History Film / Amelie

* CultSoundtrack: The soundtrack, composed by Yann Tiersen, received rave reviews and even went platinum in Canada. Its songs are still used as atmospheric music in a wide range of media.

** Additionally, [[spoiler:Philomène's cat applies too; when Amélie expects Nino to enter her kitchen, she turns to find the cause of the bead curtain moving is the cat that she occasionally takes care of.]]

* {{Gaslighting}}: Amélie sneaks into her grocer's apartment and subtly messes with his stuff, changing the size of his shoes, the numbers on his speed dial, etc... to punish him for mocking his "mentally challenged" and one-armed employee.

** [[spoiler:Georgette with Joseph.]]

* {{Metaphorgotten}}: The metaphor of the unfinished girl in the painting to Amélie quickly disintegrates when she gets fed up with Raymond's prying.
** On a meta level, the painting also serves to illustrate a need to move on, resulting in Dufayel finally painting other pictures.

* NarrativeFiligree: TheMovie. ''Amélie'' frequently delves into irrelevant events, such as marking Amélie's conception occurring at the exact time that a fly is crushed, that wine glasses "dance" on a moving tablecloth unseen, and that a gentleman erases his deceased friend from his notebook of phone numbers. Additionally, almost every named character ([[UpToEleven or animal]] in the case of Philomène's cat) is noted as liking or disliking something in order to give detail to the world.

* ShipperOnDeck: Amélie for [[spoiler:Georgette and Joseph.]]
* SpiritualSuccessor: ''PushingDaisies''.

* ThatCloudLooksLike

* UndignifiedDeath: Amélie's mother is leaving Notre-Dame de Paris, having just prayed for the conception of a second child, when a Canadian tourist committing suicide by freefall lands on her.

'''''Le Fabuleux Destin d'Amélie Poulain''''' ("''The Fabulous Destiny of Amélie Poulain''"--released as ''Amélie'' in English) is a 2001 French film directed by JeanPierreJeunet, starring Creator/AudreyTautou and Mathieu Kassovitz.

* [[RealLifeWritesThePlot Real Life Writes the Disability]]: Lucien has one arm. Jamel Debbouze, who plays him, has a withered right hand which he consistently keeps hidden in a pocket. It's conceivable that, while the character of Lucien being "slow" was always the main excuse given by the grocer for being such a giant JerkAss to him, the missing arm was more of a way to explain Jamel's recognizable posture in-universe that they decided to [[ThrowItIn throw in]].

* BobHaircut: Amélie's hairstyle.

* ModestyBedsheet: It was more like a Modesty Person. Both scenes where Amélie was naked, she had a person over her.

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Amélie was originally intended to be played by EmilyWatson, but because Emily had trouble speaking French and did not want to be away from home, the role went to Audrey Tautou.

* ImmodestOrgasm / ModestOrgasm: When Amélie wonders "how many people are having orgasms right now?"

* RightNowMontage: "How many people are having an orgasm right now?"

* SexMontage: In one scene, Amélie amuses herself by wondering "how many people are having orgasms right now?" She correctly guesses "Fifteen!" after a montage of every single one.

[[caption-width-right:242: She'll change your life.]]

'''''Le Fabuleux Destin d'Amélie Poulain''''' ("''The Fabulous Destiny of Amélie Poulain''"--released as ''Amélie'' in English) is a 2001 French film directed by JeanPierreJeunet, starring AudreyTautou and Mathieu Kassovitz.

** Note that "Amélie" is the french name corresponding to the english name "Emily", and the director states in DVD bonus that [[TheDanza "Emily" was the name of the main character]] in the original script.
*** Nope, as two of my cousins and my grandmother can confirm, the french name corresponding to the english "Emily" is "Émilie".

** Note that "Amélie" is the french name corresponding to the english name "Emily", and the director states in DvD bonus that [[TheDanza "Emily" was the name of the main character]] in the original script.

** Note that "Amélie" is the french name corresponding to the english name "Emily", and the director states in DvDbonus that [[TheDanza "Emily" was the name of the main character]] in the original script.

The plot follows Amélie, a lonely young Parisian waitress with simple pleasures, as she decides to become a sort of guardian angel to those around her: reuniting a stranger with a box of his childhood treasures, gently prompting her retired father to follow his dreams of world travel, matchmaking café regulars, playing practical jokes on a greengrocer who's being cruel to his assistant, writing love letters to a woman whose husband left her, etc. During her adventures, she meets an odd young man called Nino, whom we quickly realize is her soulmate--but she is too shy to make direct contact. She must find the courage to fix her own life as she's been fixing those of others.

'''Le Fabuleux Destin d'Amélie Poulain''' ("''The Fabulous Destiny of Amélie Poulain''"--released as ''Amélie'' in English) is a 2001 French film directed by JeanPierreJeunet, starring AudreyTautou and Mathieu Kassovitz.

!!''Le Fabuleux Destin d'Amélie Poulain'' provides examples of:

* CatScare: Inverted. When Amelie daydreams about Nino coming in through her beaded doorway and the beads rustle, she turns around and rather than relieved to see a cat, is understandably disappointed to find her cat.

* GayParee: But of course, and deliberately moreso than in real life.

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Amélie was originally intended to be played by EmilyWatson, but because Emily had trouble speaking French and did not want to be away from home, the role went to Audrey Tatou.

* ParentalNeglect: A non-malicious variation. Amélie's father was so distant that, upon giving her occasional check-ups, the rare contact with her father would make her heart race; since he believed this was a result of a heart condition, he had her was home-schooled by her neurotic mother, forcing Amélie to hide in her imagination.

''Le Fabuleux Destin d'Amélie Poulain'' ("''The Fabulous Destiny of Amélie Poulain''"--released as ''Amélie'' in English) is a 2001 French film directed by JeanPierreJeunet, starring AudreyTautou and Mathieu Kassovitz.

* BobHaircut: Amélie.

* NarrativeFiligree: TheMovie. The movie frequently delves into irrelevant events, such as marking Amélie's conception occuring at the same time a fly being crushed, wine glasses "dance" on a moving tablecloth unseen, and a gentleman erases his deceased friend from his notebook of phone numbers. Additionally, almost every named character ([[UpToEleven or animal]]) is noted as liking or disliking something in order to give character background.

* ParentalNeglect: Not done maliciously, but Amélie's mother was neurotic, and her father was too distant--so Amélie spent more time by herself dreaming.

* ShipperOnDeck: Amélie for Georgette and Joseph.

** In spite of the film's overall sweet tone, it does have an undercurrent of nastiness. Many people that Amélie meets are total jerks, and she plays cruel tricks on them. Also, few characters get a happy ending. Many of the people that Amélie helps are still stuck with their old problems at the end of the film. The most she can do is give them a brief moment of pleasure. Also, none of the jerks she punishes are shown to change their ways.

* ChekhovsGunman: Amélie's air stewardess friend, who is introduced just as one of the other regulars of The Two Windmills. [[spoiler:She's the one who's been taking the pictures of the gnome in different parts of the world. She jokingly tells Amélie she got the name "Snow White" for it.]]