Movies Set In France

2026 • Rating 10.0 • documentary, family

Narrated by Josh Gad, journey high into the rainforest canopy of Southeast Asia where a magnificent and mysterious community filled with playful personalities lives. Witness the exhilarating action, heartwarming encounters, and a closeup look at a stunning jungle teeming with wildlife as the inquisitive adolescent orangutan Indah prepares to leave her family and venture out on her own for the first time.

Genre: Documentary, Family

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Audience: Family

Plot: Orangutan, Narrated By Josh Gad, Journey High Into The Rainforest Canopy Of Southeast Asia Where A Magnificent And Mysterious Community Filled With Playful Personalities Lives, Witness The Exhilarating Action, Heartwarming Encounters, And A Closeup Look At A Stunning Jungle Teeming With Wildlife As The Inquisitive Adolescent Orangutan Indah Prepares To Leave Her Family And Venture Out On Her Own For The First Time

Time: Year 2026, 2020S, 2026-04-22

Place: France, English

Cast: Josh Gad

2002 • Rating 8.4 • drama, crime

In the poverty-stricken favelas of Rio de Janeiro in the 1970s, two young men choose different paths. Rocket is a budding photographer who documents the increasing drug-related violence of his neighborhood, while José “Zé” Pequeno is an ambitious drug dealer diving into a dangerous life of crime.

Genre: Drama, Crime

Style: Gritty, Suspenseful

Audience: Adult, Date Night, Teens

Plot: Street Gang, Photographer, Gangster, Rio De Janeiro, Gang War, Ghetto, Based On True Story, Coming Of Age, Introspective, Conceited

Time: Year 2002, 2000S, 2002-08-30

Place: Brazil, France, Germany, Portuguese

Cast: Alexandre Rodrigues, Leandro Firmino, Phellipe Haagensen, Douglas Silva, Jonathan Haagensen, Matheus Nachtergaele

1988 • Rating 8.4 • drama, romance

A filmmaker recalls his childhood, when he fell in love with the movies at his village's theater and formed a deep friendship with the theater's projectionist.

Genre: Drama, Romance

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Audience: Date Night, Teens

Plot: Parent Child Relationship, Sicily, Italy, Movie Business, Kiss, Coming Of Age, Flashback, Magic Realism, Haunted By The Past, Censorship, Nuovo Cinema Paradiso

Time: Year 1988, 1980S, Past, 1988-11-17

Place: Italy, France, Italian

Cast: Philippe Noiret, Jacques Perrin, Marco Leonardi, Salvatore Cascio, Agnese Nano, Antonella Attili

2002 • Rating 8.4 • drama, war

The true story of pianist Władysław Szpilman's experiences in Warsaw during the Nazi occupation. When the Jews of the city find themselves forced into a ghetto, Szpilman finds work playing in a café; and when his family is deported in 1942, he stays behind, works for a while as a laborer, and eventually goes into hiding in the ruins of the war-torn city.

Genre: Drama, War

Style: Suspenseful

Audience: Adult, Date Night

Plot: Concert, Nazi, Resistance, Warsaw Ghetto, Polish Resistance, Homeland, Holocaust (Shoah), Hunger, World War Ii, Prisoner Of War

Time: Year 2002, 2000S, 2002-09-17

Place: France, Germany, Poland, United Kingdom, Russian

Cast: Adrien Brody, Thomas Kretschmann, Frank Finlay, Maureen Lipman, Emilia Fox, Ed Stoppard

2026 • Rating 8.1 • drama, history

On the grounds of a medieval German university town looms an imposing Ginkgo biloba, a tree whose longevity stands in marked contrast to three intimate, human-scaled stories. In 1908, the university’s first female student gains admission into the prestigious botany department, confronting the sexism of both professors and peers. In 1972, amidst counterculture movements, a reserved student finds his attention captured by a fellow housemate and the geranium plant she studies. In 2020, during the COVID-19 pandemic, a neuroscientist from Hong Kong secures the help of a renowned botanist for an experiment on the old ginkgo tree.

Genre: Drama, History

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Audience: Date Night

Plot: Tree, 1970S, Female Protagonist, Woman Director, Botanical Garden, University Town, 1900S, Covid 19, Nonlinear Narrative, 2020S

Time: Year 2026, 2020S, 2026-01-15

Place: France, Germany, Hungary, China, Belgium

Cast: Tony Leung Chiu-wai, Léa Seydoux, Luna Wedler, Enzo Brumm, Sylvester Groth, Yun Huang

2010 • Rating 7.7 • fantasy, animation, family

14-year-old Arrietty and the rest of the Clock family live in peaceful anonymity as they make their own home from items "borrowed" from the house's human inhabitants. However, life changes for the Clocks when a human boy discovers Arrietty.

Genre: Fantasy, Animation, Family

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Audience: Family, Teens

Plot: Based On Novel Or Book, Cat, Forest, Based On Children'S Book, Little People, Dollhouse, Nostalgic, Anime, Year-Old Arrietty And The Rest Of The Clock Family Live In Peaceful Anonymity As They Make Their Own Home From Items, Borrowed

Time: Year 2010, 2010S, 2010-07-16

Place: France, Japan, United States Of America, Japanese

Cast: Mirai Shida, Ryunosuke Kamiki, Tomokazu Miura, Keiko Takeshita, Kirin Kiki, Shinobu Otake

2021 • Rating 7.3 • drama

Louis, a Flemish writer, decides to isolate himself at the Côte d’Azur, hoping this place will bring him inspiration.

Genre: Drama

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Audience: Date Night

Plot: Côte D'Azur, Writer, Lgbt, Gay Theme, Short Film, Louis, A Flemish Writer, Decides To Isolate Himself At The C, Te D, Azur

Time: Year 2021, 2020S, 2021-10-16

Place: Belgium, France, French, Dutch

Cast: Geert Van Rampelberg, Samuel Suchod, Anna Sacuto, Cathy Ruiz

2023 • Rating 7.2 • animation, comedy, action

After years of being sheltered from the human world, the Turtle brothers set out to win the hearts of New Yorkers and be accepted as normal teenagers through heroic acts. Their new friend April O'Neil helps them take on a mysterious crime syndicate, but they soon get in over their heads when an army of mutants is unleashed upon them.

Genre: Animation, Comedy, Action, Science Fiction

Style: Cerebral, Futuristic, Psychological, Suspenseful

Audience: Family, Teens

Plot: New York City, Sibling Relationship, Skateboarding, Crime Fighter, Superhero, Turtle, Based On Comic, Ninja, Duringcreditsstinger, Playful

Time: Year 2023, 2020S, 2023-07-31

Place: Canada, France, United States Of America, English, Mandarin

Cast: Micah Abbey, Shamon Brown Jr., Nicolas Cantu, Brady Noon, Ayo Edebiri, Maya Rudolph

2026 • Rating 7.0 • comedy, thriller

Disowned at birth by his obscenely wealthy family, blue-collar Becket Redfellow will stop at nothing to reclaim his inheritance, no matter how many relatives stand in his way.

Genre: Comedy, Thriller

Style: Dark, Suspenseful

Audience: Adult

Plot: Dark Comedy, Remake, Inheritance, Killing Spree, Heir, Disowned, Revenge Thriller, Family Fortune, كيف تصنع الثروة قاتل, كيف تصنع الثروه قاتل

Time: Year 2026, 2020S, 2026-02-19

Place: United Kingdom, France, South Africa, French, English

Cast: Glen Powell, Margaret Qualley, Jessica Henwick, Bill Camp, Zach Woods, Topher Grace

2025 • Rating 6.8 • drama, crime

Algiers, 1938. Meursault, a quiet and unassuming employee in his early thirties, attends his mother's funeral without shedding a tear. The next day, he begins a casual affair with Marie, a work colleague. He quickly slips back into his usual routine.

Genre: Drama, Crime

Style: Gritty, Suspenseful

Audience: Adult, Date Night

Plot: Based On Novel Or Book, Algiers, Algeria, Philosophical, 1930S, Algiers, Meursault, A Quiet And Unassuming Employee In His Early Thirties, Attends His Mother'S Funeral Without Shedding A Tear, The Next Day, He Begins A Casual Affair With Marie

Time: Year 2025, 2020S, 2025-10-29

Place: France, Belgium, Morocco, French

Cast: Benjamin Voisin, Rebecca Marder, Pierre Lottin, Denis Lavant, Swann Arlaud, Christophe Malavoy

2021 • Rating 6.6 • horror, drama, thriller

In the late 19th century, a brutal land baron slaughters a Roma clan, unleashing a curse on his family and village. In the days that follow, the townspeople are plagued by nightmares, the baron's son goes missing, and a boy is found murdered. The locals suspect a wild animal, but a visiting pathologist warns of a more sinister presence lurking in the woods.

Genre: Horror, Drama, Thriller

Style: Dark, Suspenseful

Audience: Adult, Date Night

Plot: Gypsy, World War I, Gore, Flashback, Werewolf, Creature, Church, Pathologist, 19Th Century, Silver Bullet

Time: Year 2021, 2020S, 2021-07-28

Place: France, United States Of America, English

Cast: Boyd Holbrook, Kelly Reilly, Alistair Petrie, Roxane Duran, Nigel Betts, Stuart Bowman

2025 • Rating 6.4 • horror, drama, science fiction

Alpha, a troubled 13-year-old lives with her single mom. Their world collapses the day she returns from school with a tattoo on her arm.

Genre: Horror, Drama, Science Fiction

Style: Cerebral, Futuristic

Audience: Adult, Date Night, Teens

Plot: Coming Of Age, Disease, Pandemic, Mother Daughter Relationship, Body Horror, Depressing, Alpha, A Troubled, Year-Old Lives With Her Single Mom, Their World Collapses The Day She Returns From School With A Tattoo On Her Arm

Time: Year 2025, 2020S, 2025-08-20

Place: France, Belgium, English, French, Persian

Cast: Mélissa Boros, Tahar Rahim, Golshifteh Farahani, Emma Mackey, Finnegan Oldfield, Louai El Amrousy

2024 • Rating 6.3 • action, adventure, thriller

A former DEA agent and a former undercover operative revisit their romance during a fateful weekend in Taipei, unaware of the dangerous consequences of their past.

Genre: Action, Adventure, Thriller

Style: Suspenseful

Audience: Adult, Teens

Plot: A Former Dea Agent And A Former Undercover Operative Revisit Their Romance During A Fateful Weekend In Taipei, Unaware Of The Dangerous Consequences Of Their Past

Time: Year 2024, 2020S, 2024-09-19

Place: France, United States Of America, Mandarin, English

Cast: Luke Evans, Gwei Lun-mei, Sung Kang, Wyatt Yang, Pernell Walker, Zach Ireland

2026 • Rating 5.2 • mystery, drama, horror

When James receives a mysterious letter from his lost love Mary, he is drawn to Silent Hill—a once-familiar town now consumed by darkness. As he searches for her, James faces monstrous creatures and unravels a terrifying truth that will push him to the edge of his sanity.

Genre: Mystery, Drama, Horror

Style: Cerebral, Dark, Suspenseful

Audience: Adult, Date Night

Plot: Monster, Wife, Supernatural, Letter, Painter, Sequel, Punishment, Love, Survival, Murder

Time: Year 2026, 2020S, 2026-01-21

Place: France, Japan, United States Of America, United Kingdom, Germany

Cast: Jeremy Irvine, Hannah Emily Anderson, Evie Templeton, Pearse Egan, Nicola Alexis, Robert Strange

2026 • Rating 0.0 • animation, comedy, family

A satirical allegory of revolution and power that traces how a movement for equality is systematically corrupted. As the pigs consolidate control, truth is erased, dissent is crushed, and the farm descends into a ruthless dictatorship.

Genre: Animation, Comedy, Family, Drama

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Audience: Date Night, Family, Teens

Plot: Corruption, Based On Novel Or Book, Pig, Horse, Computer Animation, Oppression, Power Abuse, A Satirical Allegory Of Revolution And Power That Traces How A Movement For Equality Is Systematically Corrupted, As The Pigs Consolidate Control, Truth Is Erased

Time: Year 2026, 2020S, 2026-05-01

Place: United Kingdom, Canada, France, English

Cast: Seth Rogen, Gaten Matarazzo, Woody Harrelson, Kieran Culkin, Glenn Close, Andy Serkis