Popular from France
Taken
An ex-spy must pull out all the stops to save his daughter after she is kidnapped by human traffickers.
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- France, United States • 2008
- Director Pierre Morel
- Cast Liam Neeson, Maggie Grace, Leland Orser, Famke Janssen, Jon Gries, David Warshofsky
- Genre Action, Thriller
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, AMC on Demand
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
Miraculous: Tales of Ladybug & Cat Noir
(Miraculous, les aventures de Ladybug et Chat Noir)
Normal high school kids by day, protectors of Paris by night!
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- France, Korea, Japan • 2015
- Creator Thomas Astruc
- Cast Annouck Hautbois, Benjamin Bollen, Antoine Tomé, Marie Nonnenmacher
- Genre Action & Adventure, Animation, Kids
- Available on Netflix, Amazon Video, fuboTV, Disney Plus, Spectrum On Demand, DisneyNOW, Netflix basic with Ads
Portrait of a Lady on Fire
(Portrait de la jeune fille en feu)
Marianne, a painter, is commissioned to do the wedding portrait of Héloïse, a young woman who has just left the convent.
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- France • 2019
- Director Céline Sciamma
- Cast Noémie Merlant, Adèle Haenel, Luàna Bajrami, Valeria Golino, Christel Baras, Armande Boulanger
- Genre Drama, History, Romance
- Available on Hulu, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, YouTube, Kanopy
High Life
A father and daughter must rely on each other to survive a dangerous mission to deep space.
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- Germany, France, United Kingdom • 2018
- Director Claire Denis
- Cast Robert Pattinson, Juliette Binoche, André Benjamin, Mia Goth, Agata Buzek, Lars Eidinger
- Genre Drama, Mystery, Science Fiction, Thriller
- Available on Showtime Apple TV Channel, Max Amazon Channel, Max, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, Kanopy
Class Act
(Tapie)
In this fictionalized biopic about Bernard Tapie, a relentlessly ambitious working-class man becomes one of France's most controversial public figures.
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- France • 2023
- Creator Tristan Séguéla, Olivier Demangel
- Cast Laurent Lafitte, Joséphine Japy, Patrick d'Assumçao, Ophélia Kolb, Camille Chamoux, Ivan Murphy
- Genre Drama
- Available on Netflix, Netflix basic with Ads
Lost Highway
A tormented jazz musician finds himself lost in an enigmatic story involving murder, surveillance, and inexplicable dreams.
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- France, United States • 1997
- Director David Lynch
- Cast Bill Pullman, Patricia Arquette, Balthazar Getty, Robert Blake, Natasha Gregson Wagner, Richard Pryor
- Genre Drama, Mystery, Thriller
- Available on Criterion Channel, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, YouTube
The Billionaire, the Butler, and the Boyfriend
(L'Affaire Bettencourt : Scandale chez la femme la plus riche du monde)
How did a conflict between the world's wealthiest woman and her daughter spiral into national scandal?
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- France • 2023
- Creator
- Cast Liliane Bettencourt, Françoise Bettencourt Meyers, François-Marie Banier, Nicolas Sarkozy
- Genre Crime, Documentary
- Available on Netflix, Netflix basic with Ads
Alphonse
A chameleon-like man makes it his mission to please women and satisfy all their wishes.
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- France • 2023
- Creator Nicolas Bedos
- Cast Jean Dujardin, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Pierre Arditi, Nicole Garcia, Laura Morante, Marie-Christine Barrault
- Genre Comedy
- Available on Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads
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
La Haine
In the banlieues of France, the immigrant populations' resentment simmers away -- until it starts to boil.
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- France, United States • 1995
- Director Mathieu Kassovitz
- Cast Vincent Cassel, Hubert Koundé, Saïd Taghmaoui, Abdel Ahmed Ghili, Souleymane Dicko, Héloïse Rauth
- Genre Drama
- Available on Criterion Channel, Apple TV, Amazon Video
CODA
Every family has its own language.
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- France, United States • 2021
- Director Siân Heder
- Cast Emilia Jones, Marlee Matlin, Troy Kotsur, Eugenio Derbez, Ferdia Walsh-Peelo, Daniel Durant
- Genre Drama, Music, Romance
- Available on Apple TV Plus
Return to Seoul
(Retour à Séoul)
A 25-year-old French woman returns to Korea - the country she was born in before being adopted by a French couple - for the very first time.
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- France, Germany, Belgium • 2022
- Director Davy Chou
- Cast Park Ji-min, Oh Gwang-rok, Guka Han, Kim Sun-young, Heo Jin, Yoann Zimmer
- Genre Drama
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, 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 Netflix, Netflix basic with Ads, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, Spectrum On Demand, FlixFling, AMC on Demand
New from France
Do Not Expect Too Much of the End of the World
While Angela is filming a work safety video for a large company, an interviewee reveals the company’s liability in an accident.
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- Romania, Luxembourg, France • 2023
- Director Radu Jude
- Cast
- Genre
- Available on MUBI, MUBI Amazon Channel, Apple TV, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video
The Settlers
(Los colonos)
A Chilean, rides south on an expedition led by a former Boer War English captain and an American mercenary, to fence off land granted to Spanish landowner José Menéndez.
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- Chile, Argentina, United Kingdom • 2023
- Director Félipe Galvez
- Cast
- Genre
- Available on MUBI, MUBI Amazon Channel, Apple TV, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video
The Old Oak
When Syrian refugees move to a small mining town in Northeast England, tensions between them and the locals rise.
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- France • 2023
- Director Ken Loach
- Cast Dave Turner, Ebla Mari, Debbie Honeywood, Andy Dawson, Chris Gotts, Rob Kirtley
- Genre Drama
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, YouTube
Furies
After her criminal parents are gunned down, Lyna goes to work for La Furie, the mysterious and brutal woman who keeps the Parisan criminal underworld running.
- France • 2024
- Creator
- Cast
- Genre Action & Adventure, Comedy
- Available on Netflix, Netflix basic with Ads
The Taste of Things
(Le Pot-au-feu de Dodin Bouffant)
The story of Eugenie, a gifted cook, and Dodin, the fine gourmet with whom she has been working for over the last 20 years.
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- France • 2023
- Director Tran Anh Hung
- Cast Juliette Binoche, Benoît Magimel, Pierre Gagnaire
- Genre Drama, History, Romance
- Available on Acorn TV, AcornTV Amazon Channel, AMC+, AMC+ Amazon Channel, AMC Plus Apple TV Channel , Acorn TV Apple TV, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, YouTube
La Chimera
Arthur, an archaeologist with a supernatural gift for locating Etruscan relics, reunites with a ragtag group of tomb raiders.
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- Italy, France, Switzerland • 2023
- Director Alice Rohrwacher
- Cast Isabella Rossellini, Josh O'Connor, Carol Duarte, Alba Rohrwacher, Vincenzo Nemolato, Chiara Pazzaglia
- Genre Drama
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, YouTube, Microsoft Store
Smoke Sauna Sisterhood
(Savvusanna sõsarad)
In a darkneed smoke sauna, women share their innermost secrets, washing away shame and regaining their strength through sisterhood.
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- Estonia, France, Iceland • 2023
- Director Anna Hints
- Cast
- Genre Documentary
- Available on MUBI, MUBI Amazon Channel, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, YouTube
Sira
In the wake of a terrorist attack, a nomadic woman takes a courageous stand against the men responsible.
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- Burkina Faso, France, Germany • 2023
- Director Apolline Traoré
- Cast Nafissatou Cissé, Mike Danon, Lazare Minoungou, Nathalie Vairac, Ruth Werner, Abdramane Barry
- Genre Drama
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, YouTube, Spectrum On Demand, Hoopla
L'amour et les forêts
After Blanche seemingly marries “the one,” she realizes she’s fallen into the trap of a dangerous man.
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- France • 2023
- Director Valérie Donzelli
- Cast Virginie Efira, Melvil Poupaud, Dominique Reymond, Romane Bohringer, Virginie Ledoyen, Zoé Lenoir
- Genre Drama, Romance
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, YouTube
Wicked Little Letters
When the residents of Littlehampton begin receiving anonymous letters filled with profanity, rowdy Irish migrant Rose is accused of the crime.
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- France • 2023
- Director Thea Sharrock
- Cast Jessie Buckley, Olivia Colman, Anjana Vasan, Timothy Spall, Joanna Scanlan, Malachi Kirby
- Genre Comedy
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, Spectrum On Demand
The Restless
(Les Intranquilles)
A bipolar painter's family life becomes strained as his disorder grows less manageable.
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- Belgium, France, Luxembourg • 2021
- Director Joachim Lafosse
- Cast Leïla Bekhti, Damien Bonnard, Gabriel Merz Chammah, Patrick Descamps, Jules Waringo, Alexandre Gavras
- Genre Drama, Family
- Available on Film Movement Plus
Mami Wata
When the harmony in a village is threatened, two sisters must fight to restore the glory of a mermaid goddess to the land.
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- Nigeria, France • 2023
- Director C.J. 'Fiery' Obasi
- Cast Evelyne Ily Juhen, Uzoamaka Aniunoh, Emeka Amakeze, Rita Edochie, Kelechi Udegbe, Tough Bone
- Genre Drama, Fantasy, Thriller
- Available on MUBI, MUBI Amazon Channel, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Amazon Video, YouTube
The Monk and the Gun
Traveling to rural Bhutan where religion is more popular than politics, the election supervisor discovers that a monk is planning a mysterious ceremony for election day.
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- Bhutan, Taiwan, France • 2023
- Director Pawo Choyning Dorji
- Cast Tandin Wangchuk, Tandin Sonam, Choeying Jatsho, Deki Lhamo, Pema Zangmo Sherpa, Harry Einhorn
- Genre Drama
- Available on Hulu, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, Spectrum On Demand, Kanopy
About Dry Grasses
(Kuru Otlar Üstüne)
An art teacher completing his mandatory duty at an elementary school in rural Anatolia dreams of being reassigned to Istanbul.
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- Turkey, France, Germany • 2023
- Director Nuri Bilge Ceylan
- Cast Deniz Celiloğlu, Merve Dizdar, Musab Ekici, Murat Kılıç, Onur Gürçay
- Genre Drama
- Available on Criterion Channel, Apple TV, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video
Jeanne du Barry
Jeanne, a working class woman, uses her intelligence and seduction to become King Louis XV’s favorite mistress.
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- France • 2023
- Director Maïwenn
- Cast Maïwenn, Johnny Depp, Pierre Richard, Noémie Lvovsky, Benjamin Lavernhe, India Hair
- Genre Drama, History, Romance
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, Spectrum On Demand, Hoopla
French Series
The Returned
(Les Revenants)
A homecoming like no other.
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- France • 2012
- Creator Fabrice Gobert
- Cast Anne Consigny, Frédéric Pierrot, Clotilde Hesme, Céline Sallette, Samir Guesmi
- Genre Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi & Fantasy
- Available on Google Play Movies, Mhz Choice, AMC+ Roku Premium Channel
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
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
Spirit of Winter
(Esprit d'hiver)
After a snowstorm isolates Nathalie and her daughter in their mountain home, Nathalie struggles to separate paranoid fantasy from alarming reality.
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- France • 2022
- Creator Florence Vignon, Cyril Mennegun
- Cast Audrey Fleurot, Cédric Kahn, Lily Taïeb, Corinne Masiero
- Genre Drama, Mystery
- Available on Amazon Prime Video, Acorn TV, AcornTV Amazon Channel, Spectrum On Demand, Acorn TV Apple TV
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, Hoopla, Netflix basic with Ads
Queen of Swords
To avenge her father and protect her hometown, a young woman becomes a mysterious vigilante.
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- Spain, France, United Kingdom • 2000
- Creator
- Cast Tessie Santiago, Anthony Lemke, Elsa Pataky, Peter Wingfield, Valentine Pelka, Paulina Gálvez
- Genre Action & Adventure, Western
- Available on Plex, Freevee, DistroTV, Plex 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, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, Sundance Now, AMC+, AMC+ Amazon Channel, AMC Plus Apple TV Channel
Jayce and the Wheeled Warriors
(Jayce et les Conquérants de la lumière)
Teenager Jayce and his friends search for the only weapon that could defeat their mortal enemies.
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- France, Canada, United States • 1985
- Creator J. Michael Straczynski, Jean Chalopin
- Cast Darrin Baker, Charles Jolliffe, Valerie Politis, Len Carlson, Gilles Tamiz, Giulio Kukurugya
- Genre Action & Adventure, Animation, Kids, Sci-Fi & Fantasy
- Available on Apple TV, Fandango At Home
The Tunnel
A high-profile murder on the underwater France/UK border forces two detectives to work together to 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, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, PBS, PBS Masterpiece Amazon Channel
Oggy and the Cockroaches
(Oggy et les Cafards)
Follow the antics of Oggy the cat and his three cockroach roommates.
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- France, Canada • 1999
- Creator Jean-Yves Raimbaud
- Cast
- Genre Animation, Comedy
- Available on Tubi TV, The Roku Channel
Apocalypse: World War I
(Apocalypse, la Première Guerre Mondiale)
Documentary series depicting known and lesser-known battles of World War 1 with colorized archival footage.
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- France, Canada, United States • 2014
- Creator Isabelle Clarke, Daniel Costelle
- Cast Mathieu Kassovitz
- Genre Documentary, War & Politics
- Available on Curiosity Stream, fuboTV, CuriosityStream Apple TV Channel
Bordertown
(Sorjonen)
DI Kari Sorjonen heads the Serious Crime Unit in the Finnish city of Lappeenranta, near the Russian Border.
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- Finland, France • 2016
- Creator Miikko Oikkonen
- Cast Ville Virtanen, Matleena Kuusniemi, Olivia Ainali, Anu Sinisalo, Lenita Susi, Kristiina Halttu
- Genre Crime, Drama, Mystery
- 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, MZ Choice Amazon Channel, Mhz Choice
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 Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads
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 Charli Beléteau
- Cast France Nancy Goulian, Issaka Sawadogo
- Genre Drama
- Available on Amazon Video, MZ Choice Amazon Channel, Mhz Choice
Telescope Recommends
Climax
Birth and death are extraordinary experiences. Life is a fleeting pleasure.
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- France, Belgium, United States • 2018
- Director Gaspar Noé
- Cast Sofia Boutella, Kiddy Smile, Romain Guillermic, Souheila Yacoub, Claude Gajan Maude, Giselle Palmer
- Genre Drama, Horror, Music
- Available on Cinemax Amazon Channel, Showtime Apple TV Channel, Cinemax Apple TV Channel, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube
Black Sabbath
(I tre volti della paura)
A must-watch anthology by the “Master of Italian Horror.”
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- Italy, France, United States • 1963
- Director Mario Bava
- Cast Boris Karloff, Susy Andersen, Mark Damon, Michèle Mercier, Lidia Alfonsi, Jacqueline Pierreux
- Genre Horror
- Available on Classix, ScreenPix Apple TV Channel, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Tubi TV, Kanopy, Plex, Plex Channel
Angkor Awakens: A Portrait of Cambodia
A moving portrait of Cambodia and its people decades after genocide destroyed much of their culture, their traditions, and their past.
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- France, Cambodia, United States • 2017
- Director Robert H. Lieberman
- Cast Hun Sen, John Gunther Dean
- Genre Documentary
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Amazon Video, YouTube
The Phantom of Liberty
(Le Fantôme de la liberté)
Luis Bunuel's kinkiest comedy.
- France, Italy • 1974
- Director Luis Buñuel
- Cast Adriana Asti, Milena Vukotić, Jean-Claude Brialy, Monica Vitti, Jean Rochefort, Michel Piccoli
- Genre Comedy, Drama
- Available on Criterion Channel
The Scent of Green Papaya
(Mùi đu đủ xanh)
An orphan and a servant for a merchant family in Saigon, Mui witnesses all their darkest secrets, but never loses her childlike love for the world.
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- Vietnam, France • 1993
- Director Tran Anh Hung
- Cast Trần Nữ Yên Khê, Man San Lu, Thi Loc Truong, Nguyen Anh Hoa, Hoa Hoi Vuong, Ngoc Trung Tran
- Genre Drama, Romance
- Available on Kanopy, Metrograph, Kino Film Collection, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, Hoopla
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 Cohen Media Amazon Channel, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, Kanopy
A Christmas Tale
(Un conte de Noël)
The dilemma. The reunion
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- France • 2008
- Director Arnaud Desplechin
- Cast Catherine Deneuve, Anne Consigny, Jean-Paul Roussillon, Mathieu Amalric, Émile Berling, Melvil Poupaud
- Genre Drama, Comedy
- Available on MUBI, MUBI Amazon Channel, AMC+ Amazon Channel, Apple TV, Amazon Video
East/West
(Est - Ouest)
A young couple is trapped in the Soviet Union after being lured back by a false amnesty for exiles.
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- Russia, Ukraine, Bulgaria • 1999
- Director Régis Wargnier
- Cast Catherine Deneuve, Sandrine Bonnaire, Oleg Menshikov, Sergei Bodrov Jr., Tatyana Dogileva, Bogdan Stupka
- Genre Drama, Romance
- Available on Apple TV, Amazon Video
Of Gods and Men
(Des hommes et des dieux)
In the face of terror, their greatest weapon was faith...
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- France • 2010
- Director Xavier Beauvois
- Cast Lambert Wilson, Michael Lonsdale, Olivier Rabourdin, Philippe Laudenbach, Jacques Herlin, Loïc Pichon
- Genre Drama, History
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube
Fateless
(Sorstalanság)
You can close your eyes. You can turn away. But you will never forget.
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- Hungary, Germany, United Kingdom • 2005
- Director Lajos Koltai
- Cast Marcell Nagy, Béla Dóra, Bálint Péntek, Áron Dimény, Péter Fancsikai, Zsolt Dér
- Genre War, Drama
- Available on Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, Tubi TV, Freevee, Shout! Factory TV, Plex, Plex Channel
Cold Water
(L'Eau froide)
Sixteen-year-olds Gilles and Christine run away together, but soon their relationship begins to break under pressure.
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- France • 1994
- Director Olivier Assayas
- Cast Virginie Ledoyen, Cyprien Fouquet, László Szabó, Jean-Pierre Darroussin, Dominique Faysse, Jackie Berroyer
- Genre Drama
- Available on Criterion Channel, Apple TV
Goodbye to Language
(Adieu au langage)
A 3-D experimental narrative essay film about a man whose wife is having an affair and the dissolution of their relationship.
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- Switzerland, France • 2014
- Director Jean-Luc Godard
- Cast Jessica Erickson, Héloïse Godet, Zoé Bruneau, Kamel Abdeli, Richard Chevallier, Alexandre Païta
- Genre Drama
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Kanopy, Hoopla, Plex, Plex Channel
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
The Rules of the Game
(La Règle du jeu)
A weekend at a marquis’ country château lays bare some ugly truths about a group of haut aristocratic acquaintances.
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- France • 1939
- Director Jean Renoir
- Cast Marcel Dalio, Nora Gregor, Paulette Dubost, Mila Parély, Odette Talazac, Claire Gérard
- Genre Comedy, Drama, Romance
- Available on Criterion Channel, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, YouTube, Kanopy
News from Home
A female film director explores New York City while enduring demanding letters from her mother.
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- Belgium, France, West Germany • 1977
- Director Chantal Akerman
- Cast Chantal Akerman
- Genre Documentary
- Available on Criterion Channel, Max Amazon Channel, Max, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, YouTube
Alphaville
(Alphaville, une étrange aventure de Lemmy Caution)
A spy journeys to a tyrannical space city to complete three secret missions.
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- France, Italy • 1965
- Director Jean-Luc Godard
- Cast Eddie Constantine, Anna Karina, Akim Tamiroff, Howard Vernon, Christa Lang, Valérie Boisgel
- Genre Drama, Science Fiction, Mystery
- Available on Kino Film Collection, Kanopy, Hoopla
Manon
A World War II French freedom fighter falls under a devious woman's spell.
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- France • 1949
- Director Henri-Georges Clouzot
- Cast Serge Reggiani, Michel Auclair, Cécile Aubry, Andrex, Raymond Souplex, André Valmy
- Genre Adventure, Drama, Thriller
- Available on ARROW, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Amazon Video, YouTube
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 Kino Film Collection, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, YouTube
Happiness
(Le Bonheur)
A young carpenter strikes up an affair with a postal worker despite his happy marriage.
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- France • 1965
- Director Agnès Varda
- Cast Jean-Claude Drouot, Claire Drouot, Olivier Drouot, Sandrine Drouot, Marie-France Boyer, Marcelle Faure-Bertin
- Genre Drama, Romance
- Available on Criterion Channel, Max Amazon Channel, Max
Les Sportifs
The Finishers
(De toutes nos forces)
Julien, who is wheelchair-bound with cerebral palsy, challenges his father to participate with him in the Ironman race.
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- France, Belgium • 2014
- Director Nils Tavernier
- Cast Jacques Gamblin, Alexandra Lamy, Fabien Héraud, Sophie de Fürst, Pablo Pauly, Xavier Mathieu
- Genre Drama
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, YouTube, Hoopla
Olga
A Ukrainian gymnast living in Switzerland finds her life changing with the 2013 protests in her home country.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- France, Switzerland, Ukraine • 2021
- Director Elie Grappe
- Cast Thea Brogli, Nastya Budiashkina, Sabrina Rubtsova, Caterina Barloggio, Tanya Mikhina
- Genre Drama
- Available on Kino Film Collection, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, YouTube, Kanopy, Hoopla
John McEnroe: In the Realm of Perfection
(L'empire de la perfection)
Once you're playing perfectly, play more perfectly.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- France • 2018
- Director Julien Faraut
- Cast John McEnroe, Mathieu Amalric
- Genre Documentary
- Available on Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, YouTube, Apple TV, Tubi TV, Pluto TV, Kanopy, Hoopla
Sink or Swim
(Le Grand Bain)
A group of middle aged men compete in a synchronized swimming championship.
- ✭ ✭
- Belgium, France • 2018
- Director Gilles Lellouche
- Cast Guillaume Canet, Mathieu Amalric, Virginie Efira, Leïla Bekhti, Marina Foïs
- Genre Comedy
- Available on Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, YouTube, Kanopy
The Triplets of Belleville
(Les Triplettes de Belleville)
Alongside a trio of music hall singers, a grandmother attempts to rescue her grandson.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- France, Belgium, Canada • 2003
- Director Sylvain Chomet
- Cast Betty Bonifassi, Lina Boudreau, Michèle Caucheteux, Jean-Claude Donda, Mari-Lou Gauthier, Charles Linton
- Genre Animation, Comedy, Drama
- Available on Apple TV, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, AMC on Demand
Muhammad Ali: The Greatest
A true icon of the 20th century, Muhammad Ali’s phenomenal achievements spanned sport, politics, and religion.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- France • 1969
- Director William Klein
- Cast Muhammad Ali, Sonny Liston, George Foreman
- Genre Documentary
- Available on Tubi TV, Freevee
LGBTQ Pride Month à la française
Eastern Boys
A middle-aged businessman gets more than he bargained for when he picks up a young Ukrainian hustler.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- France • 2013
- Director Robin Campillo
- Cast Olivier Rabourdin, Kirill Emelyanov, Daniil Vorobyov, Edéa Darcque, Camila Chanirova, Bislan Yakhiaev
- Genre Drama
- Available on OVID, Dekkoo, Apple TV, Hoopla
Summer of 85
(Été 85)
In the summer of 85, two teenage boys share a tender friendship, a budding romance, and a strange promise.
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- France • 2020
- Director François Ozon
- Cast Félix Lefebvre, Benjamin Voisin, Philippine Velge, Valeria Bruni‑Tedeschi, Melvil Poupaud, Isabelle Nanty
- Genre Drama, Romance
- Available on Amazon Prime Video, MUBI, MUBI Amazon Channel, Dekkoo, Showtime Apple TV Channel, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, YouTube, Tubi TV, Hoopla, Plex, Plex Channel
Summertime
(La belle saison)
When Carole follows Delphine back to her family farm in the conservative French countryside, the two find gay rights and feminism are not as easily accepted in the countryside.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- France, Belgium • 2015
- Director Catherine Corsini
- Cast Izïa Higelin, Cécile de France, Noémie Lvovsky, Laetitia Dosch, Kevin Azais, Loulou Hanssen
- Genre Comedy, Drama, Romance
- Available on Strand Releasing Amazon Channel, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, YouTube, Kanopy
Water Lilies
(Naissance des pieuvres)
Marie joins the local pool’s synchronized swim team for a chance to get close to Floriane—the “bad girl” of the team.
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- France • 2007
- Director Céline Sciamma
- Cast Pauline Acquart, Adèle Haenel, Louise Blachère, Warren Jacquin, Christel Baras, Marie Gili-Pierre
- Genre Drama, Romance
- Available on Criterion Channel
Stranger by the Lake
(L'Inconnu du Lac)
Franck falls in love with Michel, an attractive, potent, and lethally dangerous man.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- France • 2013
- Director Alain Guiraudie
- Cast Pierre Deladonchamps, Christophe Paou, Patrick d'Assumçao, Jérôme Chappatte, Mathieu Vervisch, Gilbert Traina
- Genre Drama, Thriller
- Available on Strand Releasing Amazon Channel, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, Kanopy
Portrait of a Lady on Fire
(Portrait de la jeune fille en feu)
Marianne, a painter, is commissioned to do the wedding portrait of Héloïse, a young woman who has just left the convent.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- France • 2019
- Director Céline Sciamma
- Cast Noémie Merlant, Adèle Haenel, Luàna Bajrami, Valeria Golino, Christel Baras, Armande Boulanger
- Genre Drama, History, Romance
- Available on Hulu, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, YouTube, Kanopy
Sauvage
A young sex worker longs for love as he navigates the trials of his profession.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- France • 2018
- Director Camille Vidal-Naquet
- Cast Félix Maritaud, Éric Bernard, Nicolas Dibla, Philippe Ohrel, Marie Seux, Jean-Pierre Basté
- Genre Drama
- Available on Fandango At Home, Tubi TV, VUDU Free, Kanopy
BPM (Beats per Minute)
(120 battements par minute)
A group of young activists desperately seek a cure for AIDS in 1990s Paris.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- France • 2017
- Director Robin Campillo
- Cast Nahuel Pérez Biscayart, Arnaud Valois, Adèle Haenel, Antoine Reinartz, Félix Maritaud, Ariel Borenstein
- Genre Drama
- Available on fuboTV, Dekkoo, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, YouTube, Crackle, Tubi TV, Pluto TV, VUDU Free, Kanopy, Hoopla, Plex, Plex Channel
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 MUBI, AMC+, AMC+ Amazon Channel, AMC Plus Apple TV Channel , IFC Films Unlimited Apple TV Channel, Apple TV, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, Kanopy
Tomboy
When a young girl moves to a new neighborhood with her family, she assumes a new identity as a boy.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- France • 2011
- Director Céline Sciamma
- Cast Zoé Héran, Malonn Lévana, Jeanne Disson, Sophie Cattani, Mathieu Demy, Rayan Boubekri
- Genre Drama
- Available on Criterion Channel, Microsoft Store
Little Girl
(Petite fille)
A documentary portrait of eight year-old Sasha, currently questioning her gender identity and dealing with (oftentimes negative) societal reactions.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- France, Denmark • 2020
- Director Sébastien Lifshitz
- Cast
- Genre Documentary
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, YouTube, Tubi TV, Kanopy, Hoopla, Plex, Plex Channel