, when Lieutenant Pradelle orders a senseless attack, he causes a useless disaster; but his outrageous act also binds the lives of two soldiers who have nothing more in common than the battlefield: Édouard saves Albert, although at a high cost. They become companions in misfortune who will attempt to survive in a changing world. Pradelle, in his own way, does the same.
poster
YouTube TV
74
7.6
/536432/
81
/27929/
75
/11307/
3.8
/473747/
71
/70/
87
/24378/
52
/22/
cc age 14+

The Fifth Element (1997)
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.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
73
6.8
/15055/
68
/507/
66
/482/
3.4
/5558/
91
/77/
77
/335/
75
/25/

Point Blank (2010)
Samuel Pierret is a nurse who saves the wrong guy – a thief whose henchmen take Samuel's pregnant wife hostage to force him to spring their boss from the hospital. A race through the subways and streets of Paris ensues, and the body count rises. Can Samuel evade the cops and the criminal underground and deliver his beloved to safety?
poster
Fandor
73
7.1
/13193/
71
/714/
71
/912/
3.6
/18297/
77
/75/
71
/43/
67
/18/

The Connection (2014)
Newly transferred to the bustling port city of Marseille to assist with a crackdown on organized crime, energetic young magistrate Pierre Michel is given a rapid-fire tutorial on the ins and outs of an out-of-control drug trade. Pierre's wildly ambitious mission is to take on the French Connection, a highly organized operation that controls the city's underground heroin economy and is overseen by the notorious —and reputedly untouchable— Gaetan Zampa. Fearless, determined and willing to go the distance, Pierre plunges into an underworld world of insane danger and ruthless criminals.
poster
Kanopy
72
7.0
/24862/
74
/1552/
72
/1810/
3.7
/78480/
76
/63/
75
/583/
62
/20/

OSS 117: Cairo, Nest of Spies (2006)
Set in 1955, French secret agent Hubert Bonisseur de La Bath/OSS 117 is sent to Cairo to investigate the disappearance of his best friend and fellow spy Jack Jefferson, only to stumble into a web of international intrigue.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
71
6.6
/546/
65
/10/
69
/14/
3.6
/930/
83
/398/

Quilombo (1984)
Quilombo dos Palmares was a real-life democratic society, created in Brazil in the 17th century. This incredibly elaborate (and surprisingly little-known) film traces the origins of Quilombo, which began as a community of freed slaves. The colony becomes a safe harbor for other outcasts of the world, including Indians and Jews. Ganga Zumba (Toni Tornado) becomes president of Quilombo, the first freely elected leader in the Western Hemisphere. Naturally, the ruling Portuguese want to subjugate Zumba and his followers, but the Quilombians are ready for their would-be oppressors. The end of this Brave New World is not pleasant, but the followers of Zumba and his ideals take to the hills, where they honor his memory to this day. Writer/director Carlos Diegues takes every available opportunity to compare the rise and fall of Quilombo with the state of affairs in modern-day Brazil.
poster
Hoopla
71
6.7
/2386/
66
/82/
64
/100/
3.6
/8375/
86
/49/
48
/3/
82
/13/

Hold Me Tight (2021)
At dawn, Clarisse takes a last look at her husband and two sleeping children, hesitates to leave a note, and hits the road. A desperate escape that gradually reveals its layers as Clarisse — who seems to have an extra-sensory connection to the family she has left behind — loses herself in the world.
poster
71
7.2
/71916/
71
/1146/
70
/808/
3.7
/46182/
71
/163/
81
/11301/
70
/33/
cc age 15+

The Science of Sleep (2006)
A man entranced by his dreams and imagination is lovestruck with a French woman and feels he can show her his world.
poster
77
71
7.3
/5798/
68
/168/
69
/120/
3.9
/8748/
95
/22/
80
/75/

The Vampires or, The Arch Criminals of Paris (1915)
Paris is prey to an invisible terror against which the police can do nothing: a sinister organization that sows chaos and death. The intrepid journalist Philippe Guérande and his partner embark on a long crusade to put an end to the crimes of the Great Vampire and Irma Vep, his dangerous accomplice. (A ten episode movie serial.)
poster
Criterion Channel
71
7.2
/2693/
63
/34/
68
/66/
3.6
/1471/
83
/6/
80
/21/

The Night of Varennes (1982)
During the French Revolution, a surprising company shares a coach, trying to catch up something - the time itself, perhaps.
poster
71
7.0
/18925/
70
/412/
64
/505/
3.4
/7083/
85
/82/
78
/401/
72
/28/

The Closet (2001)
A man spreads the rumor of his fake homosexuality with the aid of his neighbor, to prevent his imminent firing at his work.
poster
70
7.2
/9964/
71
/364/
70
/466/
3.6
/12008/
67
/6/
79
/32/

The Tall Blond Man with One Black Shoe (1972)
A hapless orchestra player becomes an unwitting pawn of rival factions within the French secret service after he is chosen as a decoy by being identified as a super secret agent.
poster
70
7.5
/57975/
76
/1354/
74
/1521/
3.8
/42876/
62
/21/
93
/1929/
35
/5/

The Big Blue (1988)
Two men answer the call of the ocean in this romantic fantasy-adventure. Jacques and Enzo are a pair of friends who have been close since childhood, and who share a passion for the dangerous sport of free diving. Professional diver Jacques opted to follow in the footsteps of his father, who died at sea when Jacques was a boy; to the bewilderment of scientists, Jacques harbors a remarkable ability to adjust his heart rate and breathing pattern in the water, so that his vital signs more closely resemble that of dolphins than men. As Enzo persuades a reluctant Jacques to compete against him in a free diving contest -- determining who can dive deeper and longer without scuba gear -- Jacques meets Johana, a beautiful insurance investigator from America, and he finds that he must choose between his love for her and his love of the sea.
poster
Hoopla
69
6.7
/7226/
71
/395/
68
/536/
3.5
/13372/
74
/2039/

The Restaurant (1966)
A great French restaurant's owner, Monsieur Septime, is thrust into intrigue and crime, when one of his famous guests disappears.
poster
Hoopla
70
69
6.6
/8262/
70
/389/
66
/682/
3.5
/11420/
83
/12/
67
/49/

Me, Myself and Mum (2013)
How to become a man when your mother and your closed circle have decided otherwise? This is the challenge Guillaume took up. The film recounts Guillaume's tragicomic battle from the young age of eight, as he adopts the role of a girl then of a homosexual... until, aged 30, he meets the woman who, after his mother, will become the other woman in his life. Beyond this story of a heterosexual coming-out, the film tells the tale of an actor who never stopped loving women, maybe even a little too much.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
69
7.0
/41227/
69
/930/
66
/541/
3.5
/13763/
82
/107/
74
/2179/
64
/25/

JCVD (2008)
Between his tax problems and his legal battle with his wife for the custody of his daughter, these are hard times for the action movie star who finds that even Steven Seagal has pinched a role from him! This fictionalized version of Jean-Claude Van Damme returns to the country of his birth to seek the peace and tranquility he can no longer enjoy in the United States, but inadvertently gets involved in a bank robbery with hostages.
poster
Hulu
68
6.4
/6206/
62
/512/
60
/387/
3.4
/42970/
94
/84/
53
/14/
74
/20/

Smoking Causes Coughing (2022)
After a devastating battle against a diabolical turtle, a team of five avengers — known as the "Tobacco Force" — is sent on a mandatory retreat to strengthen their decaying group cohesion, where they share scary stories the film depicts. Their storytelling sojourn goes wonderfully well until Lézardin, Emperor of Evil, decides to annihilate planet Earth.
poster
Criterion Channel
75
68
7.4
/7262/
69
/126/
72
/159/
3.8
/7248/
82
/11/
82
/89/

And the Ship Sails On (1983)
In 1914, a cruise ship sets sail from Naples to spread the ashes of beloved opera singer Edmea Tetua near Erimo, the isle of her birth. During the voyage, the eclectic array of passengers discovers a group of Serbian refugees aboard the vessel. Peace and camaraderie abound until the ship is descended upon by an Austrian flagship. The Serbians are forced to board it, but naturally they resist, igniting a skirmish that ends in destruction.
poster
Kanopy
68
6.9
/8679/
65
/155/
69
/283/
3.7
/13094/
68
/19/
75
/99/

City of Women (1980)
The charismatic Snaporaz encounters an alluring woman on a train and pursues her through a forest. He ends up at a hotel populated by women gathered for a feminist conference, where he is an unwanted presence. Snaporaz soon discovers he’s entered a phantasmagoric world where women have taken power.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
68
6.8
/17635/
74
/1218/
71
/1490/
3.6
/53532/
74
/53/
63
/214/
58
/19/

OSS 117: Lost in Rio (2009)
In 1967, OSS 117 is sent to Brazil in order to retrieve a microfilm list of French Nazi sympathizers, only to once again unknowingly set foot into a bigger international intrigue.
poster
Kanopy
68
6.9
/68929/
71
/1945/
69
/1644/
3.4
/34189/
68
/53/
70
/552/
49
/19/

The Crimson Rivers (2000)
Two French policemen, one investigating a grisly murder at a remote mountain college, the other working on the desecration of a young girl's grave by skinheads, are brought together by the clues from their respective cases. Soon after they start working together, more murders are committed, and the pair begin to discover just what dark secrets are behind the killings.


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