Jamie Bitz
Mesa AZ
Passionate world traveler, film enthusiast, and probably the only person you know from South Dakota
Recommendations
Train to Busan
(부산행)
Martial law is declared when a mysterious viral outbreak pushes Korea into a state of emergency.
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- Korea • 2016
- Director Yeon Sang-ho
- Cast Gong Yoo, Ma Dong-seok, Jung Yu-mi, Choi Woo-shik, Ahn So-hee, Kim Soo-an
- Genre Action, Horror, Thriller
- Available on Netflix, Hoopla, Rakuten Viki, Peacock Premium, Kocowa, Hi-YAH, Showtime Apple TV Channel, Netflix basic with Ads, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, AMC on Demand, Tubi TV, Pluto TV, Kanopy, Plex, Plex Player
Pan's Labyrinth
(El laberinto del fauno)
What happens when make-believe believes it's real?
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- Mexico, Spain • 2006
- Director Guillermo del Toro
- Cast Ivana Baquero, Maribel Verdú, Sergi López, Doug Jones, Ariadna Gil, Álex Angulo
- Genre Drama, Fantasy, War
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, Spectrum On Demand, AMC on Demand
The Handmaiden
(아가씨)
Her heart may not be the only thing stolen.
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- Korea • 2016
- Director Park Chan-wook
- Cast Kim Min-hee, Kim Tae-ri, Ha Jung-woo, Cho Jin-woong, Kim Hae-sook, Moon So-ri
- Genre Drama, Romance, Thriller
- Available on Amazon Prime Video, FilmBox+, Vudu
Queen
Shakthi Seshadri, a bright young student, chases dreams of becoming an actress by playing by her own rules.
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- India • 2019
- Creator Gautham Vasudev Menon, Prasath Murugesan
- Cast Vanitha Krishnachandran
- Genre Drama
- Available on No streaming locations found.
Veerey Ki Wedding
Veer's future father-in-law disapproves of his daughter's choice. Can Veer win him over and prevent the family from fracturing?
- ✭
- India • 2018
- Director Ashu Trikha
- Cast Pulkit Samrat, Jimmy Sheirgill, Kriti Kharbanda, Satish Kaushik, Supriya Karnik
- Genre Bollywood, Comedy
- Available on Google Play Movies, YouTube, Tubi TV, Yupp TV
Veere Di Wedding
(वीरे दी वेडिंग)
Four childhood friends reunite for a wedding, but not everything is joyous at this celebration.
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- India • 2018
- Director Shashanka Ghosh
- Cast Kareena Kapoor Khan, Sonam Kapoor, Swara Bhaskar, Shikha Talsania, Sumeet Vyas, Ishwak Singh
- Genre Bollywood, Comedy, Drama
- Available on No streaming locations found.
3 Idiots
From the moment he arrives at India's most prestigious university, Rancho's outlandish schemes turn the campus upside down.
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- India • 2009
- Director Rajkumar Hirani
- Cast Aamir Khan, R. Madhavan, Sharman Joshi, Omi Vaidya, Boman Irani, Ali Fazal
- Genre Comedy, Drama, Romance
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Amazon Video, YouTube, AMC on Demand
Dhoom 2
(धूम २)
Diwali 2006: Dhoom Machale once again!
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- India, South Africa, Brazil • 2006
- Director Sanjay Gadhvi
- Cast Hrithik Roshan, Abhishek Bachchan, Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, Uday Chopra, Bipasha Basu, Rimi Sen
- Genre Drama, Action, Thriller, Crime
- Available on Amazon Prime Video, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Amazon Prime Video with Ads
Padmaavat
(पद्मावत)
Sultan of Delhi, Alauddin Khilji, becomes obsessed with the beautiful Rani Padmavati, wife of Maharawal Ratan Singh.
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- India • 2018
- Director Sanjay Leela Bhansali
- Cast Ranveer Singh, Deepika Padukone, Shahid Kapoor, Jim Sarbh, Aayam Mehta, Ujjwal Chopra
- Genre Bollywood, Drama, History, Romance
- Available on Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads
Jodhaa Akbar
(जोधा अकबर)
A sixteenth-century love story about a marriage of alliance that becomes true love.
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- India • 2008
- Director Ashutosh Gowariker
- Cast Hrithik Roshan, Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, Sonu Sood, Kulbhushan Kharbanda, Suhasini Mulay, Raza Murad
- Genre Adventure, History, Romance
- Available on Netflix, Netflix basic with Ads
Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge
(दिलवाले दुल्हनिया ले जायेंगे)
Two Indian expats in London make their way back to India, and to each other.
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- India • 1995
- Director Aditya Chopra
- Cast Shah Rukh Khan, Kajol, Amrish Puri, Anupam Kher, Satish Shah
- Genre Bollywood, Comedy, Drama, Romance
- Available on Amazon Prime Video, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Amazon Prime Video with Ads
May Day
The Divide
What happens to the rest of us while the rich keep getting richer?
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- United Kingdom, United States • 2015
- Director Katharine Round
- Cast Noam Chomsky, Max Hastings, Richard G. Wilkinson, Robert Frank, Kwame Anthony Appiah, Michael Marmot
- Genre Documentary
- Available on Amazon Prime Video, DocAlliance Films, Amazon Video, Tubi TV, The Roku Channel, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, Kanopy
Snowpiercer
In 2031, the passengers aboard the Snowpiercer are the only survivors on Earth.
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- Korea, Czech Republic • 2013
- Director Bong Joon-ho
- Cast Chris Evans, Song Kang-ho, Ed Harris, John Hurt, Tilda Swinton, Jamie Bell
- Genre Action, Science Fiction, Drama
- Available on MUBI, MUBI Amazon Channel, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, AMC on Demand, Tubi TV, Plex, Plex Player
Roma
A meditative portrait of a domestic worker's journey through adversity in turbulent 1970s Mexico City.
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- Mexico, United States • 2018
- Director Alfonso Cuarón
- Cast Yalitza Aparicio, Marina de Tavira, Diego Cortina Autrey, Carlos Peralta, Marco Graf, Daniela Demesa
- Genre Drama
- Available on Netflix, Netflix basic with Ads
Train to Busan
(부산행)
Martial law is declared when a mysterious viral outbreak pushes Korea into a state of emergency.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Korea • 2016
- Director Yeon Sang-ho
- Cast Gong Yoo, Ma Dong-seok, Jung Yu-mi, Choi Woo-shik, Ahn So-hee, Kim Soo-an
- Genre Action, Horror, Thriller
- Available on Netflix, Hoopla, Rakuten Viki, Peacock Premium, Kocowa, Hi-YAH, Showtime Apple TV Channel, Netflix basic with Ads, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, AMC on Demand, Tubi TV, Pluto TV, Kanopy, Plex, Plex Player
The Platform
(El hoyo)
Your greed can be deadly.
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- Spain • 2019
- Director Galder Gaztelu-Urrutia
- Cast Ivan Massagué, Antonia San Juan, Zorion Eguileor, Emilio Buale, Alexandra Masangkay, Zihara Llana
- Genre Drama, Science Fiction
- Available on Netflix, Netflix basic with Ads
Happy as Lazzaro
(Lazzaro felice)
A pure-hearted sharecropper Lazzaro forms an unlikely friendship that will change his world.
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- Italy, Switzerland, France • 2018
- Director Alice Rohrwacher
- Cast Adriano Tardiolo, Agnese Graziani, Luca Chikovani, Alba Rohrwacher, Sergi López, Tommaso Ragno
- Genre Drama
- Available on Netflix, Netflix basic with Ads
Happy End
Don't believe the title.
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- France, Austria, Germany • 2017
- Director Michael Haneke
- Cast Isabelle Huppert, Jean-Louis Trintignant, Mathieu Kassovitz, Fantine Harduin, Toby Jones, Franz Rogowski
- Genre Drama, Comedy
- Available on Starz, Starz Roku Premium Channel, Starz Amazon Channel, Starz Apple TV Channel, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Amazon Video, YouTube, Vudu
The Second Mother
(Que Horas Ela Volta?)
Unspoken class barriers within a home come crashing down when the live-in housekeeper's daughter suddenly appears.
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- Brazil • 2015
- Director Anna Muylaert
- Cast Regina Casé, Camila Márdila, Karine Teles, Lourenço Mutarelli, Michel Joelsas, Helena Albergaria
- Genre Drama
- Available on OVID, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, YouTube, Kanopy, Plex, Plex Player
The Handmaiden
(아가씨)
Her heart may not be the only thing stolen.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Korea • 2016
- Director Park Chan-wook
- Cast Kim Min-hee, Kim Tae-ri, Ha Jung-woo, Cho Jin-woong, Kim Hae-sook, Moon So-ri
- Genre Drama, Romance, Thriller
- Available on Amazon Prime Video, FilmBox+, Vudu
Shoplifters
(万引き家族)
Sometimes it's better to choose your own family.
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- Japan • 2018
- Director Hirokazu Kore-eda
- Cast Lily Franky, Sakura Ando, Mayu Matsuoka, Jyo Kairi, Miyu Sasaki, Kirin Kiki
- Genre Crime, Drama
- Available on Amazon Prime Video, Hulu, Hoopla, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, FlixFling, Spectrum On Demand, Tubi TV, Amazon Prime Video with Ads
The Killing of a Sacred Deer
Domestic bliss requires sacrifice.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- United Kingdom, Ireland, United States • 2017
- Director Yorgos Lanthimos
- Cast Colin Farrell, Nicole Kidman, Barry Keoghan, Raffey Cassidy, Sunny Suljic, Alicia Silverstone
- Genre Drama, Thriller, Mystery
- Available on Showtime Apple TV Channel, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, Spectrum On Demand, Tubi TV, VUDU Free, Xumo Play, Kanopy, Plex, Plex Player
The Housemaid
(하녀)
A suburban family gets more than they bargained for when they hire a maid.
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- Korea • 1960
- Director Kim Ki-young
- Cast Lee Eun-shim, Ju Jeung-nyeo, Kim Jin-kyu, Um Aing-ran, Ahn Sung-ki
- Genre Crime, Drama
- Available on Criterion Channel, Apple TV, Amazon Video
Purple Noon
(Plein soleil)
Passion at ten. Envy at eleven. Murder at noon.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- France, Italy • 1960
- Director René Clément
- Cast Alain Delon, Maurice Ronet, Marie Laforêt, Erno Crisa, Frank Latimore, Ave Ninchi
- Genre Crime, Drama, Thriller
- Available on Criterion Channel, TCM, Apple TV, Amazon Video, Kanopy
The Servant
The servant becomes the master.
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- United Kingdom • 1963
- Director Joseph Losey
- Cast Dirk Bogarde, James Fox, Sarah Miles, Wendy Craig, Catherine Lacey, Richard Vernon
- Genre Drama
- Available on No streaming locations found.
Gosford Park
Tea at four. Dinner at eight. Murder at midnight.
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- United Kingdom, United States, Italy • 2001
- Director Robert Altman
- Cast Helen Mirren, Clive Owen, Maggie Smith, Ryan Phillippe, Stephen Fry, Geraldine Somerville
- Genre Drama, Mystery, Thriller
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, AMC on Demand
A Judgement in Stone
(La Cérémonie)
Subservience can be deadly.
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- France, Germany • 1995
- Director Claude Chabrol
- Cast Sandrine Bonnaire, Isabelle Huppert, Jean-Pierre Cassel, Jacqueline Bisset, Virginie Ledoyen, Valentin Merlet
- Genre Drama, Thriller
- Available on Criterion Channel
Bastille Day
Queen Margot
(La Reine Margot)
Margot is an heiress to the throne amidst both a religious war and the late 16th-century reign of the neurotic, hypochondriac King Charles IX.
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- France, Italy, Germany • 1994
- Director Patrice Chéreau
- Cast Isabelle Adjani, Daniel Auteuil, Jean-Hugues Anglade, Vincent Pérez, Virna Lisi, Dominique Blanc
- Genre Drama, History
- Available on Cohen Media Amazon Channel, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, Kino Now, Kanopy
The Passion of Joan of Arc
(La Passion de Jeanne d'Arc)
The 15th-century teenage warrior Joan of Arc takes on the French church.
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- France • 1928
- Director Carl Theodor Dreyer
- Cast Maria Falconetti, Eugène Silvain, André Berley, Maurice Schutz, Antonin Artaud, Michel Simon
- Genre Drama, History
- Available on Criterion Channel, FlixFling, Max Amazon Channel, Apple TV, Amazon Video, Tubi TV
Danton
Danton and Robespierre fought together as friends during the Revolution, but become bitter enemies once Robespierre takes control.
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- France, Poland • 1983
- Director Andrzej Wajda
- Cast Gérard Depardieu, Wojciech Pszoniak, Patrice Chéreau, Angela Winkler, Roland Blanche, Alain Macé
- Genre Drama, History
- Available on Criterion Channel
Promise at Dawn
(La Promesse de l'aube)
Based on Romain Gary's best-selling autobiographical novel, the famous French writer recounts both his life and the powers that shaped it.
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- France, Belgium • 2017
- Director Eric Barbier
- Cast Pierre Niney, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Didier Bourdon, Jean-Pierre Darroussin, Finnegan Oldfield
- Genre Drama, Romance
- Available on Hoopla, Chai Flicks, Vudu, Kino Now, VUDU Free, Kanopy
La Marseillaise
The French Revolution as seen through the eyes of King Louis XVI and the commoners who brought him down.
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- France • 1938
- Director Jean Renoir
- Cast Pierre Renoir, Lise Delamare, Louis Jouvet
- Genre History, Drama
- Available on Kanopy
Renoir
The story of a famous painter, his filmmaker son, and the woman who inspired them both.
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- France • 2012
- Director Gilles Bourdos
- Cast Michel Bouquet, Christa Théret, Vincent Rottiers, Thomas Doret, Romane Bohringer, Carlo Brandt
- Genre Drama, Romance
- Available on Fandor, Fandor Amazon Channel, Hoopla, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, YouTube, Tubi TV, The Roku Channel, Pluto TV, Freevee, Cineverse, Kanopy, Plex, Plex Player
La Vie en Rose
(La Môme)
The extraordinary story of Edith Piaf, a singer and icon
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- France, United Kingdom, Czech Republic • 2007
- Director Olivier Dahan
- Cast Marion Cotillard, Sylvie Testud, Pascal Greggory, Emmanuelle Seigner, Jean-Paul Rouve, Gérard Depardieu
- Genre Drama, Music
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube
Coco Before Chanel
(Coco avant Chanel)
Before she was Coco, she was just a young girl in an orphanage, moonlighting as a cabaret singer.
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- 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
Two in the Wave
(Deux de la Vague)
The lives and friendship of French New Wave pioneers François Truffaut and Jean-Luc Godard.
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- France • 2010
- Director Emmanuel Laurent
- Cast Jean-Luc Godard, François Truffaut, Antoine de Baecque, Isild Le Besco
- Genre Documentary
- Available on Google Play Movies, Vudu, YouTube, Kino Now, VUDU Free, Kanopy
Something in the Air
(Après Mai)
In the aftermath of May '68, a group of young Europeans try to continue the revolutions they believe are just beginning.
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- France • 2012
- Director Olivier Assayas
- Cast Clément Métayer, Lola Créton, Felix Armand, Carole Combes, Bobbi Salvör Menuez, Hugo Conzelmann
- Genre Romance, Drama
- Available on MUBI, MUBI Amazon Channel, AMC+, AMC+ Amazon Channel, AMC+ Roku Premium Channel, IFC Films Unlimited Apple TV Channel, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Amazon Video, YouTube, Kanopy
Army of Shadows
(L'Armée des ombres)
Betrayal. Loyalty. Collaboration. Resistance.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- France, Italy • 1969
- Director Jean-Pierre Melville
- Cast Lino Ventura, Paul Meurisse, Jean-Pierre Cassel, Simone Signoret, Paul Crauchet, Christian Barbier
- Genre War, Drama
- Available on Amazon Video
Celebration
(Célébration)
The man behind the fashion empire that is Saint Laurent.
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- France • 2018
- Director Olivier Meyrou
- Cast Yves Saint-Laurent, Pierre Bergé, Laetitia Casta, Loulou de la Falaise, Catherine Deneuve
- Genre Documentary
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, YouTube, Tubi TV, Plex Player
Jamie's Recommendations
Parasite
(기생충)
A poor family lies and schemes their way into the employ of a wealthy household — successfully, but with great consequences.
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- Korea • 2019
- Director Bong Joon-ho
- Cast Song Kang-ho, Lee Sun-kyun, Cho Yeo-jeong, Choi Woo-shik, Park So-dam, Chang Hyae-jin
- Genre Comedy, Drama, Thriller
- Available on Max Amazon Channel, Max, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, Spectrum On Demand, 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.
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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
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
(卧虎藏龙)
In another time, in a distant place... an epic adventure is about to unfold.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Taiwan, Hong Kong, United States • 2000
- Director Ang Lee
- Cast Chow Yun-Fat, Michelle Yeoh, Zhang Ziyi, Chang Chen, Cheng Pei-Pei, Sihung Lung
- Genre Action, Adventure, Drama, Romance
- Available on Amazon Prime Video, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, Spectrum On Demand, AMC on Demand
Snowpiercer
In 2031, the passengers aboard the Snowpiercer are the only survivors on Earth.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Korea, Czech Republic • 2013
- Director Bong Joon-ho
- Cast Chris Evans, Song Kang-ho, Ed Harris, John Hurt, Tilda Swinton, Jamie Bell
- Genre Action, Science Fiction, Drama
- Available on MUBI, MUBI Amazon Channel, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, AMC on Demand, Tubi TV, Plex, Plex Player
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
Monsieur Lazhar
An elementary school class is left reeling after their teacher dies by suicide—until the substitute arrives…
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- Canada • 2011
- Director Philippe Falardeau
- Cast Mohamed Fellag, Émilien Néron, Danielle Proulx, Sophie Nélisse, Marie-Ève Beauregard, Denise Lamontagne
- Genre Comedy, Drama
- Available on Amazon Prime Video, Fandor Amazon Channel, Hoopla, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, YouTube, Spectrum On Demand, Crackle, Tubi TV, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, Kanopy, Plex, Plex Player
My Life in Pink
(Ma vie en rose)
Sometimes you just have to be yourself.
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- Belgium, France, United Kingdom • 1997
- Director Alain Berliner
- Cast Georges Du Fresne, Michèle Laroque, Jean-Philippe Écoffey, Hélène Vincent, Cristine Barget, Daniel Hanssens
- Genre Drama, Comedy
- Available on fuboTV, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Amazon Video, YouTube, Tubi TV
The Handmaiden
(아가씨)
Her heart may not be the only thing stolen.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Korea • 2016
- Director Park Chan-wook
- Cast Kim Min-hee, Kim Tae-ri, Ha Jung-woo, Cho Jin-woong, Kim Hae-sook, Moon So-ri
- Genre Drama, Romance, Thriller
- Available on Amazon Prime Video, FilmBox+, Vudu
The Way He Looks
(Hoje Eu Quero Voltar Sozinho)
Not every love happens at first sight.
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- Brazil • 2014
- Director Daniel Ribeiro
- Cast Ghilherme Lobo, Fábio Audi, Tess Amorim, Lúcia Romano, Eucir de Souza, Selma Egrei
- Genre Drama, Romance
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, YouTube, Kanopy
Money Heist
(La casa de papel)
A criminal mastermind enlists a ragtag team of robbers to carry out his perfect crime: a heist on the Royal Mint of Spain.
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- Spain • 2017
- Creator Álex Pina
- Cast Úrsula Corberó, Álvaro Morte, Itziar Ituño, Pedro Alonso, Alba Flores, Miguel Herrán
- Genre Crime, Drama
- Available on Netflix
Sherlock
The classic duo takes on modern London.
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- United Kingdom, United States • 2010
- Creator Mark Gatiss, Steven Moffat
- Cast Mark Gatiss, Una Stubbs
- Genre Crime, Drama, Mystery
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, Hulu, Microsoft Store, BritBox, BritBox Amazon Channel, Britbox Apple TV Channel
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
Fleabag
All hail the hot priest!
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- United Kingdom • 2016
- Creator Phoebe Waller-Bridge
- Cast Phoebe Waller-Bridge, Olivia Colman, Bill Paterson, Hugh Dennis
- Genre Comedy
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, Redbox, Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads
Tomorrow
(Demain)
All around the world, solutions exist
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- France • 2015
- Director Cyril Dion
- Cast Cyril Dion, Anthony Barnosky, Olivier De Schutter, Mélanie Laurent
- Genre Documentary
- Available on OVID, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, YouTube, Tubi TV, Pluto TV, VUDU Free, Kanopy
French Thrillers
Caché
All the moments they thought nobody was watching, caught on tape.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- France, Austria, Germany • 2005
- Director Michael Haneke
- Cast Daniel Auteuil, Juliette Binoche, Annie Girardot, Bernard Le Coq, Daniel Duval, Maurice Bénichou
- Genre Mystery, Drama, Thriller
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, YouTube, AMC on Demand, Tubi TV
A Prophet
(Un prophète)
The timeless tale of the student who becomes the master -- set in a French prison.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- France, Italy • 2009
- Director Jacques Audiard
- Cast Tahar Rahim, Niels Arestrup, Adel Bencherif, Hichem Yacoubi, Reda Kateb, Jean-Philippe Ricci
- Genre Crime, Drama
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, YouTube
Tell No One
(Ne le dis à personne)
Eight years ago, Alex's wife was murdered. Today, she emailed him with one simple message: "Tell no one."
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- France • 2006
- Director Guillaume Canet
- Cast François Cluzet, Marie-Josée Croze, Kristin Scott Thomas, François Berléand, André Dussollier, Marina Hands
- Genre Drama, Thriller, Crime, Mystery
- Available on Amazon Prime Video, MUBI, Fandor Amazon Channel, MUBI Amazon Channel, Hoopla, fuboTV, MZ Choice Amazon Channel, OVID, Topic, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, YouTube, Crackle, Tubi TV, Freevee, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, Kanopy, Plex, Plex Player
Swimming Pool
On the surface, all is calm.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- France, United Kingdom • 2003
- Director François Ozon
- Cast Charlotte Rampling, Ludivine Sagnier, Charles Dance, Jean-Marie Lamour, Marc Fayolle, Mireille Mossé
- Genre Crime, Thriller
- Available on No streaming locations found.
Stranger by the Lake
(L'Inconnu du Lac)
Franck falls in love with Michel, an attractive, potent, and lethally dangerous man.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- France • 2013
- Director Alain Guiraudie
- Cast Pierre Deladonchamps, Christophe Paou, Patrick d'Assumçao, Jérôme Chappatte, Mathieu Vervisch, Gilbert Traina
- Genre Drama, Thriller
- Available on Vudu, Amazon Video, Kanopy
Point Blank
(À bout portant)
A desperate man is a dangerous thing.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- France • 2010
- Director Fred Cavayé
- Cast Gérard Lanvin, Roschdy Zem, Elena Anaya, Gilles Lellouche, Mireille Perrier, Claire Pérot
- Genre Action, Thriller, Crime
- Available on fuboTV, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, YouTube, FlixFling, Kanopy
In the House
(Dans la maison)
There's always a way in.
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- France • 2012
- Director François Ozon
- Cast Fabrice Luchini, Kristin Scott Thomas, Ernst Umhauer, Emmanuelle Seigner, Bastien Ughetto, Denis Ménochet
- Genre Comedy, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
- Available on Fandor Amazon Channel, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Amazon Video, YouTube, Kino Now, Tubi TV, Kanopy
Nocturama
In Paris, a motley group of young people engineer a deadly plan to spread shock and awe in the city.
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- France, Germany, Belgium • 2016
- Director Bertrand Bonello
- Cast Finnegan Oldfield, Vincent Rottiers, Hamza Meziani, Manal Issa, Martin Petit-Guyot, Jamil McCraven
- Genre Drama, Thriller
- Available on Fandor Amazon Channel, Criterion Channel, MZ Choice Amazon Channel, Topic, Metrograph, Apple TV, Amazon Video, Fandor, Cineverse, Kanopy
Alléluia
A fervidly dark lovesick horror inspired by the real-life criminal duo, the Lonely Hearts Killers.
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- Belgium, France • 2014
- Director Fabrice Du Welz
- Cast Laurent Lucas, Lola Dueñas, Helena Noguerra, Stéphane Bissot, Édith Le Merdy
- Genre Horror, Drama, Thriller
- Available on OVID, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, YouTube, Tubi TV, Kanopy, Plex, Plex Player
Binge-Worthy French TV Shows
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
The Hook Up Plan
(Plan Cœur)
In an attempt to boost the perpetually single Elsa's confidence, her friends hire a male escort to date her.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- France • 2018
- Creator Noémie Saglio, Chris Lang, Julien Teisseire
- Cast Zita Hanrot, Sabrina Ouazani, Joséphine Drai, Marc Ruchmann, Guillaume Labbé, Tom Dingler
- Genre Comedy
- Available on Netflix, Netflix basic with Ads
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 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.
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- France • 2018
- Creator Camille Bordes-Resnais, Alexis Lecaye
- Cast Mia Delmae
- Genre Crime, Mystery, Drama
- Available on PBS Masterpiece Amazon Channel
The Returned
(Les Revenants)
A homecoming like no other.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- France • 2012
- Creator Fabrice Gobert
- Cast Anne Consigny, Frédéric Pierrot, Clotilde Hesme, Céline Sallette, Samir Guesmi
- Genre Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi & Fantasy
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Hoopla, Mhz Choice, Topic, AMC+ Roku Premium Channel
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.
Mortel
When three teenagers make a deal with a supernatural figure to gain extraordinary powers, they join together to solve a murder.
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- France • 2019
- Creator Frédéric Bélier-Garcia
- Cast Marvin Dubart
- Genre Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Crime, Drama
- Available on Netflix, Netflix basic with Ads
Spiral
(Engrenages)
Eager to restore her tarnished reputation, Police Captain Laure Berthaud leads her squad on the hunt for a serial killer.
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- 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, Amazon Prime Video with Ads
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
Versailles
Love, power, betrayal and war: all in a day's work.
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- France, Canada • 2015
- Creator Simon Mirren, David Wolstencroft
- Cast George Blagden, Stuart Bowman, Maddison Jaizani
- Genre Drama
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads
Oscar-Nominated French Films
Butter Lamp
(La lampe au beurre de yak)
A young itinerant photographer and his assistant set out to photograph Tibetans in front of various backgrounds around the world.
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- France, China • 2013
- Director Hu Wei
- Cast
- Genre Family
- Available on No streaming locations found.
Just Before Losing Everything
(Avant que de tout perdre)
Trapped in an abusive relationship, Miriam devises a plan to escape with her children.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- France • 2013
- Director Xavier Legrand
- Cast Léa Drucker, Anne Benoît, Miljan Chatelain, Mathilde Auneveux, Denis Ménochet, Claire Dumas
- Genre Family, Drama
- Available on No streaming locations found.
Garden Party
In the deserted luxury home a group of frogs inhabit, it appears the owners intend to be gone for a very long time...
- ✭ ✭
- France • 2017
- Director Lucas Navarro
- Cast
- Genre Animation, Comedy
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Kanopy
Joyeux Noël
France, 1914: a moment of humanity that made history.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- France, Germany, United Kingdom • 2005
- Director Christian Carion
- Cast Benno Fürmann, Diane Kruger, Guillaume Canet, Gary Lewis, Alex Ferns, Dany Boon
- Genre Drama, History, Music, Romance, War
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, Tubi TV, Plex, Plex Player
Amour
Love never ends.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Austria, France, Germany • 2012
- Director Michael Haneke
- Cast Jean-Louis Trintignant, Emmanuelle Riva, Isabelle Huppert, William Shimell, Ramón Agirre, Rita Blanco
- Genre Drama, Romance
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, YouTube, AMC on Demand
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
(Le scaphandre et le papillon)
The true story of a man who suffered a stroke that paralyzed his entire body except for his left eye.
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- France, United States • 2007
- Director Julian Schnabel
- Cast Mathieu Amalric, Emmanuelle Seigner, Marie-Josée Croze, Anne Consigny, Patrick Chesnais, Niels Arestrup
- Genre Drama
- Available on Hoopla, Showtime Apple TV Channel, Paramount Plus Apple TV Channel , Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, YouTube
The Salt of the Earth
(Le sel de la terre)
A journey through the Earth's wrath and beauty with Sebastião Salgado.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- France, Brazil, Italy • 2014
- Director Wim Wenders
- Cast Juliano Ribeiro Salgado, Wim Wenders, Hugo Barbier
- Genre Documentary
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube
Ernest & Celestine
(Ernest et Célestine)
When mouse Celestine meets bear Ernest, they overcome their learned animosity by forging a life of crime together.
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- France, Belgium, Luxembourg • 2012
- Director Benjamin Renner
- Cast Anne-Marie Loop, Lambert Wilson, Pauline Brunner, Patrice Melennec, Brigitte Virtudes, Léonard Louf
- Genre Animation, Comedy, Drama, Family
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, Redbox, Tubi TV
Two Days, One Night
(Deux jours, une nuit)
The hidden truth of individualism: it hurts others as much as it helps you.
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- Belgium, France, Italy • 2014
- Director Jean-Pierre Dardenne, Luc Dardenne
- Cast Marion Cotillard, Fabrizio Rongione, Catherine Salée, Damien Trapletti, Batiste Sornin, Pili Groyne
- Genre Drama
- Available on AMC+, AMC+ Amazon Channel, IFC Films Unlimited Apple TV Channel, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, YouTube, Kanopy
Feel-Good French Films
Priceless
(Hors de prix)
She only dated men with money... until she met a man with a heart.
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- France • 2006
- Director Pierre Salvadori
- Cast Gad Elmaleh, Audrey Tautou, Marie-Christine Adam, Vernon Dobtcheff, Jacques Spiesser, Annelise Hesme
- Genre Drama, Comedy, Romance
- Available on Amazon Prime Video, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, YouTube, Spectrum On Demand, Tubi TV, The Roku Channel, YouTube Free, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, Kanopy
The Intouchables
(Intouchables)
In some friendships, opposites repel before they attract.
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- France • 2011
- Director Olivier Nakache
- Cast François Cluzet, Omar Sy, Audrey Fleurot, Anne Le Ny, Clotilde Mollet, Alba Gaïa Bellugi
- Genre Comedy, Drama
- Available on Hoopla, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, Kanopy
Romantics Anonymous
(Les émotifs anonymes)
René and Angélique are chocolatiers cut from the same cloth. But does that spell disaster or is it a recipe for love?
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- France, Belgium • 2010
- Director Jean-Pierre Améris
- Cast Isabelle Carré, Benoît Poelvoorde, Lorella Cravotta, Lise Lamétrie, Swann Arlaud, Pierre Niney
- Genre Drama, Comedy, Romance
- Available on Hoopla, Vudu, Amazon Video, Freevee, Plex Player
Heartbreaker
(L'arnacoeur)
He's broken every heart except his own...until now.
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- France, Monaco • 2010
- Director Pascal Chaumeil
- Cast Romain Duris, Vanessa Paradis, Julie Ferrier, François Damiens, Andrew Lincoln, Helena Noguerra
- Genre Romance, Comedy
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Amazon Video
Queen to Play
(Joueuse)
Chess, like love, like music, has the power to make men happy.
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- France, Germany • 2009
- Director Caroline Bottaro
- Cast Sandrine Bonnaire, Kevin Kline, Valérie Lagrange, Francis Renaud, Alexandra Gentil, Alice Pol
- Genre Comedy, Drama
- Available on Apple TV, Kino Now, Kanopy
Welcome to the Sticks
(Bienvenue chez les ch'tis)
After being banished to Northern France, public servant Phillipe struggles to live in the foreign and unfamiliar town of Bergues.
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- France • 2008
- Director Dany Boon
- Cast Kad Merad, Dany Boon, Zoé Félix, Lorenzo Ausilia-Foret, Anne Marivin, Philippe Duquesne
- Genre Comedy, Drama, Romance
- Available on Amazon Prime Video, Apple TV, Vudu, Amazon Video, YouTube, Tubi TV, VUDU Free, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, Kanopy, Plex, Plex Player
A Cat in Paris
(Une vie de chat)
A girl's cat lives a double life working with a burglar, putting the girl in danger.
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- France, Belgium • 2010
- Director Jean-Loup Felicioli
- Cast Dominique Blanc, Bruno Salomone, Jean Benguigui, Bernadette Lafont, Oriane Zani, Patrick Ridremont
- Genre Animation, Comedy
- Available on Hoopla, Vudu, Apple TV, Tubi TV