The Best Movies That Are Based in Paris

Updated January 17, 2020 796 votes 129 voters 9.2k views

List RulesMovies about or set 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.

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Midnight in Paris
Rachel McAdams, Marion Cotillard
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Before Sunset
Ethan Hawke, Julie Delpy
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Casablanca
Ingrid Bergman, Humphrey Bogart
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Before Sunrise
Ethan Hawke, Julie Delpy
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Les Enfants Terribles
Jean Cocteau, Nicole Stéphane
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Gigi
Eva Gabor, Leslie Caron
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Funny Face
Audrey Hepburn, Fred Astaire
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Anastasia
Kirsten Dunst, Meg Ryan
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Hugo
Jude Law, Chloë Grace Moretz
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The Sun Also Rises
Ava Gardner, Errol Flynn
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The Bourne Identity
Matt Damon, Clive Owen
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The Aristocats
Eva Gabor, Ruth Buzzi
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Big Fish
Miley Cyrus, Ewan McGregor
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An American in Paris
Gene Kelly, Leslie Caron
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Broken English
Parker Posey, Justin Theroux
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Caché
Juliette Binoche, Annie Girardot
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The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Brad Pitt, Cate Blanchett
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The Hunchback of Notre Dame
Lon Chaney, Ernest Torrence
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Moulin Rouge!
Nicole Kidman, Ozzy Osbourne
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Ronin
Robert De Niro, Sean Bean
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Henry & June
Uma Thurman, Kevin Spacey
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Inception
Leonardo DiCaprio, Tom Hardy
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Breathless
Jean Seberg, Jean-Luc Godard
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The Devil Wears Prada
Anne Hathaway, Heidi Klum
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The Da Vinci Code
Tom Hanks, Ian McKellen
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