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Kanopy
89
8.1
/73920/
78
/1154/
79
/841/
4.4
/108141/
99
/94/
95
/1190/
96
/22/

The Battle of Algiers (1966)
Paratrooper commander Colonel Mathieu, a former French Resistance fighter during World War II, is sent to Algeria to reinforce efforts to squelch the uprisings of the Algerian War. There he faces Ali la Pointe, a former petty criminal who, as the leader of the Algerian Front de Liberation Nationale, directs terror strategies against the colonial French government occupation. As each side resorts to ever-increasing brutality, no violent act is too unthinkable.
poster
85
8.2
/9627/
78
/206/
78
/208/
4.2
/18926/
87
/68/
90
/109/

Napoleon (1927)
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.
poster
80
7.5
/253787/
73
/9849/
74
/5740/
4.0
/860469/
93
/430/
71
/1585/
91
/53/
cc age 16+

The Favourite (2018)
England, early 18th century. The close relationship between Queen Anne and Sarah Churchill is threatened by the arrival of Sarah's cousin, Abigail Hill, resulting in a bitter rivalry between the two cousins to be the Queen's favourite.
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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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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.
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Hulu
75
7.3
/201548/
72
/9290/
74
/3674/
3.7
/321965/
85
/294/
81
/479/
67
/50/
cc age 17+

The Last Duel (2021)
King Charles VI declares that Knight Jean de Carrouges settle his dispute with his squire, Jacques Le Gris, by challenging him to a duel.
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Kanopy
73
7.4
/20054/
71
/311/
71
/401/
3.9
/20587/
82
/34/
88
/429/

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.
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Kanopy
72
6.8
/2793/
67
/90/
65
/98/
3.7
/6423/
87
/54/
59
/5/
76
/16/

The Death of Louis XIV (2016)
August 1715. After going for a walk, Louis XIV feels a pain in his leg. The next days, the king keeps fulfilling his duties and obligations, but his sleep is troubled and he has a serious fever. He barely eats and weakens increasingly. This is the start of the slow agony of the greatest king of France, surrounded by his relatives and doctors.
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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.
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Kanopy
70
6.5
/4444/
64
/113/
63
/273/
3.2
/4127/
85
/66/
54
/101/
78
/20/

The Princess of Montpensier (2010)
Set in the high courts of 16th Century France, where the wars of religion between Catholics and Protestants are raging. Marie de Mézières, a beautiful young aristocrat, is in love with Henri de Guise, but her hand in marriage is promised to the Prince of Montpensier.
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Kanopy
69
6.6
/3109/
69
/73/
66
/79/
3.5
/3587/
87
/77/
48
/15/
71
/25/

Francofonia (2015)
Master filmmaker Alexander Sokurov (Russian Ark) transforms a portrait of the world-renowned museum into a magisterial, centuries-spanning reflection on the relation between art, culture and power.
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Britbox Apple TV Channel
68
6.5
/129598/
67
/3107/
67
/2878/
3.7
/653379/
57
/218/
56
/13634/
64
/37/
cc age 14+

Marie Antoinette (2006)
The retelling of France’s iconic but ill-fated queen, Marie Antoinette - from her betrothal and marriage to Louis XVI at fifteen to her reign as queen at nineteen and ultimately the fall of Versailles.
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71
68
6.8
/13142/
65
/221/
65
/345/
3.3
/5968/
85
/110/
84
/9941/
68
/21/

Paris (2008)
Pierre, a professional dancer, suffers from a serious heart disease. While he is waiting for a transplant which may (or may not) save his life, he has nothing better to do than look at the people around him, from the balcony of his Paris apartment.
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72
67
7.2
/22853/
71
/1157/
70
/1555/
3.5
/34144/
78
/46/
83
/21/
60
/15/

An Officer and a Spy (2019)
In 1894, French Captain Alfred Dreyfus is wrongfully convicted of treason and sentenced to life imprisonment at the Devil’s Island penal colony.
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Kanopy
67
6.6
/4228/
68
/97/
66
/196/
3.3
/1560/
76
/42/
63
/76/
59
/14/

Outside the Law (2010)
After losing their family home in Algeria in the 1920s, three brothers and their mother are scattered across the globe. Messaoud joins the French army fighting in Indochina; Abdelkader becomes a leader of the Algerian independence movement in France and Saïd moves to Paris to make his fortune in the shady clubs and boxing halls of Pigalle.
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Amazon Prime Video
67
66
7.1
/9792/
74
/382/
75
/1033/
3.6
/8933/
57
/35/
73
/108/
49
/11/

The Round Up (2010)
A faithful retelling of the 1942 "Vel' d'Hiv Roundup" and the events surrounding it.
poster
71
63
6.7
/7764/
70
/753/
70
/849/
3.4
/43231/
78
/18/
76
/11/

November (2022)
In November 2015, a series of unprecedented and deadly attacks hits Paris. The anti-terrorist police led by Heloise and her chief commander Fred face an unprecedented level of pressure. In a race against the clock, they must find the perpetrators of the attacks as quickly as possible before they can strike again, travelling across Europe and beyond in one of the biggest manhunts in history.
poster
70
63
6.8
/5501/
68
/136/
71
/217/
3.5
/3307/
75
/8/
71
/42/

Is Paris Burning? (1966)
Near the end of World War II, Gen. Dietrich von Choltitz receives orders to burn down Paris if it becomes clear the Allies are going to invade, or if he cannot maintain control of the city. After much contemplation Choltitz decides to ignore his orders, enraging the Germans and giving hope to various resistance factions that the city will be liberated. Choltitz, along with Swedish diplomat Raoul Nordling, helps a resistance leader organize his forces.
poster
62
6.4
/878/
51
/6/
58
/21/
3.2
/587/
60
/5/

A Walk with Love and Death (1969)
During France’s Hundred Years’ War, a Parisian student seeks refuge by the sea and falls in love with an aristocrat. As they find shelter in a monastery, their romance is overshadowed by the ongoing conflict between peasants and noblemen.
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Amazon Prime Video
60
6.2
/8788/
63
/722/
62
/707/
2.9
/19431/
48
/54/
89
/17/
52
/10/
cc age 15+

Eiffel (2021)
The French government is asking Gustave Eiffel to design something spectacular for the 1889 Paris World Fair, but he simply wants to design the subway—until he crosses paths with a mysterious woman from his past.
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Kanopy
73
60
6.9
/2974/
72
/127/
66
/108/
3.5
/1347/
95
/22/
71
/36/

Rebellion (2011)
April 1988, Ouvéa Island, New Caledonia. 30 gendarmes are taken hostage by a group of Kanak freedom fighters. 300 soldiers are sent from France to re-establish order. 2 men confront each other: Philippe Legorjus, chief of the terrorist squad, and Alphonse Dianou, head of the kidnappers. Through their shared values, they will attempt to make discussion triumph. But, in the middle of a presidential election, when the stakes are political, order isn't always dictated by morality. A violent and troubling epic that marks the return of Mathieu Kassovitz in front and behind the camera.
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Apple TV
59
6.3
/180852/
63
/8448/
63
/2916/
2.9
/530053/
58
/342/
58
/933/
64
/62/
cc age 16+

Napoleon (2023)
An epic that details the checkered rise and fall of French Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte and his relentless journey to power through the prism of his addictive, volatile relationship with his wife, Josephine.
poster
72
58
7.3
/2984/
66
/30/
68
/84/
3.8
/1736/
60
/5/
89
/72/

Bolero (1981)
The film follows four families, with different nationalities (French, German, Russian and American) but with the same passion for music, from the 1930s to the 1960s. The various story lines cross each other time and again in different places and times, with their own theme scores that evolve as time passes. The main event in the film is the Second World War, which throws the stories of the four musical families together and mixes their fates. Although all characters are fictional, many of them are loosely based on historical musical icons (Édith Piaf, Josephine Baker, Herbert von Karajan, Glenn Miller, Rudolf Nureyev, etc.) The Boléro dance sequence at the end brings all the threads together.
poster
Criterion Channel
69
57
7.1
/3723/
68
/81/
67
/120/
3.5
/2143/
70
/10/
74
/21/
69
/10/

Fan-Fan the Tulip (1952)
Fanfan is a young handsome peasant. He joins the army to escape marriage because a gypsy girl predicted he will get glory and the king's daughter as a wife. But the gypsy girl was in fact Adeline, the daughter of the recruiting officer. Once he has discovered the stratagem, Fanfan refuses to forget this dream and decides to fulfill the destiny of the fake prediction.
poster
56
6.4
/72259/
67
/1677/
63
/1537/
3.2
/24763/
31
/75/
58
/1090/
54
/33/

The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc (1999)
In 1429, a French teenager stood before her King with a message she claimed came from God; that she would defeat the world's greatest army and liberate her country from its political and religious turmoil. As she reclaims God's diminished kingdom, this courageous young woman has various amazing victories until her violent and untimely death.
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The Roku Channel
64
56
6.4
/4135/
60
/99/
61
/81/
3.3
/2900/
82
/11/
53
/41/

Joan of Arc (1948)
In the 15th Century, France is a defeated and ruined nation after the One Hundred Years War against England. The fourteen-year-old farm girl Joan of Arc claims to hear voices from Heaven asking her to lead God's Army against Orleans and crowning the weak Dauphin Charles VII as King of France. Joan gathers the people with her faith, forms an army, and conquers Orleans.
poster
67
55
6.4
/3430/
61
/51/
57
/42/
3.2
/1558/
83
/6/
76
/84/

Start the Revolution Without Me (1970)
Two sets of identical twins are accidentally switched at birth. One pair, Phillipe and Pierre DeSisi, are aristocratic and haughty, while the other, Charles and Claude Coupé, are poor and dim-witted. On the eve of the French Revolution, both sets find themselves entangled in palace intrigue.
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Hoopla
63
54
6.3
/6689/
65
/523/
63
/517/
3.0
/4545/
70
/10/
59
/3/

The Emperor of Paris (2018)
Paris, France, early 19th century. The legendary convict François Vidocq lives in disguise trying to escape from a tragic past that torments him. When, after an unfortunate event, he crosses paths with the police chief, he makes a bold decision that will turn the ruthless mastermind of the Parisian underworld against him.
poster
57
54
6.1
/4332/
67
/233/
59
/263/
3.1
/3178/
53
/15/
46
/48/
55
/7/

The Assault (2011)
December 1994. On Saturday 24th, four GIA terrorists hijack an Air France A300 Airbus, bound for Paris, with 227 passengers on board, at the Algiers airport.
poster
71
53
7.3
/3519/
70
/40/
65
/34/
3.6
/1651/
77
/2177/

Marie Antoinette (1938)
The young Austrian princess Marie Antoinette is arranged to marry Louis XVI, future king of France, in a politically advantageous marriage for the rival countries. The opulent Marie indulges in various whims and flirtations. When Louis XV passes and Louis XVI ascends the French throne, his queen's extravagant lifestyle earns the hatred of the French people, who despise her Austrian heritage.
poster
63
52
6.0
/1695/
62
/213/
59
/249/
3.1
/11897/
75
/8/

Father & Soldier (2023)
1917. Bakary Diallo enlists in the French army to join his 17-year-old son, Thierno, who has been forcibly recruited. Sent to the front, they will have to face the war together. While Thierno learns to become a man, Bakary will do everything to bring him back safely.
poster
The Roku Channel
64
51
6.9
/3556/
68
/66/
63
/82/
3.4
/1052/
57
/14/
65
/98/
61
/6/

Intimate Enemies (2007)
A drama following a French platoon during Algeria's war of independence.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
61
50
6.4
/3663/
66
/368/
68
/306/
3.2
/2591/
50
/6/
76
/5/
44
/4/

15 Minutes of War (2019)
February 1976. Somalian rebels hijack a school bus carrying 21 French children and their teacher in Djibouti City. When the terrorists drive it to a no-man’s-land on the border between Somalia and French territory, the French Government sends out a newly formed elite squad to rescue the hostages. Within a few hours, the highly trained team arrives to the crisis area, where the Somalian National Army has taken position behind the barbed wire on the border. The French unit is left with very few options to rescue the hostages. As the volatile situation unravels, the French men quickly come up with a daring plan: carry out a simultaneous 5 men sniper attack to get the children and the teacher out safely. A true story.
poster
71
50
6.9
/2505/
73
/30/
64
/45/
3.4
/1432/
79
/44/

The King Is Dancing (2000)
Louis XIV, the French sun-king has two passions, establishing absolute rule over the realm -after decades of religious/civil wars- by divine right and artistic brilliancy as a dancer
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Criterion Channel
70
47
7.1
/1827/
67
/25/
71
/48/
3.7
/3035/

The Taking of Power by Louis XIV (1966)
Cardinal Mazarin dies, leaving a power vacuum in which the young Louis asserts his intention to govern as well as rule. Mazarin's fiscal advisor, Colbert, warns against Fouquet, the Superintendant who has been systematically looting the treasury and wants to be prime minister. Fouquet believes Louis will soon tire of exercizing power and overplays his hand by offering a bribe to Louis' mistress to be his ally. She reports this to the king who arrests Fouquet. Louis and Colbert design a brilliant strategy to keep merchants making money, nobles in debt, the urban poor working and fed, and peasants untaxed.
poster
67
45
6.6
/1670/
65
/58/
69
/63/
3.5
/5145/

Joan of Arc (1900)
A divinely inspired peasant woman becomes an army captain for France and then is martyred after she is captured.
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Kanopy
45
6.0
/5761/
58
/106/
55
/89/
2.9
/1102/
15
/62/
42
/136/
42
/22/
cc age 16+

The Affair of the Necklace (2001)
In pre-Revolutionary France, a young aristocratic woman left penniless by the political unrest in the country, must avenge her family's fall from grace by scheming to steal a priceless necklace.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
51
43
6.1
/2271/
63
/213/
61
/285/
2.9
/3169/
40
/10/
25

De Gaulle (2020)
Paris, June 1940. The de Gaulle couple is confronted with the military and political collapse of France. Charles de Gaulle joins London while Yvonne, his wife, finds herself with her three children on the road of the exodus.
poster
78
42
7.7
/2092/
75
/30/
75
/53/
3.8
/2583/
91
/3/

The French Revolution (1989)
A history of the French Revolution beginning from the decision of the king to convene the Etats-Generaux in 1789 in order to deal with France's debt problem. Part one spans the event until August 10, 1792 (when the King Louis XVI lost all authority and was imprisoned). Part two carries the story through the end of the terror in 1794.
poster
72
42
7.0
/1493/
71
/27/
69
/39/
3.7
/1474/
78
/9/
72
/8/

La Marseillaise (1938)
A film about the early part of the French Revolution, shown from the eyes of the citizens of Marseille, counts in German exile and, of course, the king Louis XVI, each showing their own small problems.
poster
74
40
7.1
/278/
61
/15/
63
/14/
3.8
/1791/
100
/12/

Returning to Reims (2022)
An intimate and political history of the French working class from the early 1950s to the present day.
poster
56
38
5.3
/883/
57
/129/
60
/121/
2.8
/3038/

Apaches: Gang of Paris (2023)
Paris, 1884. The lives of three orphaned children wandering the streets dominated by ruthless criminals change tragically when they carry out a daring robbery.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
67
38
6.5
/1357/
71
/27/
64
/31/
3.3
/1257/
75
/8/
61
/11/

A Scandal in Paris (1946)
A smooth-talking French thief wangles his way into an important position as prefect of police.
poster
61
36
6.3
/1089/
59
/29/
66
/35/
3.4
/540/
40
/5/
75

The Battle of Austerlitz (1960)
Napoleon Bonaparte crowns himself emperor and fights the English, Austrians and Russians in 1802.
poster
Hoopla
42
36
4.6
/5189/
49
/586/
42
/705/
2.0
/7579/
33
/3/

The Visitors: Bastille Day (2016)
Stuck in the corridors of time, Godefroy de Montmirail and his faithful servant Jacquouille are projected to a time of profound political and social upheavals: the French Revolution... specifically, The Terror, time of great dangers, during which the descendants of Godefroy and Jacquouille had their castle and all their property confiscated by arrogant aristocrats, fleeing and lifes hanging by a thread.
poster
57
34
5.4
/993/
60
/63/
63
/73/
2.6
/1846/

Vanquish or Die (2023)
1793, French Revolution. For three years now, Charette, a young man retired from the Royal Navy, has been back home. In the country, the anger of the peasants rumbles: they call on the young retiree to take command of the rebellion. In a few months, the idle sailor becomes a charismatic leader and a shrewd strategist, bringing in his wake peasants, deserters, women, old people and children, of which he makes a formidable army. The fight for freedom has only just begun.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
52
32
5.8
/3310/
60
/89/
57
/72/
3.1
/647/
29
/7/
49
/10/

Nostradamus (1994)
A dramatic retelling of the life of Michel de Nostredame, from his early work as a plague doctor to his time at the court of Catherine de Medici, after he became famed for his prophetic almanacs. Stars Rutger Hauer and Julia Ormond.
poster
66
31
6.3
/1085/
68
/46/
65
/71/
3.4
/748/

Captain Blood (1960)
Le capitan is a 1960 French-Italian swashbuckler film directed by André Hunebelle and starring Jean Marais, Bourvil, Elsa Martinelli and Lise Delamare. It is based on a novel by Michel Zévaco.


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