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1980s French-language Movies

Public list by WPS with 425 movies or TV shows/series

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Beau Pere(1981)

2h 3min | Drama, Romance / Love
3.3/5 (with 43 votes)

Rémi is a man trapped in a deteriorating marriage. When his wife is unexpectedly killed in a car accident, Rémi is left with his stepdaughter, Marion, who chooses to stay with him rather than live with her birth father. After the initial shock passes, Rémi is caught off-guard when Marion begins expressing her attraction to him. Initially repulsed, Marion's mature beauty wears him down as he finally caves to her seductions.

Directed by Bertrand Blier - With Patrick Dewaere, Ariel Besse, Maurice Ronet, Macha Méril, Nathalie Baye, Nicole Garcia, ...

Twilight Zone: The Movie(1983)

PG
| 1h 41min | Horror, Science Fiction
3.2/5 (with 298 votes)

An anthology film presenting remakes of three episodes from the TV series "Kick the Can", "It's a Good Life" and "Nightmare at 20,000 Feet" and featuring one original story "Time Out".

Directed by Joe Dante, Steven Spielberg, John Landis, George Miller - With Burgess Meredith, Dan Aykroyd, Albert Brooks, Vic Morrow, Scatman Crothers, Priscilla Pointer, ...
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Wings of Desire(1987)

PG-13
| 2h 8min | Drama, Fantasy, Romance / Love
3.9/5 (with 582 votes)

Two angels, Damiel and Cassiel, glide through the streets of Berlin, observing the bustling population, providing invisible rays of hope to the distressed but never interacting with them. When Damiel falls in love with lonely trapeze artist Marion, the angel longs to experience life in the physical world, and finds -- with some words of wisdom from actor Peter Falk -- that it might be possible for him to take human form.

Directed by Wim Wenders - With Bruno Ganz, Solveig Dommartin, Otto Sander, Curt Bois, Peter Falk, Hans-Martin Stier, ...
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Exploits of a Young Don Juan(1986)

1h 35min | Comedy, Drama
2.9/5 (with 63 votes)

Roger is a 16-year-old who seeks to lose his virginity in this erotic drama. His initial efforts are unsuccessful, but World War I breaks out and men are seen marching off to battle. Roger goes overboard when he is presented with several amorous opportunities.

Directed by Gianfranco Mingozzi - With Serena Grandi, Claudine Auger, Marina Vlady, Aurélien Recoing, Rosette, Alexandra Vandernoot, ...

Babette's Feast(1987)

G
| 1h 42min | Drama
3.6/5 (with 158 votes)

A French housekeeper with a mysterious past brings quiet revolution in the form of one exquisite meal to a circle of starkly pious villagers in late 19th century Denmark.

Directed by Gabriel Axel - With Stéphane Audran, Jarl Kulle, Bibi Andersson, Ghita Nørby, Birgitte Federspiel, Bodil Kjer, ...
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The Gendarme and the Gendarmettes(1982)

1h 40min | Comedy
3.0/5 (with 237 votes)

Cruchot's police office moves into a new building. They do not only get high tech equipment, but also four young female police officers to educate. All of them scramble to work with them -- and cause pure chaos while being distracted by the fine ladies. Then they get into real trouble when one after the other of their female colleagues is kidnapped.

Directed by Jean Girault, Tony Aboyantz - With Louis de Funès, Michel Galabru, Claude Gensac, Maurice Risch, Guy Grosso, Michel Modo, ...

Betty Blue(1986)

3h 5min | Drama, Romance / Love
3.6/5 (with 168 votes)

A lackadaisical handyman and aspiring novelist tries to support his younger girlfriend as she slowly succumbs to madness.

Directed by Jean-Jacques Beineix - With Jean-Hugues Anglade, Béatrice Dalle, Vincent Lindon, Dominique Pinon, Gérard Darmon, Consuelo de Haviland, ...

Tender Cousins(1980)

R
| 1h 32min | Drama, Romance / Love
2.8/5 (with 20 votes)

Teenage Julien loves his teenage cousin Julia among flowers in summer of '39 France.

Directed by David Hamilton - With Anja Schüte, Macha Méril, Pierre Vernier, Anne Fontaine, Catherine Rouvel, Élisa Servier, ...

Camille Claudel(1988)

R
| 2h 55min | Drama, History, Romance / Love
3.4/5 (with 60 votes)

The life of Camille Claudel, a french sculptor who becomes the apprentice of Auguste Rodin and later his lover. Her passion for her art and Rodin drive her further away from reason and rationality.

Directed by Bruno Nuytten - With Isabelle Adjani, Gérard Depardieu, Alain Cuny, Madeleine Robinson, Maxime Leroux, Anne-Marie Pisani, ...
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Mad Love(1985)

1h 41min | Romance / Love, Drama, Crime
3.1/5 (with 16 votes)

After a successful bank robbery, Micky hopes to take back his girlfriend Marie who has been taken from him. On the way to Paris he meets Leon, a neurotic dreamer whom he considers an idiot. Leon can hardly understand what Micky is up to but he follows him everywhere and soon falls in love with Marie.

Directed by Andrzej Żuławski - With Sophie Marceau, Tchéky Karyo, Francis Huster, Christiane Jean, Alain Flick, Bernard Freyd, ...

Diva(1981)

R
| 1h 57min | Action, Drama, Thriller
3.4/5 (with 90 votes)

Jules, a young Parisian postman, secretly records a concert performance given by the opera singer Cynthia Hawkins, whom he idolises. The following day, Jules runs into a woman who is being pursued by armed thugs. Before she is killed, the woman slips an audio cassette into his mail bag...

Directed by Jean-Jacques Beineix - With Frédéric Andréi, Richard Bohringer, Jacques Fabbri, Gérard Darmon, Dominique Pinon, Wilhelmenia Fernandez, ...
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Pirates(1986)

PG-13
| 2h 4min | Adventure, Comedy
3.1/5 (with 106 votes)

Captain Red runs a hardy pirate ship with the able assistance of Frog, a dashing young French sailor. One day Capt. Red is captured and taken aboard a Spanish galleon, but thanks to his inventiveness, he raises the crew to mutiny, takes over the ship, and kidnaps the niece of the governor of Maracaibo. The question is, can he keep this pace up?

Directed by Roman Polanski - With Walter Matthau, Roger Ashton-Griffiths, Damien Thomas, Charlotte Lewis, David Kelly, Cris Campion, ...
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Henry V(1989)

PG-13
| 2h 17min | War, Drama, History
3.7/5 (with 153 votes)

Gritty adaption of William Shakespeare's play about the English King's bloody conquest of France.

Directed by Kenneth Branagh - With Paul Scofield, Ian Holm, Emma Thompson, Alec McCowen, Christian Bale, Kenneth Branagh, ...

Pauline at the Beach(1983)

R
| 1h 34min | Romance / Love, Comedy, Drama
3.5/5 (with 85 votes)

Marion is about to divorce from her husband and takes her 15-year-old niece, Pauline, on a vacation to Granville. There, she meets an old love...

Directed by Éric Rohmer - With Amanda Langlet, Arielle Dombasle, Pascal Greggory, Rosette, Féodor Atkine, Simon de La Brosse, ...

Asterix in Britain(1986)

1h 19min | Kids & Family, Animation, Adventure, Comedy
3.4/5 (with 284 votes)

One little ancient British village still holds out against the Roman invaders. Asterix and Obelix are invited to help. They must face fog, rain, warm beer and boiled boar with mint sauce, but they soon have Governor Encyclopaedius Britannicus's Romans declining and falling. Until a wild race for a barrel of magic potion lands them in the drink.

Directed by Pino van Lamsweerde

Chariots of Fire(1981)

PG
| 2h 3min | Drama, History
3.4/5 (with 368 votes)

In the class-obsessed and religiously divided UK of the early 1920s, two determined young runners train for the 1924 Paris Olympics. Eric Liddell, a devout Christian born to Scottish missionaries in China, sees running as part of his worship of God's glory and refuses to train or compete on the Sabbath. Harold Abrahams overcomes anti-Semitism and class bias, but neglects his beloved sweetheart in his single-minded quest.

Directed by Hugh Hudson - With Ben Cross, Ian Charleson, Cheryl Campbell, Nigel Havers, John Gielgud, Ian Holm, ...
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The Party(1980)

1h 50min | Drama, Romance / Love, Comedy
3.3/5 (with 510 votes)

A thirteen-year-old French girl deals with moving to a new city and school in Paris, while at the same time her parents are getting a divorce.

Directed by Claude Pinoteau - With Sophie Marceau, Claude Brasseur, Brigitte Fossey, Denise Grey, Alexandre Sterling, Sheila O'Connor, ...

Asterix vs. Caesar(1985)

1h 19min | Comedy, Animation, Kids & Family, Adventure
3.2/5 (with 241 votes)

Obelix falls for a new arrival in his home village in Gaul, but is heartbroken when her true love arrives to visit her. However, the lovers are kidnapped by Romans; Asterix and Obelix set out to rescue them on a dangerous journey that will involve gladiators, slavers and beauracracy - and a personal encounter with the Emperor himself, Julius Caesar...

Directed by Gaëtan Brizzi, Paul Brizzi

Nighthawks(1981)

R
| 1h 39min | Action, Crime, Thriller
3.2/5 (with 168 votes)

An international terrorist has New York in a grip of panic and it's up to Det. Sgt. Deke DaSilva to take him down.

Directed by Bruce Malmuth - With Sylvester Stallone, Billy Dee Williams, Rutger Hauer, Lindsay Wagner, Persis Khambatta, Nigel Davenport, ...
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Asterix and the Big Fight(1989)

1h 21min | Kids & Family, Animation, Adventure, Comedy
3.2/5 (with 253 votes)

Gaullish custom requires that a would-be chief must challenge and defeat another to become the leader of two tribes. Vitalstatistix is not perturbed because of Getafix's magic potion. Getafix, however has an accident and forgets how to make it. Then Vitalstatistix is suddenly challenged.

Directed by Philippe Grimond

The Killing Fields(1984)

R
| 2h 22min | Drama, History, War
3.8/5 (with 310 votes)

New York Times reporter Sydney Schanberg is on assignment covering the Cambodian Civil War, with the help of local interpreter Dith Pran and American photojournalist Al Rockoff. When the U.S. Army pulls out amid escalating violence, Schanberg makes exit arrangements for Pran and his family. Pran, however, tells Schanberg he intends to stay in Cambodia to help cover the unfolding story — a decision he may regret as the Khmer Rouge rebels move in.

Directed by Roland Joffé - With Sam Waterston, John Malkovich, Haing S. Ngor, Julian Sands, Craig T. Nelson, Spalding Gray, ...
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The Miser(1980)

2h 5min | Comedy
3.2/5 (with 184 votes)

Based on Molière's play. The children of Harpagon, Cléante and his sister Elise, are each in love but they still haven't spoken to their father yet. Harpagon is a miser who wants to choose the right man and the right woman for his children. When Cléante, at last, tries to speak to Harpagon, the old man informs the family that he wants to marry Marianne, the young girl loved by Cléante. Unaware of his son's sorrow, Harpagon doesn't understand why Cléante has become so angry with him.

Directed by Jean Girault, Louis de Funès - With Louis de Funès, Michel Galabru, Claude Gensac, Bernard Menez, Anne Caudry, Gaëlle Legrand, ...

Au Revoir les Enfants(1987)

PG
| 1h 45min | Drama, War
3.8/5 (with 271 votes)

Au revoir les enfants tells a heartbreaking story of friendship and devastating loss concerning two boys living in Nazi-occupied France. At a provincial Catholic boarding school, the precocious youths enjoy true camaraderie—until a secret is revealed. Based on events from writer-director Malle’s own childhood, the film is a subtle, precisely observed tale of courage, cowardice, and tragic awakening.

Directed by Louis Malle - With Gaspard Manesse, Raphaël Fejtö, François Berléand, Philippe Morier-Genoud, Francine Racette, Arnaud Henriet, ...

My American Uncle(1980)

2h 6min | Comedy, Drama, Romance / Love
3.5/5 (with 74 votes)

Prof. Henri Laborit uses the stories of the lives of three people to discuss behaviorist theories of survival, combat, rewards and punishment, and anxiety. René is a technical manager at a textile factory and must face the anxiety caused by corporate downsizing. Janine is a self-educated actress/stylist who learns that the wife of her lover is dying and must decide to let them reunite. Jean is a controversial career-climbing writer/politician at a crossroads in life.

Directed by Alain Resnais - With Gérard Depardieu, Nicole Garcia, Pierre Arditi, Henri Laborit, Danielle Darrieux, Jean Gabin, ...

Frantic(1988)

R
| 2h | Thriller, Crime, Mystery
3.3/5 (with 425 votes)

The wife of an American doctor suddenly vanishes in Paris and, to find her, he navigates a puzzling web of language, locale, laissez-faire cops, triplicate-form filling bureaucrats and a defiant, mysterious waif who knows more than she tells.

Directed by Roman Polanski - With Harrison Ford, Betty Buckley, John Mahoney, Emmanuelle Seigner, Yorgo Voyagis, David Huddleston, ...
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The Last Metro(1980)

PG
| 2h 11min | Drama, Romance / Love, War
3.6/5 (with 203 votes)

In occupied Paris, an actress married to a Jewish theater owner must keep him hidden from the Nazis while doing both of their jobs.

Directed by François Truffaut - With Catherine Deneuve, Gérard Depardieu, Jean Poiret, Andréa Ferréol, Paulette Dubost, Heinz Bennent, ...
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The Vanishing(1988)

NR
| 1h 46min | Thriller, Mystery
3.8/5 (with 249 votes)

A man embarks on an increasingly obsessive search for his girlfriend after she disappears without a trace during a romantic summer getaway to France.

Directed by George Sluizer - With Bernard-Pierre Donnadieu, Johanna ter Steege, Bernadette Le Saché, Gene Bervoets, Pierre Forget, Raphaëline Goupilleau, ...
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Gwendoline(1984)

R
| 1h 28min | Adventure, Fantasy, Thriller
2.5/5 (with 37 votes)

A beautiful woman hires an intrepid adventurer to help find her father, who has disappeared in the jungle while searching for a rare and priceless butterfly. Along the way they run into cannibals, a race of Amazon warriors and all the usual attractions one would expect to find in a lost jungle.

Directed by Just Jaeckin - With Tawny Kitaen, Brent Huff, Zabou Breitman, Bernadette Lafont, Jean Rougerie

Every Man for Himself(1980)

1h 27min | Drama
3.2/5 (with 26 votes)

A look at the sexual and professional lives of three people—a television director, his ex-girlfriend, and a sex worker.

Directed by Jean-Luc Godard - With Jacques Dutronc, Isabelle Huppert, Nathalie Baye, Fred Personne, Hélène Hazera, Marguerite Duras, ...
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A Man and a Woman: 20 Years Later(1986)

1h 52min | Drama, Romance / Love
2.7/5 (with 12 votes)

Jean-Louis and Anne have had their fling and separated. Now 20 years have passed. He is still dating various women. She is now a big-time director whose most recent film was a very expensive bomb. She comes up with the idea of making a romance based upon her fling with Jean-Louis. She contacts him to gain his permission. Jean-Louis is still in racing and goes away for a desert rally while she begins filming. She finds the mood of their romance difficult to recapture in her film.

Directed by Claude Lelouch - With Anouk Aimée, Jean-Louis Trintignant, Richard Berry, Philippe Leroy, Charles Gérard, Évelyne Bouix, ...
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