Most Popular French-Language Feature Films
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Bang Gang (A Modern Love Story)
(2015) In the well-to-do suburbs of a small town, a group of pretty average, well-adjusted sixteen and seventeen year olds are ordinary adolescents who take a singular path. Dir: Eva Husson With: Finnegan Oldfield, Marilyn Lima, Lorenzo Lefèbvre Drama 98 mins. |
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The Intouchables
(2011) After he becomes a quadriplegic from a paragliding accident, an aristocrat hires a young man from the projects to be his caregiver. Dir: Olivier Nakache, Eric Toledano With: François Cluzet, Omar Sy, Anne Le Ny Biography | Comedy | Drama 112 mins. |
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Blue Is the Warmest Color
(2013) Adele's life is changed when she meets Emma, a young woman with blue hair, who will allow her to discover desire, to assert herself as a woman and as an adult. In front of others, Adele grows, seeks herself, loses herself and ultimately finds herself through love and loss. Dir: Abdellatif Kechiche With: Léa Seydoux, Adèle Exarchopoulos, Salim Kechiouche Drama | Romance 180 mins. |
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Amélie
(2001) Amélie is an innocent and naive girl in Paris with her own sense of justice. She decides to help those around her and, along the way, discovers love. Dir: Jean-Pierre Jeunet With: Audrey Tautou, Mathieu Kassovitz, Rufus Comedy | Romance 122 mins. |
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Irreversible
(2002) Events over the course of one traumatic night in Paris unfold in reverse-chronological order as the beautiful Alex is brutally raped and beaten by a stranger in the underpass. Dir: Gaspar Noé With: Monica Bellucci, Vincent Cassel, Albert Dupontel Crime | Drama | Mystery | Thriller 97 mins. |
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Elle
(2016) Michèle seems indestructible. Head of a successful video game company, she brings the same ruthless attitude to her love life as to business... Dir: Paul Verhoeven With: Isabelle Huppert, Laurent Lafitte, Anne Consigny Drama | Thriller 130 mins. |
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My King
(2015) Tony is admitted to a rehabilitation center after a serious skiing accident. Dependent of medical staff and painkillers, she takes the time to remember the tumultuous love story she lived with Georgio. Dir: Maïwenn With: Vincent Cassel, Emmanuelle Bercot, Louis Garrel Drama | Romance 124 mins. |
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Incendies
(2010) Twins journey to the Middle East to discover their family history, and fulfill their mother's last wishes. Dir: Denis Villeneuve With: Lubna Azabal, Mélissa Désormeaux-Poulin, Maxim Gaudette Drama | Mystery | War 139 mins. |
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Martyrs
(2008) A young woman's quest for revenge against the people who kidnapped and tormented her as a child leads her and a friend, who is also a victim of child abuse, on a terrifying journey into a living hell of depravity. Dir: Pascal Laugier With: Morjana Alaoui, Mylène Jampanoï, Catherine Bégin Horror 99 mins. |
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Rust and Bone
(2012) Put in charge of his young son, Alain leaves Belgium for Antibes to live with his sister and her husband as a family. Alain's bond with Stephanie, a killer whale trainer, grows deeper after Stephanie suffers a horrible accident. Dir: Jacques Audiard With: Marion Cotillard, Matthias Schoenaerts, Armand Verdure Drama | Romance 120 mins. |