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Stories Set in France
From medieval Paris to the Revolution, from Montmartre cafés to Provençal villages, France is one of fiction's favourite stages. These ten famous works are a starting point — on StoryTerra you can open France on the interactive map and filter thousands of stories by city, from Paris to Marseille, and by century.
Open France on the StoryTerra map10 famous stories set in France
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Browse 1,413 books, 4,424 movies, 42 TV shows and 145 games set in France.
Inception
Cobb a skilled thief who commits corporate espionage by infiltrating the subconscious of his targets is offered a chance to regain his old life as payment for a task considered to be impossible: "inception" the…
Inglourious Basterds
In Nazi-occupied France during World War II a group of Jewish-American soldiers known as "The Basterds" are chosen specifically to spread fear throughout the Third Reich by scalping and brutally killing Nazis. The…
Saving Private Ryan
As U.S. troops storm the beaches of Normandy three brothers lie dead on the battlefield with a fourth trapped behind enemy lines. Ranger captain John Miller and seven men are tasked with penetrating German-held…
The Intouchables
A true story of two men who should never have met – a quadriplegic aristocrat who was injured in a paragliding accident and a young man from the projects.
John Wick: Chapter 4
With the price on his head ever increasing John Wick uncovers a path to defeating The High Table. But before he can earn his freedom Wick must face off against a new enemy with powerful alliances across the globe and…
Ratatouille
Remy a resident of Paris appreciates good food and has quite a sophisticated palate. He would love to become a chef so he can create and enjoy culinary masterpieces to his heart's delight. The only problem is Remy is a…
Catch Me If You Can
A true story about Frank Abagnale Jr. who before his 19th birthday successfully conned millions of dollars worth of checks as a Pan Am pilot doctor and legal prosecutor. An FBI agent makes it his mission to put him…
Beauty and the Beast
Follow the adventures of Belle a bright young woman who finds herself in the castle of a prince who's been turned into a mysterious beast. With the help of the castle's enchanted staff Belle soon learns the most…
X-Men: Days of Future Past
The ultimate X-Men ensemble fights a war for the survival of the species across two time periods as they join forces with their younger selves in an epic battle that must change the past – to save our future.
Ford v Ferrari
American car designer Carroll Shelby and the British-born driver Ken Miles work together to battle corporate interference the laws of physics and their own personal demons to build a revolutionary race car for Ford…
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