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Stories Set in Paris
No city has been written and filmed more than Paris — medieval bells, barricades, Montmartre whimsy and Louvre conspiracies. These ten famous works each claim a different Paris; on StoryTerra you can open the city on the map and filter its stories by century, from the 1400s to today.
Open Paris on the StoryTerra map10 famous stories set in Paris
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Browse 609 books, 1,218 movies, 13 TV shows and 71 games set in Paris.
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…
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…
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.
Amélie
At a tiny Parisian café the adorable yet painfully shy Amélie accidentally discovers a gift for helping others. Soon Amelie is spending her days as a matchmaker guardian angel and all-around do-gooder. But when she…
Taken
While vacationing with a friend in Paris an American girl is kidnapped by a gang of human traffickers intent on selling her into forced prostitution. Working against the clock her ex-spy father must pull out all the…
Now You See Me
An FBI agent and an Interpol detective track a team of illusionists who pull off bank heists during their performances and reward their audiences with the money.
Anastasia
Ten years after she was separated from her family an eighteen-year-old orphan with vague memories of the past sets out to Paris in hopes of reuniting with her grandmother. She is accompanied by two con men who intend to…
The Bourne Identity
Wounded to the brink of death and suffering from amnesia Jason Bourne is rescued at sea by a fisherman. With nothing to go on but a Swiss bank account number he starts to reconstruct his life but finds that many people…
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