Amelie 2001  R, 120 min.
Genre: Foreign / Comedy / Romance
Director: Jean-Pierre Jeunet
Cast: Audrey Tautou, Mathieu Kassovitz, Rufus, Yolande Moreau, Artus de Penguern, Urbain Cancelier, Dominique Pinon, Maurice Benichou, Claude Perron, Michel Robin, Lorella Cravotta, Serge Merlin, James Debbouze, Clotilde Mollet, Isabelle Nanty
Amelie (Audrey Tautou), a shy waitress working in the Montmarte section of Paris, begins meddling in the lives of those around her. While the result is brighter lives for those she touches, Amelie is forced to face her own loneliness and must find enough confidence to pursue Nino Quincampoix (Mathieu Kassovitz) in her quest for love. The film received five Academy Award nominations, including Best Foreign-Language Film.
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 The Da Vinci Code 2006  PG-13, 150 min.
Genre: Mystery / Thriller / Drama
Director: Ron Howard
Cast: Tom Hanks, Audrey Tautou, Ian McKellen, Alfred Molina, Jurgen Prochnow, Paul Bettany, Jean Reno, Etienne Chicot, Jean-Pierre Marielle, Seth Gabel, Jean-Yves Berteloot, Clive Carter
Dan Brown's best-selling–and controversial to many Christians– novel is brought to the screen by Ron Howard. Robert Langdon (Tom Hanks), a Harvard professor/symbologist, is visiting Paris when he is called to the Louvre after the curator is found murdered in the museum. A cipher found near the body begins Langdon's and cryptologist Sophie Neveu's (Audrey Tautou) thrilling race for the secrets of the cipher, which includes Leonardo Da Vinci's hidden meanings in his paintings and encounters with secret societies. This film version tiptoes around the more controversial parts of the novel.
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 Dirty Pretty Things 2002  R, 107 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Stephen Frears
Cast: Chiwetel Ejiofor, Audrey Tautou, Sergi Lopez, Sophie Okonedo, Benedict Wong, Zlatko Buric, Kriss Dosanjh, Israel Aduramo, Yemi Ajibade, Nizwar Karanj
Problems faced by illegal immigrants are the focus of this story. Okwe (Chiwetel Ejiofor) was a Nigerian doctor who now ekes out a living in London working as a cab driver and hotel porter. Then there is his friend, Senay (Audrey Tautou), who is a Turkish illegal immigrant finding survival by offering sexual favors to her sweatshop boss. As if that's not enough, the hotel manager (Sergi Lopez) buys human kidneys from desperate donors, which he sells on the black market. Despite all, Okwe and Senay are survivors.
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God Is Great, I'm Not 2001  N/R, 95 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
Director: Pascale Bailly
Cast: Audrey Tautou, Edouard Baer, Julie Depardieu, Catherine Jacob, Philippe Laudenbach, Cathy Verney, Anna Koch, Max Tzwangue, Mathieu Demy, Atmen Kelif, Thierry Neuvic, Edwin Gerard
Down-on-her-luck Michele (Audrey Tautou) forsakes Catholicism and takes up the Jewish religion after falling for a Jewish veterinarian, Francois (Edouard Baer). Michele and Francois drive each other crazy, but they continue to work for a successful relationship.
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Happenstance 2000  R, 90 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
Director: Laurent Firode
Cast: Audrey Tautou, Faudel, Eric Savin, Irene Ismailoff, Eric Feldman, Lysiane Meis, Nathalie Besancon, Frederic Bouraly, Franck Bussi, Marina Tome
The lives of Parisians, Irene (Audrey Tautou) and Younes (Faudel), cross in chance connections that affect those around them–friends as well as strangers.
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He Loves Me, He Loves Me Not 2002 N/R, 92 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
Director: Laetitia Colombani
Cast: Audrey Tautou, Samuel Le Bihan, Isabelle Carre, Clement Sibony, Sophie Guillemin, Eric Savin, Michele Garay, Elodie Navarre, Catherine Cyler, Mathilde Blache
Angelique (Audrey Tautou) schemes to get a married doctor, Loic (Samuel Le Bihan), to leave his pregnant wife. But, when the story is retold through Loic's eyes, the audience begins to realize that crucial details concerning events in Angelique's version were missing.
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 L'Auberge Espagnole 2002 R, 116 min.
Genre: Comedy
aka: Euro Pudding
The Spanish Apartment
Director: Cedric Klapisch
Cast: Romain Duris, Cecile De France, Judith Godreche, Audrey Tautou, Kelly Reilly, Xavier De Guillebon, Kevin Bishop, Federico D'Anna, Cristina Brondo, Christian Pagh, Barnaby Metschurat
University of Barcelona students from a number of European countries move into an apartment where they share many things in common despite the fact that their languages and cultures differ.
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Russian Dolls 2005 N/R, 129 min.
Genre: Comedy / Romance
Director: Cedric Klapisch
Cast: Romain Duris, Kelly Reilly, Audrey Tautou, Cecile De France, Kevin Bishop, Evguenya Obraztsova, Irene Montala, Gary Love, Lucy Gordon, Aissa Maiga, Martine Demaret, Pierre Cassignard, Zinedine Soualem
In this sequel to "The Spanish Apartment," five years have passed and Xavier Rousseau (Romain Duris) is out of school, but his professional life as a writer appears to be going nowhere. His romantic life is also up in the air as he cannot decide between Wendy (Kelly Reilly), Celia (Lucy Gordon), and Martine (Audrey Tautou). Will his friends be able to help Xavier again solve his personal and professional problems?
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Venus Beauty Institute 1999 N/R, 105 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
Director: Tonie Marshall
Cast: Nathalie Baye, Bulle Ogier, Samuel Le Bihan, Jacques Bonnaffe, Mathilde Seigner, Audrey Tautou, Robert Hossein, Elli Medeiros, Micheline Presle, Emmanuelle Riva
Madame Nadine (Bulle Ogier) and her employees–Angele (Nathalie Baye), Samantha (Mathilde Seigner), and Marie (Audrey Tautou)–at the Parisian Venus Beauty Institute make their customers feel better about themselves. But, at the same time, the beauticians suffer their own psychological ups and downs running the gamut from casual sex to jealousy to suicide. This film received four Cesars (French Oscars) for Best Picture, Screenplay, Director, and Young Actress.
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 A Very Long Engagement 2004 R, 133 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
Director: Jean-Pierre Jeunet
Cast: Audrey Tautou, Gaspard Ulliel, Dominique Pinon, Chantal Neuwirth, Andre Dussollier, Jerome Kircher, Clovis Cornillac, Jean-Pierre Becker, Dominique Bettenfeld, Marion Cotillard, Jean-Pierre Darroussin, Ticky Holgado
Convinced that her fiance, Manech (Gaspard Ulliel)–who has disappeared between the French and German lines during World War I–is still alive, Mathilde (Audrey Tautou) gets help in her search from private detective Germain Pire (Ticky Holgado). Two Academy Award nominations were received.
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| 1. Amelie (2001)
2. The Da Vinci Code (2006)
3. Dirty Pretty Things (2002)
4. God Is Great, I'm Not (2001)
5. Happenstance (2000)
6. He Loves Me, He Loves Me Not (2002)
7. L'Auberge Espagnole (2002)
aka: Euro Pudding
aka: The Spanish Apartment
8. Russian Dolls (2005)
9. Venus Beauty Institute (1999)
10. A Very Long Engagement (2004)
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