Top 20 movies like Guardian Angels

Guardian Angels

A sleazy Paris nightclub owner and ex-detective flies to Hong Kong to rescue the young son of a friend murdered by the Chinese mob.

Les Anges gardiens is of 1 hour(s) and 50 minute(s). It is Produced By:  Funny Films, Gaumont International, TF1 Films Production, Vaudeville Productions. It was released on 1995-10-11. It has an average vote of 6.182 on TMDB.

Genres: ComedyCrime

1. The World of Jacques Demy (L'Univers de Jacques Demy)

The World of Jacques Demy

Agnès Varda's documentary portrait of her late husband, Jacques Demy. A companion piece to her Jacquot de Nantes.

It has an average vote of 6.5 on TMDB.

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2. Red Needles (Les Aiguilles rouges)

Red Needles

September 1960: on a purely punitive basis, eight scouts must climb the solid mass of Brévent to 2500 meters of altitude. The so beautiful and so majestic mountain which draws up face them very quickly reveals dangerous. All the techniques of orientation learned at the scouts will do nothing there. The teenagers find themselves delivered to themselves. Lost in the abrupt throats, the eight boys are confronted cold, with the hunger and the fear.

It has an average vote of 6.4 on TMDB.

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3. Tom & Thomas

Tom & Thomas

A young boy thinks he's got a lookalike around him, but nobody believes him. Then, he meets Thomas and they switch homes.

It has an average vote of 6.7 on TMDB.

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4. Quasimodo d'el Paris (Quasimodo d'el Paris)

Quasimodo d'el Paris

The location is the town of El Paris. When ten-year-old boy Quasimodo shows signs of deformity, his well-to-do parents place him in the charge of the town’s mysterious evangelist, Frollo. In exchange, they adopt a Cuban girl, Esméralda, from a lower social class. Ten years later, El Paris is menaced by a serial killer, and Quasimodo is the prime suspect.

It has an average vote of 4.6 on TMDB.

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5. The Toilets Were Closed from the Inside (Les vécés étaient fermés de l'intérieur)

The Toilets Were Closed from the Inside

A bus conductor gets dressed for work in the morning, goes to the toilet, where he is killed by a bomb. The Commissioner and his fat, bumbling assistant, Inspector Charbonnier are put on the case. After interviewing friends, wives, colleagues, and spying on strangers who might be connected, our heroes trace the assassin down to a mental institution where, it seems, the murder victim has been an inmate for the last three years...

It has an average vote of 5.268 on TMDB.

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6. Elisa (Elisa)

Elisa

Marie has had a tough childhood ever since her mother Elisa committed suicide. She has spent most of her life in an orphanage and now makes a living as a small time criminal in Paris. Now she wants to unravel her past and find her father whom she blames for her mother's death.

It has an average vote of 6.4 on TMDB.

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7. Silence of the Sea (Le silence de la mer)

Silence of the Sea

In a small town in the West of France, during the German Occupation, a room is requisitioned by a Wehrmacht captain, Werner von Ebrennac. The house where he now stays is inhabited by young Jeanne, who makes a living by giving piano lessons, and by her grandfather. Quite upset, the two "hosts" decide to resist the occupier by never speaking a word to him. Now Werner is a lover of France and its culture, and he tries to persuade them that a rapprochement between Germany and France would be beneficial for the two nations. Quite unexpectedly Jeanne, little by little, falls in love with Werner. At the same time, the Francophile officer loses his illusions, realizing at last that what Nazi Germany actually wants is to thrall France and to stifle its culture...

It has an average vote of 7.429 on TMDB.

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8. Camille Claudel (Camille Claudel)

Camille Claudel

The life of Camille Claudel, a French sculptor who becomes the apprentice of Auguste Rodin and later his lover. Her passion for her art and Rodin drive her further away from reason and rationality.

It has an average vote of 6.8 on TMDB.

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9. The Price to Pay (Le Prix à payer)

The Price to Pay

Jean-Pierre, a wealthy businessman, is lonely. He still desires his wife but she only seems interested in shopping and the beauty salon. Tired of lunching alone every day, one day he decides to invite his chauffeur to join him, and a relationship quickly develops as the two find they have much in common. Are they just cash machines for their wives? Don't they deserve some love in return? Jean-Pierre confiscates his wife's credit card, but things don't turn out exactly the way he'd hoped...

It has an average vote of 5.3 on TMDB.

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10. The Butterfly (Le Papillon)

The Butterfly

An old man who has one interest in life, collecting butterflies, has his life changed by an eight year old girl.

It has an average vote of 6.799 on TMDB.

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11. When Pigs Have Wings (Le Cochon de Gaza)

When Pigs Have Wings

After a tempest, fishermen do not find only fish in their nets. That is what happens to Jafaar, a poor fisherman who lives poorly in Gaza. And what he hauls in is really upsetting: imagine that, a pig! An unclean animal judged impure not only by the Faith of Islam but also by the Jewish religion. Determined to get rid of the animal, Jafaar tries desperately to sell it, first to a United Nations official, then to a Jewish colony where Yelena raises pigs not for their meat but for security reasons. Of course, going unnoticed in the company of a "forbidden" animal, among his Palestinian brothers, past Israeli soldiers and under the scrutiny of Islamic fundamentalists is no bed of roses and a series of misadventures await Jafaar.

It has an average vote of 6.965 on TMDB.

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12. You Don't Choose Your Family (On ne choisit pas sa famille)

You Don't Choose Your Family

César Borgnoli, an unsuccessful car salesman from Italy, lives well beyond his means. In order to get out of his financial disaster, he agrees to a deal: he pretends to be the husband of his sister's girlfriend Kim so she can legally adopt a little girl from Thailand. Caesar believes this to be a great idea and is looking forward to his trip to Thailand. After all, he is going to be able to mix business with pleasure--so he thinks. He didn't expect the local police, the Chinese Triads and the director of the orphanage to chip in, who want to make sure that little Mai is going to end up in a nice family.

It has an average vote of 5.708 on TMDB.

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13. My New Partner (Les Ripoux)

My New Partner

A streetwise Paris policeman who takes kickbacks from the minor criminals on his beat to allow them to continue is assigned an idealistic new partner fresh from police academy. He sets out to corrupt him...

It has an average vote of 6.56 on TMDB.

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14. French Twist (Gazon maudit)

French Twist

After learning of her husband's infidelities, a housewife invites an itinerant lesbian to move in with them. None of their lives will ever be the same again.

It has an average vote of 6.1 on TMDB.

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15. Farewell, My Queen (Les Adieux à la reine)

Farewell, My Queen

A look at the relationship between Marie Antoinette and one of her readers during the final days of the French Revolution.

It has an average vote of 5.9 on TMDB.

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16. Bernie (Bernie)

Bernie

Bernie, a 30 years old orphan, decides to leave his orphanage and find his parents. After an investigation, he meets Marion, a young heroin addict and falls in love with her. He believes that his family was victim of a plot and this is why they deserted him.

It has an average vote of 6.902 on TMDB.

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17. The Visitors (Les Visiteurs)

The Visitors

This outrageous time-travel comedy follows the misadventures of a wacky medieval knight and his faithful servant when they are accidentally transported to contemporary times by a senile sorcerer. Mayhem rules as these 12th-century visitors try adapting to the wildly confusing modern world. To avoid being stuck here for good, however, they soon begin an all-out cosmic assault on their former castle -- now a luxury hotel -- in their quest to return to the past.

It has an average vote of 7.133 on TMDB.

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18. La Chèvre (La Chèvre)

La Chèvre

When the boss' unlucky daughter is missing in South America, Campana is sent to watch the boss' most unlucky employee who is sent as a private detective in hopes he can duplicate the daughter's mistakes.

It has an average vote of 7.136 on TMDB.

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19. Scanners

Scanners

After a man with extraordinary—and frighteningly destructive—telepathic abilities is nabbed by agents from a mysterious rogue corporation, he discovers he is far from the only possessor of such strange powers, and that some of the other “scanners” have their minds set on world domination, while others are trying to stop them.

It has an average vote of 6.732 on TMDB.

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20. French Fried Vacation (Les Bronzés)

French Fried Vacation

Holidaymakers arriving in a Club Med camp on the Ivory Coast are determined to forget their everyday problems and emotional disappointments. Games, competitions, outings, bathing and sunburn accompany a continual succession of casual affairs.

It has an average vote of 6.585 on TMDB.

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