The French Republican calendar used a few years after the revolution was also in this spirit. However these names do not export well across the world, notably a problem when as a colonial power like France you export your language and customs.
For video, the quite obscure CinéMutins[0] offers DRM-free downloads. The catalogue is in large part in French though and the movies that aren’t are hard-subbed in French.
There’s also basically no mainstream films, the focus is on social messages, but there are moderately-known films here and there.
