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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Mesrine: Killer Instinct (
2008) | IMDb:
7.5
Jacques Mesrine, a loyal son and dedicated soldier, is back home and living with his parents after serving in the Algerian War. Soon he is seduced by the neon glamour of sixties Paris and the easy money it presents. Mentored by Guido, Mesrine turns his back on middle class law-abiding and soon moves swiftly up the criminal ladder.
Starring:
Vincent Cassel
,
Cécile de France
,
Gérard Depardieu
,
Gilles Lellouche
,
Roy Dupuis
,
Florence Thomassin
Directed by:
Jean-François Richet
A Good Year (
2006) | IMDb:
6.9
Failed London banker Max Skinner inherits his uncle's vineyard in Provence, where he spent many childhood holidays. Upon his arrival, he meets a woman from California who tells Max she is his long-lost cousin and that the property is hers.
Starring:
Russell Crowe
,
Albert Finney
,
Marion Cotillard
,
Abbie Cornish
,
Didier Bourdon
,
Tom Hollander
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.
Kingdom of Heaven (
2005) | IMDb:
7.2
After his wife dies, a blacksmith named Balian is thrust into royalty, political intrigue and bloody holy wars during the Crusades.
Starring:
Orlando Bloom
,
Eva Green
,
Jeremy Irons
,
David Thewlis
,
Edward Norton
,
Ghassan Massoud
Peter Pan (
2003) | IMDb:
6.8
In stifling Edwardian London, Wendy Darling mesmerizes her brothers every night with bedtime tales of swordplay, swashbuckling and the fearsome Captain Hook. But the children become the heroes of an even greater story, when Peter Pan flies into their nursery one night and leads them over moonlit rooftops through a galaxy of stars and to the lush jungles of Neverland.
Starring:
Jason Isaacs
,
Jeremy Sumpter
,
Rachel Hurd-Wood
,
Lynn Redgrave
,
Richard Briers
,
Olivia Williams