Drama, Horror
Paris, 1482. Today is the festival of the fools, taking place like each year in the square outside Cathedral Notre Dame. Among jugglers and other entertainers, Esmeralda, a sensuous gypsy, performs a bewitching dance in front of delighted spectators. From up in a tower of the cathedral, Frollo, an alchemist, gazes at her lustfully. Later in the night, Frollo orders Quasimodo, the deformed bell ringer and his faithful servant, to kidnap Esmeralda. But when the ugly freak comes close to her is touched by the young woman's beauty...
MOVIE COMMENTS
SIMILAR MOVIES
A Crime of Passion
The Metropolitan Opera: Il Trovatore
Cry of the Werewolf
Madeline
Belleville Story
Nothing Like Paris
The Divine Sarah Bernhardt
Esmeralda
If You Saw His Heart
Heartbreak Ridge
Avenue Montaigne
A Tale of Winter
The Romance
Daddy Cool
Boarding Gate
Mister Lonely
The Legend of Billie Jean
The Pornographer
3 Hearts
The Red Balloon
SIMILAR MOVIES
A Crime of Passion
IMDB 0 | Dec , 1999
When a physician is murdered, his eldest daughter is accused of the crime, but the man's seductive new wife may not be all that she appears.The Metropolitan Opera: Il Trovatore
IMDB 8 | Apr , 2011
Verdi’s IL TROVATORE again storms the Met stage in a star-studded, anvil-wielding cast , including Sondra Radvanovsky, Dolora Zajick and Dmitri Hvorostovsky. Marcelo Álvarez sings Manrico, the troubadour of the title. The story is well-known already: The gypsy Azucena has harbored a grudge for thirty years, but she is about to have revenge at last. Meanwhile, her son Manrico is in love with Leonora, but so is his arch-enemy, the Count Di Luna. A pot-boiler, where every tune is a hit.Cry of the Werewolf
IMDB 4.6 | Aug , 1944
A young gypsy girl turns into a wolf to destroy her enemies.Madeline
IMDB 6.2 | Jul , 1998
Horrified at the prospect of her beloved school being sold, a young French girl named Madeline uses her wit and craftiness to attempt to save it, making an unlikely new friend in the process.Belleville Story
IMDB 0 | Mar , 2010
Freddie is starting as a thug for Jazdec the Polish, a pimp and concealer of illicit goods. Freddy's love for Larna, whom he dreams to snatch from prostitution, drive them into jeopardy under the clutches of a Chinese Godfather. To see Larna alive, Freddie must kill the so-called Mr. Zhu, a strange Chinese Zorro who just arrived in Paris to retrieve a young runaway fellow countrywoman.Nothing Like Paris
IMDB 4.8 | Mar , 2023
Jojo, a Filipino artist in Paris who has had many lovers, but constantly finds himself desperate to fill the chasm in his life occupied by the mysterious muse of his paintings. For years, his heart is held captive by a woman with no name and no history. Like a compass, Jojo looks for her in every girl he meets, hoping she will be “the one.” One day, a woman named Marie, walks up to Jojo and claims to be the subject of his paintings.The Divine Sarah Bernhardt
IMDB 6 | Dec , 2024
1915, Sarah Bernhardt is the world's first star. Free. Modern. Divine. Eccentric. Visionary... Between legend and fantasy, Sarah Bernhardt tells us the love story that marked her life.Esmeralda
IMDB 3 | Dec , 1905
It was the first film version of the Hunchback of Notre Dame.If You Saw His Heart
IMDB 4.2 | Nov , 2017
Cast out of his insular community, a damaged and down on his luck man teeters between a life of crime and the path to redemption.Heartbreak Ridge
IMDB 6.9 | Dec , 1986
A hard-nosed, hard-living Marine gunnery sergeant clashes with his superiors and his ex-wife as he takes command of a spoiled recon platoon with a bad attitude.Avenue Montaigne
IMDB 6.1 | Feb , 2006
A young woman arrives in Paris where she finds a job as a waitress in bar next on Avenue Montaigne that caters to the surrounding theaters and the wealthy inhabitants of the area. She will meet a pianist, a famous actress and a great art collector, and become acquainted with the "luxurious" world her grandmother has told her about since her childhood.A Tale of Winter
IMDB 7 | Jan , 1992
Felicie and Charles have a whirlwind holiday romance. Due to a mix-up on addresses they lose contact, and five years later at Christmas-time Felicie is living with her mother in a cold Paris with a daughter as a reminder of that long-ago summer. For male companionship she oscillates between hairdresser Maxence and the intellectual Loic, but seems unable to commit to either as the memory of Charles and what might have been hangs over everything.The Romance
IMDB 5.5 | Mar , 2006
Yoon-hee is so harassed by her husband's obsession and frantic love, that even breathing is painful to her. One day, her sudden suicide attempt is foiled when someone takes her in his arms and saves her. Hyeong-joon is a rough-looking detective. He asks nothing, but maybe he knows that for some people, just being alive is hard enough. Yoon-hee goes looking for Hyeong-joon, and from the moment she sees him, feels that he already loves her deeply. Because she knows it is totally impossible to be free from her prison of marriage, the peace and happiness she feels at Hyeong-joon's side is heartbreaking and frightening. Hyeong-joon, used to his life of loneliness and despair, loves Yoon-hee at first sight, but as he can't do anything for her, just lets her go. The only thing he can do is to offer her and himself some comfort.Daddy Cool
IMDB 4.7 | Apr , 2008
The story about the age gap between a scientist father, Philipe Le Tallec, and his newly discovered teen aged daughter, Eglantine.Boarding Gate
IMDB 5 | Aug , 2007
A beautiful woman, Sandra, seduces a wealthy businessman, Miles Rennburg. Little does he realise that she has been sent to kill him at the behest of her boyfriend/crime partner, Lester. Controlling all this is Sue, Lester's wife.Mister Lonely
IMDB 6.5 | Feb , 2008
In Paris, a young American who works as a Michael Jackson lookalike meets Marilyn Monroe, who invites him to her commune in Scotland, where she lives with Charlie Chaplin and her daughter, Shirley Temple.The Legend of Billie Jean
IMDB 6.6 | Jul , 1985
Average Texas teen, Billie Jean Davy, is caught up in an odd fight for justice. She is usually followed and harrased around by local boys, who, one day, decide to trash her brother's scooter for fun. The boys' father refuses to pay them back the price of the scooter. The fight for "fair is fair" takes the teens around the state and produces an unlikely hero.The Pornographer
IMDB 4.9 | Oct , 2001
A former porn director, who once elevated the genre with 1960s counter-culture ideals, returns to filmmaking after 20 years, clashing with his producer's hard-core vision. Estranged from his son over the family business, they begin reconnecting as the son embraces political activism, while the director seeks personal renewal.3 Hearts
IMDB 5.5 | Sep , 2014
A twist of fate leaves a hapless accountant romantically torn between two sisters.The Red Balloon
IMDB 7.7 | Aug , 1956
A young boy discovers a stray balloon, which seems to have a mind of its own, on the streets of Paris. The two become inseparable, yet the world’s harsh realities finally interfere.