French politics movies and TV shows
The list contains the best, new and most relevant french politics movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out political, captivating, realistic, serious, tense and suspense films and TV shows about / with french politics, politics, political intrigue, political unrest, french history, french president, intrigue, president, state affairs and politician plots mostly in Drama, History and Comedy genres shot in France, Belgium, Italy and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as french politics: The Minister (2011), Undercover (2021), The Last Mitterrand (2005), An Officer and a Spy (2019), De Gaulle (2006), Bloody Oranges (2021), The Day of the Jackal (1973), Outside the Law (2010), Spin (2012), Special Section (1975).
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Genre: Drama
Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
Transport Minister Bertrand Saint-Jean is awoken in the middle of the night by his head of staff. A bus has gone off the road into a gully. He has no choice but to go to the scene of the accident. Thus begins the odyssey of a politician in a world ...
Style:
realistic, psychological, tense, sincere, contemplative ...
Plot:
french politics, politics, workplace, workplace situations, state affairs, boss and employee, disagreement, politician, prime minister, business, female nudity, fatal accident ...
Time:
2010s, year 2011, 21st century
Place:
france, europe, paris france
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 121 min.
Story:
October 2015. French customs seize seven tonnes of cannabis in the heart of the capital. The same day, Hubert Antoine, a former mole with a shady past, contacts Stéphane Vilner, a journalist at Libération. He claims to be able to demonstrate the ...
Plot:
marriage proposal, war on drugs, lung cancer, drug smuggling, nightclub, spy, bare chested male, journalist, drug traffic, beach, investigative reporter, sea ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
paris france, marseille
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Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
A young journalist (Lespert) helps the French President compile his memoirs.
Style:
captivating, serious, talky, realistic, sincere ...
Plot:
french politics, journalism, elderly, state affairs, betrayal, head of state, aging, obsession, media, ambition, rise and fall, dishonesty ...
Time:
20th century, 90s, year 1995
Place:
paris france, france
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Genre: Drama, History, Thriller
Country: France, Italy
Duration: 132 min.
Story:
In 1894, French Captain Alfred Dreyfus is wrongfully convicted of treason and sentenced to life imprisonment at Devil's Island.
Style:
costume drama, political, art film, suspense, psychological ...
Plot:
spy, lawyer, trial, manipulation, courtroom, miscarriage of justice, french army, espionage, duel, french history, french military, french politics ...
Time:
19th century, 1890s, year 2019, victorian era
Place:
paris france, israel, france
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Genre: Biography, History
Country: France
Duration: 210 min.
TV show
Story:
Le Grand Charles was a 2006 French TV-drama on the life of Charles de Gaulle from 1939 to 1959, written and directed by Bernard Stora. De Gaulle was played by Bernard Farcy, Winston Churchill by David Ryall, and Franklin D. Roosevelt by Robert ...
Style:
captivating, tense, thought provoking, historical drama
Plot:
french politics, political persecution, political leader, national hero, historical event, politics, political conspiracy, politician, power struggle, political unrest, political campaign, fight ...
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Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Simultaneously, a retired couple overwhelmed by debt tries to win a dance contest, as the minister of economy is suspected of tax evasion, and a teenage girl encounters a sexual maniac, while a young lawyer attempts to climb the social ladder. When ...
Style:
social
Plot:
public nudity, taxi, pig, humiliation, male pubic hair, dance contest, gynecological exam, french politics, car trouble, rape, psychopath, torture ...
Time:
2020s
Place:
france
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK, France
Duration: 143 min.
Story:
An international assassin known as ‘The Jackal’ is employed by disgruntled French generals to kill President Charles de Gaulle, with a dedicated gendarme on the assassin's trail.
Style:
political thriller, suspenseful, political, exciting, intense ...
Plot:
conspiracy, hitman, terrorism, assassin, police investigation, spy thriller, politics, assassination plot, serial killer, assassination attempt, espionage, french president ...
Time:
year 1963, 20th century, 60s, year 1973, 70s
Place:
paris france, france, algeria, europe, big ben london ...
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Genre: Crime, Drama, War
Country: France, Algeria, Belgium, Tunisia, Italy
Duration: 138 min.
Story:
After losing their family home in Algeria in the 1920s, three brothers and their mother are scattered across the globe. Messaoud joins the French army fighting in Indochina; Abdelkader becomes a leader of the Algerian independence movement in France ...
Style:
realistic, atmospheric, political, captivating, tense ...
Plot:
politics, french algerian war, algerian war, police brutality, resistance, revenge, war crime, political unrest, family relations, military, society, world war two ...
Time:
20th century, 1940s, 60s, 50s, post world war two ...
Place:
algeria, france, africa, europe, north africa
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 52 min.
TV show
Story:
The President of the French Republic, visiting Saint-Etienne in the Loire, in a striking plant dies, victim of a bomb attack. The political world is agitated: early presidential elections to be held within the next thirty-five days. There is no ...
Style:
tense, captivating, serious, realistic, political ...
Plot:
french president, politics, rivalry, head of state, campaign, rise to the top, media, ambition, workplace situations, french politics, white house, president ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
france
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Genre: Drama, History, Thriller, War
Country: France, Italy, West Germany
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
In occupied France during the WWII, a German officer is murdered. The collaborationist Vichy government decides to pin the murder on six petty criminals. Loyal judges are called in to convict them as quickly as possible.
Style:
political, suspense, political drama
Plot:
courtroom, politics, lawyer, death penalty, trial, guillotine, train, french politics, law, assassination, murder, world war two ...
Time:
1940s, year 1941, year 1975
Place:
paris france, france
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Genre: Comedy, History
Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
1920. Georges Clémenceau just lost the french presidential elections to the unknown Paul Deschanel, an idealistic who wants to change the country. But, one day, Deschanel falls from a train and disappear. At daybreak, France is looking for its ...
Style:
period piece, exciting, captivating, entertaining, humorous ...
Plot:
french politics, presidential election, french history, politics, french president, politician, leader, political leader, president, power struggle, rivalry, political intrigue ...
Time:
1920s
Place:
france, paris france
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Genre: Drama, War
Country: Italy, Algeria
Duration: 121 min.
Story:
Tracing the struggle of the Algerian Front de Liberation Nationale to gain freedom from French colonial rule as seen through the eyes of Ali from his start as a petty thief to his rise to prominence in the organisation and capture by the French in ...
Style:
black and white, political, philosophical, art house, cerebral ...
Plot:
revolution, colonialism, protest, torture, military, muslim, french algerian war, politics, terrorism, insurrection, independence, revolutionary ...
Time:
year 1957, 20th century, 50s, year 1954, year 1966 ...
Place:
africa, algeria, middle east, france, north africa ...
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: France, Poland
Duration: 136 min.
Story:
Danton and Robespierre were close friends and fought together in the French Revolution, but by 1793 Robespierre was France's ruler, determined to wipe out opposition with a series of mass executions that became known as the Reign of Terror. ...
Style:
political, talky, epic, anthology, art film ...
Plot:
french revolution, revolutionary, french history, revolution, politics, biopic, execution, guillotine, terror, death row, power struggle, french politics ...
Time:
18th century, ancient times, 1790s, year 1983, georgian era ...
Place:
france, paris france, poland, eastern europe, europe ...
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 123 min.
Story:
In the middle of the night, deputy Philippe Dubaye wakes up his old friend Xavier Maréchal with disturbing news: he has just killed Serrano, a racketeer with extant political connections. Serrano kept proofs of Dubaye's involvement in corrupt ...
Style:
suspense, disclosure, political, political thriller
Plot:
murder, disco, diary, mistress, chase, fear, car chase, machine gun, police, corruption, photograph, evil ...
Time:
70s
Place:
france, paris france
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Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
A moral tale and a political thriller: a few days before the term of her mandate, the President must make a major decision concerning the destiny of France.
Style:
psychological, political, thrilling, captivating
Plot:
politics, french politics, retiring, choice, president, political intrigue, political election, morality, politician, problem, social problems, political campaign ...
Place:
france
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: UK, France, Germany
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Wed just as war breaks out, Jeanne hardly gets to know her military husband, Louis, before the debacle of 1940. While waiting for his return from a POW camp, Jeanne journeys through countless affairs with Louis' comrades- in-arms. Hoping to ...
Style:
sexual, serious, realistic, sincere, sentimental ...
Plot:
wedding, adultery, extramarital affair, cheating wife, military, infidelity, betrayal, circus, sex scene, french soldier, love, beach ...
Time:
1940s, 1950s, year 1940, year 1939, 1930s ...
Place:
paris france, berlin germany, indochina, algeria, syria ...
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Genre: Comedy
Country: France, USA, Senegal
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
Alexandre Taillard de Vorms is a force to be reckoned with. With his silver mane and tanned, athletic body, he stalks the world stage as Minister of Foreign Affairs for France, waging his own war backed up by the holy trinity of diplomatic concepts: ...
Style:
humorous, realistic, witty, semi serious, political ...
Plot:
politics, fictitious country, un, betrayal, state affairs, workplace, power relations, workplace intrigue, rivalry, boss and employee, administration, french politics ...
Time:
2000s, 21st century
Place:
france, paris france
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Genre: Drama
Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
Pauline, a devoted and generous home help nurse, raises her two children alone, while also looking after her father, a former steelworker. Taking advantage of her popularity, the directors of an extremist political party suggest she become their ...
Plot:
skiing, extremism, french politics, political campaign, dance class, father daughter relationship, soccer, blonde, political candidate, boxing, single mother, election campaign ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
france
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 55 min.
TV show
Story:
In a tale of epic scale, French politician Philippe Rickwaert thirsts for revenge against his political enemies. Philippe’s political career is in shambles after he is sacrificed by the presidential candidate from the Left, Francis Laugier, in ...
Style:
political, realistic, serious, suspense, psychological
Plot:
politics, french politics, political intrigue, city, allies, shrewd, political activism, society, political unrest, plan gone awry, negotiation, rules and policies ...
Place:
france
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 52 min.
TV show
Story:
L'État de Grace was a French television show that featured France's first female president.
Style:
political, thrilling, captivating, satirical, semi serious ...
Plot:
politics, president, french president, power, french politics, political activism, politician, political leader, political candidate, political campaign, satire, political election ...
Place:
france, paris france
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History, War
Country: France
Duration: 297 min.
TV show
Story:
Explores the life of General De Gaulle, from the Appeal of June 18, 1940, to his departure from power in 1969. A dive into the military and political career of De Gaulle and an inside portrait of his private life.
Style:
captivating, thrilling, thought provoking, psychological, political ...
Plot:
french history, political leader, historical figure, french politics, social problems, political unrest, political activism, frenchman, leader, politics, lifestyle, political campaign ...
Time:
20th century, 1940s, 60s, 1950s
Place:
france
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Genre: History
Country: France
Duration: 197 min.
Story:
In the middle of the 17th century, forbidden lovers Queen Anne of Austria, the widow of King Louis XIII, and her Prime Minister, Cardinal Mazarin, face the opposition of a revengeful and power-seeking Court.
Style:
historical drama, captivating, suspense, tense, disturbing
Plot:
french history, royal family, nobility, king of france, royal court, palace intrigue, kingdom, secret love, monarch, french politics, intrigue, political intrigue ...
Time:
17th century
Place:
france, paris france
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Genre: Comedy
Country: France
TV show
Story:
French president went missing after he got a mysterious news.
Style:
satirical, entertaining, funny, captivating, political ...
Plot:
president, political campaign, politics, political intrigue, political unrest, political activism, humour, satire, mysterious disappearance, puzzle, french politics, power struggle ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
france, paris france
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Genre: Action, Comedy
Country: France
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
Every year the Prime Minister has a list of all kinds of troublemakers eliminated in the name of the famous Reason of State. Serge Shuster, Special Adviser to the President of the Republic, finds himself on this list, better known as the Matignon ...
Style:
political thriller, suspense, tense, action drama
Audience:
adult
Plot:
conspiracy, assassination, survival, french politics, intrigue, loyalty, family in danger, family drama, government corruption, betrayal, paranoia, power struggle ...
Time:
21st century
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
An unusually cold winter forces the french government to push the best housed people to accommodate some poor fellow citizens. The decree called "Le Grand Partage" creates some trouble among the residents of a Paris upscale apartment block.
Style:
satirical, humorous, captivating, sincere, situational comedy ...
Plot:
neighbor, satire, neighbor neighbor relationship, class differences, living together, winter, class conflict, social inequality, flatmate, social problems, new neighbor, social relations ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
paris france
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Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 125 min.
TV show
Story:
A retelling in two parts, from 1977 to 1986, of the education and the rise to power of a group of young graduates of the prestigious ENA school.
Plot:
internship, socialist, young man, politics, assault, elitism, young woman, student, election campaign, elite, conservatism, french politics ...
Time:
year 1981, 70s, 80s
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Genre: Adventure, Biography, Drama, History, Romance, War
Country: France, Germany, Italy, Canada, USA, UK, Hungary, Spain, Czech Republic
Duration: 89 min.
TV show
Story:
The year is 1816, and NAPOLEON, held prisoner by the British on the island of St. Helena, is telling the young English girl BETSY his life story.
Style:
epic, exciting, captivating, realistic, serious ...
Plot:
napoleon bonaparte, napoleonic wars, imperial russia, battles, politics, conquering, war hero, leadership, rise to the top, ambition, society, military ...
Time:
1810s, 1800s, 19th century, 18th century, regency period ...
Place:
austria, france, europe, prussia
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Genre: Comedy
Country: France
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story:
An idealistic educator is inadvertently thrust into the French presidential race.
Style:
satirical, entertaining, captivating, humorous, feel good ...
Plot:
presidential candidate, presidential election, president, political intrigue, social satire, racial issues, political candidate, political satire, political activism, political campaign, political humor, race issues ...
Place:
france
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Genre: Comedy
Country: France
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
A former french President, Nicolas, decides to persuade another one, François, to campaign together in order to return to the front stage of politics.
Style:
humorous, captivating, semi serious, light
Plot:
french president, president, husband wife relationship, politician, abbey, politics, meeting, unlikely friendships, election, stupidity, french politics, hotel ...
Place:
france
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: Belgium, France
Duration: 52 min.
TV show
Story:
Through a twenty-first century lens, the series explores the dark, manipulative and misogynistic world of Versailles. Travelling deep inside Marie Antoinette’s head throughout the series, discovering who she is through her internal voice that ...
Style:
costume drama, period piece, dramatic, emotional, atmospheric ...
Plot:
royalty, french history, queen, nobility, palace intrigue, ancient, sex, king of france, woman, intrigue, king, political intrigue ...
Time:
18th century, 1780s, georgian era
Place:
france, austria, europe, paris france, versailles
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