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Cast

Keanu Reeves

Donnie Yen

Bill Skarsgu00e5rd

Ian McShane

John Wick: Chapter 4 (2023)

7.7 8.1K votes

Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller

Country: Germany, United States of America

Duration: 170 min.

Audience: R

Story: With the price on his head ever increasing, John Wick uncovers a path to defeating The High Table. But before he can earn his freedom, Wick must face off against a new enemy with powerful alliances across the globe and forces that turn old friends into foes.

Plot: new york city, martial arts, berlin, germany, paris, france, hitman, sequel, ...

Cast

Tomer Sisley

Philypa Phoenix

Yannig Samot

Cu00f4me Levin

Balthazar (2018) TV Show

7.7 125 votes

Genre: Crime

Country: France

Seasons: 5

Episodes: 38

Audience: TV-MA

Story: Facing a series of complex murder cases, new police commander Hélène Bach must learn to work with the brilliant yet exasperating Raphaël, who can make the dead speak like no-one else.

Plot: police

Place: france

Lupin (2021) TV Show

7.7 2.6K votes

Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery

Country: France

Seasons: 3

Episodes: 25

Audience: TV-MA

Story: Inspired by the adventures of Arsène Lupin, gentleman thief Assane Diop sets out to avenge his father for an injustice inflicted by a wealthy family.

Plot: paris, france, based on novel or book, investigation, police, thief, revenge, heist, ...

Cast

Jim Caviezel

Guy Pearce

Richard Harris

James Frain

The Count of Monte Cristo (2002)

7.7 2.0K votes

Genre: Adventure, Drama, History

Country: Ireland, United States of America

Duration: 131 min.

Audience: PG-13

Story: Young sailor Edmond Dantès is wrongfully imprisoned, escapes, finds treasure, and reinvents himself as the wealthy Count of Monte Cristo to exact revenge on those who betrayed him.

Plot: treasure, based on novel or book, loss of loved one, marseille, france, female lover, ex-lover, napoleon bonaparte, ...

Time: 19th century

Cléo from 5 to 7 (1962)

7.7 787 votes

Genre: Drama

Country: France, Italy

Duration: 90 min.

Audience: NR

Story: Agnès Varda eloquently captures Paris in the sixties with this real-time portrait of a singer set adrift in the city as she awaits test results of a biopsy. A chronicle of the minutes of one woman’s life, Cléo from 5 to 7 is a spirited mix of vivid vérité and melodrama, featuring a score by Michel Legrand and cameos by Jean-Luc Godard and Anna Karina.

Plot: individual, paris, france, singer, cancer, black and white, woman director, day in a life, ...

Cast

George Blagden

Alexander Vlahos

Tygh Runyan

Stuart Bowman

Versailles (2015) TV Show

7.7 228 votes

Genre: Drama

Country: France, United Kingdom

Seasons: 3

Episodes: 30

Audience: TV-MA

Story: The story of a young Louis XIV on his journey to become the most powerful monarch in Europe, from his battles with the fronde through his development into the Sun King. Historical and fictional characters guide us in a world of betrayal and political maneuvering, revealing Versailles in all its glory and brutality.

Plot: royal family, versailles, romance, historical fiction, king, period drama, political intrigue , french court, ...

Time: 17th century

Place: france

Cast

Ramy Youssef

7.6 5.6K votes

Genre: Comedy, Romance, Science Fiction

Country: Ireland, United Kingdom

Duration: 141 min.

Audience: R

Story: Brought back to life by an unorthodox scientist, a young woman runs off with a lawyer on a whirlwind adventure across the continents. Free from the prejudices of her times, she grows steadfast in her purpose to stand for equality and liberation.

Plot: ship, london, england, experiment, paris, france, based on novel or book, obsession, ...

Cast

Agnu00e8s Varda

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Bodan Litnanski

Franu00e7ois Wertheimer

The Gleaners and I (2000)

7.6 223 votes

Genre: Documentary

Country: France

Duration: 82 min.

Audience: NR

Story: Varda focuses her eye on gleaners: those who scour already-reaped fields for the odd potato or turnip. Her investigation leads from forgotten corners of the French countryside to off-hours at the green markets of Paris, following those who insist on finding a use for that which society has cast off, whether out of necessity or activism.

Plot: countryside, collecting, handheld camera, salvage, woman director, harvest, trash, potatoes, ...

Place: france

Cast

Jeanne Moreau

Maurice Ronet

Georges Poujouly

Yori Bertin

Elevator to the Gallows (1958)

7.6 707 votes

Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller

Country: France

Duration: 92 min.

Audience: NR

Story: A self-assured businessman murders his employer, husband of his mistress, which unintentionally provokes an ill-fated chain of events.

Plot: secret love, paris, france, car race, suicide attempt, arms deal, photography, camera, ...

Cast

John Wayne

Robert Mitchum

Henry Fonda

Richard Burton

The Longest Day (1962)

7.6 1.0K votes

Genre: Action, Drama, War

Country: United States of America

Duration: 178 min.

Audience: PG

Story: The retelling of June 6, 1944, from the perspectives of the Germans, US, British, Canadians, and the Free French. Marshall Erwin Rommel, touring the defenses being established as part of the Reich's Atlantic Wall, notes to his officers that when the Allied invasion comes they must be stopped on the beach. "For the Allies as well as the Germans, it will be the longest day"

Plot: steel helmet, resistance, allies, normandy, france, based on true story, d-day, historical fiction, ...

Time: world war ii

Cast

Alain Delon

Bourvil

Gian Maria Volontu00e9

Yves Montand

Le Cercle Rouge (1970)

7.6 731 votes

Genre: Crime, Thriller

Country: France, Italy

Duration: 140 min.

Audience: NR

Story: When French criminal Corey gets released from prison, he resolves to never return. He is quickly pulled back into the underworld, however, after a chance encounter with escaped murderer Vogel. Along with former policeman and current alcoholic Jansen, they plot an intricate jewel heist. All the while, quirky Police Commissioner Mattei, who was the one to lose custody of Vogel, is determined to find him.

Plot: prison, corruption, paris, france, escape, police, pimp, ex-cop, ...

Cast

Jean-Louis Trintignant

Stefania Sandrelli

Gastone Moschin

Dominique Sanda

The Conformist (1971)

7.6 771 votes

Genre: Drama

Country: Germany, France

Duration: 108 min.

Audience: R

Story: A weak-willed Italian man becomes a fascist flunky who goes abroad to arrange the assassination of his old teacher, now a political dissident.

Plot: paris, france, hitman, fascism, childhood trauma, benito mussolini, political assassination, conformity, ...

Place: italy

Cast

Juliette Binoche

Benou00eet Ru00e9gent

Florence Pernel

Charlotte Vu00e9ry

Three Colors: Blue (1993)

7.6 1.9K votes

Genre: Drama

Country: France, Poland

Duration: 98 min.

Audience: R

Story: The wife of a famous composer survives a car accident that kills her husband and daughter. Now alone, she shakes off her old identity and explores her newfound freedom but finds that she is unbreakably bound to other humans, including her husband’s mistress, whose existence she never suspected.

Plot: paris, france, composer, pain, to compose, loss of loved one, psychological drama, french

Place: france

Cast

Victoire du Bois

Lucie Boujenah

Tiphaine Daviot

Ralph Amoussou

Marianne (2019) TV Show

7.6 587 votes

Genre: Mystery

Country: France

Seasons: 1

Episodes: 8

Audience: TV-MA

Story: When a novelist realizes her terrifying stories are coming true, she returns to her hometown to face the demons from her past that inspire her writing.

Style: haunting

Plot: ocean, supernatural, demon, ghost, evil witch, supernatural horror, horror

Place: france

Cast

Lily Collins

Philippine Leroy-Beaulieu

Ashley Park

Lucas Bravo

Emily in Paris (2020) TV Show

7.6 1.6K votes

Genre: Comedy, Drama

Country: United States of America

Seasons: 6

Episodes: 50

Audience: TV-MA

Story: New passions. New fashions. New Emily? A plucky American marketing whiz spreads her wings in life and love after landing her dream job in Paris.

Plot: paris, france, marketing, friendship, love, romcom, female protagonist, american abroad, ...

Cast

Kad Merad

Anna Mouglalis

Astrid Whettnall

Alex Lutz

Baron Noir (2016) TV Show

7.6 57 votes

Genre: Crime, Drama

Country: France

Seasons: 3

Episodes: 24

Story: In a tale of epic scale, French politician Philippe Rickwaert thirsts for revenge against his political enemies. Philippe’s political career is in shambles after he is sacrificed by the presidential candidate from the Left, Francis Laugier, in order to save his election. Step by step, Philippe plots against him and forges an alliance with his closest advisor, Amélie Dorendeu.

Plot: politics, french politics, french president

Place: france

Cast

Damien Bonnard

Alexis Manenti

Djebril Zonga

Steve Tientcheu

Les Misérables (2019)

7.6 1.6K votes

Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller

Country: France

Duration: 104 min.

Audience: R

Story: Stéphane has recently joined the Anti-Crime Squad in Montfermeil, in the suburbs of Paris, France, where Victor Hugo set his famed novel “Les Miserables”. Alongside his new colleagues Chris and Gwada – both experienced members of the team – he quickly discovers tensions running high between local gangs. When the trio finds themselves overrun during the course of an arrest, a drone captures the encounter, threatening to expose the reality of everyday life.

Plot: police brutality, paris, france, based on novel or book, police, ghetto, riot, drone, ...

Time: 2000s

Cast

Eddie Redmayne

Alicia Vikander

Matthias Schoenaerts

Ben Whishaw

The Danish Girl (2015)

7.5 6.0K votes

Genre: Drama

Country: Belgium, United Kingdom

Duration: 119 min.

Audience: R

Story: When Gerda Wegener asks her husband Einar to fill in as a portrait model, Einar discovers the person she's meant to be and begins living her life as Lili Elbe. Having realized her true self and with Gerda's love and support, Lili embarks on a groundbreaking journey as a transgender pioneer.

Plot: paris, france, based on novel or book, copenhagen, denmark, artist, painter, historical fiction, ...

Time: 1920s

Place: denmark

Cast

Jean Reno

Mu00e9lanie Laurent

Gad Elmaleh

Raphau00eblle Agoguu00e9

The Round Up (2010)

7.5 1.0K votes

Genre: Drama, History, War

Country: France, Germany

Duration: 115 min.

Audience: 12

Story: A faithful retelling of the 1942 "Vel' d'Hiv Roundup" and the events surrounding it.

Plot: paris, france, war crimes, based on true story, woman director, nazi occupation, jewish family, occupied france (1940-44), ...

Time: world war ii

Cast

Gaspard Manesse

Raphael Fejtu00f6

Francine Racette

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Stanislas Carru00e9 de Malberg

Au Revoir les Enfants (1987)

7.5 734 votes

Genre: Drama, War

Country: Germany, France

Duration: 105 min.

Audience: PG

Story: Au revoir les enfants tells a heartbreaking story of friendship and devastating loss concerning two boys living in Nazi-occupied France. At a provincial Catholic boarding school, the precocious youths enjoy true camaraderie—until a secret is revealed. Based on events from writer-director Malle’s own childhood, the film is a subtle, precisely observed tale of courage, cowardice, and tragic awakening.

Plot: parent child relationship, resistance, vichy regime, holocaust (shoah), deportation, jew persecution, auschwitz-birkenau concentration camp, national socialism, ...

Time: world war ii

Place: france

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