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86
7.8
/106488/
77
/2160/
76
/1658/
4.2
/83038/
96
/163/
89
/2109/
90
/31/

A Prophet (2009)
Sentenced to six years in prison, Malik El Djebena is alone in the world and can neither read nor write. On his arrival at the prison, he seems younger and more brittle than the others detained there. At once he falls under the sway of a group of Corsicans who enforce their rule in the prison. As the 'missions' go by, he toughens himself and wins the confidence of the Corsican group.
poster
Kanopy
75
7.3
/16174/
75
/666/
77
/1277/
3.9
/48247/
86
/83/
79
/207/
74
/25/

Polisse (2011)
Paris, France. Fred and his colleagues, members of the BPM, the Police Child Protection Unit, dedicated to pursuing all sorts of offenses committed against the weakest, must endure the scrutiny of Melissa, a photographer commissioned to graphically document the daily routine of the team.
poster
Netflix
76
74
7.3
/10929/
76
/477/
76
/674/
3.9
/28451/
84
/19/
74
/33/
71
/8/

Divines (2016)
In a ghetto where religion and drug trafficking rub shoulders, Dounia has a lust for power and success. Supported by Maimouna, her best friend, she decides to follow in the footsteps of Rebecca, a respected dealer. But her encounter with Djigui, a young, disturbingly sensual dancer, throws her off course.
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
Amazon Prime Video
71
7.0
/94767/
72
/3659/
67
/2614/
3.3
/56693/
81
/927/

Taxi (1998)
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.
poster
Kanopy
68
6.5
/2376/
59
/77/
59
/126/
3.3
/2320/
89
/44/
61
/4/
74
/15/

The Workshop (2017)
Antoine has agreed to follow a writing workshop where some young people in insertion must write a noir novel with the help of Olivia, a recognized novelist. The work of writing will bring to life the working-class past of the city. Its shipyard is closed for 25 years, a nostalgia that does not interest Antoine, influenced by the anxiety of the present world
poster
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.
poster
71
61
6.9
/3336/
70
/64/
66
/148/
3.6
/4196/
78
/18/
73
/48/
71
/8/

Games of Love and Chance (2003)
A group of teenagers living in a housing project in the outskirts of Paris rehearse a scene from Marivaux's play of the same name. Krimo is determined not to take part, but after developing feelings for Lydia, he quickly assumes the main role and love interest in the play.
poster
76
58
7.3
/3496/
72
/145/
73
/260/
3.8
/6210/
87
/19/

So Long, Stooge (1983)
In the 18th Arrondissement of Paris, Lambert, an aloof garage manager working the night shift at a petrol station spends his time drinking on the job, content in his own company. One night, Bensoussan, a small-time drug pusher in dire straits falls in on a stolen moped pretending to need a spark plug. The two men develop an unlikely friendship.
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.
poster
60
51
6.1
/1311/
63
/53/
67
/54/
3.3
/25254/
57
/60/
50
/19/

Alpha (2025)
Alpha, a troubled 13-year-old lives with her single mom. Their world collapses the day she returns from school with a tattoo on her arm.
poster
68
50
6.6
/1777/
71
/87/
67
/144/
3.6
/8970/
60
/5/
73
/25/

Omar Killed Me (2011)
In the summer of 1991 an elderly woman Ghislaine Marchal is found murdered in the basement of her home with the message "Omar M'a Tuer" (Omar has kill me) written beside in her own blood. Despite a lack of forensic or DNA evidence, her Moroccan gardener Omar Raddad is found guilty and sentenced to 18 years in a French prison. Shocked by the case, and convinced of his innocence, journalist Pierre-Emmanuel Vaugrenard moves to Nice to investigate, and uncover the truth...
poster
55
49
5.6
/2717/
62
/271/
60
/940/
3.0
/19581/
39
/283/

Neuilly Yo Mama! (2009)
Samy moves from the underdeveloped crime-ridden French suburb to the riches of Neuilly.
poster
69
48
6.2
/489/
56
/44/
61
/61/
3.3
/2221/
100
/5/

For My Country (2023)
Aissa, a young officer of Algerian origin, tragically loses his life during a fresher initiation ritual at the prestigious French military academy of Saint-Cyr. As the death tears through his family, controversy arises over Aissa’s funeral plans when the Army refuses to take responsibility. Ismael, his older, rebellious brother, tries to keep the family united as they fight to win justice for Aissa.
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Kanopy
77
47
7.1
/1911/
72
/28/
68
/40/
3.6
/1342/
89
/9/
93
/11/

Madame Rosa (1977)
Madame Rosa lives in a sixth-floor walkup in the Pigalle; she's a retired prostitute, Jewish and an Auschwitz survivor, a foster mom to children of other prostitutes. Momo is the oldest and her favorite, an Algerian lad whom she raises as a Muslim. He asks about his parents; she answers evasively. As she ages and takes fewer children, Momo must do more for her; as money is tight, he tries to earn pennies on the street with a puppet. He's a beautiful man-child, and Madame Rosa makes him promise never to sell himself or become a pimp. A film editor, Nadine, befriends him, and his father appears as well. Madame Rosa reaches her last days in fear of hospitals, and Momo must act.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
61
46
6.1
/2805/
67
/188/
63
/757/
3.5
/11650/
46
/12/

All That Glitters (2010)
Best friends Ely and Lila share everything together, including their dream of a life beyond the Paris suburb they've lived in since childhood. One night they venture into the capital and meet a pair of wealthy young friends at a night club. Ashamed of their working-class background, and seeing an opportunity to escape, Ely and Lila begin to lie their way into this glamorous new world. Falling deeper into their web of lies, the young women begin to lose sight of themselves as their friendship is pushed to the limit.
poster
72
45
7.1
/998/
69
/48/
72
/83/
3.8
/3952/

My Brothers and I (2022)
Nour, a 14-year-old boy, is enjoying the summer holidays in the South of France. He is the youngest of four brothers. They live together in a council estate, caring for their mother who is in a coma. Nour dreams of escaping to a faraway place. When he crosses paths with Sarah, an Opera singer teaching summer classes, he finds the opportunity to come out of his shell and explore new horizons.
poster
59
43
5.9
/1387/
61
/167/
58
/309/
3.0
/4106/

Battle of the Classes (2019)
As everyone knows, children make no difference between social classes, skin colors or religions. But then why does Corentin, Paul and Sofia's nine-year-old son, only have friends like him at Bagnolet's school? And when his friends all leave for a private school in Paris, his parents are frightened. From now on, Corentin is the only one in his class. But the only what?
poster
48
41
5.4
/2924/
56
/205/
51
/329/
2.9
/5485/
24
/71/

2 Alone in Paris (2008)
A bumbling Paris policeman is doggedly determined to capture the master thief that repeatedly eludes him, even when they're the last two men on Earth.
poster
Kanopy
65
40
6.6
/1501/
69
/21/
56
/31/
3.4
/542/
76
/34/
65
/25/
58
/10/

Free Men (2011)
In Paris during WWII, an Algerian immigrant is inspired to join the resistance by his unexpected friendship with a Jewish man. Based on not very known facts about the Muslim community in Paris during WWII, when the Paris Mosque and its dynamic leader played a pivotal role in supporting the resistance and rescuing Jews.
poster
52
39
5.4
/1832/
55
/176/
50
/361/
2.5
/5538/

Porn in the Hood (2012)
3 childhood friends who have never left their hometown in the suburb try to get into porn as a way of earning easy money.
poster
62
38
6.4
/1996/
63
/38/
59
/68/
3.3
/671/
62
/475/

Not For, or Against (Quite the Contrary) (2003)
"Ni Pour, Ni Contre" tracks the fall of a young TV camerawoman, Caty, after she becomes involved with a group of petty criminals and their enigmatic leader, Jean. The gang lives hand-to-mouth until the day Jean plans a daring bank robbery. Although other gang members feel out of their league, Jean persuades them to take part and Caty finds herself in a hellish world of betrayal, violence and murder.
poster
58
36
6.1
/811/
57
/47/
60
/32/
2.8
/1826/
56
/9/

Arthur Rambo (2022)
Who is this Karim D. ? The new young writer whom the media can't get enough of? Or his alias, Arthur Rambo, the author of old hate-fuellled messages which are dredged up, one day, from social media websites?
poster
64
36
6.4
/1165/
63
/27/
57
/29/
3.5
/577/
63
/16/
80
/18/
52
/10/

Wild Side (2004)
A transgender woman returns – with her two male lovers – to her family home in the countryside to look after her dying mother.
poster
63
35
6.9
/1913/
58
/19/
56
/23/
3.4
/444/
68
/38/
62
/11/
63
/16/

Adventures of Félix (2000)
A charming comedy about going on a rather long walk. Félix is a laid-back guy living in the bleak northern coastal town of Dieppe. He lives happily with his lover Daniel and is a soap opera enthusiast and HIV-positive. After losing his job, Félix decides to find the father he never knew in Marseilles. Agreeing to meet Daniel in the southern port city in a week's time, Félix throws on his backpack and starts hiking. On his way, he discovers that family need not always be connected by blood.
poster
58
33
5.8
/1303/
61
/58/
55
/111/
3.0
/1341/

The Best Job in the World (1996)
To be closer to his children following his divorce, Laurent Monier, a history and geography teacher in a peaceful provincial high school, accepts a position in a sensitive college in the Paris suburbs. He is assigned the hardest class, the fourth techno, and he finds an apartment in the Cité des Muriers, a particularly difficult district.
poster
61
32
6.1
/250/
56
/23/
62
/43/
3.4
/1713/

Our Brothers (2022)
Inspired by the story of Malik Oussekine, an affair of police violence which is believed to have caused the death of 22-year-old Malik Oussekine on the night of 5-6 December 1986, following several weeks of student protests against a university reform bill
poster
57
30
6.1
/706/
62
/66/
55
/112/
2.9
/7086/
54
/8/

18 Years Old and Rising (2011)
Primo is an ordinary middle-class youngster studying for his baccalaureate, who gets side-tracked when he falls in love with a rich girl. They soon learn they have to deal with her condescending friends who look down upon this upstart.
poster
Kanopy
51
28
5.3
/941/
50
/35/
51
/34/
3.0
/1008/
63
/8/
33
/4/

Metamorphoses (2014)
A girl is approached by a strange boy outside her high school. He asks her to follow him to hear stories where gods fall in love with human beings.
poster
63
28
6.3
/524/
67
/82/
62
/94/
3.3
/1498/
57
/1/

Chouf (2016)
Chouf: It means “look” in Arabic, but it is also the name of the watchmen in the drug cartels of Marseille. Sofiane is 20. A brilliant student, he comes back to spend his holiday in the Marseille ghetto where he was born. His brother, a dealer, gets shot before his eyes. Sofiane gives up on his studies and gets involved in the drug network, ready to avenge him. He quickly rises to the top and becomes the boss’s right hand. Trapped by the system, Sofiane is dragged into a spiral of violence…
poster
58
27
5.9
/465/
59
/34/
58
/44/
3.3
/429/
50

Paris Prestige (2017)
Nasser, a 30-something Parisian with a troubled past, returns to Paris after some jail time. Margot, his probation officer, urges him to work at LE PRESTIGE, his brother's bar located right next to the Moulin Rouge, in the heart of Pigalle - one of Paris’ most diverse and rawest neighborhoods. But deep wounds between the two brothers make this collaboration difficult from the start, and even more so when Nasser decides to get back in the game by throwing exclusive parties against his brother's will.
poster
52
25
5.4
/1149/
62
/28/
49
/37/
3.1
/450/
42
/17/
44
/13/

The Code (2002)
Dris is an ex-con, living in the borderline between a decent and a criminal life. He has a regular and simple work and lives a simple life with his wife Lise and loves his family. However, his childhood friends from his Arab community, including his best friend Yanis, are mobsters and his brother is a small time delinquent. Yanis tries to bring Dris back to his gang, and uses his former lover Nina to seduce him, taking him to expensive places to feel the importance of big money. Dris fights against the temptation, but an event will route him back to Yanis' gang and in a fight between gangs with tragic consequences for the whole community.
poster
73
24
7.1
/63/
80
/4/
65
/4/
3.8
/2566/

Mektoub, My Love: Canto Due (2025)
Amin returns to Sète after studying in Paris, still dreaming of cinema. By chance, an American producer on vacation takes an interest in his project and wants his wife, Jess, to play the lead role. But fate, whimsical as ever, has its own rules.
poster
55
24
5.4
/371/
56
/23/
53
/74/
2.9
/973/

Corniche Kennedy (2017)
Corniche Kennedy. In the blue of the Mediterranean, at the foot of luxurious villas, the young kids of Marseille defy the laws of gravity. Marco, Mehdi, Franck, Mélissa, Hamza, Mamaa, Julie : girls and boys dive, take flight, take risks to experience life to the fullest. Suzanne devours them with her eyes from inside her chic villa. Their free bodies, their excess. She wants to be part of them. She will be part of them.
poster
59
21
6.2
/433/
67
/35/
63
/72/
3.3
/649/
40
/1/

The Marchers (2013)
In 1983, in France experiencing intolerance and racial violence , three young teens and the priest Minguettes launching a largely peaceful march for equality and against racism, over 1,000 km between Marseille and Paris . Despite the difficulties and resistance encountered, their movement will bring about a real boost of hope in the way of Gandhi and Martin Luther King. They unite with their arrival more than 100 000 people from all walks of life and give France its new face.
poster
62
18
5.6
/126/
70
/14/
60
/31/
3.2
/512/

Wipe Out (2019)
Samir lives in the projects of a second zone city in France. He is bored, rebellious, and on the verge of becoming a small-time criminal. Until his dad brutally dies and he has to become a plumber to be the breadwinner for his family. But accompanying his younger sister to the public library, he stumbles upon a surfing magazine and has a revelation: he too shall ride the waves professionally one day. The hiccup? He doesn’t even know how to swim. Enters an ex-bodybuilding champion and local loser who takes him under his wing and decides to help. Samir then leaves for the French surfing beaches, determined to make his dreams come true.
poster
56
17
5.1
/326/
62
/19/
50
/47/
3.2
/297/

La Smala (1984)
When the mother of a "tribe" of five children leaves for good, their inept father is not sure how to keep the family clothed and fed, and without the help of his neighbor Simone, he would be nowhere. She is attracted to him but eventually gives up on the relationship. Meanwhile, the father grabs his brood and they take off for Paris in search of the wife. But Simone accidentally ends up on the same train...
poster
67
16
6.9
/495/
60
/13/
70
/21/
3.5
/242/

Tea in the Harem (1985)
The story of two youths – one Algerian, one French – who become juvenile delinquents in a Paris suburb.
poster
65
16
6.6
/374/
63
/15/
62
/12/
3.5
/808/

Wesh, Wesh, What's Happening? (2001)
Kamel, a young man from the french ghetto, near Paris, is coming back to France. He was arrested for dealing drugs, he spent five years in jail and was banned from France for two years. He tries, with his family's support, to find a job and live a normal life. But nothing's normal in the ghetto.
poster
60
14
5.8
/266/
61
/12/
56
/18/
3.3
/520/

Meteorites (2019)
Nina, a 16-year-old girl, dreams of adventure. Meanwhile, she spends the summer between her village in the south of France and the theme park where she works. Just before meeting Morad, a teenage boy from an Algerian family living in the nearby council houses, Nina sees a meteorite falling from the sky which it seems only she can see... like an omen.
poster
53
12
5.9
/371/
59
/13/
47
/20/
3.5
/533/
31
/3/

Les Apaches (2013)
While thousands of tourists invade the beaches, camping grounds and clubs, five teenagers from Porto Vecchio hang out. One evening one of them leads the others to an unoccupied luxury villa. They spend the night there. Before they leave, they steal some objects of no value and two prize rifles. When the house owner arrives from Paris, she complains about the theft to a small local boss she knows…
poster
60
11
6.2
/327/
66
/13/
56
/21/
56
/2/

La Désintégration (2012)
Three young men meet Djamel (Yassine Azzouz), a charismatic manipulator, who turns the three friends against society.
poster
?
4.6
/28/
35
/3/

Retour à Forbach (2017)
Regis Sauder returns to his childhood pavilion at Forbach. Thirty years ago, he fled this city to build against violence and in the shame of his environment. Between demons of extremism and social determinism, how do those who have remained? Together, they weave individual and collective memories to question the future at a time when fear seems stronger than ever.
poster
?
6.7
/43/
65
/2/
62
/3/

Children of the Princess of Cleves (2011)
Featuring candid discussion about hopes and dreams, love and heartbreak, family and friends, this engrossing documentary makes an inspired connection between classic literature and contemporary teen life in modern-day Marseille as one high school class studies the 17th-century novel La princesse de Clèves.
poster
47
?
4.7
/148/
41
/6/
55
/5/

Gigolo (2005)
He is young, good-looking and of Arab descent and gets lost amongst the glamour of Paris international jet set.
poster
54
?
5.9
/114/
60
/1/
44
/8/

A Police Romance (2008)
In a small police station, Lieutenant Emilie Carange finds herself sexually attracted to Jamil Messaouden, a young rookie officer. When an old Algerian woman reports that she's seen drug dealers operating in the neighborhood, they find themselves in over their heads in an investigation. Night after night, Emilie's desire grows. The drug investigation gets out of hand and so does Emilie...
poster
58
?
7.2
/180/
45
/2/
60
/1/
57
/5/

Khaled (2001)
An immigrant boy faces difficulty growing up in Toronto's apartment slums.
poster
54
?
5.3
/189/
66
/3/
46
/17/

Coup d'éclat (2011)
Fabienne is a police officer. She does her job well but is gradually growing tired of the dehumanized nature of her work : arresting undocumented aliens day after day does not fit in with her ideals. That's why when, one night, Olga, the Kazakh prostitute she apprehends, begs her to free her not to leave her four-year-old son alone, she hesitates... And why, after Olga has run away and is found dead, Fabienne decides to deal with this matter personally...


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