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Michaël Youn has 20 titles in the CriticCrunch catalog across a career spanning the 2000s through the 2020s.
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In danger of losing his business, Anthony Roca, an ordinary man, develops a scam that will become the heist of the century. Overtaken by the crime, he will have to deal with betrayal, murder and settling.
Dir. Olivier Marchal · With Benoît Magimel, Laura Smet, Gringe
After being bullied for months at school, 16-year-old Jonathan douses himself with gasoline and lights a match. Now, in an induced coma, his body covered in burns, his life is on hold, his parents are in shock and the school is in turmoil.
Dir. Christophe Lamotte · With Michaël Youn, Camille Chamoux, Clément Manuel
Every year the Prime Minister has a list of all kinds of troublemakers eliminated in the name of the famous Reason of State. Serge Shuster, Special Adviser to the President of the Republic, finds himself on this list, better known as the Matignon List. Condemned to certain death and at the heart of an implacable plot and a state secret that also put his family in danger, Serge, his wife and children have only one hope left - their gardener, Léo, who hates it when « slugs » invade his garden... Especially those that want to kill innocent families.
Dir. David Charhon · With Jean-Claude Van Damme, Michaël Youn, Nawell Madani

A veteran chef faces off against his restaurant group's new CEO, who wants to the establishment to lose a star from its rating in order to bring in a younger chef who specializes in molecular gastronomy.
Dir. Daniel Cohen · With Michaël Youn, Jean Reno, Raphaëlle Agogué
Beatrice celebrates with her family the release of her book: she tells about the accident of her husband Frederic. He became blind and without filter - always so funny and seductive, he is totally unpredictable. But this book, hymn-to-life, will turn into a joyful fist because if Beatrice changed the names, each of his friends seeks to find his character. The book awakens secret jealousies, while the group of friends and family pitch.
Dir. Eric Lavaine · With Alexandra Lamy, José Garcia, Michaël Youn
Fatal... short for Fatal Bazooka, a hardcore bling-bling rapper. A huge music star. Millions of fans, tons of hits, 4 Artist Of The Year Music Awards of Music, a fashion line, a magazine, and soon his own amusement park: Fataland. He is the undisputed number one, until...
Dir. Michaël Youn · With Michaël Youn, Stéphane Rousseau, Armelle
Ben is devastated when his wife asks for a divorce. While everyone chooses her side, Ben comes across Patrick, an old friend from college, recently divorced. Patrick invites him to crash at his place. The two roommates are soon joined by other divorced, separated and single people looking for a refuge.
Dir. Michaël Youn · With Arnaud Ducret, François-Xavier Demaison, Caroline Anglade
In the depths of a British legend, the ghost of Eleanor Canterville is condemned to haunt the castle of his family and to scare away any inhabitant. It fulfills this task perfectly, helped by Gwilherm, his faithful servant. But when Otis, a family fleeing Parisian life, buy the castle, Eleanor is upset because she cannot scare this tribe of the twenty-first century. Worse yet, children ridicule and parents are unaware. Only Virginia Otis, aged fifteen, moved by the fate of Canterville Ghost, will seek to deliver from curse on it.
Dir. Yann Samuell · With Audrey Fleurot, Michaël Youn, Michèle Laroque
From multicultural Paris to designer Paris, Montmartre to the Champs-Elysées, sleazy sidewalks to high-end galleries... Watch out! Sam the courier is a man on a mission! On his scooter, Sam breaks every rule of the road to make good on the "express delivery" promise of the courier service he works for. But however hard he tries, Sam never gets a bonus from his boss, never beats his slicker colleagues and never gets past his Dad, a cop who books him every time. All Sam has up is Nadia, and she will turn on him if he doesn't show up for her sister's wedding. Trouble is, Sam has one more delivery to make and his day has just gone from bad to worse...
Dir. Hervé Renoh · With Michaël Youn, Géraldine Nakache, Jimmy Jean-Louis
After an evening of drinking, six men find themselves in front of The God of the Joke. Distressed to find that people aren't laughing anymore, He gives the six friends a mission: to save the world with the Eleven Commandments of the Joke. The men enthusiastically take on their task. They undertake various tests aimed at pushing the limits of stupidity.
Dir. François Desagnat, Thomas Sorriaux · With Michaël Youn, Vincent Desagnat, Benjamin Morgaine

Muzafar and Feruz are two easy going shepherds from Taboulistan, a tiny country in Asia that is unknown to the rest of the world. To alert the world to his country’s existence, the son of Taboulistan’s president decides to instigate a program of publicity terrorism. To that end, he recruits our two naive shepherds, their mission: to destroy the Eiffel Tower! But the France that Muzafar and Feruz discover is far from what they had expected...
Dir. Michaël Youn · With Michaël Youn, José Garcia, Isabelle Funaro
After getting dumped on Christmas Eve, Angela must rebuild her life surrounded by her rebellious teenager, her tyrannical mother, her hysterical best friend, and a weird psychologist.
Dir. Michèle Laroque · With Michèle Laroque, Kad Merad, Françoise Fabian
Willy and Tony have a brilliant idea for getting out of it financially: stealing a dog from the brigade des stups. But everything does not go as planned and the two accomplices will have to rely on the most corrupt of the cops.
Dir. Olivier Van Hoofstadt · With Michaël Youn, Florence Foresti, Alban Ivanov
The story of four lifelong friends who met in the 2000s when they were presidents of the BDE of the Nantes Institute of Business. At the time, they were the "Bioman": the kings of partying, excess and "transmutation". 20 years later, they have mellowed out and lead well-ordered lives. Except... Once a year, when they get together for the WEB: the Bioman Weekend. There, they "transmute" hard as they like to say. In short: they drink and sing in a pathetic way.
Dir. Michaël Youn · With Michaël Youn, Héléna Noguerra, Lucien Jean-Baptiste
Alphonse Brown, who firmly believes he is the bastard son of James Brown, meets up with his best friend Scotch after Brown gets out of jail. On their way to Paris to begin careers as recording artists, the pair stumbles across a potent type of marijuana that was engineered by the Nazis. Their decision to begin selling the stuff leads to a variety of people chasing after them.
Dir. Thomas Sorriaux, François Desagnat · With Michaël Youn, Vincent Desagnat, Zoé Félix
On a Saturday night during lock down, a group of very good friends go online to share a virtual aperitif. Suddenly, one of them is attacked and kidnapped live by an unknown man in front of his friends who watch helplessly from behind their screens. They soon discover that this mysterious stranger knows all their worst secrets, which he intends to bring to light one after the other.
Dir. Romuald Boulanger · With Stéphane De Groodt, Nadia Farès, François-Xavier Demaison
A news anchor, a comedian, an actress, and a soccer player with big egos have to travel across the globe to meet the Malawa tribe for a TV show.
Dir. James Huth · With Michaël Youn, Christian Clavier, Ramzy Bedia
Fearless gunslinger, Lucky Luke, is ordered by the President to bring peace to Daisy Town.
Dir. James Huth · With Jean Dujardin, Melvil Poupaud, Sylvie Testud
Georges, one morning, became uncontrollable despite himself. Something that has the donkey's voice in Shrek, can control his body.
Dir. Raffy Shart · With Michaël Youn, Hélène de Fougerolles, Thierry Lhermitte
In Baghdad the Magnificent reigns Haroun al Plassid, who is the Caliph. There also dwells Iznogoud, who wants to be the Caliph. The irascible Grand Vizier hatches plot after plot to remove his ruler and take his place—melting Djinn, invisibility spell, cursed diamond, voodoo doll… But no amount of cunning or obstinacy can make up for sheer, hilariously bad luck.
Dir. Patrick Braoudé · With Michaël Youn, Jacques Villeret, Fred Jaspart
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