Movie List for "french"

Beauty and the Beast (1991) Animation Family Fantasy Musical Romance Movie

A prince cursed to spend his days as a hideous monster sets out to regain his humanity by earning a young woman’s love. Year 1991.

Generes: Animation, Family, Fantasy, Musical, Romance
Director: Gary Trousdale, Kirk Wise
Writer: Linda Woolverton (animation screenplay by), Brenda Chapman (story by), Chris Sanders (story by), Burny Mattinson (story by), Kevin Harkey (story by), Brian Pimental (story by), Bruce Woodside (story by), Joe Ranft (story by), Tom Ellery (story by), Kelly Asbury (story by), Robert Lence (story by)
Actors: Robby Benson, Jesse Corti, Rex Everhart, Angela Lansbury

The Baader Meinhof Complex (2008) Action Biography Crime Drama History Thriller Movie

A look at Germany’s terrorist group, The Red Army Faction (RAF), which organized bombings, robberies, kidnappings and assassinations in the late 1960s and ’70s. Year 2008.

Generes: Action, Biography, Crime, Drama, History, Thriller
Director: Uli Edel
Writer: Bernd Eichinger (screenplay), Uli Edel (screenplay collaborator), Stefan Aust (book)
Actors: Martina Gedeck, Moritz Bleibtreu, Johanna Wokalek, Jan Josef Liefers

The State Counsellor (2005) Drama Crime Movie

Third film based on Boris Akunin’s “Priklucheniya Erasta Petrovicha Fandorina” series of novels. On a train from St. Petersburg to Moscow general Khrapov was killed and no one else but … Year 2005.

Generes: Drama, Crime
Director: Filipp Yankovskiy
Writer: Boris Akunin (novel), Boris Akunin (screenplay)
Actors: Oleg Menshikov, Nikita Mikhalkov, Konstantin Khabenskiy, Vladimir Mashkov

The Testament of Dr. Mabuse (1933) Crime Horror Mystery Thriller Movie

A criminal mastermind uses hypnosis to rule the rackets after death. Year 1933.

Generes: Crime, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Director: Fritz Lang
Writer: Norbert Jacques (characters), Fritz Lang (scenario), Fritz Lang, René Sti (French adaptation), Thea von Harbou (scenario), Thea von Harbou
Actors: Rudolf Klein-Rogge, Thomy Bourdelle, Gustav Diessl, Rudolf Schündler

Bullet in the Head (1990) Action Crime Drama Thriller War Movie

When three close friends escape from Hong Kong to war-time Saigon to start a criminal’s life, they all go through a harrowing experience which totally shatters their lives and their friendship forever. Year 1990.

Generes: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller, War
Director: John Woo
Writer: Janet Chun, Patrick Leung, John Woo
Actors: Tony Chiu-Wai Leung, Jacky Cheung, Waise Lee, Simon Yam

Brother (1997) Crime Drama Romance Movie

An ex-soldier with a personal honor code enters the family crime business in St. Petersburg, Russia. Year 1997.

Generes: Crime, Drama, Romance
Director: Aleksey Balabanov
Writer: Aleksey Balabanov
Actors: Sergey Bodrov, Viktor Sukhorukov, Svetlana Pismichenko, Mariya Zhukova

Admiral (2008) Biography Drama History Romance War Movie

The story of admiral Aleksandr Kolchak who remained faithful to his oath to the Russian Emperor and fought against the Bolshevik rule after the 1917 October Revolution. Year 2008.

Generes: Biography, Drama, History, Romance, War
Director: Andrey Kravchuk
Writer: Zoya Kudrya, Vladimir Valutskiy
Actors: Konstantin Khabenskiy, Elizaveta Boyarskaya, Sergey Bezrukov, Vladislav Vetrov

Russian Ark (2002) Drama Fantasy History Mystery Movie

A 19th century French aristocrat, notorious for his scathing memoirs about life in Russia, travels through the Russian State Hermitage Museum and encounters historical figures from the last 200+ years. Year 2002.

Generes: Drama, Fantasy, History, Mystery
Director: Aleksandr Sokurov
Writer: Boris Khaimsky (dialogue), Anatoli Nikiforov, Svetlana Proskurina (dialogue), Aleksandr Sokurov (dialogue), Aleksandr Sokurov
Actors: Sergey Dreyden, Mariya Kuznetsova, Leonid Mozgovoy, Mikhail Piotrovsky

Downfall (2004) Biography Drama History War Movie

Traudl Junge, the final secretary for Adolf Hitler, tells of the Nazi dictator’s final days in his Berlin bunker at the end of WWII. Year 2004.

Generes: Biography, Drama, History, War
Director: Oliver Hirschbiegel
Writer: Bernd Eichinger (screenplay), Joachim Fest (book), Traudl Junge (book), Melissa Müller (book)
Actors: Bruno Ganz, Alexandra Maria Lara, Corinna Harfouch, Ulrich Matthes

The Usual Suspects (1995) Crime Mystery Thriller Movie

A sole survivor tells of the twisty events leading up to a horrific gun battle on a boat, which began when five criminals met at a seemingly random police lineup. Year 1995.

Generes: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Director: Bryan Singer
Writer: Christopher McQuarrie
Actors: Stephen Baldwin, Gabriel Byrne, Benicio Del Toro, Kevin Pollak

Wolf Warrior 2 (2017) Action Adventure Drama Thriller War Movie

China’s deadliest special forces operative settles into a quiet life on the sea. When sadistic mercenaries begin targeting nearby civilians, he must leave his newfound peace behind and return to his duties as a soldier and protector. Year 2017.

Generes: Action, Adventure, Drama, Thriller, War
Director: Jing Wu
Writer: Jing Wu (screenplay by), Qun Dong (screenplay by), Yi Liu (screenplay by), Yan Gao
Actors: Jing Wu, Frank Grillo, Celina Jade, Gang Wu

Raspoutine (2011) Biography Drama History Movie

A group of Russian noblemen want to maintain the monarchy and plan to kill Rasputin. Year 2011.

Generes: Biography, Drama, History
Director: Josée Dayan
Writer: Vincent Fargeat (scenario, adaptation and dialogue), Philippe Besson (scenario, adaptation and dialogue), Pierre Aknine
Actors: Gérard Depardieu, Fanny Ardant, Vladimir Mashkov, Filipp Yankovskiy

Notorious (1946) Drama Film-Noir Romance Thriller Movie

A woman is asked to spy on a group of Nazi friends in South America. How far will she have to go to ingratiate herself with them? Year 1946.

Generes: Drama, Film-Noir, Romance, Thriller
Director: Alfred Hitchcock
Writer: Ben Hecht
Actors: Cary Grant, Ingrid Bergman, Claude Rains, Louis Calhern

Until the End of the World (1991) Action Drama Sci-Fi Thriller Movie

In 1999, Claire’s life is forever changed after she survives a car crash. She rescues Sam and starts traveling around the world with him. Writer Eugene follows them and writes their story, as a way of recording dreams is being invented. Year 1991.

Generes: Action, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Director: Wim Wenders
Writer: Peter Carey (screenplay), Wim Wenders (screenplay), Wim Wenders (original idea by), Solveig Dommartin (original idea by), Michael Almereyda
Actors: Solveig Dommartin, Pietro Falcone, Enzo Turrin, Chick Ortega

Rebecca (1940) Drama Mystery Romance Thriller Movie

A self-conscious woman juggles adjusting to her new role as an aristocrat’s wife and avoiding being intimidated by his first wife’s spectral presence. Year 1940.

Generes: Drama, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Director: Alfred Hitchcock
Writer: Daphne Du Maurier (celebrated novel), Robert E. Sherwood (screen play), Joan Harrison (screen play), Philip MacDonald (adaptation), Michael Hogan (adaptation)
Actors: Laurence Olivier, Joan Fontaine, George Sanders, Judith Anderson