A monthly online film club to discuss French film
French Cinémathèque
Each month we choose a German film or series currently available to stream, watch it independently, and come together for a hosted conversation with other fans of German film.
Our next meeting will be about Anatomy of a Fall, directed by Justine Triet.
Join us Monday, April 22nd at 4:00pm - 5:00pm PDT / 7:00pm - 8:00pm EDT.
Popular from France
Class Act
(Tapie)
In this fictionalized biopic about Bernard Tapie, a relentlessly ambitious working-class man becomes one of France's most controversial public figures.
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- France • 2023
- Creator Tristan Séguéla, Olivier Demangel
- Cast Laurent Lafitte, Joséphine Japy, Patrick d'Assumçao, Ophélia Kolb, Camille Chamoux, Ivan Murphy
- Genre Drama
- Available on Netflix, Netflix basic with Ads
Lupin
Gentleman thief Assane Diop sets out to avenge his father for an injustice inflicted by a wealthy family.
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- France, United States • 2021
- Creator George Kay
- Cast Omar Sy, Hervé Pierre, Nicole Garcia, Clotilde Hesme, Ludivine Sagnier, Soufiane Guerrab
- Genre Crime, Drama, Mystery
- Available on Netflix, Netflix basic with Ads
Lucy
Most people only use 10% of their brains. She unlocks the full 100% – and the powers that come with it.
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- France, Taiwan, Germany • 2014
- Director Luc Besson
- Cast Scarlett Johansson, Morgan Freeman, Choi Min-sik, Amr Waked, Julian Rhind-Tutt, Pilou Asbæk
- Genre Action, Science Fiction
- Available on Netflix, Netflix basic with Ads, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, Spectrum On Demand, FlixFling, AMC on Demand
Taken
An ex-spy must pull out all the stops to save his daughter after she is kidnapped by human traffickers.
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- France, United States • 2008
- Director Pierre Morel
- Cast Liam Neeson, Maggie Grace, Leland Orser, Famke Janssen, Jon Gries, David Warshofsky
- Genre Action, Thriller
- Available on Hulu, Apple TV Plus, Starz Apple TV Channel, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, AMC on Demand
Lost Highway
A tormented jazz musician finds himself lost in an enigmatic story involving murder, surveillance, and inexplicable dreams.
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- France, United States • 1997
- Director David Lynch
- Cast Bill Pullman, Patricia Arquette, Balthazar Getty, Robert Blake, Natasha Gregson Wagner, Richard Pryor
- Genre Drama, Mystery, Thriller
- Available on Criterion Channel, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, YouTube
High Life
A father and daughter must rely on each other to survive a dangerous mission to deep space.
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- Germany, France, United Kingdom • 2018
- Director Claire Denis
- Cast Robert Pattinson, Juliette Binoche, André Benjamin, Mia Goth, Agata Buzek, Lars Eidinger
- Genre Drama, Mystery, Science Fiction, Thriller
- Available on Showtime Apple TV Channel, Max Amazon Channel, Max, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, Kanopy
Return to Seoul
(Retour à Séoul)
A 25-year-old French woman returns to Korea - the country she was born in before being adopted by a French couple - for the very first time.
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- France, Germany, Belgium • 2022
- Director Davy Chou
- Cast Park Ji-min, Oh Gwang-rok, Guka Han, Kim Sun-young, Heo Jin, Yoann Zimmer
- Genre Drama
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, YouTube, Spectrum On Demand
La Haine
In the banlieues of France, the immigrant populations' resentment simmers away -- until it starts to boil.
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- France, United States • 1995
- Director Mathieu Kassovitz
- Cast Vincent Cassel, Hubert Koundé, Saïd Taghmaoui, Abdel Ahmed Ghili, Souleymane Dicko, Héloïse Rauth
- Genre Drama
- Available on Criterion Channel, Apple TV, Amazon Video
Alphonse
A chameleon-like man makes it his mission to please women and satisfy all their wishes.
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- France • 2023
- Creator Nicolas Bedos
- Cast Jean Dujardin, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Pierre Arditi, Nicole Garcia, Laura Morante, Marie-Christine Barrault
- Genre Comedy
- Available on Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads
Drops of God
(Les gouttes de Dieu)
A wine mogul's daughter and his student must compete for the chance to inherit the world's greatest wine collection.
- France • 2023
- Creator Quoc Dang Tran
- Cast Tomohisa Yamashita, Fleur Geffrier
- Genre Drama
- Available on Apple TV Plus
A Kid
(Le fils de Jean)
A man travels to Quebec to attend the funeral of his estranged father.
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- France, Canada • 2016
- Director Philippe Lioret
- Cast Pierre Deladonchamps, Gabriel Arcand, Catherine de Léan, Marie-Thérèse Fortin, Pierre-Yves Cardinal
- Genre Drama
- Available on Amazon Prime Video, Fandor, Fandor Amazon Channel, OVID, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, YouTube, Tubi TV, The Roku Channel, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, Kanopy
Miraculous: Tales of Ladybug & Cat Noir
(Miraculous, les aventures de Ladybug et Chat Noir)
Normal high school kids by day, protectors of Paris by night!
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- France, Korea, Japan • 2015
- Creator Thomas Astruc
- Cast Annouck Hautbois, Benjamin Bollen, Antoine Tomé, Marie Nonnenmacher
- Genre Action & Adventure, Animation, Kids
- Available on Netflix, Amazon Video, fuboTV, Disney Plus, Spectrum On Demand, DisneyNOW, Netflix basic with Ads
Portrait of a Lady on Fire
(Portrait de la jeune fille en feu)
Marianne, a painter, is commissioned to do the wedding portrait of Héloïse, a young woman who has just left the convent.
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- France • 2019
- Director Céline Sciamma
- Cast Noémie Merlant, Adèle Haenel, Luàna Bajrami, Valeria Golino, Christel Baras, Armande Boulanger
- Genre Drama, History, Romance
- Available on Hulu, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, YouTube, Kanopy
CODA
Every family has its own language.
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- France, United States • 2021
- Director Siân Heder
- Cast Emilia Jones, Marlee Matlin, Troy Kotsur, Eugenio Derbez, Ferdia Walsh-Peelo, Daniel Durant
- Genre Drama, Music, Romance
- Available on Apple TV Plus
New from France
Winter Boy
(Le Lycéen)
Seventeen-year-old Lucas struggles to cope with the sudden and unexpected death of his father, as well as the exploration of his own burgeoning sexuality.
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- France • 2022
- Director Christophe Honoré
- Cast Paul Kircher, Vincent Lacoste, Juliette Binoche, Christophe Honoré, Erwan Kepoa Falé, Adrien Casse
- Genre Drama
- Available on MUBI
Once Upon a Time... Life
(Il était une fois… la Vie)
A fun mix of relatable humor and expert explanations, this educational series explores human biology through its colorful cast of animated cells and organs.
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- France, Japan, Canada • 1987
- Creator Albert Barillé
- Cast Roger Carel, Gilles Laurent, Marie-Laure Beneston, Alain Dorval, Henry Djanik
- Genre Animation, Documentary, Family
- Available on Pantaflix
Yuni
In Indonesia, Yuni must choose between her dream of attending university or a potential final chance at marriage.
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- Indonesia, France, Singapore • 2021
- Director Kamila Andini
- Cast Arawinda Kirana, Kevin Ardilova, Dimas Aditya, Neneng Wulandari, Vania Aurellia, Boah Sartika
- Genre Drama
- Available on Film Movement Plus, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, YouTube, Spectrum On Demand
Marona's Fantastic Tale
(L'Extraordinaire Voyage de Marona)
An accident causes a stray dog to remember all the owners she’s ever had and ever loved.
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- France, Romania • 2020
- Director Anca Damian
- Cast Lizzie Brocheré, Bruno Salomone, Thierry Hancisse, Nathalie Boutefeu, Shirelle Mai-Yvart, Maïra Schmitt
- Genre Animation, Drama, Family
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video
Maya
A French war reporter returns to India where he grew up, and reunites with a young girl he once knew.
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- France, Germany • 2018
- Director Mia Hansen-Løve
- Cast Roman Kolinka, Aarshi Banerjee, Alex Descas, Judith Chemla
- Genre Drama
- Available on OVID, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, YouTube, Tubi TV, VUDU Free
Quelques veuves de Noirmoutier
A documentary film made as an extension of an art exhibition about women speaking about their widowhood and their residence on the island of Noirmoutier.
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- France • 2006
- Director Agnès Varda
- Cast Agnès Varda, Joséphine Fradet, Jeanne Ganachaud, Anne-Marie Renaudin, Christiane Bouchereau, Huguette Hamoudi
- Genre Documentary
- Available on DocAlliance Films
My Mother's Castle
(Le château de ma mère)
My Mother's Castle (Le chateau de ma mere) is a sequel and companion piece to My Father's Glory (La Gloire de Mon Pere), both based on the childhood recollections of Marcel Pagnol.
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- France • 1990
- Director Yves Robert
- Cast Julien Ciamaca, Philippe Caubère, Nathalie Roussel, Victorien Delamare, Didier Pain, Thérèse Liotard
- Genre Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Romance
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, YouTube
Coup de Chance
When Fanny runs into Alain, a former high school friend, their fast developing relationship puts her perfect marriage in jeopardy.
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- France, United States • 2023
- Director Woody Allen
- Cast Valérie Lemercier, Niels Schneider, Kenneth Edelson, Lou de Laâge, Elsa Zylberstein, Melvil Poupaud
- Genre Drama, Romance, Thriller
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Amazon Video, YouTube
Microcosmos
(Microcosmos : Le peuple de l'herbe)
15 years of research. 2 years of equipment design. 3 years of shooting. And one great movie to restore your sense of wonder.
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- France, Switzerland, Italy • 1996
- Director Marie Pérennou
- Cast Jacques Perrin, Kristin Scott Thomas
- Genre Documentary
- Available on Criterion Channel
Of Love & Law
(愛と法)
A documentary following Fumi and Kazu, who run the first law firm in Japan set up by an openly gay couple.
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- Japan, United Kingdom, France • 2017
- Director Hikaru Toda
- Cast
- Genre Documentary
- Available on OVID
Plan 75
In a dystopian Japan, the government launches Plan 75, a program encouraging senior citizens to be euthanized to remedy its aging population.
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- Japan, France, Philippines • 2022
- Director Chie Hayakawa
- Cast Chieko Baisho, Hayato Isomura, Stefanie Arianne, Yumi Kawai, Taka Takao, Hisako Ôkata
- Genre Drama, Science Fiction
- Available on Criterion Channel, Amazon Video
The Worst Ones
(Les Pires)
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- France • 2022
- Director Lise Akoka, Romane Gueret
- Cast Johan Heldenbergh, Matthias Jacquin, Mallory Wanecque, Loïc Pech, Timéo Mahaut, Ester Archambault
- Genre Comedy, Drama
- Available on Hoopla, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, YouTube, Kino Now
Dancing the Twist in Bamako
(Twist à Bamako)
In the 1960's in post-colonial Mali, a socialist falls in love with a woman trying to escape an arranged marriage.
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- France, Canada, Senegal • 2022
- Director Robert Guédiguian
- Cast Stéphane Bak, Alicia Da Luz Gomes, Diouc Koma, Issaka Sawadogo, Bakary Diombera, Alassane Gueye
- Genre Drama
- Available on Amazon Video
The Billionaire, the Butler, and the Boyfriend
(L'Affaire Bettencourt : Scandale chez la femme la plus riche du monde)
How did a conflict between the world's wealthiest woman and her daughter spiral into national scandal?
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- France • 2023
- Creator
- Cast Liliane Bettencourt, Françoise Bettencourt Meyers, François-Marie Banier, Nicolas Sarkozy
- Genre Crime, Documentary
- Available on Netflix, Netflix basic with Ads
Young Soul Rebels
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- United Kingdom, France, Germany • 1991
- Director Isaac Julien
- Cast Valentine Nonyela, Sophie Okonedo, Jason Durr, Frances Barber, Mo Sesay, Dorian Healy
- Genre Drama, Mystery, Music
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, YouTube
Telescope Recommends
The Death of Stalin
In the Kremlin, no one can hear you scheme.
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- United Kingdom, France, Belgium • 2017
- Director Armando Iannucci
- Cast Steve Buscemi, Simon Russell Beale, Paddy Considine, Rupert Friend, Jason Isaacs, Olga Kurylenko
- Genre Comedy, History
- Available on MUBI, Hulu, MUBI Amazon Channel, AMC+, AMC+ Amazon Channel, AMC Plus Apple TV Channel , IFC Films Unlimited Apple TV Channel, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, AMC on Demand, The Roku Channel, Pluto TV, Kanopy, Plex,
Journey to Italy
(Viaggio in Italia)
A bored English couple must face the cracks in their marriage on a trip to Italy.
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- Italy, France • 1954
- Director Roberto Rossellini
- Cast Ingrid Bergman, George Sanders, Jackie Frost, Maria Mauban, Anna Proclemer, Leslie Daniels
- Genre Drama, Romance
- Available on Criterion Channel, Max Amazon Channel, Max, Apple TV, Amazon Video, Kanopy
The Wages of Fear
(Le Salaire de la peur)
A rivalry develops between the two sets of drivers on remote roads where the slightest jolt can be deadly.
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- France, Italy • 1953
- Director Henri-Georges Clouzot
- Cast Yves Montand, Charles Vanel, Peter van Eyck, Folco Lulli, Véra Clouzot, Antonio Centa
- Genre Drama, Thriller, Adventure
- Available on Criterion Channel, Max Amazon Channel, Max, Apple TV, Amazon Video, Kanopy
Secrets & Lies
Family secrets are laid bare.
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- France, United Kingdom • 1996
- Director Mike Leigh
- Cast Timothy Spall, Brenda Blethyn, Marianne Jean-Baptiste, Phyllis Logan, Claire Rushbrook, Lee Ross
- Genre Drama
- Available on Criterion Channel, Max Amazon Channel, Max
The Wild Goose Lake
(南方车站的聚会)
A gangster, recently freed from prison, finds trouble amid Wuhan's shadows and neon.
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- China, France • 2019
- Director Diao Yi'nan
- Cast Hu Ge, Gwei Lun-mei, Liao Fan, Wan Qian, Qi Dao, Huang Jue
- Genre Crime, Drama
- Available on Hoopla, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, YouTube, Kanopy
Waltz with Bashir
(Vals Im Bashir)
When a young soldier has trouble accessing memories of a massacre, conversations with others help piece his memories together.
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- Israel, France, Germany • 2008
- Director Ari Folman
- Cast Ari Folman, Ron Ben-Yishai, Dror Harazi, Ronny Dayag
- Genre Animation, Documentary, Drama, War
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube
The American Friend
(Der amerikanische Freund)
Tom Ripley, who deals in forged art, suggests a picture framer he knows would make a good hitman.
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- West Germany, France • 1977
- Director Wim Wenders
- Cast Dennis Hopper, Bruno Ganz, Lisa Kreuzer, Gérard Blain, Nicholas Ray, Samuel Fuller
- Genre Drama, Thriller
- Available on Criterion Channel, Apple TV, Vudu, Amazon Video
Funan
A family searches for each other after being forcefully separated by the Khmer Rouge in 1970s Cambodia.
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- France, Luxembourg, Belgium • 2019
- Director Denis Do
- Cast Bérénice Bejo, Louis Garrel, Colette Kieffer, Aude-Laurence Clermont Biver, Brice Montagne
- Genre Animation, Drama, History
- Available on Hoopla, Google Play Movies, Amazon Video, YouTube
Bob le Flambeur
(Bob le flambeur)
Bob, making a desperate gamble, soon learns that his game is rigged and the cops are onto him.
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- France • 1956
- Director Jean-Pierre Melville
- Cast Roger Duchesne, Isabelle Corey, Daniel Cauchy, André Garet, Gérard Buhr, Guy Decomble
- Genre Action, Crime, Drama
- Available on Kanopy
Call Me by Your Name
Is it better to speak or die?
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- Italy, France, Brazil • 2017
- Director Luca Guadagnino
- Cast Timothée Chalamet, Armie Hammer, Michael Stuhlbarg, Amira Casar, Esther Garrel, Victoire Du Bois
- Genre Drama, Romance
- Available on Hulu, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Microsoft Store, YouTube, Amazon Video, AMC on Demand
Kolya
(Kolja)
A poor cellist is forced to care for a small child after his scam backfires.
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- Czech Republic, United Kingdom, France • 1996
- Director Jan Svěrák
- Cast Andrei Chalimon, Zdeněk Svěrák, Libuše Šafránková, Stella Zázvorková, Ondřej Vetchý, Nela Boudová
- Genre Comedy, Drama, Music
- Available on Apple TV, Amazon Video
Something in the Air
(Après Mai)
In the aftermath of May '68, a group of young Europeans try to continue the revolutions they believe are just beginning.
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- France • 2012
- Director Olivier Assayas
- Cast Clément Métayer, Lola Créton, Felix Armand, Carole Combes, Bobbi Salvör Menuez, Hugo Conzelmann
- Genre Romance, Drama
- Available on MUBI, MUBI Amazon Channel, AMC+, AMC+ Amazon Channel, AMC+ Roku Premium Channel, IFC Films Unlimited Apple TV Channel, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Amazon Video, YouTube, Kanopy
Through the Olive Trees
(زیر درختان زیتون)
Art doesn't always imitate life...even when you want it to.
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- Iran, France • 1994
- Director Abbas Kiarostami
- Cast Mohamad Ali Keshavarz, Farhad Kheradmand, Zarifeh Shiva, Hossein Rezai, Tahereh Ladanian, Hocine Redai
- Genre Drama
- Available on Criterion Channel
My Night at Maud's
(Ma nuit chez Maud)
The rigid principles of a devout Catholic man are challenged during one night with a divorced woman.
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- France • 1969
- Director Éric Rohmer
- Cast Jean-Louis Trintignant, Françoise Fabian, Marie-Christine Barrault, Antoine Vitez, Léonide Kogan, Guy Léger
- Genre Comedy, Drama, Romance
- Available on Criterion Channel, Max Amazon Channel, Max
Amour
Love never ends.
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- Austria, France, Germany • 2012
- Director Michael Haneke
- Cast Jean-Louis Trintignant, Emmanuelle Riva, Isabelle Huppert, William Shimell, Ramón Agirre, Rita Blanco
- Genre Drama, Romance
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, YouTube, AMC on Demand
Earth Day 2024
Animals and More Animals
(Un animal, des animaux)
A unique look into the work behind the animal displays of the Paris Museum of Natural history.
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- France • 1994
- Director Nicolas Philibert
- Cast
- Genre Documentary
- Available on Kanopy
Modern Life
(Profils Paysans, Chapitre 3: La vie moderne)
Photographer and filmmaker Raymond Depardon turns his camera on the farming community of the Cévennes region in southern France.
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- France • 2008
- Director Raymond Depardon
- Cast Paul Argaud, Marcel Challaye, Germaine Challaye, Jacques Chirac
- Genre Documentary
- Available on Kanopy
Antarctica: Ice & Sky
(La glace et le ciel)
Portrait of French glaciologist Claude Lorius, whose groundbreaking research gave us the first clear evidence of man-made climate change.
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- France • 2015
- Director Luc Jacquet
- Cast Claude Lorius, Michel Papineschi
- Genre Documentary
- Available on Amazon Prime Video, fuboTV, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, YouTube, Crackle, Tubi TV, Freevee, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, Kanopy, Plex,
Winged Migration
(Le peuple migrateur)
Five film crews follow a rich variety of bird migrations through forty countries and across each of the seven continents.
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- France, Germany, Switzerland • 2001
- Director Jacques Perrin
- Cast Philippe Labro, Jacques Perrin
- Genre Documentary
- Available on Apple TV, Vudu, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, AMC on Demand, Tubi TV
Minuscule: Valley of the Lost Ants
(Minuscule - La vallée des fourmis perdues)
An epic adventure at ground level.
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- France, Belgium • 2013
- Director Thomas Szabo
- Cast
- Genre Animation, Adventure, Family
- Available on Amazon Prime Video, Hoopla, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, Tubi TV, The Roku Channel, Freevee, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, Plex,
The Snails
(Les escargots)
A farmer goes to extreme lengths to get his plants to grow - but they aren't the only things growing.
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- France • 1966
- Director René Laloux
- Cast
- Genre Animation, Science Fiction
- Available on Criterion Channel
Winter Nomads
(Hiver Nomade)
Two shepherds in Switzerland move 800 sheep 600km over four months with the help of three donkeys and four dogs.
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- Switzerland, France, Germany • 2012
- Director Manuel von Stürler
- Cast Pascal Eguisier, Carole Noblanc, Jean-Paul Peguiron
- Genre Documentary
- Available on OVID
The Bear
(L'Ours)
He is an orphan at the start of a journey -- a journey to survive.
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- France, United States • 1988
- Director Jean-Jacques Annaud
- Cast Tchéky Karyo, Jack Wallace, André Lacombe
- Genre Adventure, Drama, Family
- Available on Peacock, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, YouTube, Tubi TV, The Roku Channel, Pluto TV, Freevee, Kanopy, Shout! Factory TV
Océans
What wonders await under the surface of the oceans?
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- France, Switzerland, Spain • 2009
- Director Jacques Perrin
- Cast Pierce Brosnan, Lancelot Perrin
- Genre Documentary, Family
- Available on Disney Plus, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, AMC on Demand
The Red Turtle
(La tortue rouge)
Come discover the magic of nature...
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- France, Belgium, Japan • 2016
- Director Michael Dudok de Wit
- Cast Emmanuel Garijo, Tom Hudson, Baptiste Goy, Axel Devillers, Barbara Beretta
- Genre Animation, Drama, Family, Fantasy
- Available on Starz Apple TV Channel, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, YouTube, Spectrum On Demand
March of the Penguins
(La Marche de l'empereur)
In the harshest place on Earth, love finds a way.
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- France • 2005
- Director Luc Jacquet
- Cast Charles Berling, Romane Bohringer, Jules Sitruk, Morgan Freeman, Torsten Michaelis, Andrea-Kathrin Loewig
- Genre Documentary, Family
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, YouTube, Spectrum On Demand
Le Mois de la Francophonie
March is the Mois de la Francophonie, and in recognition, we present a selection of films made and set in countries around the world, including Algeria, Belgium, Canada, Chad, Mauritania, and Switzerland, that are wholly or partly in the French language.
Almayer's Folly
(La Folie Almayer)
To want something for someone else is to want it for yourself.
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- Belgium, France • 2011
- Director Chantal Akerman
- Cast Stanislas Merhar, Marc Barbé, Aurora Marion, Zac Andrianasolo, Sakhna Oum, Solida Chan
- Genre Drama
- Available on OVID, Amazon Video
War Witch
(Rebelle)
Behold, magic is in your soul...
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- Canada • 2012
- Director Kim Nguyen
- Cast Rachel Mwanza, Alain Lino Mic Eli Bastien, Serge Kanyinda, Mizinga Mwinga, Ralph Prosper, Jean Kabuya
- Genre Drama, War
- Available on Hoopla, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, YouTube, Tubi TV, Pluto TV, Kanopy, Plex,
Incendies
The search began at the opening of their mother's will.
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- Canada, France • 2010
- Director Denis Villeneuve
- Cast Lubna Azabal, Mélissa Désormeaux-Poulin, Maxim Gaudette, Rémy Girard, Allen Altman, Abdelghafour Elaaziz
- Genre Drama, Mystery, War
- Available on MUBI, MUBI Amazon Channel, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, AMC on Demand, Tubi TV
Genesis
(Genèse)
Three teenagers experience the turmoils of young love.
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- Canada • 2019
- Director Philippe Lesage
- Cast Noée Abita, Théodore Pellerin, Édouard Tremblay-Grenier, Pier-Luc Funk, Émilie Bierre
- Genre Drama, Romance
- Available on Hoopla, AMC+ Amazon Channel, Film Movement Plus, Apple TV, Vudu, Amazon Video, Tubi TV, Freevee, Kanopy, Plex,
Sister
(L'enfant d'en haut)
A young boy steals from rich patrons at a posh ski resort to support himself and his irresponsible older sister.
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- France, Switzerland • 2012
- Director Ursula Meier
- Cast Kacey Mottet Klein, Léa Seydoux, Martin Compston, Gillian Anderson, Jean-François Stévenin, Yann Trégouët
- Genre Drama
- Available on Metrograph, Apple TV, Amazon Video, Kino Now, Kanopy
Winter Nomads
(Hiver Nomade)
Two shepherds in Switzerland move 800 sheep 600km over four months with the help of three donkeys and four dogs.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Switzerland, France, Germany • 2012
- Director Manuel von Stürler
- Cast Pascal Eguisier, Carole Noblanc, Jean-Paul Peguiron
- Genre Documentary
- Available on OVID
Tori and Lokita
(Tori et Lokita)
The story of two young immigrants with an unbreakable bond of friendship struggling to survive on the margins of society.
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- France, Belgium • 2022
- Director Luc Dardenne, Jean-Pierre Dardenne
- Cast Pablo Schils, Joely Mbundu, Alban Ukaj, Tijmen Govaerts, Charlotte De Bruyne, Nadège Ouedraogo
- Genre Drama
- Available on Criterion Channel, Apple TV, Vudu, Amazon Video
Timbuktu
The peaceful lives of a Timbuktu cattle herder and his family are abruptly upended by the arrival of militant Islamic rebels.
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- Mauritania, France • 2014
- Director Abderrahmane Sissako
- Cast Ibrahim Ahmed, Toulou Kiki, Layla Walet Mohamed, Abel Jafri, Kettly Noel, Hichem Yacoubi
- Genre Drama
- Available on MUBI, Fandor Amazon Channel, Cohen Media Amazon Channel, Google Play Movies, Amazon Video, YouTube, Kino Now, Tubi TV, Kanopy
Days of Glory
(Indigènes)
The true story of World War II's forgotten heroes.
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- Algeria, France, Morocco • 2006
- Director Rachid Bouchareb
- Cast Jamel Debbouze, Samy Naceri, Roschdy Zem, Sami Bouajila, Bernard Blancan, Mathieu Simonet
- Genre Drama, History, War
- Available on Vudu, Plex,
Lingui, The Sacred Bonds
(Lingui, les liens sacrés)
A single mother goes against the church and the patriarchy to obtain an illegal abortion for her fifteen-year-old daughter.
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- France, Germany, Belgium • 2021
- Director Mahamat-Saleh Haroun
- Cast Achouackh Abakar Souleymane, Rihane Khalil Alio, Youssouf Djaoro, Briya Gomdigue, Saleh Sambo, Mounira Michala
- Genre Drama
- Available on MUBI, MUBI Amazon Channel, Apple TV, Vudu, Amazon Video
The Brand New Testament
(Le tout nouveau testament)
God Exists. He Lives in Brussels with his teenage daughter.
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- Belgium, France, Luxembourg • 2015
- Director Jaco Van Dormael
- Cast Pili Groyne, Benoît Poelvoorde, Yolande Moreau, Catherine Deneuve, François Damiens, Serge Larivière
- Genre Drama, Comedy, Fantasy
- Available on Hoopla, fuboTV, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, YouTube, Crackle, Kanopy, Plex,