La Haine

La Haine is an angry, anti-authoritarian French film that concerns three young guys (a Jew, an Arab, and a black guy) who decide to take on the police after a friend is brutally beaten. (Yes, I know, another cheerful film for all the family).

It highlights a very different view of Paris. Revealing the racial tensions that bubble away in the suburbs away from the Champs Elysee, the beautiful parks and tourist packed art galleries. It will make you see Paris in a whole new light.

Not only did the director, Mathieu Kassovitz, win best director at Cannes in '95, it’s also one of the only films to receive '100% Fresh rating' on Rotten Tomatoes.