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83
7.4
/6307/
73
/119/
71
/102/
3.8
/6177/
100
/25/
89
/95/

'Round Midnight (1986)
Inside the Blue Note nightclub one night in 1959 Paris, an aged, ailing jazzman coaxes an eloquent wail from his tenor sax. Outside, a young Parisian too broke to buy a glass of wine strains to hear those notes. Soon they will form a friendship that sparks a final burst of genius.
poster
Kanopy
82
7.4
/3441/
70
/53/
70
/96/
3.8
/3212/
100
/7/
85
/18/

A Sunday in the Country (1984)
In France, before WWI. As every Sunday, an old painter living in the country is visited by his son Gonzague, coming with his wife and his three children. Then his daugther Irene arrives. She is always in a hurry, she lives alone and does not come so often... An intimist chronicle in which what is not shown, what is guessed, is more important than how it looks, dealing with what each character expects of life.
poster
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.
poster
Criterion Channel
76
6.8
/897/
70
/9/
71
/16/
3.5
/622/
88
/8/
81
/5/

Daddy Nostalgia (1990)
A half English, half French screenwriter visits her parents on the Riviera after her father's heart surgery. Once there, she begins to connect with him in a way she never did before, as each member of the family tries to cope with his imminent death.
poster
Criterion Channel
75
6.9
/1696/
65
/20/
64
/32/
3.5
/783/
76
/37/
79
/7/
82
/15/

Safe Conduct (2002)
During the Nazi occupation of France as two filmmakers attempt to navigate their careers without compromising their ideals. Facing pressure from the Vichy government, assistant director Jean Devaivre uses his position at the German-controlled studio Continental Films as a cover for his resistance activities, while screenwriter Jean Aurenche uses his wits to keep from being involved in the creation of any collaborationist propaganda.
poster
Criterion Channel
75
7.4
/3087/
73
/49/
71
/57/
3.8
/1787/
81
/16/
79
/17/
78
/13/

It All Starts Today (1999)
In a mining town which has been blighted by economic downturns, an elementary school headmaster struggles to obtain social services on behalf of his students.
poster
Criterion Channel
73
7.3
/7144/
65
/162/
70
/209/
3.7
/6618/
88
/8/
82
/63/

Coup de Torchon (1981)
A pathetic police chief, humiliated by everyone around him, suddenly wants a clean slate in life, and resorts to drastic means to achieve it.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
63
6.4
/852/
69
/44/
57
/22/
3.5
/387/
48
/390/

Beatrice (1987)
Somewhere in France during the Middle Ages. Béatrice is impatient to see her father return from English captivity. She doesn't expect however that the father whom she loves from distance will be the most hateful person who will submit her and her family to abuse and humiliation.
poster
Kanopy
60
6.4
/4116/
64
/184/
60
/300/
3.3
/5538/
62
/21/
55
/20/
65
/11/

The French Minister (2013)
Alexandre Taillard de Vorms is a force to be reckoned with. With his silver mane and tanned, athletic body, he stalks the world stage as Minister of Foreign Affairs for France, waging his own war backed up by the holy trinity of diplomatic concepts: legitimacy, lucidity, and efficacy. Enter Arthur Vlaminck. Hired to write the minister's speeches, Arthur must contend with the sensibilities of his boss and the dirty dealings within the Quai d'Orsay, the ministry's home.
poster
Criterion Channel
74
55
7.2
/2310/
71
/54/
71
/101/
3.7
/1701/
84
/531/

L.627 (1992)
In Paris, Lulu, a passionate policeman, works with the faith of a rookie, despite the sclerotic bureaucracy and the incompetence or negligence of some of his colleagues. In his new position as a narcotics inspector, he tries to keep his sanity as he witnesses the worst of the human condition.
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Fandor
66
55
6.5
/3784/
65
/100/
62
/109/
3.4
/4106/
79
/14/
59
/28/

Death Watch (1980)
In a future world where the disease has been finally defeated and everything can be sold, even the crude spectacle of death, the rare case of a dying woman becomes the morbid theme of a revolutionary reality show, broadcast through the curious eyes of a peculiar camera.
poster
The Roku Channel
55
6.1
/20812/
62
/653/
60
/447/
3.0
/6534/
54
/13/
34
/812/

In the Electric Mist (2009)
Lt. Dave Robicheaux, a detective in New Iberia, Louisiana, is trying to link the murder of a local hooker to New Orleans mobster Julie (Baby Feet) Balboni, who is co-producer of a Civil War film. At the same time, after Elrod Sykes, the star of the film, reports finding another corpse in the Atchafalaya Swamp near the movie set, Robicheaux starts another investigation, believing the corpse to be the remains of a black man who he saw being murdered 35 years before.
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Hoopla
75
47
7.5
/2247/
68
/34/
72
/86/
3.8
/1890/
86
/15/

Life and Nothing But (1989)
In 1920, Major Dellaplane, a man of honor and ethics, searches for missing French soldiers. He meets Madame Irène de Courtil, a politically connected Parisian, and their paths cross.
poster
Criterion Channel
70
44
7.2
/2607/
62
/47/
66
/90/
3.7
/1908/
80
/10/

Captain Conan (1996)
The last days of World War I, Eastern front. Captain Conan, a lone wolf, a true warrior, leads a band of ruthless French fighters who love hand-to-hand combat; they are not fit for peacetime, they only feel really alive in the chaos of the battlefield.
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66
42
6.7
/2530/
62
/54/
64
/79/
3.5
/1593/
67
/14/

Fresh Bait (1995)
With the ambition to start a boutique overseas but without the means to do so, Nathalie finds herself in a desperate situation, where she would do anything to acquire what she needs. Along with her boyfriend, Eric, and his friend Bruno, she concocts a plan where she seduces clueless men and accompanies them to their places, then allows Eric and Bruno to break in. But the three soon encounter trouble after one of their schemes ends in murder.
poster
66
24
6.6
/797/
70
/9/
68
/25/
61
/18/

Father and Sons (2003)
Léo, un vieux père de famille ancien représentant de commerce, est prêt à tout pour retrouver l'affection de ses trois fils, David, Max et Simon. Il va même jusqu'à invoquer une maladie et une intervention chirurgicale pour les convaincre de l'accompagner dans un voyage au Canada, où il tentera de refaire l'unité du clan familial. Le quatuor de Français y fera la rencontre d'une guérisseuse et de sa fille.
poster
Criterion Channel
62
24
6.6
/827/
54
/9/
60
/23/
3.5
/977/

A Week's Vacation (1980)
On the verge of an emotional collapse, schoolteacher Laurence takes a week off from work to figure out her life. She reconnects with friends and family and wrestles with everything from whether she should continue her job to whether she should have a child with her boyfriend.
poster
62
23
6.4
/828/
58
/13/
61
/45/
3.4
/337/

My Little Business (1999)
A wood worker is trying hard to make his company survive every day... But a fire in his workshop leaves him in a lot of trouble when he realizes his insurer was swindling him - he does not have any insurance... That's when a crazy idea grows in his mind - he will need all his friends and their different talents to make it work...
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59
15
6.5
/783/
65
/13/
58
/27/
3.4
/333/
40
/3/

Holy Lola (2004)
The story of a young couple, Pierre and Geraldine, and their desire for a child, which leads them on a journey of initiation to Cambodia. On their difficult and transformative adventure, they must contend with obstructive authorities and the jealousies and mistrust of a small community of would-be adoptive parents.
poster
?
6.0
/13/

Rue du Pied de Grue (1979)
A drifter navigates the fringes of Parisian society. The protagonist, a solitary man seeking direction, becomes entangled with a group of outsiders—misfits, lovers, and wanderers—who live on the city's margins. As he moves through this world, he connects with a woman whose struggles mirror his. Their relationship is fragile, shaped by fleeting moments of intimacy and the harsh realities of their surroundings. The film captures their attempts to escape their circumstances, but fate and the weight of their pasts make change elusive.
poster
?
7.2
/22/
20
/1/

Histoires de vies brisées: les 'double peine' de Lyon (2001)
In December 1997, Bertrand Tavernier supported a group of undocumented migrants in Lyon who went on hunger strike to protest against the double penalty. An agreement was reached, but the strike resumed a few months later, for lack of a real solution. The director then decides to take his camera and to give a long speech to these men and women that nobody wants to listen to.
poster
?
20
/1/

Inside (1996)
A lonely man talks to his camcorder and tells it everything he'd have liked to do if he hadn't fallen ill.
poster
Criterion Channel
70
?
7.6
/156/
53
/3/
82
/5/
3.6
/200/

The Undeclared War (1992)
Documentary on the French-Algerian conflict 1954-1962 which was never officially called a "war", including interviews with some of the survivors.
poster
59
?
7.7
/124/
55
/2/
50
/3/
100
/5/

The Troubles We've Seen (1994)
We follow Marcel Ophuls' two journeys to Sarajevo in 1993. He is starting a documentary about war correspondants. But this also becomes a reflexion about truth and life. The form consists in many interviews of mostly French and American journalists and reporters of television or newspapers.
poster
60
?
6.2
/329/
56
/6/
63
/11/

Fred (1997)
Fred (Vincent Lindon) is a former crane driver who was a victim of the closure of his factory. He takes care of the little boy of his girlfriend (Clotilde Courau), does the housework and sometimes goes to the job center but boredom is inescapable. One day, because he accepted to drive a truck for a friend to a warehouse, he's caught up in a vicious spiral that goes beyond him. It's all the more serious as shady men want to eliminate him an the police is on his back.
poster
65
?
6.5
/165/
62
/7/
69
/7/

The Murderous Months of April (1987)
When an informer is executed, his dismembered remains found in several bin bags, Fred, a resilient police inspector, leads the murder investigation with his customary dogged determination.
poster
45
?
5.9
/464/
23
/3/
53
/23/

The Old Lady Who Walked in the Sea (1991)
A con artist couple takes a young, handsome petty thief under their wing, but jealousies flare when the woman develops an interest in him.
poster
60
?
7.0
/104/
55
/2/
55
/6/

The Question (1977)
1957. For several months, Henri Charlègue, the ex-director of the newspaper "Alger democratic", banned, has been living in hiding. Suspected of belonging to the FLN, he is actively sought by paratroopers.
poster
?

Garden Wedding (2007)
When a man commits a horrible crime it comes back to haunt him several years later.


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