Samba (2014)

Girlhood (2014)

Summary: A girl with few real prospects joins a gang, reinventing herself and gaining a sense of self confidence in the process. However, she soon finds that this new life does not necessarily make her any happier.

Release Date: October 22, 2014

Genre: Drama

Director: Céline Sciamma

Writer: Céline Sciamma

Runtime: 1 h 53 min

MPAA: Unrated

Production: Hold Up Films, Lilies Films, Arte France Cinéma, Agence Nationale pour la Cohésion Sociale et l'Egalité des Chances (ACSE), La Région Île-de-France, Canal+, ARTE, Ciné+, Pyramide Distribution, Playtime, Arte / Cofinova 9

Distributor: The Criterion Channel

Country: France

Language: French

Movie budget: $ 2,966,000

Domestic: $ 60,765

International: $ 1,802,225

Lost in Paris (2016)

Summary: Fiona visits Paris for the first time to assist her myopic Aunt Martha. Catastrophes ensue, mainly involving Dom, a homeless man who has yet to have an emotion or thought he was afraid of expressing.

Release Date: March 08, 2017

Genre: Comedy

Directors: Dominique Abel

, Fiona Gordon

Writers: Dominique Abel

, Fiona Gordon

Runtime: 1 h 23 min

MPAA: Not Rated

Production: Courage Mon Amour, Moteur S'il Vous Plaît, CG Cinéma, Scope Pictures, VOO, BE TV, Proximus, Canal+, Ciné+, Centre du Cinéma et de l'Audiovisuel de la Fédération Wallonie-Bruxelles, Cinémage 10, Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée (CNC), MEDIA Programme of the European Union, Tax Shelter du Gouvernement Fédéral Belge, SCOPE Invest

Distributor: MK2 International, Oscilloscope

Countries: France, Belgium

Language: French

Movie budget: $ 2,100,000

Domestic: $ 691,597

International: $ 1,395,628

Broken English (2007)

Summary: Since college, Nora hasn't had much luck with men. Now in her 30s, she works in a NYC hotel going nowhere. That is, until she meets Julien.

Release Date: July 16, 2008

Genres: Comedy, Drama, Romance

Director: Zoe R. Cassavetes

Writer: Zoe R. Cassavetes

Runtime: 1 h 33 min

MPAA: PG-13

Production: HDNet Films, Backup Media, Phantom Film, Vox3 Films

Distributor: Magnolia Pictures

Countries: France, Japan, United States

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 2,000,000

Domestic: $ 956,919

International: $ 987,231

Playlist (2021)

Summary: Sophie lands a job with a comic book publisher despite being unqualified for the position. However, her newfound security is threatened when she breaks up with her boyfriend, the father of the child she is carrying.

Release Date: June 02, 2021

Genres: Comedy, Drama, Music

Director: Nine Antico

Writers: Nine Antico

, Marc Syrigas

Runtime: 1 h 24 min

Production: Atelier de Production, Playtime, SG Image 2018, Département de la Gironde, Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée (CNC), Ciné+, Orange Cinéma Séries, TV5MONDE

Country: France

Language: French

Lolo (2015)

Summary: Violette, a 40-year old workaholic with a career in the fashion industry falls for a provincial computer geek, Jean-Rene, while on a spa retreat with her best friend.

Release Date: October 28, 2015

Genre: Comedy

Director: Julie Delpy

Writers: Julie Delpy

, Eugénie Grandval

Runtime: 1 h 39 min

MPAA: Not Rated

Production: The Film, France 2 Cinéma, Mars Films, Tempête Sous un Crâne, Sofica Manon 5, Cinémage 9, La Banque Postale Image 8, Apidev 4, France Télévisions, Canal+, Ciné+, D8, Poisson Rouge Pictures

Distributor: FilmRise

Country: France

Language: French

Domestic: $ 24,134

International: $ 7,639,664

Three Colors: White (1994)

Summary: After his wife divorces him, a Polish immigrant plots to get even with her.

Release Date: June 10, 1994

Genres: Comedy, Drama, Romance

Director: Krzysztof Kieslowski

Writers: Krzysztof Kieslowski

, Krzysztof Piesiewicz

, Agnieszka Holland

Runtime: 1 h 32 min

MPAA: R

Production: MK2 Productions, France 3 Cinéma, CAB Productions, Zespol Filmowy "Tor", Canal+, CED Productions, Eurimages

Distributor: Miramax, MK2 Productions, The Criterion Channel

Countries: Switzerland, France, Poland

Language: French

Domestic: $ 1,237,219

International: $ 30,762

Bird People (2014)

Summary: In an airport hotel on the outskirts of Paris, a Silicon Valley engineer abruptly chucks his job, breaks things off with his wife, and holes up in his room. Soon, fate draws him and a young French maid together.

Release Date: June 04, 2014

Genres: Drama, Fantasy, Romance

Director: Pascale Ferran

Writers: Guillaume Bréaud

, Pascale Ferran

Runtime: 2 h 07 min

MPAA: Unrated

Production: Archipel 35, France 2 Cinéma, Titre et Structure Production, Canal+, Ciné+, France Télévisions, Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée (CNC), La Région Île-de-France, Cofinova 8, Société des Producteurs de Cinéma et de Télévision (Procirep), Angoa-Agicoa, MEDIA Programme of the European Union, Cofinova 5, Cofinova 6

Distributor: IFC Films, Playtime

Country: France

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 6,500,000

Domestic: $ 32,111

International: $ 834,100

Tea in the Harem (1985)

Summary: In a depressing concrete Parisian suburb in the seventies two friends are keeping boredom at bay with loitering and petty crime.

Release Date: June 06, 1986

Genre: Drama

Director: Mehdi Charef

Writer: Mehdi Charef

Runtime: 1 h 50 min

Production: Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée (CNC), K.G., M&R Film, Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée (CNC)

Country: France

Language: French

Domestic: $ 18,216

Hadewijch (2009)

Summary: A young nun is expelled from a convent because of her extreme devoutness and forms a relationship with a radical Muslim.

Release Date: December 24, 2010

Genre: Drama

Director: Bruno Dumont

Writer: Bruno Dumont

Runtime: 1 h 45 min

MPAA: Not Rated

Production: 3B Productions, Arte France Cinéma, C.R.R.A.V. Nord Pas de Calais, X-Filme Creative Pool, Cofinova 5, Canal+, CinéCinéma, Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée (CNC), Contact Film, Cofinova 4, Soficapital, La Région Île-de-France, Région Nord-Pas-de-Calais, ARTE, Herbstfilm Produktion

Country: France

Language: French

Movie budget: $ 3,400,000

Domestic: $ 5,006

International: $ 69,580

Antoine & Antoinette (1947)

Summary: Working class couple Antoine and Antoinette dream of a better life. In the midst of constantly fending off the unwanted attention of men, especially the grocer Monsieur Roland, Antoinette purchases a winning lottery ticket. But wh...

Release Date: September 27, 1947

Genres: Comedy, Drama

Director: Jacques Becker

Writers: Jacques Becker

, Maurice Griffe

, Françoise Giroud

Runtime: 1 h 24 min

Production: Gaumont

Distributor: Siritzky International Pictures Corporation, Rialto Pictures

Country: France

Language: French

Domestic: $ 9,704

Point Blank (2010)

Summary: Samuel, a male nurse, saves the life of a thief whose henchmen take Samuel's wife hostage and force him to spring their boss.

Release Date: December 01, 2010

Genres: Action, Drama, Crime

Director: Fred Cavayé

Writers: Fred Cavayé

, Guillaume Lemans

Runtime: 1 h 24 min

MPAA: R

Production: LGM Productions, Gaumont, TF1 Films Production, K.R. Productions, Nexus Factory, uFilm, Canal+, TPS Star, Umedia

Distributor: Gaumont International, Magnolia Pictures, King Power, Magnolia Home Entertainment

Country: France

Language: French

Movie budget: $ 16,000,000

Domestic: $ 708,215

International: $ 8,779,230

Production: SBS Productions, Arte France Cinéma, Close Up Films, Close Up Films, Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée (CNC), Cinéforom, Loterie Suisse Romande, Société des Producteurs de Cinéma et de Télévision (Procirep), Office Fédéral de la Culture, Soficinéma 10, Cinémage 7 Développement, Le Fresnoy Studio National des Arts Contemporains, ARTE, Radio Télévision Suisse (RTS)

In the Shadow of Women (2015)

Summary: Pierre and Manon are a pair of poor documentary makers, who scrape by with odd jobs. When Pierre meets young trainee Elisabeth, he falls for her, but wants to keep Manon at the same time. But the new girl in his life finds out tha...

Release Date: May 27, 2015

Genres: Drama, Romance

Director: Philippe Garrel

Writers: Jean-Claude Carrière

, Caroline Deruas

, Arlette Langmann

Runtime: 1 h 13 min

MPAA: Not Rated

Distributor: Distrib Films

Countries: France, Switzerland

Language: French

Domestic: $ 50,291

International: $ 102,511

Flight of the Red Balloon (2007)

Summary: A little boy and his baby-sitter inhabit the same imaginary world: through their adventures they are followed by a strange red balloon.

Release Date: January 30, 2008

Genres: Drama, Family

Director: Hsiao-Hsien Hou

Writers: Hsiao-Hsien Hou

, François Margolin

Runtime: 1 h 55 min

MPAA: Not Rated

Production: Margo Films, Les Films du Lendemain, Arte France Cinéma, CinéCinéma, Sofica Poste Image, La Région Île-de-France, Soficinéma 3, 3H Productions

Distributor: IFC First Take

Countries: France, Taiwan

Language: French

Movie budget: $ 3,000,000

Domestic: $ 461,674

International: $ 874,317

2 Autumns, 3 Winters (2013)

Summary: Arman is 33 and ready to make a change, starting with a run in park. When he literally bumps into Amélie.

Release Date: December 25, 2013

Genre: Comedy

Director: Sébastien Betbeder

Writer: Sébastien Betbeder

Runtime: 1 h 31 min

Production: Envie de Tempête Productions, La Région Île-de-France, Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée (CNC), Région Aquitaine, Acid Films, Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée (CNC)

Country: France

Language: French

Domestic: $ 5,819

International: $ 25,166

Amélie (2001)

Summary: Despite being caught in her imaginative world, young waitress Amelie decides to help people find happiness. Her quest to spread joy leads her on a journey during which she finds true love.

Release Date: November 09, 2001

Genres: Comedy, Romance

Director: Jean-Pierre Jeunet

Writers: Guillaume Laurant

, Jean-Pierre Jeunet

Runtime: 2 h 02 min

MPAA: G

Production: Claudie Ossard Productions, Union Générale Cinématographique (UGC), Victoires Productions, Tapioca Films, France 3 Cinéma, MMC Independent, Sofica Sofinergie 5, Filmstiftung Nordrhein-Westfalen, Canal+

Distributor: Miramax, CBS All Access, HBO Max, Lionsgate Home Entertainment

Countries: France, Germany

Language: French

Movie budget: $ 10,000,000

Domestic: $ 33,712,444

International: $ 141,470,608

Nocturama (2016)

Summary: Some young folks, tired of the society they're living in, plan a bomb attack over Paris before taking shelter for a night in a shopping center.

Release Date: August 31, 2016

Genres: Drama, Thriller

Director: Bertrand Bonello

Writer: Bertrand Bonello

Runtime: 2 h 10 min

Countries: France, Germany, Belgium

Language: French

Movie budget: $ 5,600,000

Domestic: $ 30,157

International: $ 291,611

Charade (1963)

Summary: Romance and suspense ensue in Paris as a woman is pursued by several men who want a fortune her murdered husband had stolen. Whom can she trust?

Release Date: December 05, 1963

Genres: Comedy, Romance, Mystery

Director: Stanley Donen

Writers: Peter Stone

, Marc Behm

, Jeanne Saintenoy

Runtime: 1 h 53 min

MPAA: PG

Country: United States

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 3,000,000

Le Samouraï (1967)

Summary: After professional hitman Jef Costello is seen by witnesses his efforts to provide himself an alibi drive him further into a corner.

Release Date: October 25, 1967

Genres: Drama, Crime, Mystery

Director: Jean-Pierre Melville

Writers: Joan McLeod

, Jean-Pierre Melville

, Georges Pellegrin

Runtime: 1 h 45 min

MPAA: G

Production: Compagnie Industrielle et Commerciale Cinématographique (CICC), Fida Cinematografica, Filmel, T.C. Productions

Distributor: Artists International, The Criterion Collection, HBO Max

Countries: France, Italy

Language: French

Domestic: $ 216,696

International: $ 114,404