French drama films

Dogville is a 2003 experimental arthouse drama film written and directed by Lars von Trier. It features an ensemble cast led by Nicole Kidman, Lauren Bacall, Paul Bettany, Chloë Sevigny, Stellan Skarsgård, Udo Kier, Ben Gazzara, Patricia Clarkson, Harriet Andersson, and James Caan, with John Hurt as the narrator. The film employs an extremely minimal, stage-like set to tell the story of Grace Mulligan (Kidman), a woman on the run from mobsters who finds refuge in the tiny mountain town of Dogville, Colorado, in exchange for physical labor.

1982 film by Ingmar Bergman

2011 film directed by Phyllida Lloyd

2013 film directed by Paolo Sorrentino

2016 Iranian film by Asghar Farhadi

2023 film directed by Justine Triet

2014 film by Nuri Bilge Ceylan

1963 film by Jean-Luc Godard

2018 film directed by Paweł Pawlikowski

Sentimental Value is a 2025 drama film directed by Joachim Trier, who co-wrote it with Eskil Vogt. It follows sisters Nora and Agnes in their reunion with their estranged father Gustav. It also stars Elle Fanning.

2016 film directed by Ken Loach

1962 film by Jean-Luc Godard

2010 film by Xavier Beauvois

1961 film directed by Michelangelo Antonioni

2014 film directed by Jean-Pierre Dardenne and Luc Dardenne

1970 film by Luis Buñuel

1986 film directed by Claude Berri

2017 film directed by Fatih Akın

2017 film by Andrey Zvyagintsev

1962 film by Agnès Varda

1988 film directed by Luc Besson

2013 film by Asghar Farhadi

Manderlay is a 2005 avant-garde drama film written and directed by Lars von Trier, the second and most recent part of von Trier's projected USA – Land of Opportunities trilogy. Unlike von Trier's other trilogies, the films' stories are connected and it is a direct sequel to Dogville. It stars Bryce Dallas Howard, who replaces Nicole Kidman in the role of Grace Mulligan. The film co-stars Willem Dafoe, replacing James Caan. Lauren Bacall, Željko Ivanek, Jeremy Davies, and Chloë Sevigny return portraying different characters from those in Dogville. Only John Hurt, Udo Kier, and Jean-Marc Barr re

2013 film by Ritesh Batra

2014 film directed by Susanne Bier

1966 film by Robert Bresson

2014 film by Abderrahmane Sissako

2016 film by Jim Jarmusch

2014 film by Olivier Assayas

2005 drama film directed by Roman Polanski

1962 film by Orson Welles

2016 film by Xavier Dolan

Querelle is a 1982 English-language erotic art film directed by Rainer Werner Fassbinder. The film stars Brad Davis and was adapted from French author Jean Genet's 1947 novel Querelle of Brest. The plot centers on the Belgian sailor Georges Querelle, who is both a thief and murderer. It was Fassbinder's last film, released shortly after his death at the age of 37.

2019 film directed by Roman Polanski

1974 film by Luchino Visconti

2012 film directed by Pablo Larraín

1986 film by Bertrand Tavernier

2019 film directed by Jan Komasa

1977 film directed by Moshé Mizrahi

1959 film by Philippe de Broca, Claude Chabrol

1991 film by Pedro Almodóvar

2017 film by Alain Gomis

2024 film by Payal Kapadia

1970 film by Éric Rohmer

1991 film directed by Lars von Trier

1956 film directed by Robert Wise

2016 film directed by François Ozon

2019 film by Nadav Lapid

2005 film by Jacques Audiard

2003 film by François Dupeyron

1987 film directed by Maurice Pialat

trilogy of films by Krzysztof Kieślowski, released in 1993-1994

2000 film by François Ozon

2005 film by François Ozon

2013 film by Danis Tanović

1984 film by Richard Dembo

2010 film by Joann Sfar

1991 film by Jacques Rivette

1988 French drama film

1963 film by Louis Malle