In 1858 Lourdes, France, adolescent peasant Bernadette has a vision of "a beautiful lady" in the Massabielle grotto - the townspeople assume this lady to be the Virgin Mary. Pompous government officials think the girl is insane, doing their best to suppress her and her followers, while the church wants nothing to do with the matter. But as Bernadette attracts wider and wider attention, the phenomenon overtakes everyone in the town, ultimately transforming their lives.

Autumn Tale

1998

French

7.4

♡ 10

95%

Éric Rohmer Director

Didier Sandre as Étienne

Alain Libolt as Gérald

Marie Rivière as Isabelle

Béatrice Romand as Magali

Magali, forty-something, is a winemaker and a widow: she loves her work but feels lonely. Her friends Rosine and Isabelle both want secretly to find a husband for Magali.

All Hands on Deck

2020

French

7.0

♡ 4

100%

Guillaume Brac Director

Sylvain Caillet as

Cécile Feuillet as Cécile

Salif Cissé as Chérif

Jordan Rezgui as Jordan

An unlikely oddball trio bond during an impromptu trip to the French countryside on a foolhardy romantic mission.

The House That Screamed

1969

Spanish

6.8

♡ 16

mother son relationship

Mystery

southern france

teacher student relationship

Thriller

Narciso Ibáñez Serrador Director

Víctor Israel as Brechard

John Moulder-Brown as Luis

Luan Peters as Small role

Lilli Palmer as Sra. Fourneau

Southern France, 19th century. Teresa, a young girl, arrives at an isolated female boarding school that is tyrannically mastered by Mrs. Fourneau, the strict headmistress, whose protective shadow haunts Luis, her weak son.

The Wild Child

1970

French

♡ 10

100%

François Truffaut Director

Guillaume Schiffman as Boy at farm

Eric Dolbert as Boy at farm

Laura Truffaut as Girl at farm

François Truffaut as Le Dr Jean Itard

In a French forest circa 1798, a child–who cannot walk, speak, read or write–is found. A doctor becomes interested in the case and patiently attempts to civilise the boy.

Ultimate Heist

2009

French

5.4

♡ 9

26%

Laurent Tuel Director

Gaspard Ulliel as Anton Malakian

Sami Bouajila as L'inspecteur Saunier

Jean Reno as Milo Malakian

Eric Challier as Missak

The Malakian clan, a family of ruthless gangsters, controls the underworld of Southern France. At its head, the violent godfather Milo Malakian rules his world with an iron fist. His son and heir, Anton, dreams of breaking free and making his own choices. But the gang's inner circle is engraved in blood. To escape, not only does Anton have to counter his own destiny, but also the man who has sworn to bring his father down.

Charles and Lucie

6.5

Nelly Kaplan Director

Jacques Maury as Le commissaire

Jean Panisse as Le patron du café

Féodor Atkine as Le tueur fou

Nelly Kaplan as Nostradama

An old and poor couple, Charles and Lucie, scrape by working as a concierge and an untalented antique dealer, respectively. But one day, their dreary daily routine is disrupted by the surprising news that they have inherited a luxurious house in the South of France.

Charlotte

2021

French

6.3

♡ 6

71%

93%

Action

Animation

auschwitz-birkenau concentration camp

Éric Warin Director

Sam Claflin as Alexander Nagler

Keira Knightley as Charlotte Salomon

Marion Cotillard as French Charlotte

Tony Nappo as Mr. Brahvi / Vatican Guard

The true story of Charlotte Salomon, a young German-Jewish painter who comes of age in Berlin on the eve of the Second World War. Fiercely imaginative and deeply gifted, she dreams of becoming an artist. Her first love applauds her talent, which emboldens her resolve. When anti-Semitic policies inspire violent mobs, she escapes to the safety of the South of France. There she begins to paint again, and finds new love. But her work is interrupted, this time by a family tragedy that reveals an even darker secret. Believing that only an extraordinary act will save her, she embarks on the monumental adventure of painting her life story.

Two for the Road

1967

English

7.3

♡ 23

83%

husband wife relationship

Stanley Donen Director

Eleanor Bron as Cathy Manchester

William Daniels as Howard Manchester

Jacqueline Bisset as Jackie

Albert Finney as Mark Wallace

Architect Mark Wallace and his wife, Joanna, travel to France to meet with an affluent client. While there, they reflect on their first decade of marriage -- memories of when they first met, of courtship, and of road trips through the French countryside. As flirtation and playful quarreling turn to boredom with the banality of married life, the Wallaces struggle to rekindle their passion, while mutual infidelity threatens to tear them apart.

Come Undone

2000

French

6.7

♡ 9

79%

relationship problems

Romance

southern france

summer vacation

Sébastien Lifshitz Director

Salim Kechiouche as

Valérie Donzelli as (as Valerie Donzelli)

Anne-Sophie Bozon as Figurant

Jérémie Elkaïm as Mathieu

Story of two gorgeous, young French boys who begin a passionate relationship that boils over and threatens to destroy both their lives. Shy 18-year-old Mathieu is on summer vacation in the south of France. He spends his days lazily sunning himself at the beach, until he spies the handsome Cédric and falls in love.

That Old Dream That Moves

2001

French

6.7

♡ 1

Alain Guiraudie Director

Jean-Marie Combelles as Donand

Pierre Louis-Calixte as Jacques

Laurent Lunetta as Laurent

Rui Fernandes as Pierre

A chronicle of queer lust set against a greasy metallic environment of the last days of a factory that is about to shut down. Among the workers forced to idle away until the end of the week, Jacques, a young technician is busy dismantling a machine while, without noticing it, turning on some of the men around him!

La Pointe Courte

1955

French

♡ 12

Action

complicated relationships

Agnès Varda Director

Albert Lubrano as Albert Soldino

Silvia Monfort as Elle

Philippe Noiret as Lui

Marcel Jouet as Raphäel Scotto

A penetrating study of a marriage on the rocks, set against the backdrop of a small Mediterranean fishing village. Both a stylized depiction of the complicated relationship between a married couple and a documentary-like look at the daily struggles of the inhabitants of Sète in the South of France.

Bay of Angels

1963

French

7.2

♡ 6

Jacques Demy Director

André Canter as

Jeanne Moreau as Jacqueline 'Jackie' Demaistre

Conchita Parodi as L'hôtelière

Henri Nassiet as M. Fournier - le père de Jean

A bank clerk is drawn into the risky world of a gorgeous gambling addict.

Downton Abbey: A New Era

2022

English

7.4

♡ 51

87%

Simon Curtis Director

Elizabeth McGovern as Cora Grantham

Phyllis Logan as Mrs Hughes

Jonathan Coy as Murray

Laura Haddock as Myrna Dalgleish

The Crawley family goes on a grand journey to the south of France to uncover the mystery of the dowager countess's newly inherited villa. Meanwhile, a Hollywood director seeks to film his latest production at Downton.

The Swimming Pool

1969

French

7.1

♡ 23

95%

ex-husband ex-wife relationship

husband wife relationship

relationship problems

Romance

southern france

Jacques Deray Director

Maurice Ronet as Harry

Alain Delon as Jean-Paul

Romy Schneider as Marianne

Jane Birkin as Pénélope

Set in a magnificent villa near a sun-drenched St. Tropez, lovers Jean-Paul and Marianne are spending a happy, lazy summer holiday. Their only concern is to gratify their mutual passion - until the day when Marianne invites her former lover and his beautiful teenage daughter to spend a few days with them. From the first moment, a certain uneasiness and tension begin to develop between the four, which soon escalates in a dangerous love-game.

Welcome to the Sticks

2008

French

7.1

♡ 1

Dany Boon Director

Dany Boon as Antoine Bailleul

Stéphane Freiss as Jean Sabrier

Line Renaud as La maman d'Antoine

Kad Merad as Philippe Abrams

Although living a comfortable life in Salon-de-Provence, a charming town in the South of France, Julie has been feeling depressed for a while. To please her, Philippe Abrams, a post office administrator, her husband, tries to obtain a transfer to a seaside town, on the French Riviera, at any cost. The trouble is that he is caught red-handed while trying to scam an inspector. Philippe is immediately banished to the distant unheard of town of Bergues, in the Far North of France...

My Father's Glory

1990

French

7.6

♡ 5

100%

parent child relationship

Yves Robert Director

Louis Lalanne as

Victor Garrivier as le curé de la Treille

Maxime Lombard as Monsieur Arnaud

René Loyon as Monsieur Besson

Raised by his science teacher father, Joseph Pagnol, and seamstress mother Augustine, young Marcel grows up during the turn of the century in awe of his rationalist dad. When the family takes a summer vacation in the countryside, Marcel becomes friends with Lili, who teaches him about rural life.

Vagabond

1985

French

7.6

♡ 30

100%

Agnès Varda Director

Stéphane Freiss as Jean-Pierre, ingéneur agronome

Macha Méril as La platanologue Mme Landier

Sandrine Bonnaire as Mona Bergeron, sans toit ni loi

Yolande Moreau as Yolande, sa bonne

Mona Bergeron is dead, her frozen body found in a ditch in the French countryside. From this, the film flashes back to the weeks leading up to her death. Through these flashbacks, Mona gradually declines as she travels from place to place, taking odd jobs and staying with whomever will offer her a place to sleep. Mona is fiercely independent, craving freedom over comfort, but it is this desire to be free that will eventually lead to her demise.

The Apparition

2018

French

♡ 3

73%

Xavier Giannoli Director

Anatole Taubman as Anton Meyer

Aurore Broutin as Cécile

Vincent Lindon as Jacques Mayano

Gérard Dessalles as Stéphane Mornay

Jacques Mayano, a French journalist who has lived a traumatic experience, is recruited by the Vatican to be part of a task force that must investigate the veracity of a supernatural apparition allegedly happened in a small French village.