European films I like
European films (mainly French) I have seen and liked in recent times and have rated *6 or above.
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- DirectorÉtienne ChatiliezStarsMichel SerraultEddy MitchellSabine AzémaFrancis, the boss of a small plumbing supply company, is harassed by tax collectors, striking employees, and an impossible wife and daughter. His only joy is sharing lunch with his friend Gerard. Then a TV show called "where are you?" shows a woman from Gers who is searching for her husband who disappeared 28 years ago. The lost husband looks like an identical twin of Francis...
- DirectorNicolas VanierStarsFrançois CluzetJean ScandelEric ElmosninoIn 1920s France an orphan is adopted by a rustic couple who work for a rural landowner. Left to himself, he soon comes under the spell of the local poacher.
- DirectorAki KaurismäkiStarsAndré WilmsBlondin MiguelJean-Pierre DarroussinWhen an African boy arrives by cargo ship in the port city of Le Havre, an aging shoe shiner takes pity on the child and welcomes him into his home.
- DirectorPierre JolivetStarsRoschdy ZemÉmilie DequenneMichaël AbiteboulBénédicte Meursault, a female firefighter, has just been transferred to a small fire brigade in the South of France. She is welcomed by Philippe, 45, the wise captain of the brigade. Soon after being introduced to the men, the young woman jumps into action. Unfortunately, while rescuing the victims of a terrible car crash, she does not find one of the injured who was ejected thirty meters away. Now the man is in hospital in a coma and he may die because of her. Completely upset, Bénédicte decides to resign but Philippe dissuades her from doing it.
- DirectorAlberto RodríguezStarsMiguel HerránJavier GutiérrezJesús CarrozaA young accountant, awaiting trial in 1977 for embezzlement with a possible 20 years sentence, joins a group of prisoners demanding amnesty.
- DirectorJalmari HelanderStarsJorma TommilaAksel HennieJack DoolanWhen an ex-soldier who discovers gold in the Lapland wilderness tries to take the loot into the city, German soldiers led by a brutal SS officer battle him.
- DirectorDina AmerStarsLorenza GrimaudoIlonna GrimaudoMouna SoualemWhen two young sisters are torn apart, the eldest loses her identity and transforms into someone new in the name of belonging and resistance.
- DirectorChristophe BarratierStarsLaetitia CastaGuillaume CanetJean TexierOccupied France; Lebrac leads a play war between two rival kid gangs, but a girl he likes, who's Jewish, is in danger of being discovered by local Nazi sympathisers. Lebrac and the village must now respond to the reality of what's happening.
- DirectorMorgan S. DalibertStarsAlban LenoirEric CantonaThibault de MontalembertA steely special ops agent finds his morality put to the test when he infiltrates a crime syndicate and unexpectedly bonds with the boss's young son.
- DirectorArcadi Palerm-ArtisStarsAlejandro AreanMónica HuarteJorge ZárateWhen something unexpected happens in 13-year-old Oliver's family, all he wants to do is walk away. He takes up residence in a poolside lounge chair and decides there's no reason to move. Ever.
- DirectorDavid TruebaStarsJavier CámaraNatalia de MolinaFrancesc ColomerIn Spain in 1966, an English teacher picks up two hitchhikers on his quest to meet John Lennon.
- DirectorClovis CornillacStarsLéa DruckerBenoît PoelvoordeAlice IsaazParis, 1927. After the death of her father, Madeleine Péricourt should have inherited his financial empire but she fell prey to a conspiracy leading her to ruin. Now she will have her vengeance.
- DirectorSylvie VerheydeStarsKarole RocherGarance MarillierRoschdy ZemParis, in the late 1960s. Madame Claude is at the head of a flourishing business dedicated to prostitution that gives her power over both the French political and criminal worlds. But the end of her empire is closer than she thinks.
- DirectorSaphia AzzeddineStarsFrançois CluzetJérémie DuvallNanou Garcia14-year-old Polo, son of a cleaner and a bedridden mother, grows up in modern-day France.
- DirectorVictor CanacheStarsMaia MorgensternMarius BodochiRazvan IlinaSecluded from the world, a single mother of three must defend what's left of her family from a cold-blooded killer, at all costs.
- DirectorCaroline VignalStarsLaure CalamyBenjamin LavernheOlivia CôteA schoolteacher crashes her married lover's family vacation and befriends a donkey named Patrick.
- DirectorJavier Ruiz CalderaStarsJuan José BallestaLuis CallejoLiah O'PreyIn this drama inspired by the life of Lucio Urtubia, an anarchist targets one of the world's biggest banks with an ingenious counterfeiting operations.
- DirectorJean-Loup HubertStarsAnémoneRichard BohringerAntoine HubertLouis, a nine-year-old boy from Paris, spends his summer vacation in a small town in Brittany. His mother Claire has lodged him with her girlfriend Marcelle and her husband Pelo while she's having her second baby. There Louis makes friends with Martine, the ten-year-old girl next door, and learns from her about life.
- DirectorHenri HelmanStarsJacques PerrinPierre BoulangerStéphan Guérin-TilliéIn the Kingdom of France from 1640 is the old with his body ailing Cardinal Richelieu, powerful man under Louis XIII, faced with the machinations of his tipped designated successor, the Marquis de Cinq-Mars.
- DirectorAlice DiopStarsKayije KagameGuslagie MalandaValérie DrévilleFollows Rama, a novelist who attends the trial of Laurence Coly at the Saint-Omer Criminal Court to use her story to write a modern-day adaptation of the ancient myth of Medea, but things don't go as expected.
- DirectorConstance MeyerStarsGérard DepardieuDéborah LukumuenaLucas MortierAn aging and disenchanted film star gets a new assistant in the form of a young female security officer.
- DirectorEdward BergerStarsFelix KammererAlbrecht SchuchAaron HilmerA young German soldier's terrifying experiences and distress on the western front during World War I.
- DirectorThomas GilouStarsKev AdamsGérard DepardieuDaniel PrévostA young convicted men is sentenced to community services. He must now work in a retirement house.
- DirectorIvan CalbéracStarsIsabelle CarréBernard CampanMounir AmamraJacques is divorced and runs a small wine shop, on the verge of bankruptcy. Hortense, determined not to end up single and involved in the association, walks into his store one day and decides to sign up for a tasting workshop.
- DirectorAnne FontaineStarsLou de LaâgeIsabelle HuppertCharles BerlingClaire, a beautiful young woman works at her late father's hotel that is now managed by her evil stepmother Maud. Claire unwittingly sparks uncontrollable jealousy in Maud, whose young lover has fallen in love with Claire. Maud decides to get rid of Claire who finds shelter in a farm where she's allowed to break free from her strict upbringing through encounters with seven "princes."