France movies

The Bear

Adventure, Drama, Family, 1988

The director of _Quest for Fire_ creates yet another film in nature with almost no human dialogue in this picturesque story of an orphaned bear cub who is adopted by an adult male bear and must avoid hunters. Bart the Bear stars in this anthropomorphic fantasy.

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Two Brothers

Adventure, Drama, Family, 2004

Set not so long ago in a distant land, the film follows the adventures of twin tiger cubs—one shy and gentle, the other bold and fierce—who are born among the temple ruins of an exotic jungle. However, on a fateful day, the brothers are separated by fate. The bold brother is sold off to a circus, where homesickness and living in a cage rob him of his spirit. Meanwhile, the shy cub becomes the beloved companion of the governor’s lonely young son, until an accident forces the family to give him away to a man who resolves to break his gentle nature and turn him into a fighter for sport. When they are fully grown the brothers find themselves reunited—but as forced enemies, pitted against each other.

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The Whip and the Body

Horror, 1963

Kurt Menliff (Christopher Lee) is a ruthless and sadistic 19th Century nobleman who returns to his seafront castle home after years of wondering and is immediately at odds with his invalid father, a Count, as well as Kurt’s spinless younger brother Christian, whom is married to Kurt’s cousin and former lover Nevenka. When Kurt is found in his room on the next night, murdered, suspicion falls on everyone which gets more complicated when Nevenka begins seeing his ghost (real or imaginary?) haunting the castle supposedly wanting revenge against his killers.

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Shaun of the Dead

Comedy, Horror, 2004

Shaun is having many problems in life. His long-time girlfriend has dumped him due to their almost-daily expedition to Shaun’s favorite pub, the Winchester. His temporary management job isn’t going well at Foree Electronics, with his subordinates not even giving him the time of day. His deadbeat flatmates, Pete and Ed, are at each others’ throats. And, oh yeah, London is overrun with multitudes of zombies. In the midst of this, he must save himself, Ed, his ex, his mom, and his precious record collection. There is a time when a hero must rise…from his couch.

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Los bastardos

Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller, 2008

A 24 hour period in the lives of Fausto and Jesus, two undocumented Mexican day-laborers in L.A. Each day another task, each day the same pressure to find money. They go about their daily routine, standing on the corner at the Home Improvement Store waiting for work to come. Today, the job they are given is well paid compared to their poor usual wages. Today, Jesus carries a shotgun inside his backpack.

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Ridicule

Comedy, Drama, Romance, 1996

In the periwigged and opulent France of Louis XVI, an unwitting nobleman soon discovers that survival at court demands both a razor wit and an acid tongue.

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Tell No One

Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller, 2006

Eight years after his wife was brutally murdered, Alexandre Beck receives an e-mail with images of a woman who, although older, is obviously his wife. At the time of her murder, Beck was with her but he too was severely beaten and remained unconscious for several days after the incident. He approaches his father-in-law, a former senior police officer now retired, for more details about his wife’s murder but can get little additional information. It soon becomes apparent to him that he is being followed and when he is framed for murdering a friend, he goes on the run now fighting to save his own life.

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Crimson Rivers II: Angels of the Apocalypse

Action, Crime, Thriller, 2004

In Lorraine, close to the border of Germany, the Chief Inspector Pierre Niemans is investigating the death of a man behind of a wall of an isolated abbey. Meanwhile, the efficient detective Reda is investigating the attempt of murder of a man called Jesus. They come to the same point along their investigations, join forces with the detective Marie, a specialist in religious matter, and fight against Heinrich von Garten, a German Minister of Culture and Religion, a group of powerful monks.

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The Baader Meinhof Complex

Action, Biography, Crime, Drama, History, 2008

Germany in the 1970s: Murderous bomb attacks, the threat of terrorism and the fear of the enemy inside are rocking the very foundations of the yet fragile German democracy. The radicalised children of the Nazi generation lead by Andreas Baader, Ulrike Meinhof and Gudrun Ensslin are fighting a violent war against what they perceive as the new face of fascism: American imperialism supported by the German establishment, many of whom have a Nazi past. Their aim is to create a more human society but by employing inhuman means they not only spread terror and bloodshed, they also lose their own humanity. The man who understands them is also their hunter: the head of the German police force Horst Herold. And while he succeeds in his relentless pursuit of the young terrorists, he knows he’s only dealing with the tip of the iceberg.

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The Last Metro

Drama, Romance, 1980

Paris, 1942. Lucas Steiner is a Jew and was compelled to leave the country. His wife Marion, an actress, directs the theater for him. She tries to keep the theater alive with a new play, and hires Bernard Granger for the leading role. But Lucas is actually hiding in the basement… A film about art and life.

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