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Cast

Gillian Jacobs

Cory Michael Smith

Lucas Englander

Corey Stoll

Transatlantic (2023) TV Show

6.4 78 votes

Genre: Drama, War

Country: Germany

Seasons: 1

Episodes: 7

Audience: TV-14

Story: Two Americans and their allies form a scrappy rescue operation in 1940 Marseilles to help artists, writers and other refugees fleeing Europe during WWII. Transatlantic is a historical drama television miniseries created by Anna Winger and Daniel Hendler, based on the 2019 novel The Flight Portfolio by Julie Orringer. The novel explores the historic Emergency Rescue Committee that operated in Marseilles, Spain, and Portugal in 1940 after the fall of France. The series includes or refers to well-known artists or scholars of the time who were saved by the Committee or interacted with it. The series closed the 2023 Series Mania festival in March, ahead of its Netflix premiere on 7 April 2023.

Style: inspiring

Plot: based on novel or book, holocaust (shoah), nazi, miniseries, historical, transatlantic, social issues, refugees, ...

Time: world war ii

Place: france

Cast

Catherine Frot

Andru00e9 Marcon

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Michel Fau

Christa Thu00e9ret

Marguerite (2015)

6.3 292 votes

Genre: Comedy, Drama, Music

Country: Belgium, France

Duration: 127 min.

Story: Paris in the 1920s. Marguerite Dumont is a wealthy woman with a passion for music and the opera. For years, she has performed regularly for a circle of guests. But Marguerite sings tragically out of tune and no one has ever told her. Her husband and her close friends have always encouraged her in her illusions. Things become very complicated the day she gets it into her head to perform in front of a genuine public, at the Opera.

Plot: infidelity, opera, concert, husband wife relationship, paris, france, photographer, bourgeoisie, ...

Time: 1920s

Cast

Idris Elba

Richard Madden

Charlotte Le Bon

Kelly Reilly

Bastille Day (2016)

6.3 1.5K votes

Genre: Action

Country: France, United Kingdom

Duration: 92 min.

Audience: R

Story: Michael Mason is an American pickpocket living in Paris who finds himself hunted by the CIA when he steals a bag that contains more than just a wallet. Sean Briar, the field agent on the case, soon realises that Michael is just a pawn in a much bigger game and is also his best asset to uncover a large-scale conspiracy.

Plot: central intelligence agency (cia), bomb, bank, intelligence agency, terrorism, counter intelligence, french police

Place: france

Cast

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Valentine Lescure

Natacha Ru00e9gnier

Ju00e9ru00f4me Cachon

Vladimir Consigny

Marseille (2016) TV Show

6.3 66 votes

Genre: Crime, Drama

Country: France

Seasons: 2

Episodes: 16

Audience: TV-MA

Story: The longtime mayor of Marseille is preparing to hand over the reins to his protégé when a sudden and ruthless battle erupts for control of the city.

Plot: marseille, france, mayor, politics, rivalry, mayoral election

Place: france

Cast

Kate Winslet

Matthias Schoenaerts

Alan Rickman

Stanley Tucci

A Little Chaos (2015)

6.3 695 votes

Genre: Drama, Romance

Country: United Kingdom, United States of America

Duration: 117 min.

Audience: R

Story: A landscape gardener is hired by famous architect Le Nôtre to construct the grand gardens at the palace of Versailles. As the two work on the palace, they find themselves drawn to each other and are thrown into rivalries within the court of King Louis XIV.

Plot: adultery, infidelity, jealousy, paris, france, suppressed past, garden, palace, ...

Time: 17th century

Place: france

Cast

Franz Rogowski

Ben Whishaw

Adu00e8le Exarchopoulos

Erwan Kepoa Falu00e9

Passages (2023)

6.3 236 votes

Genre: Drama, Romance

Country: France

Duration: 92 min.

Audience: NR

Story: Tomas and Martin are a gay couple living in Paris whose marriage is thrown into crisis when Tomas impulsively begins a passionate affair with young schoolteacher Agathe. But when Martin begins an affair of his own, Tomas must confront life decisions he may be unprepared—or unwilling—to deal with.

Plot: infidelity, paris, france, love triangle, pregnancy, eroticism, bisexuality, narcissism, ...

Cast

Joaquin Phoenix

Vanessa Kirby

Tahar Rahim

Rupert Everett

Napoleon (2023)

6.3 3.2K votes

Genre: Action, Drama, History

Country: United States of America

Duration: 158 min.

Audience: R

Story: An epic that details the checkered rise and fall of French Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte and his relentless journey to power through the prism of his addictive, volatile relationship with his wife, Josephine.

Plot: empire, general, biography, napoleon bonaparte, based on true story, napoleonic wars, violence

Time: 18th century, 19th century

Place: france

Cast

Yekaterina Golubeva

Richard Courcet

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Vincent Dupont

Laurent Gru00e9vill

I Can't Sleep (1994)

6.3 21 votes

Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller

Country: France, Germany

Duration: 108 min.

Audience: NR

Story: Ninon is a spirited hotel-manager who teaches self-defense classes to her terrified eldery neighbors. Daiga, an aspiring Lithuanian actress newly arrived to Paris, becomes fascinated with the life of a mysteriously beautiful drag performer.

Plot: husband wife relationship, paris, france, drag queen, transvestite, drug addiction, immigration, language barrier, ...

Cast

Isabelle Huppert

Jean-Franu00e7ois Balmer

Christophe Malavoy

Jean Yanne

Madame Bovary (1991)

6.3 148 votes

Genre: Drama

Country: France

Duration: 143 min.

Audience: PG-13

Story: In 19th-century France, doctor's wife Emma Bovary seeks to escape her dull provincial life through various extramarital affairs and extravagant spending, leading to tragic consequences.

Plot: adultery, based on novel or book, bourgeoisie, normandy, france, debt collector, sexually empowered woman, female empowerment

Time: 19th century

Place: france

Cast

Du00e9borah Ru00e9vy

Hu00e9lu00e8ne Zimmer

Gowan Didi

Johnny Amaro

Desire (2011)

6.3 1.4K votes

Genre: Drama, Romance

Country: France

Duration: 103 min.

Audience: R

Story: In a social context deteriorated by a countrywide economic crisis, the life of several people will be turned upside down after they meet Cécile, a character who symbolizes desire.

Plot: sexuality, sexual fantasy, unfaithfulness, promiscuity, prostitution, lust, couple, desire, ...

Place: france

Cast

Samy Naceri

Fru00e9du00e9ric Diefenthal

Marion Cotillard

Emma Wiklund

Taxi 2 (2000)

6.3 1.9K votes

Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy

Country: France

Duration: 82 min.

Audience: 12

Story: A cabdriver and a cop race to Paris to rescue a love interest and the Japanese minister of defense from kidnappers.

Plot: paris, france, yakuza, police operation, special unit

The Extraordinary Adventures of Adèle Blanc-Sec

Cast

Louise Bourgoin

Mathieu Amalric

Gilles Lellouche

Jean-Paul Rouve

The Extraordinary Adventures of Adèle Blanc-Sec (2010)

6.3 1.5K votes

Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy

Country: France

Duration: 107 min.

Audience: NR

Story: An adventure set in the early part of the 20th century, focused on a popular novelist and her dealings with would-be suitors, the cops, monsters, and other distractions.

Plot: monster, paris, france, mummy, louvre museum, based on comic, dinosaur, tomb, ...

Cast

Leslie Caron

Maurice Chevalier

Louis Jourdan

Hermione Gingold

Gigi (1958)

6.2 350 votes

Genre: Comedy, Romance

Country: United States of America

Duration: 115 min.

Audience: G

Story: A home, a motorcar, servants, the latest fashions: the most eligible and most finicky bachelor in Paris offers them all to Gigi. But she, who's gone from girlish gawkishness to cultured glamour before our eyes, yearns for that wonderful something money can't buy.

Plot: paris, france, based on novel or book, jewelry, courtesan, musical, champagne, based on play or musical, ...

Cast

Louis Duneton

Matthieu Dessertine

Alain Beigel

Thibault Le Guellec

1992 (2016)

6.2 25 votes

Genre: Drama

Country: France

Duration: 25 min.

Story: It's 1992. Martin is 17 and he films his daily life with his Hi8 camera. He films anything and everything—his room, the world around him... But never his father, the thought doesn't occur to him. One day he meets Dominique. He's 23 and works as a student monitor at Martin's high school.

Style: nostalgic

Plot: high school, assault, teacher, male homosexuality, in the closet, lgbt, lgbt teen, taboo sex, ...

Place: france

Cast

Eric Stoltz

Julie Delpy

Jean-Hugues Anglade

Tai Thai

Killing Zoe (1993)

6.2 375 votes

Genre: Action, Crime, Drama

Country: United States of America, France

Duration: 96 min.

Audience: R

Story: Zed is an American vault-cracker who travels to Paris to meet up with his old friend Eric. Eric and his gang have planned to raid the only bank in the city which is open on Bastille day. After offering his services, Zed soon finds himself trapped in a situation beyond his control when heroin abuse, poor planning and a call-girl named Zoe all conspire to turn the robbery into a very bloody siege.

Plot: friendship, prostitute, robbery, drug abuse, paris, france, jazz, aids, ...

Cast

Lou de Lau00e2ge

Valu00e9rie Lemercier

Melvil Poupaud

Niels Schneider

Coup de chance (2023)

6.2 447 votes

Genre: Drama, Romance

Country: France, United Kingdom

Duration: 96 min.

Audience: PG-13

Story: Fanny and Jean have everything of an ideal couple: fulfilled professionally, they live in a magnificent apartment in the beautiful districts of Paris, and seem to be in love as on the first day. But when Fanny crosses, by chance, former classmate Alain, she's immediately capsized. They see each other again very quickly and grow closer.

Plot: infidelity, husband wife relationship, paris, france, hunting accident, private detective

Cast

Johnny Depp

Angelina Jolie

Paul Bettany

Timothy Dalton

The Tourist (2010)

6.2 5.8K votes

Genre: Action, Romance, Thriller

Country: France, United States of America

Duration: 103 min.

Audience: PG-13

Story: American tourist Frank meets mysterious British woman Elise on the train to Venice. Romance seems to bud, but there's more to her than meets the eye.

Plot: hotel, paris, france, undercover agent, venice, italy, fake identity, boat chase

3 Days to Kill (2014)

6.1 2.3K votes

Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller

Country: France, United States of America

Duration: 113 min.

Audience: PG-13

Story: A dangerous international spy is determined to give up his high stakes life to finally build a closer relationship with his estranged wife and daughter. But first, he must complete one last mission - even if it means juggling the two toughest assignments yet: hunting down the world's most ruthless terrorist and looking after his teenage daughter for the first time in ten years, while his wife is out of town.

Plot: central intelligence agency (cia), paris, france, killing, retirement, family, secret service, dying, ...

Cast

Anders Danielsen Lie

Golshifteh Farahani

Denis Lavant

Sigrid Bouaziz

The Night Eats the World (2018)

6.1 813 votes

Genre: Horror, Science Fiction, Thriller

Country: France

Duration: 94 min.

Story: After waking up to find himself all alone in an apartment where a massive party was being held the night before, Sam is immediately forced to face a terrifying reality: the living dead have invaded the streets of Paris.

Plot: paris, france, based on novel or book, survival horror, living dead, zombie apocalypse