List of films set in Paris
French cinema
- Hôtel du Nord (1938), Marcel Carné
- Les Enfants du paradis (1945), Marcel Carné
- Quai des Orfèvres (1947), Henri-Georges Clouzot
- La Traversée de Paris (1956), Claude Autant-Lara
- Ascenseur pour l'échafaud (1958), Louis Malle
- Les Quatre Cents Coups (1959), François Truffaut
- À bout de souffle (1960), Jean-Luc Godard
- Zazie dans le métro (1960), Louis Malle
- Paris brûle-t-il ? (1966), René Clément
- Belle de jour (1967), Luis Buñuel
- L'Armée des ombres (1969), Jean-Pierre Melville
- Les Aventures de Rabbi Jacob (1973), Gérard Oury
- Peur sur la ville (1975), Henri Verneuil
- Violette Nozière (1978), Claude Chabrol
- Le Dernier Métro (1980), François Truffaut
- Les Ripoux (1984), Claude Zidi
- Subway (1985), Luc Besson
- Autour de minuit (1986), Bertrand Tavernier
- Nikita (1990), Luc Besson
- Les Amants du Pont-Neuf (1991), Leos Carax
- Une époque formidable (1991), Gérard Jugnot
- L. 627 (1992), Bertrand Tavernier
- Les Nuits fauves (1992), Cyril Collard
- Trois Couleurs : Bleu (1993), Krzysztof Kieslowski
- Un indien dans la ville (1994), Hervé Palud
- Chacun cherche son chat (1996), Cédric Klapisch
- On connaît la chanson (1997), Alain Resnais
- La Vérité si je mens! (1997), Thomas Gilou
- Place Vendôme (1998), Nicole Garcia
- La Fille sur le pont (1999), Patrice Leconte
- Peut-être (1999), Cédric Klapisch
- Le Fabuleux Destin d'Amélie Poulain (2001), Jean-Pierre Jeunet
- Le Boulet (2002), Alain Berbérian et Frédéric Forestier
- Monsieur Batignole (2002), Gérard Jugnot
- Bon voyage (2003), Jean-Paul Rappeneau
- Chouchou (2003), Merzak Allouache
- 36 Quai des Orfèvres (2004), Olivier Marchal
- Le Promeneur du Champ-de-Mars (2005), Robert Guédiguian
- Le Petit Lieutenant (2005), Xavier Beauvois
- Les Poupées Russes (2005), Cédric Klapisch
- Angel-A (2005), Luc Besson
- Coeurs (2006), Alain Resnais
- Ne le dis à personne (2006), Guillaume Canet
- Ensemble, c'est tout (2007), Claude Berri
- Paris (2007), Cédric Klapisch
International films
- The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1923), Wallace Worsley
- The Phantom of the Opera (1925), Rupert Julian
- Ninotchka (1939), Ernst Lubitsch
- An American in Paris (1951), Vincente Minnelli
- April in Paris (1952), David Butler
- Moulin Rouge (1952), John Huston
- Sabrina (1954), Billy Wilder
- Funny Face (1957), Stanley Donen
- Silk Stockings (1957), Rouben Mamoulian
- Love in the Afternoon (1957), Billy Wilder
- Gigi (1958), Vincente Minnelli
- Gay Purr-ee (1962), Robert Goulet
- Charade (1963), Stanley Donen
- Paris When It Sizzles (1964), Richard Quine
- How to Steal a Million (1966), William Wyler
- Woman Times Seven (1967) Vitorrio De Sica
- Destroy All Monsters (1968), Yoshio Tsuchiya
- The Aristocats (1970), Wolfgang Reitherman
- Ultimo tango a Parigi (1972), Bernardo Bertolucci
- The American Friend (1977), Wim Wenders
- A Little Romance (1979), George Roy Hill
- Bon Voyage, Charlie Brown (and Don't Come Back!!) (1980), Charles M. Schulz
- Superman II (1980), Richard Donner & Richard Lester
- A View to a Kill (1985), John Glen
- Frantic (1988), Roman Polanski
- Dangerous Liaisons (1988), Stephen Frears
- Window To Paris (1993), Yuri Mamin, Arcady Tigay
- Killing Zoe (1994), Roger Avary
- French Kiss (1995), Lawrence Kasdan
- Jefferson in Paris (1995), James Ivory
- Forget Paris (1995), Billy Crystal
- The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1996), Gary Trousdale & Kirk Wise
- Everyone Says I Love You (1996), Woody Allen
- Independence Day (1996), Will Smith
- An American Werewolf in Paris (1997), Anthony Waller
- Deep Impact (1998), Morgan Freeman
- Armageddon (1998), Bruce Willis
- Ronin (1998), John Frankenheimer
- Kiss of the Dragon (2001), Jet Li
- Moulin Rouge! (2001), Baz Luhrmann
- The Bourne Identity (2002), Doug Liman
- Les Innocents (2003), Bernardo Bertolucci
- Before Sunset (2004), Richard Linklater
- Devil Man (2004), Hisato Izaki
- Eurotrip (2004), Jeff Schaffer
- Godzilla Final Wars (2004), Tsutomu Kitagawa
- Hum Tum (2004), Saif Ali Khan
- Deuce Bigalow: European Gigolo (2005), Rob Schneider
- Da Vinci Code (2006), Ron Howard
- Paris, je t'aime (2006), Wes Craven
- The Devil Wears Prada (2006), Anne Hathaway
- The Pink Panther (2006) (A reboot of the earlier series), Steve Martin
- 2 Days in Paris (2007), Adam Goldberg
- Ratatouille (2007), Brad Bird
- Rush Hour 3 (2007), Chris Tucker and Jackie Chan
- The Bourne Ultimatum (incl. deleted scenes), Paul Greengrass
- Disaster Movie (2008), Carmen Electra
- Taken (2008), Liam Neeson
- The Pink Panther 2 (2009), Steve Martin
- G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra (2009), Channing Tatum
- Inglorious Basterds (2009) (2009), Quentin Tarantino
- 2012 (2009), Danny Glover
- Inception (2010), Christopher Nolan
- Hereafter (2010), Clint Eastwood
Paris destroyed on film
- When WOrlds Collide (1951)
- Crack in the World (1965)
- Destroy All Monsters (1968)
- Independence Day (1996)
- Armageddon (1998)
- Deep Impact (1998)
- Devil Man (2004)
- Godzilla Final Wars (2004)
- Flood (2007)
- G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra (2009)
- 2012 (2009)