French films by setting

Where 2,947 films and series are set. Titles are ranked by French Wikipedia lookups, not viewings or sales.

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RegionTitlesTop 200Most looked-up filmMost looked-up series

Île-de-France1,13959.5% ↑Les Trois Mousquetaires : D'Artagnan 2023Cat's Eyes 2024

Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur21611.5% ↑BAC Nord 2021Tapie 2023

Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes583.5% ↑L'Armée des ombres 1969Anthracite 2024

Hauts-de-France432.5% ↑La Vie d'Adèle 2013Germinal 2021

Bretagne422.5% ↑Le Chant du loup 2019none set here

Nouvelle-Aquitaine412.5% ↑Les Trois Mousquetaires : Milady 2023Fortune de France 2024

Normandie260.5%Les Parapluies de Cherbourg 1964none set here

Occitanie253.0% ↑Les Tontons flingueurs 1963none set here

Pays de la Loire221.0%La Famille Bélier 2014none set here

Corse200.5%Un moment d'égarement 2015none set here

Grand Est150.5%Le Train 1973none set here

Bourgogne-Franche-Comté40.0%La Folle Histoire de Max et Léon 2016none set here

Centre-Val de Loire30.0%Jour de fête 1949none set here

Set outside France1,45128.5% ↓Astérix et Obélix : l'Empire du Milieu 2023Totally Spies! 2001

Share of allShare of the 200 most looked-up, greyed where a region has under ten titles

How this list is made

Placed by where the story is set, not where it was filmed. A title set in two regions counts in both.

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