Best French Movies
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Best French Movies
TOP Movies: The Intouchables (2011), Young & Beautiful (2013), Amelie (2001), The Lives of Others (2006), Portrait of a Lady on Fire (2019), Life of Pi (2012), The Father (2020), Léon: The Professional (1994), The Fifth Element (1997), District B13 (2004), Welcome to the Sticks (2008), Still Alice (2014), The Pianist (2002), Memoirs of a Geisha (2005), My First Time (2012), Serial (Bad) Weddings (2014), Now You See Me (2013), CODA (2021), Taxi (1998), Fahim (2019).
List of Best Movies
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
A true story of two men who should never have met – a quadriplegic aristocrat who was injured in a paragliding accident and a young man from the projects.
Style:
inspirational, feel good, touching, emotional, motivational ...
Audience:
date night, teens, family friendly, adult
Plot:
friendship, disability, friendship between men, unlikely friendships, life philosophy, disabled person, lifestyle change, human relationship, handicapped, culture clash, friends, interracial friendship ...
Time:
2010s, year 2011, 21st century
Place:
france, paris france
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Isabelle, a 17-year-old student, loses her virginity during a quick holiday romance. When she returns home, she begins a secret life as a prostitute for a year.
Style:
erotic, sexual, sexy, atmospheric, sensual ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, teen drama
Plot:
prostitute, lust, sex scene, teenage girl, older man younger woman relationship, double life, prostitution, strong sexual content, youth, sex with a minor, coming of age, female nudity ...
Time:
year 2013, 90s, 21st century
Place:
france, cote d'azur, paris france
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791K
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: France, Germany
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
At a tiny Parisian café, the adorable yet painfully shy Amélie (Audrey Tautou) accidentally discovers a gift for helping others. Soon Amelie is spending her days as a matchmaker, guardian angel, and all-around do-gooder. But when she bumps into a ...
Style:
feel good, inspirational, touching, sweet, stylized ...
Audience:
chick flick, teens, girls' night, date night
Plot:
loneliness, love, magic realism, fall in love, imagination, female protagonist, cafe, love and romance, optimism, lifestyle change, surrealism, life ...
Time:
year 2001, 70s, 90s, year 1974, 20th century ...
Place:
paris france, france, europe, montmartre paris, quebec
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Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Germany, France
Duration: 137 min.
Story:
A tragic love story set in East Berlin with the backdrop of an undercover Stasi controlled culture. Stasi captain Wieler is ordered to follow author Dreyman and plunges deeper and deeper into his life until he reaches the threshold of doubting the ...
Style:
political thriller, gloomy, political, sincere, suspense ...
Audience:
date night, adult
Plot:
surveillance, cold war, berlin wall, spy, stasi, communism, iron curtain, secrets, loneliness, voyeurism, politics, suicide ...
Time:
80s, year 2006, 20th century, 2000s, year 1984 ...
Place:
east germany, germany, berlin germany, europe, soviet union ...
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
On an isolated island in Brittany at the end of the 18th century, an artist is commissioned to paint a young woman's wedding portrait.
Style:
touching, costume drama, scenic, disturbing, sexy ...
Audience:
chick flick, adult
Plot:
painter, lesbian, painting, lgbt, lesbian relationship, lgbtq, lesbian love, portrait, female protagonist, lesbian sex, lesbian attraction, arranged marriage ...
Time:
18th century, 2010s, victorian era, ancient times, year 2019 ...
Place:
brittany, france
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663K
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Fantasy
Country: USA, Taiwan, UK, Canada, India, France
Duration: 127 min.
Story:
The story of an Indian boy named Pi, a zookeeper's son who finds himself in the company of a hyena, zebra, orangutan, and a Bengal tiger after a shipwreck sets them adrift in the Pacific Ocean.
Style:
philosophical, motivational, visually appealing, scenic, touching ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, girls' night, chick flick, date night ...
Plot:
survival, ocean, animal, human animal relationship, life & death, stranded, survivor, beautiful scenery, lost at sea, hopes, storm at sea, journey ...
Time:
year 2012, 2010s, 70s
Place:
india, pacific ocean, america, montreal, toronto ontario canada ...
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189K
Genre: Drama, Mystery
Country: UK, France, USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
A man refuses all assistance from his daughter as he ages and, as he tries to make sense of his changing circumstances, he begins to doubt his loved ones, his own mind and even the fabric of his reality.
Style:
sad, psychological, emotional, philosophical, social ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
alzheimer's disease, elderly, memory loss, old man, dementia, caregiver, father daughter relationship, elderly man, human spirit, alone in the world, memory, aging ...
Time:
2020s, year 1937
Place:
nebraska, london
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: France, USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
Leon, the top hit man in New York, has earned a rep as an effective "cleaner". But when his next-door neighbors are wiped out by a loose-cannon DEA agent, he becomes the unwilling custodian of 12-year-old Mathilda. Before long, ...
Style:
neo noir, rough, suspenseful, touching, cult classic ...
Audience:
teens, date night, adult
Plot:
hitman, mentor, revenge, friendship, loneliness, organized crime, murder, sniper, redemption, loner, life philosophy, killings ...
Time:
20th century, 90s, year 1994
Place:
new york, usa, france, paris france, iran ...
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: France, UK, USA
Duration: 126 min.
Story:
In 2257, a taxi driver is unintentionally given the task of saving a young girl who is part of the key that will ensure the survival of humanity.
Style:
futuristic, breathtaking, exciting, colorful, visually stunning ...
Audience:
date night, family friendly, boys' night, teens
Plot:
alien, space opera, cyberpunk, dystopian future, space and aliens, good versus evil, space travel, end of the world, save the world, dystopia, life philosophy, love ...
Time:
future, year 1997, 90s, 23rd century, 1910s
Place:
egypt, usa, brooklyn new york city, new york
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Genre: Action, Crime, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
Set in the ghettos of Paris in 2010, an undercover cop and ex-thug try to infiltrate a gang in order to defuse a neutron bomb.
Style:
exciting, stylized, serious, suspenseful, breathtaking ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
martial arts, ghetto, gang, parkour, fight, undercover cop, tough guy, bomb, betrayal, urban ghetto, crime boss, heroes ...
Time:
future, near future, year 2004, 2000s, 2010s ...
Place:
france, paris france, europe
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Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
Although living a comfortable life in Salon-de-Provence, a charming town in the South of France, Julie has been feeling depressed for a while. To please her, Philippe Abrams, a post office administrator, her husband, tries to obtain a transfer to a ...
Style:
humorous, witty, light, funny, satirical ...
Audience:
family outing, chick flick
Plot:
village life, friendship, fish out of water, culture clash, postman, prejudice, post office, small town, foe turned friend, happy ending, social satire, provincial life ...
Time:
year 2008, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
france, provence, south of france, flanders, europe
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143K
Genre: Drama
Country: USA, UK, France
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
Alice Howland, happily married with three grown children, is a renowned linguistics professor who starts to forget words. When she receives a devastating diagnosis, Alice and her family find their bonds tested.
Style:
sad, heartbreaking, touching, emotional, inspirational ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
memory loss, alzheimer's disease, illness, supportive spouse, mother daughter relationship, columbia university, family drama, terminal illness, family bonds, mental illness, psychology, relationships ...
Time:
year 2014, 2010s, year 2015, 21st century
Place:
new york, usa, manhattan new york city
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904K
Genre: Biography, Drama, Music, War
Country: France, Poland, Germany, UK, USA
Duration: 150 min.
Story:
The true story of pianist Wladyslaw Szpilman's experiences in Warsaw during the Nazi occupation. When the Jews of the city find themselves forced into a ghetto, Szpilman finds work playing in a café; and when his family is deported in 1942, he ...
Style:
emotional, harsh, bleak, reflective, heartbreaking ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
holocaust, world war two, survival, genocide, nazi, classical music, wartime, war, nazism, pianist, nazi occupation, hunger ...
Time:
1940s, year 2002, 20th century, year 1945, 1930s ...
Place:
poland, germany, europe, eastern europe, persia ...
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA, Japan, France
Duration: 145 min.
Story:
A sweeping romantic epic set in Japan in the years before World War II, a penniless Japanese child is torn from her family to work as a maid in a geisha house.
Style:
sentimental, romantic, stylized, captivating, dramatic ...
Audience:
chick flick, teens, girls' night, teen drama
Plot:
love story, geisha, women, age difference, japanese culture, older man younger woman relationship, brothel, beauty, love and romance, orphan, young woman, mentor ...
Time:
1920s, 1930s, 1940s, 20th century, year 2005 ...
Place:
japan, asia, china, east asia, america ...
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Zachary is 20 years old. Dark and independent, he collects amorous conquests and school failure. Sarah is 18 years old. First class, fragile, she fills her emotional gaps with perfect control of his life. Nothing should close and yet, the year of ...
Style:
romantic, touching, sentimental, emotional, realistic ...
Audience:
teens, date night
Plot:
boyfriend girlfriend relationship, teenage love, opposites attract, fall in love, high school hunk, couples, loss of virginity, virginity, virgin, first love, high school, love and romance ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
france
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Genre: Comedy
Country: France
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
A catholic French couple sees their life upside down when their four daughters get married to men of different religion and origins.
Style:
light, entertaining, funny, romantic, humorous ...
Audience:
family outing
Plot:
wedding, interracial relations, racism, sister sister relationship, stereotypes, happy ending, black man, marriage, family drama, couples, fishing, family bonds ...
Time:
year 2014, 21st century
Place:
france, paris france, africa
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Genre: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, France
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
An FBI agent and an Interpol detective track a team of illusionists who pull off bank heists during their performances and reward their audiences with the money.
Style:
surprise ending, clever, entertaining, suspense, intellectual ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, girls' night, boys' night, adult
Plot:
heist, twists and turns, fbi, scheme, perfect crime, outsmarting, bank robbery, con artists, teamwork, cons and scams, mind game, thief ...
Time:
year 2013, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
las vegas, new orleans, new york, paris france, usa ...
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162K
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Music
Country: France, Canada, USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
As a CODA (Child of Deaf Adults), Ruby is the only hearing person in her deaf family. When the family's fishing business is threatened, Ruby finds herself torn between pursuing her love of music and her fear of abandoning her parents.
Style:
psychological, teen, sad, sincere, captivating ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
deaf, sign language, mute or deaf, musician, coming of age, family relations, disability, teenager, deafness, fisherman, women, parents and children ...
Time:
2020s, 21st century
Place:
persia, hawaii, massachusetts
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89K
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime
Country: France
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
In Marseilles (France), skilled pizza delivery boy Daniel who drives a scooter finally has his dreams come true. He gets a taxi license. Caught by the police for a huge speed infraction, he will help Emilien, a loser inspector who can't drive, ...
Style:
humorous, light, entertaining, exciting, semi serious ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens, kids
Plot:
car, taxi, car chase, chase, driver, heist, chases and races, police, bank robbery, unlikely friendships, buddy, gang ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
france, marseille, europe, provence
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2K
Genre: Biography, Comedy, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
Fahim Mohammad, a Bangladeshi immigrant, becomes a world junior chess champion in France.
Style:
disturbing, feel good, clever, captivating, humorous ...
Audience:
family outing
Plot:
chess, social problems, life is a bitch, follow your dream, stranded, against the odds, prodigy, talented, biopic, boy genius, young heroes, coping
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: France, UK, USA
Duration: 129 min.
Story:
Pride & Prejudice is a humorous story of love and life among English gentility during the Georgian era. Mr. Bennet is an English gentleman living in Hertfordshire with his overbearing wife and five daughters. If Mr. Bennet dies their house will ...
Style:
romantic, costume drama, sweet, dramatic, captivating ...
Audience:
chick flick, girls' night, date night, teens, family friendly ...
Plot:
prejudice, love, happy ending, fall in love, love and romance, opposites attract, strong female character, aristocracy, initially antagonists, wooing, unlikely couple, pride ...
Time:
19th century, 18th century, victorian era, georgian era, 1790s ...
Place:
england, britain, united kingdom, europe
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family
Country: France
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
Paris 1930.
Paul has only ever had one and the same horizon: the high walls of the orphanage, an austere building in the Parisian working class suburbs. Entrusted to a joyful country woman, Célestine, and her husband, Borel, the rather stiff ...
Style:
scenic, touching, atmospheric, nature documentary, sincere ...
Audience:
family outing, kids
Plot:
nature, orphan, forest, poacher, hound dog, adult child friendship, understanding, adopted son, foster child, foster home, friendship, survival ...
Time:
2010s, year 2017, 1930s, 1920s
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733K
Genre: Action, Drama, History, Thriller, War
Country: UK, Netherlands, France, USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
The story of the miraculous evacuation of Allied soldiers from Belgium, Britain, Canada and France, who were cut off and surrounded by the German army from the beaches and harbour of Dunkirk between May 26th and June 4th 1940 during World War II.
Style:
epic, dramatic, atmospheric, suspense, visually stunning ...
Audience:
teens, adult
Plot:
world war two, military, survival, war, wartime, soldier, evacuation, military officer, beach, shell shock, air attack, combat ...
Time:
1940s, year 1940, year 2017, 2010s, 20th century ...
Place:
france, england, english channel, dover england, britain ...
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257K
Genre: Drama
Country: Iran, France, Australia
Duration: 123 min.
Story:
A married couple are faced with a difficult decision - to improve the life of their child by moving to another country or to stay in Iran and look after a deteriorating parent who has Alzheimer's disease.
Style:
emotional, realistic, heartbreaking, talky, tense ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
poverty, divorce, muslim, alzheimer's disease, justice, religion, islam, marriage, parenthood, court, family drama, dysfunctional family ...
Time:
year 2011, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
iran, persia, middle east, maghreb, nebraska ...
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104K
Genre: Biography, Comedy, Drama
Country: UK, France, USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
A woman searches for her adult son, who was taken away from her decades ago when she was forced to live in a convent.
Style:
touching, sentimental, realistic, captivating, sad ...
Plot:
adoption, convent, catholic church, journalist, catholic, journalism, self discovery, religious intolerance, faith, nun, elderly, illegitimate son ...
Time:
year 2013, 2010s, 1950s, 20th century, 50s ...
Place:
ireland, england, washington d.c., britain, usa ...
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Genre: Adventure, Drama, Family
Country: France
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
Belle and Sebastian is set high in the snowy Alps during the Second World War. The resourceful Sebastian is a lonely boy who tames and befriends a giant, wild mountain dog, Belle – even though the villagers believe her to be ‘the beast’ that ...
Style:
touching, serious, stylized, educational, realistic
Audience:
kids, family outing
Plot:
dog, human animal relationship, orphan, friends, friendship, on the road, beast, coming of age, world war two, winter, little boy, youth ...
Time:
year 2013, 20th century, 1940s, year 1943
Place:
france, alps
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Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: Spain, France, Italy
Duration: 126 min.
Story:
The Sea Inside is about Spaniard Ramón Sampedro, who fought a 30-year campaign to win the right to end his life with dignity. It is the story of Ramón’s relationships with two women: Julia a lawyer who supports his cause, and Rosa, a local woman ...
Style:
sad, thought provoking, emotional, philosophical, touching ...
Plot:
disability, euthanasia, biopic, human spirit, death, existentialism, suicide, handicapped, lawyer, depression, character study, life & death ...
Time:
year 2004, y2k, 90s, 60s, 20th century
Place:
spain, barcelona, europe, galicia, catalonia
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: UK, France, USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
A chaotic Bridget Jones meets a snobbish lawyer, and he soon enters her world of imperfections.
Style:
feel good, sweet, romantic, light, funny ...
Audience:
chick flick, girls' night, date night, teens, teen drama
Plot:
love, love triangle, love and romance, couples, love story, thirtysomething life, christmas, looking for love, opposites attract, holiday, workplace romance, happy ending ...
Time:
year 2001, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
england, london, united kingdom, europe, britain
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Genre: Drama
Country: Spain, France
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
Salvador Mallo, a filmmaker in the twilight of his career, reflects on the choices he's made in life as past and present come crashing down around him.
Style:
sincere, touching, disturbing, twist ending, hispanic ...
Plot:
gay, movie business, filmmaker, lgbt, actor, introspection, addiction, cinema, drawing, childhood memory, nostalgia, death of mother ...
Time:
2010s, year 2019, year 1985, 1950s, year 1981
Place:
spain, madrid
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132K
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: UK, France, USA, China
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
After a deadly earthquake destroys his home in Peruvian rainforest, a young bear makes his way to England in search of a new home. The bear, dubbed "Paddington" for the london train station, finds shelter with the family of Henry and Mary ...
Style:
touching, feel good, sweet, colorful, not serious ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, family friendly, pre-teens, toddlers ...
Plot:
kids and family, bear, children, animal, adoption, talking animal, anthropomorphic animal, goofy hero, childhood, animal life, heartwarming, friendship ...
Time:
2010s, year 2014, 21st century
Place:
england, united kingdom, london, europe, peru
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