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Le Bal (1983)
Le bal
Ettore Scola actor: Étienne Guichard / Régis Bouquet …
other title: 舞厅 / Le bal …
In a French nightclub, choreographed song and dance routines are performed, rather than a streamlined narrative. They tell the story of Parisian culture and politics from the 1920s—1980s. A disparate, anachronistic series of characters, including an ordinary waiter, a Nazi collaborator, resistance fighters, and 1960s student protestors gather to celebrate and satirize 20th century France's icons, demons, and social changes.
To watch Oct. 10, 2026
Because: Multi-César-winning film, inc Best Music for Vladimir Cosma who also scored Diva (1981)
France 1980s
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Faust (1994)
Lekce Faust
Jan Švankmajer actor: Petr Čepek / Jan Kraus …
other title: La Leçon Faust / Fausto …
A very free adaptation of Marlowe's "Doctor Faustus", Goethe's "Faust" and various other treatments of the old legend of the man who sold his soul to the devil. A nondescript man is lured by a strange map into a sinister puppet theatre, where he finds himself immersed in an indescribably weird version of the play, blending live actors, clay animation and giant puppets.
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Diva (1981)
Diva
Jean-Jacques Beineix actor: Frédéric Andréi / Richard Bohringer …
other title: La diva / Diva: Paixão Perigosa
Jules, a young Parisian postman, secretly records a concert performance given by the opera singer Cynthia Hawkins, whom he idolises. The following day, Jules runs into a woman who is being pursued by armed thugs. Before she is killed, the woman slips an audio cassette into his mail bag...
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eXistenZ (1999)
eXistenZ
★ 7.0 14 ratings
David Cronenberg actor: Jennifer Jason Leigh / Jude Law …
other title: Existenz / ExistenZ …
A game designer on the run from assassins must play her latest virtual reality creation with a marketing trainee to determine if the game has been damaged.
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Mars Express (2023)
Mars Express
★ 7.6 26 ratings
Jérémie Périn actor: Bárbara Del Sol / Léa Drucker …
other title: 火星号列车 / 火星叛客 …
In 2200, private detective Aline Ruby and her android partner Carlos Rivera are hired by a wealthy businessman to track down a notorious hacker. On Mars, they descend deep into the underbelly of the planet's capital city where they uncover a darker story of brain farms, corruption, and a missing girl who holds a secret about the robots that threatens to change the face of the universe.
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Daddy Nostalgia (1990)
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Bertrand Tavernier actor: Dirk Bogarde / Jane Birkin …
other title: Daddy Nostalgie / Nuestros días felices
A half English, half French screenwriter visits her parents on the Riviera after her father's heart surgery. Once there, she begins to connect with him in a way she never did before, as each member of the family tries to cope with his imminent death.
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The Great War (1959)
La grande guerra
Mario Monicelli actor: Vittorio Gassman / Alberto Sordi …
other title: La grande guerra / Man nannte es den großen Krieg …
Italy, 1916. Oreste Jacovacci and Giovanni Busacca are called, as all the Italian youths, to serve the army in the WWI. They both try in every way to avoid serving the army.
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La Haine (1995)
La Haine
★ 8.2 16 ratings
Mathieu Kassovitz actor: Vincent Cassel / Hubert Koundé …
other title: L'odio / Hadet …
After a chaotic night of rioting in a marginal suburb of Paris, three young friends, Vinz, Hubert and Saïd, wander around unoccupied waiting for news about the state of health of a mutual friend who has been seriously injured when confronting the police.
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A Prayer Before Dawn (2018)
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Jean-Stéphane Sauvaire actor: Joe Cole / Vithaya Pansringarm …
other title: Una preghiera prima dell'alba / Prece ao Nascer do Dia …
The amazing true story of Billy Moore, an English boxer incarcerated in Thailand’s most notorious prison. Thrown into a world of drugs and violence, he finds his best chance to escape is to fight his way out in prison Muay Thai tournaments.
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The Lovers on the Bridge (1991)
Les Amants du Pont-Neuf
★ 7.5 11 ratings
Leos Carax actor: Juliette Binoche / Denis Lavant …
other title: Gli amanti del Pont-Neuf / Os Amantes da Ponte Nova …
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 on the streets because of a failed relationship and an affliction which is slowly turning her blind.
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Second Wind (1966)
Le Deuxième Souffle
Jean-Pierre Melville actor: Lino Ventura / Paul Meurisse …
other title: Tutte le ore feriscono... l'ultima uccide / O Segundo Fôlego …
A gangster escapes jail and quickly makes plans to continue his criminal ways elsewhere, but a determined inspector is closing in.
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The Transporter (2002)
The Transporter
★ 6.2 9 ratings
Corey Yuen / Louis Leterrier actor: Jason Statham / Shu Qi …
other title: Correio de Risco / Le Transporteur …
Former Special Forces officer Frank Martin will deliver anything to anyone for the right price, and his no-questions-asked policy puts him in high demand. But when he realizes his latest cargo is alive, it sets in motion a dangerous chain of events. The bound and gagged Lai is being smuggled to France by a shady American businessman, and Frank works to save her as his own illegal activities are uncovered by a French detective.
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Pépé le Moko (1937)
Pépé le Moko
Julien Duvivier actor: Jean Gabin / Mireille Balin …
other title: Il bandito della Casbah / Pépé le Moko – Im Dunkel von Algier …
Pépé le Moko, one of France's most wanted criminals, hides out in the Casbah section of Algiers. He knows police will be waiting for him if he tries to leave the city. When Pépé meets Gaby, a gorgeous woman from Paris who is lost in the Casbah, he falls for her.
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Blonde in a White Car (1959)
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Robert Hossein actor: Robert Hossein / Marina Vlady …
other title: Nachts fällt der Schleier / Toi... le venin …
Picked up by a beautiful motorist, jobless hitchhiker Pierre (Hossein) is subsequently romanced by the girl. Immediately thereafter, however, she dumps him, attempting to run him over as a final insult. Memorizing her license number, Pierre pursues the enigmatic motorist. Arriving at her home, Pierre is met by two young ladies (Marina Vlady and Odelle Versois), either one of whom might be the woman he's looking for.
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Rififi (1955)
Du rififi chez les hommes
★ 8.0 6 ratings
Jules Dassin actor: Jean Servais / Carl Möhner …
other title: Guld På Gaden / Du rififi chez les hommes
Out of prison after a five-year stretch, jewel thief Tony turns down a quick job his friend Jo offers him, until he discovers that his old girlfriend Mado has become the lover of local gangster Pierre Grutter during Tony's absence. Expanding a minor smash-and-grab into a full-scale jewel heist, Tony and his crew appear to get away clean, but their actions after the job is completed threaten the lives of everyone involved.
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The Crimson Rivers (2000)
Les Rivières pourpres
Mathieu Kassovitz actor: Jean Reno / Vincent Cassel …
other title: I fiumi di porpora / De blodrøde floder …
Two French policemen, one investigating a grisly murder at a remote mountain college, the other working on the desecration of a young girl's grave by skinheads, are brought together by the clues from their respective cases. Soon after they start working together, more murders are committed, and the pair begin to discover just what dark secrets are behind the killings.