Spotlight: Happy 90th, JLG!
La Chinoise
(La chinoise)
In this dark political comedy, a group of French university students are studying Mao and decide to start a revolution.
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- France • 1967
- Director Jean-Luc Godard
- Cast Anne Wiazemsky, Jean-Pierre Léaud, Juliet Berto, Michel Semeniako, Lex De Bruijn, Omar Diop
- Genre Comedy, Drama
- Available on Metrograph, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, YouTube, Kino Now, Kanopy,
Alphaville
(Alphaville, une étrange aventure de Lemmy Caution)
A spy journeys to a tyrannical space city to complete three secret missions.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- France, Italy • 1965
- Director Jean-Luc Godard
- Cast Eddie Constantine, Anna Karina, Akim Tamiroff, Howard Vernon, Christa Lang, Valérie Boisgel
- Genre Drama, Science Fiction, Mystery
- Available on Hoopla, Kanopy
Weekend
(Week End)
A bourgeoisie couple's weekend getaway to the French countryside goes bizarrely awry.
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- France, Italy • 1967
- Director Jean-Luc Godard
- Cast Mireille Darc, Jean Yanne, Jean-Pierre Léaud, Jean-Pierre Kalfon, Valérie Lagrange, Juliet Berto
- Genre Adventure, Comedy, Drama
- Available on Criterion Channel, Max Amazon Channel, Max
Le Petit Soldat
(Le petit soldat)
Split between love and his country, a French deserter during the Algerian war is forced to prove his loyalty.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- France • 1963
- Director Jean-Luc Godard
- Cast Michel Subor, Anna Karina, Henri-Jacques Huet, Paul Beauvais, László Szabó, Georges de Beauregard
- Genre Drama, War
- Available on Criterion Channel
Godard Mon Amour
(Le Redoutable)
A pivotal episode in the life of Jean-Luc Godard, as seen through the eyes of his wife, actress and writer Anne Wiazemsky.
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- France, Myanmar • 2017
- Director Michel Hazanavicius
- Cast Louis Garrel, Stacy Martin, Bérénice Bejo, Micha Lescot, Grégory Gadebois, Félix Kysyl
- Genre Drama, Romance, Comedy
- Available on MUBI, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Kino Now, Tubi TV, Kanopy
Spotlight: Celebrating the French-American Friendship, part 2
Model Shop
A destitute architect becomes entranced with Lola, a beautiful Frenchwoman working in a "model shop."
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- United States, France • 1969
- Director Jacques Demy
- Cast Gary Lockwood, Anouk Aimée, Alexandra Hay, Carol Cole, Tom Holland, Severn Darden
- Genre Drama, Romance
- Available on Apple TV, Vudu, Amazon Video, YouTube, Tubi TV
Two Men in Manhattan
(Deux hommes dans Manhattan)
Two French journalists become embroiled in a criminal plot in New York City involving a disappeared United Nations diplomat.
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- France • 1959
- Director Jean-Pierre Melville
- Cast Jean-Pierre Melville, Pierre Grasset, Christiane Eudes, Ginger Hall, Jean Darcante, Paula Dehelly
- Genre Crime, Drama, Thriller
- Available on Cohen Media Amazon Channel, Kino Now, Kanopy
The Artist
An homage to Hollywood silent filmmaking about a romance between a fading silent film star and a rising actress at the dawn of film's sound era.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- France, United States, Belgium • 2011
- Director Michel Hazanavicius
- Cast Jean Dujardin, Bérénice Bejo, John Goodman, James Cromwell, Penelope Ann Miller, Malcolm McDowell
- Genre Comedy, Drama, Romance
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Video, YouTube, Spectrum On Demand, AMC on Demand
Mur Murs
(Mur murs)
An homage to the murals that decorated the walls of Los Angeles in the late 1970s, their models, and their creators.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- France, United States • 1981
- Director Agnès Varda
- Cast Juliet Berto, Judy Baca, Arno Jordan, Kent Twitchell, Lynn Carey, Mathieu Demy
- Genre Documentary
- Available on Criterion Channel
The Young and Prodigious T.S. Spivet
A 10-year-old cartographer embarks on a cross-country journey.
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- France, Canada • 2013
- Director Jean-Pierre Jeunet
- Cast Kyle Catlett, Helena Bonham Carter, Judy Davis, Callum Keith Rennie, Niamh Wilson, Jakob Davies
- Genre Adventure, Drama, Family
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, Tubi TV, Freevee
Spotlight: Celebrating the French-American friendship
The Sisters Brothers
Make a killing. Make a living.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- France, Spain, Romania • 2018
- Director Jacques Audiard
- Cast John C. Reilly, Joaquin Phoenix, Jake Gyllenhaal, Riz Ahmed, Rebecca Root, Allison Tolman
- Genre Comedy, Drama, Western
- Available on Hoopla, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, Tubi TV, The Roku Channel, Plex,
Clouds of Sils Maria
A veteran actress faces some uncomfortable truths when she agrees to take part in a revival of the play that launched her career.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- France, Germany, Switzerland • 2014
- Director Olivier Assayas
- Cast Juliette Binoche, Kristen Stewart, Chloë Grace Moretz, Lars Eidinger, Johnny Flynn, Brady Corbet
- Genre Drama
- Available on MUBI, MUBI Amazon Channel, Criterion Channel, AMC+, AMC+ Amazon Channel, IFC Films Unlimited Apple TV Channel, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, The Roku Channel, Pluto TV, Kanopy, Plex,
Breathless
(À bout de souffle)
When you discover the dirty truth about the person you love...
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- France • 1960
- Director Jean-Luc Godard
- Cast Jean-Paul Belmondo, Jean Seberg, Daniel Boulanger, Jean-Pierre Melville, Henri-Jacques Huet, Van Doude
- Genre Crime, Drama
- Available on Criterion Channel, Max Amazon Channel, Max, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, YouTube, Kanopy
The Young Girls of Rochefort
(Les demoiselles de Rochefort)
They're singing and dancing in the streets.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- France • 1967
- Director Jacques Demy
- Cast Catherine Deneuve, Françoise Dorléac, Jacques Perrin, George Chakiris, Grover Dale, Michel Piccoli
- Genre Music, Romance, Drama, Comedy
- Available on Criterion Channel, Max Amazon Channel, Max, Apple TV, Vudu, Amazon Video
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 Netflix, Netflix basic with Ads, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, Spectrum On Demand, FlixFling, AMC on Demand
Spotlight: Paris, je t'aime
The Lovely Month of May
(Le Joli Mai)
Just after the end of the Algerian war, Lhomme interviews Parisians on happiness, their city, and more.
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- France • 1963
- Director Pierre Lhomme
- Cast Yves Montand, Chris Marker, Jean-Luc Godard, Anna Karina, Edgar Morin, Alain Resnais
- Genre Documentary
- Available on OVID, Vudu, Amazon Video, Kanopy
Flight of the Red Balloon
(Le Voyage du ballon rouge)
The life of a French boy and his single mother through the eyes of his babysitter, a Chinese film student.
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- France, Taiwan • 2007
- Director Hou Hsiao-hsien
- Cast Juliette Binoche, Simon Iteanu, Song Fang, Hippolyte Girardot, Louise Margolin, Anna Sigalevitch
- Genre Family, Drama
- Available on AMC+, AMC+ Amazon Channel, IFC Films Unlimited Apple TV Channel, Apple TV, Amazon Video, The Roku Channel, Plex,
The Lovers on the Bridge
(Les amants du Pont-Neuf)
Romance develops between two young vagrants eking out a harsh existence on Paris' oldest bridge.
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- France • 1991
- Director Leos Carax
- Cast Juliette Binoche, Denis Lavant, Klaus-Michael Grüber, Edith Scob, Georges Aperghis, Daniel Buain
- Genre Drama, Romance
- Available on Amazon Video
Cléo from 5 to 7
(Cléo de cinq à sept)
A young singer awaiting life-changing medical results embarks on a journey of self-discovery.
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- France, Italy • 1962
- Director Agnès Varda
- Cast Corinne Marchand, Antoine Bourseiller, Dominique Davray, Dorothée Blanck, Michel Legrand, José Luis de Vilallonga
- Genre Comedy, Drama
- Available on Criterion Channel, Max Amazon Channel, Max, Kanopy
The Red Balloon
(Le ballon rouge)
A boy discovers a red balloon, with a mind and life of its own, on the streets of Paris.
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- France • 1956
- Director Albert Lamorisse
- Cast Pascal Lamorisse, Georges Sellier, Paul Perey, Vladimir Popov, Sabine Lamorisse, Michel Pezin
- Genre Drama, Family, Fantasy
- Available on Criterion Channel, FlixFling, IndieFlix, Max Amazon Channel, Max, Apple TV, Vudu, Amazon Video, Plex,
Spotlight: Les Sportifs
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
The Big Blue
(Le Grand Bleu)
Two childhood friends reconnect at a diving competition.
- ✭ ✭
- France • 1988
- Director Luc Besson
- Cast Jean-Marc Barr, Jean Reno, Rosanna Arquette, Paul Shenar, Sergio Castellitto, Griffin Dunne
- Genre Adventure, Drama, Romance
- Available on No streaming locations found.
John McEnroe: In the Realm of Perfection
(L'empire de la perfection)
Once you're playing perfectly, play more perfectly.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- France • 2018
- Director Julien Faraut
- Cast John McEnroe, Mathieu Amalric
- Genre Documentary
- Available on Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, YouTube, Redbox, Apple TV, Tubi TV, Pluto TV, 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.
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- 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, Kino Now
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 Hoopla, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, YouTube
Spotlight: Fashion Icons
Coco Before Chanel
(Coco avant Chanel)
Before she was Coco, she was just a young girl in an orphanage, moonlighting as a cabaret singer.
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- France, Belgium • 2009
- Director Anne Fontaine
- Cast Audrey Tautou, Benoît Poelvoorde, Alessandro Nivola, Marie Gillain, Emmanuelle Devos, Régis Royer
- Genre Drama, History
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, YouTube, AMC on Demand, Tubi TV
Dior and I
(Dior et moi)
Behind-the-scenes documentary revealing what goes into creating a couture collection for Christian Dior.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- France • 2015
- Director Frédéric Tcheng
- Cast Marion Cotillard, Jennifer Lawrence, Sharon Stone, Anna Wintour, Isabelle Huppert, Raf Simons
- Genre Documentary
- Available on Amazon Prime Video, Hulu, fuboTV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, YouTube, Apple TV, Crackle, Tubi TV, The Roku Channel, YouTube Free, Pluto TV, VUDU Free, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, Kanopy, Plex,
Saint Laurent
A portrait of the iconic French designer at the height of his popularity.
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- France, Belgium • 2014
- Director Bertrand Bonello
- Cast Gaspard Ulliel, Jérémie Renier, Léa Seydoux, Louis Garrel, Amira Casar, Aymeline Valade
- Genre Drama
- Available on Starz, Starz Roku Premium Channel, Starz Amazon Channel, Starz Apple TV Channel, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Amazon Video, YouTube, Vudu
Who Are You, Polly Maggoo?
(Qui êtes-vous, Polly Maggoo?)
A model is pursued by both a prince and a famous filmmaker in this satirical film about the fashion world.
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- France • 1966
- Director William Klein
- Cast Dorothy McGowan, Jean Rochefort, Sami Frey, Grayson Hall, Philippe Noiret, Alice Sapritch
- Genre Comedy, Drama
- Available on Criterion Channel
Personal Shopper
A personal shopper in Paris refuses to leave the city until she makes contact with her twin brother who previously died there.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- France, Germany, Czech Republic • 2016
- Director Olivier Assayas
- Cast Kristen Stewart, Lars Eidinger, Sigrid Bouaziz, Anders Danielsen Lie, Ty Olwin, Hammou Graïa
- Genre Drama, Mystery, Thriller
- Available on Hulu, MUBI Amazon Channel, Criterion Channel, AMC+ Amazon Channel, IFC Films Unlimited Apple TV Channel, Apple TV, Vudu, Amazon Video, Google Play Movies, YouTube, The Roku Channel, Pluto TV, Kanopy, Plex,
Spotlight: Back to School
To Be and to Have
(Être et avoir)
A passionate school teacher forges a warm and unique classroom community in rural France.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- France • 2002
- Director Nicolas Philibert
- Cast Georges Lopez
- Genre Documentary
- Available on Hoopla, Kino Now, Kanopy
The French Kissers
(Les Beaux Gosses)
A coming-of-age story about a boy in junior high with bad acne, mediocre grades, and a mullet-bedecked best friend.
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- France • 2009
- Director Riad Sattouf
- Cast Vincent Lacoste, Anthony Sonigo, Alice Trémolière, Noémie Lvovsky, Emmanuelle Devos, Irène Jacob
- Genre Comedy
- Available on Amazon Prime Video, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, YouTube, Tubi TV, VUDU Free, Amazon Prime Video with Ads
Graduate First
(Passe ton bac d'abord)
For a group of teenage friends, sex and drugs provide temporary distraction from the final exams that will decide their future.
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- France, Canada • 1978
- Director Maurice Pialat
- Cast Sabine Haudepin, Philippe Marlaud, Annick Alane, Michel Caron, Christian Bouillette, Jean-François Adam
- Genre Romance, Drama
- Available on Cohen Media Amazon Channel, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Amazon Video, YouTube, Kino Now, Kanopy
The Class
(Entre les murs)
Based on his real life, a teacher must deal with the challenging dynamics of his multicultural classroom.
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- France • 2008
- Director Laurent Cantet
- Cast François Bégaudeau, Franck Keïta, Louise Grinberg, Rabah Nait Oufella, Esmeralda Ouertani, Rachel Regulier
- Genre Drama
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, YouTube, Tubi TV
Graduation
(Bacalaureat)
Is there anything a father wouldn't do to save his daughter's future?
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- Romania, France, Belgium • 2016
- Director Cristian Mungiu
- Cast Adrian Titieni, Maria Dragus, Lia Bugnar, Mălina Manovici, Vlad Ivanov, Gelu Colceag
- Genre Drama
- Available on AMC+ Amazon Channel, IFC Films Unlimited Apple TV Channel, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, YouTube, Kanopy
Spotlight: French Series
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
Call My Agent
(Dix Pour Cent)
At a top Paris talent firm, agents scramble to keep their star clients happy—and their business afloat.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- France • 2015
- Creator Dominique Besnehard, Fanny Herrero
- Cast Camille Cottin
- Genre Drama, Comedy
- Available on Netflix, Netflix basic with Ads
A Very Secret Service
(Au service de la France)
At the height of the Cold War, a new recruit to the French Secret Service must contend with enemies both foreign and bureaucratic.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- France • 2015
- Creator Alexis Charrier
- Cast Hugo Becker, Wilfred Benaïche
- Genre
- Available on No streaming locations found.
Family Business
After learning France is about to legalize marijuana, a failed entrepreneur decides to transform his family's shop into a marijuana café.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- France • 2019
- Creator Igor Gotesman
- Cast Jonathan Cohen, Gérard Darmon, Julia Piaton, Liliane Rovère, Olivier Rosemberg, Louise Coldefy
- Genre Comedy
- Available on Netflix, Spectrum On Demand, 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.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- 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
Spotlight: Literary Adaptations: Twentieth Century
Diary of a Chambermaid
(Le journal d'une femme de chambre)
A young chambermaid believes her colleague committed a horrible crime and uses her sexuality to try to coax a confession out of him.
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- France, Italy • 1964
- Director Luis Buñuel
- Cast Jeanne Moreau, Georges Géret, Michel Piccoli, Françoise Lugagne, Jean Ozenne, Daniel Ivernel
- Genre Crime, Drama
- Available on Tubi TV, Plex,
Monsieur Hire
A man spies on his beautiful neighbor, who may or may not have been involved in a recent murder.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- France • 1989
- Director Patrice Leconte
- Cast Michel Blanc, Sandrine Bonnaire, Luc Thuillier, André Wilms, Philippe Dormoy, Marie Gaydu
- Genre Crime, Drama
- Available on Cohen Media Amazon Channel, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, YouTube, Kino Now
A Very Long Engagement
(Un long dimanche de fiançailles)
A woman searches for her fiancee who has disappeared from the trenches of World War I.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- France, United States • 2004
- Director Jean-Pierre Jeunet
- Cast Audrey Tautou, Gaspard Ulliel, Dominique Pinon, Chantal Neuwirth, André Dussollier, Ticky Holgado
- Genre Drama, Romance, War
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, Kanopy
Jean de Florette
When Jean de Florette inherits land in Provence, he decides to take up farming. But his scheming neighbors have other plans…
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- France, Switzerland, Italy • 1986
- Director Claude Berri
- Cast Yves Montand, Gérard Depardieu, Daniel Auteuil, Elisabeth Depardieu, Margarita Lozano, Ernestine Mazurowna
- Genre Drama
- Available on Criterion Channel
Jules and Jim
(Jules et Jim)
Close friends Jules and Jim both fall for the impulsive and beautiful Catherine.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- France • 1962
- Director François Truffaut
- Cast Jeanne Moreau, Oskar Werner, Henri Serre, Marie Dubois, Sabine Haudepin, Vanna Urbino
- Genre Drama, Romance
- Available on Criterion Channel, Max Amazon Channel, Max, Apple TV, Amazon Video, Kanopy