Popular from France
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, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video
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
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 Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, Spectrum On Demand, AMC on Demand
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, YouTube, Spectrum On Demand
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
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 Max Amazon Channel, Max, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, Kanopy
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
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
A Kid
(Le fils de Jean)
A man travels to Quebec to attend the funeral of his estranged father.
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- France, Canada • 2016
- Director Philippe Lioret
- Cast Pierre Deladonchamps, Gabriel Arcand, Catherine de Léan, Marie-Thérèse Fortin, Pierre-Yves Cardinal
- Genre Drama
- Available on Amazon Prime Video, Fandor, Fandor Amazon Channel, OVID, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, YouTube, Tubi TV, The Roku Channel, Filmzie, Kanopy
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
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
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
Tour de France: Unchained
(Tour de France : Au cœur du peloton)
A behind the scenes look at the Tour de France.
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- France, United Kingdom • 2023
- Creator
- Cast
- Genre Documentary
- Available on Netflix, Netflix basic with Ads
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 Max Amazon Channel, Max, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, AMC on Demand
New from France
Becoming Karl Lagerfeld
The story of Karl Lagerfeld's rise in the fashion world.
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- France • 2024
- Creator Raphaëlle Bacqué, Isaure Pisani-Ferry, Jennifer Have
- Cast Daniel Brühl, Sunnyi Melles, Théodore Pellerin, Paul Spera, Agnès Jaoui, Alex Lutz
- Genre Drama
- Available on Hulu
The Conversion
(La conversione)
In 1850s Italy, Edgardo, a Jewish child, is secretly baptized by and then kidnapped from his family.
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- Italy, France, Germany • 2023
- Director Marco Bellocchio
- Cast Paolo Pierobon, Barbara Ronchi, Fausto Russo Alesi, Filippo Timi, Fabrizio Gifuni
- Genre Drama, History
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube
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
Annette
A rock opera about the rise and fall of a celebrity couple following the birth of their first child.
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- France, Mexico, United States • 2021
- Director Leos Carax
- Cast Adam Driver, Marion Cotillard, Simon Helberg, Rila Fukushima, Devyn McDowell, Angèle
- Genre Drama, Music, Romance
- Available on Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, Freevee
High & Low – John Galliano
This documentary shares the life and controversial career of John Galliano.
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- United Kingdom, United States, France • 2023
- Director Kevin Macdonald
- Cast John Galliano, Naomi Campbell, Penélope Cruz, Anna Wintour, Edward Enninful, Charlize Theron
- Genre Documentary
- Available on MUBI, MUBI Amazon Channel, Apple TV, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video
Robot Dreams
On an ill-fated trip to Long Island, best friends Dog and Robot are separated. Will they ever meet again?
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- Spain, France • 2023
- Director Pablo Berger
- Cast
- Genre Animation, Drama, Music
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, Spectrum On Demand
Dancing the Twist in Bamako
(Twist à Bamako)
In the 1960's in post-colonial Mali, a socialist falls in love with a woman trying to escape an arranged marriage.
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- France, Canada, Senegal • 2022
- Director Robert Guédiguian
- Cast Stéphane Bak, Alicia Da Luz Gomes, Diouc Koma, Issaka Sawadogo, Bakary Diombera, Alassane Gueye
- Genre Drama
- Available on Amazon Video
Chicken for Linda!
(Linda veut du poulet!)
Paulette must find ingredients to make a meal for her daughter in the middle of a city-wide strike.
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- France, Italy • 2023
- Director Sébastien Laudenbach, Chiara Malta
- Cast Milan Cerisier
- Genre Animation, Comedy, Family
- Available on Criterion Channel, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, Apple TV
Tiger Stripes
A 12-year-old is bullied by her peers, but instead of running from her fears, she learns to embrace her physical transformation that would turn her into a tiger-like monster.
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- Malaysia, Taiwan, France • 2023
- Director Amanda Nell Eu
- Cast Zafreen Zairizal, Piqa, Deena Ezral
- Genre Horror
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube
On the Adamant
(Sur l’Adamant)
This documentary looks at the lives of employees and patients at the Adamant, a floating psychiatric center in Paris.
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- France, Japan • 2023
- Director Nicolas Philibert
- Cast Mamadi Barri, Walid Benziane, Sabine Berlière, Romain Bernardin, Jean-Paul Hazan, Pauline Hertz
- Genre Documentary
- Available on Kino Film Collection, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, YouTube
The Crow
A remake of the 1994 film of the same name, this film follows Eric’s journey to save his soulmate.
- France, United Kingdom, United States • 2024
- Director Rupert Sanders
- Cast Bill Skarsgård, FKA Twigs, Jordan Bolger, Danny Huston
- Genre Action, Fantasy, Thriller
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, Spectrum On Demand
Crossing
A retired teacher, Lia, and her young neighbor, Achi, travel to Istanbul to find Lia’s long-lost transgender niece.
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- Sweden, Denmark, France • 2024
- Director Levan Akin
- Cast
- Genre
- Available on MUBI, MUBI Amazon Channel, Apple TV, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video
Escort Boys
Four men struggling financially in rural France set up an illegal escort buisness.
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- France • 2023
- Creator Ruben Alves
- Cast Guillaume Labbé, Thibaut Évrard, Corentin Fila, Simon Ehrlacher, Marysole Fertard, Richard Darancy
- Genre Comedy, Drama
- Available on Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads
Coup de Chance
When Fanny runs into Alain, a former high school friend, their fast developing relationship puts her perfect marriage in jeopardy.
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- France, United States • 2023
- Director Woody Allen
- Cast Valérie Lemercier, Niels Schneider, Kenneth Edelson, Lou de Laâge, Elsa Zylberstein, Melvil Poupaud
- Genre Drama, Romance, Thriller
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Amazon Video, YouTube, Tubi TV, The Roku Channel, Plex, Plex Channel
Green Border
(Zielona granica)
At the Polish-Belarusian border, an activist tries to help a Syrian family and their English teacher cross.
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- Poland, United States, Czech Republic • 2023
- Director Agnieszka Holland
- Cast Jalal Altawil, Maja Ostaszewska, Behi Djanati Atai, Tomasz Włosok, Mohamad Al Rashi, Dalia Naous
- Genre Drama
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, YouTube
French Series
The Eddy
A jazz club owner is desperate to pay off his debt.
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- United Kingdom, Germany, United States • 2020
- Creator Jack Thorne
- Cast André Holland, Joanna Kulig, Amandla Stenberg, Tahar Rahim, Leïla Bekhti, Adil Dehbi
- Genre Drama
- Available on Netflix, Netflix basic with Ads
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
Raël: The Alien Prophet
(Raël : Le prophète des extraterrestres)
A docuseries following the origins of Raëlism, a UFO inspired religious sect.
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- France • 2024
- Creator
- Cast Raël
- Genre Documentary
- Available on Netflix, Netflix basic with Ads
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, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, Google Play Movies, AMC+ Amazon Channel
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, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, Amazon Prime Video, PBS Kids Amazon Channel, Peacock Premium, Peacock Premium Plus, Amazon Prime Video with Ads
Martin Mystery
(Martin Mystère)
Stepsiblings Martin and Diana investigate the paranormal and protect Earth from the supernatural.
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- France, Canada, Italy • 2003
- Creator David Michel
- Cast Alexis Tomassian, Dorothée Pousséo, Sylvain Lemarie, Yann Le Madic, Laurence Dourlens, Emmanuel Garijo
- Genre Action & Adventure, Animation, Sci-Fi & Fantasy
- Available on The Roku Channel
Death in Paradise
A pasty English detective is transferred to a tropical paradise and has to adjust to a new form of policing.
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- United Kingdom, France • 2011
- Creator Robert Thorogood
- Cast Ralf Little, Don Warrington, Élisabeth Bourgine
- Genre Comedy, Crime, Drama, Mystery
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, BritBox, BritBox Amazon Channel, Hoopla, Pluto TV, Britbox Apple TV 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, Spectrum On Demand, CuriosityStream Apple TV Channel
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
Shuriken School
The extraordinary adventures of 10-year-old Eizan and friends during their first year at an under-funded ninja school.
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- France, Spain • 2006
- Creator
- Cast Jessica DiCicco, Charlie Adler, Kimberly Brooks, Maurice LaMarche, Nathan Kress
- Genre Action & Adventure, Animation, Comedy
- Available on Amazon Video, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Hoopla
The New Pope
When the previous pope emerges from a coma, it sparks a power struggle with his successor.
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- Italy, France, Spain • 2020
- Creator Paolo Sorrentino
- Cast Jude Law, John Malkovich, Silvio Orlando, Cécile de France, Javier Cámara, Ludivine Sagnier
- Genre Drama
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, Spectrum On Demand, Max Amazon Channel, Max
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
Mortel
When three teenagers make a deal with a supernatural figure to gain extraordinary powers, they join together to solve a murder.
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- France • 2019
- Creator Frédéric Bélier-Garcia
- Cast Marvin Dubart
- Genre Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Crime, Drama
- Available on Netflix, Netflix basic with Ads
War of the Worlds
Aliens start a war with Earth. Earth loses.
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- United Kingdom, France, United States • 2019
- Creator Howard Overman
- Cast Léa Drucker, Gabriel Byrne, Elizabeth McGovern, Natasha Little
- Genre Drama, Sci-Fi & Fantasy
- Available on MGM Plus, fuboTV, Spectrum On Demand, Epix Amazon Channel, MGM Plus Roku Premium Channel
The Secret World of Santa Claus
(Le Monde secret du Père Noël)
Every year, Santa Claus and his elves are kept busy preparing for Christmas.
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- France, Canada • 1997
- Creator Christian Choquet, Prakash Topsy
- Cast Benoît Allemane, Thor Bishopric, Mélanie Dermont, Aurélien Ringelheim
- Genre Animation, Family
- Available on Apple TV, Amazon Video
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Cinema Paradiso
(Nuovo Cinema Paradiso)
A celebration of youth, friendship, and the everlasting magic of the movies.
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- Italy, France • 1988
- Director Giuseppe Tornatore
- Cast Philippe Noiret, Jacques Perrin, Marco Leonardi, Salvatore Cascio, Agnese Nano, Antonella Attili
- Genre Drama, Romance
- Available on Amazon Prime Video, MGM Plus, fuboTV, Epix Amazon Channel, MGM Plus Roku Premium Channel, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, YouTube, Kanopy
The Secret of the Grain
(La graine et le mulet)
In southern France, a Franco-Arabic shipyard worker, assisted by his partner's daughter, pursues his dream of opening a restaurant.
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- France • 2007
- Director Abdellatif Kechiche
- Cast Habib Boufares, Hafsia Herzi, Farida Benkhetache, Abdelhamid Aktouche, Alice Houri, Bouraouïa Marzouk
- Genre Comedy, Drama
- Available on Amazon Video, Kanopy, Plex, Plex Channel
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, TCM, Max Amazon Channel, Max, Apple TV, Amazon Video, Kanopy
Le Trou
Inmates hatch a plan to dig their way out of jail.
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- France, Italy • 1960
- Director Jacques Becker
- Cast Michel Constantin, Jean Keraudy, Philippe Leroy, Raymond Meunier, Marc Michel, Jean-Paul Coquelin
- Genre Crime, Drama, Thriller, History
- Available on Criterion Channel
The Mission
One will trust in the power of prayer. One will believe in the might of the sword.
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- United Kingdom, France • 1986
- Director Roland Joffé
- Cast Robert De Niro, Jeremy Irons, Ray McAnally, Aidan Quinn, Liam Neeson, Cherie Lunghi
- Genre Adventure, Drama, Action, History
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, Tubi TV, The Roku Channel, VUDU Free, Plex, Plex Channel
Stray Dogs
(郊遊)
A father and his children wander the margins of modern day Taipei, and spend their nights sleeping in abandoned buildings.
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- Taiwan, France • 2014
- Director Tsai Ming-liang
- Cast Lee Kang-Sheng, Lu Yi-Ching, Chen Shiang-Chyi, Chao-rong Chen, Yang Kuei-Mei
- Genre Drama
- Available on Metrograph, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, YouTube, Kanopy
Graves Without a Name
(Les tombeaux sans noms)
The filmmaker Rithy Panh attempts to find out where his parents, victims of the Khmer Rouge, are buried.
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- Cambodia, France • 2019
- Director Rithy Panh
- Cast Randal Douc
- Genre Documentary
- Available on Apple TV, Kanopy
Slalom
A riveting drama that paints a devastating portrait of the relationship between a teenage ski prodigy and her predatory instructor.
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- France, Belgium • 2020
- Director Charlène Favier
- Cast Noée Abita, Jérémie Renier, Marie Denarnaud, Muriel Combeau, Maïra Schmitt, Axel Auriant-Blot
- Genre Drama
- Available on Kino Film Collection, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, Kanopy, Hoopla
Taste of Cherry
(طعم گيلاس)
A middle-aged man, Mr. Badii, seeks someone to bury him after he commits suicide.
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- Iran, France • 1997
- Director Abbas Kiarostami
- Cast Homayoun Ershadi, Abdolrahman Bagheri, Afshin Khorshid Bakhtiari, Safar Ali Moradi, Mir Hossein Noori, Ahmad Ansari
- Genre Drama
- Available on Criterion Channel, TCM, Max Amazon Channel, Max, Kanopy
My Journey Through French Cinema
(Voyage à travers le cinéma français)
A master filmmaker's personal journey through French cinema told through portraits of key creative figures.
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- France • 2016
- Director Bertrand Tavernier
- Cast Bertrand Tavernier, Thierry Frémaux, André Marcon
- Genre Documentary
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Amazon Video, YouTube, Tubi TV, Kanopy
City of God
(Cidade de Deus)
Three young men embark on different yet intertwined paths as they try to survive in the dangerous favelas of Rio.
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- Brazil, France • 2002
- Director Fernando Meirelles
- Cast Alexandre Rodrigues, Leandro Firmino, Phellipe Haagensen, Douglas Silva, Jonathan Haagensen, Matheus Nachtergaele
- Genre Drama, Crime
- Available on fuboTV, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, YouTube, Spectrum On Demand
Underground
(Podzemlje)
Black marketeer Marko has a talent for exploitation and puts it to work in Yugoslavia over the course of the 20th century.
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- Yugoslavia, France, Germany • 1995
- Director Emir Kusturica
- Cast Miki Manojlović, Lazar Ristovski, Mirjana Joković, Slavko Štimac, Ernst Stötzner, Srđan Todorović
- Genre Comedy, Drama, War
- Available on Kino Film Collection, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, YouTube
Beauty and the Beast
(La belle et la bête)
Before the Disney classic, there was "La Belle et la Bête."
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- France • 1946
- Director Jean Cocteau
- Cast Jean Marais, Josette Day, Marcel André, Mila Parély, Nane Germon, Michel Auclair
- Genre Drama, Fantasy, Romance
- Available on Criterion Channel, Max Amazon Channel, Max, Apple TV, Amazon Video, Tubi TV, Kanopy, Hoopla
Dunkirk
Hope is a weapon, survival is a victory.
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- United Kingdom, Netherlands, France • 2017
- Director Christopher Nolan
- Cast Fionn Whitehead, Tom Glynn-Carney, Aneurin Barnard, Jack Lowden, Harry Styles, James D'Arcy
- Genre War, Action, Drama
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, Spectrum On Demand, AMC on Demand
Ran
(乱)
The Greatest Shakespeare Film
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- Japan, France • 1985
- Director Akira Kurosawa
- Cast Tatsuya Nakadai, Akira Terao, Jinpachi Nezu, Daisuke Ryû, Mieko Harada, Yoshiko Miyazaki
- Genre Action, Drama, History
- Available on Amazon Video, AMC on Demand, Kanopy
The Sower
(Le Semeur)
After all the men in Violette's village are arrested, the women must run everything without them.
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- France, Belgium • 2017
- Director Marine Francen
- Cast Pauline Burlet, Géraldine Pailhas, Alban Lenoir, Iliana Zabeth, Françoise Lebrun, Raphaëlle Agogué
- Genre Drama
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, YouTube, Kanopy, Hoopla, Plex, Plex Channel
About Elly
(درباره الی)
A woman vanishes during a vacation with friends, causing them to blame each other for the disappearance.
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- Iran, France • 2009
- Director Asghar Farhadi
- Cast Golshifteh Farahani, Tarane Alidousti, Shahab Hosseini, Merila Zarei, Mani Haghighi, Peyman Maadi
- Genre Drama
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, YouTube, Kanopy
Leviathan
The very waters that once inspired Moby Dick, this film captures the harsh, unforgiving world of fishermen in starkly haunting, yet beautiful detail.
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- France, United Kingdom, United States • 2012
- Director Véréna Paravel
- Cast Declan Conneely, Johnny Gatcombe, Adrian Guillette, Brian Jannelle, Clyde Lee, Arthur Smith
- Genre Documentary
- Available on DocAlliance Films, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, YouTube, Kanopy
The Son's Room
(La stanza del figlio)
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- Italy, France • 2001
- Director Nanni Moretti
- Cast Nanni Moretti, Laura Morante, Jasmine Trinca, Giuseppe Sanfelice, Silvio Orlando, Stefano Accorsi
- Genre Drama
- Available on Amazon Video
À la plage
Monsieur Hulot's Holiday
(Les vacances de Monsieur Hulot)
Monsieur Hulot heads to a beach resort for summer vacation, wreaking havoc on the idyllic calmness present along the seaside.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- France • 1953
- Director Jacques Tati
- Cast Jacques Tati, Nathalie Pascaud, Micheline Rolla, Louis Perrault, Valentine Camax, André Dubois
- Genre Comedy
- Available on Criterion Channel, Max Amazon Channel, Max, Apple TV, Amazon Video, Kanopy
The Swimming Pool
(La Piscine)
Tensions rise when a woman invites her ex and his teenage daughter to a villa where she is spending the summer with her boyfriend.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- France, Italy • 1969
- Director Jacques Deray
- Cast Romy Schneider, Alain Delon, Maurice Ronet, Jane Birkin, Paul Crauchet, Steve Eckardt
- Genre Crime, Drama
- Available on Criterion Channel, Max Amazon Channel, Max, Apple TV, Fandango At Home
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, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, YouTube, Tubi TV, VUDU Free, Hoopla, Plex, Plex Channel
Louise by the Shore
(Louise en hiver)
Louise must survive winter all alone in a seaside resort town.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- France, Canada, Belgium • 2016
- Director Jean-François Laguionie
- Cast Dominique Frot, Jean-François Laguionie, Diane Dassigny, Tom Anthony
- Genre Animation
- Available on OVID, Apple TV, Tubi TV, Kanopy
A Summer's Tale
(Conte d'été)
Summer romances aren't all what they're cracked up to be...
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- France • 1996
- Director Éric Rohmer
- Cast Melvil Poupaud, Amanda Langlet, Gwenaëlle Simon, Aurelia Nolin, Alain Guellaff, Evelyne Lahana
- Genre Comedy, Drama, Romance
- Available on Criterion Channel, Max Amazon Channel, Max, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, YouTube
The Beaches of Agnès
(Les Plages d'Agnès)
Filmmaking icon Agnès Varda turns the camera on herself.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- France • 2008
- Director Agnès Varda
- Cast Agnès Varda, André Lubrano, Blaise Fournier, Vincent Fournier, Rosalie Varda, Mathieu Demy
- Genre Documentary
- Available on Criterion Channel, DocAlliance Films, Kanopy
Nicholas on Holiday
(Les Vacances du Petit Nicolas)
Once the long-awaited summer vacation has arrived, Little Nicolas and his family set out for the seaside.
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- France • 2014
- Director Laurent Tirard
- Cast Valérie Lemercier, Kad Merad, Daniel Prévost, François Damiens, Francis Perrin, François-Xavier Demaison
- Genre Family, Comedy
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, YouTube, VUDU Free, Kanopy, Plex, Plex Channel
Les Sportifs
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 fuboTV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, YouTube, Apple TV, Tubi TV, Pluto TV, Kanopy, Hoopla, Plex, Plex Channel
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
Jappeloup
Based on the true story of French equestrian star Pierre Durand’s Olympics-bound career with his horse Jappeloup.
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- France, Canada • 2013
- Director Christian Duguay
- Cast Guillaume Canet, Marina Hands, Daniel Auteuil, Lou de Laâge, Tchéky Karyo, Jacques Higelin
- Genre Drama
- Available on Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, YouTube, Tubi TV, VUDU Free, Hoopla
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
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
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
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, Google Play Movies, YouTube, AMC on Demand