Movie List for "french"

London Has Fallen (2016)

In London for the Prime Minister’s funeral, Mike Banning is caught up in a plot to assassinate all the attending world leaders. Year 2016.

Generes: Action, Thriller
Director: Babak Najafi
Writer: Creighton Rothenberger (based on characters created by), Katrin Benedikt (based on characters created by), Creighton Rothenberger (story by), Katrin Benedikt (story by), Creighton Rothenberger (screenplay by), Katrin Benedikt (screenplay by), Christian Gudegast (screenplay by), Chad St. John (screenplay by)
Actors: Alon Aboutboul, Waleed Zuaiter, Adel Bencherif, Mehdi Dehbi

Love, Simon (2018)

Simon Spier keeps a huge secret from his family, his friends and all of his classmates: he’s gay. When that secret is threatened, Simon must face everyone and come to terms with his identity. Year 2018.

Generes: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Director: Greg Berlanti
Writer: Becky Albertalli (based upon the novel “Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda” by), Elizabeth Berger (screenplay by), Isaac Aptaker (screenplay by)
Actors: Nick Robinson, Jennifer Garner, Josh Duhamel, Katherine Langford

The Take (2016)

A young pickpocket and an unruly CIA agent team up on an anti-terrorist mission in France. Year 2016.

Generes: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Director: James Watkins
Writer: Andrew Baldwin, James Watkins
Actors: Idris Elba, Richard Madden, Charlotte Le Bon, Kelly Reilly

The Theory of Everything (2014)

A look at the relationship between the famous physicist Stephen Hawking and his wife. Year 2014.

Generes: Biography, Drama, Romance
Director: James Marsh
Writer: Anthony McCarten (screenplay), Jane Hawking (book)
Actors: Eddie Redmayne, Felicity Jones, Tom Prior, Sophie Perry

The Legend of Tarzan (2016)

Tarzan, having acclimated to life in London, is called back to his former home in the jungle to investigate the activities at a mining encampment. Year 2016.

Generes: Action, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Director: David Yates
Writer: Adam Cozad (screenplay by), Craig Brewer (screenplay by), Craig Brewer (story by), Adam Cozad (story by), Edgar Rice Burroughs (based on the “Tarzan” stories created by)
Actors: Alexander Skarsgård, Rory J. Saper, Christian Stevens, Christoph Waltz

Burnt (2015)

Adam Jones (Bradley Cooper) is a chef who destroyed his career with drugs and diva behavior. He cleans up and returns to London, determined to redeem himself by spearheading a top restaurant that can gain three Michelin stars. Year 2015.

Generes: Comedy, Drama
Director: John Wells
Writer: Steven Knight (screenplay), Michael Kalesniko (story)
Actors: Bradley Cooper, Sienna Miller, Daniel Brühl, Riccardo Scamarcio

The King (2019)

Hal, wayward prince and heir to the English throne, is crowned King Henry V after his tyrannical father dies. Now the young king must navigate palace politics, the war his father left behind, and the emotional strings of his past life. Year 2019.

Generes: Biography, Drama, History, Romance, War
Director: David Michôd
Writer: Joel Edgerton, David Michôd
Actors: Tom Glynn-Carney, Gábor Czap, Tom Fisher, Edward Ashley

Phantom Thread (2017)

Set in 1950s London, Reynolds Woodcock is a renowned dressmaker whose fastidious life is disrupted by a young, strong-willed woman, Alma, who becomes his muse and lover. Year 2017.

Generes: Drama, Romance
Director: Paul Thomas Anderson
Writer: Paul Thomas Anderson
Actors: Vicky Krieps, Daniel Day-Lewis, Lesley Manville, Julie Vollono

Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald (2018)

The second installment of the “Fantastic Beasts” series featuring the adventures of Magizoologist Newt Scamander. Year 2018.

Generes: Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Director: David Yates
Writer: J.K. Rowling, J.K. Rowling (based upon characters created by)
Actors: Johnny Depp, Kevin Guthrie, Carmen Ejogo, Wolf Roth

An Officer and a Spy (2019)

In 1894, French Captain Alfred Dreyfus is wrongfully convicted of treason and sentenced to life imprisonment at Devil’s island. Year 2019.

Generes: Drama, History, Thriller
Director: Roman Polanski
Writer: Robert Harris (original novel), Robert Harris (screenplay), Roman Polanski (screenplay)
Actors: Jean Dujardin, Louis Garrel, Emmanuelle Seigner, Grégory Gadebois

The Shape of Water (2017)

At a top secret research facility in the 1960s, a lonely janitor forms a unique relationship with an amphibious creature that is being held in captivity. Year 2017.

Generes: Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Romance, Thriller
Director: Guillermo del Toro
Writer: Guillermo del Toro (screenplay by), Vanessa Taylor (screenplay by), Guillermo del Toro (story by)
Actors: Sally Hawkins, Michael Shannon, Richard Jenkins, Octavia Spencer

The Danish Girl (2015)

A fictitious love story loosely inspired by the lives of Danish artists Lili Elbe and Gerda Wegener. Lili and Gerda’s marriage and work evolve as they navigate Lili’s groundbreaking journey as a transgender pioneer. Year 2015.

Generes: Biography, Drama, Romance
Director: Tom Hooper
Writer: Lucinda Coxon (screenplay), David Ebershoff (book)
Actors: Alicia Vikander, Eddie Redmayne, Tusse Silberg, Adrian Schiller

Little Women (2019)

Jo March reflects back and forth on her life, telling the beloved story of the March sisters – four young women each determined to live life on their own terms. Year 2019.

Generes: Drama, Romance
Director: Greta Gerwig
Writer: Greta Gerwig, Louisa May Alcott (based on the novel by)
Actors: Saoirse Ronan, Emma Watson, Florence Pugh, Eliza Scanlen

Life of Pi (2012)

A young man who survives a disaster at sea is hurtled into an epic journey of adventure and discovery. While cast away, he forms an unexpected connection with another survivor: a fearsome Bengal tiger. Year 2012.

Generes: Adventure, Drama, Fantasy
Director: Ang Lee
Writer: Yann Martel (novel), David Magee (screenplay)
Actors: Suraj Sharma, Irrfan Khan, Ayush Tandon, Gautam Belur

Crazy Rich Asians (2018)

This contemporary romantic comedy, based on a global bestseller, follows native New Yorker Rachel Chu to Singapore to meet her boyfriend’s family. Year 2018.

Generes: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Director: Jon M. Chu
Writer: Peter Chiarelli (screenplay by), Adele Lim (screenplay by), Kevin Kwan (based on the novel “Crazy Rich Asians” by)
Actors: Constance Wu, Henry Golding, Michelle Yeoh, Gemma Chan

Beauty and the Beast (2014)

An unexpected romance blooms after the the youngest daughter of a merchant who has fallen on hard times offers herself to the mysterious beast to which her father has become indebted. Year 2014.

Generes: Drama, Family, Fantasy, Romance, Thriller
Director: Christophe Gans
Writer: Sandra Vo-Anh (scenario and dialogue), Christophe Gans (scenario and dialogue), Jeanne-Marie Leprince de Beaumont (book)
Actors: Vincent Cassel, Léa Seydoux, André Dussollier, Eduardo Noriega