Time Out's 50 Best Films Set in Paris
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Romance blooms on a belle époque street corner. A dark-eyed girl in Montmartre runs her hand through a bag of dried beans. In the suburbs, Arabs square up to skinheads. Nicotine-stained tales of sexual misadventure unfold in beds all over the city, while gangsters commit crimes and cartoon rats cook up a storm. Paris, which boasts a higher concentration of picture houses than any other city, has been the inspiration and the backdrop for countless films. Below, we present 50 of the best, organised by era. Be they Nouvelle Vague masterpieces or populist comedies, the capital is always in the starring role...
-Time Out Paris
This list is organized chronologically.
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4 new
L'Atalante
1934, in 21 top lists Check -
5 new
Les enfants du paradis
1945 — a.k.a. Children of Paradise, in 21 top lists Check -
6 new
An American in Paris
1951, in 18 top lists Check -
9 new
Funny Face
1957, in 6 top lists Check -
10 new
Gigi
1958, in 11 top lists Check -
14 new
La jetée
1962 — a.k.a. La Jetée, in 19 top lists Check -
15 new
Jules et Jim
1962 — a.k.a. Jules and Jim, in 21 top lists Check -
23 new
L'amour, l'après-midi
1972 — a.k.a. Love in the Afternoon, in 4 top lists Check -
22 new
Ultimo tango a Parigi
1972 — a.k.a. Last Tango in Paris, in 19 top lists Check -
24 new
La maman et la putain
1973 — a.k.a. The Mother and the Whore, in 14 top lists Check -
27 new
À nos amours
1983 — a.k.a. À Nos Amours, in 10 top lists Check -
29 new
Les amants du Pont-Neuf
1991 — a.k.a. The Lovers on the Bridge, in 10 top lists Check -
32 new
Le fabuleux destin d'Amélie Poulain
2001 — a.k.a. Amélie, in 27 top lists Check -
34 new
Moulin Rouge!
2001, in 17 top lists Check -
36 new
The Dreamers
2003, in 4 top lists Check -
38 new
L'esquive
2003 — a.k.a. Games of Love and Chance, in 3 top lists Check -
39 new
Before Sunset
2004, in 18 top lists Check -
40 new
Les amants réguliers
2005 — a.k.a. Regular Lovers, in 3 top lists Check -
43 new
Dans Paris
2006, in 0 top lists Check -
44 new
Paris, je t'aime
2006, in 0 top lists Check -
48 new
Amour
2012, in 15 top lists Check
Last updated on Mar 2, 2014; source