Best French Movies
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Best French Movies
TOP Movies: The Intouchables (2011), Young & Beautiful (2013), Amelie (2001), The Fifth Element (1997), Portrait of a Lady on Fire (2019), Memoirs of a Geisha (2005), Mesrine: Public Enemy #1 (2008), The Fugitives (1986), Léon: The Professional (1994), The Officers' Ward (2001), The Gentlemen (2019), To Our Loves (1983), De Gaulle (2020), The Lovers on the Bridge (1991), The Count of Monte-Cristo (2024), Athena (2022), Io Capitano (2023), My Mother's Castle (1990), To Each His Own Cinema (2007), The Lives of Others (2006).
List of Best Movies
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:
feel good, inspirational, touching, uplifting, sincere ...
Audience:
date night, teens, family friendly, adult
Plot:
friendship, disability, unlikely friendships, life philosophy, friendship between men, disabled person, human relationship, handicapped, interracial friendship, culture clash, caregiver, friends ...
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, controversial ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, pre-teens, girls' night, teen drama
Plot:
prostitute, lust, teenage girl, sex scene, older man younger woman relationship, youth, coming of age, prostitution, call girl, sex with a minor, first sexual experience, female nudity ...
Time:
year 2013, 90s, 21st century
Place:
france, cote d'azur, paris france, california, tokyo
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835K
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, sweet, touching, inspirational, sentimental ...
Audience:
girls' night, teens, chick flick, date night
Plot:
loneliness, love, fall in love, imagination, cafe, lifestyle change, life, optimism, female protagonist, love story, love and romance, life philosophy ...
Time:
year 2001, 90s, 70s, year 1974, 20th century ...
Place:
paris france, france, europe, montmartre paris, quebec
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: France
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, visually stunning, colorful, entertaining ...
Audience:
date night, family friendly, boys' night, teens
Plot:
alien, space opera, dystopia, cyberpunk, space and aliens, good versus evil, dystopian future, space travel, save the world, end of the world, space adventure, heroic mission ...
Time:
future, year 1997, 90s, 1910s, 23rd century ...
Place:
usa, brooklyn new york city, egypt, new york
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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:
sexy, scenic, touching, costume drama, period piece ...
Audience:
chick flick, adult
Plot:
painter, lesbian, lgbtq, lgbt, painting, portrait, lesbian relationship, lesbian love, lgbtqi, love, female protagonist, lesbian sex ...
Time:
18th century, 2010s, ancient times, victorian era, year 2019 ...
Place:
brittany, france
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
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:
captivating, sentimental, dramatic, serious, romantic ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, girls' night, teen drama
Plot:
love story, geisha, women, age difference, japanese culture, older man younger woman relationship, brothel, beauty, orphan, love and romance, mentor, femininity ...
Time:
1920s, 1940s, 1930s, ancient times, 20th century ...
Place:
japan, asia, china, east asia, america ...
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Genre: Action, Biography, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: France, Canada
Duration: 133 min.
Story:
The story of Jacques Mesrine, France's public enemy No. 1 during the 1970s. After nearly two decades of legendary criminal feats -- from multiple bank robberies and to prison breaks -- Mesrine was gunned down by the French police in Paris.
Style:
intense, suspense, realistic, rough, serious ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
gangster, robbery, mob boss, chase, prison, organized crime, mafia, biopic, escape, character study, against the rules, notoriety ...
Time:
20th century, y2k, year 2008, 70s
Place:
france, paris france, europe
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Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Coming out from jail, Lucas has decided to change his life and behave like a good citizen. But when he is taken hostage in a bank by a hare-brained robber, no cops can believe he is not part of the action.
Style:
feel good, exciting, witty, sentimental, humorous ...
Audience:
family outing
Plot:
chase, comedy of errors, reluctant partners, fugitives, bank robbery, goofy hero, odd couple, chases and races, nothing goes right, disorder, unlikely criminals, nobody believes ...
Time:
80s, 20th century
Place:
france, europe
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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, touching, rough, suspenseful, retro ...
Audience:
teens, date night, adult
Plot:
hitman, mentor, revenge, friendship, murder, loneliness, organized crime, redemption, sniper, loner, life philosophy, dark hero ...
Time:
20th century, year 1994, 90s
Place:
new york, usa, france, paris france, manhattan new york city ...
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Genre: Drama, Romance, War
Country: France
Duration: 135 min.
Story:
The first days of WWI. Adrien, a young and handsome lieutenant, is wounded by a piece of shrapnel. He will spend the entire wartime at the Val-de-Grâce Hospital, in Paris. Five long years, and his life will change forever...
Style:
touching, serious, disturbing, realistic, psychological ...
Plot:
world war one, hopes, anti war, military, wartime, soldier, starting over, life turned upside down, wartime life, human spirit, war, bravery ...
Time:
year 2001, year 1918, 1910s, year 1914, post world war one
Place:
france, paris france, europe, brittany
Is relevant?
452K
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
A drug lord tries to sell off his highly profitable empire.
Style:
dark comedy, realistic, stylized, black comedy, neo noir ...
Audience:
boys' night, family friendly
Plot:
organized crime, gangster, marijuana, money, gang, criminal underworld, british, crime boss, tough guy, gang war, sarcasm, swearing ...
Time:
2020s, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
london, england, europe, britain, united kingdom
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
A portrait of youth in bloom; a tale of one family's dissolution; a reflection upon the danger and the mystery in living. Sandrine Bonnaire plays Suzanne, a free spirit and the vessel for an almost Brontëan choler. She's 16, and men ...
Style:
erotic, sexual, crying, retro, anthology ...
Audience:
teens, pre-teens
Plot:
female nudity, infidelity, bare breasts, dysfunctional family, looking for sex, extramarital affair, coming of age, promiscuous daughter, sexual promiscuity, man hits a woman, nudity, domestic abuse ...
Time:
year 1983, 80s
Place:
france, europe, paris france
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History, War
Country: France
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
Paris, June 1940. The de Gaulle couple is confronted with the military and political collapse of France. Charles de Gaulle joins London while Yvonne, his wife, finds herself with her three children on the road of the exodus.
Style:
suspenseful, suspense, captivating, psychological, historical drama ...
Plot:
world war two, french history, french president, male pubic hair, husband wife relationship, politician, politics, political leader, political unrest, world politics, flashback, philosopher ...
Time:
1940s, year 1940
Place:
france, paris france, brittany, england, north africa ...
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 125 min.
Story:
Set against Paris' oldest bridge, the Pont Neuf, while it was closed for repairs, this film is a love story between two young vagrants: Alex, a would be circus performer addicted to alcohol and sedatives and Michele, a painter driven to a life ...
Style:
romantic, enigmatic, art house, atmospheric, feel good ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
homeless, beggar, painting, love story, painter, crazy love, couple relations, fall in love, boat, water skiing, loneliness, love affair ...
Time:
year 1991, 90s
Place:
paris france, france, europe, tokyo
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 178 min.
Story:
Edmond Dantes becomes the target of a sinister plot and is arrested on his wedding day for a crime he did not commit. After 14 years in the island prison of Château d’If, he manages a daring escape. Now rich beyond his dreams, he assumes the ...
Style:
thrilling, psychological, captivating, period piece, suspenseful ...
Plot:
revenge, false accusation, betrayal, escape, prison escape, island, treasure, duel, disguise, vengeance, runaway, earl ...
Time:
19th century, 1830s, 1800s, 1810s
Place:
marseille, europe
Is relevant?
25K
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Hours after the tragic death of their youngest brother in unexplained circumstances, three siblings have their lives thrown into chaos.
Style:
thrilling, tense, captivating, suspense, underground film ...
Plot:
gang, brother, gangster, social commentary, tragic event, mercilessness, desperation, family relations, brutality, loss of brother, anger, destruction ...
Time:
2020s
Place:
france, paris france
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Genre: Adventure, Drama
Country: Italy, Belgium, France
Duration: 121 min.
Story:
Longing for a brighter future, two Senegalese teenagers embark on a journey from West Africa to Italy. However, between their dreams and reality lies a labyrinth of checkpoints, the Sahara Desert, and the vast waters of the Mediterranean.
Style:
thrilling, action adventure, captivating, psychological, suspenseful
Plot:
life is a bitch, migrant, migration, cousin cousin relationship, bribery, human trafficking, torture, oil rig, riding in the back of a pickup truck, bricklayer, desert, young man ...
Time:
2020s
Place:
africa, europe, senegal, libya, sicily ...
Is relevant?
Genre: Adventure, Biography, Comedy, Drama, Family, 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:
sexy, talky, touching, humorous, sentimental ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
countryside, teacher, childhood, coming of age, friendship, little girl, nostalgia, farm, school, weekend, family relations, couples ...
Time:
1900s, year 1990, 20th century, 1910s, victorian era
Place:
provence, france, europe, marseille, tokyo ...
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
A collective film of 33 shorts directed by different directors about their feeling about cinema.
Style:
anthology, thought provoking, contemplative, semi serious, realistic ...
Plot:
filmmaking, lifestyle, artists and showbiz, cinema, surrealism, filmmaker, art, film history, artist, cowboy, respect, world spanning ...
Time:
year 2007, 21st century
Place:
usa, portugal, asia, latin america, europe ...
Is relevant?
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:
gloomy, political thriller, sincere, political, emotional ...
Audience:
date night, adult
Plot:
surveillance, cold war, spy, communism, berlin wall, stasi, politics, redemption, espionage, iron curtain, life philosophy, voyeurism ...
Time:
80s, 20th century, year 1989, 2000s, 90s ...
Place:
east germany, germany, berlin germany, europe, soviet union ...
Is relevant?
241K
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, philosophical, cerebral, emotional ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
alzheimer's disease, elderly, memory loss, old man, dementia, caregiver, father daughter relationship, elderly man, mental health, hearing voices, old age, human spirit ...
Time:
2020s, year 1937
Place:
nebraska, london, britain, england, united kingdom
Is relevant?
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
Two young women find themselves struggling to survive in Paris, street-wise Nathalie, a stripper, and naïve Sandrine, a barmaid. Together, they discover that sex can be used to their advantage, and pleasure.
Style:
sexy, erotic, sexual, sex comedy, sensual ...
Plot:
sex, orgy, perversion, lesbian, voyeurism, sexual relations, erotica, oral sex, dangerous attraction, lesbian sex, sex scene, public nudity ...
Time:
year 2002, 2000s
Place:
paris france, france, europe, tokyo
Is relevant?
696K
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, touching, visually appealing, reflective, scenic ...
Audience:
date night, girls' night, kids, family outing, chick flick ...
Plot:
survival, animal, ocean, human animal relationship, loneliness, life & death, stranded, survivor, hopes, beautiful scenery, storm at sea, journey ...
Time:
70s, year 2012, 2010s
Place:
india, america, asia, montreal, pacific ocean ...
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6K
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: Italy, France
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
"Loro", in two parts, is a period movie that chronicles, as a fiction story, events likely happened in Italy (or even made up) between 2006 and 2010. "Loro" wants to suggest in portraits and glimps, through a composite ...
Style:
psychological, realistic, factual, captivating, tense ...
Plot:
politics, society, lie, political corruption, sex trafficking, politician, party, sex scene, extramarital affair, family relations, anti communism, female nudity ...
Time:
year 2006, 21st century
Place:
italy, rome italy
Is relevant?
799K
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:
atmospheric, dramatic, epic, cerebral, visually stunning ...
Audience:
teens, adult
Plot:
world war two, military, war, survival, wartime, evacuation, soldier, beach, military officer, shell shock, air attack, combat ...
Time:
1940s, year 1940, 2010s, 20th century, 90s ...
Place:
france, england, english channel, dover england, dunkirk ...
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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, twist ending, intellectual ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, girls' night, boys' night, adult
Plot:
heist, teamwork, fbi, outsmarting, scheme, perfect crime, twists and turns, con artists, stage magic, bank robbery, cons and scams, magician ...
Time:
year 2013, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
las vegas, new orleans, new york, paris france, usa ...
Is relevant?
107K
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, sad, realistic, cerebral ...
Plot:
convent, catholic church, adoption, lgbtq, journalist, catholic, religious intolerance, journalism, self discovery, faith, nun, writers ...
Time:
year 2013, 1950s, 2010s, 20th century, 50s ...
Place:
ireland, washington d.c., england, britain, usa ...
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: UK, France, 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, sexy, captivating ...
Audience:
chick flick, girls' night, date night, teens, family friendly ...
Plot:
prejudice, love, fall in love, happy ending, women, strong female character, love and romance, opposites attract, aristocracy, initially antagonists, wooing, social differences ...
Time:
19th century, 18th century, victorian era, 1790s, georgian era ...
Place:
england, britain, united kingdom, europe, london ...
Is relevant?
1.0M
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, sad, harsh, reflective, bleak ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
holocaust, world war two, survival, genocide, nazi, classical music, wartime, war, nazism, anti semitism, hunger, nazi occupation ...
Time:
1940s, 20th century, year 1939, 1930s, year 2002 ...
Place:
poland, germany, europe, eastern europe, central europe ...
Is relevant?
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, philosophical, emotional, breathtaking ...
Plot:
disability, euthanasia, biopic, death, human spirit, dying, handicapped, existentialism, suicide, depression, lawyer, dignity ...
Time:
year 2004, y2k, 90s, 60s, 20th century
Place:
spain, barcelona, south america, europe, galicia ...
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