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    Journey to the West 2014 POSTER

    Journey to the West

    2014

    Chinese

    6.9

    14

    Action

    buddhist monk

    Drama

    marseille, france

    Ming-liang Tsai Ming-liang Tsai Director Denis Lavant Denis Lavant as Dragon Kang-sheng Lee Kang-sheng Lee as Monk
    In 2014, Tsai Ming-Liang was invited to make a film for the MarseilleFID, Marseille International Film Festival. Since he was not familiar with Marseille, he decided to make a film as tourist, capturing the beautiful Mediterranean sunshine in the late summer of that year. He also invited famous French actor, Denis Lavant, to appear alongside Lee Kang-Sheng playing Xuanzang. "Journey to the West" was invited to be the opening short film at the Berlin International Film Festival the same year.
    Fanny 1961 POSTER

    Fanny

    1961

    English

    6.8

    6

    68%

    68%

    Action

    Drama

    husband wife relationship

    love

    marseille, france

    pre-unix

    Romance

    voyage

    Joshua Logan Joshua Logan Director Moustache Moustache as Charles Boyer Charles Boyer as Cesar Horst Buchholz Horst Buchholz as Marius Maurice Chevalier Maurice Chevalier as Panisse
    Almost 19-year-old Marius feels himself in a rut in Marseille, his life planned for him by his cafe'-owning father, and he longs for the sea. The night before he is to leave on a 5-year voyage, Fanny, a girl he grew up with, reveals that she is in love with him, and he discovers that he is in love with her. He must choose between an exciting life at sea, and a boring life with the woman he loves. And Fanny must choose between keeping the man she loves, and letting him live the life he seems to want.
    The Magnet 2000 POSTER

    The Magnet

    2000

    French

    5.7

    2

    Action

    Crime

    Drama

    gangster

    marseille, france

    Akhenaton Akhenaton Director Kamel Ferrat Kamel Ferrat as Fouad Roland Munter Roland Munter as Police Officer Antoine Coesens Antoine Coesens as Police Officer Jean-Jérôme Esposito Jean-Jérôme Esposito as The Informer
    The story of a group of friends, all around 30, who live in the Le Panier district of Marseille, France. It's not a bad life, made up of slightly shady dealings, nights out, sun and just hanging out. But the neighborhood is an inescapable presence. Over a period of a few summer days, their carefree lives will plunge into a predictable tragedy.
    The Infernal Trio 1974 POSTER

    The Infernal Trio

    1974

    French

    6.2

    5

    Comedy

    Crime

    Horror

    insurance fraud

    legacy hunter

    marriage

    marseille, france

    murder

    series of murders

    Francis Girod Francis Girod Director Luigi Zerbinati Luigi Zerbinati as Michel Piccoli Michel Piccoli as Georges Sarret Romy Schneider Romy Schneider as Philomena Schmidt Jean Rigaux Jean Rigaux as Villette
    Marseilles, 1919. Georges Sarret is a distinguished and respected lawyer, recently honoured for his services in the First World War. He takes as his lover Philomène Schmidt, a young German woman, who has just lost her job and home. To enable Philomène to remain in France, Georges finds her a husband – who dies conveniently of natural causes a month after the wedding. Georges repeats the trick with Philomène's sister, Catherine – marrying her off to an old man who dies suddenly so that the scheming trio can profit from his life insurance. When an accomplice in the scheme, Marcel Chambon, threatens to blackmail them, Georges and his two lovers have no option but to kill him and his mistress...
    Marseille 2016 POSTER

    Marseille

    2016

    French

    5.0

    2

    21%

    21%

    Comedy

    Drama

    marseille, france

    Kad Merad Kad Merad Director Edmonde Franchi Edmonde Franchi as Dame permanence Kad Merad Kad Merad as Paolo Louis-Do de Lencquesaing Louis-Do de Lencquesaing as Stéphane Anne Charrier Anne Charrier as Valérie
    Faced with the insistence of his brother Joseph, whom he has not seen for 25 years, Paolo resolves to give up his calm and harmonious life in Canada, to return to Marseilles at the bedside of his rugged father. He left, therefore, with his son under his arm, determined not to linger in that city which he had fled years before, after a tragedy. He does not imagine that the affection of his newfound family, his love affair with a young woman and the joyful and simple solidarity of the Marseillais will reconcile him with this city he would never have wanted to leave...Marseillle.
    Man Called Rocca 1961 POSTER

    Man Called Rocca

    1961

    French

    6.4

    Crime

    Drama

    falsely accused

    marseille, france

    Jean Becker Jean Becker Director Christine Kaufmann Christine Kaufmann as Geneviève Adé Jean-Paul Belmondo Jean-Paul Belmondo as Roberto La Rocca Gérard Hernandez Gérard Hernandez as Un prisonnier démineur Dominique Zardi Dominique Zardi as Un prisonnier démineur
    Roberto goes to Marseilles to give a hand to his friend Xavier, wrongly imprisoned following a frame-up organized by his associate Villanova. Roberto sets out to seduce Villanova's mistress, but when Villanova is killed, Roberto ends up leader of the band...
    The Connection 2014 POSTER

    The Connection

    2014

    French

    7.1

    3

    Action

    Crime

    drug ring

    drug trade

    drug trafficking

    judge

    marseille, france

    Thriller

    Cédric Jimenez Cédric Jimenez Director Guillaume Gouix Guillaume Gouix as José Alvarez Benoît Magimel Benoît Magimel as Le Fou Jean Dujardin Jean Dujardin as Pierre Michel Christophe Maratier Christophe Maratier as Tueur Tany 1
    Newly transferred to the bustling port city of Marseille to assist with a crackdown on organized crime, energetic young magistrate Pierre Michel is given a rapid-fire tutorial on the ins and outs of an out-of-control drug trade. Pierre's wildly ambitious mission is to take on the French Connection, a highly organized operation that controls the city's underground heroin economy and is overseen by the notorious —and reputedly untouchable— Gaetan Zampa. Fearless, determined and willing to go the distance, Pierre plunges into an underworld world of insane danger and ruthless criminals.
    Stillwater 2021 POSTER

    Stillwater

    2021

    English

    6.6

    148

    75%

    72%

    Action

    Crime

    Drama

    father daughter relationship

    fish out of water

    marseille, france

    Mystery

    Thriller

    Tom McCarthy Tom McCarthy Director Abigail Breslin Abigail Breslin as Allison Matt Damon Matt Damon as Bill Anne Le Ny Anne Le Ny as Leparq Camille Cottin Camille Cottin as Virginie
    Bill Baker, an American oil-rig roughneck from Oklahoma, travels to Marseille to visit his estranged daughter, Allison, who is in prison for a murder she claims she did not commit. Confronted with language barriers, cultural differences, and a complicated legal system, Bill builds a new life for himself in France as he makes it his personal mission to exonerate his daughter.
    Taxi 1998 POSTER

    Taxi

    1998

    French

    7.0

    39

    81%

    81%

    Action

    Comedy

    Crime

    marseille, france

    pizza boy

    pizza delivery

    police officer

    taxi

    taxi driver

    Gérard Pirès Gérard Pirès Director Manuela Gourary Manuela Gourary as Camille Coutant-Kerbalec Bernard Farcy Bernard Farcy as Commissaire Gibert Samy Naceri Samy Naceri as Daniel Morales Marion Cotillard Marion Cotillard as Lilly Bertineau
    In Marseilles a skilled pizza delivery boy Daniel who drives a scooter finally has his dreams come true. He gets a taxi license. Caught by the police for a huge speed infraction, he will help Emilien, a loser inspector who can't drive, on the track of German bank robbers, so he doesn't lose his license and his dream job.
    Sentinelle 2021 POSTER

    Sentinelle

    2021

    French

    4.8

    22

    70%

    49%

    Action

    army

    Crime

    Drama

    marseille, france

    post traumatic stress disorder

    post-traumatic stress disorder

    post-traumatic stress disorder (ptsd)

    rape

    Thriller

    Julien Leclercq Julien Leclercq Director Carole Weyers Carole Weyers as Martin Swabey Martin Swabey as Michel Biel Michel Biel as Aurélien Olga Kurylenko Olga Kurylenko as Klara
    Transferred home after a traumatizing combat mission, a highly trained French soldier uses her lethal skills to hunt down the man who hurt her sister.
    Army of Shadows 1969 POSTER

    Army of Shadows

    1969

    French

    8.1

    46

    97%

    94%

    Action

    based on novel or book

    czech

    Drama

    marseille, france

    nazi

    paris, france

    vichy regime

    War

    Jean-Pierre Melville Jean-Pierre Melville Director Simone Signoret Simone Signoret as Mathilde Lino Ventura Lino Ventura as Philippe Gerbier Serge Reggiani Serge Reggiani as The hairdresser Nathalie Delon Nathalie Delon as Une amie de Jean-François
    Betrayed by an informant, Philippe Gerbier finds himself trapped in a torturous Nazi prison camp. Though Gerbier escapes to rejoin the Resistance in occupied Marseilles, France, and exacts his revenge on the informant, he must continue a quiet, seemingly endless battle against the Nazis in an atmosphere of tension, paranoia and distrust.
    The Count of Monte Cristo 2002 POSTER

    The Count of Monte Cristo

    2002

    English

    7.7

    128

    74%

    88%

    Action

    Adventure

    based on novel or book

    Drama

    female lover

    History

    loss of loved one

    lover (female)

    marseille, france

    Romance

    Thriller

    treasure

    Kevin Reynolds Kevin Reynolds Director Henry Cavill Henry Cavill as Albert Mondego Jim Caviezel Jim Caviezel as Edmond Dantes Guy Pearce Guy Pearce as Fernand Mondego Luis Guzmán Luis Guzmán as Jacopo
    Edmond Dantés's life and plans to marry the beautiful Mercedes are shattered when his best friend, Fernand, deceives him. After spending 13 miserable years in prison, Dantés escapes with the help of a fellow inmate and plots his revenge, cleverly insinuating himself into the French nobility.
    Our Eternal Summer 2021 POSTER

    Our Eternal Summer

    2021

    French

    5.4

    3

    coming of age

    Drama

    drowning

    marseille, france

    Emilie Aussel Emilie Aussel Director Antonin Totot Antonin Totot as Cosmo Louis Pluton Louis Pluton as Elias Rose Timbert Rose Timbert as Eve Safinah Mixty Mihidjay Safinah Mixty Mihidjay as Soa
    To live and to love at the age of 18, immersing yourself in the carefree summer days and nights, losing your best friend suddenly, and realizing that nothing lasts forever. It’s a time of decisive encounters in order to be reborn.
    Transit 2018 POSTER

    Transit

    2018

    German

    6.9

    21

    94%

    66%

    Action

    based on novel or book

    deaf

    Drama

    fascism

    identity

    marseille, france

    Sci-Fi

    young boy

    Christian Petzold Christian Petzold Director Trystan Pütter Trystan Pütter as American Consul Justus von Dohnányi Justus von Dohnányi as Conductor Paula Beer Paula Beer as Marie Godehard Giese Godehard Giese as Richard
    In an attempt to flee Nazi-occupied France, Georg assumes the identity of a dead author but soon finds himself stuck in Marseilles, where he falls in love with Maria, a young woman searching for her missing husband.
    Borsalino 1970 POSTER

    Borsalino

    1970

    French

    6.8

    3

    72%

    72%

    Action

    bar brawl

    buddy film

    Crime

    Drama

    gangster

    marseille, france

    mob

    woman between two men

    Jacques Deray Jacques Deray Director Odette Piquet Odette Piquet as La chanteuse Michel Bouquet Michel Bouquet as Maître Rinaldi Alain Delon Alain Delon as Roch Siffredi Mireille Darc Mireille Darc as Une prostituée
    In 1930s Marseilles two small-time crooks decide to join forces when they meet while brawling over a woman. Starting with fixed horse races and boxing matches, they soon find themselves doing jobs for the local gangster bosses. When they decide to go into the business for themselves, their easy-going approach to crime starts to change.
    The Stronghold 2020 POSTER

    The Stronghold

    2020

    French

    6.9

    26

    60%

    83%

    Action

    Crime

    Drama

    marseille, france

    police

    Thriller

    Cédric Jimenez Cédric Jimenez Director François Civil François Civil as Antoine Christophe Maratier Christophe Maratier as Flic opération Castellane Gilles Lellouche Gilles Lellouche as Greg Cerva Adèle Exarchopoulos Adèle Exarchopoulos as Nora
    A police brigade works in the dangerous northern neighborhoods of Marseille, where the level of crime is higher than anywhere else in France.
    Lost Bullet 2020 POSTER

    Lost Bullet

    2020

    French

    6.4

    90

    67%

    60%

    Action

    Crime

    dirty cop

    ex-con

    ex convict

    french film

    marseille, france

    Thriller

    Guillaume Pierret Guillaume Pierret Director Nicolas Duvauchelle Nicolas Duvauchelle as Areski Mike C. Manning Mike C. Manning as Kad Thibaut Evrard Thibaut Evrard as Lieutenant Bruno Alban Lenoir Alban Lenoir as Lino
    A small time delinquent, turned police mechanic for a go fast task force, is forced to defend his innocence when his mentor is killed by dirty cops.
    French Connection II 1975 POSTER

    French Connection II

    1975

    English

    6.7

    32

    82%

    62%

    Action

    Crime

    detective

    Drama

    drug addiction

    france

    heroin

    investigation

    marseille, france

    Thriller

    John Frankenheimer John Frankenheimer Director Fernando Rey Fernando Rey as Alain Charnier Bernard Fresson Bernard Fresson as Barthélémy Gene Hackman Gene Hackman as Doyle Jean-Pierre Castaldi Jean-Pierre Castaldi as Raoul
    "Popeye" Doyle travels to Marseilles to find Alain Charnier, the drug smuggler that eluded him in New York.
    Taxi 4 2007 POSTER

    Taxi 4

    2007

    French

    17

    42%

    42%

    Action

    Comedy

    Crime

    Family

    marseille, france

    Gérard Krawczyk Gérard Krawczyk Director Bernard Farcy Bernard Farcy as Commissaire Gibert Samy Naceri Samy Naceri as Daniel Morales Toby Leonard Moore Toby Leonard Moore as Émilien Coutant-Kerbalec François Damiens François Damiens as Serge
    Before being extradited to Africa to stand trial, a notorious Belgian criminal is entrusted to the Marseilles police department for less than 24 hours. But the wily crook convinces bumbling policeman Emilien he's a lowly Belgian embassy employee who got railroaded by the brilliant master criminal.
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