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To Catch a Thief(1955)

3.7/5 (with 636 votes)

An ex-thief is accused of enacting a new crime spree, so to clear his name he sets off to catch the new thief, who’s imitating his signature style.

The Last Letter from Your Lover(2021)

1h 50min | Drama, Romance / Love
3.8/5 (with 243 votes)

A young journalist in London becomes obsessed with a series of letters she discovers that recounts an intense star-crossed love affair from the 1960s.

Dirty Rotten Scoundrels(1988)

PG
| 1h 50min | Crime, Comedy
3.6/5 (with 349 votes)

Two con men try to settle their rivalry by betting on who can be the first to swindle a young American heiress out of $50,000.

Le Gendarme de Saint-Tropez(1964)

1h 29min | Comedy
3.5/5 (with 372 votes)

The ambitious police officer Cruchot is transferred to St. Tropez. He's struggling with crimes such as persistent nude swimming, but even more with his teenage daughter, who's trying to impress her rich friends by telling them her father was a millionaire and owned a yacht in the harbor.

The One Man Band(1970)

1h 25min | Comedy, Music
3.0/5 (with 71 votes)

Evan Evans, the director of a ballet troupe, is rehearsing his next show in Monaco, in preparation for a worldwide tour. When one member of his troupe leaves to get married, Evans imposes a regime of strict discipline on his remaining dancers. The latter get their revenge by presenting Evans’ nephew Philippe, the only male member of the group, with a baby and a note claiming he is the father….

Rebecca(2020)

PG-13
| 2h 3min | Romance / Love, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
3.2/5 (with 480 votes)

After a whirlwind romance with a wealthy widower, a naïve bride moves to his family estate but can't escape the haunting shadow of his late wife.

La Cage aux Folles(1978)

R
| 1h 32min | Comedy
3.4/5 (with 169 votes)

Two gay men living in St. Tropez have their lives turned upside down when the son of one of the men announces he is getting married. They try to conceal their lifestyle and their ownership of the transvestite club downstairs when the fiancée and her parents come for dinner.

The Brice Man(2005)

1h 38min | Comedy
2.8/5 (with 549 votes)

A wannabe surfer parties on the French Riviera while awaiting the perfect wave.

The Summer House(2018)

2h 8min | Comedy, Drama
2.5/5 (with 39 votes)

A large and beautiful property on the French Riviera. A place that seems out of time and sheltered from the rest of the world. Anna goes there with her daughter for a few days of vacation. Amidst her family, friends and the house staff, Anna has to handle her fresh break-up with her partner and the writing of her next film.

La Cage aux Folles II(1980)

1h 41min | Comedy
3.0/5 (with 49 votes)

In a move to make his partner, Renato, jealous, the flamboyant Albin waits in a local cafe - dressed as a woman - hoping to be picked up. But Albin gets more than he bargains for when the fly he catches in his web is actually a spy, who uses him as an unwitting courier of secret microfilm. Now on the run from ruthless agents, Albin and Renato flee to Italy where they attempt to hide out on a farm, with Albin posing as Renato's wife. Can Albin escape the deadly pursuit of these relentless spies or does he have to sustain this charade - as a woman - forever?

Black Girl(1966)

NR
| 1h | Drama
3.8/5 (with 47 votes)

Eager to find a better life abroad, a Senegalese woman becomes a mere governess to a family in southern France, suffering from discrimination and marginalization.

Directed by Ousmane Sembène - With Pierre Laville, Robert Fontaine

Bonjour Tristesse(1958)

1h 34min | Drama, Romance / Love
3.4/5 (with 54 votes)

Cecile is a decadent young girl who lives with her rich playboy father, Raymond. When Anne, Raymond's old love interest, comes to Raymond's villa, Cecile is afraid for her way of life.

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Ca$h(2008)

1h 40min | Comedy, Thriller, Crime
2.9/5 (with 124 votes)

A man meets up with two "good guys" to recover what is unlawfully his, taking them on his whirlwind ride, doing things they never would have imagined, just to survive.

Easy Virtue(1928)

1h 25min | Romance / Love, Drama
2.6/5 (with 28 votes)

Larita Filton is named as correspondent in a scandalous divorce case. She escapes to France to rebuild her life where she meets John Whittaker. They are later married, but John's well-to-do family finds out Larita's secret.

Taste of Fear(1961)

1h 21min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
3.6/5 (with 48 votes)

A wheelchair-bound young girl returns to her father's estate after ten years, and although she's told he's away, she keeps seeing his dead body on the estate.

The Good Thief(2003)

R
| 1h 48min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
3.0/5 (with 50 votes)

An aging gambler on a losing streak attempts to rob a casino in Monte Carlo. But someone's already tipped off the cops before he even makes a move.

Joy House(1964)

NR
| 1h 37min | Thriller, Drama, Crime
3.3/5 (with 29 votes)

A small-time con man on the run from the gangster-husband of his girlfriend hides out in a strange, brooding mansion run by two mysterious women, where he finds himself trapped in deception between the two women.

Bimboland(1998)

2.2/5 (with 27 votes)

A shy French anthropologist who happens to be secretly in love with her college superior, chooses "bimbos" as the subject of her thesis. She becomes one of them in order to do that, and the professor she loves falls for her new identity.

Bedtime Story(1964)

NR
| 1h 39min | Comedy
3.0/5 (with 16 votes)

Benson, is a Casanova who tricks women into having sex with him before leaving them. He is content with his game until he meets Jamison, a real operator who poses as an exiled prince and not only gets women to share his bed but also to give him money to help him fund his supposed counter-revolution.

Endangered Species(2017)

1h 45min | Drama
3.3/5 (with 20 votes)

The fates of three entwined families. Joséphine and Tomas have just got married. It was a joyful celebration. But soon, Joséphine’s parents will discover a darker side lurking behind the couple’s sunny happiness. Meanwhile, Mélanie tells her parents that she is pregnant but the father is not ideal.

Along the Coast(1958)

25min | Documentary
3.9/5 (with 20 votes)

Tongue-in-cheek look at the French Riviera, especially in summer when it overflows with tourists. Reviews its history and famous visitors; displays its faux-exotic buildings, its crowded beaches, its trees and monuments; and, pokes fun at the colors women wear and the vagaries of fashion. The film celebrates the use of "Eden" as a place name, suggesting that paradise comes to the coast after all are gone, perhaps only on a remote island beach.

Directed by Agnès Varda

Daddy Nostalgia(1990)

1h 45min | Drama
3.6/5 (with 8 votes)

A half English, half French screenwriter visits her parents on the Riviera after her father's heart surgery. Once there, she begins to connect with him in a way she never did before, as each member of the family tries to cope with his imminent death.

Pool(2020)

1h 30min | Drama
2.0/5 (with 1 vote)

24 year old Johan spends his days in Nice on the French Riviera, supported by an aging ex-actress. Days go by between her house, the beaches and the apartment of his friend Kurt. A life in leisure and luxury. But memories of his teenage years are haunting him. A strong sense of threat is growing stronger and stronger.

Directed by Anders Lennberg

A Certain Smile(1958)

1h 44min | Romance / Love, Drama
2.9/5 (with 3 votes)

A pretty Parisian law student falls in love with her boyfriend's uncle.

The Innocents(1987)

1h 36min | Drama
2.9/5 (with 8 votes)

The lines between love, sex, and politics become hopelessly blurred in this French drama. Jeanne finds herself torn between two men – a French and a North African in a romantic and sexual dilemma that mirrors France's political turmoil regarding the nation's growing Arab population.

On the Riviera(1951)

3.2/5 (with 6 votes)

In this fast-paced remake of the Muarice Chavlier vehicle Folies Bergere, talented Danny Kaye plays both a performer and a heroic French military pilot.

Love Is a Ball(1963)

NR
| 1h 51min | Comedy, Romance / Love
1.7/5 (with 2 votes)

Etienne makes a good living out of marrying off poor but titled young men to rich but untitled young ladies. Millicent is now in his sights on the Riviera, and Grand Duke Gaspar is the bait. But what if Millicent starts to fancy planted chauffeur John instead, and Gaspar takes a shine to Etienne's secretary Janine?

Beautiful Stranger(1954)

NR
| 1h 29min | Drama, Romance / Love, Thriller
2.4/5 (with 6 votes)

An ex-chorus girl lives on the Riviera, supported by a married man she doesn't know is a crook.

Beg, Borrow or Steal(1937)

NR
| 1h 12min | Comedy, Romance / Love
1.5/5 (with 1 vote)

We find con-man Ingraham Steward living by his wits by steering wealthy Paris visitors to sellers of fake paintings and other assorted dodges. He and his wife, Agatha, have been separated for 15 years, but he promises to give their daughter, Joyce, a lavish wedding at his "château" in France. The fact that he doesn't have a château in France is just a minor trifle. He induces the caretaker, Bill Cherau, of a large country estate to allow it to be used for the wedding. The wedding party arrives and Bill falls madly in love with Joyce and she with him, but a gal has gotta do what a gal has gotta do, and her intended marriage to stuffed-shirt Horace Miller stays on the books. But Steward has a change of heart and he tells one and all that he and his friends, Von Gersdorff, Lefevre, Iznamof, Clifton Summitt and Sasch, are all frauds and crooks. Horace and his family stalk out, which is just fine with Joyce as her true love, the caretaker, is waiting on the grounds.

Directed by Wilhelm Thiele - With Frank Morgan

Always a Bride(1953)

NR
| 1h 22min | Comedy, Romance / Love
2.9/5 (with 2 votes)

Set against the glitz and glamour of the French Riviera, this comedy follows the misadventures of a father and daughter con artist team (Ronald Squire and Peggy Cummins) who pose as a married couple and swindle wealthy clients at the region's swankiest resorts. But their scams take on a whole new dimension when daughter Clare falls for a British government bureaucrat (Terence Morgan) who may have a secret or two of his own. [Netflix].

Directed by Ralph Smart - With Peggy Cummins
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