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 Saint Omer, directed by Alice Diop.
Join us Monday, March 25th at 4:00pm - 5:00pm PST / 7:00pm - 8:00pm EST.
Popular from France
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
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?
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- France • 2023
- Creator
- Cast Liliane Bettencourt, Françoise Bettencourt Meyers, François-Marie Banier, Nicolas Sarkozy
- Genre Crime, Documentary
- 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.
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- 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, Google Play Movies, Vudu, YouTube, Apple TV
Lucy
Most people only use 10% of their brains. She unlocks the full 100% – and the powers that come with it.
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- 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 Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, Spectrum On Demand, FlixFling, AMC on Demand
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 Google Play Movies, Vudu, Kanopy, YouTube, Hulu, Apple TV
Alphonse
A chameleon-like man makes it his mission to please women and satisfy all their wishes.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- 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
Taken
An ex-spy must pull out all the stops to save his daughter after she is kidnapped by human traffickers.
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- 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, Starz Apple TV Channel, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, AMC on Demand
High Life
A father and daughter must rely on each other to survive a dangerous mission to deep space.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- 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
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!
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- 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
Lupin
Gentleman thief Assane Diop sets out to avenge his father for an injustice inflicted by a wealthy family.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- 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.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- 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.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- 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.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- 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 Google Play Movies, Amazon Video, Vudu, Spectrum On Demand, YouTube, Amazon Prime Video, Apple TV
A Kid
(Le fils de Jean)
A man travels to Quebec to attend the funeral of his estranged father.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- 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, Kanopy
New from France
Godland
(Vanskabte land)
A Danish priest embarks on a perilous journey to build a church in a desolate and isolated part of Iceland.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- 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
Ashkal
In Carthage's modern district, a charred body is found, initially deemed a suicide. Detectives Batal and Fatma question this conclusion. Shortly after, a teenager is discovered similarly dead nearby.
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- France, Tunisia, Qatar • 2023
- Director Youssef Chebbi
- Cast Fatma Oussaifi, Mohamed Grayaâ, Aymen Ben Hmida, Rami Harrabi, Ghalia Jebali, Adel Monam Khemis
- Genre Drama, Thriller
- Available on Google Play Movies, Amazon Video, YouTube
Icarus
(Icare)
An inventor by the seaside has a dream that one day, man will be able to take flight.
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- Belgium, France • 2017
- Director Nicolas Boucart
- Cast Maxime Bessonov, Philippe Rebbot, Albert Chassagne
- Genre Drama
- Available on Amazon Video, Apple TV
Mongeville
Antoine Mongeville, a former investigating judge in Bordeaux, must work with a criminal police detective despite their personal differences.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- France • 2013
- Creator Jacques Santamaria
- Cast Francis Perrin
- Genre Crime
- Available on MZ Choice Amazon Channel, Mhz Choice
Ana, My Love
(Ana, mon amour)
Two university students fall in love but mental illness causes their relationship to slowly collapse.
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- Romania, Germany, France • 2017
- Director Călin Peter Netzer
- Cast Mircea Postelnicu, Diana Cavallioti, Carmen Tănase, Vasile Muraru, Tania Popa, Igor Caras-Romanov
- Genre Drama, Romance
- Available on Klassiki
Le règne animal
After a mutation that slowly transforms humans into animals begins to spread, François searches for a way to save his wife.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- France • 2023
- Director Thomas Cailley
- Cast Adèle Exarchopoulos, Romain Duris, Paul Kircher, Jean Boronat, Nathalie Richard, Nicolas Avinée
- Genre Adventure, Science Fiction
- Available on Amazon Video, Spectrum On Demand
The Line
(La ligne)
Forbidden by restraining order from entering her family home, Margaret seeks connection with her family from behind this imaginary line.
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- France, Belgium, Switzerland • 2023
- Director Ursula Meier
- Cast Valeria Bruni Tedeschi, Stéphanie Blanchoud, Benjamin Biolay, Dali Benssalah, Elli Spagnolo, India Hair
- Genre Drama
- Available on Google Play Movies, Amazon Video, Vudu, YouTube, Apple TV
Infinity Pool
A couple on vacation venture outside the resort grounds and find themselves in a world of horror.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Canada, Hungary, France • 2023
- Director Brandon Cronenberg
- Cast Alexander Skarsgård, Mia Goth, Cleopatra Coleman, Thomas Kretschmann, Amanda Brugel, John Ralston
- Genre Horror, Science Fiction, Thriller
- Available on Microsoft Store, Google Play Movies, Amazon Video, AMC on Demand, Vudu, YouTube, Hulu, Apple TV
Ceddo
As Islam spreads across the continent, the non-Muslims protest the local king's adoption of forced conversion to Islam.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- 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
Young Soul Rebels
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- United Kingdom, France, Germany • 1991
- Director Isaac Julien
- Cast Valentine Nonyela, Sophie Okonedo, Jason Durr, Frances Barber, Mo Sesay, Dorian Healy
- Genre Drama, Mystery, Music
- Available on Google Play Movies, Amazon Video, Vudu, YouTube, Apple TV
Deep Crimson
(Profundo carmesí)
A nomadic couple commits a series of gruesome murders in this drama based on the “Lonely Hearts Killers.”
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Mexico • 1996
- Director Arturo Ripstein
- Cast Regina Orozco, Daniel Giménez Cacho, Marisa Paredes, Julieta Egurrola, Sherlyn
- Genre Crime, Drama, Romance
- Available on Criterion Channel, Amazon Video
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.
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- 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
Pacifiction
A French official navigates simmering tensions in Tahiti when a mysterious submarine is sighted offshore.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- 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, MUBI Amazon Channel, MUBI, Apple TV
Tahrir: Liberation Square
This documentary follows three young Egyptians over the two weeks following January 25, 2011 as anti-government protests gain steam.
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- France, Italy • 2012
- Director Stefano Savona
- Cast
- Genre Documentary
- Available on OVID
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.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- 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, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, YouTube
Telescope Recommends
Persepolis
The downfall of the Iranian Shah is just the start of Marjane Satrapi's struggle for freedom and belonging.
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- France, United States • 2007
- Director Marjane Satrapi
- Cast Chiara Mastroianni, Danielle Darrieux, Catherine Deneuve, Simon Abkarian, Gabrielle Lopes Benites, François Jerosme
- Genre Animation, Drama
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, Spectrum On Demand
Army of Crime
(L'Armée du crime)
Immigrant laborers become martyrs for the resistance as they carry out operations against the Nazis in 1943.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- France • 2009
- Director Robert Guédiguian
- Cast Simon Abkarian, Virginie Ledoyen, Robinson Stévenin, Lola Naymark, Adrien Jolivet, Pierre Niney
- Genre War, Drama, History
- Available on Hoopla, Google Play Movies, Vudu, YouTube, Tubi TV, VUDU Free, Kanopy
The Salesman
(فروشنده)
Emad and Rana move into a new flat, but an incident with the previous tenant dramatically changes their life.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Iran, France • 2016
- Director Asghar Farhadi
- Cast Shahab Hosseini, Taraneh Alidoosti, Babak Karimi, Mina Sadati, Mehdi Koushki, Farid Sajjadi Hosseini
- Genre Drama, Thriller
- Available on Amazon Prime Video, Freevee
L'Eclisse
(L'eclisse)
… the ache and ecstasy of love…
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Italy, France • 1962
- Director Michelangelo Antonioni
- Cast Alain Delon, Monica Vitti, Francisco Rabal, Lilla Brignone, Rossana Rory, Louis Seigner
- Genre Romance, Drama
- Available on Criterion Channel, Apple TV, Amazon Video
Paris Calligrammes
In this autobiographical film, contemporary artist Ulrike Ottinger looks back at a formative period in her life and she city where she lived it.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Germany, France • 2020
- Director Ulrike Ottinger
- Cast
- Genre Documentary
- Available on Filmforum
Elle
A businesswoman decides not to report her assault by a masked intruder due to her past experience with police.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- France, Germany, Belgium • 2016
- Director Paul Verhoeven
- Cast Isabelle Huppert, Laurent Lafitte, Anne Consigny, Charles Berling, Virginie Efira, Judith Magre
- Genre Drama, Thriller
- Available on Starz Apple TV Channel, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, YouTube, Spectrum On Demand, AMC on Demand
The Restless
(Les Intranquilles)
A bipolar painter's family life becomes strained as his disorder grows less manageable.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- 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 Other Side of the Wind
A grizzled director returns from years abroad in Europe to a changed Hollywood, where he attempts to make his innovative comeback film.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- France, Iran, United States • 2018
- Director Orson Welles
- Cast John Huston, Oja Kodar, Peter Bogdanovich, Susan Strasberg, Norman Foster, Robert Random
- Genre Comedy, Drama
- Available on Netflix, Netflix basic with Ads
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.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- 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, Max Amazon Channel, Max, Apple TV, Amazon Video, Kanopy
Call Me by Your Name
Is it better to speak or die?
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Italy, France, Brazil • 2017
- Director Luca Guadagnino
- Cast Timothée Chalamet, Armie Hammer, Michael Stuhlbarg, Amira Casar, Esther Garrel, Victoire Du Bois
- Genre Drama, Romance
- Available on Hulu, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Microsoft Store, YouTube, Amazon Video, AMC on Demand
Turtles Can Fly
(لاکپشتها هم پرواز میکنند)
In 2003 at the Iraqi-Turkish border, Kurdish refugees await invasion by American soldiers.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Iran, France, Iraq • 2005
- Director Bahman Ghobadi
- Cast Soran Ebrahim, Avaz Latif, Saddam Hossein Feysal, Hiresh Feysal Rahman, Abdol Rahman Karim, Ajil Zibari
- Genre Drama
- Available on AMC+, AMC+ Amazon Channel, IFC Films Unlimited Apple TV Channel, Amazon Video
Force Majeure
(Turist)
A family drama in the midst of a natural disaster.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Sweden, France, Norway • 2014
- Director Ruben Östlund
- Cast Johannes Bah Kuhnke, Lisa Loven Kongsli, Clara Wettergren, Vincent Wettergren, Kristofer Hivju, Fanni Metelius
- Genre Drama
- Available on Amazon Prime Video, MUBI, Hulu, MUBI Amazon Channel, Hoopla, Showtime Apple TV Channel, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, FlixFling, Kanopy, Plex, Plex Player
Lost Illusions
(Illusions perdues)
The life of the young poet Lucien de Rubempre, who leaves Angouleme for Paris to become an author.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- France, Belgium • 2021
- Director Xavier Giannoli
- Cast Benjamin Voisin, Cécile de France, Vincent Lacoste, Xavier Dolan, Jeanne Balibar, André Marcon
- Genre Drama, Romance
- Available on Google Play Movies, Amazon Video, Vudu, YouTube, MUBI Amazon Channel, MUBI, Apple TV
Jauja
A father and daughter journey from Denmark to an unknown desert.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Argentina, Denmark, France • 2014
- Director Lisandro Alonso
- Cast Viggo Mortensen, Ghita Nørby, Viilbjork Mallin Agger, Adrián Fondari, Esteban Bigliardi
- Genre Western, Drama
- Available on Google Play Movies, Vudu, Kanopy, YouTube, Apple TV
Lebanon
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Israel, France, Germany • 2009
- Director Samuel Maoz
- Cast Oshri Cohen, Michael Moshonov, Yoav Donat, Itay Tiran, Zohar Strauss
- Genre Drama, War
- Available on Microsoft Store, Google Play Movies, Amazon Video, Vudu, YouTube, Apple TV
French Series
Oggy and the Cockroaches
(Oggy et les Cafards)
Follow the antics of Oggy the cat and his three cockroach roommates.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- France, Canada • 1999
- Creator Jean-Yves Raimbaud
- Cast
- Genre Animation, Comedy
- Available on Tubi TV, The Roku Channel
The Adventures of Tintin
A young reporter and his dog travel around the world solving mysteries.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- France, Canada, Belgium • 1991
- Creator Hergé
- Cast Thierry Wermuth
- Genre Action & Adventure, Animation
- Available on Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Video
Spiral
(Engrenages)
Eager to restore her tarnished reputation, Police Captain Laure Berthaud leads her squad on the hunt for a serial killer.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- France • 2005
- Creator Alexandra Clert, Guy-Patrick Sainderichin
- Cast Caroline Proust, Philippe Duclos, Audrey Fleurot, Thierry Godard
- Genre Drama, Mystery, Action & Adventure
- Available on Amazon Video, Amazon Prime Video, Hoopla, MZ Choice Amazon Channel, Mhz Choice, Topic, Topic Apple TV Channel
Mafiosa
The most dangerous man in Corsica is a woman.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- France • 2006
- Creator Hugues Pagan
- Cast Hélène Fillières, Véronique Volta
- Genre Drama
- Available on MZ Choice Amazon Channel, Mhz Choice
Candice Renoir
After putting her career on standby for 10 years, Candice Renoir returns to her detective job with her enthusiastic flair.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- France • 2013
- Creator Solen Roy-Pagenault, Robin Barataud, Brigitte Peskine
- Cast Cécile Bois, Raphaël Lenglet
- Genre Comedy, Crime
- Available on Amazon Prime Video, Acorn TV, AcornTV Amazon Channel, The Roku Channel, Spectrum On Demand, Acorn TV Apple TV
Mongeville
Antoine Mongeville, a former investigating judge in Bordeaux, must work with a criminal police detective despite their personal differences.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- France • 2013
- Creator Jacques Santamaria
- Cast Francis Perrin
- Genre Crime
- Available on MZ Choice Amazon Channel, Mhz Choice
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.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- 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
Heidi
Like a ray of sunshine, Heidi lights up and soothes the hearts of the people around her.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- France, Australia, Germany • 2015
- Creator Christel Gonnard
- Cast Jamie Croft
- Genre Animation, Family, Kids
- Available on Apple TV
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.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- France • 2015
- Creator Eric Rochant
- Cast Mathieu Kassovitz, Sara Giraudeau, Stefan Crepon
- Genre Drama
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, Sundance Now, Hoopla, AMC+ Amazon Channel, AMC Plus Apple TV Channel
Commissaire Magellan
Simon Magellan has no problem solving crimes, but raising two teenage daughters? That's no walk in the park.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- 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
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!
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- 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
Medici: Masters of Florence
The story of the Medici family of Florence’s ascent from simple merchants to power brokers sparking an economic and cultural revolution.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Italy, United Kingdom, France • 2016
- Creator Nicholas Meyer, Frank Spotnitz
- Cast Daniel Sharman, Synnøve Karlsen, Alessandra Mastronardi
- Genre Drama, War & Politics
- Available on Netflix, Netflix basic with Ads
Bordertown
(Sorjonen)
DI Kari Sorjonen heads the Serious Crime Unit in the Finnish city of Lappeenranta, near the Russian Border.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- 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
Deadwind
(Karppi)
Recently widowed detective Sofia Karppi investigates the murder of a woman with ties to Helsinki wind power research firm, Tempo.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Finland, Germany, France • 2018
- Creator Rike Jokela
- Cast Pihla Viitala, Lauri Tilkanen, Mimosa Willamo, Noa Tola, Ville Myllyrinne
- Genre Crime, Drama
- Available on Netflix, Netflix basic with Ads
The Chalet
(Le Chalet)
Friends gathered at a remote chalet are caught in a deadly trap as a dark secret from the past comes to light.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- France • 2018
- Creator Camille Bordes-Resnais, Alexis Lecaye
- Cast Mia Delmae
- Genre Crime, Mystery, Drama
- Available on PBS Masterpiece Amazon 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.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- 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, Plex Player
Laurence Anyways
What does it take to live life to the fullest?
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- 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
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, Amazon Video, Vudu, Apple TV
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, Plex Player
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
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 Amazon Video, OVID
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 Freevee, Film Movement Plus, Amazon Video, Hoopla, Vudu, AMC+ Amazon Channel, Kanopy, Plex, Tubi TV, Plex Player, Apple TV
Incendies
The search began at the opening of their mother's will.
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- Canada, France • 2010
- Director Denis Villeneuve
- Cast Lubna Azabal, Mélissa Désormeaux-Poulin, Maxim Gaudette, Rémy Girard, Allen Altman, Abdelghafour Elaaziz
- Genre Drama, Mystery, War
- Available on MUBI, MUBI Amazon Channel, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, AMC on Demand
War Witch
(Rebelle)
Behold, magic is in your soul...
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- 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 Google Play Movies, Amazon Video, Hoopla, Vudu, Kanopy, Plex, Tubi TV, YouTube, Pluto TV, Plex Player
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
Oscar Season: Justine Triet
In Bed with Victoria
(Victoria)
A lawyer agrees to defend a friend accused of attempted murder.
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- France • 2016
- Director Justine Triet
- Cast Virginie Efira, Vincent Lacoste, Melvil Poupaud, Laurent Poitrenaux, Laure Calamy, Alice Daquet
- Genre Comedy, Drama, Romance
- Available on MUBI, MUBI Amazon Channel, Kanopy
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 Freevee, Google Play Movies, Amazon Video, Hoopla, Vudu, Kanopy, Plex, Tubi TV, YouTube, Plex Player, MUBI, Amazon Prime Video, Apple TV
Age of Panic
(La Bataille de Solférino)
On a manic Sunday in Paris, 2012, reporter Laetitia is covering the French presidential elections, while Vincent, her ex-husband, demands to see their two daughters.
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- France • 2013
- Director Justine Triet
- Cast Laetitia Dosch, Vincent Macaigne, Arthur Harari, Virgil Vernier, Marc-Antoine Vaugeois, Émilie Brisavoine
- Genre Comedy, Drama
- Available on MUBI, MUBI Amazon Channel
Anatomy of a Fall
(Anatomie d'une chute)
After Sandra is put on trial for the murder of her husband, their blind son faces a moral dilemma.
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- France • 2023
- Director Justine Triet
- Cast Sandra Hüller, Milo Machado-Graner, Swann Arlaud, Saadia Bentaïeb, Jehnny Beth, Samuel Theis
- Genre Crime, Drama
- Available on Microsoft Store, Google Play Movies, Amazon Video, Vudu, Spectrum On Demand, YouTube, Apple TV