France

When professional cyclist Champion is kidnapped by the French mafia during the Tour de France his elderly grandmother sets off on a rescue mission.

A look at the annual journey of Emperor penguins as they march to their breeding ground.

The trial of Joan of Arc as told from the perspective of the judges who are trying to get her to recant her claims of divine visions.

During World War I two French soldiers are captured and imprisoned by the Germans. An aristocratic French officer finds a kindred spirit in his German captor.

Amelie an innocent and naive girl in Paris with a love for goings-on around her decides to help those around her find happiness only to ignore her own desire for love.

Leon is a professional cleaner — a hitman — who lives alone in New York City keeping his world deliberately small. When twelve-year-old Mathilda's family is massacred by a corrupt DEA agent Leon reluctantly takes her in and the two form an unlikely and complicated bond. Jean Reno brings unexpected warmth to the taciturn Leon and the young Natalie Portman is extraordinary in her film debut. Gary Oldman's scenery-devouring villain and Luc Besson's stylish direction make this one of the most influential European action films ever made.