• Home
  • Movie
  • Tv Shows
  • Anime
  • Sports
  • IPTV
  • Collection
  • AI Search
  • Download
  • Embed
Febbox Token

CinemaOS

Your entertainment hub

TrendingMoviesTV ShowsSearch
Powered byConsumet & TMDB API

Important Disclaimer

◝(ᵔᵕᵔ)◜

CinemaOS operates as a content aggregator and does not host any media files on our servers. All content is sourced from third-party providers and embedded services. For any copyright concerns or DMCA takedown requests, please contact the respective content providers directly.

Third-party ContentNo File Hosting

Built with ❤️ for entertainment enthusiasts worldwide

Ridicule

Ridicule

Watch TrailerWatch Movie
Share

Ridicule

"Wit is the ultimate weapon."

1996
1h 42m
7.0(212 votes)
Comedy
Drama
Romance

Overview

To get royal backing on a needed drainage project, a poor French lord must learn to play the delicate games of wit at court at Versailles.

Links & Resources

IMDbView

Social & External

IMDb

Production Companies

Videos & Trailers

1 video

Cast & Crew

44 members
Acting

Charles Berling

Le Marquis Grégoire Ponceludon de Malavoy

Charles Berling
Acting

Jean Rochefort

Le Marquis de Bellegarde

Jean Rochefort
Acting

Fanny Ardant

Madame de Blayac

Fanny Ardant
Acting

Judith Godrèche

Mathilde de Bellegarde

Judith Godrèche
Acting

Bernard Giraudeau

L'Abbée de Vilecourt

Bernard Giraudeau
Acting

Bernard Dhéran

Montalieri

Bernard Dhéran
Acting

Carlo Brandt

Milletail

Carlo Brandt
Acting

Jacques Mathou

Abbé de l'Épée

Jacques Mathou
Acting

Urbain Cancelier

Louis XVI

Urbain Cancelier
Acting

Albert Delpy

Baron de Guéret

Albert Delpy
Acting

Bruno Zanardi

Paul

No Image
Acting

Marie Pillet

Charlotte

Marie Pillet
Acting

Jacques Roman

Chevernoy

Jacques Roman
Acting

Philippe Magnan

Baron de Malenval

Philippe Magnan
Acting

Maurice Chevit

Le notaire

Maurice Chevit
Acting

Jacques François Zeller

Maurepas

No Image
Sound

Gérard Hardy

Victor

No Image
Acting

Marc Berman

Duc de Guines

Marc Berman
Acting

Philippe du Janerand

Le généalogiste

Philippe du Janerand
Acting

Claude Dereppe

Mgr d'Artimont

No Image
Acting

Isabelle Spade

Baronne de Boisjoli

Isabelle Spade
Acting

Isabelle Petit-Jacques

Baronne d'Oberkirchner

Isabelle Petit-Jacques
Acting

Nathalie Mann

Comtesse de Blancfagot

Nathalie Mann
Acting

Étienne Draber

Vicomte du Closlabbe

Étienne Draber
Acting

Fabrice Eberhard

Chevalier de St Tronchain

No Image
Acting

Stéphane Fourmond

Marquis de Carmes

No Image
Acting

Jean-Jacques Le Vessier

Vicomte de Sabran

Jean-Jacques Le Vessier
Acting

Lucien Pascal

Monsieur de Blayac

No Image
Acting

Nicolas Chagrin

Lord Bolingbroke

Nicolas Chagrin
Acting

Fabien Béhar

Secrétaire du roi

Fabien Béhar
Acting

Mirabelle Kirkland

Marie-Antoinette

Mirabelle Kirkland
Acting

Marie Llano

Mère de Léonard

No Image
Acting

Antonin Lebas-Joly

Léonard

Antonin Lebas-Joly
Production

Didier Abot

Le curé

No Image
Acting

Julien Bukowski

Gentilhomme

No Image
Acting

José Fumanal

L'Officier Duel

José Fumanal
Acting

Sylvie Herbert

Mère du Ponceludon

Sylvie Herbert
Acting

Alain Hocine

Le joueur

No Image
Acting

Clémentine Buxtorf

La soeur

No Image
Acting

Boris Napes

Le peintre

No Image
Acting

Gérard Sergue

Le voleur

Gérard Sergue
Acting

Laurent Valo

Simon

No Image
Acting

Claire Garguier

Thérèse

No Image
Acting

Marine Guez

La cantatrice

No Image

Similar Movies

Ask the Dust
5.4
2006

Ask the Dust

Mexican beauty Camilla hopes to rise above her station by marrying a wealthy American. That is complicated by meeting Arturo Bandini, a first-generation Italian hoping to land a writing career and a blue-eyed blonde on his arm.

Movie
Anatomy of Hell
4.8
2004

Anatomy of Hell

A woman employs a gay man to spend four nights at her house to watch her when she's "unwatchable".

Movie
The Patriot
7.2
2000

The Patriot

After proving himself on the field of battle in the French and Indian War, Benjamin Martin wants nothing more to do with such things, preferring the simple life of a farmer. But when his son Gabriel enlists in the army to defend their new nation, America, against the British, Benjamin reluctantly returns to his old life to protect his son.

Movie
Resurrection
6.0
1958

Resurrection

Young Prince Nechljudov is summoned as a judge in a murder trial. A rich merchant was found dead in the room of the inn where he was staying and the prostitute Maslova was accused of the crime. Nechljudov recognizes in the woman the maid of the aunts he had seduced and abandoned years before and tries to convince the authorities of her of his innocence but to no avail. Convinced that he is responsible for her moral fall, he follows her to Siberia where she must serve her sentence.

Movie
The Gift
6.5
2000

The Gift

Annie Wilson, young widow and mother of three, makes her living foretelling others' futures⁠—though her own has become cloudier than even she can see. Threatened by a client's violent husband and plagued by visions of a missing local woman, Annie finds herself pulled into a thicket of lies and deception in which her extraordinary gift may ultimately get her killed.

Movie
Mr. Holland's Opus
7.0
1995

Mr. Holland's Opus

In 1965, passionate musician Glenn Holland takes a day job as a high school music teacher, convinced it's just a small obstacle on the road to his true calling: writing a historic opus. As the decades roll by with the composition unwritten but generations of students inspired through his teaching, Holland must redefine his life's purpose.

Movie
Original Sin
6.1
2001

Original Sin

A young man is plunged into a life of subterfuge, deceit and mistaken identity in pursuit of a femme fatale whose heart is never quite within his grasp.

Movie
Love in 4 Easy Lessons
3.3
1976

Love in 4 Easy Lessons

Four stories focused on the fair sex, dealing with the most varied and improbable sentimental and non-sentimental situations.

Movie
L.A. Story
6.5
1991

L.A. Story

With the help of a talking freeway billboard, a "wacky weatherman" tries to win the heart of an English newspaper reporter, who is struggling to make sense of the strange world of early-90s Los Angeles.

Movie
Color of Night
5.8
1994

Color of Night

A color-blind psychiatrist is stalked by an unknown killer after taking over his murdered friend's therapy group and becomes embroiled in an intense affair with a mysterious woman who may be connected to the crime.

Movie
Body of Evidence
5.0
1993

Body of Evidence

When an elderly millionaire is found dead with cocaine in his system, his will leaves $8 million to Rebecca Carlson, who was having an affair with him. District attorney Robert Garrett decides to prosecute Rebecca, arguing that she deliberately engaged in wild sex with the old man to overexcite him and lead to his premature death. Defense attorney Frank Dulaney defends Rebecca in court while getting sucked into a dangerous affair with her.

Movie
Sleepers
7.6
1996

Sleepers

Two gangsters seek revenge on the state jail worker who during their stay at a youth prison sexually abused them. A sensational court hearing takes place to charge him for the crimes.

Movie
Playing by Heart
6.6
1998

Playing by Heart

In a vibrant tapestry of love and longing, nine interconnected souls navigate romance and heartbreak in L.A., where passions collide and truths unfold, revealing that the heart's desires often lead us where we least expect.

Movie
Dangerous Liaisons
7.2
1988

Dangerous Liaisons

In 18th century France, Marquise de Merteuil asks her ex-lover Vicomte de Valmont to seduce the future wife of another ex-lover of hers in return for one last night with her. Yet things don’t go as planned.

Movie
Sliver
5.6
1993

Sliver

A woman moves into a Manhattan apartment, where she learns that the previous tenant's life ended under mysterious circumstances.

Movie
Marie Antoinette
6.7
2006

Marie Antoinette

The retelling of France’s iconic but ill-fated queen, Marie Antoinette. From her betrothal and marriage to Louis XVI at 15 to her reign as queen at 19 and ultimately the fall of Versailles.

Movie
Children of a Lesser God
6.9
1986

Children of a Lesser God

Starting his new job as an instructor at a New England school for the deaf, James Leeds meets Sarah Norman, a young deaf woman who works at the school as a member of the custodial staff. In spite of Sarah's withdrawn emotional state, a romance slowly develops between the pair.

Movie
Interview with the Vampire
7.4
1994

Interview with the Vampire

A vampire relates his epic life story of love, betrayal, loneliness, and dark hunger to an over-curious reporter.

Movie
Bridget Jones's Diary
6.7
2001

Bridget Jones's Diary

Bridget Jones is an average woman struggling against her age, her weight, her job, her lack of a man, and her various imperfections. As a New Year's resolution, Bridget decides to take control of her life, starting by keeping a diary in which she will always tell the complete truth. The fireworks begin when her charming though disreputable boss takes an interest in the quirky Miss Jones. Thrown into the mix are Bridget's band of slightly eccentric friends and a rather disagreeable acquaintance into whom Bridget cannot seem to stop running or help finding quietly attractive.

Movie
Lost Highway
7.5
1997

Lost Highway

A tormented jazz musician finds himself lost in an enigmatic story involving murder, surveillance, gangsters, doppelgängers, and an impossible transformation inside a prison cell.

Movie

Recommended Movies

The Widow of Saint-Pierre
6.5
2000

The Widow of Saint-Pierre

In 1850, on the isolated French island of Saint-Pierre, a murder shocks the natives. Two fishermen are arrested. One of them, Louis Ollivier, dies in custody. The other, Neel Auguste, is sentenced to death by the guillotine. The island is so small that it has neither a guillotine nor an executioner. While those are sent for Auguste is placed under the supervision of an army Captain.

Movie
Blood and Wine
5.7
1996

Blood and Wine

A man who has failed as a father and husband commits a heist to make money for his fledging business, but things become complicated when his wife interferes.

Movie
The Death of Louis XIV
6.5
2016

The Death of Louis XIV

August 1715. After going for a walk, Louis XIV feels a pain in his leg. The next days, the king keeps fulfilling his duties and obligations, but his sleep is troubled and he has a serious fever. He barely eats and weakens increasingly. This is the start of the slow agony of the greatest king of France, surrounded by his relatives and doctors.

Movie
Colonel Chabert
6.4
1994

Colonel Chabert

When Colonel Chabert returns from the war, he discovers that he has lost everything.

Movie
La Menace
5.9
1977

La Menace

Henri Savin has managed a trucking company for his lover, Dominique Montlaur, for many years. Now he is planning to leave her for Julie Manet, the woman he has made pregnant, and Dominique is hysterical. She first threatens suicide, then shows up at a meeting of Savin and Julie. Dominique tries everything she can think of to break Savin and Julie apart, to no avail. Frustrated in her efforts, she jumps off a cliff and dies. Savin insists that he and Julie lie to the police about the encounter, although Dominique's death was a suicide and therefore they had no direct hand in it. Detective Waldeck investigates Dominique's death.

Movie
The Horse
7.0
1970

The Horse

Auguste Maroilleur, an elderly farmer, exploits 400 hectares of crop land with the help of his family, over which he rules with an iron hand. Things go awry the day he discovers one of his grandsons is involved in drug traffic. To make matters worse, the reckless youth has hidden the white powder in the Maroilleur farm. Without a moment's hesitation, Auguste gets rid of the toxic substance but, of course, the mob has different views...

Movie
Cookies
6.4
1975

Cookies

Henri Serin (Jean-Pierre Marielle), an umbrella salesman, leads a quiet life between his work, his family and his passion for painting. During his many business trips, Henri indulges in a few amorous escapades, which provide a welcome change from the tiresome daily routine his bigoted wife locks him into. One fine day, Henri decides to drop everything and live on love and fresh water. He ends up in Pont-Aven, where he meets Émile, a local painter imitating Gauguin, with whom he shares his drinking and other feminine attractions.

Movie
Unpredictable Nature of the River
6.1
1996

Unpredictable Nature of the River

Nobleman Jean-Francois de la Plaine is exiled to serve as governor of a West African colony.

Movie
Les Secrets du Paquebot
5.7
2023

Les Secrets du Paquebot

Movie
The School of Power
6.3
2009

The School of Power

A retelling in two parts, from 1977 to 1986, of the education and the rise to power of a group of young graduates of the prestigious ENA school.

Movie
Fragile(s)
5.3
2007

Fragile(s)

Six characters cross paths in Paris and Lisbon.

Movie
Deception
5.3
2021

Deception

An American writer living in exile in London, Philip listens to women. His English mistress, who visits him regularly in the studio that serves as their refuge. A student he loved in another life. A former lover confined to a hospital in New York.

Movie
The Concorde... Airport '79
4.7
1979

The Concorde... Airport '79

Aviation disaster-prone Joe Patroni must contend with nuclear missiles, the French Air Force and the threat of the plane splitting in two over the Alps.

Movie
Tandem
7.1
1987

Tandem

Michel Mortez travels around France hosting a radio game show he created 25 years ago. He is famous among the average Frenchmen. Rivetot, his assistant and technician, always goes with him. He is the only one who knows what really lies under Mortez's appearance of a playful don Juan. When the program is canceled, Rivetot delays telling Mortez as long as possible... Both malicious and tender, this bitter comedy also shows nostalgia.

Movie
The Hairdresser's Husband
6.8
1990

The Hairdresser's Husband

Antoine has always been fascinated by a hairdresser's delicate touch, the beguiling perfume, and the enticing figure of a woman with an opulent bosom. After all, he had always known he would marry one, completing his idealized love fantasy.

Movie
Farinelli
6.6
1994

Farinelli

The life and career of Italian opera singer Farinelli, considered one of the greatest castrato singers of all time.

Movie
Family Resemblances
7.3
1996

Family Resemblances

An upper middle-class French family celebrates a birthday in a restaurant. In one evening and during one meal, family history, tensions, collective and separate grudges, delights, and memories both clash and coalesce.

Movie
Queen Margot
7.2
1994

Queen Margot

Paris, Kingdom of France, August 18, 1572. To avoid the outbreak of a religious war, the Catholic princess Marguerite de Valois, sister of the feeble King Charles IX, marries the Huguenot King Henry III of Navarre.

Movie
Wolf Totem
6.5
2015

Wolf Totem

In 1969, a young Beijing student, Chen Zhen, is sent to live among the nomadic herdsmen of Inner Mongolia. Caught between the advance of civilization from the south and the nomads' traditional enemies - the marauding wolves - to the north; humans and animals, residents and invaders alike, struggle to find their true place in the world.

Movie
Play
7.3
2019

Play

In 1993, Max was 13 when he was offered his first camera. For 25 years he will not stop filming. The bunch of friends, the loves, the successes, the failures. From the 90s to the 2010s, it is the portrait of a whole generation that is emerging through its objective.

Movie