Paris is a common setting in both French and American films. This is a list of films set in Paris:
- Accusée, levez-vous ! (1930), by Maurice Tourneur
- Sous les toits de Paris (1930), by René Clair
- Allô Berlin ? Ici Paris ! (1931), by Julien Duvivier
- La Chienne (1931), by Jean Renoir
- Au nom de la loi (1932), by Maurice Tourneur
- Boudu sauvé des eaux (1932), by Jean Renoir
- La Petite Chocolatière (1932), by Marc Allégret
- Les Deux Orphelines (1933), by Maurice Tourneur
- L'Atalante (1934), by Jean Vigo
- La crise est finie (1934), by Robert Siodmak
- Mauvaise Graine (1934), by Billy Wilder and Alexander Esway
- Le Roi des Champs-Élysées (1934), by Yves Mirande
- Zouzou (1934), by Marc Allégret
- La Bandera (1935), by Julien Duvivier
- Les Mystères de Paris (1935), by Félix Gandéra
- Princesse Tam Tam (1935), by Edmond T. Gréville
- La belle équipe (1936), by Julien Duvivier
- Le roman d'un tricheur (1936), by Sacha Guitry
- Les Rois du sport (1937), by Pierre Colombier
- Hôtel du Nord (1938), by Marcel Carné
- La Maison du Maltais (1938), by Pierre Chenal
- Orage (1938), by Marc Allégret
- Remontons les Champs-Élysées (1938), by Sacha Guitry
- Derrière la façade (1939), by Georges Lacombe and Yves Mirande
- Fric-Frac (1939), by Maurice Lehmann and Claude Autant-Lara
- Le Jour se lève (1939), by Marcel Carné
- Battement de coeur (1940), by Henri Decoin
- L'Assassin habite au 21 (1942), by Henri-Georges Clouzot
- La Nuit fantastique (1942), by Maurice L'Herbier
- Au Bonheur des Dames (1943), by André Cayatte
- Les Mystères de Paris (1943), by Jacques de Baroncelli
- Les dames du Bois de Boulogne (1945), by Robert Bresson
- Les Enfants du paradis (1945), by Marcel Carné
- Falbalas (1945), by Jacques Becker
- Les Portes de la nuit (1945), by Marcel Carné
- Antoine et Antoinette (1947), by Jacques Becker
- Par la fenêtre (1947), by Gilles Grangier
- Les Parents terrible (1947), by Jean Cocteau
- Quai des Orfèvres (1947), by Henri-Georges Clouzot
- Le Cœur sur la main (1949), by André Berthomieu
- Fantômas contre Fantômas (1949), by Robert Vernay
- Manon (1949), by Henri-Georges Clouzot
- Orphée (1949), by Jean Cocteau
- Rendez-vous de juillet (1949), by Jacques Becker
- The Red Balloon, by Albert Lamorisse
- Bob le flambeur, by Jean-Pierre Melville
- Ce soir les jupons volent, by Dimitri Kirsanoff
- Gervaise, by René Clément
- Notre-Dame de Paris, by Jean Delannoy
- Paris, Palace Hôtel, by Henri Verneuil
- Si Paris nous était conté, by Sacha Guitry
- La Traversée de Paris, by Claude Autant-Lara
- Voici le temps des assassins, by Julien Duvivier
- Alphaville: Une étrange aventure de Lemmy Caution, by Jean-Luc Godard
- L'Amour à la mer, by Guy Gilles
- Compartiment tueurs, by Costa-Gavras
- Le Corniaud, by Gérard Oury
- Les Deux Orphelines, by Riccardo Freda
- Du rififi à Paname, by Denys de La Patellière
- Fantômas se déchaîne, by André Hunebelle
- La Grosse Caisse, by Alex Joffé
- La jetée, by Chris Marker
- Paris vu par..., Anthology film
- Pierrot le fou, by Jean-Luc Godard
- Absolument fabuleux, by Gabriel Aghion
- Chaos, by Colinne Serreau
- La Chambre des officiers, by François Dupeyron
- Le Doux Amour des hommes, by Jean-Paul Civeyrac
- Le Fabuleux Destin d'Amélie Poulain by Jean-Pierre Jeunet
- Le Placard, by Francis Veber
- Les Rois mages, by Didier Bourdon
- Va savoir, by Jacques Rivette
- Sur mes lèvres, by Jacques Audiard
- Tanguy, by Étienne Chatiliez
- La Vérité si je mens ! 2, by Thomas Gilou
- Vidocq, by Pitof
- Wasabi, by Gérard Krawczyk
- Yamakasi, by Ariel Zeitoun and Julien Seri
- Ah! Si j'étais riche, by Gérard Bitton and Michel Munz
- Une affaire privée, by Guillaume Nicloux
- Le Boulet, by Alain Berbérian and Frédéric Forestier
- Demonlover, by Olivier Assayas
- À la folie... pas du tout, by Laetitia Colombani
- La Guerre à Paris, by Yolande Zauberman
- Irréversible, by Gaspar Noé
- Décalage Horaire, by Danièle Thompson
- Ma femme s'appelle Maurice, Jean-Marie Poiré
- Mauvais esprit, by Patrick Alessandrin
- La Mentale, by Boursinhac
- Monsieur Batignole, by Gérard Jugnot
- Le Nouveau Jean-Claude, by Didier Tronchet
- Papillons de nuit, by John Pepper
- Vendredi soir, by Claire Denis
- 18 ans après, by Coline Serreau
- 7 ans de mariage, by Didier Bourdon
- Le Bison (et sa voisine Dorine), by Isabelle Nanty
- Bon voyage, by Jean-Paul Rappeneau
- Chouchou, by Merzak Allouache
- Filles uniques, by Pierre Jolivet
- Histoire de Marie et Julien, by Jacques Rivette
- Laisse tes mains sur mes hanches, by Chantal Lauby
- Monsieur Ibrahim et les Fleurs du Coran, by François Dupeyron
- Pars vite et reviens tard, by Régis Wargnier
- Ripoux 3, by Claude Zidi
- Rire et Châtiment, by Isabelle Doval
- Son frère, by Patrice Chéreau
- Tais-toi !, by Francis Veber
- Toutes ces belles promesses, by Jean-Paul Civeyrac
- The Triplets of Belleville (Les Triplettes de Belleville), by Sylvain Chomet
- 36 Quai des Orfèvres, by Olivier Marchal
- Agents secrets, by Frédéric Schoendoerffer
- Arsène Lupin, by Jean-Paul Salomé
- L'Esquive, by Abdellatif Kechiche
- L'Incruste, by Alexandre Castagnetti and Corentin Julius
- Un long dimanche de fiançailles, by Jean-Pierre Jeunet
- Mensonges et trahisons et plus si affinités..., by Laurent Tirard
- Nathalie..., by Anne Fontaine
- Les Parisiens, by Claude Lelouch
- Pédale dure, by Gabriel Aghion
- Triple Agent, by Eric Rohmer
- Une vie à t'attendre, by Thierry Klifa
- Angel-A, by Luc Besson
- Les Amants réguliers, by Philippe Garrel
- Anthony Zimmer, by Jérôme Salle
- The Art of Breaking Up [fr], by Michel Deville
- Une aventure, by Xavier Giannoli
- Babel el web, by Merzak Allouache
- De battre mon cœur s'est arrêté, by Jacques Audiard
- La Boîte noire, by Richard Berry
- Caché, by Michael Haneke
- Combien tu m'aimes?, by Bertrand Blier
- Le courage d'aimer, by Claude Lelouch
- L'Empire des loups, by Chris Nahon
- Gabrielle, by Patrice Chéreau
- Gentille, by Sophie Fillières
- The Moustache, by Emmanuel Carrère
- Les Parrains, by Frédéric Forestier
- Le Petit Lieutenant, by Xavier Beauvois
- Les Poupées Russes, by Cédric Klapisch
- Le Promeneur du Champ de Mars, by Robert Guédiguian
- L'un reste, l'autre part, by Claude Berri
- Sauf le respect que je vous dois, by Fabienne Godet
- Tout pour plaire, by Cécile Telerman
- À travers la forêt, by Jean-Paul Civeyrac
- Les Amants du Flore, by Ilan Duran Cohen
- Les Brigades du Tigre, by Jérôme Cornuau
- Cabaret Paradis, by Shirley & Dino
- Coeurs, by Alain Resnais
- Dans Paris, by Christophe Honoré
- La Doublure, by Francis Veber
- Fauteuils d'orchestre, by Danièle Thompson
- Il est plus facile pour un chameau..., by Valeria Bruni Tedeschi
- Je pense à vous, by Pascal Bonitzer
- Jean-Philippe, by Laurent Tuel
- L'Ivresse du pouvoir, by Claude Chabrol
- Mon meilleur ami, by Patrice Leconte
- Ne le dis à personne, by Guillaume Canet
- Prête-moi ta main, by Eric Lartigau
- Renaissance, Christian Volckman
- Le Sable, by Mario Feroce
- La Science des rêves, by Michel Gondry
- 99 Francs, by Jan Kounen
- Un baiser s'il vous plaît, by Emmanuel Mouret
- Boarding Gate, by Olivier Assayas
- Les Chansons d'amour, by Christophe Honoré
- Le Deuxième Souffle, by Alain Corneau
- Dialogue avec mon jardinier, by Jean Becker
- Ensemble, c'est tout, by Claude Berri
- Molière, by Laurent Tirard
- La Môme, by Olivier Dahan
- Paris, by Cédric Klapisch
- Le Prix à payer, by Alexandra Leclère
- Roman de Gare, by Claude Lelouch
- Les Toits de Paris, by Hiner Saleem
- Une vieille maîtresse, by Catherine Breillat
- Agathe Cléry, by Etienne Chatiliez
- Bouquet final, by Michel Delgado
- De l'autre côté du lit, by Pascale Pouzadoux
- Entre les murs, by Laurent Cantet
- Faubourg 36, by Christophe Barratier
- LOL (Laughing Out Loud), by Lisa Alessandrin
- Mesrine : L'instinct de mort / L'ennemi public n°1, by Jean-François Richet
- Modern Love, by Stéphane Kazandjia
- Les plages d'Agnès, by Agnès Varda
- Le Plaisir de chanter, by Ilan Duran Cohen
- Sagan, by Diane Kurys
- Seuls Two, by Ramzy Bédia and Éric Judor
- Le Transporteur 3, by Olivier Megaton
- Le Voyage du ballon rouge, by Hou Hsiao-hsien
- Une affaire d'État, by Éric Valete
- Le Bal des actrices, by Maiwenn Le Besco
- Banlieue 13 – Ultimatum, by Patrick Alessandrin
- Coco avant Chanel, by Anne Fontaine
- Coco Chanel & Igor Stravinsky, by Jan Kounen
- Commis d'office, by Hannelore Cayre
- Le Concert, by Radu Mihaileanu
- Eden à l'ouest, by Costa-Gavras
- Fais-moi plaisir !, by Emmanuel Mouret
- La Folle Histoire d'amour de Simon Eskenazy, by Jean-Jacques Zilbermann
- Les Herbes folles, by Alain Resnais
- Le Hérisson, by Mona Achache
- La horde, by Benjamin Rocher and Yannick Dahan
- Micmacs à tire-larigot, by Jean-Pierre Jeunet
- Le Petit Nicolas, by Laurent Tirard
- Un Prophète, by Jacques Audiard
- Une semaine sur deux (et la moitié des vacances scolaires), by Ivan Calbérac
- R.T.T., by Frédéric Berthe
- Rapt, by Lucas Belvaux
- L'Apollonide: Souvenirs de la maison close, by Bertrand Bonello
- Les Bien-Aimés, by Christophe Honoré
- La Délicatesse, by Stéphane Foenkinos and David Foenkinos
- La femme du Vème, by Paweł Pawlikowski
- La guerre est déclarée, by Valérie Donzelli
- Intouchables, by Olivier Nakache and Éric Toledano
- Un Monstre a Paris, by Bibo Bergeron
- Omar m'a tuer, by Roschdy Zem
- Polisse, by Maïwenn
- Les Trois Pères, by Didier Bourdon and Bernard Campan
Foreign films set entirely or partially in Paris
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- Camille (1921), by Ray C. Smallwood
- The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse (1921), by Rex Ingram
- Orphans of the Storm (1921), by D.W. Griffith
- Peacock Alley (1921), by Robert Z. Leonard
- The Three Musketeers (1921), by Fred Niblo
- Esmeralda (1922), by Edwin J. Collins
- The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1923), by Wallace Worsley
- A Woman of Paris (1923), by Charlie Chaplin
- The Merry Widow (1923), by Erich von Stroheim
- The Phantom of the Opera (1925), by Rupert Julian
- La Bohème (1926), by King Vidor
- Paris (1926), by Edmund Goulding
- The Temptress (1926), by Fred Niblo
- Seventh Heaven (1927), by Frank Borzage
- The Iron Mask (1929), by Allan Dwan
- Half Shot at Sunrise (1930), by Paul Sloane
- Inspiration (1931), by Clarence Brown
- The Last Flight (1931), by William Dieterle
- Man of the World (1931), by Richard Wallace
- Mata Hari (1931), by George Fitzmaurice
- The Phantom of Paris (1931), by John S. Robertson
- Seed (1931), by John M. Stahl
- Arsène Lupin (1932), by Jack Conway
- Love Me Tonight (1932), by Rouben Mamoulian
- Murders in the Rue Morgue (1932), by Robert Florey
- One Hour with You (1932), by George Cukor and Ernst Lubitsch
- The Passionate Plumber (1932), by Edward Sedgwick
- Trouble in Paradise (1932), by Ernst Lubitsch
- A Bedtime Story (1933), by Norman Taurog
- Design for Living (1933), by Ernst Lubitsch
- Bolero (1934), by Wesley Ruggles
- The Count of Monte Cristo, by Rowland V. Lee
- Fashions of 1934 (1934), by William Dieterle
- The Merry Widow (1934), by Ernst Lubitsch
- Folies Bergère de Paris (1935), by Roy Del Ruth
- Mad Love (1935), by Karl Freund
- Peter Ibbetson (1935), by Henry Hathaway
- Roberta (1935), by William A. Seiter
- Ruggles of Red Gap (1935), by Leo McCarey
- A Tale of Two Cities (1935), by Jack Conway
- The Three Musketeers (1935), by Rowland V. Lee
- Desire (1936), by Frank Borzage
- The Devil-Doll (1936), by Tod Browning
- Camille (1936), by George Cukor
- The Story of Louis Pasteur (1936), by William Dieterle
- Angel (1937), by Ernst Lubitsch
- Café Metropole (1937), by Edward H. Griffith
- I Met Him in Paris (1937), by Wesley Ruggles
- The Life of Emile Zola (1937), by William Dieterle
- Stolen Holiday (1937), by Michael Curtiz
- Tovarich (1937), by Anatole Litvak
- Mad About Music (1938), by Norman Taurog
- The Flying Deuces (1939), by A. Edward Sutherland
- The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1939), by William Dieterle
- The Man in the Iron Mask (1939), by James Whale
- Midnight (1939), by Mitchell Leisen
- Ninotchka (1939), by Ernst Lubitsch
- The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle (1939), by H. C. Potter
- Zaza (1939), by George Cukor
- Arise, My Love (1940), by Mitchell Leisen
- Ohm Krüger (1941), by Hans Steinhoff
- Casablanca (1942), by Michael Curtiz
- Joan of Paris (1942), by Robert Stevenson
- Once Upon a Honeymoon (1942), by Leo McCarey
- Reunion in France (1942), by Jules Dassin
- Madame Curie (1943), by Mervyn LeRoy
- Phantom of the Opera (1943), by Arthur Lubin
- Bluebeard (1944), by Edgar G. Ulmer
- A Song to Remember (1945), by Charles Vidor
- A Scandal in Paris (1946), by Douglas Sirk
- Berlin Express (1947), by Jacques Tourneur
- The Private Affairs of Bel Ami (1947), by Albert Lewin
- Arch of Triumph (1948), by Lewis Milestone
- The Three Musketeers (1948), by George Sidney
- Reign of Terror (1949), by Anthony Mann
- An American in Paris (1951), by Vincente Minnelli
- The Lavender Hill Mob (1951), by Charles Crichton
- Rich, Young and Pretty (1951), by Norman Taurog
- April in Paris (1952), by David Butler
- Lovely to Look At (1952), by Mervyn LeRoy
- The Merry Widow (1952), by Curtis Bernhardt
- Les Misérables (1952), by Lewis Milestone
- Monte Carlo Baby (1952), by Jean Boyer
- Moulin Rouge (1952), by John Huston
- Scaramouche (1952), by George Sidney
- Act of Love (1953), by Anatole Litvak
- Innocents in Paris (1953), by Gordon Parry
- Little Boy Lost (1953), by George Seaton
- Daddy Long Legs (1954), by Jean Negulesco
- Désirée (1954), by Henry Koster
- The French Line (1954), by Lloyd Bacon
- The Last Time I Saw Paris (1954), by Richard Brooks
- Phantom of the Rue Morgue (1954), by Roy Del Ruth
- Sabrina (1954), by Billy Wilder
- The French, They Are a Funny Race (1955), by Preston Sturges
- So This Is Paris (1955), by Richard Quine
- Anything Goes (1956), by Robert Lewis
- Trapeze (1956), by Carol Reed
- Funny Face (1957), by Stanley Donen
- Love From Paris (1957), by Helmut Käutner
- Love in the Afternoon (1957), by Billy Wilder
- Silk Stockings (1957), by Rouben Mamoulian
- The Sun Also Rises (1957), by Henry King
- A Certain Smile (1958), by Jean Negulesco
- Gigi (1958), by Vincente Minnelli
- Paris Holiday (1958), by Gerd Oswald
- The Perfect Furlough (1958), by Blake Edwards
- Can-Can (1960), by Walter Lang
- Goodbye Again (1961), by Anatole Litvak
- Paris Blues (1961), by Martin Ritt
- Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse (1962), by Vincente Minnelli
- Gay Purr-ee (1962), by Abe Levitow
- Gigot (1962), by Gene Kelly
- Charade (1963), by Stanley Donen
- A New Kind of Love (1963), by Melville Shavelson
- The Pink Panther (1963), by Blake Edwards
- Take Her, She's Mine (1963), by Henry Koster
- Paris When It Sizzles (1964), by Richard Quine
- A Shot in the Dark (1964), by Blake Edwards
- What a Way to Go! (1964), by J. Lee Thompson
- Boeing Boeing (1965), by John Rich
- The Great Race (1965), by Blake Edwards
- Thunderball (1965) by Terence Young
- What's New Pussycat? (1965), by Clive Donner and Richard Talmadge
- How to Steal a Million (1966), by William Wyler
- Made in Paris (1966), by Boris Sagal
- Caprice (1967), by Frank Tashlin
- The Night of the Generals (1967), by Anatole Litvak
- Woman Times Seven (1967), by Vittorio De Sica
- Destroy All Monsters (1968), by Yoshio Tsuchiya
- The Madwoman of Chaillot (1968), by Bryan Forbes
- The Aristocats (1970), by Wolfgang Reitherman
- Darling Lili (1970), by Blake Edwards
- Start the Revolution Without Me (1970), by Bud Yorkin
- Tropic of Cancer (1970), by Joseph Strick
- Murders in the Rue Morgue (1971), by Gordon Hessler
- Paris and Love (1972), by Mohamed Salman
- Last Tango in Paris (1972), by Bernardo Bertolucci
- Travels with My Aunt (1972), by George Cukor
- The Day of the Jackal (1973), by Fred Zinnemann
- Scorpio (1973), by Michael Winner
- The Three Musketeers (1973), by Richard Lester
- Two People (1973), by Robert Wise
- The Pink Panther Strikes Again (1976), by Blake Edwards
- Marathon Man (1976), by John Schlesinger
- The American Friend (1977), by Wim Wenders
- Herbie Goes to Monte Carlo (1977), by Vincent McEveety
- Bloodline (1979), by Terence Young
- A Little Romance (1979), by George Roy Hill
- Bon Voyage, Charlie Brown (and Don't Come Back!!) (1980), by Charles M. Schulz
- Superman II (1980), by Richard Donner & Richard Lester
- Condorman (1981), by Charles Jarrott
- Lenin in Paris (1981), by Sergei Yutkevich
- Trail of the Pink Panther (1982), by Blake Edwards
- Victor Victoria (1982), by Blake Edwards
- Curse of the Pink Panther (1983), by Blake Edwards
- La Traviata (1983), by Franco Zeffirelli
- American Dreamer (1984), by Rick Rosenthal
- National Lampoon's European Vacation, (1985), by Amy Heckerling
- Target (1985), by Arthur Penn
- A View to a Kill (1985), by John Glen
- Round Midnight (1986), by Bertrand Tavernier
- Dangerous Liaisons (1988), by Stephen Frears
- Frantic (1988), by Roman Polanski
- The Moderns (1988), by Alan Rudolph
- Sweet Lies (1988), by Robert Palmer
- Henry & June (1990), by Philip Kaufman
- The Favour, the Watch and the Very Big Fish (1991), by Ben Lewin
- Night on Earth (1991), by Jim Jarmusch
- Bitter Moon (1992), by Roman Polanski
- Window To Paris (1993), by Yuri Mamin
- Killing Zoe (1994), by Roger Avary
- Prêt-à-Porter (1994), by Robert Altman
- Delta of Venus (1995), by Zalman King
- Forget Paris (1995), by Billy Crystal
- French Kiss (1995), by Lawrence Kasdan
- Jefferson in Paris (1995), by James Ivory
- Sabrina (1995), by Sydney Pollack
- Surviving Picasso (1995), by James Ivory
- Total Eclipse (1995), by Agnieszka Holland
- La Buena vida (1996), by David Trueba
- Everyone Says I Love You (1996), by Woody Allen
- The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1996), by Gary Trousdale & Kirk Wise
- An American Werewolf in Paris (1997), by Anthony Waller
- Anastasia (1997), by Don Bluth and Gary Goldman
- Love in Paris (1997), by Anne Goursaud
- Metroland (1997), by Philip Saville
- Deep Impact (1998), by Mimi Leder
- Madeline (1998), by Daisy von Scherler Mayer
- The Man in the Iron Mask (1998), by Randall Wallace
- The Ninth Gate (1999), by Roman Polanski
- Passport to Paris (1999), by Alan Metter
- Ronin (1998), by John Frankenheimer
- 2 Days in Paris, by Julie Delpy
- The Bourne Ultimatum, by Paul Greengrass
- Broken English, by Zoe Cassavetes
- Chill Out, Scooby-Doo!, by Joe Sichta
- Jhoom Barabar Jhoom, by Shaad Ali
- Mr. Bean's Holiday, by Steve Bendelack
- National Treasure: Book of Secrets, by Jon Turteltaub
- Ratatouille, by Brad Bird
- Rush Hour 3, by Brett Ratner
- After Fall, Winter, by Eric Schaeffer
- Bitch, by Lou Ye
- Cars 2, by John Lasseter
- Engeyum Kaadhal, by Prabhu Deva
- Final Destination 5, by Steven Quale
- For Lovers Only, by Michael Polish and Mark Polish
- Hugo, by Martin Scorsese
- Midnight in Paris, by Woody Allen
- A Monster in Paris, by Bebo Bergeron
- Monte Carlo, by Tom Bezucha
- Paris Connections, by Harley Cokeliss
- Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows, by Guy Ritchie
Paris destroyed on film
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- The War of the Worlds (1953), by Byron Haskin
- Destroy All Monsters (1968)
- Superman II (1980), by Richard Lester
- Independence Day (1996), by Roland Emmerich
- Mars Attacks! (1996), by Tim Burton
- Armageddon (1998), by Michael Bay
- Team America: World Police (2004), by Trey Parker
- Godzilla: Final Wars (2004)
- Supernova (2005), by John Harrison
- 28 Weeks Later (2007), by Juan Carlos Fresnadillo
- The Day the Earth Stopped (2008), by C. Thomas Howell
- Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (2008), by Michael Bay
- Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs (2009), by Phil Lord and Christopher Miller
- G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra (2009), by Stephen Sommers
- Edge of Tomorrow (2014), by Doug Liman