If you subscribe to Canal+, you are probably a fan of football, movies or series… or all three at the same time! Among all these strengths of the channel, it must be recognized that the cinema holds a central place. And for good reason: since 1984, the year of its launch, Canal+ has entered into agreements with French institutions of the 7th art in order to broadcast films on its antenna as quickly as possible. And, since last January, happy subscribers only have to wait 6 months on average to discover the most recent feature films.
How to review or find a Canal Plus film? What film on Canal+ at the moment? What are the cinema channels on Canal+?
This is how in recent months, the channel and its MyCanal platform have been able to offer event films such as Dying can wait, Dunes, North ferry or Spider-Man No Way Home. With the creation of the Canal+ Grand Ecran channel, many great classics are also offered. We have selected 10 films among the best in the catalog, in all possible genres (comedy, animation, war, fantasy, etc.) to see or see again whenever you want on the MyCanal platform.
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The Red lineone of the best war movies to see on MyCanal
In August 1942, the American army tried to retake the island of Guadalcanal, in the Pacific, held for months by the Japanese. After a very violent first assault against the enemy, Private Witt, disgusted by his superior’s orders, no longer wanted to bear arms. Staff Sergeant Welsh then assigned him to transport the wounded. Ignoring the conventions of the genre, Terrence Malick bends the war film to his aesthetics and his favorite themes to deliver a very personal work, imbued with humanism and spirituality. Supported by an exceptional cast, it signs a fascinating cinematic journey.
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Alone in the worldto watch in streaming alone or accompanied
Chuck Noland is a model employee of FedEx, which ships packages around the world. One Christmas Eve, he goes on a mission with his plane. But, caught in a storm, it crashes above the Pacific and fails on a desert islet. Alone and without food, Chuck tries to survive. Robert Zemeckis (Back to the future, Flight) signs this astonishing and moving fable on the fragility of human beings delivered to the isolation and hostility of wild nature. Alone in front of the camera in a film with almost no dialogue, Tom Hanks delivers a top-notch, intense and feverish performance. A great, thought-provoking adventure.
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The Bearthe jewel of Jean-Jacques Annaud to see in replay
In Canada, in 1885, a little bear cub was orphaned when his mother was crushed by falling rocks. Wandering in the mountains, he encounters a large solitary bear. During this time, hunters roam the surrounding nature. Technical prowess, superb images, The Bear by Jean-Jacques Annaud has not aged a bit. A splendid hymn to wild nature, which commands respect.
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Hatredthe masterpiece of Mathieu Kassovitz (Malotru in The office of legends)
Three young people from the Parisian suburbs, one of whom recovered a weapon lost by a police officer after a riot in their neighborhood, wander in the capital. Mathieu Kassovitz delivers a punchy film that has become cult. Filmed in splendid black and white, his dive into the suburbs, César for best film in 1996, upsets and upsets many certainties. Vincent Cassel is extraordinary, as are his companions. The revelation of great talents.
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Pan’s Labyrintha wonderful film by Guillermo Del Toro
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In 1944, in Franco’s Spain, Carmen, accompanied by her daughter Ofelia, joined her new husband, the tyrannical Captain Vidal. The young girl discovers a mysterious labyrinth near the family home. Pan, the guardian of the place, a strange creature, promises him an enchanted future. Guillermo del Toro uses the codes of the marvelous to denounce the horror of the civil war. A grandiose and poetic black tale. Fascinating.
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Voloverwhen the cinema gives us great emotions
In Spanish, “volver” means to return. And it is the return that irrigates this flamboyant work, a true summary of the cinema of Pedro Almodóvar. First of all, the film proposes the great return of the bubbly Carmen Maura, unforgettable muse of the Madrid native’s first feature films, and with whom Almodóvar had not worked for almost twenty years. And Volover, it is also and above all the return of Penélope Cruz among the actresses who count. Lost for a few years in interchangeable Hollywood productions, she shows herself, in the role of Raimunda, magnificent, radiant, energetic… In a word, unforgettable.
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raging bullone of the most beautiful films about boxing
In 1941, the young boxer Jake LaMotta, 19, quickly made a name for himself in the boxing rings. But a match-fixing case leads to his suspension. The sportsman returns to the front of the stage by beating Marcel Cerdan. The extraordinary portrait of an extraordinary man, sublimated by the staging of Martin Scorsese and the interpretation of Robert De Niro.
Slumdog Millionairean incredible story crowned with eight Oscars
Jamal Malik, an 18-year-old orphan, is going through a night that could transform his life. He is indeed about to win the 20 million rupees offered to the winner of the game show Who Wants to Be a Millionaire ? But the presenter is convinced that this kid from the slums is cheating to win. A true jack-of-all-trades of cinema, Danny Boyle has passed without incident from science fiction to sunshine at the Bollywood mural of Slumdog Millionaire. Its dynamic staging and the charisma of its actors have done a lot for the success of this colorful and musical fable, rewarded with eight Oscars.
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My zucchini lifea poetic nugget
After the death of his mother, who raised him alone, a little boy nicknamed Courgette is placed in a foster home, where he will try to learn to live with other children. All this under the watchful eye of Raymond, the policeman who took him under his wing. This very fine French production in stop-motion (frame-by-frame animation) will appeal to young and old alike, thanks to its remarkably fine writing. Poetic and profound, the screenplay is by Céline Sciamma (girl band) and plays on nostalgia, tenderness, but also on childhood fears. The kids, with their funny colored faces, are ultra-endearing and very moving heroes. A little gem rewarded at the Annecy and Angoulême Festivals.
The Troublemakera great classic by Francis Veber
Ralf Milan (Lino Ventura) is a contract killer who must carry out his “contract” from his hotel room overlooking the Montpellier courthouse: in this case, he must kill a certain Louis Randoni (Xavier Depraz), before he made compromising revelations during a trial. His neighbour, François Pignon (Jacques Brel), representative in shirts, abandoned by his wife Louise (Caroline Cellier) who left him for Doctor Fuchs (Jean-Pierre Darras), a renowned psychiatrist, tries to commit suicide by hanging himself to the bathroom plumbing and causes flooding. Milan persuades the floor boy not to call the police, promising to watch over the depressive himself to avoid a recurrence. He then finds himself irremediably mired in the problems of Pignon to the detriment of his mission. Bursts of laughter and the meeting at the top between Brel and Ventura. According to the room The contractby Francis Veber.