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Plot Summary:
Guillaume is a suicidal Frenchman. Vedrana is a ballerina slowly dying in a loveless relationship. She is determined to make him love again, but Guillaume's former fiance shows up at his doorstep, pregnant with his child.
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Genere: Biography, Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 91 min
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Love in Lapland (2017)
Plot Summary:
When an administrator in Paris is sent to Sweden to close a toy company before Christmas, she meets the manager, who plays with her heartstrings.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 309
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: sincere, touching, disturbing, sentimental, light, captivating
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Baby Blues (2002)
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After the birth of her first baby turn's her husband's well-ordered existence upside down and forces him to act in response to the unexpected twists and turns of life.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 50
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: independent film
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Full Moon Party (2002)
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A bunch of graduates go out sailing to visit a secret Full Moon Party. Hans Nijboer also tries to get his brother Ties back home to work in the familie business. Ties has other plans, he wants to become a singer.
IMDB Rating: 4.2
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: Netherlands
Duration: 100 min
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Thirst Street (2017)
Plot Summary:
Gina, an American flight attendant, falls in with a Parisian bartender on a layover only to find herself tangled in a web of deception, delusion and unrequited amour fou.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 591
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: France, USA
Duration: 83 min
Plot tags: mumblecore, visually stunning, psychosexual thriller
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La petite amie d'Antonio (1992)
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It's a simple love story. Antonio likes Claudie. But Claudie is not so simple ... Claudie is a young woman who stumbles into reality. Little by little, we discover the life of her and those around her. Her friends, her family, her past ... And Antonio, who loves her and takes her by the hand and does not want to let go. He would certainly like to succeed in understanding her. And it's important to understand when you love. Claudie has her whole life in front of her, what is she afraid of?.
IMDB Rating: 7.9
IMDB Votes: 55
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 105 min
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The Sailor from Gibraltar (1967)
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Alan, after quarreling with his girlfriend Sheila, becomes intrigued by Anna, a mysterious widow who's searching for a sailor she had known many years before. Alan and Anna begin the search on board a yacht bound for Greece, but they don't find the sailor. After a stop in Africa, Louis de Mozambique joins the party and suggests that the sailor may never have existed other than in Anna's mind.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 433
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 91 min
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The House by the Sea (2017)
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By a little bay near Marseille lies a picturesque villa owned by an old man. His three children have gathered by his side for his last days. It’s time for them to weigh up what they have inherited of their father’s ideals and the community spirit he created in this magical place. The arrival, at a nearby cove, of a group of boat people will throw these moments of reflection into turmoil.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 107 min
Plot tags: psychological, touching, unusual plot structure, suspense, suspenseful, contemplative
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Where the Heart Is (1998)
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From the director of Marius et Jeannette, this story of two working-class families is a fable with an optimist streak. A young black man, Francois, is wrongly accused of rape by a racist policeman. The story is told in voiceover by his childhood friend, neighbor, and the mother of his future child, Clementine, who is white. The city is Marseilles as in the previous film, symbolic with its churches, prisons and ruins. Except in this film, director Robert Guediguian also ventures outside, taking the story to Sarajevo; two different cities, one devastated by war, the other by a bad economy and unemployment. A la Place du coeur won a Special Jury Prize at the 1998 San Sebastian Film Festival and was also shown at the 1998 Toronto Film Festival and the 1998 Montreal Film Festival.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 382
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 113 min
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Mr & Mme Adelman (2017)
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How did Sarah and Victor get along for more than 45 years? Who was this enigmatic woman living in the shadow of her husband? Love, ambition, betrayals and secrets feed the story of this extraordinary couple, as they experience both the large and small moments of the last century's history.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 120 min
Plot tags: realistic, tragicomedy, witty, thought provoking, cynical, art house, romantic comedy, weird
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The Collector (1967)
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A bombastic, womanizing art dealer and his painter friend go to a seventeenth-century villa on the Riviera for a relaxing summer getaway. But their idyll is disturbed by the presence of the bohemian Haydée, accused of being a “collector” of men.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 10000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: art house, psychological, sexy, talky, sad, artsy, anthology, aesthetic, clever, humorous
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The Slap (1974)
Plot Summary:
A Parisian teacher (Lino Ventura) loses his cool when his teenage daughter tells him she plans to drop out of school and move in with her boyfriend.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: France, Italy
Duration: 104 min
Plot tags: touching, humorous, emotional, realistic, semi serious, whimsical
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The Well-Digger's Daughter (2011)
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It's the beginning of the WWII. South of France. Patricia, 18, is the oldest daughter of a well-digger, Pascal, who considers her a princess because of her moral qualities. She's kind, devoted. One day, she briefly meets a young man, Jacques, the son of Mazel, owner of the shop where her father buy his material. He's handsome and teasing. Her father's friend, Felipe, would love to marry her, and he invites her to an aviation show. She accepts his invitation only because she knows Jacques is a pilot and will be there. Soon, she'll carry his child, and he'll be gone, and the family will have to deal with this out-of-wedlock pregnancy.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 109 min
Plot tags: touching, sincere, romantic, surprise ending, sentimental, serious, realistic, tragic, period drama
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Love on the Run (1979)
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Beginning with "The 400 Blows," director Francois Truffaut made a series of films about the impetuous Antoine Doinel, in which this is the last. Antoine is now 30, working as a proofreader and getting divorced from his his wife. It being the first "no-fault" divorce in France, a media circus erupts, dredging up Antoine's past. Indecisive about his new love with a store clerk, he impulsively takes off with an old flame.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 7000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: art house, psychological, sincere, clever, humorous, realistic, semi serious, non-linear, romantic drama
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We Love You, You Bastard (2014)
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A war photographer and absent father, who spends more time taking care of his camera than his four daughters, enjoys a happy life in the Alps with his new girlfriend. But his life is turned upside down the day that his best friend tries to reconcile him with his family by telling them a big lie.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 357
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 124 min
Plot tags: humorous, contemplative, light, feel good, captivating, touching, realistic, semi serious
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Love Affair(s) (2020)
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Vacations in the French countryside. Daphne, three months pregnant, finds herself alone to welcome Maxime, her boyfriend François’ cousin. François had to leave in a hurry for Paris to cover for a sick colleague. For four days, while waiting for his return, Daphne and Maxime get to know each other and share very intimate stories that bring them closer.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 122 min
Plot tags: romantic, captivating, entertaining
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Redoubtable (2017)
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During the making of one of his films, French film director Jean-Luc Godard falls in love with 17-year old actress Anne Wiazemsky and later gets married.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Biography, Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: France, Myanmar
Duration: 107 min
Plot tags: captivating, disturbing, art house, romantic, entertaining
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Love to Eternity (1972)
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Liza slowly replaces Melampo, Giorgio's dog. While she accepts it, Giorgio forces her to wear collars and leashes.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 868
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Italy, France
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: sexy, independent film, grotesque
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Crazy Kind of Love (2013)
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A broken family finds their relationships to one another changed by a new arrival in the household.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: touching, emotional, realistic, independent film, captivating, indie film, serious
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Pauline at the Beach (1983)
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Fifteen year old Pauline and her older cousin, model-shaped Marion, go to the emtying Atlantic coast for an autumn holiday . Marion ignores the approaches of a surfer and falls for Henri, a hedonist who is only interested in a sexual adventure and drops her soon. Pauline's little romance with a young man (Sylvain) is also spoiled by Henri.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 10000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: erotic, witty, anthology, sex comedy, sensitive, clever, touching, feel good, humorous, realistic
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Marius and Jeannette (1997)
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Marius is the keeper of an abandoned cement works staying high above the quarter of l'Estaque in Marseilles. Jeannette is bringing up her two children alone with her poor checkout operator salary. Their meeting won't be without trouble, since besides material difficulties, both of them are wounded by life. They have to learn how to be happy again.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: sentimental, touching, feel good, humorous, realistic, semi serious
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Camille Rewinds (2012)
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Camille was only sixteen and still in high school when she fell in love with Eric, another student. They later married and a child and were happy for a while. But now twenty-five years have passed and Eric leaves her for a younger woman. Bitter and desperate Camille drinks so much liquor at a New Year Eve's party that she falls into an ethylic coma and she finds herself... propelled into her own past! Camille is sixteen again when she wakes up this morning, her parents are not dead anymore and she must go to school, where she will meet her schoolmates and, of course, Eric. Is she going to fall for him again and... be miserable twenty-five years later? Or will she avoid him with the result never having her beloved daughter? Who ever said that time traveling was fun?.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 115 min
Plot tags: sentimental, humorous, semi serious, feel good
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Two for the Road (1967)
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The ten-year marriage of Mark and Joanna Wallace is on the rocks. In flashback they recall their first meeting, memorable moments in their courtship and early wedded life, their travels through Europe, their broken vow never to have children, and their increasing tensions that led to both of them having extra-marital affairs.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 14000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 111 min
Plot tags: road movie, witty, stylized, esoteric, clever, touching, humorous, realistic, non-linear, semi serious
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In a Wild Moment (1977)
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Pierre, 44, contentedly divorced, takes his teen daughter to the Côte d'Azur along with his friend Jacques and Jacques' own teen daughter, Françoise. On the topless beaches of Saint-Tropez, Jacques and Pierre discuss marriage and being parents. Then, in a wild moment at a nighttime party, Françoise starts playing with Pierre, and one thing leads to another: they become lovers. After a couple of trysts, Pierre wants out, but Françoise declares her love for him and wants to tell her father about it. She does, but leaves out Pierre's name, so Jacques enlists Pierre's help in identifying who seduced his daughter. What will Pierre do?.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 634
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 81 min
Plot tags: anthology, sex comedy, sexy, feel good, humorous, realistic, semi serious, sexual, hot
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The Merry Widow (2007)
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Anne-Marie vient de perdre son mari dans un accident de voiture. Elle est enfin libre d'aimer celui qu'elle voit en cachette depuis deux ans. Mais elle n'a pas prévu que sa famille, pétrie de bons sentiments, a décidé de rester à ses côtés pour la soutenir dans son chagrin. Anne-Marie se retrouve alors encore plus prisonnière que lorsqu'elle était mariée.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 983
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: humorous, semi serious, realistic, touching, captivating, biting, suspense
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Autumn Tale (1998)
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Magali (Béatrice Romand), forty-something, is a winemaker and a widow: she loves her work but feels lonely. Her friends Rosine (Alexia Portal) and Isabelle (Marie Rivière) both want secretly to find a husband for Magali.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 112 min
Plot tags: melancholic, meditative, witty, art house, touching, semi serious, realistic, talky, anthology, clever
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You and Me (2006)
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In Paris, Ariane and Lena are sisters. Ariane writes photo novellas for the magazine "Toi et Moi." She's emotional and her long-time boyfriend, Farid, has her in a state because he won't propose, won't ask her to live with him, and often is unavailable. Lena is a cellist, quiet and circumspect in life and in her playing. She lives without passion with her boyfriend François; they're talking about having a baby.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 659
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: humorous, sexy, captivating, light, emotional, realistic, semi serious, sexual, hot
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Another Life (2013)
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The South of France. Internationally famous pianist Aurore collapses one night during a performance, over-exhausted from too many concerts. Tired of music, she believes she no longer has anything to offer her public. Then she meets Jean, an electrician who installs residential security systems. Despite their differences, they immediately fall in love and plan a new life together. Jean intends to leave his long-time partner, Dolorès, but she will stop at nothing to keep him.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 309
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: emotional, romantic, captivating, light, humorous, touching, serious, realistic
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French Kiss (1995)
Plot Summary:
French Kiss is director Kasdan’s best film since the Bodyguard. The plot involves a couple in love and one woman’s attempt to fly to Paris to get her lover back from a business trip and marry him. On the way she unknowingly smuggles something of value that has a petty thief chasing her across France as she chases after her future husband.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 52000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: UK, USA, France
Duration: 111 min
Plot tags: feel good, romantic, romantic comedy, humorous, sweet, light, entertaining, philosophical, uplifting, emotional
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Delicacy (2011)
Plot Summary:
A French woman mourning over the death of her husband three years prior is courted by a Swedish co-worker.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 14000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 108 min
Plot tags: sentimental, touching, feel good, humorous, romantic, sincere, art house, sensual, happy, realistic
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Frenchmen 3 (2013)
Plot Summary:
Alex, Antoine and Manu meet Jean, a loner who ignores the pleasures of friendship. Little by little, they learn to know each other, to appreciate each other. Jean is moved by the complicity and affection that fuels the relationship with his new friends.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 465
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 114 min
Plot tags: humorous, semi serious, realistic, witty, light, feel good