Ember's analysis
- Pacing
- Brisk
- Intensity
- Strong
- Complexity
- Layered
- Violence
- Brutal
- tense
- urgent
- sober
- serious movie night
- historical thriller viewing
What critics said
Critics broadly found the film tense, efficiently staged, and compelling as a documented police-side action drama, while noting that its procedural effectiveness sometimes outweighs character complexity.
What sets it apart
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The story follows anti-terrorism services during the immediate hunt for suspects after the November 2015 Paris attacks.
The central conflict is the French anti-terrorism apparatus working collectively to locate suspects after the attacks.
The film is grounded in documented events and presents the aftermath through police-side procedure while avoiding the attackers' point of view.
Its five-day narrative is set in Paris immediately after the 13 November 2015 attacks.
Films like November, and why
Zero Dark Thirty
shared police procedural structure, counterterrorism investigation, tense action filmmaking, and focus on institutional response to terrorism
United 93
shared post-attack investigative urgency, documentary-informed realism, ensemble law-enforcement perspective, and restrained human drama
The Connection
shared French crime-thriller intensity, police institutions under pressure, dynamic editing, and morally serious atmosphere
The Looming Tower
shared real-world counterterrorism subject, procedural investigation, tense surveillance work, and emphasis on operational detail
Movie Details
- Director
- Cédric Jimenez
- Release Date
- 2022-10-05
- Runtime
- 105 min
- Rating
- 7.0 / 10 (901)
Cast
- Jean Dujardin
- Anaïs Demoustier
- Sandrine Kiberlain
- Jérémie Renier
- Lyna Khoudri
- Cédric Kahn
- Sofian Khammes
- Sami Outalbali
- Stéphane Bak
- Raphaël Quenard
Where to watch in United States
- Streaming
- France Channel Amazon Channel
Streaming options come from TMDB and change over time.
Common questions
- What is November about?
- A French anti-terrorism team races through Paris in the tense aftermath of the 2015 attacks, balancing operational urgency with the human cost of national trauma.
- What is November like to watch?
- Ember's analysis rates the pacing of November as brisk, its intensity as strong and its storytelling as layered.
- Is November violent?
- Yes. Ember rates the violence in November as brutal.
- What did critics think of November?
- Critics broadly found the film tense, efficiently staged, and compelling as a documented police-side action drama, while noting that its procedural effectiveness sometimes outweighs character complexity.
- Which films are like November?
- Films with a similar feel include Zero Dark Thirty, United 93, The Connection, and The Looming Tower.
- How long is November?
- November runs 105 minutes.
- Where can I watch November?
- In United States, November streams on France Channel Amazon Channel.
