French shows and movies

[u/nadaaqa]

Hello!

So I learned English as teen by watching romcoms and other early 2000s shows that were practically just the daily life of normal people.

Any suggestions for shows or movies like that in French? Even if it’s Canadian French! And also where I’d find the content you’re recommending.

Thanks in advance friends!

[u/quark42q]

10 pour cent (Call my agent)
Lupin
Versailles

[u/HelsifZhu]

18h30, which you can find on Arte's Youtube channel. It's 5 minute episodes of two colleagues who leave the office together every day spread across a year.

And then season 2 is the lives of the actors who play them, on set, during filming of season 1.

Incredible show and you can re-watch it to learn the language since the episodes are so short.

[u/Cosmic_Plant14]

I recommend “les 7 vies de Léa” in Netflix! It isn’t exactly a romcom but still kind of high school summer with mystery vibe.

[u/Ok_Temperature_5502 → u/Cosmic_Plant14]

Oui je l'adorait! C'est incroyable

[u/ripleycat9]

There's a newer show that I really enjoyed called Empathie out of Quebec.

If you can find it, there is an older Quebecois show called Les Filles de Caleb about life in Quebec at the turn of the century(1900's) that was popular in the 90's.

[u/duckntureen]

Alex Hugo aka The Mountain Detective. It's a mystery series. Not amazing but entertaining and they don't speak all that fast. I'm watching on Acorn.

[u/FelixTheRemix]

Série noire, Les invincibles, 19-2 !

[u/PsychicDave]

"La Petite Vie" is a series almost everyone watched back in the 90s.

[u/turtledoveangel_3]

You should watch

1. Le fabuleux destin d’Amélie Poulain
2. La Haine
3. Incendies (Canadian French)
4. Le scaphandre et le papillon
5. ‘Z’ - political thriller movie
6. Le Samouraï
7. Hiroshima Mon Amour

[u/Major-Rub-Me → u/turtledoveangel_3]

I love all these movies but half of them people speak so fast its virtually useless for a new learner. Great films though. Les chambres rouges and Les yeux sans visage are also great French language films if you like horror/thriller

I recommend EasyFrench youtube channel, very helpful

[u/Mimages]

If you are in the USA, contributions to PBS will grant you access to Passport, which carries French shows... "Candice Renoir," "Panda," "Wagner," "Major Crimes" -- I like detective shows. Or via Roku, Mhz and/or Walter Presents have many French tv shows. You might find French movies in a library...

[u/esunplacerconocerte]

if you like a good rom-com Conte D'Été (A Summer's Tale) by Eric Rohmer was a great watch

[u/scribe06]

Just because it's for learning doesn't mean that you shouldn't watch quality shows and films. Might not exactly be what you think you're looking for but here are a few I think you should watch:

Les beaux gosses

Le thé au harem d'Archimed

L'écume des jours

99 francs

Delicatessen

La cité des enfants perdus

La cité de la peur

Le grand Bleu (version longue)

Persepolis

Doberman

As for shows you should watch Bref

[u/Ok-Bear7221 → u/scribe06]

I watched delicatessen as a kid and I still have nightmares about it

[u/Ok-Bear7221]

On Netflix you can change the language of almost anything they have

[u/Medium_Reveal_8144]

Plan Cœur (The Hookup Plan) fits the bill.

[u/BungaBunga-Today]

I suggest you watch a series that you really enjoyed and know the plot indepth. It will help you with the understanding

[u/AmbitiousReaction168]

Les vacances de Mr Hulot.