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
An Officer and a Spy (
2019) | IMDb:
7.2
In 1894, French Captain Alfred Dreyfus is wrongfully convicted of treason and sentenced to life imprisonment at the Devil’s Island penal colony.
Starring:
Jean Dujardin
,
Louis Garrel
,
Emmanuelle Seigner
,
Grégory Gadebois
,
Hervé Pierre
,
Wladimir Yordanoff
The Grand Budapest Hotel (
2014) | IMDb:
8.1
The Grand Budapest Hotel tells of a legendary concierge at a famous European hotel between the wars and his friendship with a young employee who becomes his trusted protégé. The story involves the theft and recovery of a priceless Renaissance painting, the battle for an enormous family fortune and the slow and then sudden upheavals that transformed Europe during the first half of the 20th century.
Starring:
Ralph Fiennes
,
F. Murray Abraham
,
Tony Revolori
,
Mathieu Amalric
,
Adrien Brody
,
Willem Dafoe
Cosmopolis (
2012) | IMDb:
5.1
Riding across Manhattan in a stretch limo during a riot in order to get a haircut, a 28-year-old billionaire asset manager's life begins to crumble.
Starring:
Robert Pattinson
,
Juliette Binoche
,
Sarah Gadon
,
Mathieu Amalric
,
Jay Baruchel
,
Kevin Durand
The Extraordinary Adventures of Adèle Blanc-Sec (
2010) | IMDb:
6.3
An adventure set in the early part of the 20th century, focused on a popular novelist and her dealings with would-be suitors, the cops, monsters, and other distractions.
Starring:
Louise Bourgoin
,
Mathieu Amalric
,
Gilles Lellouche
,
Jean-Paul Rouve
,
Jacky Nercessian
,
Philippe Nahon
Mesrine: Public Enemy #1 (
2008) | IMDb:
7.4
After nearly two decades of legendary criminal feats, making him France's most notorious criminal while simultaneously feeding his desire for media attention and public adoration, Mesrine becomes increasingly paranoid and isolated, leading to a dramatic confrontation with the law that ultimately seals his fate as the nation's most infamous public enemy.
Starring:
Vincent Cassel
,
Ludivine Sagnier
,
Mathieu Amalric
,
Gérard Lanvin
,
Samuel Le Bihan
,
Olivier Gourmet
Directed by:
Jean-François Richet
Quantum of Solace (
2008) | IMDb:
6.6
Betrayed by Vesper, the woman he loved, 007 fights the urge to make his latest mission personal. Pursuing his determination to uncover the truth, Bond and M interrogate Mr. White, who reveals that the organization that blackmailed Vesper is far more complex and dangerous than anyone had imagined.
Starring:
Daniel Craig
,
Olga Kurylenko
,
Mathieu Amalric
,
Judi Dench
,
Giancarlo Giannini
,
Gemma Arterton
Marie Antoinette (
2006) | IMDb:
6.5
The retelling of France’s iconic but ill-fated queen, Marie Antoinette. From her betrothal and marriage to Louis XVI at 15 to her reign as queen at 19 and ultimately the fall of Versailles.
Munich (
2005) | IMDb:
7.5
During the 1972 Olympic Games in Munich, eleven Israeli athletes are taken hostage and murdered by a Palestinian terrorist group known as Black September. In retaliation, the Israeli government recruits a group of Mossad agents to track down and execute those responsible for the attack.
Starring:
Eric Bana
,
Daniel Craig
,
Ciarán Hinds
,
Mathieu Kassovitz
,
Hanns Zischler
,
Ayelet Zurer