The French Dispatch (
2021) | IMDb:
7.1
The staff of an American magazine based in France puts out its last issue, with stories featuring an artist sentenced to life imprisonment, student riots, and a kidnapping resolved by a chef.
Starring:
Benicio del Toro
,
Adrien Brody
,
Tilda Swinton
,
Léa Seydoux
,
Frances McDormand
,
Timothée Chalamet
Mama Weed (
2020) | IMDb:
6.2
A translator working for the police gets involved in the other side of drug dealing.
Starring:
Isabelle Huppert
,
Liliane Rovère
,
Hippolyte Girardot
,
Iris Bry
,
Pierre Rousselet
,
Farida Ouchani
Directed by:
Jean-Paul Salomé
Crime Is Our Business (
2008) | IMDb:
6
Loosely based on "4.50 from Paddington" by Agatha Christie.
Starring:
Catherine Frot
,
André Dussollier
,
Claude Rich
,
Chiara Mastroianni
,
Melvil Poupaud
,
Alexandre Lafaurie
Directed by:
Pascal Thomas
Produced by:
Nathalie Lafaurie
Flight of the Red Balloon (
2007) | IMDb:
6.5
The first part in a new series of films produced by Musée d'Orsay, 'Flight of the Red Balloon' tells the story of a French family as seen through the eyes of a Chinese student. The film was shot in August and September 2006 on location in Paris. This is Hou Hsiao-Hsien's first Western film. It is based on the classic French short The Red Balloon directed by Albert Lamorisse.
Starring:
Juliette Binoche
,
Simon Iteanu
,
Song Fang
,
Hippolyte Girardot
,
Louise Margolin
,
Anna Sigalevitch
Directed by:
Hou Hsiao-hsien
Paris Je T'aime (
2006) | IMDb:
7.2
Olivier Assayas, Gus Van Sant, Wes Craven and Alfonso Cuaron are among the 20 distinguished directors who contribute to this collection of 18 stories, each exploring a different aspect of Parisian life. The colourful characters in this drama include a pair of mimes, a husband trying to chose between his wife and his lover, and a married man who turns to a prostitute for advice.
Starring:
Steve Buscemi
,
Natalie Portman
,
Willem Dafoe
,
Maggie Gyllenhaal
,
Axel Kiener
,
Julie Bataille
House of 9 (
2005) | IMDb:
5.3
Nine strangers wake up in a house with no recollection how they got there and no way out. The voice on the PA introduces them to a grisly game they must play. The prize is $5 million and their life.
Starring:
Kelly Brook
,
Dennis Hopper
,
Hippolyte Girardot
,
Peter Capaldi
,
Susie Amy
,
Raffaello Degruttola
Directed by:
Steven R. Monroe
Modigliani (
2004) | IMDb:
7.2
Set in Paris in 1919, biopic centers on the life of late Italian artist Amedeo Modigliani, focusing on his last days as well as his rivalry with Pablo Picasso. Modigliani, a Jew, has fallen in love with Jeanne, a young and beautiful Catholic girl. The couple has an illegitimate child, and Jeanne's bigoted parents send the baby to a faraway convent to be raised by nuns.
Starring:
Andy García
,
Elsa Zylberstein
,
Omid Djalili
,
Hippolyte Girardot
,
Eva Herzigová
,
Miriam Margolyes
Directed by:
Mick Davis
Produced by:
Andy García
Fort Saganne (
1984) | IMDb:
6.3
In 1911, a willful and determined man from peasant stock named Charles Saganne enlists in the military and is assigned to the Sahara Desert under the aristocratic Colonel Dubreuilh.
Starring:
Gérard Depardieu
,
Philippe Noiret
,
Catherine Deneuve
,
Sophie Marceau
,
Michel Duchaussoy
,
Jean-Laurent Cochet
Directed by:
Alain Corneau