Movies Set in France
Kinora's catalogue lists 149 films set in France, spanning 1928–2023. Each is tagged by where and when it takes place — filter by real-world setting, era, and environment, or open any film for its full tagged world.
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- 2019
1917
Undergrounddir. Sam Mendes - 1966
A Man and a Woman
Urban · Coastal Seadir. Claude Lelouch - 1956
A Man Escaped
Urbandir. Robert Bresson - 2009
A Prophet
Urban · Undergrounddir. Jacques Audiard - 1996
A Summer's Tale
Coastal Seadir. Éric Rohmer - 2022
All Quiet on the Western Front
Ruraldir. Edward Berger - 2001
Amélie
Urbandir. Jean-Pierre Jeunet - 2012
Amour
Urbandir. Michael Haneke - 1951
An American in Paris
Urbandir. Vincente Minnelli - 1997
Anastasia
Urbandir. Don Bluth - 2023
Anatomy of a Fall
Mountain · Ruraldir. Justine Triet - 1969
Army of Shadows
Urbandir. Jean-Pierre Melville - 2014
As Above, So Below
Underground · Urbandir. John Erick Dowdle - 1987
Au Revoir les Enfants
Ruraldir. Louis Malle - 1964
Band of Outsiders
Urban · Suburbandir. Jean-Luc Godard - 2004
Before Sunset
Urbandir. Richard Linklater - 1967
Belle de Jour
Urbandir. Luis Buñuel - 1986
Betty Blue
Coastal Sea · Urban · Ruraldir. Jean-Jacques Beineix - 1966
Black Girl
Urban · Coastal Seadir. Ousmane Sembène - 1956
Bob le Flambeur
Urban · Coastal Seadir. Jean-Pierre Melville - 1960
Breathless
Urbandir. Jean-Luc Godard - 2005
Caché
Urbandir. Michael Haneke - 2002
Catch Me If You Can
Urbandir. Steven Spielberg - 1963
Charade
Urbandir. Stanley Donen - 1981
Chariots of Fire
Urbandir. Hugh Hudson - 1945
Children of Paradise
Urbandir. Marcel Carné - 2000
Chocolat
Ruraldir. Lasse Hallström - 1950
Cinderella
Ruraldir. Clyde Geronimi - 1970
Claire's Knee
dir. Éric Rohmer - 1962
Cléo from 5 to 7
Urbandir. Agnès Varda - 2018
Cold War
Urban · Ruraldir. Paweł Pawlikowski - 1990
Cyrano de Bergerac
Urban · Ruraldir. Jean-Paul Rappeneau - 1988
Dangerous Liaisons
Urban · Ruraldir. Stephen Frears - 1981
Das Boot
Off Worlddir. Wolfgang Petersen - 1973
Day for Night
Urbandir. François Truffaut - 1991
Delicatessen
Urban · Undergrounddir. Jean-Pierre Jeunet - 1955
Diabolique
Suburbandir. Henri-Georges Clouzot - 1951
Diary of a Country Priest
Ruraldir. Robert Bresson - 1988
Dirty Rotten Scoundrels
Coastal Seadir. Frank Oz - 2017
Dunkirk
Coastal Seadir. Christopher Nolan - 2014
Edge of Tomorrow
Urban · Coastal Seadir. Doug Liman - 1958
Elevator to the Gallows
Urbandir. Louis Malle - 1998
EverAfter
Ruraldir. Andy Tennant - 1960
Eyes Without a Face
Suburbandir. Georges Franju - 1952
Forbidden Games
Ruraldir. René Clément - 2014
Force Majeure
Mountaindir. Ruben Östlund - 2019
Ford v Ferrari
Urbandir. James Mangold - 1957
Funny Face
Urbandir. Stanley Donen - 1953
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes
Urban · Coastal Seadir. Howard Hawks - 1958
Gigi
Urbandir. Vincente Minnelli - 1937
Grand Illusion
Rural · Mountaindir. Jean Renoir - 1981
History of the World: Part I
Urban · Wildernessdir. Mel Brooks - 1990
Home Alone
Suburbandir. Chris Columbus - 1966
How to Steal a Million
Urbandir. William Wyler - 1999
I Stand Alone
Urbandir. Gaspar Noé - 2009
Inglourious Basterds
Urban · Ruraldir. Quentin Tarantino - 1994
Interview with the Vampire
Urbandir. Neil Jordan - 1963
Irma la Douce
Urbandir. Billy Wilder - 1986
Jean de Florette
Rural · Mountaindir. Claude Berri - 1962
Jules and Jim
Urbandir. François Truffaut - 2009
Julie & Julia
Urbandir. Nora Ephron - 1970
Kelly's Heroes
Ruraldir. Brian G. Hutton - 2005
Kingdom of Heaven
Desert · Urbandir. Ridley Scott - 1995
La Cérémonie
Ruraldir. Claude Chabrol - 1995
La Haine
Urban · Suburbandir. Mathieu Kassovitz - 1970
Le Cercle Rouge
Urban · Ruraldir. Jean-Pierre Melville - 1943
Le Corbeau
Ruraldir. Henri-Georges Clouzot - 1962
Le Doulos
Urbandir. Jean-Pierre Melville - 1967
Le Samouraï
Urbandir. Jean-Pierre Melville - 2019
Little Women
Rural · Urbandir. Greta Gerwig - 1957
Love in the Afternoon
Urbandir. Billy Wilder - 1956
Lust for Life
Rural · Urbandir. Vincente Minnelli - 1986
Manon of the Spring
Rural · Mountaindir. Claude Berri - 2006
Marie Antoinette
Urbandir. Sofia Coppola - 1966
Masculin Féminin
Urbandir. Jean-Luc Godard - 2011
Midnight in Paris
Urbandir. Woody Allen - 1958
Mon Oncle
Suburban · Urbandir. Jacques Tati - 1947
Monsieur Verdoux
Urbandir. Charlie Chaplin - 1967
Mouchette
Ruraldir. Robert Bresson - 1976
Mr. Klein
Urbandir. Joseph Losey - 2005
Munich
Urbandir. Steven Spielberg - 1990
My Father's Glory
Ruraldir. Yves Robert - 1990
My Mother's Castle
Rural · Urbandir. Yves Robert - 1969
My Night at Maud's
Urbandir. Éric Rohmer - 1991
Night on Earth
Urbandir. Jim Jarmusch - 1950
Orpheus
Urbandir. Jean Cocteau - 1957
Paths of Glory
Undergrounddir. Stanley Kubrick - 1970
Patton
Desert · Ruraldir. Franklin J. Schaffner - 2007
Persepolis
Urbandir. Vincent Paronnaud - 1959
Pickpocket
Urbandir. Robert Bresson - 1965
Pierrot le Fou
Urban · Coastal Seadir. Jean-Luc Godard - 1967
PlayTime
Urbandir. Jacques Tati - 2023
Poor Things
Urban · Coastal Seadir. Yorgos Lanthimos - 2019
Portrait of a Lady on Fire
Island · Coastal Seadir. Céline Sciamma - 1994
Queen Margot
Urbandir. Patrice Chéreau - 2007
Ratatouille
Urbandir. Brad Bird - 1996
Ridicule
Urbandir. Patrice Leconte - 1955
Rififi
Urbandir. Jules Dassin - 1998
Ronin
Urbandir. John Frankenheimer - 1998
Saving Private Ryan
Ruraldir. Steven Spielberg - 1941
Sergeant York
Ruraldir. Howard Hawks - 1960
Shoot the Piano Player
Urban · Mountaindir. François Truffaut - 1977
Sorcerer
Wilderness · Urban · Mountaindir. William Friedkin - 2020
Sound of Metal
Rural · Urbandir. Darius Marder - 1968
Stolen Kisses
Urbandir. François Truffaut - 1964
That Man from Rio
Urban · Wildernessdir. Philippe de Broca - 1977
That Obscure Object of Desire
Urbandir. Luis Buñuel - 1959
The 400 Blows
Urban · Coastal Seadir. François Truffaut - 1988
The Accidental Tourist
Urbandir. Lawrence Kasdan - 1970
The Aristocats
Urban · Ruraldir. Wolfgang Reitherman - 1971
The Conformist
Urbandir. Bernardo Bertolucci - 1973
The Day of the Jackal
Urbandir. Fred Zinnemann - 1998
The Dinner Game
Urbandir. Francis Veber - 1967
The Dirty Dozen
Ruraldir. Robert Aldrich - 2007
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
Coastal Seadir. Julian Schnabel - 1991
The Double Life of Véronique
Urbandir. Krzysztof Kieślowski - 1953
The Earrings of Madame de...
Urbandir. Max Ophüls - 1963
The Fire Within
Urbandir. Louis Malle - 1971
The French Connection
Urbandir. William Friedkin - 2021
The French Dispatch of the Liberty, Kansas Evening Sun
Urbandir. Wes Anderson - 1986
The Green Ray
dir. Éric Rohmer - 1996
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
Urbandir. Kirk Wise - 2014
The Hundred-Foot Journey
Rural · Urbandir. Lasse Hallström - 2011
The Intouchables
Urbandir. Éric Toledano - 2021
The Last Duel
Rural · Urbandir. Ridley Scott - 1980
The Last Metro
Urbandir. François Truffaut - 1968
The Lion in Winter
Urbandir. Anthony Harvey - 1962
The Longest Day
Coastal Sea · Ruraldir. Ken Annakin - 1991
The Lovers on the Bridge
Urbandir. Leos Carax - 1973
The Mad Adventures of Rabbi Jacob
dir. Gérard Oury - 1975
The Old Gun
Rural · Urbandir. Robert Enrico - 1928
The Passion of Joan of Arc
Urbandir. Carl Theodor Dreyer - 1974
The Phantom of Liberty
Urbandir. Luis Buñuel - 1948
The Red Shoes
Urbandir. Michael Powell - 1939
The Rules of the Game
Rural · Urbandir. Jean Renoir - 1969
The Sicilian Clan
Urbandir. Henri Verneuil - 1976
The Tenant
Urbandir. Roman Polanski - 1964
The Train
Rural · Urbandir. John Frankenheimer - 1964
The Umbrellas of Cherbourg
Coastal Sea · Urbandir. Jacques Demy - 1988
The Vanishing
Ruraldir. George Sluizer - 1967
The Young Girls of Rochefort
Coastal Sea · Urbandir. Jacques Demy - 1993
Three Colors: Blue
Urbandir. Krzysztof Kieślowski - 1994
Three Colors: White
Urbandir. Krzysztof Kieślowski - 1955
To Catch a Thief
Coastal Seadir. Alfred Hitchcock - 1954
Touchez Pas au Grisbi
Urbandir. Jacques Becker - 1983
Twilight Zone: The Movie
Urban · Rural · Wildernessdir. John Landis - 1985
Vagabond
Ruraldir. Agnès Varda - 1962
Vivre Sa Vie
Urbandir. Jean-Luc Godard - 2011
War Horse
Ruraldir. Steven Spielberg
Frequently asked
How many movies are set in France?
Kinora's catalogue lists 149 films set in France, spanning 1928–2023.
What are some movies set in France?
Films set in France in our catalogue include 1917 (2019), A Man and a Woman (1966), A Man Escaped (1956), A Prophet (2009), and A Summer's Tale (1996).
What is the oldest movie set in France?
The Passion of Joan of Arc (1928) is the earliest film set in France in our catalogue; the most recent is Poor Things (2023).