The Best Paris Movies and TV Shows
Finding a good Paris movie and TV show to watch can be hard, so we've ranked the best ones and included where to watch them. Check out our list of the best Paris movies and TV shows of all time streaming online.
1. Moulin Rouge!
What it's about: A celebration of love and creative inspiration takes place in the infamous, gaudy and glamorous Parisian nightclub, at the cusp of the 20th century. A young poet, who is plunged into the heady world of Moulin Rouge, begins a passionate affair with the club's most notorious and beautiful star.
Where to Watch: Available to rent or buy from $2.99 on 6 services (iTunes, Google Play & 4 others).
2. Team America: World Police
What it's about: Team America World Police follows an international police force dedicated to maintaining global stability. Learning that dictator Kim Jong il is out to destroy the world, the team recruits Broadway star Gary Johnston to go undercover. With the help of Team America, Gary manages to uncover the plan to destroy the world. Will Team America be able to save it in time? It stars… Samuel L Jackson, Tim Robbins, Sean Penn, Michael Moore, Helen Hunt, Matt Damon, Susan Sarandon, George Clooney, Danny Glover, Ethan Hawke, Alec Baldwin… or does it?
Where to Watch: Available to stream on a subscription service (fuboTV & Showtime), stream on a popular TV everywhere service (Showtime) & rent or buy from $2.99 on 6 services (iTunes, Google Play & 4 others).
3. An American in Paris
What it's about: Jerry Mulligan is an exuberant American expatriate in Paris trying to make a reputation as a painter. His friend Adam is a struggling concert pianist who's a long time associate of a famous French singer, Henri Baurel. A lonely society woman, Milo Roberts, takes Jerry under her wing and supports him, but is interested in more than his art.
Where to Watch: Available to stream on a subscription service (Hoopla) & rent or buy from $2.99 on 4 services (iTunes, Google Play & 2 others).
4. Faces Places
What it's about: Director Agnès Varda and photographer/muralist JR journey through rural France and form an unlikely friendship.
Where to Watch: Available to stream on a subscription service (Kanopy) & rent or buy from $2.99 on 5 services (iTunes, Google Play & 3 others).
5. Funny Face
What it's about: A shy Greenwich Village book clerk is discovered by a fashion photographer and whisked off to Paris where she becomes a reluctant model.
Where to Watch: Available to rent or buy from $2.99 on 5 services (iTunes, Google Play & 3 others).
6. Stolen Kisses
What it's about: The third in a series of films featuring François Truffaut's alter-ego, Antoine Doinel, the story resumes with Antoine being discharged from military service. His sweetheart Christine's father lands Antoine a job as a security guard, which he promptly loses. Stumbling into a position assisting a private detective, Antoine falls for his employers' seductive wife, Fabienne, and finds that he must choose between the older woman and Christine.
Where to Watch: Available to stream on a subscription service (The Criterion Channel & Kanopy).
7. Ballerina
What it's about: Set in 1879 Paris. An orphan girl dreams of becoming a ballerina and flees her rural Brittany for Paris, where she passes for someone else and accedes to the position of pupil at the Grand Opera house.
Where to Watch: Available to stream on a subscription service (Hoopla) & rent or buy from $3.99 on 6 services (iTunes, Google Play & 4 others).
8. Last Tango in Paris
What it's about: A recently widowed American begins an anonymous sexual relationship with a young Parisian woman.
Where to Watch: Available to rent or buy from $2.99 on 4 services (Google Play, Prime Video & 2 others).
9. Bird
What it's about: Saxophone player Charlie Parker comes to New York in 1940. He is quickly noticed for his remarkable way of playing. He becomes a drug addict but his loving wife Chan tries to help him.
Where to Watch: Available to stream on a subscription service (Starz), stream on a popular TV everywhere service (Starz) & rent or buy from $2.99 on 4 services (iTunes, Google Play & 2 others).
10. Men in Black: International
What it's about: The Men in Black have always protected the Earth from the scum of the universe. In this new adventure, they tackle their biggest, most global threat to date: a mole in the Men in Black organization.
Where to Watch: Available to stream on a subscription service (Starz), stream on a popular TV everywhere service (Starz) & rent or buy from $14.99 on 5 services (iTunes, Prime Video & 3 others).
11. Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines or How I Flew from London to Paris in 25 hours 11 minutes
What it's about: In order to boost circulation of his newspaper, Lord Rawnsley announces an air race and offers £10,000 to the first person who can fly across the English Channel. But one of the participants, Percy, plots to sabotage his competitor's planes. Will Percy triumph?
Where to Watch: Available to rent or buy from $2.99 on 5 services (iTunes, Google Play & 3 others).
12. National Lampoon's European Vacation
What it's about: The Griswalds win a vacation to Europe on a game show, and thus pack their bags for the continent. They do their best to catch the flavor of Europe, but they just don't know how to be be good tourists. Besides, they have trouble taking holidays in countries where they CAN speak the language.
Where to Watch: Available to rent or buy from $3.99 on 4 services (iTunes, Google Play & 2 others).
13. The Nasty Girl
What it's about: When a young woman investigates her town's Nazi past, the community turns against her.
Where to Watch: Available to stream on a subscription service (CBS All Access) & rent or buy from $2.99 on 1 service (Vudu).
14. 2 Days in New York
What it's about: Marion and Mingus both come from failed relationships but, by bringing their children together, they've managed to form a small yet happy family. Tensions in their household soon begin to spike when Marion's jovial father shows up on their doorstep with his randy daughter and her peculiar boyfriend in tow. As the motor-mouthed houseguests shatter every taboo imaginable, the happy couple begin to question their commitment.
Where to Watch: Available to stream on a subscription service (Hoopla) & rent or buy from $2.99 on 5 services (iTunes, Google Play & 3 others).
15. The Madwoman of Chaillot
What it's about: An eccentric Parisian woman's optimistic perception of life begins to sound more rational than the rather traditional beliefs of others.
Where to Watch: Available to rent or buy from $2.99 on 4 services (iTunes, Google Play & 2 others).
16. Tempo
What it's about: Jenny, a young American woman, moves to Paris and gets involved with Jack, who is seemingly the man of her dreams. However, he has a lot to hide and Jenny quickly gets entangled his dangerous lifestyle.
Where to Watch: Available to rent or buy from $3.99 on 5 services (iTunes, Google Play & 3 others).