Movie List for "french"

Belle de Jour (1967) Drama Movie

A frigid young housewife decides to spend her midweek afternoons as a prostitute. Year 1967.

Generes: Drama
Director: Luis Buñuel
Writer: Joseph Kessel (novel), Luis Buñuel (adaptation), Jean-Claude Carrière (adaptation)
Actors: Catherine Deneuve, Jean Sorel, Michel Piccoli, Geneviève Page

Unfaithful (2002) Drama Romance Thriller Movie

A New York suburban couple’s marriage goes dangerously awry when the wife indulges in an adulterous fling. Year 2002.

Generes: Drama, Romance, Thriller
Director: Adrian Lyne
Writer: Claude Chabrol (film “La Femme infidèle”), Alvin Sargent (screenplay), William Broyles Jr. (screenplay)
Actors: Diane Lane, Erik Per Sullivan, Richard Gere, Olivier Martinez

Gringo (2018) Action Comedy Crime Drama Movie

GRINGO, a dark comedy mixed with white-knuckle action and dramatic intrigue, explores the battle of survival for businessman Harold Soyinka (David Oyelowo) when he finds himself crossing the line from law-abiding citizen to wanted criminal. Year 2018.

Generes: Action, Comedy, Crime, Drama
Director: Nash Edgerton
Writer: Anthony Tambakis (screenplay by), Matthew Stone (screenplay by), Matthew Stone (story by)
Actors: Joel Edgerton, Charlize Theron, David Oyelowo, Thandie Newton

Gia (1998) Biography Drama Romance Movie

The story of the life of Gia Carangi, a top fashion model from the late 1970s, from her meteoric rise to the forefront of the modeling industry, to her untimely death. Year 1998.

Generes: Biography, Drama, Romance
Director: Michael Cristofer
Writer: Jay McInerney, Michael Cristofer
Actors: Angelina Jolie, Elizabeth Mitchell, Eric Michael Cole, Kylie Travis

Innocence (2004) Drama Mystery Movie

A look inside an offbeat boarding school for young girls. Year 2004.

Generes: Drama, Mystery
Director: Lucile Hadzihalilovic
Writer: Lucile Hadzihalilovic, Frank Wedekind (novel)
Actors: Zoé Auclair, Lea Bridarolli, Bérangère Haubruge, Marion Cotillard

RBG (2018) Documentary Biography Movie

The exceptional life and career of U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, who has developed a breathtaking legal legacy while becoming an unexpected pop culture icon. Year 2018.

Generes: Documentary, Biography
Director: Julie Cohen, Betsy West
Writer: N/A
Actors: Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Ann Kittner, Harryette Helsel, Stephen Wiesenfeld

Caligula and Messalina (1981) Action Adventure Biography Drama History Movie

The seductive Messalina (Betty Roland) will stop at nothing to become the most powerful woman in Rome. Gaining the attention of the Emperor Caligula (Gino Turini), she soon finds herself at… Year 1981.

Generes: Action, Adventure, Biography, Drama, History
Director: Bruno Mattei, Antonio Passalia, Jean-Jacques Renon(co-director)
Writer: Antonio Passalia
Actors: Vladimir Brajovic, Betty Roland, Françoise Blanchard, Raul Cabrera

Pola X (1999) Drama Romance Movie

A young writer becomes intrigued with a mysterious dark-haired woman who claims to be his long-lost sister and he begin an unusual relationship with her prompting a downward spiral involving his domineering mother and lovely fiancée Year 1999.

Generes: Drama, Romance
Director: Leos Carax
Writer: Leos Carax, Jean-Pol Fargeau, Herman Melville (novel), Lauren Sedofsky
Actors: Guillaume Depardieu, Yekaterina Golubeva, Catherine Deneuve, Delphine Chuillot

The Art of Self-Defense (2019) Action Comedy Crime Drama Mystery Thriller Movie

After being attacked on the street, a young man enlists at a local dojo, led by a charismatic and mysterious sensei, in an effort to learn how to defend himself from future threats. Year 2019.

Generes: Action, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Director: Riley Stearns
Writer: Riley Stearns
Actors: Jesse Eisenberg, Alessandro Nivola, Imogen Poots, Steve Terada

Premiers désirs (1983) Drama Romance Movie

Three teenage girls decide to visit a romantic island and find love. They get shipwrecked and end up on different sides of the island. Each girl begins her own romantic adventure either with a man, a boy or even another girl. Year 1983.

Generes: Drama, Romance
Director: David Hamilton
Writer: Michael Erdmann, Philippe Gautier, Bertrand Levergeois
Actors: Monica Broeke, Patrick Bauchau, Inge Maria Granzow, Anja Schüte

Taking Lives (2004) Crime Mystery Thriller Movie

An FBI profiler is called in by French Canadian police to catch a serial killer who takes on the identity of each new victim. Year 2004.

Generes: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Director: D.J. Caruso
Writer: Michael Pye (novel), Jon Bokenkamp (screen story), Jon Bokenkamp (screenplay)
Actors: Angelina Jolie, Ethan Hawke, Kiefer Sutherland, Gena Rowlands

Harem Suare (1999) Drama History Movie

In Baghdad in the early 1900’s, a young woman rises up through the ranks of power within the Ottoman Empire. She and a eunuch plan an elaborate scheme for the release of the female slaves. Year 1999.

Generes: Drama, History
Director: Ferzan Ozpetek
Writer: Ferzan Ozpetek (story and screenplay), Gianni Romoli (story and screenplay)
Actors: Marie Gillain, Alex Descas, Lucia Bosè, Valeria Golino

The Lover (1992) Biography Drama Romance Movie

In 1929 French Indochina, a French teenage girl embarks on a reckless and forbidden romance with a wealthy, older Chinese man, each knowing that knowledge of their affair will bring drastic consequences to each other. Year 1992.

Generes: Biography, Drama, Romance
Director: Jean-Jacques Annaud
Writer: Marguerite Duras (based on the novel), Gérard Brach (adaptation), Jean-Jacques Annaud (adaptation)
Actors: Jane March, Tony Ka Fai Leung, Frédérique Meininger, Arnaud Giovaninetti

Frida (2002) Biography Drama Romance Movie

A biography of artist Frida Kahlo, who channeled the pain of a crippling injury and her tempestuous marriage into her work. Year 2002.

Generes: Biography, Drama, Romance
Director: Julie Taymor
Writer: Hayden Herrera (book), Clancy Sigal (screenplay), Diane Lake (screenplay), Gregory Nava (screenplay), Anna Thomas (screenplay)
Actors: Salma Hayek, Mía Maestro, Amelia Zapata, Alejandro Usigli

Great Expectations (1998) Drama Romance Movie

Modernization of Charles Dickens classic story finds the hapless Finn as a painter in New York City pursuing his unrequited and haughty childhood love. Year 1998.

Generes: Drama, Romance
Director: Alfonso Cuarón
Writer: Charles Dickens (novel), Mitch Glazer (screenplay)
Actors: Ethan Hawke, Gwyneth Paltrow, Hank Azaria, Chris Cooper

War and Peace (1966) Drama History Romance War Movie

The Russian aristocracy prepares for the French invasion on the eve of 1812. Year 1966.

Generes: Drama, History, Romance, War
Director: Sergey Bondarchuk
Writer: Sergey Bondarchuk, Vasiliy Solovyov, Leo Tolstoy (novel)
Actors: Sergey Bondarchuk, Lyudmila Saveleva, Vyacheslav Tikhonov, Boris Zakhava