New From France
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
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
Casablanca Beats
(Haut et fort)
A group of young people in Casablanca finds a new passion in rapping at their local cultural center.
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- France, Morocco • 2021
- Director Nabil Ayouch
- Cast Ismail Adouab, Nouhaila Arif, Samah Baricou, Abdelilah Basbousi, Anas Basbousi
- Genre Drama, Music
- Available on Google Play Movies, Amazon Video, Vudu, Kino Now, Kanopy, YouTube, Apple TV
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 Microsoft Store, Google Play Movies, Amazon Video, Vudu, YouTube, Apple TV
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
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
The Mystery of Henri Pick
(Le Mystère Henri Pick)
A skeptic sets out to uncover the truth about a novel taking over France by an unknown, possibly dead author.
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- France, Belgium • 2019
- Director Rémi Bezançon
- Cast Fabrice Luchini, Camille Cottin, Alice Isaaz, Bastien Bouillon, Philypa Phoenix
- Genre Drama, Comedy
- Available on Google Play Movies, Amazon Video, Vudu, Kanopy, YouTube, Apple TV
The Traitor
(Il traditore)
After trying to leave the mafia for Brazil, Tommaso Buscetta is forced to return to Italy and become an informant.
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- Italy, France, Germany • 2019
- Director Marco Bellocchio
- Cast Pierfrancesco Favino, Maria Fernanda Cândido, Fabrizio Ferracane, Fausto Russo Alesi, Luigi Lo Cascio, Bruno Cariello
- Genre Crime, Drama, Thriller
- Available on Starz Apple TV Channel, DIRECTV, Microsoft Store, Google Play Movies, Amazon Video, AMC on Demand, Vudu, Starz Roku Premium Channel, Starz, YouTube, Starz Amazon Channel, Apple TV
The Salt of Tears
(Le Sel des larmes)
A callow young Frenchman pursues tumultuous relationships with three different women.
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- France • 2020
- Director Philippe Garrel
- Cast Logann Antuofermo, Oulaya Amamra, Louise Chevillotte, Souheila Yacoub, André Wilms, Aline Belibi
- Genre Drama
- Available on Google Play Movies, Amazon Video, Vudu, OVID, Kanopy, YouTube, Apple TV
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 basic with Ads, Netflix
Our Mothers
(Nuestras madres)
Against his mother’s wishes, an anthropologist searches for his father, who disappeared during the Guatemalan Civil War.
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- Guatemala, Belgium, France • 2019
- Director César Díaz
- Cast Armando Espitia, Emma Dib, Aurelia Caal, Julio Serrano Echeverría, Victor Moreira
- Genre Drama
- Available on Google Play Movies, Amazon Video, Vudu, YouTube, Apple TV
One Fine Morning
(Un beau matin)
Old friends find each other in the most unexpected of circumstances.
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- France • 2022
- Director Mia Hansen-Løve
- Cast Léa Seydoux, Pascal Greggory, Melvil Poupaud, Nicole Garcia, Camille Leban Martins, Elsa Guedj
- Genre Drama, Romance
- Available on DIRECTV, Microsoft Store, Google Play Movies, Amazon Video, Vudu, Spectrum On Demand, YouTube, Apple TV
God Exists, Her Name Is Petrunya
(Господ постои, името ѝ е Петрунија)
A Macedonian woman causes a stir when she inserts herself into a traditionally men-only religious ceremony.
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- Macedonia, Belgium, France • 2019
- Director Teona Strugar Mitevska
- Cast Zorica Nusheva, Labina Mitevska, Stefan Vujisić, Simeon 'Moni' Damevski, Suad Begovski, Violeta Šapkovska
- Genre Drama
- Available on Amazon Video, Tubi TV
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
Rimini
Two brothers return to their childhood home to bury their recently deceased mother.
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- Germany, Austria, France • 2022
- Director Ulrich Seidl
- Cast Michael Thomas, Tessa Göttlicher, Hans-Michael Rehberg, Inge Maux, Claudia Martini, Georg Friedrich
- Genre Drama
- Available on MUBI
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, Amazon Video, Vudu, Apple TV
Passed by Censor
(Görülmüştür)
By day, Zakir works as a censor at a prison in Istanbul; by night, he is a student in a creative writing course. Then the two worlds collide.
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- Turkey, Germany, France • 2019
- Director Serhat Karaaslan
- Cast Berkay Ateş, Saadet Işıl Aksoy, Füsun Demirel, Erdem Şenocak, Müfit Kayacan, İpek Türktan
- Genre Drama
- Available on Tubi TV
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
Tommy Guns
(Nação Valente)
When civil war ousts the colonial Portuguese, a local girl falls in love with a soldier whose squad must escape.
- Portugal, France, Angola • 2022
- Director Carlos Conceição
- Cast João Arrais, Anabela Moreira, Miguel Amorim, Ivo Arroja, André Cabral, João Cachola
- Genre Drama, History, War
- Available on Google Play Movies, Amazon Video, Vudu, Kino Now, YouTube, Apple TV
Marona's Fantastic Tale
(L'Extraordinaire Voyage de Marona)
An accident causes a stray dog to remember all the owners she’s ever had and ever loved.
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- France, Romania • 2020
- Director Anca Damian
- Cast Lizzie Brocheré, Bruno Salomone, Thierry Hancisse, Nathalie Boutefeu, Shirelle Mai-Yvart, Maïra Schmitt
- Genre Animation, Drama, Family
- Available on Microsoft Store, Google Play Movies, Amazon Video, Vudu, Apple TV
The Wild Goose Lake
(南方车站的聚会)
A gangster, recently freed from prison, finds trouble amid Wuhan's shadows and neon.
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- China, France • 2019
- Director Diao Yi'nan
- Cast Hu Ge, Gwei Lun-mei, Liao Fan, Wan Qian, Qi Dao, Huang Jue
- Genre Crime, Drama
- Available on Google Play Movies, Amazon Video, Hoopla, Vudu, Kanopy, YouTube, Apple TV
Other People's Children
(Les Enfants des autres)
When a woman falls in love with a single father, she starts to develop a bond with his daughter.
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- France • 2022
- Director Rebecca Zlotowski
- Cast Virginie Efira, Roschdy Zem, Chiara Mastroianni, Callie Ferreira-Goncalves, Yamée Couture, Henri-Noël Tabary
- Genre Drama, Family
- Available on DIRECTV, Google Play Movies, Amazon Video, Vudu, YouTube, Apple TV
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
R.M.N.
A man returns to his peaceful hometown hopeful for a positive change, but the peace is broken and conflicts arise.
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- Romania, France, Belgium • 2022
- Director Cristian Mungiu
- Cast Marin Grigore, Judith State, Macrina Bârlădeanu, Orsolya Moldovan, András Hatházi, Rácz Endre
- Genre Drama, Family
- Available on DIRECTV, Google Play Movies, Amazon Video, Vudu, AMC+ Amazon Channel, YouTube, AMC+ Roku Premium Channel, AMC+, Apple TV, AMC Plus Apple TV Channel
Mama Weed
(La Daronne)
A interpreter for the Paris Police anti-drug squad starts selling cannabis to make extra money.
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- France • 2020
- Director Jean-Paul Salomé
- Cast Isabelle Huppert, Liliane Rovère, Hippolyte Girardot, Iris Bry, Pierre Rousselet, Farida Ouchani
- Genre Comedy, Crime, Drama
- Available on Freevee, Google Play Movies, Amazon Video, Vudu, VUDU Free, Kanopy, Tubi TV, YouTube, The Roku Channel, Apple TV
Cairo Conspiracy
(ولد من الجنة)
The son of a fisherman is given the chance to study at a prestigious university in Cairo and becomes a pawn in the conflict between Egypt's religious and political elites.
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- Sweden, France, Finland • 2022
- Director Tarik Saleh
- Cast Tawfeek Barhom, Fares Fares, Mohammad Bakri, Makram J. Khoury, Mehdi Dehbi, Younes Medhat
- Genre Drama, Thriller
- Available on DIRECTV, Google Play Movies, Amazon Video, Vudu, Plex, Tubi TV, YouTube, The Roku Channel, Apple TV
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
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
The Worst Ones
(Les Pires)
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- France • 2022
- Director Lise Akoka, Romane Gueret
- Cast Johan Heldenbergh, Matthias Jacquin, Mallory Wanecque, Loïc Pech, Timéo Mahaut, Ester Archambault
- Genre Comedy, Drama
- Available on Google Play Movies, Amazon Video, Hoopla, Vudu, Kino Now, YouTube, Apple TV
Everything Went Fine
(Tout s’est bien passé)
A daughter must grapple with her ill elderly father's request to end his own life.
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- France • 2021
- Director François Ozon
- Cast Sophie Marceau, André Dussollier, Géraldine Pailhas, Charlotte Rampling, Éric Caravaca, Hanna Schygulla
- Genre Comedy, Drama
- Available on DIRECTV, Microsoft Store, Google Play Movies, Amazon Video, Vudu, Kino Now, 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
Alice
After Alice’s husband ruins her financially and leaves her as a single mother, Alice must support herself and her daughter with sex.
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- Australia, France • 2020
- Director Josephine Mackerras
- Cast Emilie Piponnier, Martin Swabey, Chloé Boreham, Christophe Favre, David Coburn
- Genre Drama
- Available on Amazon Video, Hoopla, Filmzie, Kanopy, Tubi TV, Popflick, Apple TV
Leave No Traces
(Żeby nie było śladów)
Jurek is targeted by the Communist government in 1980's Poland for being the only witness to a police sanctioned murder.
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- Poland, Czech Republic, France • 2021
- Director Jan P. Matuszyński
- Cast Tomasz Zietek, Sandra Korzeniak, Jacek Braciak, Agnieszka Grochowska, Robert Więckiewicz
- Genre Drama
- Available on Google Play Movies, Amazon Video, Vudu, VUDU Free, Plex, Tubi TV, YouTube, Apple TV
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, Amazon Video, Vudu, Apple TV
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 DIRECTV, Microsoft Store, Google Play Movies, Amazon Video, Vudu, Spectrum On Demand, YouTube, Apple TV
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
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 Google Play Movies, Amazon Video, Eventive, YouTube, Apple TV
The Blue Caftan
(Le Bleu du caftan)
A middle-aged tailor and his wife find their relationship turned upside down by the arrival of a handsome new apprentice.
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- France, Morocco, Belgium • 2023
- Director Maryam Touzani
- Cast Lubna Azabal, Saleh Bakri, Ayoub Messioui, Mounia Lamkimel, Hamid Zoughi
- Genre Drama, Romance
- Available on Criterion Channel, Google Play Movies, Amazon Video, Vudu, YouTube, Apple TV
The Son
A man has a busy life with his new partner and their baby but is thrown into disarray when his ex-wife turns up with their troubled teenage son.
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- United Kingdom, France • 2022
- Director Florian Zeller
- Cast Hugh Jackman, Zen McGrath, Vanessa Kirby, Laura Dern, Anthony Hopkins, William Hope
- Genre Drama
- Available on DIRECTV, Microsoft Store, Google Play Movies, Amazon Video, AMC on Demand, Vudu, Netflix, YouTube, Apple TV
The Night of the 12th
(La Nuit du 12)
It is said that every investigator has one case that hurts more than the rest...
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- France, Belgium • 2022
- Director Dominik Moll
- Cast Bastien Bouillon, Bouli Lanners, Anouk Grinberg, Mouna Soualem, Pauline Serieys, Théo Cholbi
- Genre Crime, Mystery, Thriller
- Available on Microsoft Store, Google Play Movies, Amazon Video, Hoopla, Vudu, Spectrum On Demand, YouTube, Apple TV
Nostalgia
After 40 years, Felice returns to his hometown of Naples to revisit the past and to reconnect with his childhood best friend.
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- Italy, France • 2022
- Director Mario Martone
- Cast Pierfrancesco Favino, Francesco Di Leva, Tommaso Ragno, Aurora Quattrocchi, Sofia Essaïdi, Nello Mascia
- Genre Crime, Drama
- Available on Google Play Movies, Amazon Video, YouTube, Apple TV