A tobacco planter on Réunion island in the Indian Ocean becomes engaged through correspondence to a French woman he does not know. The woman that arrives does not look like the picture he received, but he marries her anyway.

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...

A Christmas Tale

2008

French

6.9

♡ 6

86%

Arnaud Desplechin Director

Mathieu Amalric as Henri Vuillard - Abel and Junon's middle child

Melvil Poupaud as Ivan Vuillard - - Abel and Junon's youngest child

Catherine Deneuve as Junon Vuillard

Françoise Bertin as Rosaimée Vuillard - Abel's mother's girlfriend

When their regal matriarch falls ill, the troubled Vuillard family come together for a hesitant Christmastime reunion. Among them is rebellious ne'er-do-well Henri and the uptight Elizabeth. Together under the same roof for the first time in many years, their intricate, long denied resentments and yearnings emerge again.

The Truth

2019

French

6.5

♡ 20

87%

Hirokazu Koreeda Director

Catherine Deneuve as Fabienne Dangeville

Ethan Hawke as Hank

Ludivine Sagnier as L'actrice qui joue Amy à 38 ans

Juliette Binoche as Lumir

Fabienne is a star; a star of French cinema. She reigns amongst men who love and admire her. When she publishes her memoirs, her daughter Lumir returns from New York to Paris with her husband and young child. The reunion between mother and daughter will quickly turn to confrontation: truths will be told, accounts settled, loves and resentments confessed.

The Umbrellas of Cherbourg

1964

French

7.8

♡ 28

97%

Jacques Demy Director

Jean Champion as Aubin

Catherine Deneuve as Geneviève Emery

Nino Castelnuovo as Guy Foucher

Harald Wolff as Monsieur Dubourg

This simple romantic tragedy begins in 1957. Guy Foucher, a 20-year-old French auto mechanic, has fallen in love with 17-year-old Geneviève Emery, an employee in her widowed mother's chic but financially embattled umbrella shop. On the evening before Guy is to leave for a two-year tour of combat in Algeria, he and Geneviève make love. She becomes pregnant and must choose between waiting for Guy's return or accepting an offer of marriage from a wealthy diamond merchant.

The Midwife

2017

French

6.7

♡ 4

88%

Martin Provost Director

Marie Paquim as Angeline

Catherine Deneuve as Béatrice Sobo

Marie Gili-Pierre as Evelyne

Mylène Demongeot as Rolande

Claire is a midwife and has devoted her life to others. At a moment when she is preoccupied by the imminent closure of the maternity clinic where she works, her life is further turned upside down when Béatrice, her father's former mistress, turns up on the scene. Béatrice is a capricious and selfish woman, Claire's exact opposite.

Scene of the Crime

1986

French

6.4

♡ 7

André Téchiné Director

Claire Nebout as Alice

Jean Bousquet as Le grand-père

Catherine Deneuve as Lili Ravenel

Christine Paolini as Suzan

In the woods, a 13-year-old boy is grabbed by an escaped convict and told to bring money later that day. The boy does as he's told, only to be attacked by the convict's partner. A murder ensues, and through happenstance, the murderer and the boy's mother form an alliance. All this takes place in four days during which the boy has his first communion, his separated parents face each other amidst grandmother's hopes they'll reunite, the grandfather just wants to go fishing, the school's chaplain complains about the boy's behavior, and the convicts' shared girlfriend comes, gun in hand, to help them escape to Tangier. The mother's surprising decisions complete the story.

Tristana

1970

Spanish

7.4

♡ 13

97%

marriage of convenience

Luis Buñuel Director

Leonardo Scavino as (as Leo Lenoir)

Vicente Soler as Don Ambrosio

Fernando Rey as Don Lope

Catherine Deneuve as Tristana

As a young woman, Tristana is orphaned and taken under the guardianship of Don Lope, a respected member of the community, who takes advantage of his innocent charge. When Tristana falls in love with artist Horacio, she must learn to be more assertive in order to achieve independence from her nefarious guardian, or her blossoming relationship with Horatio is doomed.

Repulsion

1965

English

7.6

♡ 30

96%

post traumatic stress disorder

post-traumatic stress disorder

post-traumatic stress disorder (ptsd)

schizophrenia

Thriller

Roman Polanski Director

Catherine Deneuve as Carol

James Villiers as John

Aileen Lewis as Neighbour

Hugh Futcher as Reggie

Beautiful young manicurist Carole suffers from androphobia (the pathological fear of interaction with men). When her sister and roommate, Helen, leaves their London flat to go on an Italian holiday with her married boyfriend, Carole withdraws into her apartment. She begins to experience frightful hallucinations, her fear gradually mutating into madness.

Habib, la grande aventure

2022

French

6.2

♡ 2

Benoît Mariage Director

Catherine Deneuve as Catherine Deneuve

Thomas Solivérès as Égide de Beaumont

Alain Bellot as Grand brûlé

Bruno Verstraete as José le machino

The story of a young Belgian actor of Moroccan origin who agrees to play the role of Saint-François-d'Assise to put an end to the roles of nice Arabs that are stuck on his forehead in often mediocre films. Getting into the historical figure will represent a real challenge for him; when his father, settled in Morocco, suddenly returns to Brussels with a new wife, and the beginnings of Alzheimer's, he finds himself having to juggle between the expectations of his colleagues and his family.

La reine blanche

1991

French

6.0

♡ 1

33%

Comedy

Drama

Jean-Loup Hubert Director

Marie Bunel as

Richard Bohringer as Jean Ripoche

Catherine Deneuve as Liliane Ripoche

Jean Carmet as Lucien

In 1960, in a coastal town near to Nantes, Jean Ripoche lives with his wife Liliane, their four children and Liliane’s father Lucien. Jean divides his time between running his plumbing business and making a float for the Nantes carnival. The Ripoche’s ordered lives are thrown into turmoil when Jean’s former friend, Yvon Legualoudec, returns to the town – with his black wife Annabelle and their three children. Before he disappeared twenty years ago, without saying a word, Yvon was Jean’s rival for Liliane’s affections. As bitter memories resurface, the relationship between Jean, Yvon and Liliane become strained.

Astérix and Obélix: God Save Britannia

2012

French

5.3

♡ 6

22%

Laurent Tirard Director

Valérie Lemercier as Miss Macintosh

Gérard Depardieu as Obélix

Catherine Deneuve as Reine Cordelia

Götz Otto as Yadutaf

Asterix crosses the channel to help second-cousin Anticlimax face down Julius Caesar and invading Romans.

Roman Polanski: A Film Memoir

2011

English

7.1

♡ 4

92%

Laurent Bouzereau Director

Catherine Deneuve as Herself

Sharon Tate as Herself

Barbara Lass as Herself

Emmanuelle Seigner as Herself

An interview with film director Roman Polanski conducted during his period of house arrest, discussing his life and work.

Cyprien

2009

French

3.8

20%

David Charhon Director

Elisa Tovati as Aurore Diamentis

Elie Semoun as Cyprien / Jack Price

Léa Drucker as Héléna

Catherine Deneuve as Vivianne Wagner

Thirty-five years old and still a virgin, Cyprien is a shy, awkward young man until he discovers a magic deodorant that will transform him into a gorgeous and irresistible creature.

Ils sont grands ces petits

4.6

Joël Santoni Director

Mustapha Dali as L'émir

Fernand Guiot as L'inspecteur Bugeaud

Catherine Deneuve as Louise Mouchin

Norbert Saada as Saada

When a real-estate promoter attempts to take over the homes of two electronics whizzes and boot them out, they contrive ingenious ways to inconvenience and harass him. By pooling their knowledge, they are able to pull off a crucial robbery using a very special box of chocolates.

Le sauvage

1975

French

6.5

♡ 3

48%

Jean-Paul Rappeneau Director

Tony Roberts as Alex Fox

Vernon Dobtcheff as Coleman

Dana Wynter as Jessie Coutances

Catherine Deneuve as Nelly

A young Frenchwoman fleeing her Italian fiancé in Caracas thrusts herself and those around her into madcap events.

Choice of Arms

1981

French

6.9

♡ 3

82%

Alain Corneau Director

Guy Mairesse as L'entraîneur de boxe

Gérard Depardieu as Mickey

Catherine Deneuve as Nicole Durieux

Yves Montand as Noel Durieux

A former crook is pulled out of retirement when a gang on the run turn to him for shelter after a prison break.

The Beaches of Agnès

2008

French

8.0

♡ 8

96%

experimental surrealism

family history

old photograph

woman director

Agnès Varda Director

Robert De Niro as Self

Harrison Ford as Self

Catherine Deneuve as Self

Agnès Varda as Self

Filmmaking icon Agnès Varda, the award-winning director regarded by many as the grandmother of the French new wave, turns the camera on herself with this unique autobiographical documentary. Composed of film excerpts and elaborate dramatic re-creations, Varda's self-portrait recounts the highs and lows of her professional career, the many friendships that affected her life and her longtime marriage to cinematic giant Jacques Demy.

Bad Seeds

2018

French

7.2

♡ 10

46%

Action

Comedy

Kheiron Director

Marc David as Doublure cascade Wael

Alban Lenoir as Franck

Catherine Deneuve as Monique

Sofiane Zermani as Usamah

Wael, a former street child, makes a living from small scams with his adoptive mother and partner-in-crime Monique. When this unconventional duo swindles the wrong guy, Victor, an old acquaintance of Monique now in charge of a support organization for troubled teens, they have no choice but to become his interim secretary and educator in order to redeem themselves.