French celebrity movies

List of the best French films about celebrities, selected by visitors to our site: Yao, The Bling Ring, Superstar, Don't Worry, He Won't Get Far on Foot, A Man in a Hurry, Antigang, The Light Bulb Conspiracy, Above the Law, The French Minister, War of the Buttons.

In the top there are new films of 2023, a plot description and trailers for films that have already been released.

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Markimdb: 6.4
Genrecomedy, drama
CountryFrance, Senegal

From his village in northern Senegal, Yao is a 13-year-old boy ready to do anything to meet his hero: Seydou Tall, a famous French actor. Invited to Dakar to promote his new book, the latter goes to his country of origin for the first time. To fulfill his dream, the young Yao organizes his fugue and brave 387 kilometers alone to the capital. Touched by this child, the actor decides to flee his obligations and to accompany him home. But on the dusty and uncertain roads of Senegal, Seydou understands that while rolling towards the village of the child, it also rolls towards its roots.

Markimdb: 5.6
Genredrama, crime, biography
CountryUSA, United Kingdom, France, Germany, Japan
Duration01:27

    Inspired by actual events, a group of fame-obsessed teenagers use the Internet to track celebrities' whereabouts in order to rob their homes.

    Markimdb: 5.3
    Genredrama
    CountryFrance, Belgium
    Duration01:52

    An average guy who works in a recycling plant wakes up one morning to discover that he's become inexplicably famous.

    Markimdb: 6.8
    Genrecomedy, drama, biography
    CountryFrance, USA
    Duration01:50

    On the rocky path to sobriety after a life-changing accident, John Callahan discovers the healing power of art, willing his injured hands into drawing hilarious, often controversial cartoons, which bring him a new lease on life.

    Markimdb: 6.3
    Genrecomedy, drama
    CountryFrance

    The story revolves around Alain, a busy businessman who is always in a rush. In his life, there is no room for spare time or family. But one day, he suffers a stroke, which makes him lose his grasp of language and use one word in place of another.

    Markimdb: 5.7
    Genreaction, drama
    CountryFrance, United Kingdom
    Duration01:58

    A french police unit that try to stop a group of criminals.

    Markimdb: 8
    Genredocumentary
    CountryFrance, Spain
    Duration01:15

    Once upon a time... consumer goods were built to last. Then, in the 1920’s, a group of businessmen realized that the longer their product lasted, the less money they made, thus Planned Obsolescence was born, and manufacturers have been engineering products to fail ever since. Combining investigative research and rare archive footage with analysis by those working on ways to save both the economy and the environment, this documentary charts the creation of ‘engineering to fail’, its rise to prominence and its recent fall from grace.

    Markimdb: 6.2
    Genredrama, crime
    CountryBelgium, France
    Duration01:42

    Frank Valken, high-flying robber, has just made a final masterful break. At least that’s what he believes… Ideal suspects, Valken and his gang find themselves involved in a criminal case of thirty years. It seems that the crazy killers are back.

    Markimdb: 6.4
    Genrecomedy
    CountryFrance

    Alexandre Taillard de Vorms is a force to be reckoned with. With his silver mane and tanned, athletic body, he stalks the world stage as Minister of Foreign Affairs for France, waging his own war backed up by the holy trinity of diplomatic concepts: legitimacy, lucidity, and efficacy. Enter Arthur Vlaminck. Hired to write the minister's speeches, Arthur must contend with the sensibilities of his boss and the dirty dealings within the Quai d'Orsay, the ministry's home.

    Markimdb: 6.5
    Genreadventure, family
    CountryFrance
    Duration01:49

    The thrilling battles waged by a band of kids from two rival villages in the southern French countryside.

    Markimdb: 6.1
    Genremelodrama, drama, crime
    CountryFrance
    Duration01:36

    Vassili is an aged prostitute with killer instincts. He finds an unconscious young man in the Forest of Boulogne and takes him home. Now lovers and accomplices, the two men become a couple in prostitution and steal from their clients. And yet, menaces of retaliation leave the couple with no choice but to escape from Paris. The runaway begins...

    Markimdb: 6.7
    Genrecomedy, drama
    CountryFrance, Belgium

    Neïla Salah grew up in Créteil, a tower block suburb on the outskirts of Paris, and dreams of becoming a lawyer. She has been accepted into a major university in Paris and on her first day there she is confronted by Pierre Mazard, a professor known for his provocative behavior and blunders. To make amends for an incident, he accepts to help Neïla prepare for a prestigious competition in courtroom eloquence. Both cynical and demanding, Pierre could become the mentor who she needs... But first both must overcome their prejudices.

    Markimdb: 6.5
    Genrefantasy, melodrama, drama
    CountryFrance, Belgium
    Duration02:05

    A woman suffers from an unusual illness caused by a flower growing in her lungs.

    Markimdb: 6.5
    Genrecomedy, melodrama
    CountryFrance
    Duration01:45

    A hairdresser forwards a passionate love letter to her widowed mother.

    Markimdb: 5.7
    Genrecomedy, drama
    CountryFrance
    Duration01:22

    Jérôme Varenne, a French financier, lives and works in Shanghai with Chen-Li, his life and business partner. One day, during a short stay in Paris, while paying a call to his mother, he is very displeased to learn from her and his hated brother, that the family house in Ambray is going to be sold. Jerome decides to go to the town where he grew up to see what is going on. Little does he know how eventful his escapade will be. Little does he know that it will change his life from soup to nuts...

    Markimdb: 8
    Genrethriller, drama, short
    CountryFrance
    Duration00:14

    Adrien is a young pianist prodigy. He collapsed psychologically having failed in a renowned competition and henceforth works as a piano tuner. As remedy to this life, he invents a blind person's mask to penetrate into the intimacy of his customers. This subtlety allows Adrien to get back the taste for music. But since he sees things he should not see, Adrien ends up witnessing a murder.

    Markimdb: 6.5
    Genrethriller, drama, detective
    CountryFrance, Belgium

    Brussels, early '60s. Alice and Céline live in twin bourgeois houses. They are best friends as are their children, Theo and Maxime, who have grown up like brothers. Both families spend all their time together. This perfect harmony is broken when an accident creates strong divisions between the two families.

    Markimdb: 6.5
    Genredrama
    CountryFrance
    Duration02:00

    A theater projectionist's daughter is involved in the Resistance in WWII, but she doesn’t share his political involvement & only believes in passion. She follows the men she loves unconditionally, suffering betrayal and hardship.

    Markimdb: 6.3
    Genrethriller, drama
    CountryUSA, France

    A recent college graduate flees to Paris after a break-up, where his involvement with a prostitute begins to reveal a potentially dark recent past.

    Markimdb: 6.3
    Genrethriller, adventure, crime, history
    CountryFrance
    Duration01:50

    Paris, France, early 19th century. The legendary convict François Vidocq lives in disguise trying to escape from a tragic past that torments him. When, after an unfortunate event, he crosses paths with the police chief, he makes a bold decision that will turn the ruthless mastermind of the Parisian underworld against him.

    Markimdb: 6.7
    Genredrama
    CountryFrance, Belgium

    Drama about a father and son who set out to find their missing daughter/sister with the help of an American headhunter.

    Markimdb: 5.3
    Genrecomedy
    CountryFrance
    Duration01:56

    A story about 11 girls living in Paris. Each of them has its own problems: career, love life, children. Every girl has their complexes and virtues. They always look elegant, hiding their inner feelings. Will they reach all the goals and overcome all their difficulties?

    Markimdb: 4.4
    Genrecomedy
    CountryFrance, Belgium

    Gaston is a new guy at the Peticoin start-up. With his delusional inventions, he will change the lives of his colleagues. Cat, seagull, cow, and gaffophone will be at the center of the mishaps of this genius laidback handyman who wants only to do good, but has the gift of annoying Prunelle, his boss. Can those Gaston's gaffes galore prevent the buy-out of the Peticoin by Mr. de Mesmaeker?

    Markimdb: 5.8
    Genremelodrama, drama
    CountryGermany, France
    Duration01:30

    Simon, a young German doctor who lives and works in Marseille, goes missing. His appartment is empty. His mother Valérie is desperate. She doesn't understand the reason of his disappearance. Therefore she asks Jens, Simon's former boyfriend, to come to Marseille and help her find him.

    Markimdb: 6.2
    Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama
    CountryGermany, France
    Duration01:41

    Paolo, an Italian tour bus driver living in Paris, has just summoned up the courage to propose marriage to his German girlfriend Greta. However, a chance encounter with a French woman on a bicycle the very next day turns Paolo's life upside down.

    Markimdb: 5.8
    Genrecomedy
    CountryFrance, Belgium

    In a provincial suburb, three neighbours come to terms with the consequences of the new world of social media. Marie, who lives off her husband’s family allowance, is afraid of losing her son’s respect because of a sex tape. Bertrand can’t say no to advertising calls and is fighting to protect his daughter, who is being bullied online. Christine, after losing everything because of her addiction to TV series, wonders why her rating as an Uber driver is not taking off. These three lone fighters are incapable of finding a solution to their problems on their own — until they join forces to declare war on the tech giants.

    Markimdb: 6.6
    Genredrama
    CountryFrance

    Thomas is a drug addict. In an effort to put an end to his habit, he joins a community of former addicts who live isolated in the mountains and use prayer as a way to cure themselves.

    Markimdb: 5
    Genrecomedy, family
    CountryFrance
    Duration01:27

    Arnaud Mustier, lawyer and brilliant philosopher, arouses the annoyance of his younger brother Jules, age sixteen. One day, Arnaud is a victim of a late adolescent crisis. Helped by Jules, he is going to catch up this phase of the life which he did not live.

    Markimdb: 5.9
    Genremelodrama, drama
    CountryFrance
    Duration01:35

    Pauline, 28, hopes that by moving to the countryside she will be able to come to terms with the recent death of her husband. Here, she meets François, an introverted man of about her age whose emotional wounds run much deeper than her own. Forever scarred by a childhood tragedy, François lives a prisoner-like existence, guarded night and day by his authoritarian father and intrusive sister. Pauline and François discover a common bond in the fact that they both desperately want to start a new life, but lack the confidence to do so. At first, they find it hard to communicate with one another. But, gradually, they find the words to express their feelings and begin to realise that each has the power to set the other free...

    Markimdb: 7.1
    Genrethriller, drama, crime
    CountryFrance, Germany, Belgium
    Duration01:51

    When Michèle, the CEO of a gaming software company, is attacked in her home by an unknown assailant, she refuses to let it alter her precisely ordered life. She manages crises involving family, all the while becoming engaged in a game of cat and mouse with her stalker.

    Markimdb: 6.6
    Genrethriller
    CountryFrance, Luxembourg, Belgium

    Journalist Denis Robert sparked a storm in the world of European finance by denouncing the murky operations of banking firm Clearstream. His quest to reveal the truth behind a secret world of shadowy multinational banking puts him in contact with an ever-expanding anti-corruption investigation carried out by Judge Renaud Van Ruymbeke. Their paths will lead them to the heart of a political/financial intrigue, which will rock the foundations of Europe and the French government itself.

    Markimdb: 6.1
    Genrecomedy, melodrama
    CountryFrance
    Duration01:30

    Yassine asks his best friend Fred to marry him in order to avoid deportation...

    Markimdb: 6.9
    Genredrama
    CountryFrance
    Duration01:53

    Oppressed by her family setting, dead-end school prospects and the boys law in the neighborhood, Marieme starts a new life after meeting a group of three free-spirited girls. She changes her name, her dress code, and quits school to be accepted in the gang, hoping that this will be a way to freedom.

    Markimdb: 6.1
    Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama
    CountryFrance, Belgium
    Duration01:43

    After keeping a careful distance for many years, 25-year-old Gaspard must renew contact with his family when his father remarries. Accompanied by Laura, an eccentric young woman who agrees to pretend she's his girlfriend at the wedding, he finally feels ready to set foot in the zoo owned by his parents, where he is reunited with the monkeys and tigers he grew up with... But with a father who is an out-of-control womanizer, a brother who is far too sensible, and a sister who is far too beautiful, he unknowingly sets himself up to experience the last days of his childhood.

    Markimdb: 5.4
    Genrecomedy
    CountryFrance
    Duration01:37

    3 childhood friends who have never left their hometown in the suburb try to get into porn as a way earning easy money.

    Markimdb: 2.4
    Genrefantastic, fantasy, adventure, family, cartoon
    CountryFrance, Peru, USA
    Duration01:25

    There is a plot under way to change the course of history. Four kids are chosen to be the Freedom Force—a gang of unlikely heroes who travel through time to change the outcome of sacred stories.

    Markimdb: 4.5
    Genrethriller
    CountryUnited Kingdom, France
    Duration01:50

    Set in London's world of high class call girls, Amoureux Solitaires tells the story of London based French escort Virginie, and Rupert, a man who rescues trafficked girls.

    Markimdb: 5.3
    Genredrama
    CountryFrance, Argentina
    Duration01:27

    Mila and Javier, both renowned surgeons and both passionate about their work, have been madly in love for the past 10 years. They have always taken great care to preserve their extraordinary love for each other and refuse to succumb to the routine of everyday living. But Mila’s unexpected pregnancy, combined with increasing pressure from work at the hospital, drives Javier to drink more heavily and he ends up being suspended. Faced with his demons, Javier drifts further and further away from Mila. Yet, when their relationship is under serious threat, Javier is ready to do whatever it takes to win Mila back.

    Markimdb: 6.7
    Genredrama
    CountryFrance
    Duration01:19

    The story of a father, his 23-year-old daughter who goes back home one day because she has just been dumped, and his new girlfriend, who is also 23 and lives with him.

    Markimdb: 4.6
    Genrecomedy, melodrama
    CountryFrance
    Duration02:14

    Before being judges, attorneys, or jury members, they are first of all men and women at a crossroads in their lives, with their dreams and their secrets, their hopes and their limitations, all beneath the same sun, each with their own dark side. In a lovely provincial town, during a jazz festival, life will juggle with their destinies.

    Markimdb: 5.8
    Genrecomedy, music
    CountryFrance
    Duration01:35

    Fatal... c'est Fatal Bazooka, un rappeur bling-bling et hardcore. En fait, un personnage de sketch créé par Michaël Youn dans son show-télé "Morning Live", puis développé dans l'album "T'as vu" vendu à plus de 500 000 exemplaires. Ce film raconte ce que serait devenu ce rappeur s'il en avait vendu... 15 millions ! Fatal est désormais une énorme star. Des millions de fans, des dizaines de tubes, 4 Music Awards de la Musique du meilleur artiste de l'année, une ligne de vêtements, un magazine et prochainement l'ouverture de son propre parc d'attraction : Fataland. Il est le N°1 incontesté...

    Markimdb: 7.1
    Genredrama, cartoon
    CountryFrance, Canada, Belgium

    On the last day of summer, Louise, an old woman realizes that the last train has departed without her. She finds herself alone in a small seaside resort town, abandoned by everyone. The weather quickly turns for the worse followed by the seasonal tides. Fragile and coquettish, not nearly as well-prepared as a would-be Robinson Crusoe, Louise isn’t likely to make it through the winter. Yet, Louise takes her abandonment as a challenge. She’s going to survive, confronting the elements as well as her memories, which have found the perfect occasion to join in the adventure…

    Markimdb: 6.2
    Genredrama
    CountryFrance, Luxembourg
    Duration01:43

    They are the perfect French haute bourgeois couple: Paul is a respected surgeon and Lucie cooks and gardens exquisitely. But now, in the autumn of his life, Paul can’t resist the lure of an ambiguous and dangerous relationship with a mysterious young woman. Might there be something sinister behind the roses delivered to his office and the “chance” meetings?

    Markimdb: 6.3
    Genrecomedy, melodrama
    CountryFrance, Belgium
    Duration02:21

    Antoine and Laurent, old friends, spend their vacation in Corsica with their respective daughters: seventeen-year-old Louna and eighteen-year-old Marie. One evening at the beach, Louna seduces Laurent. Louna is in love, but for Laurent it was nothing more than a momentary distraction. Without revealing her lover's name, Louna confides in her father, who tries by any means to discover who his daughter's lover is. How long will the secret be able to be kept hidden?

    Markimdb: 6.9
    Genredrama, music, biography
    CountryFrance, Belgium
    Duration02:28

    A biopic of French pop star Claude Francois, most famous for co-writing the song 'My Way'. Tracing his life from his childhood in Egypt through his success in France to his untimely death in Paris in 1978.

    Markimdb: 6.7
    Genredrama, biography, history
    CountryFrance

    The life of Jeanne B?cu who was born as the illegitimate daughter of an impoverished seamstress in 1743 and went on to rise through the Court of Louis XV to become his last official mistress.

    Markimdb: 6
    Genrecomedy, drama
    CountryFrance

    Adeline's Chinese housekeeper suddenly disappears, leaving behind a little boy who doesn't speak a word of French. Helped by her sister, she takes care of the child and proceeds to locate the mother.

    Markimdb: 6.7
    Genredrama, military
    CountryFrance, Germany
    Duration01:30

    October 1941. Eighteen months into France’s occupation by German troops, young Communist members of the Resistance shoot dead an officer of the German Army. In retaliation, Hitler demands the deaths of 150 Frenchmen, as 'retribution'. The targets are to be mostly young men believed to share the assassins’ political convictions. Most of these men are taken from an internment camp for opponents of the occupation; a 35-year-old French rural administrator is ordered to select the victims. Although the parish priest appeals to their conscience and moral sensibilities, both the German military and their French helpers slavishly follow their orders.

    Markimdb: 6.3
    Genrecomedy
    CountryFrance
    Duration01:53

    Diane is a well-known lawyer, divorced for three years. She loses her mobile telephone and receives a call from the person who finds it. That person is Alexandre, a charming man and the perfect gentleman. They make a connection over the phone and agree to meet up the following day. But when Alexandre arrives, there's a surprise in store when Diane discovers he is only 4' 6" tall. From that moment on, Diane tries to overcome the prejudices of society and her own fears to experience the best time of her life...

    Markimdb: 6
    Genredrama
    CountryFrance, Algeria

    DNA revolves around a woman with close ties to a beloved Algerian grandfather who protected her from a toxic home life as a child. When he dies, it triggers a deep identity crisis as tensions between her extended family members escalate revealing new depths of resentment and bitterness.




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