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Kanopy
85
8.1
/220418/
82
/4956/
80
/4363/
4.5
/877242/
96
/73/
95
/2374/
cc age 16+

La Haine (1995)
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.
poster
82
7.6
/28558/
73
/475/
74
/593/
3.9
/61385/
94
/51/
91
/746/
93
/22/

Band of Outsiders (1964)
Cinephile slackers Franz and Arthur spend their days mimicking the antiheroes of Hollywood noirs and Westerns while pursuing the lovely Odile. The misfit trio upends convention at every turn, be it through choreographed dances in cafés or frolicsome romps through the Louvre. Eventually, their romantic view of outlaws pushes them to plan their own heist, but their inexperience may send them out in a blaze of glory -- which could be just what they want.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
81
7.4
/7022/
72
/311/
70
/305/
3.8
/19830/
98
/61/
94
/15/
83
/15/

Full Time (2022)
Julie finally gets an interview for a job where she can raise her children better only to run into a national transit strike.
poster
Kanopy
80
7.1
/5590/
71
/100/
68
/80/
4.0
/14630/
97
/68/
65
/159/
92
/17/

35 Shots of Rum (2009)
A widower and his daughter witness the retirement of a colleague of his and the closing of her department at her university.
poster
79
7.5
/6205/
75
/141/
71
/124/
4.1
/22876/
100
/13/
80
/31/

Boyfriends and Girlfriends (1987)
Middle-class Parisian suburbs: Blanche and Léa, office worker and student, meet and become friends. Léa is going out with Fabien, but is thinking of leaving him. Blanche falls for Léa's handsome and witty friend Alexandre, but is tongue-tied whenever she meets him. Léa goes on holiday and Blanche, still smitten with the dashing Alexandre, begins to get to know Fabien.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
78
7.6
/30171/
74
/1452/
75
/1578/
3.8
/78744/
88
/194/
89
/4/
78
/35/
cc age 16+

Les Misérables (2019)
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.
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Kanopy
77
6.9
/10487/
69
/385/
64
/390/
3.7
/38869/
96
/82/
73
/70/
85
/22/
cc age 16+

Girlhood (2014)
Oppressed by her family setting, dead-end school prospects and the boys law in the neighborhood, Marieme starts a new life after meeting a group of three free-spirited girls. She changes her name, her dress code, and quits school to be accepted in the gang, hoping that this will be a way to freedom.
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Kanopy
77
8.5
/1008222/
85
/22242/
82
/18008/
4.2
/744574/
75
/128/
93
/2824/
57
/31/
cc age 16+

The Intouchables (2011)
A true story of two men who should never have met – a quadriplegic aristocrat who was injured in a paragliding accident and a young man from the projects.
poster
76
7.3
/27334/
72
/609/
74
/558/
3.6
/42227/
88
/25/
81
/395/
77
/15/

I Stand Alone (1999)
After completing jail time for beating up a man who tried to seduce his mentally-handicapped teenage daughter, The Butcher wants to start life anew. He institutionalizes his daughter and moves to the Lille suburbs with his mistress, who promises him a new butcher shop. Learning that she lied, The Butcher returns to Paris to find his daughter.
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Kanopy
75
7.2
/17815/
72
/497/
68
/501/
3.6
/19839/
88
/130/
81
/64/
76
/29/
cc age 17+

Dheepan (2015)
Three war-torn strangers posing as a family flee Sri Lanka’s civil war to start over in a troubled Paris suburb, but their past traumas resurface as they struggle to survive in their new environment.
poster
Criterion Channel
78
74
7.6
/11284/
73
/230/
74
/280/
4.1
/81513/
88
/8/
79
/70/

Happiness (1965)
A young husband and father, perfectly content with his life, falls in love with another woman.
poster
Kanopy
73
6.7
/3001/
69
/134/
66
/136/
3.7
/12048/
95
/44/
67
/5/
74
/12/

Gagarine (2020)
Yuri, 16, has lived all his life in Gagarin Towers, a vast red-brick housing project on the outskirts of Paris. He dreams of becoming an astronaut. When plans to demolish Gagarin Towers leak out, Yuri joins the resistance. With his friends Diana and Houssam, he embarks on a mission to save their home, which has become his “starship.”
poster
Criterion Channel
81
73
7.7
/8790/
75
/150/
75
/245/
3.9
/10063/
92
/24/
88
/61/

Daybreak (1939)
After committing a murder, a man locks himself in his apartment and recollects the events that led him to the killing.
poster
71
6.9
/5409/
64
/61/
63
/77/
3.4
/1122/
85
/102/
69
/102/
71
/28/

Intimate Strangers (2004)
Because she picked the wrong door, Anna ends up confessing her marriage problems to a financial adviser named William Faber. Touched by her distress, somewhat excited as well, Faber does not have the courage to tell her that he is not a psychiatrist. From appointment to appointment, a strange ritual is created between them. William is moved and fascinated to hear the secrets no man ever heard.
poster
Criterion Channel
71
6.5
/9210/
62
/194/
62
/209/
3.5
/25791/
94
/34/
72
/179/

2 or 3 Things I Know About Her (1967)
As the city of Paris and the French people grow in consumer culture, a housewife living in a high-rise apartment with her husband and two children takes to prostitution to help pay the bills.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
74
68
7.2
/7083/
69
/191/
71
/334/
3.7
/11361/
90
/1583/

Buffet Froid (1979)
Alphonse Tram is unwittingly involved in several murders despite having no memory of committing the crimes. His confusion lead him to confess to his neighbour, Inspector Morvandieu. Alphonse and Morvandieu become the axis around which murders occur.
poster
Kanopy
66
5.9
/2799/
61
/126/
61
/135/
3.2
/9229/
85
/82/
52
/10/
75
/17/

Zombi Child (2019)
Haiti, 1962: A man is brought back from the dead only to be sent to the living hell of the sugarcane fields. In Paris, 55 years later, at the prestigious Légion d’honneur boarding school, a Haitian girl confesses an old family secret to a group of new friends - never imagining that this strange tale will convince a heartbroken classmate to do the unthinkable.
poster
77
65
7.3
/3839/
69
/69/
75
/151/
3.8
/6192/
92
/469/

Serie Noire (1979)
In the shadowy outskirts of Paris, a desperate door-to-door salesman crosses paths with a mysterious young woman trapped in a grim world. As his obsession deepens, his grip on reality begins to slip—and the line between escape and destruction starts to blur.
poster
73
65
7.2
/2852/
74
/284/
74
/501/
3.7
/6253/

All Three of Us (2015)
An Iranian family survives the shah and the ayatollah and moves to France. This story follows the family through it all. Despite the politics, revolution, prison, beatings, assassinations and suicides this is a comedy.
poster
Criterion Channel
74
64
7.3
/5072/
72
/110/
72
/197/
3.8
/6529/
79
/658/

Any Number Can Win (1963)
Charles, fresh out of jail, rejects his wife's plan for a quiet life of bourgeois respectability. He enlists a former cell mate, Francis, to assist him in pulling off one final score, a carefully planned assault on the vault of a Cannes casino.
poster
77
64
7.3
/5875/
71
/115/
67
/126/
3.8
/14062/
100
/14/
78
/19/

Full Moon in Paris (1984)
Feeling suffocated by a possessive boyfriend, work and suburban life, a young woman starts spending the weekends in her Paris apartment in order to reclaim some of her lost freedom.
poster
71
61
6.9
/3337/
70
/64/
66
/148/
3.6
/4196/
78
/18/
73
/48/
71
/8/

Games of Love and Chance (2003)
A group of teenagers living in a housing project in the outskirts of Paris rehearse a scene from Marivaux's play of the same name. Krimo is determined not to take part, but after developing feelings for Lydia, he quickly assumes the main role and love interest in the play.
poster
70
61
6.7
/5224/
73
/499/
69
/907/
3.1
/18188/
80
/5/
73
/8/

Le Brio (2017)
After an incident, a brilliant professor known for his outbursts is forced to mentor the student he wronged for a speech contest.
poster
74
60
6.5
/3565/
69
/430/
68
/794/
3.2
/26587/
100
/11/
79
/1/
cc age 15+

School Life (2019)
In one of the poorest areas of Paris, a school counselor devotes herself to working with disadvantaged students, while facing challenges of her own.
poster
Kanopy
71
60
6.9
/4662/
66
/72/
65
/138/
3.5
/3389/
83
/18/
74
/31/

Get Out Your Handkerchiefs (1978)
Solange is seriously depressed, and her kindhearted husband, Raoul, makes it his mission to cure her doldrums. After many failed attempts to cheer her up, Raoul hits upon a possible solution: find his wife a lover. Unfortunately, his choice, Stéphane, proves to be just as ineffectual in restoring her flagging spirits. In the end, the gorgeous Solange finds her own, highly problematic tonic to her troubles in the form of a 13-year-old boy.
poster
65
60
6.8
/13234/
70
/1187/
67
/1980/
3.1
/47833/
61
/20/

Babysitting (2014)
Looking for a baby-sitter for the night, Marc Schaudel entrusts his son Remy to the care of his employee Franck, a straight man. But the thing that Marc doesn't know, is that Franck is getting 30 years old this weekend and that his son Remy is a very capricious child. The next day, Marc and his wife Claire are awakened by a call from the police. Remy and Franck are missing, and the house is totally devastated. The police finds a camera in the leftovers. Marc, Claire and the police start watching the video that has been recorded the day before during the night and find out what happened to Franck and Remy.
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Kanopy
72
59
7.3
/3396/
69
/68/
71
/131/
3.7
/4194/
73
/352/

Max and the Junkmen (1971)
A detective decides to go undercover and set up a group of robbers, but he may be getting too caught up in the task at hand.
poster
Netflix
68
57
6.9
/8828/
70
/703/
66
/879/
3.1
/18221/
74
/8/
cc age 15+

The Climb (2017)
A true story of Samy, native of La Courneuve, who is out of love for Nadia, decides to climb Mount Everest.
poster
Kanopy
67
53
6.7
/2217/
66
/33/
63
/66/
3.6
/2400/
73
/33/
52
/25/
83
/8/

Hadewijch (2009)
A troubled young woman is thrown out of a convent and forms a relationship with a radical Muslim.
poster
Hoopla
69
53
6.9
/2809/
70
/76/
71
/183/
3.4
/2953/
70
/31/

Skirt Day (2008)
A teacher, driven to exasperation from insults and insubordination, takes her class hostage.
poster
The Roku Channel
53
5.9
/17015/
61
/550/
59
/496/
2.9
/7465/
40
/20/
41
/520/

The Horde (2010)
A bunch of crooked cops raid a ruined building located in an impoverished suburb of Paris, determined to furiously avenge the death of one of them, murdered by the ruthless criminal gang hidden on top of the dark labyrinth that will become a deathly trap when the living, unexpectedly turned into the undead by a mysterious plague, begin to devour the world.
poster
75
52
6.9
/622/
73
/50/
70
/70/
3.3
/2758/
100
/6/

Divertimento (2023)
Zahia Ziouani, 17, dreams of becoming a conductor, while her twin sister Fettouma hopes to be a professional cellist. They want to make classical music accessible to everyone and create their own orchestra.
poster
70
52
6.4
/1170/
63
/87/
63
/117/
3.1
/2946/
100
/12/

Promises (2022)
Clémence, the fearless mayor of a town near Paris, is completing the final term of her political career. With her faithful right-hand man Yazid, she has long fought for this town plagued by inequality, unemployment and slumlords. However, when Clémence is approached to become Minister, her ambition arises, questioning her devotion and commitment to her citizens. Will her political integrity and election promises survive her newly found ambition?
poster
72
51
7.1
/2268/
73
/61/
73
/87/
3.7
/1277/
72
/174/

I Always Wanted to Be a Gangster (2008)
Told in four vignettes, this existential comedy relates the exploits of four aspiring criminals who hope to improve their lot, but find that they might not have what it takes for a life of crime.
poster
Kanopy
50
5.1
/1728/
52
/82/
43
/117/
2.9
/2858/
61
/31/
15
/3/
60
/17/

Mrs. Hyde (2018)
Mrs. Géquil is an eccentric teacher despised by her colleagues and students. On a stormy night, she is struck by lightning and faints. When she wakes up, she feels different. Will she now be able to keep the powerful and dangerous Mrs. Hyde contained?
poster
55
49
5.6
/2721/
62
/271/
60
/940/
3.0
/19581/
39
/283/

Neuilly Yo Mama! (2009)
Samy moves from the underdeveloped crime-ridden French suburb to the riches of Neuilly.
poster
71
48
6.7
/1612/
70
/145/
65
/216/
3.1
/2057/
100
/5/
64
/1/

The Teacher (2017)
Teacher in the most prestigious highschool in the country, François enjoys the life he’s always known, in the intellectual and bourgeois society of Paris. Trapped in a situation where he’s forced to accept a job in a school of a tough underprivileged suburb, he finds himself confronted to his own limits and to the upheaval of his values and certainties.
poster
Kanopy
71
47
7.1
/1943/
72
/41/
68
/60/
3.7
/2987/
83
/6/
63
/5/

Mélo (1986)
Pierre Belcroix and Marcel Blanc are violinists and lifelong friends living in Paris in the 1920s. While Marcel has become famous and Pierre has not, both are happy with their lives. Pierre is happily married to Romaine, a stylish young flapper. However, Marcel meets and falls in love with her, which Marcel little suspects.
poster
71
47
7.2
/1273/
67
/39/
65
/65/
3.9
/2589/
73
/29/

Sound and Fury (1988)
This drama depicts the misery of neglected children in big cities. 13 years old Bruno is of a good family, but since the death of his grandmother he spends most of his time alone, in a phantasy world, while his mother is away at work. But then he befriends the violent Jean-Roger, who's from a severely disturbed family, where nobody cares what he's doing. In school Jean-Roger drives their teacher into despair just for fun. To separate the two boys, she starts to stimulate Bruno's interests by giving him extra lessons. When Jean-Roger fears loosing his one and only friend, he becomes even more aggressive.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
61
46
6.1
/2809/
67
/188/
63
/757/
3.5
/12142/
46
/12/

All That Glitters (2010)
Best friends Ely and Lila share everything together, including their dream of a life beyond the Paris suburb they've lived in since childhood. One night they venture into the capital and meet a pair of wealthy young friends at a night club. Ashamed of their working-class background, and seeing an opportunity to escape, Ely and Lila begin to lie their way into this glamorous new world. Falling deeper into their web of lies, the young women begin to lose sight of themselves as their friendship is pushed to the limit.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
66
46
7.1
/2265/
70
/192/
73
/324/
3.3
/3181/
51
/5/

Once in a Lifetime (2014)
At Léon Blum High School in Créteil, France, a history teacher decides to have her weakest 10th grade class participate in a national history competition.
poster
68
45
6.5
/2103/
69
/276/
70
/357/
2.9
/17493/
82
/3/

Tenor (2022)
While working part-time as a food deliveryman, Antoine, an aspiring young rapper from the suburbs of Paris, meets Mrs. Loiseau, an eminent teacher at the Paris Opéra. Stunned by the young man's raw talent, she introduces him to the world of opera. As Antoine becomes one of Mrs. Loiseau's students, he hides his new dream from his friends and family, fearing that they won’t understand – this double life burdens him... Somewhere in between the gilded and uptight Parisian upper-class, and the harsh yet free-spirited and familiar suburbs he grew up in, Antoine will have to find his own voice.
poster
63
45
6.4
/1638/
59
/38/
61
/48/
3.5
/1123/
60
/5/
69

The Last Woman (1976)
Psychological drama of the compelling relationship between a young French engineer and the girl he takes into his home after his wife has left him with their baby son.
poster
58
45
6.4
/3163/
63
/170/
59
/199/
3.1
/2229/
55
/11/
50
/6/

Close Enemies (2018)
Driss and Manuel both grew up on the same council estate. An estate where the sense of belonging to your patch is much stronger than the sense of belonging to a country, a nation or a culture... Manuel has assimilated this belonging, and he has even benefited from it and built his life on it. Driss, meanwhile, has shunned it. They will both have to face up to the consequences of their decisions – because they will each have a price to pay…
poster
76
44
6.9
/877/
72
/51/
71
/41/
3.5
/2184/
88
/194/
89
/4/

Les Misérables (2017)
With a gun at his belt and a truncheon in his hand, Pento has just joined the Seine-Saint-Denis anti-crime brigade. With his teammates, he develops specific methods.
poster
67
43
6.1
/374/
52
/14/
64
/17/
3.4
/1781/
80
/15/
78
/4/

We (2022)
An urban train link, the RER B, crosses Paris and its outskirts from north to south. A journey within indistinct spaces known as inner cities and suburbs. Several portraits, all individual pieces that form a whole. We.
poster
Criterion Channel
71
43
6.7
/1371/
53
/25/
60
/34/
3.7
/4695/
100
/6/
74
/1/

No Fear, No Die (1990)
Dah and Jocelyn come from former French colonies to coach their rooster, "S'en fout la mort", for an illicit cock-fight in the basement of a restaurant.
poster
61
43
6.2
/1432/
65
/107/
61
/111/
2.8
/3393/
89
/9/
36
/5/

Haute Couture (2021)
Esther is at the end of her career as Head Seamstress at Dior Avenue Montaigne workshop. One day, she gets her handbag stolen in the metro by a 20 years old girl, Jade. Instead of calling the police she decides to take care of Jade. She sees in her the opportunity to pass on her skills, the craft of dressmaking, her only wealth. In the frenetic world of Haute Couture, Esther will give Jade la beauté du geste, a way to reach beyond herself.


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