A monthly online film club to discuss French film
French Cinémathèque
Each month we choose a German film or series currently available to stream, watch it independently, and come together for a hosted conversation with other fans of German film.
Our next meeting will be about Anatomy of a Fall, directed by Justine Triet.
Join us Monday, April 22nd at 4:00pm - 5:00pm PDT / 7:00pm - 8:00pm EDT.
Popular from France
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
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
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
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, Vudu, Amazon Video, YouTube, Spectrum On Demand
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
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, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, YouTube, Tubi TV, The Roku Channel, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, 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, Vudu, 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
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
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, Vudu, YouTube, Kanopy
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 Hulu, fuboTV, Starz Apple TV Channel, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, AMC on Demand, Tubi TV
Lupin
Gentleman thief Assane Diop sets out to avenge his father for an injustice inflicted by a wealthy family.
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- France, United States • 2021
- Creator George Kay
- Cast Omar Sy, Hervé Pierre, Nicole Garcia, Clotilde Hesme, Ludivine Sagnier, Soufiane Guerrab
- Genre Crime, Drama, Mystery
- Available on Netflix, Netflix basic with Ads
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
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, Vudu, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, Spectrum On Demand, FlixFling, AMC on Demand
New from France
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
The Decameron
(Il Decameron)
An adaptation of nine stories from Bocaccio's "Decameron".
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- Italy, France, West Germany • 1971
- Director Pier Paolo Pasolini
- Cast Franco Citti, Ninetto Davoli, Jovan Jovanović, Vincenzo Amato, Angela Luce, Giuseppe Zigaina
- Genre History, Drama, Comedy
- Available on Amazon Prime Video, MGM Plus, fuboTV, MGM Plus Amazon Channel, MGM Plus Roku Premium Channel, Tubi TV, Amazon Prime Video with Ads
A Summer's Tale
(Conte d'été)
Summer romances aren't all what they're cracked up to be...
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- 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, Vudu, Amazon Video, YouTube
Inland Empire
An actress's perception of reality gets distorted as her life begins to mimic the movie she's shooting in a nightmarish and surreal way.
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- France, Poland, United States • 2006
- Director David Lynch
- Cast Laura Dern, Jeremy Irons, Justin Theroux, Karolina Gruszka, Krzysztof Majchrzak, Jan Hencz
- Genre Drama, Mystery, Thriller
- Available on Criterion Channel, Max Amazon Channel, Max, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, YouTube
Athena
In the wake of the apparent police killing of a 13-year-old French-Algerian boy, social turmoil erupts through the eyes of his three older brothers.
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- France • 2022
- Director Romain Gavras
- Cast Dali Benssalah, Anthony Bajon, Alexis Manenti, Ouassini Embarek, Sami Slimane, Radostina Rogliano
- Genre Action, Drama, Thriller
- Available on Netflix, Netflix basic with Ads
The Canterbury Tales
(I racconti di Canterbury)
A controversial filmmaker's adaptation of Chaucer's famous poem.
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- Italy, France • 1972
- Director Pier Paolo Pasolini
- Cast Franco Citti, Ninetto Davoli, Josephine Chaplin, Dan Thomas, Hugh Griffith, Laura Betti
- Genre Comedy, Drama
- Available on Amazon Prime Video, MGM Plus, fuboTV, MGM Plus Amazon Channel, MGM Plus Roku Premium Channel, Amazon Prime Video with Ads
Winter Boy
(Le Lycéen)
Seventeen-year-old Lucas struggles to cope with the sudden and unexpected death of his father, as well as the exploration of his own burgeoning sexuality.
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- France • 2022
- Director Christophe Honoré
- Cast Paul Kircher, Vincent Lacoste, Juliette Binoche, Christophe Honoré, Erwan Kepoa Falé, Adrien Casse
- Genre Drama
- Available on MUBI
Falcon Lake
A romance-turned-ghost story about first love in rural Quebec.
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- France, Canada • 2022
- Director Charlotte Le Bon
- Cast Monia Chokri, Jeff Roop, Karine Gonthier-Hyndman, Sara Montpetit, Pierre-Luc Lafontaine, Joseph Engel
- Genre Drama, Romance
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, YouTube, Eventive
Four Daughters
(Les filles d'Olfa)
In this docufiction, director Kaouther Ben Hania recreates the story of a mother and her four daughters, two of whom have disappeared.
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- France, Saudi Arabia, Germany • 2023
- Director Kaouther Ben Hania
- Cast Hend Sabry
- Genre Documentary, Drama
- Available on Netflix, Netflix basic with Ads, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, YouTube, Spectrum On Demand
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 MUBI, MUBI Amazon Channel, Apple TV, Amazon Video
Once Upon a Time... Life
(Il était une fois… la Vie)
A fun mix of relatable humor and expert explanations, this educational series explores human biology through its colorful cast of animated cells and organs.
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- France, Japan, Canada • 1987
- Creator Albert Barillé
- Cast Roger Carel, Gilles Laurent, Marie-Laure Beneston, Alain Dorval, Henry Djanik
- Genre Animation, Documentary, Family
- Available on Pantaflix
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 Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, YouTube, Kino Now
Ceddo
As Islam spreads across the continent, the non-Muslims protest the local king's adoption of forced conversion to Islam.
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- Senegal, France • 1977
- Director Ousmane Sembène
- Cast Mamadou Dioumé, Ousmane Sembène, Tabata Ndiaye, Moustapha Yade, Ismaila Diagne, Matoura Dia
- Genre Drama
- Available on Criterion Channel, Max Amazon Channel, Max
Once Upon a Time... Man
(Il était une fois… l'Homme)
"Once Upon a Time… Man" teaches history in a charming animated setting.
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- France, Canada, Italy • 1978
- Creator Albert Barillé
- Cast Roger Carel, Annie Balestra, Albert Barillé, Yves Barsacq, Claude Bertrand
- Genre Animation, Documentary, Family, Kids
- Available on Pantaflix
The Cambridge Squatter
(Era o Hotel Cambridge)
A group of refugees and low-income workers occupy a hotel in São Paulo, facing daily trials and the constant threat of eviction.
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- Brazil, France, Spain • 2017
- Director Eliane Caffé
- Cast Carmen Silva, José Dumont, Isam Ahmad Issa, Suely Franco, Paulo Américo, Juliane Arguello
- Genre Documentary, Drama
- Available on Film Movement Plus
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Shaun of the Dead
"Dawn of the Dead" gets a satirical update with this 30-something loser.
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- United Kingdom, France • 2004
- Director Edgar Wright
- Cast Simon Pegg, Kate Ashfield, Lucy Davis, Nick Frost, Dylan Moran, Bill Nighy
- Genre Horror, Comedy
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, AMC on Demand
Pépé le Moko
A wanted criminal risks his safety for love while hiding out in Algiers.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- France • 1937
- Director Julien Duvivier
- Cast Jean Gabin, Mireille Balin, Gabriel Gabrio, Lucas Gridoux, Gilbert Gil, Line Noro
- Genre Crime, Romance, Drama
- Available on Criterion Channel, Max Amazon Channel, Apple TV
My Night at Maud's
(Ma nuit chez Maud)
The rigid principles of a devout Catholic man are challenged during one night with a divorced woman.
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- France • 1969
- Director Éric Rohmer
- Cast Jean-Louis Trintignant, Françoise Fabian, Marie-Christine Barrault, Antoine Vitez, Léonide Kogan, Guy Léger
- Genre Comedy, Drama, Romance
- Available on Criterion Channel, Max Amazon Channel, Max
The American Friend
(Der amerikanische Freund)
Tom Ripley, who deals in forged art, suggests a picture framer he knows would make a good hitman.
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- West Germany, France • 1977
- Director Wim Wenders
- Cast Dennis Hopper, Bruno Ganz, Lisa Kreuzer, Gérard Blain, Nicholas Ray, Samuel Fuller
- Genre Drama, Thriller
- Available on Criterion Channel, Apple TV, Vudu, Amazon Video
The Treasure
(Comoara)
Legends aren't only in fairytales...
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- Romania, France • 2015
- Director Corneliu Porumboiu
- Cast Toma Cuzin, Radu Banzaru, Florin Kevorkian, Dan Chiriac, Iulia Ciochina
- Genre Comedy
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Amazon Video, YouTube, Kanopy, Plex,
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, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Tubi TV, Pluto TV, Kanopy, Plex
The Beaches of Agnès
(Les Plages d'Agnès)
Filmmaking icon Agnès Varda turns the camera on herself.
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- 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
Henri Langlois: The Phantom of the Cinémathèque
(Le fantôme d'Henri Langlois)
The life and work of the founder of the Cinémathèque Française.
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- France • 2005
- Director Jacques Richard
- Cast Henri Langlois
- Genre Documentary
- Available on Kanopy
Service
(Serbis)
Service: it runs in the family.
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- Philippines, France, Korea • 2008
- Director Brillante Mendoza
- Cast Coco Martin, Jaclyn Jose, Gina Pareño, Mercedes Cabral, Kristoffer King, Julio Diaz
- Genre Drama
- Available on Here TV, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Tubi TV, The Roku Channel, Runtime, Plex
The Piano
A pianist who has been sold into marriage begins a new life with her daughter by her side.
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- New Zealand, Australia, France • 1993
- Director Jane Campion
- Cast Holly Hunter, Harvey Keitel, Sam Neill, Anna Paquin, Cliff Curtis, Kerry Walker
- Genre Drama, Romance
- Available on Apple TV, AMC on Demand, Pluto TV
Olga
A Ukrainian gymnast living in Switzerland finds her life changing with the 2013 protests in her home country.
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- France, Switzerland, Ukraine • 2021
- Director Elie Grappe
- Cast Thea Brogli, Nastya Budiashkina, Sabrina Rubtsova, Caterina Barloggio, Tanya Mikhina
- Genre Drama
- Available on Hoopla, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, YouTube, Kino Now, Kanopy
The Mystery of Picasso
(Le mystère Picasso)
A documentary which shows Picasso's paintings come to life in real time.
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- France • 1956
- Director Henri-Georges Clouzot
- Cast Pablo Picasso, Henri-Georges Clouzot, Claude Renoir
- Genre Documentary, History
- Available on Criterion Channel, OVID, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, YouTube, Kino Now, Kanopy
The Missing Picture
(L'image manquante)
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- Cambodia, France • 2013
- Director Rithy Panh
- Cast Randal Douc
- Genre Documentary
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, YouTube, Kanopy
Three Times
(最好的時光)
There's a time for love, a time for freedom, and a time for youth.
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- France, Taiwan • 2005
- Director Hou Hsiao-hsien
- Cast Shu Qi, Chang Chen, Mei Fang, Su-jen Liao, Mei Di, Chen Shi-Zheng
- Genre Drama, Romance
- Available on Amazon Video
Secrets & Lies
Family secrets are laid bare.
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- France, United Kingdom • 1996
- Director Mike Leigh
- Cast Timothy Spall, Brenda Blethyn, Marianne Jean-Baptiste, Phyllis Logan, Claire Rushbrook, Lee Ross
- Genre Drama
- Available on Criterion Channel, Max Amazon Channel, Max
Earth Day 2024
Animals and More Animals
(Un animal, des animaux)
A unique look into the work behind the animal displays of the Paris Museum of Natural history.
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- France • 1994
- Director Nicolas Philibert
- Cast
- Genre Documentary
- Available on Kanopy
Bestiary
(Bestiaire)
When we observe animals, they also observe us.
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- Canada, France • 2012
- Director Denis Côté
- Cast
- Genre Documentary
- Available on Fandor Amazon Channel, Hoopla, OVID, Google Play Movies, Amazon Video, YouTube, Spamflix, Kanopy
Antarctica: Ice & Sky
(La glace et le ciel)
Portrait of French glaciologist Claude Lorius, whose groundbreaking research gave us the first clear evidence of man-made climate change.
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- France • 2015
- Director Luc Jacquet
- Cast Claude Lorius, Michel Papineschi
- Genre Documentary
- Available on Amazon Prime Video, fuboTV, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, YouTube, Crackle, Tubi TV, Freevee, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, Kanopy, Plex,
Océans
What wonders await under the surface of the oceans?
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- France, Switzerland, Spain • 2009
- Director Jacques Perrin
- Cast Pierce Brosnan, Lancelot Perrin
- Genre Documentary, Family
- Available on Disney Plus, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, AMC on Demand
Winter Nomads
(Hiver Nomade)
Two shepherds in Switzerland move 800 sheep 600km over four months with the help of three donkeys and four dogs.
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- Switzerland, France, Germany • 2012
- Director Manuel von Stürler
- Cast Pascal Eguisier, Carole Noblanc, Jean-Paul Peguiron
- Genre Documentary
- Available on OVID
The Bear
(L'Ours)
He is an orphan at the start of a journey -- a journey to survive.
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- France, United States • 1988
- Director Jean-Jacques Annaud
- Cast Tchéky Karyo, Jack Wallace, André Lacombe
- Genre Adventure, Drama, Family
- Available on Peacock, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, YouTube, Tubi TV, The Roku Channel, Pluto TV, Freevee, Kanopy, Shout! Factory TV
The Red Turtle
(La tortue rouge)
Come discover the magic of nature...
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- France, Belgium, Japan • 2016
- Director Michael Dudok de Wit
- Cast Emmanuel Garijo, Tom Hudson, Baptiste Goy, Axel Devillers, Barbara Beretta
- Genre Animation, Drama, Family, Fantasy
- Available on Starz Apple TV Channel, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, YouTube, Spectrum On Demand
March of the Penguins
(La Marche de l'empereur)
In the harshest place on Earth, love finds a way.
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- France • 2005
- Director Luc Jacquet
- Cast Charles Berling, Romane Bohringer, Jules Sitruk, Morgan Freeman, Torsten Michaelis, Andrea-Kathrin Loewig
- Genre Documentary, Family
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, YouTube, Spectrum On Demand
Winged Migration
(Le peuple migrateur)
Five film crews follow a rich variety of bird migrations through forty countries and across each of the seven continents.
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- France, Germany, Switzerland • 2001
- Director Jacques Perrin
- Cast Philippe Labro, Jacques Perrin
- Genre Documentary
- Available on Apple TV, Vudu, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, AMC on Demand, Tubi TV
Modern Life
(Profils Paysans, Chapitre 3: La vie moderne)
Photographer and filmmaker Raymond Depardon turns his camera on the farming community of the Cévennes region in southern France.
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- France • 2008
- Director Raymond Depardon
- Cast Paul Argaud, Marcel Challaye, Germaine Challaye, Jacques Chirac
- Genre Documentary
- Available on Kanopy
The Snails
(Les escargots)
A farmer goes to extreme lengths to get his plants to grow - but they aren't the only things growing.
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- France • 1966
- Director René Laloux
- Cast
- Genre Animation, Science Fiction
- Available on Criterion Channel
Le Mois de la Francophonie
March is the Mois de la Francophonie, and in recognition, we present a selection of films made and set in countries around the world, including Algeria, Belgium, Canada, Chad, Mauritania, and Switzerland, that are wholly or partly in the French language.
The Brand New Testament
(Le tout nouveau testament)
God Exists. He Lives in Brussels with his teenage daughter.
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- Belgium, France, Luxembourg • 2015
- Director Jaco Van Dormael
- Cast Pili Groyne, Benoît Poelvoorde, Yolande Moreau, Catherine Deneuve, François Damiens, Serge Larivière
- Genre Drama, Comedy, Fantasy
- Available on Hoopla, fuboTV, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, YouTube, Crackle, Kanopy, Plex,
Tori and Lokita
(Tori et Lokita)
The story of two young immigrants with an unbreakable bond of friendship struggling to survive on the margins of society.
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- France, Belgium • 2022
- Director Luc Dardenne, Jean-Pierre Dardenne
- Cast Pablo Schils, Joely Mbundu, Alban Ukaj, Tijmen Govaerts, Charlotte De Bruyne, Nadège Ouedraogo
- Genre Drama
- Available on Criterion Channel, Apple TV, Vudu, Amazon Video
Laurence Anyways
What does it take to live life to the fullest?
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- Canada, France • 2012
- Director Xavier Dolan
- Cast Melvil Poupaud, Suzanne Clément, Nathalie Baye, Monia Chokri, Yves Jacques, Anne Dorval
- Genre Drama, Romance
- Available on Fandor Amazon Channel, Kanopy
Days of Glory
(Indigènes)
The true story of World War II's forgotten heroes.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Algeria, France, Morocco • 2006
- Director Rachid Bouchareb
- Cast Jamel Debbouze, Samy Naceri, Roschdy Zem, Sami Bouajila, Bernard Blancan, Mathieu Simonet
- Genre Drama, History, War
- Available on Vudu, Plex
Timbuktu
The peaceful lives of a Timbuktu cattle herder and his family are abruptly upended by the arrival of militant Islamic rebels.
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- Mauritania, France • 2014
- Director Abderrahmane Sissako
- Cast Ibrahim Ahmed, Toulou Kiki, Layla Walet Mohamed, Abel Jafri, Kettly Noel, Hichem Yacoubi
- Genre Drama
- Available on MUBI, Fandor Amazon Channel, Cohen Media Amazon Channel, Google Play Movies, Amazon Video, YouTube, Kino Now, Tubi TV, Kanopy
Sister
(L'enfant d'en haut)
A young boy steals from rich patrons at a posh ski resort to support himself and his irresponsible older sister.
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- France, Switzerland • 2012
- Director Ursula Meier
- Cast Kacey Mottet Klein, Léa Seydoux, Martin Compston, Gillian Anderson, Jean-François Stévenin, Yann Trégouët
- Genre Drama
- Available on Metrograph, Apple TV, Amazon Video, Kino Now, Kanopy
War Witch
(Rebelle)
Behold, magic is in your soul...
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Canada • 2012
- Director Kim Nguyen
- Cast Rachel Mwanza, Alain Lino Mic Eli Bastien, Serge Kanyinda, Mizinga Mwinga, Ralph Prosper, Jean Kabuya
- Genre Drama, War
- Available on Hoopla, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, YouTube, Tubi TV, Pluto TV, Kanopy, Plex
Lingui, The Sacred Bonds
(Lingui, les liens sacrés)
A single mother goes against the church and the patriarchy to obtain an illegal abortion for her fifteen-year-old daughter.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- France, Germany, Belgium • 2021
- Director Mahamat-Saleh Haroun
- Cast Achouackh Abakar Souleymane, Rihane Khalil Alio, Youssouf Djaoro, Briya Gomdigue, Saleh Sambo, Mounira Michala
- Genre Drama
- Available on MUBI, MUBI Amazon Channel, Apple TV, Vudu, Amazon Video
Almayer's Folly
(La Folie Almayer)
To want something for someone else is to want it for yourself.
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- Belgium, France • 2011
- Director Chantal Akerman
- Cast Stanislas Merhar, Marc Barbé, Aurora Marion, Zac Andrianasolo, Sakhna Oum, Solida Chan
- Genre Drama
- Available on OVID, Amazon Video
Genesis
(Genèse)
Three teenagers experience the turmoils of young love.
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- Canada • 2019
- Director Philippe Lesage
- Cast Noée Abita, Théodore Pellerin, Édouard Tremblay-Grenier, Pier-Luc Funk, Émilie Bierre
- Genre Drama, Romance
- Available on Hoopla, AMC+ Amazon Channel, Film Movement Plus, Apple TV, Vudu, Amazon Video, Tubi TV, Freevee, Kanopy, Plex,
Winter Nomads
(Hiver Nomade)
Two shepherds in Switzerland move 800 sheep 600km over four months with the help of three donkeys and four dogs.
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- Switzerland, France, Germany • 2012
- Director Manuel von Stürler
- Cast Pascal Eguisier, Carole Noblanc, Jean-Paul Peguiron
- Genre Documentary
- Available on OVID