Movies and TV shows set in provence

The list contains the best, new and most relevant movies set in provence ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out realistic, semi serious, humorous, captivating, sentimental and tense films and TV shows about / with family relations, friendship, disorder, female nudity, couples, love, summer, love and romance, politics and farm plots mostly in Drama, Comedy and Romance genres shot in France, UK, USA and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as provence: A Year in Provence (1993), A Good Year (2006), My Summer in Provence (2014), Magic in the Moonlight (2014), From the Land of the Moon (2016), Violette (2013), A View of Love (2010), St. Tropez (1996), My Mother's Castle (1990), Lost Signs (2007).

List of movies set in provence

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A Year in Provence (1993)
Genre: Biography, Comedy, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 360 min.
TV show
Story: Based on the 1989 best-selling memoir of the same name by Peter Mayle about his first year in Provence, and the local events and customs.
Style: thought provoking
Plot: farm, food, cultural difference, comedy of manners, culture clash, countryside, wine, vineyard
Time: future
Place: provence, france, europe, south of france
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 6.9
 101K
A Good Year (2006)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 117 min.
Story: Failed London banker Max Skinner inherits his uncle's vineyard in Provence, where he spent many childhood holidays. Upon his arrival, he meets a woman from California who tells Max she is his long-lost cousin and that the property is hers.
Style: feel good, romantic, sentimental, inspirational, romantic comedy ...
Audience: chick flick, date night
Plot: wine, vineyard, fall in love, countryside, character change, love story, love and romance, starting over, doubts and hesitations, workaholic, inheritance, self discovery ...
Time: year 2006, 20th century, 80s, 21st century
Place: provence, france, europe, england, london
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My Summer in Provence (2014)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 105 min.
Story: Lea, Adrian, and their little brother Theo, born deaf, go on holiday in Provence with their grandfather, Paul "Oliveron" they never met because of a family quarrel. It is not the holidays they dreamed, especially their father announced ...
Style: touching, semi serious, realistic, humorous, disturbing ...
Plot: grandfather grandson relationship, family relations, rural setting, deaf child, culture clash, family drama, youth, grandmother granddaughter relationship, grandfather granddaughter relationship, alcoholic, grandmother grandson relationship, estrangement ...
Time: 21st century
Place: provence, france
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Magic in the Moonlight (2014)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA, France
Duration: 97 min.
Story: Set in the 1920s French Riviera, a master magician is commissioned to try and expose a psychic as a fraud.
Style: romantic, period piece, light, humorous, cute ...
Audience: chick flick, date night
Plot: magic, twists and turns, relationships, love story, magician, cons and scams, fish out of water, plot twist, spiritualism, medium, older man younger woman relationship, love and romance ...
Time: 1920s, year 2014, 1930s, 20th century
Place: france, cote d'azur, provence, england, south of france ...
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From the Land of the Moon (2016)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: France, Belgium, Canada, Spain
Duration: 120 min.
Story: An adaptation of Milena Agus' eponymous novel set after WWII, "Mal de Pierres" ("Mal di Pietre") spans 20 years, following the destiny of a passionate, free-spirited woman who is in a loveless marriage and falls for another ...
Style: psychological, suspense, sexy, tense, retro ...
Plot: unrequited love, love, female nudity, twists and turns, female protagonist, war veteran, delusional woman, baby, soldier, marriage, doctor, cigarette smoking ...
Time: post world war two, 50s, future, 1950s
Place: provence, south of france, somalia, france, alps
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 6.9
 2K
Violette (2013)
Genre: Biography, Drama, Romance
Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 139 min.
Story: Born out of wedlock early in the last century, Violette Leduc meets Simone de Beauvoir in postwar Saint-Germain-des-Près. An intense lifelong relationship develops between the two women authors, based on Violette's quest for freedom through ...
Style: realistic, captivating, serious, sincere, psychological ...
Plot: lesbian, gender, writers, lesbian relationship, friendship, writer's life, friends, society, lgbt, women, couples, erotica ...
Time: 20th century, 1940s, 60s, 70s, year 1972 ...
Place: france, paris france, europe, provence
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A View of Love (2010)
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 107 min.
Story: Happily married with a daughter, Marc is a successful real estate agent in Aix-en-Provence. One day, he has an appointment with a woman to view a traditional country house. A few hours later, Marc finally puts a name to her face. It's Cathy, ...
Style: atmospheric, captivating, psychological, unusual plot structure, tense ...
Plot: missing person, haunted by the past, uncover truth, teenage crush, couples, couple relations, investigation, french algerian war, childhood love, repressed memory, family relations, women ...
Time: 80s, 60s
Place: algeria, france, europe, provence, nice france
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 5.4
 580
St. Tropez (1996)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 52 min.
TV show
Story: Three beautiful friends, sensitive doctor Laure, ambitious lawyer Caroline and American model Jessica, live and love in Saint-Tropez beach resort, on the French Riviera.
Style: soap opera, semi serious, realistic, sentimental, telenovela
Audience: girls' night
Plot: couples, strong female presence, best friend, friends, love and romance, friendship, male female relationship, bare butt, sun, marriage, female nudity, beach ...
Time: 90s, 20th century, 21st century
Place: europe, france, french riviera, provence, riviera ...
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My Mother's Castle (1990)
Genre: Adventure, Biography, Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 98 min.
Story: My Mother's Castle (Le chateau de ma mere) is a sequel and companion piece to My Father's Glory (La Gloire de Mon Pere), both based on the childhood recollections of Marcel Pagnol. Like its predecessor, the movie explores the adventures ...
Style: talky, sentimental, touching, humorous, semi serious ...
Plot: countryside, teacher, childhood, coming of age, friendship, memories, school, family relations, weekend, couples, apprentice, little girl ...
Time: 1900s, victorian era, year 1990, 20th century, 1910s
Place: provence, france, europe, marseille
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 4.5
 126
Lost Signs (2007)
Genre: Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: France, Belgium, Switzerland
Duration: 52 min.
TV show
Story: A strange geometric shape in a field becomes the key to a young woman's dark family past.
Style: captivating, mystical, thrilling
Plot: missing person, paranormal, alien abduction, paranormal investigator, paranormal activity, paranormal phenomena, paranormal investigation, undercover, mysticism, investigation, private investigation, secret
Place: provence
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Caravan to Vaccares (1974)
Genre: Action, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK, France
Duration: 98 min.
Story: American Neil Bowman is traveling through France when he meets British photographer Lila. They are hired by French land owner Duc de Croyter to escort a Hungarian scientist to New York. But they soon realize that the job is not a cushy number, and ...
Style: semi serious, independent film, surprise ending, suspense
Audience: boys' night
Plot: assassin, hitchhiker, gypsy, scientist, photographer, chase, intrigue, adventurer, gang, horse, secret agent, espionage ...
Time: 70s
Place: france, europe, south of france, provence
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 6.9
 6K
Marseille (2016)
Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 41 min.
TV show
Story: The longtime mayor of Marseille is preparing to hand over the reins to his protégé when a sudden and ruthless battle erupts for control of the city.
Style: political, tense, suspense, sensual, erotic
Plot: politics, mayor, rivalry, politician, port, family relations, political campaign, political leader, political candidate, twists and turns, power, corrupt politician ...
Place: marseille, france, provence
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 6.7
 5K
Bon voyage (2003)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Mystery, Romance, Thriller, War
Country: France
Duration: 114 min.
Story: Isabelle Adjani and Gerard Depardieu star in director Jean-Paul Rappenau's amusing farce set on the eve of World War II, which follows the intersecting lives of four Parisians as they cope with the impending invasion of their city by German ...
Style: humorous, satirical, light, witty, semi serious ...
Plot: world war two, spy, war, politics, wartime life, manipulation, lie, top secret, writers, chase, wine, holocaust ...
Time: 1940s, year 2003, 20th century
Place: france, vichy, paris france, england, europe ...
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The Count of Monte Cristo (1998)
Genre: Adventure, History, Romance, Thriller
Country: France, Italy, Germany
Duration: 400 min.
TV show
Story: After nearly 20 years in prison, Edmond Dantes escapes the fortress Chateau d'If. He returns as the Count of Monte Cristo and recognizes that his love Mercedes has married another man. Now, he is only driven by revenge on the people who falsely ...
Style: serious, exciting, captivating, suspenseful, tense ...
Plot: betrayal, aristocracy, convict, treasure, false accusation, conspiracy, haunted by the past, millionaire, revenge, prison, vengeance, suffering ...
Time: 19th century, victorian era, 1800s
Place: europe, marseille, provence, france, paris france
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The Prisoner of If Castle (1988)
Genre: Adventure, Drama, History
Country: Soviet Union, France
Duration: 236 min.
TV show
Story: A Russian version of the classic Alexandre Dumas novel. Edmond Dantes is falsely accused by those jealous of his good fortune, and is sentenced to spend the rest of his life in the notorious island prison, Chateau d'If. While imprisoned, he ...
Plot: napoleonic era, freedom, treasure, revenge, false accusation, jealousy, prison, canceled wedding, death of friend, secret identity, prison escape, conspiracy ...
Time: 19th century, 1800s
Place: ussr, marseille, provence, paris france
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The Count of Monte-Cristo (1975)
Genre: Adventure, Drama, History
Country: UK, Italy
Duration: 119 min.
Story: A TV adaptation of the classic Alexandre Dumas novel. Edmond Dantes is falsely accused by those jealous of his good fortune, and is sentenced to spend the rest of his life in the notorious island prison, Chateau d'If. While imprisoned, he meets ...
Style: fairy tale, feel good, period piece, action adventure, contemplative ...
Plot: revenge, napoleonic era, swashbuckler, prison escape, prison, chivalry, ancient, historical event, fencing, peplum, sorcery, betrayal ...
Time: 19th century, 1800s, 1830s
Place: paris france, france, europe, provence, marseille
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The Country Years (1992)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 90 min.
Story: An adolescent comes of age during a summer in the RhĂ´ne valley with his maternal grandparents. Jules seems a little too close to his mother and distant from his father, who wants Jules out of their Parisian house. It's to be a summer of ...
Plot: fishing, coming of age, summer vacation, grandfather, grandfather grandson relationship, summer, gang, teenager, bully, vacation, grandson, adolescence
Place: provence
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Chercher le garçon (2012)
Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 70 min.
Story: One New Year's Eve with a bottle of champagne, Emilie, 35, signs up for Meet Me, a popular internet dating site, with a great New Year's resolution: to find love. There are a lot of men on Meet Me: cynics, comedians, a few goofs and even ...
Style: semi serious, sentimental, humorous, realistic
Audience: date night
Plot: looking for love, thirtysomething life, hopes, love and romance, computers and web, single woman, male female relationship, internet, celibacy, fishing, seduction, fisherman ...
Time: 21st century
Place: france, marseille, provence
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The Avignon Prophecy (2007)
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Romance
Country: Switzerland, France, Belgium
Duration: 52 min.
TV show
Story: A series of mysterious murders, break-ins and other events in Avignon all have to do with the papal palace and a prophecy legend has to be contained in it. Centuries old family and organized legacies, even the murderous secret Judas brotherhood, are ...
Style: thrilling, tense, captivating
Plot: castle, mysticism, supernatural, male nudity
Place: provence
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Monkeys, Go Home! (1967)
Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story: Henry Dussard, a young American, inherits a picturesque but badly neglected olive farm in southern France and is determined to make it operational again despite cautionary advice from the local priest and a pretty villager. Desperate for laborers, ...
Style: semi serious, humorous, sexy
Audience: pre-teens, family outing
Plot: monkey, farm, animal, chimpanzee, village, down on your luck, village life, disorder, friends, animal life, social relations, nothing goes right ...
Time: year 1967, 60s
Place: south of france, france, europe, provence
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Mistral's Daughter (1984)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 390 min.
TV show
Story: Beautiful and naĂ¯ve Maggy Lunel arrives in Paris completely broke. She becomes an artist's model and the toast of Paris, attracting the attention of Picasso-like painter Julien Mistral, an arrogant and selfish man who places his work above ...
Style: serious, realistic, emotional, sincere
Audience: date night
Plot: painter, world war two, artist, nazi occupation, art, age difference, art history, model, artist's model, love affair, social differences, infidelity ...
Time: 1920s, 1950s, 1940s, 1930s, 60s ...
Place: paris france, europe, france, provence, new york
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 5.6
 31K
Taxi 4 (2007)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime
Country: France
Duration: 91 min.
Story: Before being extradited to Africa to stand trial, a notorious Belgian criminal is entrusted to the Marseilles police department for less than 24 hours. But the wily crook convinces bumbling policeman Emilien he's a lowly Belgian embassy ...
Style: feel good, realistic, not serious, humorous, hilarious ...
Audience: kids, boys' night, teens
Plot: taxi, car chase, chase, goofy hero, disorder, friends, prisoners exchange, escapades, danger, master criminal, nothing goes right, partners against crime ...
Time: 2000s, 21st century
Place: marseille, europe, france, provence, monaco
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Happy He Who Like Ulysses (1970)
Genre: Comedy
Country: France
Duration: 90 min.
Story: For 25 years now, under the Provence sun, Antonin, a farmhand, has shared his work and everyday life with a horse named Ulysse. What a shock when Pascal, the farmer, tells him he has decided to sell Ulysse to a picador for being too old. Not only ...
Plot: bullfighting, white horse, horse
Place: france, provence
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 6.1
 904
Stadium Nuts (1972)
Genre: Comedy, Romance, Sport
Country: France
Duration: 80 min.
Story: Les Charlots, a French rock group, continue their adventures, in the manner of the Beatles in Hard Day's Night. This is their second adventure. The foursome are on holiday, camping outside a village. The Olympic flame is going to pass through ...
Plot: camping, race, village, cycling, olympic athlete, olympics, bicycle, father daughter relationship, athlete, romantic rivalry, wedding dress, runner ...
Place: paris france, south of france, provence
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Cockles and Muscles (2005)
Genre: Comedy, Musical, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 96 min.
Story: Crustaces et Coquillages is a fresh French comedy film with numerous surprise turnarounds and about the tolerance of a family of four. The family spend an idealistic summer vacation together where each of the family members gets involved in a new or ...
Style: semi serious, feel good, humorous, absurd, light ...
Plot: infidelity, erotica, family relations, parent child relationship, summer, friendship, love and romance, holiday, adultery, eccentric family, love affair, parents and children ...
Time: year 2005, 21st century
Place: france, cote d'azur, portugal, mediterranean sea, provence
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The Dominici Case (2003)
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 200 min.
TV show
Story: During the night of August 4-5, 1952, three Englishmen, Jack Drummond, his wife Anne and their daughter Elizabeth were murdered near their car near the farm of the Dominici family, in the commune of Lurs in the Alpes-de-Haute-Provence. Denounced by ...
Plot: farm, murder, social commentary, investigation
Place: provence
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I Hate My Best Friends' Kids (2007)
Genre: Comedy
Country: France
Duration: 90 min.
Story: A month of vacation with friends: difficult to bear the kids of his friends, especially when the methods of education differ and that some prove to be unbearable.
Style: humorous, realistic, semi serious, sentimental, touching
Plot: family relations, coming of age, summer vacation, sex scene, friendship, motherhood, female nudity, sex on floor
Time: 21st century
Place: france, provence
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 8.2
 53
Find the Way (2012)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family
Country: France
Duration: 85 min.
Story: Between fear of success and a tricky break-up, Ludovic is beyond all hope as he is getting close to the 30's stage. His unexpected meeting with a sick child, Raphael, shakes up his daily life and his future approach. Together, they go after ...
Style: semi serious, realistic, sincere, humorous, contemplative ...
Plot: hopes, self discovery, introspection, cause and meaning, terminal illness, life turned upside down, child illness, disorder, friendship, family relations, unfulfillment, dealing with death ...
Time: year 2012, 21st century
Place: france, marseille, provence
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 6.1
 2K
Let It Rain (2008)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 110 min.
Story: Agnes Jaoui plays a local political candidate Agathe Villanova, who returns to her childhood home in the south of France in order to help her sister Florence (Pascale Arbillot) sort through their recently deceased mother's belongings. While ...
Style: realistic, humorous, semi serious, talky, sincere ...
Plot: sister sister relationship, family relations, haunted by the past, small town, infidelity, filmmaking, siblings relations, love, politics, mother son relationship, slice of life, siblings ...
Time: year 2008, 21st century
Place: france, provence
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Blood from a Stone (2011)
Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 98 min.
Story: The day his bank refuses to finance him, Georges will do everything he can to save his shipyard and his employees.
Style: thought provoking, realistic, cynical, serious, captivating ...
Plot: bankruptcy, save the day, workplace, rivalry, factory, labor union, working class, society, boss and employee, workplace situations, employer, strike ...
Time: 21st century
Place: france, europe, mediterranean sea, provence
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