Stream these French movies on TV5MONDE Cinema On Demand in April
This April, TV5MONDE Cinema On Demand brings a lineup full of chills and thrills! Catch the action, from the 2020 drama, Police, starring Omar Sy and Virginie Efira as two officers questioning the morality of their job, to the 2001 horror film, Les Morsures de l'aube, starring Guillaume Canet as a social climber who finds himself on a dangerous path.
The best French movies on the French platform TV5MONDE Cinema on Demand
Police — available beginning April 15
Three officers are tasked with an unusual mission of escorting a migrant to the airport for deportation, but they face a moral dilemma after they discover the fate that awaits him in his home country.
Director: Anne Fontaine (2020)
Cast: Virginie Efira, Omar Sy, Grégory Gadebois
Genre: Drama, in French with English subtitles
Watch if you like: Omar Sy in a rare dramatic role, French cop films that touch on the complexity and tragedy of the job, Georges Simenon' novels, movies set in Paris by night
Feux rouges — available beginning April 15
After fighting with his wife during a drive, Antoine stops at a bar to drown his sorrows. While there, Antoine decides to give an intimidating hitchhiker a lift to Bordeaux, a decision that will have dangerous consequences.
Director: Cedric Kahn (2006)
Cast: Jean-Pierre Darrousin, Carole Bouquet
Genre: Drama, in French with English subtitles
Watch if you like: Road movies, eerie French thrillers, unexpected twists
Maléfique — available beginning April 15
Four prisoners discover and old diary with magical formulas that might hold the key to their escape but as soon as they uncover the book, the inmates begin to witness strange disturbances in their cell.
Director: Éric Valette (2003)
Cast: Gérald Laroche, Philippe Laudenbach, Félicia Massoni
Genre: Fantastique, in French with English subtitles
Watch if you like: French B horror movies, Slasher movies like Scream
Les Morsures de l'aube — available beginning April 8
Desperate to join high society, Antoine drops a name to get into an exclusive party but doing so puts him on the radar of a mysterious man who promises Antoine a large sum of money to hunt down a missing socialite.
Director: Antoine de Caunes (2001)
Cast: Guillaume Canet, Asia Argento, Gérard Lanvin
Genre: Horror, in French with English Subtitles
Watch it if you like : gothic thrillers, stylish movies reminiscent of Jean-Pierre Jeunet's (Amélie) aesthetic, vampire movies with a twist
Promenons-nous dans les bois — available beginning April 22
Five actors are invited to the castle of Axel de Fersen to act in a modernized stage play of Little Red Riding Hood. On the night they arrive, people begin disappearing and the friends realize they’re in grave danger.
Director: Lionel Delplanque (2000)
Cast: Clothilde Courau, Clément Sibony, Maud Buquet
Genre: Horror
Watch it if you like: The Shining, whoddunit movies, baroque style