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… for those of you who love foreign movies … which always come with such a different “feel” and tempo and acting from the directors and actors etc. I deeply enjoyed watching HIGH WATERS about the real story of a major flood in Poland…

Enjoy it <3

with lots of love to YOU <3

pascal

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one of the BEST MOVIE… BEST ACTING PERFORMANCE… BESTEST SINGER/ARTIST … EVER! <3 … now on Hulu…

And on top of his immense talent he was also someone so unapologetic, as EVERYONE should, for any and all of his life choices and SO lived it to the fullest <3 What an ADMIRABLE HUMAN BEING! <3

going to watch it for the… 3rd time…

such a greattttt new show on NETFLIX!

Now… very gentle “heads up” to you… if sexuality and sexual pleasures and making love are NOT a very important part of your life, of your soul, and of your life’s journey… which is of course 100% “OK” (we are allllll equally and beautifully different <3 ) then… maybe pass on watching it…

And if you are, well, the… OPPOSITE of all I just wrote and your sexual/sensual life is VERY important to your soul, spirit, and days… (been happily signed up in that latter category for… well… the past 5 decades of my life! lol – except, and this is ONLY exception where I WOULD have said a very gentle “No” to beautiful love making from my lover/companion at that time was… when either I was crawling on the floor due to extreme kidney stones pain… or for a couple of days after each of my heart attacks… short of those 2 exceptions… pleaseeee sign me up anytime anywhere 😉 🥰😍😉🙃💋💋💋

That show is truly SOOOOO WELL PRODUCED… in soooo many ways…. great rhythm to it… great spirit… great host… and greattttt AMAZING super IN LOVE and IN LUST couples who so clearly ALL adore each other and are sooo kind to each other <3 …and that made my heart smile sooooo BIG and so much to witness it ! <3

Maybe YOU already have found that great amazing deeply connected to partner/lover/companion/soulmate/best friend for yourself? <3 …and if that’s the case it makes my heart smile so big to know so! <3

My little big heart is looking for, and longing for mine <3 … so…. if you happen to know the name of a potential candidate ? 😉 pleaseeeeeee don’t hesitate to reach out <3 <3 <3

Lotsssss of love to YOU! <3

pascal

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…sharing with you an unexpected little GEM that came into my HULU feed… gifting us with AMAZINGGGG PERFORMANCES and AMZINGGGG DIALOGS of 2 fantastic actors… Emma Thompson included (soooo admire her!)

Such a delicate and elegant approach to the very delicate subject of a wonderful Woman having, very tragically, lived a deeply boring and empty of pleasures sex life through her marriage – a reality sadly way too common 🙁 – and her deciding to hire a young make sex worker… and through it all bringing up in such an elegant and delightful way our minds and souls to ponder about so many realities of our lives and emotions… I so loved it and their 2 amazing performances makes it all a true gem…
(btw her “list” (she was a teacher all of her life) after the first third of the movie… is soooo incredibly cute and sad and funny and endearing all at once! )

I SO enjoyed that movie on so very many levels… hope you will too <3

Lots of love to you <3

pascal

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CHICKFLICK ROMANCE

ACTION + NUCLEAR WAR + MILITARY

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for those of you who, just like I once did when much younger, dreamt and wished for an instant of having been born … in a rich family… do not miss watching that GREAT new series on HULU about the GETTY tycoon (and should I say?… the very OPPOSITE of “TYCOON” when it comes to being loving and kind! 🙁 ) … not only will you super enjoy that great new show… but also now be SUPER THANKFUL to NOT have been born in such a family … but instead be born to parents very “rich” in what truly matters… love and unconditional love to their children… like mine definitely are and were… and I so wish yours are too <3

With lots of love to YOU <3

pascal
btw I am sooooo beyond LOVINGGGG watching all the further episodes… and as makes for such a most amazing life and family saga … and GETTY truly was as dysfunctional of a “tycoon” as you get!… but all of fascinating from a human study and interest standpoint… and also GUESS WHAT!? as an added bonus, the later episodes are taking us to… gorgeous ITALY!!!! <3 SOOOOO freaking GORGEOUS and soulful there… both in Rome as well as in the deep countryside and mountains!

Enjoy <3

for those of you who love TENNIS (like I used to <3 – my body hurts way too much these days and is way too weak to play anymore but… I get great happiness of course for those who can still enjoy it <3 – if YOU do? please hit a big serve for me <3 ) …. this is a very good portraying into the deep character of those 2 great players (and maybe “not so great” 😉 from a human kindness standpoint 😉 )

With much much love to YOU <3

pascal

… while unfortunately having yet another very struggling day healthwise… I am trying to still make the best of it by at least learning, and learning always more… about my favorite subject EVER <3 … Life and Human nature…

So amongst others, I have been watching another very powerful documentary on, tragically, YET another despicable predator who we all know by now, Harvey Weinstein… who did rape and abused and hurt SOOOOO many Women 🙁 and hurt them so deep in their soul and entire being that it has brought deep scars and pain to their entire life’s journey 🙁 … and it truly breaks my heart to know so 🙁

And as so I deeply understand, and have endless compassion for, why so many of his victims did not run away at the first sign or him being improper, and such whether they just did not have the strength or wiseness to do so in that moment due to their young age? or they just REALLY “wanted” what he was making them believe he would do for them?… or ANY other reason… and as WE ALL have been there 🙁 – I SO wish that all those who KNEW about it all (NOT the direct victims, but those who were in the know) DID STEP UP and set aside all the things that we so called “great” about being around him or working for him… and make the MORAL PRIORITY the fact that he WAS both DESTROYING LIVES and being a cruel PREDATOR… and THAT should, could… have been their priority in both offering true SUPPORT to the VICTIMS and ALSO in speaking up… it took WAY too long 🙁 and WAY too many VICTIMS (and 1 VICTIM is ALWAYS “1 too many” 🙁 ) for that to start to happen 🙁
If you KNOW of someone hurting others… PLEASE DO SPEAK UP… PLEASE <3 and by doing so YOU WILL DE FACTO SAVE LIVES <3

With lots of love to YOU <3

pascal

a very important movie for ALL of US to watch… and learn from… and learn about how totally soulless and literally CRIMINAL, some of (of course not ALL, many corporations, thankfully, DO have morals) of Corporate America can be… not hesitating to hurting and killing LOTS of human beings… without thinking twice… and in the sole name of MONEY and PROFITS.  Very very tragic… and very very IMPORTANT for all of us to know…

We can only have a tiny chance at making the world better and kinder… if we FIRST have, and want to look at, knowledge and awareness of what MUST be changed…  this movie accomplished that for me, and hopefully will for you too <3

Btw I was literally “raised on TEFLON” pans… that both my Papa and Maman swore by were the “best” thing in the world… hummmm…. I now learned different 🙁 but they did not know of course 🙁 … and you probably did not either 🙁

With lots of love to YOU <3

pascal

really sooooo deeply moving and heartbreaking in many ways but soooo important for us to watch!!! … so important for us to know… and to build always more love and empathy in our own hearts to offer to others… to all those less lucky than we are…
with lots of love to YOU
pascal

…for those of you who like POWERFUL movies reminding us to embrace always more gratefulness, and always more humility for how so many people are born with so much less “chances” and opportunities and I, and most likely you, had in our childhood, teenage years, in regards to being all SO privileged to a support system of loving and caring parents… instead of being left to the destiny of very poor suburbs and deeply broken up families…

This French movie, which is almost like a documentary, broke my heart a million times about realizing how incredibly HARD and TOUGH and PAINFUL and HOPELESS the lives of way too many young people are 🙁

It is one of the most tragically painful realities of our society, and especially in America (but of course also in every single country, as France in this movie) that there is such a giant dichotomy of “support system” and upbringing between one person born in family A… and another born in family B…

I could talk at length of all that always learn for my heart, my soul and my own journey… to be exposed to, and witness, the lives of those SO deeply less lucky than I have been… and maybe you too?…

It is of course NOT from watching “movies” from the “happy lives happy ending” of Hollywood mainstream productions that we ever learn ANYTHING about “real” life… and it is entirely up to each and everyone of us to sometimes at least… watch movies like this one…

Occasionally watching a movie like this one, WILL without a doubt better your heart and your soul and your whole journey in so many ways… and it will remind you, just as it always reminds me, of how incredibly PRIVILEGED our lives and our upbringing truly were… and how millions others were deprived of the same 🙁

With lots of love to YOU <3 and to all those who struggle so much as in this movie 🙁

pascal

super cute little FRENCH gem on Netflix! <3

I wanted to share with you this very little known, and very gentle and delicious mix of COMEDY and DRAMA and LOVE STORY… all beautifully juggled by a great scenario and great actors…

Very light and gentle to watch… and to feel about…

And a few “love making” scenes (even after 35 years in the USA… I still soooo don’t like the expression “having sex” as to me, “having a coffee” for example is, having a coffee for ME, exclusively… it is NOT about sharing and giving… as true love making should always be <3 at least my 2 cents about it! lol ) … so a few love making scenes or references in the movie which are in such a “French spirit” 😉 <3 (aka. more gentle than in most American movies… more connected… empty of any shaming or self shaming… just free and beautiful and enjoyable as it all should always be <3 at least I think so 😉 and love to live so 😉 ).

And the movie brings to our minds and hearts for an instant the beautiful “day dreaming” concept that… maybe from beautiful love making and emotional connection might be the whole key to eradicate all body’s illnesses…  too many things are painfully “real” in our days and news… why not day dream of beautiful ones for once ? <3

And also a few super cute… penguins as an added bonus to the movie (and a puppet/fake one where, unlike in Hollywood, they did not even put much effort at all lol … in making it look “real”! but… making up for it in additional beautiful emotions and love <3 ) .

With much love to YOU! <3

pascal

do one GENERIC MOVIE PAGE then 2 SUB CATEGROEIS? or ALL ON SAME PAGE?

a ” BEST FRENCH MOVIES & SERIES … selected for you by a native FRENCH MAN… living in the USA for 30 years… ”

Bonjour my dear Friends! <3

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Best new French Movies (2016) – Top Netflix & Cinema

FRENCH MOVIES
Yves Saint Laurent
It’s the official biopic on YSL, so if you love his work or are just intrigued by him you’ll jump at the opportunity to stream this gem. Watching Jalil Lespert’s film with period costumes and excellent performances by Pierre Niney and Guillaume Gallienne, you’ll not only get a portrait of the famed fashion designer but also of the entire world of Paris haute couture.

Great movie despiting wonderfully what the life, joys and struggles of this amazing designer must have been!

Would I want to watch it again a few years from now? (and if not, it means that to me it was worth enjoying allocating 2 hours of my life to it… mostly getting enjoytment from the brand new discovery of a brand new movie and acting and directing…but I would not allocate AGAIN another 2 hours to it J … ): YES! J
Do I regret having watched it? (meaning having allocated 2 hours of my life to it when, knowing now what I know about that movie, I would have otherwise never watched it and chosen another movie, or actiti00vty instead): DEFINITELY NOT! J

Pascal’s Personal Enthiusisams Rating: *****

The Players
The Model
Divine
A GREAT movie from the intense and deep truth of the emotions and life struggles depicted by those great (mostly young) actors!
It is a very “intense” movie from the deep struggles about life and love and emotions and friendship depistec by the actors… so if you want to “relax”… this is not the right movie… If you want to enlight your own life from learning what the lives and struggles of others are, and if you love movie with “real” emotions… then don’t miss it!

Would I want to watch it again a few years from now? (and if not, it means that to me it was worth enjoying allocating 2 hours of my life to it… mostly getting enjoytment from the brand new discovery of a brand new movie and acting and directing…but I would not allocate AGAIN another 2 hours to it J … ): YES! J

Do I regret having watched it? (meaning having allocated 2 hours of my life to it when, knowing now what I know about that movie, I would have otherwise never watched it and chosen another movie, or actiti00vty instead): DEFINITELY NOT! J

Pascal’s Personal Enthiusisams Rating: *****

Disorder
An ex military man with PTSD becomes a body guard to the wife and child of a rich Lebanese arm dealer.
I loved the “Frenchiness” of it (when I say that what I mean is that I love and very much appreciate how the acting of the actors, the script and the overall videosgprahy and directing is more low profile and “real life” like and more subtle and less “extreme” than sometimes American movies can depict…) and very much enjoyed it but would not rate is as a “great movie” by any stretch.  Just an enjoyable 2 hours…

Would I want to watch it again a few years from now? (and if not, it means that to me it was worth enjoying allocating 2 hours of my life to it… mostly getting enjoytment from the brand new discovery of a brand new movie and acting and directing…but I would not allocate AGAIN another 2 hours to it J … ): NO

Do I regret having watched it? (meaning having allocated 2 hours of my life to it when, knowing now what I know about that movie, I would have otherwise never watched it and chosen another movie, or actiti00vty instead): MAYBE  – SO SO…

https://frenchtwistdc.com/2015/03/04/20-plus-french-films-on-netflix/

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BEST NEW EUROPEAN CINEMA IN 2016 – NETFLIX & CINEMA

The country where cinema was born… the biggest and most important film industry of Europe. Where to start? An impossible task, but we somehow managed to compose a list of the best French movies. Definitely not exhaustive!

The Vore’s Film staff selects the top best French movies of 2016 in cinema or on DVD or Netfix. Are Olivier Assayas, Mia Hansen-Løve & Céline Sciamma France’s biggest directors?

Breaking down the best French films of 2014, and the new French films for 2015 proved to be one hell of a job. 2012 was already an excellent year for French cinema with Rust & Bone, Holy Motors and Dans La Maison, 2013 blew us away with modern classics like La Vie d’Adele.

I do not think that in the last decade I have been able to put together such a hugely diverse list consisting of 8 French films that each are masterpieces in their own right. 2013’s list gives the French cinephile more than he could ever hope for – it has romance, comedy, thrillers, but mainly interpersonal dramas revolving around themes such as sexuality & lust (in six out of the eight films our desires of the flesh are recurrent themes).

French Movies 2016
Popular actors Isabelle Huppert, Lars Eidinger & Nora von Waldstätten
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Best French movies on Netflix or DVD in 2016

Best French movies out on DVD, Bluray or VOD (Netflix, Amazon).

Personal Shopper (20-10-2016, 105 minutes)

After much praise for her appearance in ‘Clouds of Sils Maria’, Kristen Stewart returns in Assayas’ new feature. Personal Shopper is a surprising and unsettling film about a young American girl in Paris coming to terms with her deceased brother.

Starring Kristen Stewart, Lars Eidinger & Nora von Waldstätten
Director Olivier Assayas (Clouds of Sils Maria & L’heure D’ete)
Themes death, families, fashion, drama, supernatural,
Country France
Keywords captivating, chilling, mysterious,
Rating 82%
Buy/stream it  Amazon /   Netflix
Elle (21-05-2016, 130 minutes)

Paul Verhoeven’s brilliant return to form is a wildly funny and disturbing tale of a woman (Isabelle Huppert) determined to avenge her rapist. This might sound like your average exploitation revenge flick, but it isn’t like anything you’ve seen!

Starring Isabelle Huppert, Anne Consigny & Christian Berkel
Director Paul Verhoeven (Basic Instinct & Robocop)
Themes domestic violence, revenge, drama, thriller,
Country France
Keywords funny, thrilling, unpredictable,
Rating 84%
Buy/stream it  Amazon /   Netflix
Bande de Filles (18-10-2014, 113 minutes)

Sciamma is a master in potraying the growing pains of young girls. Naissance de Pieuvres dealt with a fourteen year old girl falling in love with another girl at a swimming pool during a hot long summer and Tomboy told the story of a ten year old cross dresser. Her latest effort is without a doubt her strongest; yet again a beautifully photographed film about a teenage girl from the outskirts of Paris dealing with love, friendship and gender issues. Please make sure to check out our LGBT list to read more on Sciamma’s films.

Starring Karidja Touré, Assa Sylla & Lindsay Karamoh
Director Céline Sciamma (Tomboy, Water Lilies & Ivory Tower)
Similar movies La Haine & Entre les Murs
Themes betrayal, growing up, drama,
Country France
Keywords amazing, first-class,
Rating 92%
Buy/stream it  Amazon /   Netflix
Clouds of Sils Maria (10-04-2015, 124 minutes)

Very recently, it was announced that Kristen Stewart is the first American actress in over a thirty years to be nominated for a César Award, the French equivalent of the Oscar. If it had not been sufficiently proved yet, then Clouds of Sils Maria absolutely does: there’s more to Stewart than that sulky girl in love with vampires. In Clouds, Kristen Stewart plays the agent of an aging actress Maria(Binoche) who becomes haunted by her past as she takes on a role in a play that once launched her career. The two rehearse in a remote villa in the French Alps, which ends up in a psychological clash between the young and the aging as Maria has to come to terms with her fading career.

Starring Juliette Binoche, Kristen Stewart & Chloë Grace Moretz
Director Olivier Assayas (Summer Hours, Clean & Paris, je t’aime)
Similar movies L’Avventura & Passion
Themes career, women, drama,
Country France Germany Switzerland
Keywords charismatic, mysterious,
Rating 84%
Buy/stream it  Amazon /   Netflix
La Vie D’Adele (19-10-2013, 179 minutes)

While the editors of Cahier du Cinema felt that L’inconnu du Lac topped La Vie d’Adele, I personally prefer the intimate, (lets just say it) voyeuristic portrait of a young French girl who is unsure of her sexual orientation in La Vie d’Adele. It is without a doubt the best French film of 2013 (for the US and UK 2014). In this coming of age story we follow Adele, a high schooler, who starts her first lesbian relationship with an enigmatic older bohemian artist played by Lea Seydoux. The film was immediately recognized for what it is, a masterpiece. It was honored with the Palme d’Or prize at Cannes Filmfestival, and the two female leads got special mentions. Besides much critical acclaim, there were non-sense objections made against the 10 minute love scene which was described as pornographic. The film got extra juicy when later on Seydoux and Exarchopoulos accused the French-Tunisian director of not making them feel comfortable and because of the harsh working conditions made them feel like prostitutes. In sum, more than enough reason to go see it.

Starring Léa Seydoux, Adèle Exarchopoulos & Salim Kechiouche
Director Abdellatif Kechiche (Black Venus, The Secret of the Grain & Games of Love and Chance)
Similar movies Show Me Love & Water Lilies
Themes love, women, drama, romance,
Country Belgium France Spain
Keywords powerful, romantic,
Rating 86%
Buy/stream it  Amazon /   Netflix
Eastern Boys (31-01-2014, 128 minutes)

Part thriller, part romance gay drama, Eastern Boys tells the story of Daniel, a middle-aged Parisian men who embarks on a potentially dangerous romantic relationship with a young immigrant from Eastern Europe. In his naivety, he invites the boy over at his house, unaware of his dangerous friends who use Daniel merely as a bait. Eastern Boys is one of those rare hybrid films which is both tender during its romantic scenes and nerve-wracking during others.

Starring Olivier Rabourdin, Kirill Emelyanov & Daniil Vorobyov
Director Robin Campillo (Les Revenants)
Similar movies Cuatro Lunas & Salvation Army
Themes orphans, social issue, drama,
Country France
Keywords charming, surprising,
Rating 75%
Buy/stream it  Amazon /   Netflix
Jeune et Jolie (25-04-2014, 95 minutes)

One of my favorite modern French filmmakers, François Ozon, never fails to beautifully frame intimate interpersonal dramas, often touching upon controversial and almost juicy topics, with great honesty and sincerity. Perhaps best known for his English/French spoken ‘thriller film’ Swimming Pool (2003), and more recently with one of the best French films of 2012, Dans la Maison (2012), Ozon released the highly anticipated Jeune et Jolie aka Young and Beautiful in early 2013. His film, featuring the astonishing Marine Vacth (above), portraits the story of a 17-year old upper-class Parisian girl who takes the exploration of sexuality to a whole new level by secretly trying her luck as a call girl. Jeune et Jolie, not unlike most Ozon films, is a visual treat, but perhaps lacks the depth of his previous films. Despite the often heard critique that the film is slightly superficial, Jeune et Jolie remains an absolute must-watch because it succeeds in making the viewer relate to – and understand the desire to sell your body, and the odd sense of satisfaction it accomplishes.

Starring Marine Vacth, Géraldine Pailhas & Frédéric Pierrot
Director François Ozon (Swimming Pool, 8 Women & In The House)
Similar movies À nos amours & No et Moi
Themes relationships, sex, drama,
Country France
Keywords intriguing, mysterious,
Rating 82%
Buy/stream it  Amazon /   Netflix
Les Salauds (06-10-2013, 100 minutes)

An a-typical ‘revenge’ film-noir that through mesmerizing yet disturbing scenes unfolds into a genre film without you realizing it. Completely stripped of actual action scenes, Les Salauds gets under your skin slowly, and does not let go until the end. The amazingly intuitive and visual storytelling by the experienced Claire Denis, keeps you in a constant a state of pleasant bewilderment, never really getting a grip on the characters, but strongly feeling their emotions. In the lead we find Marco, played by Vincent Lindon (Welcome, 2009)) who returns to Paris to target the man who Marco’s sister holds responsible for the suicide of her husband.

Starring Vincent Lindon, Chiara Mastroianni & Julie Bataille
Director Claire Denis (35 Shots of Rum, White Material & Trouble Every Day)
Similar movies Beau Travail & L’Intrus
Themes sex, substance abuse, drama,
Country France Germany
Keywords dark, gripping,
Rating 73%
Buy/stream it  Amazon /   Netflix
Venus in Fur (22-04-2014, 96 minutes)

Admittedly, the trailer of Venus in Fur, Roman Polanski’s latest project, is anything but inviting. Fortunately the film itself shows the genius of Roman Polanski, and deserves a place amongst the best French films 2013. The film is, in a nutshell, about an actress who desperately wants to persuade a director to cast her for a role in his play. La Vénus à la fourrure is very well received, and as not uncommon for Polanski films has also polarized the audience.

Starring Emmanuelle Seigner & Mathieu Amalric
Director Roman Polanski (The Pianist, The Ghost Writer & Chinatown)
Similar movies Carnage & Birdman
Themes city, competition, drama,
Country France Poland
Keywords based on a novel, fine,
Rating 73%
Buy/stream it  Amazon /   Netflix
L’inconnu du Lac (30-09-2013, 100 minutes)

In the current influx of gay-themed films L’inconnu du Lac is the top of the bill. It is magnificently subtle and spectacularly in-your-face at the same time. Placed in a Eric Rohmer kind of setting at a picturesque French lake where men come to spend their summer days, and occasionally have intercourse in the nearby woods. One of the sun and sex worshippers is Franck who falls in love with the attractive and manly Michel, one of the other guests, although he knows full well that Michel cannot be trusted and is highly dangerous. The film gives the viewer a great sense of the local gay-scene, and despite that the film is largely a very light story, it at one point slowly transforms into a dark yet subtle thriller. A modern French film by Alain Guiraudie (Le roi de l’évasion, 2009) that could truly become a cult classic.

Starring Pierre Deladonchamps, Christophe Paou & Patrick d’Assumçao
Director Alain Guiraudie (The King of Escape, No Rest for The Brave & That Old Dream That Moves)
Similar movies Cruising & Eastern Boys
Themes men, sex, drama, thriller,
Country France
Keywords controversial, incomparable,
Rating 80%
Buy/stream it  Amazon /   Netflix

New French movies out now

Best recent & upcoming French movies with release dates.

Frantz by François Ozon

Ozon’s latest is a beautiful film in black and white about a young woman mourning the death of fiance in the aftermath of World War I. Her life suddenly changes when an old friend of her deceased lover shows up… a recipe for a wheepy, you might think, but in the hands of Ozon, this films turns out to be quite something different.

Release date 07-09-2016
Country France
Starring Pierre Niney, Paula Beer & Ernst Stötzner
Previous releases 8 Femmes & Le Tempes Qui Reste
Associated with historical, romance, war,
Ma Loute by Bruno Dumont

Release date 13-05-2016
Country France
Starring Fabrice Luchini, Juliette Binoche & Valeria Bruni Tedeschi
Previous releases P’tit Quinquin & Hors Satan
Associated with comedy, historical,
Juste la fin du monde by Xavier Dolan

Release date 21-09-2016
Country Canada France
Starring Nathalie Baye, Vincent Cassel & Marion Cotillard
Previous releases J’ai tué ma mère & Mommy
Associated with drama, psychological,
Dheepan (09-10-2015, 109 minutes))

Director Jacques Audiard (Rust and Bone, Read My lips & A Prohphet)
Starring Jesuthasan Antonythasan, Kalieaswari Srinivasan & Claudine Vinasithamby
Similar movies Welcome & Illégal
Themes terrorism, third world, crime, drama,
Country France
Keywords authentic, intense,
Buy/stream it  Amazon /   Netflix
Love (30-10-2015, 135 minutes))

Director Gaspar Noé (I Stand Alone, Enter the Void & Irreversible)
Starring Aomi Muyock, Karl Glusman & Klara Kristin
Similar movies Baise-moi & Nymphomaniac
Themes love, sex, drama, romance,
Country France
Keywords controversial, sexy,
Buy/stream it  Amazon /   Netflix
Eden (19-06-2015, 131 minutes))

Mia Hansen-Love (who’s abovementioned directors’ Olivier Assayas wife by the way) directed a handful of small, beautiful films like Le Pére de mes Enfants (2009) and Un Amour de Jeunesse (2011). With Eden, she’ll probably reach a slightly bigger audience: the film unfolds the story of the rise of the French house scene in the nineties through the eyes of an aspiring DJ and is scored by electro icons Daft Punk.

Director Mia Hansen-Løve (Goodbye First Love, Father of My Children & Tout est pardonné)
Starring Félix de Givry, Pauline Etienne & Vincent Macaigne
Similar movies Last Days of Disco & 24 Hour Party People
Themes drugs, growing up, drama, musical,
Country France
Keywords great, life-like,
Buy/stream it  Amazon /   Netflix
La Tête Haute (13-05-2015, 120 minutes))

Director Emmanuelle Bercot (Polisse, On My Way & Backstage)
Starring Catherine Deneuve, Rod Paradot & Benoît Magimel
Similar movies Le dernier coup de marteau & Trois Souvenirs de ma Jeunesse
Themes ambitions, education, drama,
Country France
Keywords powerful, predictable,
Buy/stream it  Amazon /   Netflix
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Beloved (Les Bien Aimés)
This film by Christpohe Honoré with Louis Garrel, Catherine Deneuve and Chiara Mastroianni tells the story of a woman and her daughter spanning several decades from the 60s until today. Filmed in Prague, Reims, London and Paris, we follow the two women’s parallel destinies as they face life’s challenges. A beautiful and touching film about love, death and family with lovely music by Alex Beaupain sung by the actors themselves.

Life of Riley (Aimer, boire et chanter)
This Alain Resnais film with Sabine Azéma and Hippolyte Girardot was the director’s last and came out three weeks after his death in March of last year. In this vaudeville-style story, several of Resnais’ favorite actors incarnate the last days of theater actor George Riley who, upon learning he has a terminal illness, attempts to seduce three of his friends before he dies.

The Jewish Cardinal (Le métis de Dieu)
With Laurent Lucas and Aurélien Recoing, this film by Ilan Duran Cohen traces the life of cardinal Jean-Marie Lustiger who was archbishop of Paris from 1981 until 2005 and who was born Jewish. We see Lustiger’s rise within the church, his friendship with Pope John-Paul II and his struggle to close a convent based in Auschwitz.

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Isabelle Huppert and Sandrine Kiberlain give excellent performances in this comedic crime story directed by Serge Bozon. The two actresses star as the police of the police, sent to investigate the murder of an informant in a small town in the North of France. Francois Damiens also stars in a funny turn as a rural policeman.

Goodbye First Love (Un amour de jeunesse)
Mia Hansen-Love directs Lola Creton and Sebastian Urzendowsky in this passionate love story that spans several years and centers on two adolescents in contemporary France. Sensitive and poetic, the movie was filmed in Paris and Ardèche, with an especially beautiful performance by Lola Creton.

Blueroom (La Chambre Bleue)
Matthieu Amalric directs himself and Léa Drucker in this suspenseful crime story based on a novel by Simenon. A family man who has a good job in the French gambling industry rekindles a childhood flame and their passion becomes overwhelming, leading to high-stakes drama.

Captial (Le Capital)
This film by Costa-Gravras stars Gad Elmaleh, Bernard Lecoq, and Natacha Regnier. It’s a thriller set in the world of finance spanning Paris, New York and Miami. Elmaleh plays a Parisian banker with consuming ambition who gets caught up in managing a speculative American fund of extremely high value. Lots of suspense with a small dose of criticism of the financial system.

Say “Aah” (Tirez la langue, Mademoiselle)
Louise Bourgoin and Cédric Kahn star in Axelle Ropert’s second feature film. Two general practitioners living in Paris fall for the same woman — a single mother of one of the children for whom they are caring. It’s a comedy along the lines of Ropert’s first film, the excellent The Wolberg Family.

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Girlhood (Bande de Filles)
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Céline Sciamma’s filmwith Karidja Touré and Assa Sylla takes us into the daily life of Marieme, a young woman of 16 who is growing up in a bleak Parisian suburb and who relies on her bande de fille — group of girls — to help her navigate

Best French movies out on DVD, Bluray or VOD (Netflix, Amazon).

Personal Shopper (20-10-2016, 105 minutes)

After much praise for her appearance in ‘Clouds of Sils Maria’, Kristen Stewart returns in Assayas’ new feature. Personal Shopper is a surprising and unsettling film about a young American girl in Paris coming to terms with her deceased brother.

Starring Kristen Stewart, Lars Eidinger & Nora von Waldstätten
Director Olivier Assayas (Clouds of Sils Maria & L’heure D’ete)
Themes death, families, fashion, drama, supernatural,
Country France
Keywords captivating, chilling, mysterious,
Rating 82%
Buy/stream it  Amazon /   Netflix
Elle (21-05-2016, 130 minutes)

Paul Verhoeven’s brilliant return to form is a wildly funny and disturbing tale of a woman (Isabelle Huppert) determined to avenge her rapist. This might sound like your average exploitation revenge flick, but it isn’t like anything you’ve seen!

Starring Isabelle Huppert, Anne Consigny & Christian Berkel
Director Paul Verhoeven (Basic Instinct & Robocop)
Themes domestic violence, revenge, drama, thriller,
Country France
Keywords funny, thrilling, unpredictable,
Rating 84%
Buy/stream it  Amazon /   Netflix
Bande de Filles (18-10-2014, 113 minutes)

Sciamma is a master in potraying the growing pains of young girls. Naissance de Pieuvres dealt with a fourteen year old girl falling in love with another girl at a swimming pool during a hot long summer and Tomboy told the story of a ten year old cross dresser. Her latest effort is without a doubt her strongest; yet again a beautifully photographed film about a teenage girl from the outskirts of Paris dealing with love, friendship and gender issues. Please make sure to check out our LGBT list to read more on Sciamma’s films.

Starring Karidja Touré, Assa Sylla & Lindsay Karamoh
Director Céline Sciamma (Tomboy, Water Lilies & Ivory Tower)
Similar movies La Haine & Entre les Murs
Themes betrayal, growing up, drama,
Country France
Keywords amazing, first-class,
Rating 92%
Buy/stream it  Amazon /   Netflix
Clouds of Sils Maria (10-04-2015, 124 minutes)

Very recently, it was announced that Kristen Stewart is the first American actress in over a thirty years to be nominated for a César Award, the French equivalent of the Oscar. If it had not been sufficiently proved yet, then Clouds of Sils Maria absolutely does: there’s more to Stewart than that sulky girl in love with vampires. In Clouds, Kristen Stewart plays the agent of an aging actress Maria(Binoche) who becomes haunted by her past as she takes on a role in a play that once launched her career. The two rehearse in a remote villa in the French Alps, which ends up in a psychological clash between the young and the aging as Maria has to come to terms with her fading career.

Starring Juliette Binoche, Kristen Stewart & Chloë Grace Moretz
Director Olivier Assayas (Summer Hours, Clean & Paris, je t’aime)
Similar movies L’Avventura & Passion
Themes career, women, drama,
Country France Germany Switzerland
Keywords charismatic, mysterious,
Rating 84%
Buy/stream it  Amazon /   Netflix
La Vie D’Adele (19-10-2013, 179 minutes)

While the editors of Cahier du Cinema felt that L’inconnu du Lac topped La Vie d’Adele, I personally prefer the intimate, (lets just say it) voyeuristic portrait of a young French girl who is unsure of her sexual orientation in La Vie d’Adele. It is without a doubt the best French film of 2013 (for the US and UK 2014). In this coming of age story we follow Adele, a high schooler, who starts her first lesbian relationship with an enigmatic older bohemian artist played by Lea Seydoux. The film was immediately recognized for what it is, a masterpiece. It was honored with the Palme d’Or prize at Cannes Filmfestival, and the two female leads got special mentions. Besides much critical acclaim, there were non-sense objections made against the 10 minute love scene which was described as pornographic. The film got extra juicy when later on Seydoux and Exarchopoulos accused the French-Tunisian director of not making them feel comfortable and because of the harsh working conditions made them feel like prostitutes. In sum, more than enough reason to go see it.

Starring Léa Seydoux, Adèle Exarchopoulos & Salim Kechiouche
Director Abdellatif Kechiche (Black Venus, The Secret of the Grain & Games of Love and Chance)
Similar movies Show Me Love & Water Lilies
Themes love, women, drama, romance,
Country Belgium France Spain
Keywords powerful, romantic,
Rating 86%
Buy/stream it  Amazon /   Netflix
Eastern Boys (31-01-2014, 128 minutes)

Part thriller, part romance gay drama, Eastern Boys tells the story of Daniel, a middle-aged Parisian men who embarks on a potentially dangerous romantic relationship with a young immigrant from Eastern Europe. In his naivety, he invites the boy over at his house, unaware of his dangerous friends who use Daniel merely as a bait. Eastern Boys is one of those rare hybrid films which is both tender during its romantic scenes and nerve-wracking during others.

Starring Olivier Rabourdin, Kirill Emelyanov & Daniil Vorobyov
Director Robin Campillo (Les Revenants)
Similar movies Cuatro Lunas & Salvation Army
Themes orphans, social issue, drama,
Country France
Keywords charming, surprising,
Rating 75%
Buy/stream it  Amazon /   Netflix
Jeune et Jolie (25-04-2014, 95 minutes)

One of my favorite modern French filmmakers, François Ozon, never fails to beautifully frame intimate interpersonal dramas, often touching upon controversial and almost juicy topics, with great honesty and sincerity. Perhaps best known for his English/French spoken ‘thriller film’ Swimming Pool (2003), and more recently with one of the best French films of 2012, Dans la Maison (2012), Ozon released the highly anticipated Jeune et Jolie aka Young and Beautiful in early 2013. His film, featuring the astonishing Marine Vacth (above), portraits the story of a 17-year old upper-class Parisian girl who takes the exploration of sexuality to a whole new level by secretly trying her luck as a call girl. Jeune et Jolie, not unlike most Ozon films, is a visual treat, but perhaps lacks the depth of his previous films. Despite the often heard critique that the film is slightly superficial, Jeune et Jolie remains an absolute must-watch because it succeeds in making the viewer relate to – and understand the desire to sell your body, and the odd sense of satisfaction it accomplishes.

Starring Marine Vacth, Géraldine Pailhas & Frédéric Pierrot
Director François Ozon (Swimming Pool, 8 Women & In The House)
Similar movies À nos amours & No et Moi
Themes relationships, sex, drama,
Country France
Keywords intriguing, mysterious,
Rating 82%
Buy/stream it  Amazon /   Netflix
Les Salauds (06-10-2013, 100 minutes)

An a-typical ‘revenge’ film-noir that through mesmerizing yet disturbing scenes unfolds into a genre film without you realizing it. Completely stripped of actual action scenes, Les Salauds gets under your skin slowly, and does not let go until the end. The amazingly intuitive and visual storytelling by the experienced Claire Denis, keeps you in a constant a state of pleasant bewilderment, never really getting a grip on the characters, but strongly feeling their emotions. In the lead we find Marco, played by Vincent Lindon (Welcome, 2009)) who returns to Paris to target the man who Marco’s sister holds responsible for the suicide of her husband.

Starring Vincent Lindon, Chiara Mastroianni & Julie Bataille
Director Claire Denis (35 Shots of Rum, White Material & Trouble Every Day)
Similar movies Beau Travail & L’Intrus
Themes sex, substance abuse, drama,
Country France Germany
Keywords dark, gripping,
Rating 73%
Buy/stream it  Amazon /   Netflix
Venus in Fur (22-04-2014, 96 minutes)

Admittedly, the trailer of Venus in Fur, Roman Polanski’s latest project, is anything but inviting. Fortunately the film itself shows the genius of Roman Polanski, and deserves a place amongst the best French films 2013. The film is, in a nutshell, about an actress who desperately wants to persuade a director to cast her for a role in his play. La Vénus à la fourrure is very well received, and as not uncommon for Polanski films has also polarized the audience.

Starring Emmanuelle Seigner & Mathieu Amalric
Director Roman Polanski (The Pianist, The Ghost Writer & Chinatown)
Similar movies Carnage & Birdman
Themes city, competition, drama,
Country France Poland
Keywords based on a novel, fine,
Rating 73%
Buy/stream it  Amazon /   Netflix
L’inconnu du Lac (30-09-2013, 100 minutes)

In the current influx of gay-themed films L’inconnu du Lac is the top of the bill. It is magnificently subtle and spectacularly in-your-face at the same time. Placed in a Eric Rohmer kind of setting at a picturesque French lake where men come to spend their summer days, and occasionally have intercourse in the nearby woods. One of the sun and sex worshippers is Franck who falls in love with the attractive and manly Michel, one of the other guests, although he knows full well that Michel cannot be trusted and is highly dangerous. The film gives the viewer a great sense of the local gay-scene, and despite that the film is largely a very light story, it at one point slowly transforms into a dark yet subtle thriller. A modern French film by Alain Guiraudie (Le roi de l’évasion, 2009) that could truly become a cult classic.

Starring Pierre Deladonchamps, Christophe Paou & Patrick d’Assumçao
Director Alain Guiraudie (The King of Escape, No Rest for The Brave & That Old Dream That Moves)
Similar movies Cruising & Eastern Boys
Themes men, sex, drama, thriller,
Country France
Keywords controversial, incomparable,
Rating 80%
Buy/stream it  Amazon /   Netflix

New French movies out now

Best recent & upcoming French movies with release dates.

Frantz by François Ozon

Ozon’s latest is a beautiful film in black and white about a young woman mourning the death of fiance in the aftermath of World War I. Her life suddenly changes when an old friend of her deceased lover shows up… a recipe for a wheepy, you might think, but in the hands of Ozon, this films turns out to be quite something different.

Release date 07-09-2016
Country France
Starring Pierre Niney, Paula Beer & Ernst Stötzner
Previous releases 8 Femmes & Le Tempes Qui Reste
Associated with historical, romance, war,
Ma Loute by Bruno Dumont

Release date 13-05-2016
Country France
Starring Fabrice Luchini, Juliette Binoche & Valeria Bruni Tedeschi
Previous releases P’tit Quinquin & Hors Satan
Associated with comedy, historical,
Juste la fin du monde by Xavier Dolan

Release date 21-09-2016
Country Canada France
Starring Nathalie Baye, Vincent Cassel & Marion Cotillard
Previous releases J’ai tué ma mère & Mommy
Associated with drama, psychological,
Dheepan (09-10-2015, 109 minutes))

Director Jacques Audiard (Rust and Bone, Read My lips & A Prohphet)
Starring Jesuthasan Antonythasan, Kalieaswari Srinivasan & Claudine Vinasithamby
Similar movies Welcome & Illégal
Themes terrorism, third world, crime, drama,
Country France
Keywords authentic, intense,
Buy/stream it  Amazon /   Netflix
Love (30-10-2015, 135 minutes))

Director Gaspar Noé (I Stand Alone, Enter the Void & Irreversible)
Starring Aomi Muyock, Karl Glusman & Klara Kristin
Similar movies Baise-moi & Nymphomaniac
Themes love, sex, drama, romance,
Country France
Keywords controversial, sexy,
Buy/stream it  Amazon /   Netflix
Eden (19-06-2015, 131 minutes))

Mia Hansen-Love (who’s abovementioned directors’ Olivier Assayas wife by the way) directed a handful of small, beautiful films like Le Pére de mes Enfants (2009) and Un Amour de Jeunesse (2011). With Eden, she’ll probably reach a slightly bigger audience: the film unfolds the story of the rise of the French house scene in the nineties through the eyes of an aspiring DJ and is scored by electro icons Daft Punk.

Director Mia Hansen-Løve (Goodbye First Love, Father of My Children & Tout est pardonné)
Starring Félix de Givry, Pauline Etienne & Vincent Macaigne
Similar movies Last Days of Disco & 24 Hour Party People
Themes drugs, growing up, drama, musical,
Country France
Keywords great, life-like,
Buy/stream it  Amazon /   Netflix
La Tête Haute (13-05-2015, 120 minutes))

Director Emmanuelle Bercot (Polisse, On My Way & Backstage)
Starring Catherine Deneuve, Rod Paradot & Benoît Magimel
Similar movies Le dernier coup de marteau & Trois Souvenirs de ma Jeunesse
Themes ambitions, education, drama,
Country France
Keywords powerful, predictable,
Buy/stream it  Amazon /   Netflix

THE TOP TEN FRENCH MOVIES ON NETFLIX

Bande de Filles (Girlhood), 2014

Genre: Drama

Directed by: Céline Sciamma

Starring: Karidja Touré, Assa Sylla, Linday Karamoh

Amélie, 2001

Genre: Comedy, Romance

Directed by: Jean-Pierre Jeunet

Starring: Audrey Tautou, Mathieu Kassovitz

Une Femme Est Une Femme (A Woman Is a Woman), 1967

Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance

Directed by: Jean-Luc Godard

Starring: Jean-Claude Brialy, Anna Karina, Jean-Paul Belmondo

Ne Le Dis À Personne (Tell No One), 2006

Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery

Directed by: Guillaume Canet

Starring: François Cluzet, Marie-Josée Croze

Deux Jours À Paris (Two Days in Paris), 2007

Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance

Directed by: Julie Delpy

Starring: Julie Delpy, Adam Goldberg, Daniel Brühl

Les Émotifs Anonymes (Romantics Anonymous), 2010

Genre: Comedy, Romance

Directed by: Jean-Pierre Améris

Starring: Benoît Poelvoorde, Isabelle Carré

The Intouchables, 2012

Genre: Biography, Comedy, Drama

Directed by: Olivier Nakache & Éric Toledano

Starring: François Cluzet, Omar Sy

Une Vie De Chat (A Cat in Paris), 2012

Genre: Animation, Crime, Family

Directed by:Jean-Loup Felicioli & Alain Gagnol

Starring: Dominique Blanc, Jean Benguigui

Le Goût Des Autres (The Taste of Others), 2000

Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance

Directed by: Agnès Jaoui

Starring: Anne Alvaro, Jean-Pierre Bacri, Alain Chabat

French Movies on Netflix

Last updated December 15, 2016

Dreams of Dust

2007 | NR | 3.3 out of 5 Stars

Nigerian farmer Mocktar comes to Essakane, a dusty gold mining camp in Burkina Faso, seeking work. Haunted by a tragedy-laden past, Mocktar stoically adapts to the horrid working conditions of his fellow miners. Enter the beautiful widow Coumba, who shares Mocktar’s endurance but dreams of a better life. Director Laurent Salgues also penned this independent drama about greed and redemption, a 2007 Sundance Film Festival competition entry.
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OSS 117: Lost in Rio

2009 | NR | 3.3 out of 5 Stars

When outrageously chauvinistic French secret agent OSS 117 (Jean Dujardin) journeys to Cold War-era Rio de Janeiro to recover a top-secret microfilm, gorgeous Israeli Nazi-hunter Dolorès Koulechov (Louise Monot) joins in the quest. But as the pair zero in on their quarry, the hapless Frenchman’s disdain for Koulechov’s gender and nationality threaten their mission. Michel Hazanavicius directs this delightful parody of James Bond-esque films.
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L’Age D’Or

1930 | NR | 3.3 out of 5 Stars

What begins as a documentary about scorpions evolves into a shocking examination of lust when a nameless man and woman attempt to consummate their sexual desire but are continually thwarted by the forces of righteousness.
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Monsieur Hire

1989 | NR | 3.3 out of 5 Stars

Reclusive middle-aged bachelor Monsieur Hire spies on a woman through her undraped windows. She seems to welcome the attention until a 22-year-old woman’s nude corpse turns up in the vicinity and suspicion quickly falls on the voyeuristic Hire.
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High Lane

2009 | NR | 3.3 out of 5 Stars

In this French thriller, a mountain climbing trail closed to the rest of civilization becomes a path to adventure and horror for a group of friends who dare to go beyond its barriers. It’s not just because they trespassed into forbidden territory or because they’re testing the laws of gravity. It’s because they’re not the only ones willing to push the envelope out there, and their visitor isn’t very welcoming at all.
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Love Crime

2010 | NR | 3.3 out of 5 Stars

French director Alain Corneau delivers a chilling tale of two ambitious women — a senior executive and her eager young assistant — whose professional appetites grow dangerously personal as they jockey for power.
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The Princess of Montpensier

2010 | NR | 3.3 out of 5 Stars

Aristocrat Marie de Mézières (Mélanie Thierry) loves the dashing Duke Henri de Guise (Gaspard Ulliel), but her father (Philippe Magnan) forces her to marry a prince she doesn’t know (Grégoire Leprince-Ringuet). With her new husband at war, Marie’s passion for Henri grows stronger than ever. Bertrand Tavernier directs this historical drama set against a backdrop of religious conflict in 16th-century France.
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Happily Ever After

2005 | NR | 3.3 out of 5 Stars

Writer, director and actor Yvan Attal trains his lens on the vicissitudes of love, marriage and monogamy in this crisp romantic comedy. Married with children, Vincent (Attal) is cheating on his wife, Gabrielle (Charlotte Gainsbourg), who’s having thoughts of infidelity herself. Meanwhile, Georges (Alain Chabat) dreams of release from his constrictive marriage, and bachelor playboy Fred (Alain Cohen) longs for a committed relationship.
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Rapt

2009 | NR | 3.3 out of 5 Stars

When corporate figurehead Stanislas Graff is kidnapped and held for an absurd ransom of 50 million Euros, the police and powerful business he represents are forced to debate whether one man’s life is worth that much money.
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J.S. Bach: The Music, The Life, The Legend

2003 | NR | 3.3 out of 5 Stars

A dramatic exploration of the life and struggles of the great composer, J.S. Bach, from his orphaning at the age of nine, through his struggles for the freedom to compose music in a restrictive society, to his eventual recognition after death.
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Nobody Else But You

2011 | NR | 3.3 out of 5 Stars

A local beauty’s death is ruled suicide by sleeping pills, but crime novelist Rousseau doesn’t buy it. Reality turns out to be stranger than fiction — and a source of inspiration — as he uncovers the truth about the woman’s past.
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White Mane

1953 | NR | 3.3 out of 5 Stars

A young boy (Alain Emery) grows entranced with a magnificent wild horse in a remote part of southern France after watching the local cowboys try to break it. Sensing that the lad’s motives are different, the stallion slowly lets the young rider tame him. Director Albert Lamorisse shows nature at its most raw and powerful in an unforgettable tale of trust and freedom that was honored with the Grand Jury Prize at Cannes.
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The Trial

1962 | NR | 3.3 out of 5 Stars

Director Orson Welles’s brilliant adaptation of Franz Kafka’s existential novel casts Anthony Perkins as Josef K, a bank clerk who finds himself at the mercy of a powerful and bizarre judicial system when he’s arrested for an unnamed crime.
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My Piece of the Pie

2011 | NR | 3.3 out of 5 Stars

In this topical morality tale, a single mother laid off from her factory job takes a position as a housemaid and nanny for a cocky commodities trader, only to discover that his financial maneuvering caused the closure of the plant where she worked.
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Change of Plans

2009 | NR | 3.3 out of 5 Stars

A Parisian dinner party sets the stage for this comedy of manners about a group of acquaintances and their strained, dysfunctional romantic relationships. As the guest list grows, a simple outing unravels into chaos.
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My Own Love Song

2010 | NR | 3.3 out of 5 Stars

Years after a life-changing car accident that left her paralyzed, a wheelchair-bound woman (Renée Zellweger) embarks on a cross-country journey to reconnect with her long-lost son, accompanied by a friend (Forest Whitaker) who won’t let her wallow in self-pity. She used to be a singer, but lately, she’s lost her voice. Maybe facing her emotional demons will bring music back into her life. Olivier Dahan (La Vie en Rose) writes and directs.
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After Fall, Winter

2012 | NR | 3.3 out of 5 Stars

He’s a writer in exile with a taste for S & M. She’s a caregiver for the terminally ill who moonlights as a dominatrix. A match made in heaven? Perhaps not, but when the two meet in Paris, their weeklong relationship has long-term repercussions.
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The Horde

2009 | NR | 3.3 out of 5 Stars

When four corrupt policemen invade a gangster’s hideout near Paris to avenge the death of their colleague, they quickly find themselves outmanned, outgunned and trapped. That is, until a legion of vicious zombies swarms through the building.
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The Assault

2010 | NR | 3.3 out of 5 Stars

In this dramatization of a real-life tragedy, an Air France flight is hijacked on Christmas Eve before leaving the ground in Algiers. The events unfold from the perspectives of a terrorist, a special ops trooper and a foreign ministry analyst.
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Black

2009 | NR | 3.3 out of 5 Stars

In the wake of a robbery attempt gone awry, African-born thief Black narrowly survives a police shootout and jumps at a chance to go to Senegal, where he’s been tasked with seizing a cache of diamonds. But it’s hardly the easy job he envisioned.
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Vengeance

2009 | NR | 3.3 out of 5 Stars

Today, Costello (French music and film icon Johnny Hallyday) is a skilled chef. Twenty years ago, he was a cold-blooded killer working for the mob. But when a horrific tragedy befalls the family of his daughter (Sylvie Testud), Costello returns to his old ways. Journeying from France to Hong Kong, our culinary hero prepares to serve up revenge on a host of bad guys in this bloody tale from acclaimed action director Johnnie To.
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Going Places

1974 | NR | 3.2 out of 5 Stars

In an effort to flout bourgeois morality, two decadent drifters go on a bizarre crime spree. The vagabonds wander the French countryside looking for trouble — and find it when they kidnap a jaded beautician and cross paths with a lusty ex-convict.
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I’ll Sing for You

2001 | NR | 3.2 out of 5 Stars

Everyone in Mali thought 1960s musician Boubacar “KarKar” Traore was dead … until a music producer discovered one of the former star’s old recordings and tracked him down. KarKar’s circumstances had changed, but his soul-stirring music had not.
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Mademoiselle Chambon

2009 | NR | 3.2 out of 5 Stars

When shy schoolteacher and gifted violinist Véronique Chambon (Sandrine Kiberlain) invites blue-collar construction worker Jean (Vincent Lindon) to speak to her class about his trade, she’s surprised to find herself irresistibly attracted to him — and the feeling is mutual. But the gulf in their social positions and Jean’s marital status complicate matters in this quiet drama, which snagged an Independent Spirit Award nod for Best Foreign Film.
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The 10 Best French Movies on Netflix for French Learners

In the mood for a cinematic treat?

Many French learners already know that watching moviesis one of the best and most pleasurable ways to learn through immersion.

Some are even aware of techniques for using movies to accelerate their learning.

Finding the movies themselves, though?

That can be a hassle!

You have a limited amount of time and don’t want to waste it watching something boring. Even worse, imagine starting a movie only to find that it involves absolutely no French conversation!

FluentU offers fun, authentic French videos specially selected for learners.

But when it comes to feature films, you’re sorta left to fend for yourself. Which can be tough.

That’s why we’ve put together a list of the best films for French learners that are currently on Netflix.

We’ve considered not only the quality of the movies but also the features included—all in order to give you the best possible learning experience.

All you have to do is sit back and enjoy!

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What Makes a French Movie Ideal for Learning

Before we get into the movies themselves, here’s a look at factors that went into their selection.

Continuous Dialogue

To state the obvious, if there’s not a whole of talking in a movie, it’s not going to help your French comprehension. For improving your listening, more loquacious characters are ideal. The films below all contain a lot of talking. That’s not to say they’re nothing but talking, but they’ll give you a hefty earful of modern, real-world French.

And if you wind up wanting more where that came from, FluentU is your one stop shop for awesome video material loaded up with authentic French speech.

FluentU lets you learn French from real-world content like music videos, commercials, news broadcasts, cartoons and inspiring talks. Since this video content is stuff that native French speakers actually watch on the regular, you’ll get the opportunity to learn real French—the way it’s spoken in modern life.

One quick look will give you an idea of the diverse content found on FluentU:

Love the thought of learning French with native materials but afraid you won’t understand what’s being said? FluentU brings authentic French videos within reach of any learner. Interactive captions will guide you along the way, so you’ll never miss a word.

Tap on any word to see a definition, in-context usage examples, audio pronunciation, helpful images and more. For example, if you tap on the word “suit,” then this is what appears on your screen:

Don’t stop there, though. Use FluentU’s learn mode to actively practice all the vocabulary in any video with vocabulary lists, flashcards, quizzes and fun activities like “fill in the blank.”

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