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Basic Instinct (1992)
, 2h7Directed by Paul Verhoeven
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Crime, Romance, Erotic thriller
Themes Assassinat, Films about writers, Feminist films, Medical-themed films, Psychologie, Films about drugs, Films about sexuality, Bisexuality-related films, Erotic films, LGBT-related films, Films about psychiatry, Political films, Erotic thriller films, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film, Lesbian-related films
Actors Michael Douglas, Sharon Stone, Jeanne Tripplehorn, George Dzundza, Ashlyn Gere, Denis Arndt
A retired rock star, Johnny Boz, is stabbed to death with an ice pick during sex by a mysterious blonde woman at his apartment. Homicide detective Nick Curran investigates, and the only suspect is Catherine Tramell, Boz's bisexual girlfriend and a crime novelist who has written a novel that mirrors the crime. It is concluded that Catherine herself did it or someone who is trying to frame her out of spite. Tramell is uncooperative and taunting in the investigation, smoking in the interrogation room and exposing her bare genitalia in front of the officers. She presents alibis and passes a lie detector test. Nick discovers that Catherine has a habit of befriending murderers, including her girlfriend Roxy, who is later shown to have murdered several young boys on impulse, and Hazel Dobkins, who murdered her family.
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Serial (Bad) Weddings (2014)
, 1h37Directed by Philippe de Chauveron
Origin France
Genres Comedy
Themes Films about alcoholism, Films about families, Films about immigration, Films about racism, Films about religion, La précarité, Films about Jews and Judaism, Films about Islam, Films about marriage
Actors Christian Clavier, Frédérique Bel, Ary Abittan, Émilie Caen, Chantal Lauby, Élie Semoun
Claude Verneuil, a Gaullist notary, and his wife Marie, a Catholic bourgeois from Chinon, are parents of four daughters: Isabelle, Odile, Ségolène, and Laure. The three eldest are already married to men, each one of a different religion and a different 'ethnic' origin: Isabelle married Rashid Ben Assem, a Muslim Arab, Odile married David Benichou, a Sephardi Jew, and Ségolène married Chao Ling, a Chinese man. The Verneuils pretend to accept their sons-in-laws but have had a hard time hiding their comfortability in accepting people into the family from outside the community. A family meeting is spoiled because of the awkwardness and clichés about race and religion, stated as much by the father as by the sons-in-laws who even exchange insulting communitarist views to and about each other.
Amélie (2001)
, 2h9Directed by Jean-Pierre Jeunet
Origin France
Genres Drama, Comedy, Romantic comedy, Fantasy, Romance
Themes L'adolescence, Films about education, Films about children, Films about school violence
Actors Audrey Tautou, Mathieu Kassovitz, Isabelle Nanty, Rufus, Claire Maurier, Jamel Debbouze
Amélie Poulain was raised by eccentric parents who — erroneously believing that she had a heart defect — prevented her from meeting other children. She was home schooled by her mother. She developed an active imagination and fantasy life to cope with her loneliness. After her mother is killed in a freak accident, her father's withdrawal from society worsens. Amélie eventually decides to leave home and becomes a waitress at Café des 2 Moulins in Montmartre, which is staffed and frequented by a collection of eccentrics. Spurning romantic relationships after a few disappointing efforts, she finds contentment in simple pleasures and letting her imagination roam free.
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The Three Musketeers (2011)
, 1h50Directed by Paul W.S. Anderson
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Thriller, Comedy, Swashbuckler, Action, Adventure
Themes Steampunk films, Histoire de France
Actors Matthew Macfadyen, Logan Lerman, Ray Stevenson, Luke Evans, Mads Mikkelsen, Milla Jovovich
In Venice at the beginning of the 17th century, the Three Musketeers, Athos (Matthew Macfadyen), Porthos (Ray Stevenson), and Aramis (Luke Evans), with the help of Athos' longtime lover, Milady de Winter (Milla Jovovich), steal airship blueprints made by Leonardo da Vinci. However, they are betrayed by Milady, who gives the blueprints to the Duke of Buckingham (Orlando Bloom). Upon returning to France, the Musketeers are forced to disband by Cardinal Richelieu (Christoph Waltz) for their failure, and they end up on the streets of Paris.
, 2h10Directed by Harald Zwart
Origin German
Genres Drama, Science fiction, Fantastic, Fantasy, Action, Adventure, Crime, Romance
Themes Films about animals, Films about magic and magicians, Films about religion, Films about sexuality, Sports films, LGBT-related films, Martial arts films, Wolves in film, Films about angels, Werewolves in film, Vampires in film, Mise en scène d'un mammifère, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film
Actors Lily Collins, Jamie Campbell Bower, Robert Sheehan, Kevin Zegers, Lena Headey, Kevin Durand
New York City teenager Clary Fray begins seeing a strange symbol, worrying her mother Jocelyn Fray and her mother's friend Luke Garroway. Later, at a nightclub with her friend, Simon Lewis, Clary is the only person who sees Jace Wayland killing a man. Meanwhile, Jocelyn is abducted by two men, Emil Pangborn and Samuel Blackwell, but she is able to call Clary and warn her about someone named Valentine. Jocelyn drinks a potion putting her in a comatose state. Returning home, Clary finds her mother missing and is then attacked by a demon. Jace appears and kills it. Jace explains that he and her mother Jocelyn are both Shadowhunters (also called Nephilim), warriors that slay demons and rule over the downworlders. Clary has inherited her powers, including the ability to use runes.
Serial (Bad) Weddings 2 (2019)
, 1h39Directed by Philippe de Chauveron
Origin France
Genres Comedy
Actors Christian Clavier, Chantal Lauby, Émilie Caen, Ary Abittan, Frédéric Chau, Frédérique Bel
Claude et Marie Verneuil reviennent à Paris de leur tour du monde dans les familles de leurs gendres respectifs; terminant leur voyage à Pékin, ils sont entourés de touristes chinois dans leur avion. Ils sont soulagés de rentrer en France malgré tout car leur voyage avait très mal commencé, Claude a oublié le jambon qu'il devait emmener pour André Koffi, le père de Charles son gendre. Clovis le chien l'a en effet mangé au moment du départ.
Dallas Buyers Club (2013)
, 1h57Directed by Jean-Marc Vallée
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Biography, Historical
Themes Medical-themed films, Films about sexuality, LGBT-related films, Transgender in film, LGBT-related films, Sida et LGBT, HIV/AIDS in film, LGBT-related film, Cross-dressing in film
Actors Matthew McConaughey, Jared Leto, Jennifer Garner, Dallas Roberts, Steve Zahn, Jane McNeill
In 1985, Dallas electrician and rodeo cowboy Ron Woodroof is diagnosed with AIDS and given 30 days to live. He initially refuses to accept the diagnosis, but remembers having unprotected sex with an intravenous drug-using prostitute. He is soon ostracized by family and friends, gets fired from his job, and is eventually evicted from his home. At the hospital, he is tended to by Dr. Eve Saks, who tells him that they are testing a drug called zidovudine (AZT), an antiretroviral drug which is thought to prolong the life of AIDS patients—and is the only drug approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for testing on humans. Saks informs him that in the clinical trials, half the patients receive the drug and the other half are given a placebo, as this is the only way they can determine if the drug is working.
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Primary Colors (1998)
, 2h23Directed by Mike Nichols
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Biography, Comedy, Comedy-drama
Themes Politique, Political films
Actors John Travolta, Emma Thompson, Billy Bob Thornton, Kathy Bates, Adrian Lester, Maura Lynn Tierney
Young political idealist Henry Burton (Adrian Lester) is recruited to join the campaign of Jack Stanton (John Travolta), a charismatic Southern governor who is trying to win the Democratic Party nomination for President of the United States. Henry is impressed by Stanton's genuine warmth and empathy with people. He joins Stanton's inner circle of political advisers: Stanton's formidable wife, Susan Stanton (Emma Thompson); ruthless, redneck political strategist Richard Jemmons (Billy Bob Thornton); intelligent and attractive spokeswoman Daisy Green (Maura Tierney); and sly political operator Howard Ferguson (Paul Guilfoyle) as they journey to New Hampshire, the first state to hold a presidential primary.
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Serial Teachers (2013)
, 1h28Directed by Pierre-François Martin-Laval
Origin France
Genres Comedy
Themes L'adolescence, Films about education, Films about children, L'enseignement secondaire en France
Actors Isabelle Nanty, Christian Clavier, Kev Adams, Pierre-François Martin-Laval, Arnaud Ducret, Stéfi Celma
Le lycée Jules-Ferry n'affiche que 12 % de réussite au baccalauréat, ce qui fait de lui le pire lycée de France. L'inspecteur d'académie propose alors au proviseur d'engager les pires professeurs, en espérant que, paradoxalement, cela permettra au lycée de dépasser les 50 % de réussite ; faute de quoi, le lycée sera fermé. Sont alors engagés sept professeurs aux méthodes atypiques : Serge Cutiro (surnommé Tirocu par les élèves), un professeur dont on ne sait pas au départ la matière qu'il enseigne (juste excellent en maths, qui sera sa matière où il enseignera dans la suite) très fainéant, déclarant par exemple : « Aujourd'hui, on invente un exercice, on le fait, on le corrige, tout seul et en silence, hop c'est parti ! » ; Gladys, une professeur d'anglais tyrannique adepte du lancer de craie ; Albert, professeur de chimie féru d'expériences dangereuses et bizarres qui finissent la plupart du temps en explosion ; Amina, professeur de français aux courbes affriolantes ; Éric, professeur d’EPS adepte des exercices dangereux ; Maurice, professeur de philosophie québécois totalement incompréhensible (sauf quand il est sous l'emprise de l'alcool) ; et Antoine Polochon, professeur d'histoire idolâtrant Napoléon, et n'ayant jamais passé le CAPES.
, 1h42Directed by Denys Arcand
Origin Canada
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama
Themes Films about sexuality, Erotic films, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film
Actors Pierre Curzi, Rémy Girard, Daniel Brière, Louise Portal, Yves Jacques, Dominique Michel
Eight intellectual friends - four men and four women from the Department of History at the Université de Montréal - prepare to have dinner together. The ensuing conversations range from their professional lives to politics, but primarily concern their sexual exploits. The group has plans to gather at a secluded house for dinner. While the four men prepare the food and reflect on their promiscuity, the four women discuss their own affairs at a nearby gym. At the dinner table, conflicts soon arise when Dominique reveals that she herself has had affairs with two of the men there, one of whom is married to Louise (also present).
Rust and Bone (2012)
, 2h2Directed by Jacques Audiard
Origin France
Genres Drama, Romance
Themes Films about animals, Medical-themed films, Seafaring films, Sports films, Transport films, Cétacé, Martial arts films, Films about disabilities, Mise en scène d'un cétacé
Actors Marion Cotillard, Matthias Schoenaerts, Bouli Lanners, Céline Sallette, Corinne Masiero, Françoise Michaud
Alain van Versch, an unemployed father in his mid 20s known as Ali, arrives in Antibes, southern France, to look for work to support his young son, Sam. Having no money, he crashes with his sister Anna, who already has her own share of problems with money and temporary employment.
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Serial Teachers 2 (2015)
, 1h32Directed by Pierre-François Martin-Laval
Origin France
Genres Comedy
Themes L'adolescence, Films about education, Films about children, L'enseignement secondaire en France
Actors Kev Adams, Isabelle Nanty, Didier Bourdon, Arnaud Ducret, Stéfi Celma, Pierre-François Martin-Laval
Les profs sont enlevés par les services secrets britanniques, sur ordre de la reine, pour enseigner à sa petite-fille Vivienne dans le meilleur lycée du Royaume-Uni afin que cette dernière devienne un digne successeur de la monarchie britannique. Les profs débarquent donc à Oxford et y amènent Boulard. Ce dernier fait, alors, la connaissance de Vivienne et découvre qu'elle est encore pire que lui côté scolaire. Une course débute alors entre eux pour savoir qui est le pire élève.
A Secret (2007)
, 1h40Directed by Claude Miller
Origin France
Genres Drama
Themes Films about families, Political films, Histoire de France, L'Occupation allemande en France, La condition juive en France sous l'Occupation allemande
Actors Cécile de France, Patrick Bruel, Ludivine Sagnier, Julie Depardieu, Mathieu Amalric, Nathalie Boutefeu
The film follows Maxime Nathan and his Jewish family in France during the years leading up to World War II. François Grimbert (played as a young boy by Valentin Vigourt and as an adolescent by Mathieu Amalric) grows up in Paris in the 1950s. He is the skinny, sickly son of two marvelously athletic parents, Tania (Cécile de France) and Maxime (Patrick Bruel). For a while, he dreams of a stronger, fitter, more charismatic older brother to compensate for his own feelings of inadequacy. Only gradually does he learn of his parents' tragic past and that he has a sibling — a half-brother named Simon, his father's first son.
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A Prophet (2009)
, 2h29Directed by Jacques Audiard
Origin France
Genres Drama, Thriller, Mob film, Crime
Themes Prison films, La provence, Ghost films, Gangster films
Actors Tahar Rahim, Niels Arestrup, Adel Bencherif, Reda Kateb, Hichem Yacoubi, Gilles Cohen
Malik El Djebena, a 19-year-old French youth of Algerian descent, is sentenced to six years in prison for attacking police officers. Alone and illiterate upon his arrival, he falls under the sway of Corsican mobsters, led by Cesar Luciani, who enforces a brutal rule.
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Sarah's Key (2010)
, 1h51Directed by Gilles Paquet-Brenner
Origin France
Genres Drama, War
Themes Pregnancy films, Films about religion, Films about sexuality, Political films, Films about Jews and Judaism, Histoire de France, L'Occupation allemande en France, La condition juive en France sous l'Occupation allemande
Actors Kristin Scott Thomas, Niels Arestrup, Arben Bajraktaraj, Mélusine Mayance, Frédéric Pierrot, Aidan Quinn
In 1942, 10-year-old Sarah Starzynski (Mélusine Mayance) hides her younger brother from French police by locking him in a secret closet and telling him to stay there until she returns. She takes the key with her when she and her parents are transported to the Vélodrome d'Hiver, where they are held in inhuman conditions by the Paris Police and French Secret Service.