New French Extremity

New French Extremity describes a range of French films made at the turn of the 21st century that were considered extreme or transgressive. Films of the New French Extremity are characterized by graphic depictions of violence, especially sexual violence, and explicit sexual imagery. Many non-French films subsequently become associated with this trend.

Films that have been repeatedly associated with New French Extremity include: A Hole in My Heart (2004), A New Life (2002), A Serbian Film (2010), Anatomy of Hell (2004), Antichrist (2009), Baise-moi (2000), Battle in Heaven (2005), Climax (2018), Clip (2012), Enter the Void (2009), Fat Girl (2001), Free Will (2006), Holiday (2018), I Stand Alone (1998) Import/Export (2007), In My Skin (2002), Intimacy (2001), Irréversible (2002), My Mother (2004), Nymphomaniac (2013), Pola X (1999), Raw (2016), Romance (1999), See the Sea (1997), Sombre(1999), Taxidermia (2006), The Brown Bunny (2003), The Great Ecstasy of Robert Carmichael (2005), The Idiots (1998), The Piano Teacher (2001), The Tribe (2014), Titane (2021), Trouble Every Day (2001|), Twentynine Palms (2003), We Fuck Alone (2006).

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