Popular from France
Another World
(Un autre monde)
A manager at an industrial conglomerate goes through a crisis of conscience when he is asked to initiate more layoffs.
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- France • 2022
- Director Stéphane Brizé
- Cast Vincent Lindon, Sandrine Kiberlain, Anthony Bajon, Marie Drucker, Olivier Lemaire, Guillaume Draux
- Genre Drama
- Available on MUBI Amazon Channel, MUBI
Drops of God
(Les gouttes de Dieu)
A wine mogul's daughter and his student must compete for the chance to inherit the world's greatest wine collection.
- France • 2023
- Creator Quoc Dang Tran
- Cast Tomohisa Yamashita, Fleur Geffrier
- Genre Drama
- Available on Apple TV Plus
Two of Us
(Deux)
Pensioners Nina and Madeline have hidden their passionate love for decades when it is put to the test by a change that prevents them from visiting each other.
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- France, Luxembourg, Belgium • 2020
- Director Filippo Meneghetti
- Cast Barbara Sukowa, Martine Chevallier, Léa Drucker, Jérôme Varanfrain
- Genre Drama, Romance
- Available on Redbox, Google Play Movies, Amazon Video, Hoopla, Vudu, Kanopy, Hulu, YouTube, Apple TV
The Intouchables
(Intouchables)
In some friendships, opposites repel before they attract.
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- France • 2011
- Director Olivier Nakache
- Cast François Cluzet, Omar Sy, Audrey Fleurot, Anne Le Ny, Clotilde Mollet, Alba Gaïa Bellugi
- Genre Comedy, Drama
- Available on DIRECTV, Microsoft Store, Google Play Movies, Amazon Video, Hoopla, Vudu, Kanopy, YouTube, FlixFling, Apple TV, Amazon Prime Video
Candice Renoir
After putting her career on standby for 10 years, Candice Renoir returns to her detective job with her enthusiastic flair.
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- France • 2013
- Creator Solen Roy-Pagenault, Robin Barataud, Brigitte Peskine
- Cast Cécile Bois, Raphaël Lenglet
- Genre Comedy, Crime
- Available on Acorn TV, AcornTV Amazon Channel, Spectrum On Demand
Lucy
Most people only use 10% of their brains. She unlocks the full 100% – and the powers that come with it.
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- France, Taiwan, Germany • 2014
- Director Luc Besson
- Cast Scarlett Johansson, Morgan Freeman, Choi Min-sik, Amr Waked, Julian Rhind-Tutt, Pilou Asbæk
- Genre Action, Science Fiction
- Available on Cinemax Amazon Channel, Max Amazon Channel, Max, DIRECTV, Apple TV, Vudu, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, Redbox, Spectrum On Demand, FlixFling, Google Play Movies, YouTube, AMC on Demand
Petite Maman
(Petite maman)
A young girl ventures into the woods around her grandmother's house and forms a friendship with a lonely local girl.
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- France • 2021
- Director Céline Sciamma
- Cast Joséphine Sanz, Gabrielle Sanz, Nina Meurisse, Stéphane Varupenne, Margot Abascal
- Genre Drama, Family, Fantasy
- Available on Hulu, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, YouTube, Redbox, Spectrum On Demand, Kanopy
Elle
A businesswoman decides not to report her assault by a masked intruder due to her past experience with police.
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- France, Germany, Belgium • 2016
- Director Paul Verhoeven
- Cast Isabelle Huppert, Laurent Lafitte, Anne Consigny, Charles Berling, Virginie Efira, Judith Magre
- Genre Drama, Thriller
- Available on Starz Apple TV Channel, DIRECTV, Google Play Movies, Amazon Video, AMC on Demand, Vudu, Spectrum On Demand, YouTube, Apple TV
Lupin
Gentleman thief Assane Diop sets out to avenge his father for an injustice inflicted by a wealthy family.
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- France, United States • 2021
- Creator George Kay
- Cast Omar Sy, Hervé Pierre, Nicole Garcia, Clotilde Hesme, Ludivine Sagnier, Soufiane Guerrab
- Genre Crime, Drama, Mystery
- Available on Netflix, Netflix basic with Ads
Goliath
A mass tragedy triggers a movement against a corporate cover-up that brings together the lives of three total strangers.
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- France, Belgium • 2022
- Director Frédéric Tellier
- Cast Gilles Lellouche, Pierre Niney, Emmanuelle Bercot, Laurent Stocker, Yannick Renier, Chloé Stefani
- Genre Thriller
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Amazon Video, YouTube, Eventive
Happening
(L'Événement)
A college student deals with an unwanted abortion when it was still illegal in1960s France.
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- France • 2021
- Director Audrey Diwan
- Cast Anamaria Vartolomei, Kacey Mottet Klein, Luàna Bajrami, Louise Orry-Diquéro, Pio Marmaï, Sandrine Bonnaire
- Genre Drama
- Available on Hulu, AMC+, AMC+ Amazon Channel, AMC+ Roku Premium Channel, AMC Plus Apple TV Channel , DIRECTV, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, YouTube
Full Time
(À plein temps)
A woman's prospects of landing a life-changing job opportunity are threatened by a national transit strike.
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- France • 2022
- Director Eric Gravel
- Cast Laure Calamy, Anne Suarez, Geneviève Mnich, Nolan Arizmendi, Sasha Lemaître Cremaschi, Cyril Gueï
- Genre Drama
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, YouTube
Romance
A schoolteacher frustrated in her relationship seeks to satisfy her sexual appetites in increasingly risky ways.
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- France • 1999
- Director Catherine Breillat
- Cast Caroline Ducey, Sagamore Stévenin, François Berléand, Rocco Siffredi, Reza Habouhossein, Ashley Wanninger
- Genre Drama, Romance
- Available on Vudu, Kanopy, Tubi TV
Hold Me Tight
(Serre moi fort)
A woman runs away from her family, and her husband struggles with responsibilities of single parenthood.
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- France • 2021
- Director Mathieu Amalric
- Cast Vicky Krieps, Arieh Worthalter, Anne-Sophie Bowen-Chatet, Sacha Ardilly, Juliette Benveniste, Aurèle Grzesik
- Genre Drama
- Available on MUBI, MUBI Amazon Channel, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, YouTube, Kino Now
Overdose
A killer is on the run in a smuggling boat as rival police captains must collaborate to catch him.
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- France • 2022
- Director Olivier Marchal
- Cast Sofia Essaïdi, Assaad Bouab, Alberto Ammann, Nicolas Cazalé, Nassim Lyes, Naïma Rodric
- Genre Action, Crime, Mystery, Thriller
- Available on Amazon Prime Video
New from France
Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio
A darker version of the classic children's fairy tale of a wooden puppet that transforms into a real living boy.
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- United States, Mexico, France • 2022
- Director Guillermo del Toro, Mark Gustafson
- Cast Gregory Mann, Ewan McGregor, David Bradley, Christoph Waltz, Tilda Swinton, Ron Perlman
- Genre Animation, Drama, Fantasy, Music
- Available on Netflix basic with Ads, Netflix
The Eight Mountains
(Le otto montagne)
A city boy develops a friendship with a young cowherd at his summer house in the mountains.
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- Italy, Belgium, France • 2022
- Director Felix van Groeningen, Charlotte Vandermeersch
- Cast Luca Marinelli, Alessandro Borghi, Filippo Timi, Elena Lietti, Elisabetta Mazzullo, Lupo Barbiero
- Genre Drama
- Available on Criterion Channel, Apple TV, Vudu, Amazon Video
Sibyl
A jaded psychotherapist becomes obsessed with a troubled young actress.
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- France • 2019
- Director Justine Triet
- Cast Virginie Efira, Adèle Exarchopoulos, Gaspard Ulliel, Niels Schneider, Sandra Hüller
- Genre Comedy, Drama
- Available on Google Play Movies, Amazon Video, Hoopla, Vudu, Kanopy, Tubi TV, YouTube, Apple TV, Amazon Prime Video, MUBI
Central Airport THF
(Zentralflughafen THF)
A portrait of Berlin’s famed Tempelhof airport. Once glorified by Nazis, today it houses refugees and asylum seekers.
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- Germany, France, Brazil • 2018
- Director Karim Aïnouz
- Cast
- Genre Documentary
- Available on Film Movement Plus
Falcon Lake
A romance-turned-ghost story about first love in rural Quebec.
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- France, Canada • 2022
- Director Charlotte Le Bon
- Cast Monia Chokri, Jeff Roop, Karine Gonthier-Hyndman, Sara Montpetit, Pierre-Luc Lafontaine, Joseph Engel
- Genre Drama, Romance
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube
Fire Will Come
(O que arde)
An arsonist returns home to his remote village in the mountains after serving a prison sentence.
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- Spain, France, Luxembourg • 2019
- Director Oliver Laxe
- Cast Arias Amador, Benedicta Sanchez, Inazio Abrao, Elena Mar Fernández, David de Poso
- Genre Drama
- Available on Fandor, Amazon Video, OVID, Fandor Amazon Channel, Amazon Prime Video
An Easy Girl
(Une fille facile)
The arrival of Naïma's cousin, Sofia, could change the outcome of her summer - and her life.
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- France • 2019
- Director Rebecca Zlotowski
- Cast Mina Farid, Zahia Dehar, Clotilde Courau, Nuno Lopes, Benoît Magimel, Lakdhar Dridi
- Genre Comedy, Drama
- Available on Netflix basic with Ads, Netflix
Godland
(Vanskabte land)
A Danish priest embarks on a perilous journey to build a church in a desolate and isolated part of Iceland.
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- Denmark, Iceland, France • 2022
- Director Hlynur Pálmason
- Cast Elliott Crosset Hove, Vic Carmen Sonne, Ingvar E. Sigurðsson, Jacob Ulrik Lohmann, Ída Mekkín Hlynsdóttir, Waage Sandø
- Genre Adventure, Drama
- Available on Criterion Channel, Apple TV, Vudu, Amazon Video
Only the Animals
(Seules les Bêtes)
A twisty thriller about the disappearance of a Parisian socialite.
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- France, Germany • 2019
- Director Dominik Moll
- Cast Laure Calamy, Denis Ménochet, Valeria Bruni‑Tedeschi, Damien Bonnard, Bastien Bouillon, Nadia Tereszkiewicz
- Genre Crime, Drama
- Available on Google Play Movies, Amazon Video, Vudu, Kino Now, YouTube, Apple TV, Amazon Prime Video
The Audition
(Das Vorspiel)
A violin teacher's dedication to one student borders on obsession.
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- Germany, France • 2019
- Director Ina Weisse
- Cast Nina Hoss, Simon Abkarian, Ilja Monti, Serafin Mishiev, Sophie Rois
- Genre Drama
- Available on Google Play Movies, Amazon Video, Vudu, Kanopy, Tubi TV, YouTube, Apple TV
Zombi Child
Based on the true story of a Hatian man who was the victim of a voodoo spell in 1962 and how it reflects to the present day within a Haitian girl living in modern day Paris.
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- France • 2019
- Director Bertrand Bonello
- Cast Louise Labèque, Wislanda Louimat, Katiana Milfort, Mackenson Bijou, Adilé David
- Genre Fantasy, Horror, Drama
- Available on Freevee, Google Play Movies, Amazon Video, Hoopla, Vudu, Kanopy, Plex, Tubi TV, YouTube, The Roku Channel, Apple TV
Goliath
A mass tragedy triggers a movement against a corporate cover-up that brings together the lives of three total strangers.
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- France, Belgium • 2022
- Director Frédéric Tellier
- Cast Gilles Lellouche, Pierre Niney, Emmanuelle Bercot, Laurent Stocker, Yannick Renier, Chloé Stefani
- Genre Thriller
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Amazon Video, YouTube, Eventive
Athena
In the wake of the apparent police killing of a 13-year-old French-Algerian boy, social turmoil erupts through the eyes of his three older brothers.
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- France • 2022
- Director Romain Gavras
- Cast Dali Benssalah, Anthony Bajon, Alexis Manenti, Ouassini Embarek, Sami Slimane, Radostina Rogliano
- Genre Action, Drama, Thriller
- Available on Netflix, Netflix basic with Ads
The Ruthless
(Lo spietato)
An ambitious young criminal rises through the ranks of the mafia in Milan through a merciless spree of crimes.
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- Italy, France • 2019
- Director Renato De Maria
- Cast Riccardo Scamarcio, Sara Serraiocco, Alessio Praticò, Alessandro Tedeschi, Marie-Ange Casta, Sara Cardinaletti
- Genre Crime, Drama
- Available on Netflix basic with Ads, Netflix
Pacifiction
A French official navigates simmering tensions in Tahiti when a mysterious submarine is sighted offshore.
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- France, Spain, Germany • 2022
- Director Albert Serra
- Cast Benoît Magimel, Pahoa Mahagafanau, Marc Susini, Matahi Pambrun, Sergi López, Montse Triola
- Genre Drama, Mystery, Thriller
- Available on Amazon Video, Apple TV, MUBI Amazon Channel, MUBI
French Series
Call My Agent
(Dix Pour Cent)
At a top Paris talent firm, agents scramble to keep their star clients happy—and their business afloat.
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- France • 2015
- Creator Dominique Besnehard, Fanny Herrero
- Cast Camille Cottin
- Genre Drama, Comedy
- Available on Netflix, Netflix basic with Ads
The Adventures of Tintin
A young reporter and his dog travel around the world solving mysteries.
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- France, Canada, Belgium • 1991
- Creator Hergé
- Cast Thierry Wermuth
- Genre Action & Adventure, Animation
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Amazon Video, Amazon Prime Video
Wara
A student activist and a law professor take on political corruption in their town when another professor is kidnapped.
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- France, Senegal, Niger • 2020
- Creator
- Cast France Nancy Goulian, Issaka Sawadogo
- Genre Drama
- Available on Amazon Video, MZ Choice Amazon Channel, Mhz Choice
Caillou
To Caillou, growing up and learning is the greatest adventure of all.
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- Canada, France • 1998
- Creator Christine L'Heureux, Helene Desputeaux
- Cast Bob Stutt, Bryn McAuley, Holly Gauthier-Frankel, Vanessa Lengies, Rick Jones, Jonathan Koensgen
- Genre Animation, Family, Kids
- Available on Apple TV, Vudu, Amazon Video, Amazon Prime Video, Hoopla, PBS Kids Amazon Channel
Balthazar
A forensic pathologist works alongside a police commander to solve a series of complicated murder cases using eccentric techniques.
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- France • 2018
- Creator Clothilde Jamin, Clélia Constantine
- Cast Tomer Sisley, Philypa Phoenix, Yannig Samot, Côme Levin
- Genre Drama
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, Acorn TV, AcornTV Amazon Channel, Hoopla, DIRECTV, Spectrum On Demand
Shadowplay
(Schatten der Mörder – Shadowplay)
An American cop arrives in post-World War II Berlin to fight the violent crimes threatening the city.
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- France, Germany, Canada • 2020
- Creator Måns Mårlind
- Cast Taylor Kitsch, Michael C. Hall, Nina Hoss, Sebastian Koch, Tuppence Middleton, Logan Marshall-Green
- Genre Drama
- Available on Netflix, Netflix basic with Ads
Versailles
Love, power, betrayal and war: all in a day's work.
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- France, Canada • 2015
- Creator Simon Mirren, David Wolstencroft
- Cast George Blagden, Stuart Bowman, Maddison Jaizani
- Genre Drama
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, Netflix, Netflix basic with Ads
Paris Police 1900
A detective's investigation of a woman's mysterious death in Belle Époque Paris uncovers government secrets.
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- France • 2021
- Creator Frédéric Balekdjian, Fabien Nury, Julien Despaux
- Cast Evelyne Brochu, Jérémie Laheurte, Eugénie Derouand, Thibaut Évrard, Marc Barbé, Patrick d'Assumçao
- Genre Crime, Drama
- Available on MZ Choice Amazon Channel, Mhz Choice
Commissaire Magellan
Simon Magellan has no problem solving crimes, but raising two teenage daughters? That's no walk in the park.
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- France • 2009
- Creator Laurent Mondy
- Cast Bernard Alane, Nathalie Besançon, Jacques Spiesser
- Genre Crime, Family, Mystery
- Available on Amazon Video, Hoopla, MZ Choice Amazon Channel, Mhz Choice
The Tunnel
A high-profile murder on the underwater France/UK border forces two detectives to work together and find the killer
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- United Kingdom, France • 2013
- Creator Ben Richards
- Cast Stephen Dillane, Clémence Poésy, Thibault de Montalembert, Cédric Vieira
- Genre Action & Adventure, Crime, Drama, Mystery
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, PBS, PBS Masterpiece Amazon Channel
The Bureau
(Le Bureau des légendes)
The Office of Legends, managing the clandestine agents of the French intelligence services in high-stakes missions around the globe.
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- France • 2015
- Creator Eric Rochant
- Cast Mathieu Kassovitz, Sara Giraudeau, Stefan Crepon
- Genre Drama
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, Sundance Now, Hoopla, AMC+, AMC+ Amazon Channel, AMC+ Roku Premium Channel, AMC Plus Apple TV Channel
Total Drama
An animated satire of survivor reality shows featuring random teenage archetypes vying for the final prize by any means necessary.
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- Canada, United States, France • 2007
- Creator Tom McGillis, Jennifer Pertsch
- Cast Kristi Friday
- Genre Animation, Comedy, Reality
- Available on Netflix
Candice Renoir
After putting her career on standby for 10 years, Candice Renoir returns to her detective job with her enthusiastic flair.
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- France • 2013
- Creator Solen Roy-Pagenault, Robin Barataud, Brigitte Peskine
- Cast Cécile Bois, Raphaël Lenglet
- Genre Comedy, Crime
- Available on Acorn TV, AcornTV Amazon Channel, Spectrum On Demand
The Chalet
(Le Chalet)
Friends gathered at a remote chalet are caught in a deadly trap as a dark secret from the past comes to light.
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- France • 2018
- Creator Camille Bordes-Resnais, Alexis Lecaye
- Cast Mia Delmae
- Genre Crime, Mystery, Drama
- Available on PBS Masterpiece Amazon Channel
Heidi
Like a ray of sunshine, Heidi lights up and soothes the hearts of the people around her.
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- France, Australia, Germany • 2015
- Creator Christel Gonnard
- Cast Jamie Croft
- Genre Animation, Family, Kids
- Available on Apple TV
Telescope Recommends
Blue Is the Warmest Color
(La Vie d'Adèle - Chapitres 1 et 2)
Adèle's life changes completely when she meets Emma, a young woman with blue hair.
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- France, Belgium, Spain • 2013
- Director Abdellatif Kechiche
- Cast Adèle Exarchopoulos, Léa Seydoux, Salim Kechiouche, Aurélien Recoing, Catherine Salée, Benjamin Siksou
- Genre Drama, Romance
- Available on AMC+, AMC+ Amazon Channel, AMC Plus Apple TV Channel , DIRECTV, Apple TV, Vudu, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, Tubi TV, Kanopy
Faces Places
(Visages, villages)
Director Agnès Varda and street artist JR journey through rural France, forming an unlikely friendship through spectacular collaborative artwork.
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- France • 2017
- Director Agnès Varda, JR
- Cast Agnès Varda, JR
- Genre Documentary
- Available on DIRECTV, Google Play Movies, Amazon Video, Cohen Media Amazon Channel, Kino Now, Kanopy, YouTube, Apple TV, MUBI
La Notte
(La notte)
A married couple attend a bourgeois party and wade through the stifling strain that long-term marriage has imposed upon them.
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- Italy, France • 1961
- Director Michelangelo Antonioni
- Cast Marcello Mastroianni, Jeanne Moreau, Monica Vitti, Bernhard Wicki, Rosy Mazzacurati, Maria Pia Luzi
- Genre Drama
- Available on Criterion Channel, Amazon Video, Kanopy, Apple TV, Max, Max Amazon Channel
The Salt of the Earth
(Le sel de la terre)
A journey through the Earth's wrath and beauty with Sebastião Salgado.
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- France, Brazil, Italy • 2014
- Director Wim Wenders
- Cast Juliano Ribeiro Salgado, Wim Wenders, Hugo Barbier
- Genre Documentary
- Available on Apple TV, Vudu, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, DIRECTV
The Flower of My Secret
(La flor de mi secreto)
Every woman has a secret...
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- Spain, France • 1995
- Director Pedro Almodóvar
- Cast Marisa Paredes, Juan Echanove, Carme Elias, Rossy de Palma, Chus Lampreave, Kiti Mánver
- Genre Drama, Romance
- Available on MUBI, MUBI Amazon Channel, Apple TV, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube
Touch Me Not
Through blending reality and fiction, this film follows characters who crave intimacy yet also deeply afraid of it.
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- Romania, Germany, Czech Republic • 2018
- Director Adina Pintilie
- Cast Laura Benson, Tómas Lemarquis, Christian Bayerlein, Irmena Chichikova, Grit Uhlemann, Adina Pintilie
- Genre Drama
- Available on Kino Now, Kanopy, Metrograph
The Triplets of Belleville
(Les Triplettes de Belleville)
A grandmother must save her grandson from the mafia.
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- France, Belgium, Canada • 2003
- Director Sylvain Chomet
- Cast Betty Bonifassi, Lina Boudreau, Michèle Caucheteux, Jean-Claude Donda, Mari-Lou Gauthier, Charles Linton
- Genre Drama, Animation, Comedy
- Available on Apple TV, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, Spectrum On Demand, DIRECTV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, YouTube, AMC on Demand
Betty Blue
(37°2 le matin)
Betty, a volatile and impulsive young woman, slowly descends into madness.
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- France • 1986
- Director Jean-Jacques Beineix
- Cast Jean-Hugues Anglade, Béatrice Dalle, Gérard Darmon, Consuelo De Haviland, Clémentine Célarié, Jacques Mathou
- Genre Drama, Erotic, Romance
- Available on MUBI, MUBI Amazon Channel, Criterion Channel
In the Shadow of Women
(L'Ombre des femmes)
Pierre, in a loving relationship, meets Elisabeth, and she becomes his mistress. So begins this ménage à trois.
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- France, Switzerland • 2015
- Director Philippe Garrel
- Cast Clotilde Courau, Stanislas Merhar, Léna Paugam, Vimala Pons, Mounir Margoum
- Genre Drama
- Available on Amazon Video, Hoopla, Vudu, OVID, Kanopy, Tubi TV, Apple TV, Amazon Prime Video
By the Grace of God
(Grâce à Dieu)
Three survivors of sexual abuse in the Catholic Church band together to expose secrets previously hidden.
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- France, Belgium • 2018
- Director François Ozon
- Cast Melvil Poupaud, Denis Ménochet, Swann Arlaud, Éric Caravaca, François Marthouret
- Genre Drama
- Available on Google Play Movies, Amazon Video, Hoopla, Vudu, OVID, Kanopy, YouTube, Apple TV, Amazon Prime Video, MUBI Amazon Channel, MUBI
Bergman Island
Art imitates life and life imitates art.
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- France • 2021
- Director Mia Hansen-Løve
- Cast Tim Roth, Vicky Krieps, Mia Wasikowska, Anders Danielsen Lie, Wouter Hendrickx, Gabe Klinger
- Genre Drama, Romance
- Available on Google Play Movies, Amazon Video, Vudu, Hulu, YouTube, Apple TV
Mademoiselle Chambon
Veronique and Jean develop an unexpected bond that causes them to question the direction of their lives.
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- France • 2009
- Director Stéphane Brizé
- Cast Aure Atika, Vincent Lindon, Sandrine Kiberlain, Jean-Marc Thibault, Bruno Lochet, Abdellah Moundy
- Genre Comedy, Drama, Romance
- Available on Google Play Movies, Vudu, Kanopy, Metrograph, YouTube
Little Girl
(Petite fille)
A documentary portrait of eight year-old Sasha, currently questioning her gender identity and dealing with (oftentimes negative) societal reactions.
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- France, Denmark • 2020
- Director Sébastien Lifshitz
- Cast
- Genre Documentary
- Available on Google Play Movies, Amazon Video, Vudu, Kanopy, Tubi TV, YouTube, Apple TV, MUBI Amazon Channel, MUBI
The Duchess of Langeais
(Ne touchez pas la hache)
A French General is in a stormy relationship with a coquettish married woman who delights in teasing his physical desires.
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- France, Italy • 2007
- Director Jacques Rivette
- Cast Jeanne Balibar, Guillaume Depardieu, Bulle Ogier, Michel Piccoli, Anne Cantineau, Thomas Durand
- Genre Drama, Romance
- Available on DIRECTV, Apple TV
Shoah
Claude Lanzmann's Holocaust documentary reveals the horrors of the Nazi genocide and exposes the persistence of anti-Semitism in Europe.
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- France, United Kingdom • 1985
- Director Claude Lanzmann
- Cast Simon Srebnik, Michael Podchlebnik, Motke Zaidl, Claude Lanzmann, Jan Karski
- Genre Documentary, History
- Available on AMC+, AMC+ Amazon Channel, AMC+ Roku Premium Channel, DIRECTV, Apple TV, Vudu, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube
Persepolis
The downfall of the Iranian Shah is just the start of Marjane Satrapi's struggle for freedom and belonging.
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- France, United States • 2007
- Director Marjane Satrapi
- Cast Chiara Mastroianni, Danielle Darrieux, Catherine Deneuve, Simon Abkarian, Gabrielle Lopes Benites, François Jerosme
- Genre Animation, Drama
- Available on DIRECTV, Microsoft Store, Google Play Movies, Amazon Video, Vudu, Spectrum On Demand, YouTube, Apple TV
Young Törless
(Der junge Törless)
A shy boy at boarding school does nothing as his classmates bully a fellow student - until the torture goes too far.
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- West Germany, France • 1966
- Director Volker Schlöndorff
- Cast Mathieu Carrière, Marian Seidowsky, Bernd Tischer, Fred Dietz, Lotte Ledl, Jean Launay
- Genre Drama, History, Thriller
- Available on Criterion Channel
Olga
A Ukrainian gymnast living in Switzerland finds her life changing with the 2013 protests in her home country.
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- France, Switzerland, Ukraine • 2021
- Director Elie Grappe
- Cast Thea Brogli, Nastya Budiashkina, Sabrina Rubtsova, Caterina Barloggio, Tanya Mikhina
- Genre Drama
- Available on Hoopla, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, YouTube, Kino Now, Kanopy
Queen Margot
(La Reine Margot)
Margot is an heiress to the throne amidst both a religious war and the late 16th-century reign of the neurotic, hypochondriac King Charles IX.
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- France, Italy, Germany • 1994
- Director Patrice Chéreau
- Cast Isabelle Adjani, Daniel Auteuil, Jean-Hugues Anglade, Vincent Pérez, Virna Lisi, Dominique Blanc
- Genre Drama, History
- Available on Microsoft Store, Google Play Movies, Amazon Video, Vudu, Cohen Media Amazon Channel, Kino Now, Kanopy, YouTube, Apple TV
French Streams: La Jeunesse
A Collaboration with the Cultural Services of the French Embassy
Being 17
(Quand on a 17 Ans)
When his mother takes in a bully whose own mother is ill, Damien must learn to live with the boy who terrorized him.
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- France • 2016
- Director André Téchiné
- Cast Sandrine Kiberlain, Kacey Mottet Klein, Corentin Fila, Mama Prassinos, Alexis Loret, Jean Fornerod
- Genre Drama
- Available on Google Play Movies, Amazon Video, Vudu, Dekkoo, YouTube, Apple TV
Goodbye First Love
(Un amour de jeunesse)
Do we ever grow out of our first loves?
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- France, Germany • 2011
- Director Mia Hansen-Løve
- Cast Lola Créton, Sebastian Urzendowsky, Valérie Bonneton, Magne-Håvard Brekke, Serge Renko, Özay Fecht
- Genre Drama, Romance
- Available on realeyz, AMC+, AMC+ Amazon Channel, AMC+ Roku Premium Channel, DIRECTV, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Tubi TV, Kanopy
A Paris Education
(Mes provinciales)
An impressionable film student tries to find his own voice in the vibrant, but sometimes suffocating, Sorbonne environment.
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- France • 2018
- Director Jean-Paul Civeyrac
- Cast Andranic Manet, Corentin Fila, Gonzague Van Bervesseles, Diane Rouxel, Jenna Thiam, Nicolas Bouchaud
- Genre Drama
- Available on Google Play Movies, Amazon Video, Kino Now, Kanopy, YouTube, Apple TV
School Life
(La Vie Scolaire)
A novice teacher arrives from the French countryside to work at a middle school in the troubled Parisian suburb of Saint-Denis.
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- France • 2019
- Director Mehdi Idir
- Cast Zita Hanrot, Liam Pierron, Soufiane Guerrab, Moussa Mansaly, Alban Ivanov
- Genre Drama, Comedy
- Available on Netflix basic with Ads, Netflix
Girlhood
(Bande de filles)
A girl with few real prospects joins a gang, reinventing herself and gaining a sense of self confidence in the process.
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- France • 2014
- Director Céline Sciamma
- Cast Karidja Touré, Assa Sylla, Lindsay Karamoh, Mariétou Touré, Idrissa Diabaté, Rabah Nait Oufella
- Genre Drama
- Available on Showtime, Showtime Amazon Channel, Hoopla, fuboTV, Showtime Roku Premium Channel, Paramount+ Roku Premium Channel, , Paramount+ with Showtime, Paramount Plus Apple TV Channel , DIRECTV, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, YouTube, Kanopy
In the House
(Dans la maison)
There's always a way in.
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- France • 2012
- Director François Ozon
- Cast Fabrice Luchini, Kristin Scott Thomas, Ernst Umhauer, Emmanuelle Seigner, Bastien Ughetto, Denis Ménochet
- Genre Comedy, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
- Available on Fandor Amazon Channel, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, Kino Now, Kanopy
Persepolis
The downfall of the Iranian Shah is just the start of Marjane Satrapi's struggle for freedom and belonging.
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- France, United States • 2007
- Director Marjane Satrapi
- Cast Chiara Mastroianni, Danielle Darrieux, Catherine Deneuve, Simon Abkarian, Gabrielle Lopes Benites, François Jerosme
- Genre Animation, Drama
- Available on DIRECTV, Microsoft Store, Google Play Movies, Amazon Video, Vudu, Spectrum On Demand, YouTube, Apple TV
The Class
(Entre les murs)
Based on his real life, a teacher must deal with the challenging dynamics of his multicultural classroom.
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- France • 2008
- Director Laurent Cantet
- Cast François Bégaudeau, Franck Keïta, Louise Grinberg, Rabah Nait Oufella, Esmeralda Ouertani, Rachel Regulier
- Genre Drama
- Available on DIRECTV, Google Play Movies, Amazon Video, Vudu, Tubi TV, YouTube, Apple TV
Monsieur Lazhar
An elementary school class is left reeling after their teacher dies by suicide—until the substitute arrives…
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- Canada • 2011
- Director Philippe Falardeau
- Cast Mohamed Fellag, Émilien Néron, Danielle Proulx, Sophie Nélisse, Marie-Ève Beauregard, Denise Lamontagne
- Genre Comedy, Drama
- Available on Amazon Prime Video, Sundance Now, Fandor Amazon Channel, Hoopla, AMC+, AMC+ Amazon Channel, DIRECTV, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, YouTube, Spectrum On Demand, Crackle, Tubi TV, Kanopy, Plex
Les Policiers
Night Shift
(Police)
Three police officers who must drive an illegal immigrant to the airport face an ethical dilemma.
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- France, Belgium, China • 2020
- Director Anne Fontaine
- Cast Omar Sy, Virginie Efira, Grégory Gadebois, Payman Maadi, Anne-Pascale Clairembourg, Cédric Vieira
- Genre Drama
- Available on Google Play Movies, Amazon Video, Vudu, VUDU Free, Kanopy, Tubi TV, YouTube, The Roku Channel, Pluto TV, Apple TV, fuboTV
The Stronghold
(BAC Nord)
What is the cost of fighting crime?
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- France • 2021
- Director Cédric Jimenez
- Cast Gilles Lellouche, François Civil, Karim Leklou, Adèle Exarchopoulos, Cyril Lecomte, Kenza Fortas
- Genre Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
- Available on Netflix basic with Ads, Netflix
A Prophet
(Un prophète)
The timeless tale of the student who becomes the master -- set in a French prison.
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- France, Italy • 2009
- Director Jacques Audiard
- Cast Tahar Rahim, Niels Arestrup, Adel Bencherif, Hichem Yacoubi, Reda Kateb, Jean-Philippe Ricci
- Genre Crime, Drama
- Available on DIRECTV, Microsoft Store, Google Play Movies, Amazon Video, Vudu, YouTube, Apple TV
Les Misérables
A policeman discovers how deep tensions run among gangs in the Parisian suburbs.
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- France • 2019
- Director Ladj Ly
- Cast Damien Bonnard, Alexis Manenti, Djibril Zonga, Steve Tientcheu, Jeanne Balibar
- Genre Crime, Drama, Thriller
- Available on Freevee, Amazon Prime Video
The Tunnel
A high-profile murder on the underwater France/UK border forces two detectives to work together and find the killer
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- United Kingdom, France • 2013
- Creator Ben Richards
- Cast Stephen Dillane, Clémence Poésy, Thibault de Montalembert, Cédric Vieira
- Genre Action & Adventure, Crime, Drama, Mystery
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, PBS, PBS Masterpiece Amazon Channel
Polisse
How do the cops of the Police Department's Juvenile Protection Unit balance their private lives and the reality they confront every working day? Fred, the group's hypersensitive wild card, is going to have a hard time facing the scrutiny of Melissa, a photographer on a Ministry of the Interior assignment to document the unit.
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- France • 2011
- Director Maïwenn
- Cast Frédéric Pierrot, Joey Starr, Nicolas Duvauchelle, Karin Viard, Naidra Ayadi, Karole Rocher
- Genre Drama
- Available on AMC+, AMC+ Amazon Channel, AMC+ Roku Premium Channel, DIRECTV, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Amazon Video, YouTube, Kanopy
Commissaire Magellan
Simon Magellan has no problem solving crimes, but raising two teenage daughters? That's no walk in the park.
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- France • 2009
- Creator Laurent Mondy
- Cast Bernard Alane, Nathalie Besançon, Jacques Spiesser
- Genre Crime, Family, Mystery
- Available on Amazon Video, Hoopla, MZ Choice Amazon Channel, Mhz Choice
The Bureau
(Le Bureau des légendes)
The Office of Legends, managing the clandestine agents of the French intelligence services in high-stakes missions around the globe.
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- France • 2015
- Creator Eric Rochant
- Cast Mathieu Kassovitz, Sara Giraudeau, Stefan Crepon
- Genre Drama
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, Sundance Now, Hoopla, AMC+, AMC+ Amazon Channel, AMC+ Roku Premium Channel, AMC Plus Apple TV Channel
Paris Police 1900
A detective's investigation of a woman's mysterious death in Belle Époque Paris uncovers government secrets.
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- France • 2021
- Creator Frédéric Balekdjian, Fabien Nury, Julien Despaux
- Cast Evelyne Brochu, Jérémie Laheurte, Eugénie Derouand, Thibaut Évrard, Marc Barbé, Patrick d'Assumçao
- Genre Crime, Drama
- Available on MZ Choice Amazon Channel, Mhz Choice
Mesrine: Killer Instinct
(L'Instinct de mort)
You can't be Public Enemy No. 1 without making enemies of your own.
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- France, Canada, Italy • 2008
- Director Jean-François Richet
- Cast Vincent Cassel, Cécile de France, Gérard Depardieu, Gilles Lellouche, Roy Dupuis, Florence Thomassin
- Genre Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
- Available on Microsoft Store, Google Play Movies, Amazon Video, Crackle, Vudu, OVID, Kanopy, Plex, Tubi TV, YouTube, Fandor Amazon Channel, Apple TV, Amazon Prime Video, fuboTV
Lupin
Gentleman thief Assane Diop sets out to avenge his father for an injustice inflicted by a wealthy family.
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- France, United States • 2021
- Creator George Kay
- Cast Omar Sy, Hervé Pierre, Nicole Garcia, Clotilde Hesme, Ludivine Sagnier, Soufiane Guerrab
- Genre Crime, Drama, Mystery
- Available on Netflix, Netflix basic with Ads