French films about shepherds

List of the best French films about shepherds according to the audience: Sand Castles, Girl on a Bicycle, The Emperor of Paris, Sink or Swim, Santa & Cie, Scribe, Breathe, Second Chances, Minuscule: Valley of the Lost Ants, Alibi.com.

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: 6.7
Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama
CountryFrance

Eleanor, thirties, has just lost her father. He bequeathed his house in Brittany in the Cotes d'Armor. She is a photographer, has had some success but business no longer work as before. It is imperative to sell the house. She goes there with Samuel, her former companion which she left some time ago, because she does not feel to go alone and she has not returned since the death of her father. But she is playing with fire - because she knows that their relationship did not exactly appeased, even if it was for some adventures and Samuel lives with Laura. Claire Andrieux, the real estate agent, was busy organizing visits during the two days Samuel and Eleanor will stay in the house. It's a funny weekend that these three are about to spend.A surprising weekend full of surprises, emotions, tensions, memories and shouting matches in melancholy and absurd moments that leave the couple necessarily changed.

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: 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: 6.9
Genrecomedy, drama, sport
CountryFrance, Belgium
Duration01:56

40-year-old Bertrand has been suffering from depression for the last two years and is barely able to keep his head above water. Despite the medication he gulps down all day, every day, and his wife's encouragement, he is unable to find any meaning in his life. Curiously, he will end up finding this sense of purpose at the swimming pool, by joining an all-male synchronised swimming team.

Markimdb: 6.3
Genrefantasy, comedy, family
CountryFrance, Belgium
Duration02:31

Christmas is on its way and with it disaster. The 92,000 responsible for manufacturing children's toys all become sick at the same time! It's a tough moment for Santa, better known as Father Christmas. He's left no choice: he must make an emergency trip to Earth with his reindeer to search for a remedy. When he arrives, he must find some allies to save the magic of Christmas.

Markimdb: 6.2
Genreaction, thriller, detective
CountryBelgium, France

Two years after a burn-out, Duval is still unemployed. Contacted by an enigmatic businessman, he is offered a simple and well-paid job: transcribing telephone tapping. Duval accepts financially without questioning the purpose of the organization that employs him. Precipitated at the heart of a political plot, he must face the brutal mechanics of the underground world of the secret services.

Markimdb: 7.1
Genredrama
CountryFrance
Duration01:31

Charlie, a 17-year-old girl tortured by doubt, is thrilled when she becomes friends with Sarah, but when Sarah tires of Charlie and looks for a new friend, their relationship takes an ominous turn.

Markimdb: 6.2
CountryFrance
Duration01:35

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Markimdb: 7.1
Genrecomedy, adventure, family, cartoon
CountryFrance, Belgium
Duration01:20

In a peaceful little clearing, the remains of a hastily abandoned picnic sparks a battle between two tribes of ants. A bold young ladybug finds himself caught in the middle. He befriends the leader of the black ants, Mandible, and helps him save the anthill from the assault of the terrible red ant warriors, led by the fearful Butor. A fantastic journey at ground level…

Markimdb: 6.5
Genrecomedy
CountryFrance
Duration01:47

Greg founded a company called Alibi.com that creates any type of alibi. With his associate, Augustin, and Medhi his new employee, they devise unstoppable stratagems and stagings to cover their clients. But meeting Flo, a pretty blonde who hates men who lie, will complicate Greg's life, which begins by hiding the true nature of his activity. During the presentation to parents, Greg understands that Gérard, the father of Flo, is also one of their clients.

Markimdb: 5
Genrecomedy
CountryFrance, Belgium

One evening, when they come home, Mr. and Mrs. Prioux are astounded to find that a certain Patrick has moved into their place. This strange young man has returned home to his parents in order to introduce his wife.

Markimdb: 7
Genredrama, military, history
CountryFrance, Germany, Hungary
Duration01:55

Joseph is eleven. And this June morning, he must go to school, a yellow star sown on his chest. He receives the support of a goods dealer. The mockery of a baker. Between kindness and contempt, Jo, his Jewish friends, their families, learn of life in an occupied Paris, on the Butte Montmartre, where they've taken shelter. At least that's what they think, until that morning on July 16th 1942, when their fragile happiness is toppled over.

Markimdb: 6.5
Genrecomedy, melodrama
CountryFrance
Duration01:49

Sacha is a real seducer, a man with no ties or emotional or professional. Charlotte is a modern and independent woman, but barely has time to care for their three children. While Sacha and Charlotte are, at first glance, two incompatible beings, when they meet soon discover that they are quite complementary and need each other.

Markimdb: 5
Genredrama
CountryFrance, Italy, Luxembourg
Duration01:35

Paul reflects on the summer he met Angèle and Frédéric as he watches his friend being laid to rest.

Markimdb: 6.8
Genrecomedy
CountryFrance

Vincent Machot knows his life by heart. He shares it between his hair dressing salon, his cousin, his cat, and his too-invasive mother. But life sometimes holds surprises, even for the most prudent of people... He crosses paths with Rosalie Blum by accident. She is a mysterious and solitary woman whom he is sure he has already met. But where? Intrigued, he decides to follow her everywhere, in the hope of knowing more about her.

Markimdb: 4.4
Genrecomedy, melodrama
CountryFrance, Belgium
Duration01:46

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Markimdb: 6.9
Genrethriller, drama
CountryFrance

Paul de Marseul, a prestigious wine-maker and owner of a renowned chateau and vineyard in Saint-Emilion, is disheartened by the notion of his son Martin taking over the family business. Martin does not seem to have inherited the qualities that Paul esteems in a wine-maker: persistence, creative insight and technical prowess matched with passion for the job and the product, and Paul frequently reminds him of this, whether explicitly or in subtle gestures. When Philippe, the son of his manager, appears at the vineyard, Paul leaps at the chance to name him as his successor, neglecting the wishes of his own son...

Markimdb: 6.7
Genredrama, adventure, family
CountryNetherlands, Belgium, United Kingdom, Spain, France
Duration01:35

Nono, a Dutch kid lacking two days being thirteen, runs away from problems at home and, disguised as a girl, takes up with the world's cleverest thief, who unbeknownst to Nono, may hold the bizarre key to his true identity.

Markimdb: 4.9
Genrecomedy, crime
CountryFrance
Duration01:28

Thomas Gardesse, a traveling alarm systems salesman, is arrested for a minor offense and sentenced to six months imprisonment. To win the respect of his fellow inmates, he claims he is "The Marquis," a brilliant robber whose identity has remained a mystery. Two weeks before his release, an armed robber named Quentin Tasseau helps him escape and takes him to Manila so he can take part in a robbery whose mastermind requires the talents of the Marquis.

Markimdb: 6.6
Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama
CountryFrance
Duration01:48

A French woman mourning over the death of her husband three years prior is courted by a Swedish co-worker.

Markimdb: 6.4
Genrecomedy
CountryFrance
Duration01:50

Franck and his girlfriend Sonya, plus some of their friends go on holiday in Brazil. Franck, his friends, two girls and Sonya's grandmother leave to visit a cave, but everything goes wrong and their crazy adventures begin.

Markimdb: 6.6
Genremelodrama, drama
CountryFrance, Germany
Duration01:50

A 15-year-old discovers the joys and heartaches of first love with an older teen, but in the ensuing years, cannot seem to move past their breakup.

Markimdb: 6.7
Genrethriller, drama
CountryFrance, Belgium

Sebastien Nicolas is a reclusive realtor leading a double life – in his spare time he creates complex disguises based on acquaintances. Combined with minutely studied and rehearsed impersonations, Sebastien can disappear completely into other people's lives. Things spiral out of control after he impersonates the wrong man.

Markimdb: 6.2
Genredrama
CountryFrance, Belgium

In the harbor city of Le Havre, France, a woman is stabbed during the night, just below the windows of her neighborhood. Pierre (Yvan Attal) has witnessed the murder, and heard the wails of the women crying for help. So have the neighbors, certainly. But at the end, nobody called the police. Nevertheless, sorrows are too heavy for Pierre, which feel the needs to tell everything to his wife (Sophie Quinton), and to the police. During the investigation, it appears that 38 people witnessed the murdering, and none reacted...

Markimdb: 6.5
Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama
CountryFrance
Duration01:48

A young woman makes a surprising discovery about the husband of her late best friend.

Markimdb: 6.1
Genredrama
CountryFrance
Duration01:30

Mathias, aboard a ship with his wife, sees a boy with a striking resemblance to himself and is called - Mathias. He then tracks him to a town north of France to discover that the boys parents are exactly like his parents, only to know that his life is payed over again just 30 years post. He then chooses to be the guest in his own life, while he has a life to live at hand.

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: 5.3
Genrecomedy, melodrama
CountryFrance

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Markimdb: 5.4
Genremelodrama, drama
CountryFrance

Biarritz. Sixteen-year-old George, the high school hottie, falls in love with Alex. To get his attention, she initiates a group game with Alex, Nikita, Laetitia and Gabriel. They will discover, test, and push the limits of their sexuality.

Markimdb: 5.7
Genrecomedy, drama, crime
CountryFrance, Portugal

Two young men seek the solitude of the country; their peace is disturbed when a set of random occurrences suggest to their susceptible minds a pattern with sinister meanings.

Markimdb: 5.4
Genremelodrama, drama
CountryFrance
Duration01:42

In a social context deteriorated by a countrywide economic crisis, the life of several people will be turned upside down after they meet Cecile, a character who symbolizes desire.

Markimdb: 6.1
Genreaction, thriller, adventure
CountryFrance, Belgium
Duration01:53

Propelled to the head of the W Group after the death of his adoptive father, Largo Winch decides, to everyone's surprise, to sell it, and use the proceeds to create an ambitious humanitarian foundation. But on the very same day, he finds himself accused of crimes against humanity by a mysterious witness. To prove his innocence, Largo will have to retrace the steps of his past life, in the heart of the Burmese jungle.

Markimdb: 5.4
Genrethriller, melodrama, drama
CountryGermany, France, Spain, USA
Duration02:35

While James More is held captive by terrorists in Somalia, thousands of miles away on the Greenland Sea, his lover Danny Flinders prepares to dive herself in a submersible into the deep bottom of the ocean, tormented by the memories of their brief encounter in France and her inability to know his whereabouts.

Markimdb: 6.7
Genredrama
CountryFrance

The story of a destiny. Suzanne's and her family's. The ties that bind them, keep them together, and the love she pursues... to the point of leaving everything behind.

Markimdb: 6.9
Genreaction, fantasy, comedy, adventure, family, cartoon
CountryFrance, Belgium
Duration01:22

In order to wipe out the Gaulish village by any means necessary, Caesar plans to absorb the villagers into Roman culture by having an estate built next to the village to start a new Roman colony.

Markimdb: 7
Genrecomedy, drama, music
CountryFrance
Duration01:46

Paul is a sweet man-child, raised — and smothered — by his two eccentric aunts in Paris since the death of his parents when he was a toddler. Now thirty-three, he still does not speak. Paul's aunts have only one dream for him: to win piano competitions. Although Paul practices dutifully, he remains unfulfilled until he submits to the interventions of his upstairs neighbour. Suitably named after the novelist, Madame Proust offers Paul a concoction that unlocks repressed memories from his childhood and awakens the most delightful of fantasies.

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: 5.7
Genrecomedy, drama
CountryFrance

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Markimdb: 5.6
Genrecomedy, drama
CountryFrance
Duration01:26

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Markimdb: 6.5
Genrecomedy, drama
CountryFrance, Belgium
Duration01:31

Broke, with nothing but her cat to her name and doors closing in her face, Paula is back in Paris after a long absence. As she meets different people along the way, there is one thing she knows for sure: she's determined to make a new start and she'll do it with style and panache.

Markimdb: 6.4
Genrecomedy, melodrama
CountryUnited Kingdom, France
Duration01:33

Nick and Meg Burrows return to Paris, the city where they honeymooned, to celebrate their 30th wedding anniversary and rediscover some romance in their long-lived marriage. The film follows the couple as long-established tensions in their marriage break out in humorous and often painful ways.

Markimdb: 6.3
Genredrama
CountryFrance
Duration01:35

Two unlikely friends — a supply teacher and a lonely young boy suspended between two estranged parents — embark on a weekend motorcycle voyage full of surprises and unforeseen consequences in this surprisingly tough, unsentimental drama.

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: 1.7
Genrecomedy
CountryFrance
Duration01:26

Mr Guy aussi populaire que loufoque est un animateur à succès d'une émission de télé-achat. Et comme la nature fait quelques fois bien les choses, Mr Guy se trouve malencontreusement et pour son plus grand plaisir embarqué dans une sombre histoire mêlant les services secrets de la république à un réseau de dangereux trafiquants venus de l'Est.

Markimdb: 4.8
Genredrama, crime
CountryFrance
Duration02:08

Cast out of his insular community, a damaged and down on his luck man teeters between a life of crime and the path to redemption.

Markimdb: 7.3
Genrecomedy, drama
CountryFrance

An Iranian family survives the shah and the ayatollah and moves to France. This story follows the family through it all. Despite the politics, revolution, prison, beatings, assassinations and suicides this is a comedy.

Markimdb: 5.4
Genrecomedy
CountryFrance, Belgium
Duration01:56

Jean-Étienne Fougerole is an intellectual bohemian who released his new novel "In Open Arms" and calling the wealthiest people to welcome home the families in need. While he promotes his book during a televised debate, his opponent criticized him for not applying what he himself advocates. While stuck, Jean-Étienne Fougerole accepts the challenge, for fear of being discredited. The same evening, a family of Roma rings the door of his Marnes-la-Coquette villa and the writer feels obliged to house them.

Markimdb: 5.6
Genredrama
CountryFrance, Poland, Germany
Duration01:39

A journalist tries to balance the duties of marriage and motherhood while researching a piece on college women who work as prostitutes to pay their tuition.

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: 5.6
Genrecomedy, melodrama
CountryFrance
Duration01:28

A romantic comedy about Jean-Marc who is a convinced bachelor and also very busy. So busy that he almost missed his own daughters wedding ceremony...




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