With his trademark subversive playfulness and delight in human foibles, Ozon weaves together comedy, suspense and occasional intimations of darker emotional themes, aided by subtly gauged performances from his two principals.
The New Girlfriend(Une nouvelle amie)
✭ ✭ ✭ ✭ Read critic reviews
France · 2014
Rated R · 1h 45m
Director François Ozon
Starring Anaïs Demoustier, Romain Duris, Raphaël Personnaz, Isild Le Besco
Genre Drama
Add to Watchlist
Please login to add films to your watchlist.
A young woman makes a surprising discovery about the husband of her late best friend.
What are people saying?
What are critics saying?
Time Out London by Cath Clarke
What makes The New Girlfriend special is that is has something to say about sexuality (feminine, masculine, gay, straight, and everything in between – it’s complicated).
The Playlist by Christopher Schobert
The concept of the film could have been played several different ways, from farce to high-drama to Hitchcock-ian thriller. Ozon decides to try it all, but in the end doesn’t pull off any.
The Hollywood Reporter by David Rooney
A delectable riff on transformation, desire and sexuality that blends the heightened reality of melodrama with mischievous humor and an understated strain of Hitchcockian suspense.
The filmmaking is exemplary but most impressive of all is the tone that mixes comedy, melodrama and darkness.
Slant Magazine by James Lattimer
François Ozon is never willing to fully engage with the ridiculousness of his material, resulting in an uneasy mix of wry distance and unearned emotion.
This delectable entertainment is as surprising for its continually evolving (and involving) dynamics of desire as for its slow-building emotional power.
Village Voice by Serena Donadoni
Ozon sacrifices his sharp portrayal of grief and rebirth to clumsy convention.
François Ozon and the late Ruth Rendell is a great match of sensibilities: it promises the French director’s winking subversion, wedded to the late crime writer’s slippery command of psychological twists.
Users who liked this film also liked
The Spanish Apartment
(L'Auberge espagnole)
They came from Paris, Rome, London and Berlin to... the Spanish Apartment... where a year can change a lifetime.
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- France, Spain • 2002
- Director Cédric Klapisch
- Cast Romain Duris, Audrey Tautou, Kelly Reilly, Cécile de France, Cristina Brondo, Federico D'Anna
- Genre Comedy, Drama, Romance
- Available on No streaming locations found.
8 Women
(8 femmes)
Living in a house full of women can be murder.
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- France, Italy • 2002
- Director François Ozon
- Cast Catherine Deneuve, Isabelle Huppert, Emmanuelle Béart, Fanny Ardant, Virginie Ledoyen, Ludivine Sagnier
- Genre Comedy, Thriller, Music, Crime, Mystery
- Available on No streaming locations found.
Heartbreaker
(L'arnacoeur)
He's broken every heart except his own...until now.
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- France, Monaco • 2010
- Director Pascal Chaumeil
- Cast Romain Duris, Vanessa Paradis, Julie Ferrier, François Damiens, Andrew Lincoln, Helena Noguerra
- Genre Romance, Comedy
- Available on No streaming locations found.
Little White Lies
(Les Petits Mouchoirs)
After a traumatic event, a group of friends goes on a beach vacation that tests their relationships and convictions.
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- France • 2010
- Director Guillaume Canet
- Cast François Cluzet, Marion Cotillard, Benoît Magimel, Gilles Lellouche, Jean Dujardin, Valérie Bonneton
- Genre Comedy, Drama
- Available on No streaming locations found.
The Hunt
(Jagten)
The lie is spreading.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Denmark, Sweden • 2012
- Director Thomas Vinterberg
- Cast Mads Mikkelsen, Thomas Bo Larsen, Annika Wedderkopp, Lasse Fogelstrøm, Susse Wold, Anne Louise Hassing
- Genre Drama
- Available on Magnolia Selects, Microsoft Store, Redbox, Google Play Movies, Amazon Video, Vudu, VUDU Free, Alamo on Demand, Kanopy, Plex, Tubi TV, YouTube, Pluto TV, Apple TV, Amazon Prime Video
In the House
(Dans la maison)
There's always a way in.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- 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 Microsoft Store, Google Play Movies, Amazon Video, Kino Now, Kanopy, YouTube, Fandor Amazon Channel, Apple TV
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.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- 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 DIRECTV, Microsoft Store, Amazon Video, Vudu, AMC+ Amazon Channel, Kanopy, Tubi TV, AMC+, Apple TV, AMC Plus Apple TV Channel
Mood Indigo
(L'écume des jours)
In a surreal Paris, an inventive young man attempts to cure his lover’s unusual illness.
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- France, Belgium • 2013
- Director Michel Gondry
- Cast Romain Duris, Audrey Tautou, Gad Elmaleh, Omar Sy, Aïssa Maïga, Charlotte Le Bon
- Genre Drama, Fantasy
- Available on Freevee, Fandor, DIRECTV, Sundance Now, Redbox, Google Play Movies, Amazon Video, Hoopla, Vudu, Alamo on Demand, AMC+ Amazon Channel, Kanopy, Plex, Tubi TV, YouTube, Fandor Amazon Channel, Apple TV, MUBI Amazon Channel, MUBI
Young & Beautiful
(Jeune & Jolie)
After losing her virginity, a teenage girl begins a secret life as a sex work for a year.
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- France • 2013
- Director François Ozon
- Cast Marine Vacth, Géraldine Pailhas, Charlotte Rampling, Frédéric Pierrot, Nathalie Richard, Johan Leysen
- Genre Drama
- Available on DIRECTV, Microsoft Store, Google Play Movies, Amazon Video, AMC+ Amazon Channel, Kanopy, Tubi TV, YouTube, AMC+, Apple TV, AMC Plus Apple TV Channel
Chinese Puzzle
(Casse-Tête Chinois)
A Frenchman weds an Asian woman to become a U.S. citizen to be near his kids in Manhattan.
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- France, United States, Belgium • 2013
- Director Cédric Klapisch
- Cast Romain Duris, Audrey Tautou, Cécile de France, Kelly Reilly, Sandrine Holt, Flore Bonaventura
- Genre Comedy, Drama, Romance
- Available on Google Play Movies, Amazon Video, Vudu, Cohen Media Amazon Channel, Kanopy, YouTube, Apple TV
Yves Saint Laurent
Trends fade. Style is forever.
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- France, Belgium • 2014
- Director Jalil Lespert
- Cast Pierre Niney, Guillaume Gallienne, Nikolai Kinski, Charlotte Le Bon, Xavier Lafitte, Laura Smet
- Genre Drama
- Available on Freevee, Redbox, Google Play Movies, Amazon Video, Hoopla, Vudu, VUDU Free, Kanopy, Tubi TV, YouTube, Apple TV
Mommy
Love takes many forms.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Canada • 2014
- Director Xavier Dolan
- Cast Anne Dorval, Suzanne Clément, Antoine-Olivier Pilon, Patrick Huard, Alexandre Goyette, Michèle Lituac
- Genre Drama
- Available on Redbox, Google Play Movies, Amazon Video, Vudu, YouTube, Apple TV
The Theory of Everything
His mind changed our world; her love changed his.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- United Kingdom, Japan, United States • 2014
- Director James Marsh
- Cast Eddie Redmayne, Felicity Jones, Charlie Cox, Emily Watson, Simon McBurney, David Thewlis
- Genre Drama, Romance
- Available on DIRECTV, Microsoft Store, Redbox, Google Play Movies, Amazon Video, AMC on Demand, Vudu, Spectrum On Demand, YouTube, Apple TV
Samba
On the verge of deportation from France, a Senegalese migrant falls in love with his legal counselor.
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- France • 2014
- Director Éric Toledano, Olivier Nakache
- Cast Omar Sy, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Tahar Rahim, Izïa Higelin, Issaka Sawadogo, Hélène Vincent
- Genre Comedy, Drama
- Available on Freevee, Shout! Factory TV, Redbox, Google Play Movies, Amazon Video, Hoopla, Vudu, VUDU Free, Plex, Tubi TV, YouTube, The Roku Channel, Pluto TV, Apple TV, fuboTV
A Perfect Man
(Un Homme idéal)
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- France • 2015
- Director Yann Gozlan
- Cast Pierre Niney, Ana Girardot, André Marcon, Valéria Cavalli, Thibault Vinçon, Marc Barbé
- Genre Drama, Thriller
- Available on No streaming locations found.
Mustang
In a small Turkish village, five sisters struggle against the restrictions of their conservative family.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Turkey, France, Germany • 2015
- Director Deniz Gamze Ergüven
- Cast Güneş Nezihe Şensoy, Doğa Zeynep Doğuşlu, Elit İşcan, Tuğba Sunguroğlu, Ilayda Akdoğan, Nihal Koldaş
- Genre Drama
- Available on Microsoft Store, Google Play Movies, Amazon Video, Cohen Media Amazon Channel, Kino Now, Kanopy, Apple TV, MUBI