American movies vs French movies American movies are very different from French movies. In American movies, there is a lot of action and special effects. I have the impression that the more action there is, the more attractive is the movie. Anyway, this is the main way American movies are shown here in France. In the stereotype : American movies are blockbusters and French movies are boring. I think most of French filmmakers try to introduce a moral of the story or make the spectator feel hard emotions like sadness, distress, pain. These emotions need an oppressive atmosphere, that's why some French movies seem so long. We also have a filmmaker as Luc Besson who is able to make great films with a lot of action as "Le transporteur" with Jason Statham (not very French). We don't have great figures like "the Rock" to play the bad guy. Some French actors are still very talented, I think about Vincent Cassel or Jean Réno, but they are stuck in the same roles (just as Liam neeson who is still the guy who have to save his wife/girl/boy/dog/fridge or I don't know 😅). Anyway, to come back to Luc Besson, if you have never seen "Le cinquième élément" (with Bruce Willis) you should, because it's a masterpiece ! In USA, I like the filmmaker M. Night Shyamalan especially for his last trilogy "Unbreakable" "Split" "Glass" : a lot of action but with a moral of the story 😁 Surely the kind of movie I have a preference for ! If you have other movies to advise me, I'm interrested ! :D