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Must see European movies

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  • Philip Seymour Hoffman, Nick Frost, Rhys Ifans, Bill Nighy, and Talulah Riley in The Boat That Rocked (2009)

    1. The Boat That Rocked

    20091h 57mR58Metascore
    7.3 (118K)
    A band of rogue DJs that captivated Britain, playing the music that defined a generation and standing up to a government that wanted classical music, and nothing else, on the airwaves.
    DirectorRichard CurtisStarsPhilip Seymour HoffmanBill NighyNick Frost
  • Julia Roberts and Hugh Grant in Notting Hill (1999)

    2. Notting Hill

    19992h 4mPG-1368Metascore
    7.2 (366K)
    A set of circumstances makes Anna Scott, a famous actress, fall in love with William Thacker, owner of a bookstore in Notting Hill. But the paparazzi's fascination with her complicates their bond.
    DirectorRoger MichellStarsHugh GrantJulia RobertsRichard McCabe
  • Rowan Atkinson, Colin Firth, Hugh Grant, Liam Neeson, Alan Rickman, Emma Thompson, Laura Linney, Keira Knightley, Martine McCutcheon, and Bill Nighy in Love Actually (2003)

    3. Love Actually

    20032h 15mR55Metascore
    7.6 (559K)
    Follows the lives of eight very different couples in dealing with their love lives in various loosely interrelated tales all set during a frantic month before Christmas in London, England.
    DirectorRichard CurtisStarsHugh GrantMartine McCutcheonLiam Neeson
  • Dany Boon and Kad Merad in Welcome to the Sticks (2008)

    4. Welcome to the Sticks

    20081h 46mNot Rated
    7.1 (46K)
    A French public servant from Provence is banished to the far North. Strongly prejudiced against this cold and inhospitable place, he leaves his family behind to relocate temporarily there, with the firm intent to quickly return.
    DirectorDany BoonStarsKad MeradDany BoonZoé Félix
  • Rowan Atkinson in Mr. Bean's Holiday (2007)

    5. Mr. Bean's Holiday

    20071h 30mG56Metascore
    6.4 (138K)
    Mr. Bean wins a trip to Cannes where he unwittingly separates a young boy from his father and must help the two reunite. On the way he discovers France, bicycling, and true love.
    DirectorSteve BendelackStarsRowan AtkinsonWillem DafoeSteve Pemberton
  • Audrey Tautou in Amélie (2001)

    6. Amélie

    20012h 2mR70Metascore
    8.3 (819K)
    Despite being caught in her imaginative world, young waitress Amelie decides to help people find happiness. Her quest to spread joy leads her on a journey during which she finds true love.
    DirectorJean-Pierre JeunetStarsAudrey TautouMathieu KassovitzRufus
  • Julia Ormond and Oleg Menshikov in The Barber of Siberia (1998)

    7. The Barber of Siberia

    19983h
    7.6 (13K)
    At the turn of the century, a young Russian cadet falls in love with an American beauty, endangering his career and even their lives.
    DirectorNikita MikhalkovStarsJulia OrmondOleg MenshikovAleksey Petrenko
  • Burnt by the Sun (1994)

    8. Burnt by the Sun

    19942h 15mR
    7.8 (17K)
    In the USSR in 1936, shadows of Stalin's repressions fall on a famous, revolutionary hero. The accusations of him being a foreign spy are nonsense, and everyone knows that. However, a slow process of his downfall has already started.
    DirectorNikita MikhalkovStarsNikita MikhalkovIngeborga DapkunaiteOleg Menshikov
  • Daniel Brühl and Chulpan Khamatova in Good Bye Lenin! (2003)

    9. Good Bye Lenin!

    20032h 1mR68Metascore
    7.7 (157K)
    In 1990, to protect his fragile mother from a fatal shock after a long coma, a young man must keep her from learning that her beloved nation of East Germany as she knew it has disappeared.
    DirectorWolfgang BeckerStarsDaniel BrühlKatrin SassChulpan Khamatova
  • Black Cat, White Cat (1998)

    10. Black Cat, White Cat

    19982h 7mR73Metascore
    8.0 (58K)
    Matko and his son Zare live on the banks of the Danube river and get by through hustling and basically doing anything to make a living. In order to pay off a business debt Matko agrees to marry off Zare to the sister of a local gangster.
    DirectorEmir KusturicaStarsBajram SeverdzanSrdjan 'Zika' TodorovicBranka Katic
  • Louis de Funès and Bourvil in Don't Look Now... We're Being Shot At! (1966)

    11. Don't Look Now... We're Being Shot At!

    19662h 3mG
    7.9 (21K)
    Several ordinary Frenchmen go on an epic voyage through the occupied country to the free zone as they help British pilots avoid German captivity.
    DirectorGérard OuryStarsBourvilLouis de FunèsClaudio Brook
  • Luna Papa (1999)

    12. Luna Papa

    19991h 47m
    7.2 (3.4K)
    The unborn child of Mamlakat (Khamatova) is telling her story. She is 17, beautiful and vivacious, and dreaming secretly of becoming an actress. She lives with her father and brother (Bleibtreu) in a small village in Central Asia. One night she is seduced by an actor from a traveling troupe, who poses as a friend of Tom Cruise, and makes her pregnant. She tries to abort, but her father and brother become determined to find the seducer, setting in motion a cascade of comic adventures.
    DirectorBakhtyar KhudojnazarovStarsChulpan KhamatovaMoritz BleibtreuAto Mukhamedzhanov
  • Pierre Richard in The Toy (1976)

    13. The Toy

    19761h 35mPG
    7.4 (6.8K)
    A poor journalist finds himself as a toy of a boss' son. Making friends with a naughty child, he tries to save him from the cruel power of his father.
    DirectorFrancis VeberStarsPierre RichardMichel BouquetFabrice Greco
  • Til Schweiger and Jan Josef Liefers in Knockin' on Heaven's Door (1997)

    14. Knockin' on Heaven's Door

    19971h 27mNot Rated
    7.8 (35K)
    Two terminally ill patients escape from a hospital, steal a car and rush towards the sea.
    DirectorThomas JahnStarsTil SchweigerJan Josef LiefersThierry van Werveke
  • Viktor Bortsov, Leonid Bronevoy, Oleg Menshikov, Sofiya Pilyavskaya, Anatoliy Ravikovich, and Inna Ulyanova in Pokrov Gates (1983)

    15. Pokrov Gates

    19832h 20mTV Movie
    7.9 (3.3K)
    Love and curiosities of neighbors in a communal apartment. A cult comedy about Moscow in the 50s, which was sold in quotes.
    DirectorMikhail KozakovStarsOleg MenshikovSofiya PilyavskayaLeonid Bronevoy
  • Jason Flemyng, Dexter Fletcher, Vinnie Jones, Jason Statham, and Nick Moran in Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels (1998)

    16. Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels

    19981h 47mR67Metascore
    8.1 (636K)
    When four small-time criminals lose a rigged poker game against a London kingpin, he gives them one week to settle their enormous debt.
    DirectorGuy RitchieStarsJason FlemyngDexter FletcherNick Moran
  • Serko (2006)

    17. Serko

    20061h 36m
    6.1 (194)
    The film tells about a true story about the legendary horse Serko, on which a young centurion of the Amur equestrian regiment Dmitriy Peshkov rode from Blagoveshchensk to St. Petersburg, where he was awarded the Order of St. Anna of the III degree. He traveled all the way from the Far East to St. Petersburg with a length of more than 8750 km in 194 days.
    DirectorJoël FargesStarsAleksey ChadovJacques GamblinKseniya Gromova
  • Björk in Dancer in the Dark (2000)

    18. Dancer in the Dark

    20002h 15mR63Metascore
    7.9 (121K)
    An Eastern European US immigrant with a love for musicals has to cope with the gradual loss of her vision.
    DirectorLars von TrierStarsBjörkCatherine DeneuveDavid Morse
  • Nutsa Kukhianidze in 27 Missing Kisses (2000)

    19. 27 Missing Kisses

    20001h 38m
    6.6 (1.6K)
    The summer adventures of teenaged Sybilla, who falls in love with a middle-aged father while being romanced by his teenaged son.
    DirectorNana DzhordzhadzeStarsNutsa KukhianidzeEvgeniy SidikhinShalva Iashvili
  • Angel-A (2005)

    20. Angel-A

    20051h 31mR48Metascore
    7.0 (37K)
    A beautiful woman helps an inept scam artist get his game together.
    DirectorLuc BessonStarsRie RasmussenJamel DebbouzeGilbert Melki
  • Maria, Mirabella (1981)

    21. Maria, Mirabella

    19811h 9m
    7.5 (752)
    Two sisters go to the fairy to help the little inhabitants of the forest. Musical film-tale with animation.
    DirectorsNatalya BodyulIon Popescu-GopoStarsGilda ManolescuMedeea MarinescuIngrid Celia
  • Thierry Lhermitte and Jacques Villeret in Le Dîner de Cons (1998)

    22. Le Dîner de Cons

    19981h 20mPG-1373Metascore
    7.6 (46K)
    A few friends have a weekly fools' dinner, where each brings a fool along. Pierre finds a champion fool for next dinner. Surprise.
    DirectorFrancis VeberStarsThierry LhermitteJacques VilleretFrancis Huster
  • Sophie Marceau and Yvan Attal in Anthony Zimmer (2005)

    23. Anthony Zimmer

    20051h 29m
    6.5 (8.7K)
    Anthony Zimmer was a big money launderer. The police wants him, but he has changed his face and voice. His old Russian clients want him dead. His ex is told to socialize with a random man on the train Paris to Nice.
    DirectorJérôme SalleStarsYvan AttalSophie MarceauSami Frey
  • François Cluzet and Omar Sy in The Intouchables (2011)

    24. The Intouchables

    20111h 52mR57Metascore
    8.5 (979K)
    After he becomes a quadriplegic from a paragliding accident, an aristocrat hires a young man from the projects to be his caregiver.
    DirectorsOlivier NakacheÉric ToledanoStarsFrançois CluzetOmar SyAnne Le Ny
  • Armie Hammer and Timothée Chalamet in Call Me by Your Name (2017)

    25. Call Me by Your Name

    20172h 12mR94Metascore
    7.8 (340K)
    It's the summer of 1983, and 17-year-old Elio is spending the days with his family at their villa in Lombardy, Italy. He soon meets Oliver, who's working as an intern for Elio's father. They discover the heady beauty of awakening desire.
    DirectorLuca GuadagninoStarsTimothée ChalametArmie HammerMichael Stuhlbarg

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