Amélie (2001) poster4

France10 Essential French FilmsStop 4 of 10

Amélie

Le Fabuleux Destin d'Amélie Poulain

2001 · 122 min · Comedy

A whimsical, painfully shy Parisian waitress discovers a knack for quietly engineering happiness in the lives of those around her — until she must find the courage to reach for her own. Jean-Pierre Jeunet's enchanting, storybook romance.

Runtime
122 min
Genre
Comedy · Romance
Mood
funny · romantic · dreamlike
Entry
some context
Best for
a lighter route

Content notes: sexual content Non-exhaustive

Return to the complete listFilm notesWatch options

Part of 10 Essential French Films

This film is stop 4 of 10 in the hand-ranked native-cinema route through France. See the complete ranking or read the selection methodology.

FilmsAroundThe.World is a hand-curated atlas of world cinema with ranked country guides. It has no ads or accounts; anonymous aggregate page views and product milestones are measured with Vercel Web Analytics. Open the map, follow a curated route, or read the methodology.