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MGM Plus
87
8.5
/314609/
84
/4805/
84
/4716/
4.5
/442246/
90
/84/
96
/5148/
80
/21/
cc age 14+

Cinema Paradiso (1988)
A filmmaker recalls his childhood, when he fell in love with the movies at his village's theater and formed a deep friendship with the theater's projectionist.
poster
Kanopy
86
8.0
/5276/
82
/149/
76
/136/
4.3
/30238/
96
/72/
88
/96/
86
/19/

The Beaches of Agnès (2008)
Filmmaking icon Agnès Varda, the award-winning director regarded by many as the grandmother of the French new wave, turns the camera on herself with this unique autobiographical documentary. Composed of film excerpts and elaborate dramatic re-creations, Varda's self-portrait recounts the highs and lows of her professional career, the many friendships that affected her life and her longtime marriage to cinematic giant Jacques Demy.
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Hoopla
83
7.4
/6370/
74
/120/
71
/102/
3.8
/6524/
100
/25/
89
/95/

'Round Midnight (1986)
Inside the Blue Note nightclub one night in 1959 Paris, an aged, ailing jazzman coaxes an eloquent wail from his tenor sax. Outside, a young Parisian too broke to buy a glass of wine strains to hear those notes. Soon they will form a friendship that sparks a final burst of genius.
poster
83
7.8
/41147/
77
/638/
79
/1194/
4.0
/31851/
94
/36/
94
/969/
81
/13/
cc age 13+

The Postman (1994)
Simple Italian postman learns to love poetry while delivering mail to a famous poet; he uses this to woo local beauty Beatrice.
poster
Kanopy
80
7.1
/3123/
69
/64/
69
/115/
3.7
/4037/
100
/7/
78
/16/

The Watchmaker of St. Paul (1974)
Lyons, France. Michel Descombes is a watchmaker who lives alone with his teenage son Bernard. When the police visit and informs him that Bernard killed a man and is on the run with a girl, Michel realizes that he knew far less about his son than he thought.
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82
78
7.9
/8588/
80
/279/
81
/733/
4.0
/9855/
91
/1086/

My Friends (1975)
Four inseparable friends try to face their midlife crisis with daytrips and pranks at the expense of their families and the people around them.
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84
75
8.5
/6405/
79
/150/
79
/172/
4.3
/9801/
93
/59/
cc age 10+

The Man Who Planted Trees (1987)
The story of one shepherd's single-handed quest to re-forest a desolate valley in the foothills of the French Alps throughout the first half of the 20th century.
poster
73
7.0
/1622/
72
/38/
66
/103/
3.4
/1904/
89
/9/
77
/6/

Uranus (1990)
After World War II, a small French village struggles to put the war behind as the controlling Communist Party tries to flush out Petain loyalists. The local bar owner, a simple man who likes to write poetry, who only wants to be left alone to do his job, becomes a target for Communist harassment as they try and locate a particular loyalist, and he pushes back.
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Criterion Channel
73
7.3
/7177/
65
/162/
70
/210/
3.7
/6911/
88
/8/
82
/63/

Coup de Torchon (1981)
A pathetic police chief, humiliated by everyone around him, suddenly wants a clean slate in life, and resorts to drastic means to achieve it.
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78
68
7.5
/5661/
73
/166/
75
/280/
3.8
/7874/
92
/34/

The Old Gun (1975)
In Montauban in 1944, Julien Dandieu in a surgeon in the local hospital. Frightened by the German army entering Montauban, he asks his friend Francois to drive his wife and his daughter in the back country village where Julien has an old castle. One week later, Julien decided to meet then for the week end, but the Germans are already occupying the village.
poster
67
6.4
/2976/
65
/44/
61
/93/
3.2
/1208/
77
/13/
69
/15/

Who Is Killing the Great Chefs of Europe? (1978)
Mystery abounds when it is discovered that, one by one, the greatest chefs in Europe are being killed. The intriguing part of the murders is that each chef is killed in the same manner that their own special dish is prepared in. Food critics and the (many) self-proclaimed greatest chefs in Europe demand the mystery be solved.
poster
67
7.0
/15887/
66
/390/
71
/536/
3.6
/21618/
60
/15/
82
/138/

La Grande Bouffe (1973)
Four friends gather at a villa with the intention of eating themselves to death.
poster
Criterion Channel
72
65
6.9
/7226/
69
/127/
66
/182/
3.7
/14345/
78
/18/
77
/101/

Zazie dans le Métro (1960)
A brash and precocious ten-year-old comes to Paris for a whirlwind weekend with her rakish uncle.
poster
Hoopla
64
6.7
/4373/
66
/86/
61
/86/
3.4
/1498/
62
/31/

Murphy's War (1971)
Murphy is the sole survivor of his crew, that has been massacred by a German U-Boat in the closing days of World War II. He is rescued, and ends up at a forgotten mission station near the mouth of the Orinoco, and begins to plot his vengeance. He wishes to sink the U-Boat by means of any method imaginable to him, and sets about to make the courageous attempt, assisted by Louis, the administrator of the local oil company.
poster
Kanopy
72
63
6.9
/4053/
69
/85/
67
/201/
3.4
/2057/
88
/32/
77
/54/
69
/15/

On Guard (1997)
France, 17th century, during the reign of Louis XIII. When a dear friend, the Duke of Nevers, is treacherously assassinated by a powerful relative, a skilled swordsman, the noble Henri de Lagardère, seeks his rightful vengeance as he tries to protect the innocent life of the duke's last heir.
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76
62
7.6
/3553/
76
/129/
76
/357/
3.8
/3666/

My Friends Act II (1982)
The four old friends meet on the grave of the fifth of them, Perozzi, who died at the end of the first episode. Time has passed but they are still up for adventures and cruel jokes, and while they recall the one they created together with the late friend, new ones are on their way, starting right there at the cemetery.
poster
65
61
7.2
/9512/
69
/223/
68
/171/
3.5
/3265/
43
/7/
71
/90/

The Night of the Generals (1967)
A German intelligence officer investigates a prostitute's killing in Warsaw during World War II. He lands on three major Nazi generals as suspects, two of whom are also involved in a plot to kill Adolf Hitler.
poster
72
61
7.2
/5507/
71
/167/
65
/267/
3.6
/4767/
80
/30/

My New Partner (1984)
A streetwise Paris policeman who takes kickbacks from the minor criminals on his beat to allow them to continue is assigned an idealistic new partner fresh from police academy. He sets out to corrupt him...
poster
Amazon Prime Video
66
60
6.4
/4047/
62
/111/
66
/81/
3.3
/3338/
78
/9/
68
/46/
61
/5/

The Assassination Bureau (1969)
In 1908 London, a women's rights campaigner discovers the Assassination Bureau Limited, an organization that kills for justice. When its motives are called into question, she commissions the assassination of its chairman. Knowing that his colleagues have recently become more motivated by greed than morality, he turns the situation into a challenge for his board members: kill him or be killed.
poster
60
6.4
/2284/
64
/71/
60
/117/
3.4
/2110/
50
/6/
55
/3/

Dead Tired (1994)
Stressed and overworked, famous French movie star Michel Blanc is beginning to wear down, physically and mentally, from the pressure and demands of fame. Already in a fragile state of mind, strange events start to transpire all around him, and he gradually loses his grip. Taking the advice of a psychiatrist, Blanc retreats to the countryside with his friend Carole Bouquet, but Blanc still has not managed to escape all of his problems.
poster
58
6.2
/20882/
63
/481/
60
/405/
3.0
/14872/
68
/31/
36
/260/
61
/10/
cc age 13+

Topaz (1969)
Copenhagen, Denmark, 1962. When a high-ranking Soviet official decides to change sides, a French intelligence agent is caught up in a cold, silent and bloody spy war in which his own family will play a decisive role.
poster
Criterion Channel
70
58
7.0
/4795/
67
/107/
69
/123/
3.7
/22738/
71
/31/

La Pointe Courte (1956)
A penetrating study of a marriage on the rocks, set against the backdrop of a small Mediterranean fishing village. Both a stylized depiction of the complicated relationship between a married couple and a documentary-like look at the daily struggles of the inhabitants of Sète in the South of France.
poster
55
6.7
/1040/
52
/11/
64
/36/
3.5
/540/

The Secret (1974)
A stranger enters into and forever alters the life of a couple. He claims to be pursued by certain authorities who intend to prevent him from disclosing a secret that only he holds, whence the title. Is he lying, or insane - or is he telling the truth? Who, if anyone, is after him? And what *is* - the secret?
poster
52
5.4
/584/
58
/5/
40
/12/
3.1
/272/
38
/4/

Justine (1969)
In Alexandria, in 1938, Darley, a young British schoolmaster and poet, makes friends through Pursewarden, the British consular officer, with Justine, the beautiful and mysterious wife of a Coptic banker. He observes the affairs of her heart and incidentally discovers that she is involved in a plot against the British, meant to arm the Jewish underground in Palestine. The plot finally fails, Justine is sent to jail and Darley decides to return to England.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
74
52
7.4
/2704/
72
/48/
75
/118/
3.9
/2104/
71
/7/
76
/12/

The Family (1987)
"The Family," an album with a velvet cover, is meant to touch the extended family of man. Formal portraits, bookends in this 80-year saga, enclose the central story, which opens with the baptism of Carlo, a baby in his grandfather's lap, and ends with Carlo as a grandfather with a baby in his arms. And never once do we get out of the house, whose rooms provide the film's structure. Comfort or passion? Carlo couldn't really decide until it was too late.
poster
74
51
7.3
/2475/
70
/75/
68
/156/
3.7
/2286/
86
/20/

Very Happy Alexander (1968)
Alexandre, a young and honest farmer, is oppressed by an authoritarian wife, who makes him work like a dog. When she dies in a car crash, he decides to stay in bed, absolutely free and inactive. Just a dog is occupied to carry food and newspapers to him.
poster
Criterion Channel
70
51
7.3
/2580/
68
/54/
68
/138/
3.7
/3108/

The Judge and the Assassin (1976)
France, 1893. Joseph Bouvier attempts to shoot his love who refused to marry him and to commit suicide. Upon release from the filthy asylum where he was placed, with bullets still remaining in his head, he wanders the country roads and rapes and murders many teenagers over years. The judge Rousseau captures him, but to serve his ambition seeks to avoid that Bouvier is simply declared insane.
poster
74
50
7.5
/2936/
70
/55/
68
/88/
3.9
/3225/
82
/15/

The Desert of the Tartars (1976)
Lieutenant Giovanni Drogo is assigned to the old Bastiani border fortress where he expects an imminent attack by nomadic fearsome Tartars.
poster
Criterion Channel
70
47
6.8
/1357/
67
/24/
64
/37/
3.7
/3210/
77
/42/

Who Are You, Polly Maggoo? (1966)
In this excoriating satire of the fashion industry, Polly Maggoo is a 20-year-old Brooklyn-born fashion model in Paris, on the runway at the big shows where magazine editor Ms. Maxwell is the reigning opinion maker. The ridiculous passes for sublime. Polly becomes the subject of an episode of a vapid TV news documentary series called "Qui êtes-vous?" and is pursued by the filmmaker and by the prince of Borodine, a small country in the Soviet bloc.
poster
Hoopla
75
47
7.5
/2260/
68
/34/
72
/86/
3.8
/1962/
86
/15/

Life and Nothing But (1989)
In 1920, Major Dellaplane, a man of honor and ethics, searches for missing French soldiers. He meets Madame Irène de Courtil, a politically connected Parisian, and their paths cross.
poster
69
45
7.0
/1925/
55
/26/
62
/41/
3.6
/1278/
100
/5/
57
/11/

Three Brothers (1981)
In a farmhouse in southern Italy, an old woman dies. Her husband summons their sons: from Rome, Raffaele, a judge facing a political case for which he risks assassination; from Naples, the religious and ideological Rocco, a counselor at a correctional institute for boys; from Turin, Nicola, a factory worker involved in labor disputes. Once home, each encounters the past and engages in reveries of what may come.
poster
55
44
5.9
/4226/
58
/118/
62
/150/
2.9
/1315/
60
/5/
36
/30/

The Return of the Musketeers (1989)
It's 1649: Mazarin hires the impoverished D'Artagnan to find the other musketeers: Cromwell has overthrown the English king, so Mazarin fears revolt, particularly from the popular Beaufort. Porthos, bored with riches and wanting a title, signs on, but Aramis, an abbé, and Athos, a brawler raising an intellectual son, assist Beaufort in secret. When they fail to halt Beaufort's escape from prison, the musketeers are expendable, and Mazarin sends them to London to rescue Charles I. They are also pursued by Justine, the avenging daughter of Milady de Winter, their enemy 20 years ago. They must escape England, avoid Justine, serve the Queen, and secure Beauford's political reforms.
poster
62
42
6.2
/2384/
65
/86/
60
/163/
3.1
/1726/

My New Partner II (1990)
The partners are back and are in a tight spot! Francois is going through a moral crisis, and Rene is experiencing the same. But, honesty is not always the best policy. After being suspended for their actions, they return to face their far more crooked replacements.
poster
54
41
5.8
/3725/
56
/56/
56
/127/
3.0
/1734/
41
/33/

D'Artagnan's Daughter (1994)
It is 1654, in the South of France. When horsemen follow a runaway slave into the convent where he's taken sanctuary and kill both the fugitive and the Mother Superior, they little realise that one of the novices is the spirited daughter of retired musketeer D'Artagnan.
poster
Criterion Channel
67
40
6.8
/1987/
65
/35/
67
/68/
3.5
/2997/
67
/9/

Masques (1987)
In this deadly game of cat and mouse, Roland Wolf is writing a book on the life of game show host Christian Legagneur--or is he?
poster
Criterion Channel
59
39
6.4
/1343/
59
/31/
51
/32/
3.4
/2690/
54
/50/

Mr. Freedom (1969)
Mr. Freedom, a bellowing good-ol'-boy superhero decked out in copious football padding, jets to France to cut off a Commie invasion from Switzerland. A destructive, arrogant patriot in tight pants, Freedom joins forces with Marie Madeleine to combat lefty freethinkers, as well as the insidious evildoers Moujik Man and inflatable Red China Man, culminating in a star-spangled showdown.
poster
Criterion Channel
70
38
7.0
/1957/
68
/38/
64
/80/
3.6
/1868/
80
/5/

Let Joy Reign Supreme (1975)
A look at 18th-century France, when the depravity of the authorities contributed to social oppression, and the uprisings flared up one after another.
poster
63
37
5.9
/1131/
62
/34/
60
/55/
3.4
/900/
67

The Grand Dukes (1996)
Three aging and failed comedians, Georges Cox, Victor Vialat and Eddie Carpentier, hit the road again with a lousy production of a lousy play, of course under the worst possible conditions.
poster
68
35
6.1
/733/
53
/13/
56
/31/
3.4
/463/
100

A Woman at Her Window (1976)
Greece, 1936. An aristocratic woman engages in a series of loveless affairs before finding herself falling for a political activist.
poster
Kanopy
54
31
5.8
/2165/
57
/35/
62
/52/
3.1
/1150/
34
/14/

Woman Times Seven (1967)
Seven mini-stories of adultery: a widow misbehaves at her husband's funeral, a wife turns to streetwalking for revenge, a prudish girl surprises, a neglected wife vies for her husband's attention, a fight over a dress, a death pact, and a detective revealed as a jealous husband's spy.
poster
64
30
6.7
/1576/
56
/17/
62
/51/
3.4
/1122/
67
/5/

I Don't Kiss (1991)
A good-looking but naive lad leaves his mountain village to try and make his way in Paris. He thinks maybe he will try acting but things don't go too well for him. Eventually he is forced to sell himself to men and though he meets an attractive girl she is herself a prostitute with a vicious pimp.
poster
63
30
6.2
/1197/
65
/54/
62
/83/
3.2
/746/

Jupiter's Thigh (1980)
Antoine, a professor of Greek, and Lise, a police inspector, honeymoon in Greece. There they meet a young couple, Charles, an archaeologist, and Agnes, a dishy flirt. Charles unearths the lovely buttocks of a classical statue and is determined to donate it to the Louvre. Agnes wants to sell it and gets a handsome local sailor to take it for an appraisal. When the sailor is murdered, the police suspect Charles and arrest Antoine as his accomplice. Lise swings into action, but before she can clear the men, Agnes springs them from jail, and now Lise must help them elude the police, find the real murderer, and recover the statue fragment. More art goes missing. What is the statue's secret?
poster
63
29
6.6
/958/
55
/19/
65
/56/
3.4
/734/

Heads or Tails (1980)
Since his wife died, Inspector Louis Baroni (Philippe Noiret) has become a virtual recluse, preferring the solitude of his quiet house to the company of others. His period of mournful contemplation is broken when he is called out to look into the suspicious death of Madame Morlaix who, according to her husband Edouard (Michel Serrault), fell from an upstairs window. Curious to find out more, Baroni begins his inquiry.
poster
63
28
6.3
/1025/
63
/35/
62
/69/
3.2
/713/

The African (1983)
Charlotte flies to East Africa to build a tourist center near Lake Williams where the pygmies live. Here she meets her husband Victor, a devoted conservationist who left her three years ago to live in the jungle. Can you imagine his enthusiasm when she arrives at the conclusion that the ideal place to build this holiday resort is his kitchen garden?
poster
62
28
6.8
/1230/
50
/27/
68
/51/
3.5
/976/
55
/3/

A Matter of Resistance (1966)
In the countryside near Normandy's beaches lives Marie, unhappy. It's 1945, she's married to Jérôme, a somewhat fussy milquetoast, diffident to the war around him and unwilling to move his wife to Paris, where she longs to live, shop, and party. A German outfit is bivouacked at Jérôme and Marie's crumbling château because its commanding officer is pursuing Marie. She's also eyed by a French spy working with the Allies as they plan D-Day. He woos her (posing to the Germans as her brother) and, in his passion, forgets his mission. Heroics come from an unexpected direction, and Marie makes her choice.
poster
63
27
6.6
/901/
60
/19/
69
/68/
3.4
/1095/
56
/2/

Let's Hope It's a Girl (1986)
A multifaceted exploration of the pointlessness of sexual stereotypes. Liv Ullmann is a countess who, after her divorce, takes over the family farm. Realizing that she can't rely on the patriarchal society structure for assistance, Ullmann runs the farm herself with the help of her female servants and relatives. When the Count (Philipe Noiret) comes back into her life, he and his male buddies find themselves outclassed by the expertise of the ladies.
poster
Cultpix
56
26
5.6
/844/
49
/20/
54
/36/
3.3
/1010/

Playing with Fire (1975)
A banker hires a seedy detective to find his daughter and keep her safe from kidnappers.
poster
61
26
6.1
/993/
62
/19/
57
/59/
3.2
/740/

Chouans! (1988)
Directed by Philippe de Broca, the film recounts a bloody episode of the French Revolution. 1793, the Terror . In Vendée and in Bretagne, the chouans are revolting against the young Republic and fight for the monarchy restauration. The civil war divides also the family of the Count Savinien de Kerfadec, a liberal and generous noble and a flying machines inventor.


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