The Best Movies That Are Based in Paris
The Eiffel Tower, romantic cafes, the Louvre Museum, Notre Dame Cathedral, Versailles Palace, Moulin Rouge – these are just some of the cultural icons associated with Paris, France, also known as the “City of Love.” Paris is a huge tourist attraction and so beautiful that it's used as the setting for movies and films, like those on this list.
Since Paris is such a large city and is home to some of the most influential, iconic landmarks in Europe it makes sense that movies like Moulin Rouge, Hugo and Midnight in Paris would feature this famous place.
This list has the best movies about Paris including: Cache, Everyone Says I Love You, Last Tango in Paris, Casablanca, The Hunchback of Notre Dame, French Kiss, and Forget Paris. There are also several horror movies set in Paris.
Vote up your favorite of these Parisian-set films or add one that isn't on the list.
- 1Ethan Hawke, Julie Delpy, Vernon Dobtcheff
- 2Owen Wilson, Rachel McAdams, Marion Cotillard
- Anne Hathaway, Amanda Seyfried, Hugh Jackman
- Released: 2012
- Directed by: Tom Hooper
Les Misérables is a 2012 musical drama film directed by Tom Hooper, based on the 1862 French novel of the same name by Victor Hugo, which also inspired a 1980 concept album and 1985 musical by Alain ...more - 4Matt Damon, Franka Potente, Chris Cooper
- 5Ethan Hawke, Julie Delpy, Erni Mangold
- 6Audrey Hepburn, Fred Astaire, Kay Thompson