50 Movies That Will Have You Fall in Love With Paris

As the 2024 Olympics gear up for its stay in Paris from July 26 to August 11, we’re celebrating the on-screen history of the French capital with our guide to 50 movies that will make you fall in love with Paris! With a nickname like the City of Love, of course we’re feeling romance and romantic comedies in the air, including Before Sunrise, Midnight in Paris, Best Picture Oscar-winner An American in Paris, and Amelie.

Paris has been a monumental influence on the French New Wave movement of the 1950s and 1960s, as seen in The 400 Blows and Breathless. And there’s plenty of reason to say ‘action!’ with District B13, La Femme Nikita, and Leon: The Professional. Meanwhile, we also included movies that pay tribute to Paris with their own fully-constructed sets and worlds but filmed elsewhere, like Ratatouille, Moulin Rouge, and Sabrina.

Per usual, the list is sorted by Tomatometer, with Certified Fresh films first, which include Charade, Hugo, La vie en rose, Julie & Julia, and The Intouchables.