Policeman (2011)

Kandahar (2001)

Summary: After an Afghanistan-born woman who lives in Canada receives a letter from her suicidal sister, she takes a perilous journey through Afghanistan to try to find her.

Release Date: October 24, 2001

Genres: Drama, Biography, War

Director: Mohsen Makhmalbaf

Writer: Mohsen Makhmalbaf

Runtime: 1 h 25 min

MPAA: Not Rated

Production: Bac Films, Makhmalbaf Productions, StudioCanal

Distributor: NEJ International Pictures, Avatar Films, New Yorker Films

Countries: Iran, France

Language: English

Domestic: $ 1,418,314

International: $ 7,496,437

Circumstance (2011)

Summary: A wealthy Iranian family struggles to contain a teenager's growing sexual rebellion and her brother's dangerous obsession.

Release Date: February 08, 2012

Genre: Drama

Director: Maryam Keshavarz

Writer: Maryam Keshavarz

Runtime: 1 h 47 min

MPAA: R

Production: Marakesh Films, A Space Between, Bago Pictures, The Menagerie, Neon Productions

Distributor: Participant, Roadside Attractions, The Criterion Channel

Countries: France, United States, Iran

Language: Farsi

Movie budget: $ 1,000,000

Domestic: $ 454,121

International: $ 101,390

Stay with Us (2022)

Summary: Gad, living in the US, returns to France hiding his conversion to Catholicism from family. When parents find out, they try to revert him to Judaism. Gad convinces them his Catholic faith doesn't negate his identity or love for them.

Release Date: November 16, 2022

Genre: Comedy

Director: Gad Elmaleh

Writers: Gad Elmaleh

, Benjamin Charbit

, Eytan Saada

Runtime: 1 h 30 min

Production: Vito Films, KS2 Cinéma, Canal+, Ciné+, Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée (CNC)

Distributor: Film Movement

Country: France

Language: French

Domestic: $ 23,250

International: $ 3,501,810

Versailles '73: American Runway Revolution (2012)

Summary: The top American and French designers and models face off in a lavish, once-in-a-lifetime show that will change the course of fashion history.

Release Date: September 07, 2012

Genres: Documentary, History

Director: Deborah Riley Draper

Writer: Deborah Riley Draper

Runtime: 1 h 31 min

MPAA: Not Rated

Countries: United States, France

Language: English

Street Flow 2 (2023)

Summary: Struggling to overcome cycles of betrayal, revenge and violence, the Traoré brothers continue to fight for a brighter future in a seedy Paris suburb.

Release Date: September 27, 2023

Genres: Drama, Crime

Director: Leïla Sy

Writer: Kery James

Runtime: 1 h 37 min

MPAA: TV-MA

Production: Les Films Velvet, Srab Films

Distributor: Netflix

Country: France

Language: French

The Protector (2005)

Summary: A young fighter named Kham must go to Australia to retrieve his stolen elephant. With the help of a Thai-born Australian detective, Kham must take on all comers, including a gang led by an evil woman and her two deadly bodyguards.

Release Date: September 08, 2006

Genres: Action, Drama, Crime

Director: Prachya Pinkaew

Writers: Napalee

, Piyaros Thongdee

, Joe Wannapin

Runtime: 1 h 51 min

MPAA: R

Production: Sahamongkolfilm Co., TF1 International, Baa-Ram-Ewe, Golden Network

Distributor: The Weinstein Company, Dragon Dynasty, Genius Products

Countries: Thailand, United States, Hong Kong, France, Australia

Language: Thai

Movie budget: $ 200,000,000

Domestic: $ 12,044,087

International: $ 15,121,494

Definitely, Maybe (2008)

Summary: A political consultant tries to explain his impending divorce and past relationships to his 11-year-old daughter.

Release Date: February 14, 2008

Genres: Comedy, Drama, Romance

Director: Adam Brooks

Writer: Adam Brooks

Runtime: 1 h 52 min

MPAA: PG-13

Production: Universal Pictures, StudioCanal, Working Title Films

Distributor: Universal Pictures, Universal Pictures Home Entertainment (UPHE), FX Network

Countries: United Kingdom, France, Germany, United States

Language: English

Domestic: $ 32,241,649

International: $ 23,748,650

The Band's Visit (2007)

Summary: A band comprised of members of the Egyptian police force head to Israel to play at the inaugural ceremony of an Arab arts center, only to find themselves lost in the wrong town.

Release Date: March 21, 2008

Genres: Comedy, Drama, Music

Director: Eran Kolirin

Writer: Eran Kolirin

Runtime: 1 h 27 min

MPAA: PG-13

Production: July August Productions, Bleiberg Entertainment, Sophie Dulac Productions, Yes

Distributor: Sony Pictures Classics, Sony Pictures Home Entertainment

Countries: Israel, United States, France

Language: Hebrew

Domestic: $ 3,054,457

International: $ 11,533,130

Jaffa (2009)

Summary: In the city of Jaffa; a young girl plans to run away with her secret lover, when a tragedy forever changes the course of their lives.

Release Date: June 10, 2009

Genre: Drama

Director: Keren Yedaya

Writers: Illa Ben Porat

, Keren Yedaya

Runtime: 1 h 46 min

MPAA: Not Rated

Production: Bizibi, Transfax Film Productions, Rohfilm, Arte France Cinéma, Rabinovich Film Fund Cinema Project

Distributor: Film Movement

Countries: Germany, Israel, France

Language: Hebrew

Watchers of the Sky (2014)

Summary: Four modern stories of remarkable courage while setting out to uncover the forgotten life of Raphael Lemkin, the man who coined the term 'genocide'. Inspired by Samantha Power's Pulitzer Prize-winning book, 'A Problem From Hell', ...

Release Date: October 16, 2015

Genres: Documentary, Biography, History

Director: Edet Belzberg

Writer: Samantha Power

Runtime: 2 h 00 min

MPAA: Not Rated

Production: Propeller Films, The Unofficial Man

Distributor: Music Box Films

Countries: United States, Netherlands, France, Chad, Rwanda

Language: English

Domestic: $ 19,339

A Borrowed Identity (2014)

Summary: A Palestinian-Israeli boy named Eyad is sent to a prestigious boarding school in Jerusalem, where he struggles with issues of language, culture, and identity.

Release Date: November 27, 2014

Genre: Drama

Director: Eran Riklis

Writer: Sayed Kashua

Runtime: 1 h 44 min

MPAA: Not Rated

Production: United Channel Movies, MACT Productions, Alma Film, ZDF/Arte

Distributor: Strand Releasing

Countries: Israel, Germany, France

Language: Hebrew

Domestic: $ 281,540

International: $ 649,418

Sade (2000)

Summary: A man prepares himself to be transferred to a detention center and rest home where he will relive one more time the highlights of his youth.

Release Date: August 23, 2000

Genres: Drama, Crime, Biography

Director: Benoît Jacquot

Writers: Serge Bramly

, Jacques Fieschi

, Bernard Minoret

Runtime: 1 h 40 min

Production: Alicéléo, TF1 Films Production, Canal+, Cofimage 11, RIDICULOUS Pictures

Distributor: Empire Pictures Inc., Wellspring Media

Country: France

Language: French

Domestic: $ 100,544

The Other Side of the Street (2004)

Summary: A retired woman spends her days snooping everybody in her neighborhood, until she thinks she sees a former Secretary of Justice commit murder and becomes a police informant.

Release Date: May 28, 2004

Genres: Drama, Thriller

Director: Marcos Bernstein

Writers: Marcos Bernstein

, Melanie Dimantas

Runtime: 1 h 38 min

Production: Neanderthal MB Cinema, Passaro Films

Countries: Brazil, France

Language: Portuguese

Movie budget: $ 5,200,000

Domestic: $ 55,459

Dheepan (2015)

Summary: Dheepan is a Sri Lankan Tamil warrior who flees to France and ends up working as a caretaker outside Paris.

Release Date: May 13, 2016

Genres: Drama, Crime

Director: Jacques Audiard

Writers: Jacques Audiard

, Thomas Bidegain

, Noé Debré

Runtime: 1 h 55 min

MPAA: R

Production: Why Not Productions, Page 114, France 2 Cinéma, Canal+, Ciné+, France Télévisions, La Région Île-de-France, Cinémage 9, A Plus Image 5, Palatine Étoile 12, Indéfilms 3, La Banque Postale Image 8, Cofinova 11, SofiTVciné 2, Soficinéma 11

Distributor: Sundance Selects, The Criterion Channel, The Criterion Collection

Country: France

Language: French

Domestic: $ 261,819

International: $ 5,300,756

The Wedding Song (2008)

Summary: The Nazi occupation of Tunisia strains the bonds of friendship between a Muslim woman and a Sephardic Jewish woman who are both preparing for their marriages.

Release Date: December 17, 2008

Genres: Drama, History, War

Director: Karin Albou

Writer: Karin Albou

Runtime: 1 h 40 min

MPAA: Not Rated

Production: Gloria Films, France 3 Cinéma, Canal+, Société des Producteurs de Cinéma et de Télévision (Procirep), Angoa-Agicoa

Countries: France, Tunisia

Language: Arabic

Domestic: $ 31,160

International: $ 527,329

Yamakasi (2001)

Summary: 7 guys from Paris' suburbs like challenges like climbing tall buildings and doing parkour - especially with cops/flics chasing them. When a kid fan urgently needs a heart the Yamakasis try to find a way.

Release Date: April 04, 2001

Genres: Action, Drama, Crime

Directors: Ariel Zeitoun

, Julien Seri

Writers: Luc Besson

, Philippe Lyon

, Julien Seri

Runtime: 1 h 30 min

Production: EuropaCorp, Leeloo Productions, Canal+

Country: France

Language: French

Movie budget: $ 15,000,000

Domestic: $ 184,441

International: $ 1,112,960

Service (2008)

Summary: The Pineda family struggles with bigamy, unwanted pregnancy, possible incest, and skin irritations in a dilapidated movie theater.

Release Date: June 25, 2008

Genres: Drama, Romance

Director: Brillante Mendoza

Writers: Armando Lao

, Boots Agbayani Pastor

Runtime: 1 h 27 min

MPAA: R

Production: Center Stage Productions, Swift Productions, Asian Cinema Fund (Pusan International Film Festival)

Distributor: Entertainment One, Solar Pictures

Countries: Philippines, France, South Korea, Hong Kong

Language: Tagalog

Domestic: $ 64,536

International: $ 90,620

Salvation Army (2013)

Summary: In a working class neighborhood in Casablanca, Abdellah, a homosexual teen, tries to build his own life within his big family, caught between an authoritarian mother and an older brother, who he adores.

Release Date: January 23, 2015

Genre: Drama

Director: Abdellah Taïa

Writer: Abdellah Taïa

Runtime: 1 h 21 min

MPAA: Unrated

Production: Les Films de Pierre, Les Films Pelléas, Rita Productions, Ali n' Films, Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée (CNC), Radio Télévision Suisse (RTS), SRG - SSR, Cofinova 8

Distributor: Strand Releasing

Countries: France, Morocco, Switzerland

Language: French

Movie budget: $ 1,000,000

Domestic: $ 3,929

International: $ 48,582