11 Must-Watch Romantic French Films That Will Sweep You and Your Partner Off Your Feet

9. Le dernier métro (The Last Metro – 1980)

Starring Catherine Deneuve and Gérard Depardieu, this romantic drama is set during Nazi-occupied Paris. Deneuve plays a theater actress whose Jewish husband is in hiding, while Depardieu plays her leading man. As they work together, a romantic tension develops between them.