By Vlad Zakh · February 5, 2026
Drama thought provokingfeel good
Danielle Darrieux enjoyed one of the longest, most graceful careers in French cinema, with effortless elegance across seven decades. 8 Women snows eight suspects into a mansion after the patriarch is murdered, The Earrings of Madame de… follows secretly sold earrings through scandal and heartbreak, Landru charms and murders lonely women in wartime France, and Rue de l’Estrapade has a composer’s wife answer his infidelity in kind. La Ronde and Mayerling round out the list.
01 Eight women snowed in at a country house all become suspects when the household's only man is found dead.
Directed by François Ozon · 1h 51m · Rated R
Stream: STUDIOCANAL PRESENTS Apple TV Channel, Studiocanal Presents Amazon Channel · Rent or buy: Apple TV Store
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02 A charming con man seduces and murders a string of lonely women in First World War France.
Directed by Claude Chabrol · 1h 52m
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03 A composer's wife retaliates against his infidelity by pursuing an escapade of her own.
Directed by Jacques Becker · 1h 37m
04 Charles Boyer appears as a pair of diamond earrings passed between owners exposes the emptiness of a high-society marriage.
Directed by Max Ophüls · 1h 45m
Stream: HBO Max Amazon Channel, Criterion Channel, HBO Max · Rent or buy: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Fandango At Home
Rent or buy: Apple TV Store, Amazon Video
Stream: Criterion Channel · Rent or buy: Apple TV Store
05 A chain of romantic encounters connects ten strangers across different classes of Viennese society.
Directed by Max Ophüls · 1h 35m
Stream: Criterion Channel, France Channel Amazon Channel
Stream: Criterion Channel
06 A crown prince's forbidden love affair spirals towards a real, tragic royal scandal in Austria.
Directed by Anatole Litvak · 1h 36m
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