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- DirectorJRAgnès VardaStarsAgnès VardaJRJeannine CarpentierDirector Agnes Varda and photographer/muralist J.R. journey through rural France and form an unlikely friendship.
- DirectorXavier BeauvoisStarsLambert WilsonMichael LonsdaleOlivier RabourdinUnder threat by fundamentalist terrorists, a group of Trappist monks stationed with an impoverished Algerian community must decide whether to leave or stay.
- DirectorJean VigoStarsDita ParloJean DastéGilles MargaritisNewly married couple Juliette and a ship captain Jean struggle through marriage as they travel on the L'atalante along with the captain's first mate Le père Jules and a cabin boy.
- DirectorOlivier Jean-MarieStarsLambert WilsonClovis CornillacFrançois MorelIn New York City 1880, the Dalton brothers escape from a court trial regarding the Daltons' bank salesman cousin disgracing their name and plunder several banks across New York, while Lucky Luke hunts for them.
- DirectorPino Van LamsweerdeStarsRoger CarelPierre TornadeGraham BushnellAsterix, his first-cousin-once-removed Anticlimax and Obelix travel to Britain with a barrel of Getafix's magic potion that will allow Anticlimax's village to repel the invading Romans.
- DirectorDominique AbelFiona GordonStarsEmmanuelle RivaPierre RichardEmmy Boissard PaumelleFiona visits Paris for the first time to assist her myopic Aunt Martha. Catastrophes ensue, mainly involving Dom, a homeless man who has yet to have an emotion or thought he was afraid of expressing.
- DirectorLuc JacquetStarsBertille Noël-BruneauIsabelle CarréThomas LalibertéIt has been described as both a nature documentary and a "fairy tale" look at the story of young girl and her friendship with a fox.
- DirectorMathieu KassovitzStarsVin DieselMichelle YeohMélanie ThierryVeteran-turned-mercenary Toorop takes the high-risk job of escorting a woman from Russia to America. Little does he know that she is host to an organism that a cult wants to harvest in order to produce a genetically modified Messiah.
- DirectorFrédéric AuburtinStarsGérard DepardieuSam NeillTim RothFollows the passing of the FIFA baton through three association presidents: Jules Rimet, Joao Havelange, and Sepp Blatter.
- DirectorRené GoscinnyAlbert UderzoStarsRoger CarelJacques MorelPierre TornadeAsterix and Obelix are tasked by Julius Caesar with accomplishing twelve impossible labors to determine the fate of their indomitable Gaulish village.
- DirectorVincent ParonnaudMarjane SatrapiStarsChiara MastroianniCatherine DeneuveGena RowlandsA precocious and outspoken Iranian girl grows up during the Islamic Revolution.
- DirectorJacques AudiardStarsJesuthasan AntonythasanKalieaswari SrinivasanClaudine VinasithambyDheepan is a Sri Lankan Tamil warrior who flees to France and ends up working as a caretaker outside Paris.
- DirectorGaspar NoéStarsSofia BoutellaRomain GuillermicSouheila YacoubFrench dancers gather in a remote, empty school building to rehearse on a wintry night. The all-night celebration morphs into a hallucinatory nightmare when they learn their sangria is laced with LSD.
- DirectorJean RenoirStarsMarcel DalioNora GregorPaulette DubostA bourgeois life in France at the onset of World War II, as the rich and their poor servants meet up at a French chateau.
- DirectorYann SamuellStarsEric ElmosninoMathilde SeignerFred TestotSet in the south of France in the 1960s against the backdrop of the Algerian War, a gang of young boys, led by the intrepid Lebrac, are at war with the kids of the neighbouring township, their sworn enemies.
- DirectorGregory MonroStarsRomane BohringerLexie KendrickJames D. McLairdShe fought the Indians alongside Custer, witnessed the birth of Deadwood, and was close friends with Buffalo Bill. She was the terror of the plains, the outrage of the saloons, the oddest of her kind. But no one ever knew who she really was. Her name was Martha Canary; her name is Calamity Jane.
- DirectorKatell QuillévéréStarsSara ForestierFrançois DamiensAdèle HaenelThe story of a family and a love affair told through the journey of a young woman called Suzanne.
- DirectorMarcel CamusStarsBreno MelloMarpessa DawnLourdes de OliveiraA retelling of the Orpheus and Eurydice myth, set during the time of the Carnaval in Rio de Janeiro.
- DirectorMichel OcelotIan McIntyreStarsCyril MouraliKarim M'RibaHiam AbbassRaised by the same woman, the dark-complexioned, Asmar, and the flaxen-haired, Azur, set out on a quest to a strange and magical land to liberate the enchanting Djinn-fairy; but, only one can save her. Will the brothers be triumphant?
- DirectorPierre SalvadoriStarsCatherine DeneuveGustave KervernFéodor AtkineAntoine is too depressed to go on playing in his rock band. After wandering in the streets, he decides to seek an occupation. Unskilled as he is, he is lucky to be hired as the caretaker of an old Paris apartment building.
- DirectorDeniz Gamze ErgüvenStarsGünes SensoyDoga Zeynep DogusluTugba SungurogluWhen five orphan girls are seen innocently playing with boys on a beach, their scandalized conservative guardians confine them while forced marriages are arranged.
- DirectorJacques AudiardStarsJohn C. ReillyJoaquin PhoenixJake GyllenhaalEli and Charlie Sisters, an infamous duo of gunslinging assassins, chase a gold prospector and his unexpected ally in 1850s Oregon.
- DirectorGabriel AghionStarsCéline PerreauSamuel TheisXavier GallaisThere is nothing we can do against the call of love. Amiens, 1713. Des Grieux is a noble young student, wise for his years, who's preparing to become a knight of the Order of Malta. With a fine future as a teacher of rhetoric ahead of him, he meets a young commoner, Manon Lescaut, a candle maker's daughter. It's love at first sight.
- DirectorAbraham SegalStarsDidier SandreJean-Noël AlettiNaïm Ateek
- DirectorLouis LeterrierCorey YuenStarsJason StathamShu QiMatt SchulzeFrank Martin, who "transports" packages for unknown clients, is asked to move a package that soon begins moving, and complications arise.
- DirectorAbbas KiarostamiStarsJuliette BinocheWilliam ShimellJean-Claude CarrièreIn Tuscany to promote his latest book, a middle-aged British writer meets a French woman who leads him to the village of Lucignano. While there, a chance question reveals something deeper.
- DirectorMathieu KassovitzStarsVincent CasselHubert KoundéSaïd Taghmaoui24 hours in the lives of three young men in the French suburbs the day after a violent riot.
- DirectorMichel LeclercStarsJean-Pierre BacriIsabelle GélinasVimala PonsFrançois Sim considers himself worthless and he may have good reasons for that. Hasn't he lost his job as well as his wife Caroline? Isn't he unable to relate to Lucy, his teenage daughter? Didn't he, when he was eighteen miss out on passion whereas the sexy, gorgeous Luigia opened her arms to him? Hasn't he - he who keeps craving communication - invariably proved a dreadful bore to others...? So, when Sim is unexpectedly offered a job, he takes it, hoping one more time to give a little bit of meaning to his life. Even if his task amounts to driving across France and trying to sell... a "revolutionary biological toothbrush" to reluctant dentists!
- DirectorErick ZoncaStarsVincent CasselRomain DurisSandrine KiberlainThe disappearance of a boy sends an alcoholic cop on the track of a suspicious teacher while falling for the grieving mother.
- DirectorPierre Granier-DeferreStarsSimone SignoretPhilippe NoiretFanny CottençonIn 1934, a mysterious Frenchman returns to Europe from Egypt.
- DirectorVincent GarenqStarsDaniel AuteuilSebastian KochMarie-Josée CrozeBased on the story of Andre Bamberski, who fought to bring his daughter's presumed murderer to justice for 27 years.
- DirectorGilles MimouniStarsRomane BohringerVincent CasselJean-Philippe ÉcoffeyA recently engaged man sees a former lover and becomes obsessed with meeting her again.
- DirectorJean-Claude Flamand-BarnyStarsFred TestotZita HanrotJean-Michel Martial1942. In Martinique facing starvation, Rose, a young teacher sacked by the Vichy regime, keeps house for a wounded German officer. She plans to spy and help the resistance but is torn between her beliefs and her love for a French soldier.
- DirectorAbdellatif KechicheStarsLéa SeydouxAdèle ExarchopoulosSalim KechioucheAdèle's life is changed when she meets Emma, a young woman with blue hair, who will allow her to discover desire and to assert herself as a woman and as an adult. In front of others, Adèle grows, seeks herself, loses herself, and ultimately finds herself through love and loss.
- DirectorDidier BivelStarsPatrick TimsitBarbara SchulzBruno PutzuluNathan goes to a high school party and meets Louis. The two find themselves out of sight and kissing, but someone takes a photo of them. When the photo is placed online, a storm overtakes their lives.
- DirectorDenis MallevalStarsFlore BonaventuraMacha MérilLouise HerreroFrance 1943. Two pretty and different girls, Alice and Lisette, 17, are torn from their families by the Germans and, along with many other Alsatians, sent to labor in Germany.
- DirectorDenis MallevalStarsMarthe KellerJuliette LamboleyJacques FrantzA woman discovers that her granddaughter who disappeared when she was a baby is still alive.
- DirectorNader T. HomayounStarsAlice TaglioniBabak HamidianHélène VincentTo celebrate Octave and Alix's 50th wedding anniversary, friends and family are invited to their mansion. But Alix has Alzheimer's, doesn't remember she's married and shows up with her lover, a handsome Iranian with the same condition.
- DirectorMarion SarrautStarsStanley WeberMathilde OllivierDominique LabourierThe story of a traditional Catholic family in northern France, part of society but subject to all its changes.
- DirectorPierre JolivetStarsVincent LindonSandrine BonnaireFrançois BerléandLucas, a wealthy, 43 year-old divorced businessman, is irresistibly attracted to Elsa, a 38 year old renowned sculptor from whom he has commissioned a piece to decorate the reception at his office.
- DirectorYvan AttalStarsDaniel AuteuilCamélia JordanaYasin HouichaAfter an incident, a brilliant professor known for his outbursts is forced to mentor the student he wronged for a speech contest.
- DirectorOlivier TrivesWho are these moms that have to keep on living different lives at the same time, at work and with their children? Some experience maternal burn-out, this physical and mental exhaustion which makes them wonder whether they are actually "good mothers". Some feel depressed and others admit that they no longer have time for themselves, that they only think about their children, and sometimes they even hate them. In this documentary, mothers talk about the hell they have experienced and their debilitation in order to help others learn to recognize the signs of this exhaustion.
- DirectorNina BeliaevaJean-Pierre BozonStarsPierre TissotThe alleged Soviet investigation of the death of Adolf Hitler.
- DirectorJean-Robert VialletStarsNorman BorlaugJimmy CarterDwight D. EisenhowerIn the name of progress political leaders, lobbyists, industrialists and bankers use and abuse the resources of the planet though they know better. Is the resulting climate change irreversible?
- DirectorMartin FraudreauStarsBenjamin Egner
- DirectorSerge LeroyStarsPhilippe NoiretNicole GarciaRoland BlancheYves Dorget, major reporter in a daily newspaper, finds on an "affair" part of a simple news item Catherine Carré, his former friend, editor and chief and star presenter of a television newscast.
- DirectorJean-Jacques BeineixStarsWilhelmenia FernandezFrédéric AndréiRoland BertinTwo tapes, two Parisian mob killers, one corrupt policeman, an opera fan, a teenage thief, and the coolest philosopher ever filmed all twist their way through an intricate and stylish French-language thriller.
- DirectorBarbet SchroederStarsBulle OgierJean-Pierre KalfonMichael GothardConsul's wife, Viviane took part in an expedition to New Guinea. She falls in love with Gaetan, the leader of a group of explorers, whose objective is to reach a mysterious valley.
- DirectorGaspar NoéStarsNathaniel BrownPaz de la HuertaCyril RoyAn American drug dealer living in Tokyo is betrayed by his best friend and killed in a drug deal. His soul, observing the repercussions of his death, seeks resurrection.
- DirectorLorraine de FoucherJeremy FreyStarsYann BouchezLaetitia CastaNicolas ChapuisWhile in 2019, 150 women were killed by their spouse or their ex-companion in France, the journalists of Le Monde created an investigation unit within their editorial staff to decipher these feminicides. With methodology, they highlighted a recurrent criminal pattern and characterized the signals that led to the murders of these women. Through the testimonies of the entourage of the victims and the institutions, this film analyzes five emblematic cases of feminicides and traces the evolution of the romantic relationship from the meeting to the murder. This documentary warns of the collective blindness of society in the hope of causing global awareness.
- DirectorLuc JacquetStarsClaude LoriusMichel PapineschiJacques-Yves CousteauA documentary about global warming.
- DirectorPascal CuissotRob HopeStarsFranck AdrienLong before the arrival of Homo sapiens, the Neanderthals wander the vast European plains, regularly drowned into the Ice Ages. Several discoveries, in France and England, and especially on the island of Jersey, now allow the archaeologists to understand the lifestyle of those first great nomads of Europe, that lasted 300 000 years
- DirectorAndrzej ZulawskiStarsIsabelle AdjaniSam NeillMargit CarstensenA woman starts exhibiting increasingly disturbing behavior after asking her husband for a divorce. Suspicions of infidelity soon give way to something much more sinister.
- DirectorClovis CornillacStarsMélanie BernierClovis CornillacLilou FogliA lone man who craves peace and quiet in his apartment is disturbed by his new neighbour, a female piano player. As they comedically strive to drive each other out, frustration turns to friendship and more.
- DirectorMathieu KassovitzStarsJean RenoVincent CasselNadia FarèsA murder detective must follow the footsteps of a brutal killer within the secrets of a classist college.
- DirectorJérémy AudouardStarsPavlos Kapantais
- DirectorÉric LartigauStarsAlain ChabatCharlotte GainsbourgBernadette LafontLuis enjoys the liberty of being single. He has a smell for perfumes and thus money. However, his 5 sisters and mom believe that at 43, he should be looking for a wife, not one-night stands. They find candi/dates. He hires a "fiancée".
- DirectorJulian SchnabelStarsMathieu AmalricEmmanuelle SeignerMarie-Josée CrozeThe true story of Elle editor Jean-Dominique Bauby who suffers a stroke and has to live with an almost totally paralyzed body; only his left eye isn't paralyzed.
- DirectorNicole GarciaStarsDaniel AuteuilGéraldine PailhasFrançois CluzetWhen a man murders his wife, children and parents, the ensuing investigation reveals that he's been living a lie for almost 20 years.
- DirectorSandrine RigaudStarsThierry BaubetJanine BergLukas BiewaldArtificial intelligence is developing and the digital economy is expanding. To enable this millions of people are doing underpaid work that insults human intelligence.
- DirectorArnaud DesplechinStarsMathieu AmalricMarion CotillardCharlotte GainsbourgThe story follows a filmmaker (Mathieu Amalric) whose life is sent into a tailspin by the return of a former lover (Marion Cotillard as Carlotta) just as he is about to embark on the shoot of a new film.
- DirectorFlorent Cassiani-Ingoni
- DirectorAmos KollekStarsAudrey TautouJustin TherouxJennifer TillyA young French woman comes to NYC to be an actress. Meanwhile, she lives on the street and does odd jobs. She becomes the involuntary muse of a blocked writer. Love?
- DirectorKatell QuillévéréStarsTahar RahimEmmanuelle SeignerAnne DorvalA single devastating event intertwines inextricably the lives of an unfortunate teenager, a weary woman with a critical degenerative heart condition and a team of compassionate doctors; all perfect strangers, perfectly interconnected.
- DirectorEmmanuelle BercotStarsCatherine DeneuveRod ParadotBenoît MagimelA juvenile judge and a special educator are convinced that they can save the young delinquent Malony from himself and his violent ways.
- DirectorClaire DenisStarsJuliette BinocheXavier BeauvoisPhilippe KaterineIsabelle, Parisian artist, divorced mother, is looking for love, true love at last.
- DirectorJulien Menanteau
- DirectorJean-Luc GodardStarsAnne WiazemskyJean-Pierre LéaudJuliet BertoA small group of French students are studying Mao, trying to find out their position in the world and how to change the world to a Maoistic community using terrorism.
- DirectorThomas CirotteauStarsAnne CardonaDamien CochereauThierry FrémontNeandertal man disappeared abruptly 30 000 years ago. Who was that "other" man and what is the most plausible hypothesis leading to his extinction? An investigation using all current knowledge available tries to answer these questions.
- DirectorChristophe Kilian
- DirectorThierry RobertStarsAnna Flori-LamourMarc BrunetCéline CombesWhile our nights have never been shorter, an enlightening round-up of scientific discoveries around sleep disorders.
- DirectorEtienne ComarStarsReda KatebCécile de FranceBea PalyaThe story of Django Reinhardt, famous guitarist and composer, and his flight from German-occupied Paris in 1943.
- DirectorJan KounenAnne ParisStarsJean-Marie GhislainLeina SatoLeina Sato and Jean-Marie Ghislain are expecting. As an apneist and a shark photographer, they wish to spend the pregnancy in the deep ocean, with the wild cetaceans. Part philosophical tale, part adventure story, set in our planet's most beautiful places, the film picks up a universal notion and asks the question all future parents wonder - how best to welcome a child into this world? *** Leina Sato et Jean-Marie Ghislain, deux plongeurs amoureux des océans, sont sur le point d'avoir un enfant. Ce documentaire raconte cette grossesse incroyable au plus près des animaux marins. Avec des images sous-marines somptueuses, il répond d'une manière très singulière à une question universelle : Comment accueillir un enfant dans ce monde ?
- DirectorAlain JessuaStarsAlain DelonAnnie GirardotRobert HirschA French businesswoman goes to a remote and popular rejuvenation clinic after a breakup, and begins to suspect the treatment methods used by the head doctor, and slowly uncovers the horrible secret behind the clinic's success.
- DirectorMaïwennStarsVincent CasselEmmanuelle BercotLouis GarrelTony is admitted to a rehabilitation center after a serious skiing accident. Dependent on medical staff and painkillers, she takes the time to remember the tumultuous love story she lived with Georgio.
- DirectorMoussa TouréStarsOlivia BrunauxAlban CastermanCharles ClémentAfrica shares a white and black memory with Europe and America. A history shared by twelve million Africans and told by few. A very lucrative commerce, from which many prospered through four centuries, abolished or not.
- DirectorNina BarbierAnthony MalamateniosStarsVitalie BantasMihai CojocaruAntonia DinWhat is the story behind the world famous Tussaud's wax museums? Watch the epic tale of the rise of Marie Tussaud, a female artist and entrepreneur who survived a revolution and then took her business acumen to England to establish an entertainment empire.