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Amélie - (2001 movie) poster

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(on Wikipedia)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0211915/
https://www.miramax.com/movie/amelie/

A quirky young woman crushes on a weird artsy guy.

This is quirkier than it's characters, and is worthy of earning seventeen times its budget.

  • Original title: Le fabuleux destin d'Amélie Poulain



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La Femme Nikita - (1990 movie) poster

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https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0100263/

A woman is swept into the life of an assassin.

A classic, and really awesome, movie.

See also:



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Cyrano de Bergerac - (1990 movie) poster

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https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0099334/

A Beauty and the Beast story about a warrior poet man who feels unworthy of love because of his appearance.

It's absolutely no comparison to Cyrano de Bergerac - (1950 movie), so much so that I have to flag this as disliked!



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Cyrano de Bergerac - (1950 movie) poster

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https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0042367/

A Beauty and the Beast story about a warrior poet man who feels unworthy of love because of his appearance.

Astonishing!



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L'Immortel - (2010 movie) image

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https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1167638/

The past returns to haunt a retired crime boss.

Quite watchable. I think it's trivially surpassed by a lot of movies, but this has a reasonable simplicity without creating too much of a superhuman protagonist.



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AKA - (2023 movie) image

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https://www.imdb.com/title/tt27197387/

A special forces undercover guy is sent as himself to rapid-infiltrate a group of bad guys to stop a terrorist plot, but he's s nice guy deep down (or something).

Very watchable, and very French. If you know and like your French military/police type movies, you'll like this.



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Before Sunset - (2004 movie) poster

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https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0381681/

Two strangers are reunited nine years after their one night of romance, for only an afternoon.

Phenomenal, but make sure you watch this whole series.



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District 13꞉ Ultimatum image

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(on Wikipedia)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1247640/

Bad Guys want to blow up a shithole to make money in rebuilding.

It's okay I guess, but the writing is off and it's frequently a tired revisitation of the earlier movie.

  • Trailer
  • Properly titled District 13꞉ Ultimatum
  • Original title: Banlieue 13: Ultimatum



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Ares - (2016 movie) poster

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https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4216902/

In a downtrodden future France, a washed-out fighter struggles to raise money until he is offered a combat performance drug.

Very nice all around. Highly recommended.



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District 13 - (2004 movie) poster

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(on Wikipedia)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0414852/

Although a slum is walled off, run by gangs, and abandoned, a few people try to save it.

Fantastic.

  • aka District B13
  • aka Balineue 13



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