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
Bergman Island (
2021) | IMDb:
6.7
An English-German filmmaking couple retreat to Fårö for the summer to each write screenplays for their upcoming films in an act of pilgrimage to the place that inspired Ingmar Bergman. As the summer and their screenplays advance, the lines between reality and fiction start to blur against the backdrop of the Island's wild landscape.
Starring:
Vicky Krieps
,
Tim Roth
,
Mia Wasikowska
,
Anders Danielsen Lie
,
Hampus Nordenson
,
Anki Larsson
Wasp Network (
2020) | IMDb:
5.9
Havana, Cuba, 1990. René González, an airplane pilot, unexpectedly flees the country, leaving behind his wife Olga and his daughter Irma, and begins a new life in Miami, where he becomes a member of an anti-Castro organization.
Starring:
Penélope Cruz
,
Edgar Ramírez
,
Gael García Bernal
,
Ana de Armas
,
Wagner Moura
,
Leonardo Sbaraglia
See You Up There (
2017) | IMDb:
7.4
In November 1918, a few days before the Armistice, when Lieutenant Pradelle orders a senseless attack, he causes a useless disaster; but his outrageous act also binds the lives of two soldiers who have nothing more in common than the battlefield: Édouard saves Albert, although at a high cost. They become companions in misfortune who will attempt to survive in a changing world. Pradelle, in his own way, does the same.
Starring:
Nahuel Pérez Biscayart
,
Albert Dupontel
,
Laurent Lafitte
,
Niels Arestrup
,
Émilie Dequenne
,
Mélanie Thierry
Directed by:
Albert Dupontel
Personal Shopper (
2016) | IMDb:
6.1
Maureen, mid-20s, is a personal shopper for a media celebrity. The job pays for her stay in Paris, a city she refuses to leave until she makes contact with her twin brother who previously died there. Her life becomes more complicated when a mysterious person contacts her via text message.
Starring:
Kristen Stewart
,
Lars Eidinger
,
Sigrid Bouaziz
,
Anders Danielsen Lie
,
Ty Olwin
,
Hammou Graïa
Standing Tall (
2015) | IMDb:
6.9
The film tells the story of Malony and his education as he grows from a six-year-old into an 18-year-old. A minors’ judge and a caseworker work tirelessly to try to save the young offender.
Starring:
Rod Paradot
,
Catherine Deneuve
,
Sara Forestier
,
Benoît Magimel
,
Diane Rouxel
,
Élizabeth Mazev
Directed by:
Emmanuelle Bercot
Clouds of Sils Maria (
2014) | IMDb:
6.8
A veteran actress comes face-to-face with an uncomfortable reflection of herself when she agrees to take part in a revival of the play that launched her career 20 years earlier.
Starring:
Juliette Binoche
,
Kristen Stewart
,
Chloë Grace Moretz
,
Lars Eidinger
,
Johnny Flynn
,
Angela Winkler
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
Something in the Air (
2012) | IMDb:
6.4
During the 1970s a student named Gilles gets entangled in contemporary political turmoils although he would rather just be a creative artist. While torn between his solidarity to his friends and his personal ambitions he falls in love with Christine.
Starring:
Clément Métayer
,
Lola Créton
,
Felix Armand
,
Carole Combes
,
Bobbi Salvör Menuez
,
Hugo Conzelmann
Directed by:
Olivier Assayas
Asterix & Obelix: God Save Britannia (
2012) | IMDb:
5.3
Asterix crosses the channel to help second-cousin Anticlimax face down Julius Caesar and invading Romans.
Starring:
Édouard Baer
,
Gérard Depardieu
,
Guillaume Gallienne
,
Vincent Lacoste
,
Valérie Lemercier
,
Fabrice Luchini
Holy Motors (
2012) | IMDb:
7
We follow 24 hours in the life of a being moving from life to life like a cold and solitary assassin moving from hit to hit. In each of these interwoven lives, the being possesses an entirely distinct identity: sometimes a man, sometimes a woman, sometimes youthful, sometimes old. By turns murderer, beggar, company chairman, monstrous creature, worker, family man.
Happiness Never Comes Alone (
2012) | IMDb:
6.5
Sacha is a real seducer, a man with no ties or emotional or professional. Charlotte is a modern and independent woman, but barely has time to care for their three children. While Sacha and Charlotte are, at first glance, two incompatible beings, when they meet soon discover that they are quite complementary and need each other.
Starring:
Gad Elmaleh
,
Sophie Marceau
,
Maurice Barthélemy
,
François Berléand
,
Michaël Abiteboul
,
Julie-Anne Roth
Directed by:
James Huth
War Horse (
2011) | IMDb:
7.2
On the brink of the First World War, Albert's beloved horse Joey is sold to the Cavalry by his father. Against the backdrop of the Great War, Joey begins an odyssey full of danger, joy, and sorrow, and he transforms everyone he meets along the way. Meanwhile, Albert, unable to forget his equine friend, searches the battlefields of France to find Joey and bring him home.
Starring:
Jeremy Irvine
,
Peter Mullan
,
Emily Watson
,
Niels Arestrup
,
David Thewlis
,
Tom Hiddleston
Goodbye First Love (
2011) | IMDb:
6.7
A 15-year-old discovers the joys and heartaches of first love with an older teen, but in the ensuing years, cannot seem to move past their breakup.
Starring:
Lola Créton
,
Sebastian Urzendowsky
,
Valérie Bonneton
,
Magne-Håvard Brekke
,
Serge Renko
,
Özay Fecht
Directed by:
Mia Hansen-Løve
Lucky Luke (
2009) | IMDb:
4.7
Fearless gunslinger, Lucky Luke, is ordered by the President to bring peace to Daisy Town.
Starring:
Jean Dujardin
,
Melvil Poupaud
,
Sylvie Testud
,
Alexandra Lamy
,
Michaël Youn
,
Daniel Prévost
Directed by:
James Huth
Antichrist (
2009) | IMDb:
6.5
A grieving couple retreats to their cabin 'Eden' in the woods, hoping to repair their broken hearts and troubled marriage. But nature takes its course and things go from bad to worse.