Spirit of Ecstasy (
2023) | IMDb:
6.4
A gender-questioning stock market trader is determined to make it in the world of finance — not for the glory or wealth, but because it's leading them on the path to freedom.
Starring:
Pomme
,
Niels Schneider
,
Anna Mouglalis
,
Sofiane Zermani
,
Olivier Rabourdin
,
Grégoire Colin
The Sixth Child (
2022) | IMDb:
0
Franck, a scrap merchant, and Meriem have five children, a sixth on the go, and serious money issues. Julien and Anna are lawyers and cannot have a child. This is the story of an inconceivable agreement.
Starring:
Sara Giraudeau
,
Benjamin Lavernhe
,
Judith Chemla
,
Damien Bonnard
,
Olivier Faliez
,
Marie-Christine Orry
Black Box (
2021) | IMDb:
7.2
Mathieu is a young and talented black box analyst on a mission to solve the reason behind the deadly crash of a brand new aircraft. Yet, when the case is closed by authorities, Mathieu cannot help but sense there is something wrong with the evidence. As he listens to the tracks again, he starts detecting some seriously disturbing details. Could the tape have been modified? Going against his boss' orders, Mathieu begins his own rogue investigation - an obsessional and dangerous quest for truth that will quickly threaten far more than his career...
Starring:
Pierre Niney
,
Lou de Laâge
,
André Dussollier
,
Sébastien Pouderoux
,
Olivier Rabourdin
,
Guillaume Marquet
Benedetta (
2021) | IMDb:
6.7
A 17th-century nun becomes entangled in a forbidden lesbian affair with a novice. But it is Benedetta's shocking religious visions that threaten to shake the Church to its core.
Starring:
Virginie Efira
,
Charlotte Rampling
,
Daphné Patakia
,
Lambert Wilson
,
Olivier Rabourdin
,
Louise Chevillotte
Directed by:
Paul Verhoeven
Chocolat (
2016) | IMDb:
7
Chocolat the clown, the first black stage performer in France, goes from anonymity to fame after forming an unprecedented duo with fellow performer Footit in the very popular in Belle Epoque Paris. But easy money, gambling, and discrimination take their toll on their friendship and Chocolat's career.
Starring:
Omar Sy
,
James Thierrée
,
Clotilde Hesme
,
Olivier Gourmet
,
Frédéric Pierrot
,
Noémie Lvovsky
Directed by:
Roschdy Zem
De guerre lasse (
2014) | IMDb:
5.4
Alex, the son of a gang boss from Marseilles, joins the French Foreign Legion to avoid a hit put out on him by the Corsican Mafia. Four years later, Alex deserts and returns to Marseilles to get back together with Katia, his former girlfriend. But in the city, relationships have changed...
Starring:
Jalil Lespert
,
Tchéky Karyo
,
Hiam Abbass
,
Mhamed Arezki
,
Sabrina Ouazani
,
Jean-Marie Winling
Directed by:
Olivier Panchot
Grace of Monaco (
2014) | IMDb:
5.7
The story of former Hollywood star Grace Kelly's crisis of marriage and identity, during a political dispute between Monaco's Prince Rainier III and France's Charles De Gaulle, and a looming French invasion of Monaco in the early 1960s.
Directed by:
Olivier Dahan
Taken 2 (
2012) | IMDb:
6.2
In Istanbul, retired CIA operative Bryan Mills and his wife are taken hostage by the father of a kidnapper Mills killed while rescuing his daughter.
Midnight in Paris (
2011) | IMDb:
7.6
While on a trip to Paris with his fiancée's family, a nostalgic screenwriter finds himself mysteriously going back to the 1920s every day at midnight.
Of Gods and Men (
2010) | IMDb:
7.2
A group of Trappist monks reside in the monastery of Tibhirine in Algeria, where they live in harmony with the largely muslim population. When a bloody conflict between Algeria's army and Muslim Jihadi insurgents disrupts the peace, they are forced to consider fleeing the monastery and deserting the villagers they have ministered to. In the face of deadly violence the monks wrestle with their faith and their convictions, eventually deciding to stay and help their neighbours keep the army and the insurgents at bay.
Starring:
Lambert Wilson
,
Michael Lonsdale
,
Olivier Rabourdin
,
Philippe Laudenbach
,
Jacques Herlin
,
Loïc Pichon
Taken (
2008) | IMDb:
7.8
Bryan Mills, a former government operative, is trying to reconnect with his teenage daughter Kim. After reluctantly agreeing with his ex-wife to let Kim go to Paris on vacation with a friend, his worst nightmare comes true. While on the phone with his daughter shortly after she arrives in Paris, she and her friend are abducted by a gang of human traffickers. Working against the clock, Bryan relies on his extensive training and skills to track down the ruthless gang that abducted her and launch a one-man war to rescue his daughter.
The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc (
1999) | IMDb:
6.4
In 1429, a French teenager stood before her King with a message she claimed came from God; that she would defeat the world's greatest army and liberate her country from its political and religious turmoil. As she reclaims God's diminished kingdom, this courageous young woman has various amazing victories until her violent and untimely death.
Starring:
Milla Jovovich
,
Dustin Hoffman
,
Faye Dunaway
,
John Malkovich
,
Vincent Cassel
,
Tchéky Karyo
Directed by:
Luc Besson