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1. King of Kings (1961)
PG-13 | 168 min | Biography, Drama
The temporary physical life of the Biblical Savior, Jesus Christ.
Director: Nicholas Ray | Stars: Jeffrey Hunter, Siobhan McKenna, Hurd Hatfield, Ron Randell
Votes: 9,059 | Gross: $14.48M
2. Omnibus (1952–1961)
55 min | Drama, History, Music
Omnibus was a television program that sought to provide the best of what television could provide as the highest common denominator of intellectual curiosity and interest. This level of programing excellence has not been achieved again.
Stars: Alistair Cooke, Leonard Bernstein, Joseph N. Welch, Helen Hayes
Votes: 218
3. Mayerling (1968)
PG-13 | 140 min | Drama, History, Romance
Based on real life events that led to tragic deaths of Crown Prince Rudolf of Austria and his lover Baroness Mary Vetsera.
Director: Terence Young | Stars: Omar Sharif, Catherine Deneuve, James Mason, Ava Gardner
Votes: 1,768
4. Scorching Sands (1963)
Not Rated | 124 min | Adventure, Drama, Romance
Sheherazade is promised to a powerful Sultan as a gift in exchange for free passage to the Holy Land. When the Sultan's underling saves her from certain death, she falls madly in love with her hero.
Director: Pierre Gaspard-Huit | Stars: Anna Karina, Gérard Barray, Antonio Vilar, Giuliano Gemma
Votes: 210
5. Diary of a Chambermaid (1964)
Not Rated | 97 min | Crime, Drama
A sophisticated and self-assured woman from Paris joins a middle-class rural estate as a maid and causes quite a stir among the variously uptight, perverse and violent inhabitants.
Director: Luis Buñuel | Stars: Jeanne Moreau, Georges Géret, Michel Piccoli, Daniel Ivernel
Votes: 9,796 | Gross: $0.02M
6. Delusions of Grandeur (1971)
PG | 85 min | Adventure, Comedy, History
In 17th-century Spain, the Minister of Finance tries to dishonor the queen with an overly complex plan.
Director: Gérard Oury | Stars: Louis de Funès, Yves Montand, Alice Sapritch, Karin Schubert
Votes: 8,008
7. Oscar (1967)
G | 85 min | Comedy
Neurotic businessman must find the right man for his pregnant daughter. In fact, it is little bit complicated.
Director: Édouard Molinaro | Stars: Louis de Funès, Claude Rich, Mario David, Germaine Delbat
Votes: 7,571
8. Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves (1954)
92 min | Comedy, Fantasy, Romance
Rich oriental lord Cassim's cheeky servant Ali Baba was sent to buy a meaty girl-slave, but brings dancer Morgiane, whom he is enamored with. When he's part of a caravan robbed by Abdel's ... See full summary »
Director: Jacques Becker | Stars: Fernandel, Samia Gamal, Dieter Borsche, Henri Vilbert
Votes: 1,392
9. The Female (1958)
101 min | Drama
Handsome and rich Spanish gentleman abandons his wife and riches for his love of a young girl of poor stock who taunts and degrades him. Only after she has humbled him mercilessly does she offer him her love in the end.
Director: Julien Duvivier | Stars: Brigitte Bardot, Antonio Vilar, Darío Moreno, Lila Kedrova
Votes: 350
10. Les Visiteurs du Soir (1942)
Not Rated | 115 min | Drama, Fantasy, Romance
In medieval France, the Devil intervenes when one of his two envoys, sent to seduce and deceive mortals, falls instead for a victim.
Director: Marcel Carné | Stars: Arletty, Marie Déa, Fernand Ledoux, Alain Cuny
Votes: 2,469
11. King Lear (1970)
GP | 137 min | Drama
King Lear divides his kingdom among his daughters, giving great importance to their protestations of love for him. When Cordelia refuses to idly flatter the old man, he banishes her and turns for support to his remaining daughters.
Director: Peter Brook | Stars: Paul Scofield, Irene Worth, Cyril Cusack, Susan Engel
Votes: 940
12. Me and the Colonel (1958)
Approved | 109 min | Comedy, War
Jacobowsky (Danny Kaye), a Jewish refugee, flees from the Germans with Colonel Prokoszny (Curt Jurgens), an aristocratic, anti-Semitic Polish officer trying to get papers to England. ... See full summary »
Director: Peter Glenville | Stars: Danny Kaye, Curd Jürgens, Nicole Maurey, Françoise Rosay
Votes: 736
13. Au théâtre ce soir (1966–1990)
Comedy
Stars: Edward Sanderson, Bernard Durand, Robert Manuel, Jacques Ardouin
Votes: 72
14. Meetings with Remarkable Men (1979)
G | 108 min | Biography, Drama
G.I. Gurdjieff is a spiritual teacher and mystic who, after a lifetime study, developed a form of meditation incorporating modern dance.
Director: Peter Brook | Stars: Dragan Maksimovic, Terence Stamp, Mikica Dimitrijevic, Athol Fugard
Votes: 1,197
15. Tamango (1958)
Not Rated | 98 min | Adventure, Drama, History
A Dutch slave captain, on a voyage to Cuba, faces a revolt fomented by a newly captured African slave, Tamango. The slaves capture the captain's mistress, forcing a showdown.
Director: John Berry | Stars: Dorothy Dandridge, Curd Jürgens, Jean Servais, Alex Cressan
Votes: 426
16. Carnival in Flanders (1935)
95 min | Comedy, History, Romance
Tells the story of the Spanish invasion of Flanders
Director: Jacques Feyder | Stars: Françoise Rosay, André Alerme, Jean Murat, Louis Jouvet
Votes: 1,410
17. La Marseillaise (1938)
Not Rated | 130 min | Drama, History, Music
A news-reel like movie about early part of the French Revolution, shown from the eyes of individual people, citizens of Marseille, counts in German exile and, of course the king Louis XVI, ... See full summary »
Director: Jean Renoir | Stars: Pierre Renoir, Lise Delamare, Louis Jouvet, Léon Larive
Votes: 1,395
18. Marie-Octobre (1959)
90 min | Drama, Mystery
Fifteen years after WWII, a group of ex-resistance fighters are brought together by Marie-Octobre, so that the former members of the network can finally relive one fateful night and find out who betrayed their murdered leader, Castille.
Director: Julien Duvivier | Stars: Danielle Darrieux, Bernard Blier, Robert Dalban, Paul Frankeur
Votes: 1,409
19. Black Tights (1960)
Not Rated | 140 min | Drama, Musical
Live scenes of Paris and a continuity Narrator link together four dramatic re-enactments of original ballet creations by Roland Petit and his ensemble, Ballets de Paris: Carmen (1949), La croqueuse de diamants (1950), Deuil en 24 heures (1953), and Cyrano de Bergerac (1959).
Director: Terence Young | Stars: Maurice Chevalier, Les Ballets de Paris, Zizi Jeanmaire, Dirk Sanders
Votes: 264
20. Famous Love Affairs (1961)
130 min | Comedy, History, Romance
Anthology of four love stories that have some historical basis.
Director: Michel Boisrond | Stars: Jean-Paul Belmondo, Philippe Noiret, Dany Robin, Palau
Votes: 265
21. Backfire (1964)
94 min | Adventure, Comedy, Crime
A greedy gold smuggler hires a handsome hero to transport a stolen fortune to a new hideout in this thrilling adventure.
Director: Jean Becker | Stars: Jean-Paul Belmondo, Jean Seberg, Enrico Maria Salerno, Renate Ewert
Votes: 338
22. A Man's Head (1933)
90 min | Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Willy is broke and his mistress always wants more money. A stranger in a pub agrees to murder his aunt, but everything will not go as planned. Maigret will try to separate fact and fiction.
Director: Julien Duvivier | Stars: Harry Baur, Valéry Inkijinoff, Gina Manès, Alexandre Rignault
Votes: 689
23. The Eagle with Two Heads (1948)
93 min | Drama
A poet plans to assassinate an unpopular queen but falls in love with her instead.
Director: Jean Cocteau | Stars: Edwige Feuillère, Jean Marais, Silvia Monfort, Jacques Varennes
Votes: 684
24. L'éternel retour (1943)
107 min | Drama, Romance
This is a retelling of Tristan and Isolde, set in 1940s France. The script was written by Jean Cocteau.
Director: Jean Delannoy | Stars: Madeleine Sologne, Jean Marais, Jean Murat, Junie Astor
Votes: 622
25. Miroir (1947)
90 min | Drama
Portrait of a two-faced man. By day he is rich, brilliant and respectable financial officer Lussac; at night, he becomes "Mirror", a ruthless gang leader in Marseilles.
Director: Raymond Lamy | Stars: Jean Gabin, Antonin Berval, Daniel Gélin, Gisèle Préville
Votes: 109
26. Personal Column (1939)
106 min | Musical, Romance, Thriller
After one of her fellow taxi dancers is murdered by an unknown man who she met through a personal column advert, Adrienne Charpentier is recruited by the police to answer a series of similar adverts to try to track down the killer.
Director: Robert Siodmak | Stars: Maurice Chevalier, Pierre Renoir, Marie Déa, Erich von Stroheim
Votes: 413
27. The Room Upstairs (1946)
115 min | Crime, Drama, Romance
The local building contractor Martin Roumagnac is fascinated by the fashionable Blanche Ferrand. To impress Blanche, Martin presents her with a villa. However, this ruins him financially. ... See full summary »
Director: Georges Lacombe | Stars: Marlene Dietrich, Jean Gabin, Jean d'Yd, Daniel Gélin
Votes: 526
28. Crime on a Summer Morning (1965)
109 min | Crime, Drama
An ill-assorted group of international criminals executes a tightly-planned ransom sting in Spain. Things go along swimmingly until various tensions within the group come to the fore.
Director: Jacques Deray | Stars: Jean-Paul Belmondo, Sophie Daumier, Geraldine Chaplin, Gabriele Ferzetti
Votes: 399
29. Dédée d'Anvers (1948)
95 min | Drama
Dedee is a prostitute who works in Monsieur Rene's nightclub on Antwerp's harbour. The porter is Marco, her pimp. Dedee is not happy until she meets Francesco, an Italian sailor. They fall ... See full summary »
Director: Yves Allégret | Stars: Bernard Blier, Simone Signoret, Marcello Pagliero, Marcel Dalio
Votes: 695
30. Innocents in Paris (1953)
93 min | Adventure, Comedy, Drama
A weekend trip to Paris affects the lives of a group of British tourists.
Director: Gordon Parry | Stars: Peter Illing, Gaby Bruyère, James Copeland, Monique Gérard
Votes: 533
31. Toutes folles de lui (1967)
100 min | Comedy
Director: Norbert Carbonnaux | Stars: Robert Hirsch, Sophie Desmarets, Maria Latour, Jacqueline Coué
Votes: 22
32. Banana Peel (1963)
97 min | Comedy, Crime
Cathy wants to avenge her father by stealing Bontemps and Lachards, two corrupt associates who have destroyed the fortune of her father.For this she will work with three specialists,"... See full summary »
Director: Marcel Ophüls | Stars: Jeanne Moreau, Jean-Paul Belmondo, Claude Brasseur, Jean-Pierre Marielle
Votes: 285
33. Madame Bovary (1934)
101 min | Drama
Soon after the death of his first wife (whose dowry was inadequate), Charles Bovary, a country doctor in Normandy, marries Emma Rouault, who is well-endowed in every sense. In her new home,... See full summary »
Director: Jean Renoir | Stars: Max Dearly, Valentine Tessier, Pierre Renoir, Robert Le Vigan
Votes: 549
34. Now Barabbas (1949)
87 min | Drama
A humane prison governor deals with a variety of different prisoners, including a charming murderer.
Director: Gordon Parry | Stars: Richard Greene, Cedric Hardwicke, Kathleen Harrison, Ronald Howard
Votes: 149
35. The Beggar's Opera (1953)
Approved | 94 min | Crime, History, Musical
When the composer of an opera about a swashbuckling, wenching highwayman meets his hero's real-life counterpart, he's disappointed with his lack of dash.
Director: Peter Brook | Stars: Laurence Olivier, Hugh Griffith, George Rose, Stuart Burge
Votes: 395
36. Paris Holiday (1958)
Approved | 103 min | Action, Comedy, Romance
American actor, Bob Hunter, travels to Paris to purchase the rights to a highly sought after script, and meets his French counterpart Fernydel along the way, but a sinister organization seems to be targeting Hunter for a mysterious reason.
Director: Gerd Oswald | Stars: Bob Hope, Fernandel, Anita Ekberg, Martha Hyer
Votes: 528
37. The Last Turning (1939)
90 min | Crime, Drama, Romance
Frank, a hobo, ends up in a garage-truck stop in the middle of nowhere. Nick Marino, its older, kind and naive owner, is married to Cora, a sexy and mercenary woman half his age. Frank, ... See full summary »
Director: Pierre Chenal | Stars: Fernand Gravey, Michel Simon, Marcel Vallée, Auguste Bovério
Votes: 302
38. Marianne of My Youth (1955)
105 min | Drama, Fantasy, Romance
A young man in a Bavarian boarding school falls in love with a mysterious girl.
Director: Julien Duvivier | Stars: Marianne Hold, Horst Buchholz, Pierre Vaneck, Gil Vidal
Votes: 350
39. Don Juan (1950)
124 min | Adventure, Drama, Romance
Don Juan, pursued by the Justice, is finally pardoned and returns to his natal city Seville leaving Venice. He finds his father has died and has left him a condition to inherit his fortune : to marry Doña Inés and lead an honorable life. He will not hesitate to figure out a plot to get the money, while he continues seducing women and dueling with rivals. He will not hesitate either to make love ... See full summary »
Director: José Luis Sáenz de Heredia | Stars: Antonio Vilar, Annabella, María Rosa Salgado, Enrique Guitart
Votes: 75
40. La danse de mort (1948)
88 min | Drama
A sinister fortress on an island where the sun never seems to shine. An officer whose values have long gone a thing of the past.
Director: Marcel Cravenne | Stars: Erich von Stroheim, Denise Vernac, Palau, Massimo Serato
Votes: 69
41. Crime Does Not Pay (1962)
159 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
A husband tries to kill his wife using the plan he saw in a film. But real life is not a film.
Director: Gérard Oury | Stars: Danielle Darrieux, Edwige Feuillère, Annie Girardot, Rina Morelli
Votes: 180
42. Tender Scoundrel (1966)
94 min | Comedy
Tony Maréchal is a professional seducer. Having conquered countless women, proclaims that there is none that can resist his charm. To prove this makes a difficult challenge: to seduce baroness Minna von Strasshofer.
Director: Jean Becker | Stars: Jean-Paul Belmondo, Nadja Tiller, Jean-Pierre Marielle, Robert Morley
Votes: 420
43. The Restless and the Damned (1959)
89 min | Drama
Set in French Polynesia, a man trades his old life for one in the Pacific.
Director: Yves Allégret | Stars: Edmond O'Brien, Richard Basehart, Andréa Parisy, Nicole Berger
Votes: 29
44. The Medium (1951)
84 min | Drama, Music
Madame Flora is terrified when she perceives a supernatural presence during one of her fraudulent séances. Menotti's first international success, "The Medium" is a tragedy in two acts for ... See full summary »
Director: Gian Carlo Menotti | Stars: Marie Powers, Leopoldo Savona, Belva Kibler, Beverly Dame
Votes: 196
45. The Seven Deadly Sins (1952)
127 min | Drama
A French/Italian co-production with two episodes from Italy and five from France covering the seven deadly sins---actually eight as two of the sins are covered in one episode while a new "... See full summary »
Directors: Yves Allégret, Claude Autant-Lara, Eduardo De Filippo, Jean Dréville, Georges Lacombe, Carlo Rim, Roberto Rossellini | Stars: Michèle Morgan, Françoise Rosay, Jean Debucourt, Marcelle Praince
Votes: 275
46. Monnaie de singe (1966)
83 min | Comedy, Crime
Fulbert is a sidewalk artist who is duped into working for a counterfeiter. He accompanies a woman posing as a grieving widow on a trip to Spain in a hearse. Unaware she is the mistress of a notorious gangster, Fulbert is chased by thugs.
Director: Yves Robert | Stars: Robert Hirsch, Sylva Koscina, Jean-Pierre Marielle, Alberto Closas
Votes: 66
47. Carmen (1968)
164 min | Drama, Music
Director: Herbert von Karajan | Stars: Grace Bumbry, Jon Vickers, Mirella Freni, Justino Díaz
Votes: 80
48. Don Juan (1956)
93 min | Adventure, Comedy, Romance
Film based on the myth of Don Juan.
Director: John Berry | Stars: Fernandel, Carmen Sevilla, Roland Armontel, Simone Paris
Votes: 157
49. Les fêtes galantes (1965)
90 min | Comedy, History, War
In the 18th century, as the army of Prince De Beaulieu lays siege on the fortress of Marechal D'Allenberg, a young princess sends a soldier out of the fortress to go find her lover.
Director: René Clair | Stars: Jean-Pierre Cassel, Philippe Avron, Marie Dubois, Geneviève Casile
Votes: 190
50. Emmenez-moi au théâtre (1982–1985)
Drama
Broadcast of plays on a French public channel (Antenne 2).
Stars: Jean Piat, Cyrielle Clair, Daniel Ceccaldi, Robert Lamoureux