Paul lives with his mother in the private clinic of doctor Loisel, deeply hidden in the woods. Paul likes to roam the forest and observe nature. One day Gloria, a schizophrenic teenager of around fifteen years old, arrives, and Paul falls in love immediately.

Hikers

1997

French

5.9

♡ 3

43%

Action

Comedy

Romance

Philippe Harel Director

Karin Viard as Coralie

Benoît Poelvoorde as Eric

Clara Bellar as Eve

Vincent Elbaz as Mathieu Lacaze

A quartet of Parisians embark upon a guided hike in Corsica and end up working through the sometimes comical chaos of their individual lives.

Father and Sons

2018

French

5.7

♡ 2

Comedy

Drama

father son relationship

Félix Moati Director

Billie Blain as Anne

Anaïs Demoustier as Esther

Benoît Poelvoorde as Joseph Zuccarelli

Manal Issa as Laura

Joseph and his two sons, Joachim and Ivan, form a close-knit family but fail to see that each one is losing control of his life. Joachim is supposed to be studying psychiatry but spends most of his time daydreaming about his ex-girlfriend, Ivan cannot fit in at school despite being very smart, and Joseph has secretly quit his job as a doctor and is trying to become a writer. While there is plenty of affection at home, all three are also, clumsily, searching for love...

Not Dead

2012

French

5.9

♡ 3

Comedy

Gustave Kervern Director

Benoît Poelvoorde as Benoît Bonzini, alias NOT

David Salles as Guichetier banque

Gérard Depardieu as Juvénal, l'homme qui lit l'avenir dans le verre de saké

Serge Larivière as Le directeur du 'Grand Litier'

An ageing punk-with-a-dog and his brother the conformist decide to get their revenge on a shopping mall. Directing duo Benoit Delepine and Gustave Kervern, longstanding comic crusaders against capitalism, again set out to surprise and shock the bourgeois audience.

White as Snow

2019

French

5.3

♡ 4

35%

Anne Fontaine Director

Benoît Poelvoorde as Charles

Agata Buzek as La femme slave

Isabelle Huppert as Maud

Aurore Broutin as Muriel

Claire is a beautiful young woman who works at her late father’s hotel, that is now managed by her evil stepmother Maud. Claire unwittingly sparks uncontrollable jealousy in Maud, whose young lover has fallen in love with Claire. Maud decides to get rid of Claire who finds shelter in a farm where she’s allowed to break free from her strict upbringing through encounters with seven “princes.”

Inexorable

2021

French

6.1

♡ 4

73%

Thriller

Fabrice Du Welz Director

Tania Garbarski as Elia

Julia Demoulin as La maman du taulier

David Murgia as Le propriétaire du chenil

Benoît Poelvoorde as Marcel Bellmer

Desperately seeking inspiration for the follow-up novel to his bestseller "Inexorable", Marcel Bellmer moves in his wife's old family mansion with his family.

A Town Called Panic

2009

French

7.4

♡ 5

81%

human animal relationship

shootout

stop motion

Stéphane Aubier Director

Jeanne Balibar as Madame Longrée

Ben Tesseur as Scientifique 1

Benoît Poelvoorde as Steven

Christine Grulois as Vache / Étudiante

Cowboy and Indian's only wish was to come up with a brilliant idea for Mr Horse's birthday, but when their plan ends up in utter disaster, they'll need to travel the world and back to make things right again.

Coco Before Chanel

2009

French

6.6

♡ 8

63%

57%

Action

based on novel or book

Anne Fontaine Director

Marie Gillain as Adrienne Chanel

Alessandro Nivola as Boy Capel

Benoît Poelvoorde as Étienne Balsan

Audrey Tautou as Gabrielle Chanel

Several years after leaving the orphanage, to which her father never returned for her, Gabrielle Chanel finds herself working in a provincial bar. She's both a seamstress for the performers and a singer, earning the nickname Coco from the song she sings nightly with her sister. A liaison with Baron Balsan gives her an entree into French society and a chance to develop her gift for designing.

Man Bites Dog

1992

French

7.4

♡ 24

68%

Benoît Poelvoorde Director

Benoît Poelvoorde as Ben

Stéphane Aubier as Journalist

Édith Le Merdy as Nurse

Rémy Belvaux as Remy

The activities of rampaging, indiscriminate serial killer Ben are recorded by a willingly complicit documentary team, who eventually become his accomplices and active participants. Ben provides casual commentary on the nature of his work and arbitrary musings on topics of interest to him, such as music or the conditions of low-income housing, and even goes so far as to introduce the documentary crew to his family. But their reckless indulgences soon get the better of them.

Romantics Anonymous

2010

French

6.9

♡ 8

85%

Jean-Pierre Améris Director

Swann Arlaud as Antoine

Juan Vega Correa as Groupe mariachi Salon du chocolat

Benoît Poelvoorde as Jean-René Van Den Hugde

Pierre Niney as Ludo

What happens when a man and a woman share a common passion? They fall in love. And this is what happens to Jean-René, the boss of a small chocolate factory, and Angélique, a gifted chocolate maker he has just hired. What occurs when a highly emotional man meets a highly emotional woman? They fall in love, and this is what occurs to Jean-René and Angélique who share the same handicap. But being pathologically timid does not make things easy for them. So whether they will manage to get together, join their solitudes and live happily ever after is a guessing matter.

Keep an Eye Out

2018

French

6.7

♡ 3

86%

Quentin Dupieux Director

Alain Chabat as Cris de douleur

Anaïs Demoustier as Fiona

Benoît Poelvoorde as Le commissaire Buron

Michel Hazanavicius as Policier fourgon 1

Louis just found the corpse of a man in front of his apartment building. Taken in for custody by Captain Buron, he finds himself on the wrong end of a surreal interrogation. But how can you prove you are innocent when the cops are crazy?

Nothing to Declare

6.4

Dany Boon Director

Karin Viard as Irène Janus

François Damiens as Jacques Janus

Dany Boon as Mathias Ducatel

Benoît Poelvoorde as Ruben Vandevoorde

During the elimination of the Belgian/French border in the 90s, a Belgian customs officer is forced to team up with one of his French counterparts.

Rire et châtiment

2003

French

5.6

♡ 1

Comedy

Romance

woman director

Isabelle Doval Director

Antoine Blanquefort as Laurent

Benoît Poelvoorde as Le prof de secourisme

Philippe Uchan as Pierre

José Garcia as Vincent Roméro

French director Isabelle Doval directs her husband, popular comedic actor José Garcia, in the comedy Rire et Chatiment (Laughter and Punishment). Vincent (Garcia) is a popular physician whose aggressive need to be funny and get people's attention annoys his girlfriend, Camille (Doval), to the point that she leaves him. He begins to suspect she might have been onto something when his behavior begins causing people to die.

The Brand New Testament

2015

French

♡ 21

82%

Jaco Van Dormael Director

Benoît Poelvoorde as Dieu

François Damiens as François

David Murgia as Jésus Christ

Catherine Deneuve as Martine

God lives in Brussels. On Earth though, God is a coward, morally pathetic and odious to his family. His daughter, Ea, is bored at home and can't stand being locked up in a small apartment in ordinary Brussels, until the day she decides to revolt against her dad...

Beating Hearts

2024

French

7.0

♡ 13

44%

84%

based on novel or book

Gilles Lellouche Director

François Civil as Clotaire

Adèle Exarchopoulos as Jackie

Benoît Poelvoorde as La Brosse

Jean-Pascal Zadi as Lionel

Affif Ben Badra as Serveur bar racket

Local rebellious teenager Clotaire falls for his schoolmate Jackie, but gang violence leads him to a darker destructive path. After years apart, the star-crossed lovers discover that every path they've taken leads them back together.

Venice Calling

6.2

Ivan Calbérac Director

Valérie Bonneton as Annie Chamodot

Benoît Poelvoorde as Bernard Chamodot

Eugène Marcuse as Fabrice Chamodot

David Salles as Le motard

Emile is fifteen. He lives in Montargis, between a sweet-crazy father and a mother who has always dyed his hair blond, because, it seems, he is more beautiful like that. When the girl who pleases him more than anything invites him to Venice for the holidays, he is overjoyed. Only problem, his parents decide to accompany him - This is the story of a teenager born into an unclassifiable family, the story of a first love, miraculous and fragile. This is the story of an initiatory and incredible journey where life often takes unawares, but where Venice, it will be at the rendezvous.

Do You Do You Saint-Tropez

2021

French

♡ 2

44%

Nicolas Benamou Director

Benoît Poelvoorde as Le baron Claude Tranchant

Gérard Depardieu as Maurice Lefranc, le directeur général de la P.J.

Camille Claris as Peggy

Thierry Lhermitte as Yves Lamarque

Every summer, the Billionaire Tranchant and his wife Eliane host the glamorous world of celebrities in their luxurious mansion in the south of France. When a criminal car sabotage related to threatening letters wreak havoc in the villa, Tranchant goes in search of the best agent for the investigation. In the middle of this hot summer, only the arrogant and incompetent agent Boullin is available... To catch the suspect and solve the mystery, he will have no choice but to impersonate a newly hired butler and will turn everyone’s vacation into a hilarious game of ‘Cluedo’!

Savages

2024

French

6.8

♡ 10

100%

Claude Barras Director

Nelly Tungang as La grand-mère

Sailyvia Paysan as La mère de Selaï

Benoît Poelvoorde as Mutang, le père

Hannah Boudreau as Nina

In Borneo, near the tropical forest, Kéria rescues a baby orangutang in the palm oil plantation where her father works. Kéria's cousin Selaï comes to live with them seeking refuge from the conflict between his indigenous tribe and the logging companies. Kéria, Selaï and the little orangutang, now named Oshi, will have to fight against their forest’s destruction.

Headwind

5.4

Pierre Godeau Director

François Damiens as Alain Marquand

David Courier as Journaliste film

Benoît Poelvoorde as Le comédien remplaçant

Nathalie du Roscoat as Patronne bistrot

Alain, a famous actor, agrees to play the impossible role of Jacques Brel. Realising that it might be the last role of his life, he decides to leave the set in the middle of a scene to see Lou, his daughter, whom he has not seen grow up. Against all expectations, Lou gradually enters into his fictional universe.

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