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1. Is Paris Burning? (1966)
Approved | 173 min | Drama, History, War
August 1944. The Allies are approaching Paris and resistance groups within the city start to plan an uprising against the Germans. However, Hitler wants the city destroyed if it looks like the Allies will take it.
Director: René Clément | Stars: Jean-Paul Belmondo, Charles Boyer, Leslie Caron, Jean-Pierre Cassel
Votes: 5,190
2. The Colossus of Rhodes (1961)
Approved | 127 min | Adventure, Drama, History
While holidaying in Rhodes, an Athenian war hero becomes involved in two plots to overthrow the tyrannical king: one from Rhodian patriots, and the other from sinister Phoenician agents.
Director: Sergio Leone | Stars: Rory Calhoun, Lea Massari, Georges Marchal, Conrado San Martín
Votes: 4,197
3. Dog Day (1984)
101 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A fugitive on the run from the law, and carrying several million dollars, hides out in the home of a farm family. The tables turn when the family proves to be even more criminally oriented ... See full summary »
Director: Yves Boisset | Stars: Lee Marvin, Miou-Miou, Jean Carmet, Victor Lanoux
Votes: 1,192
4. The French Conspiracy (1972)
PG | 120 min | Thriller
Sadiel, a Leftist leader in a North African state, takes refuge in Switzerland in the aftermath of a coup. Aware of the threat Sadiel poses, ruthless Colonel Kassar contacts the French ... See full summary »
Director: Yves Boisset | Stars: Jean-Louis Trintignant, Michel Piccoli, Jean Seberg, Gian Maria Volontè
Votes: 884
5. Magnet of Doom (1963)
102 min | Adventure, Crime, Drama
Broke French ex-paratrooper turned amateur boxer Michel Maudet becomes bodyguard for the fugitive corrupt banker Ferchaux.
Director: Jean-Pierre Melville | Stars: Jean-Paul Belmondo, Charles Vanel, Michèle Mercier, Malvina Silberberg
Votes: 1,760
6. The Prize of Peril (1983)
98 min | Action, Drama, Sci-Fi
In a futuristic society, contestants pit their survival skills against each other in a fight to the death for cash prizes, and the contest is aired live on television.
Director: Yves Boisset | Stars: Gérard Lanvin, Michel Piccoli, Marie-France Pisier, Bruno Cremer
Votes: 1,318
7. Espion, lève-toi (1982)
98 min | Drama, Thriller
Sébastien Grenier, a secret agent, eliminates all his rivals in order to decipher who has killed some of his associates.
Director: Yves Boisset | Stars: Lino Ventura, Michel Piccoli, Bruno Cremer, Bernard Fresson
Votes: 1,058
8. The Purple Taxi (1977)
R | 107 min | Drama
With his mauve taxi, the old philosopher Dr. Seamus Scully (Fred Astaire) runs around the small green roads of the south of Ireland, becoming confident of his patients, while trying to help them find their way.
Director: Yves Boisset | Stars: Charlotte Rampling, Philippe Noiret, Peter Ustinov, Agostina Belli
Votes: 659
9. The Boy Soldier (1981)
118 min | Drama, War
This is a coming of age drama adapted from the 1952 Yves Gibeau novel of the same title. A young anti-militarist is forcibly sent to military school by his father. He's a bookish pacifist ... See full summary »
Director: Yves Boisset | Stars: Lucas Belvaux, Jean Carmet, Jean-Pierre Aumont, Jean-François Stévenin
Votes: 361
10. The Dictator's Guns (1965)
103 min | Crime, Drama
Jacques Cournot, a freelance skipper, is hired by Mr Hendrix in Santo Domingo, first of all to advise him regarding the acquisition of a sailing boat. After a thorough inspection of a ... See full summary »
Director: Claude Sautet | Stars: Lino Ventura, Sylva Koscina, Leo Gordon, Alberto de Mendoza
Votes: 529
11. Black Sequence (1984–1991)
90 min | Crime, Thriller
A multi-national anthology of television thriller and crime features.
Stars: Gil Demurger, Teco Celio, Jacques Pater, Daniel Duval
Votes: 77
12. The Cop (1970)
R | 95 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
While investigating a drug case, an inspector is shot dead by a gangster. His colleague, Inspector Favenin, is assigned to solve this crime. He is ready to do anything to save his colleague's honor, even if it means going beyond the law.
Director: Yves Boisset | Stars: Michel Bouquet, Françoise Fabian, Gianni Garko, Michel Constantin
Votes: 701
13. Folle à tuer (1975)
97 min | Drama, Thriller
A young woman, out of a psychiatric clinic, is engaged as a governess of the nephew of a rich industrialist.
Director: Yves Boisset | Stars: Marlène Jobert, Tomas Milian, Thomas Waintrop, Michel Peyrelon
Votes: 309
14. Vivement dimanche (1998– )
Talk-Show
Stars: Michel Drucker, Emmanuel Chaunu, Franck Ferrand, Hélène Gateau
Votes: 109
15. Vertiges (1997–2003)
Action, Crime, Drama
Vertiges is a collection of TV films with heroines who are beautiful, innocent young women who regularly find themselves in danger, prey to passionate dramas, machinations or sadists with its share of false leads and twists and turns.
Stars: Sonia Nadeau, Denis Karvil, Cristian Motiu, Dan Condurache
Votes: 65
16. Les amants de Rivière Rouge (1996– )
165 min | Drama, Western
Stars: Christophe Malavoy, Claudia Koll, Eric Schweig, Lucrezia Lante della Rovere
Votes: 22
17. Haute tension (1988–1994)
Thriller
Stars: Jean-Philippe Écoffey, Jacques Perrin, Jacques Penot, Marc de Jonge
Votes: 16
18. La femme flic (1980)
103 min | Drama, Thriller
Corinne Levassuer, a Paris police inspector, uncovers some embarrassing evidence during one of her investigations and is transferred to a northern French mining town.
Director: Yves Boisset | Stars: Miou-Miou, Jean-Marc Thibault, Leny Escudéro, Jean-Pierre Kalfon
Votes: 459
19. The Common Man (1975)
100 min | Drama
A family holiday turns to tragedy when hostilities between the French holidaymakers and a group of local Arab workers turns violent.
Director: Yves Boisset | Stars: Jean Carmet, Pierre Tornade, Jean Bouise, Michel Peyrelon
Votes: 991
20. A New World (1966)
83 min | Drama
Carlo and Anne meet in Paris and fall in love. She becomes pregnant, but he is resistant to fatherhood.
Director: Vittorio De Sica | Stars: Christine Delaroche, Nino Castelnuovo, Madeleine Robinson, Pierre Brasseur
Votes: 136
21. Infrarouge (2006– )
Documentary, History
Infrarouge is a popular and often challenging documentary program broadcast on Tuesday evenings in the second and third part of the evening on French national channel France 2 since 2006.
Stars: Alexandra Alévêque, Simone Veil, Olivier Wieviorka, Olivia Mokiejewski
Votes: 40
22. Les tricheurs (1958)
Not Rated | 120 min | Drama
Bob Letellier, a good looking rich kid who studies science, makes the acquaintance of Alain, a cynical and immoral young man. The latter introduces him to the existentialist circles of Saint-Germain-des-Prés. Bob is invited to a party and becomes Clo's lover, a rich heiress.
Director: Marcel Carné | Stars: Pascale Petit, Andréa Parisy, Jacques Charrier, Laurent Terzieff
Votes: 677
23. Le juge Fayard dit Le Shériff (1977)
112 min | Crime, Drama
The young judge Fayard is not afraid of anybody as he does his work honestly.
Director: Yves Boisset | Stars: Patrick Dewaere, Aurore Clément, Philippe Léotard, Michel Auclair
Votes: 742
24. Angel's Leap (1971)
95 min | Crime, Drama
The electoral battle is raging in Marseilles. The Corsican Clan, under the rule of the Orsini family, is being challenged by the next generation, younger gangsters who support the ... See full summary »
Director: Yves Boisset | Stars: Jean Yanne, Senta Berger, Sterling Hayden, Raymond Pellegrin
Votes: 294
25. Cinéma cinémas (1982–1991)
Documentary
A ten episode Tv series on cinephilia, in which contributors to both American and French films are interviewed.
Stars: Michel Boujut, Jean-Claude Dauphin, Jean-François Stévenin, Jean-Luc Godard
Votes: 65
26. Safety Catch (1970)
87 min | Mystery, Thriller
A doctor struck off the order for euthanasia is called by a man to help his depressed son since the suicide of his companion.
Director: Yves Boisset | Stars: Bruno Cremer, Renaud Verley, Marianne Comtell, Raffaella Carrà
Votes: 200
27. Médecins des hommes (1988– )
90 min | Drama
Stars: Jacques Perrin, Bruno Cremer, Fanny Ardant, Michel Blanc
28. Sacrée soirée (1987–2009)
Family, Musical, Talk-Show
Sacrée Soirée is a variety show broadcast on TF1 from September 2, 1987 to June 29, 1994, then from December 19, 2007 to December 16, 2009, for a total of 264 numbers, for 7 seasons, every ... See full summary »
Stars: Jean-Pierre Foucault, Didier Derlich, Frédéric François, François Feldman
Votes: 43
29. Coplan sauve sa peau (1968)
110 min | Action, Adventure, Crime
In Istanbul, a young woman is attacked by six thugs and the agent Frank Milland who had set a rendez-vous with her, is outnumbered, and she dies. Frank is menaced later in order to stop his... See full summary »
Director: Yves Boisset | Stars: Claudio Brook, Margaret Lee, Klaus Kinski, Jean Servais
Votes: 215
30. Time Bomb (1959)
90 min | Drama
Jurgens is a sea captain in financial trouble. He plots to destroy his ship and collect insurance money by loading it with a time bomb and then sailing it into an active mine field. Watch ... See full summary »
Director: Yves Ciampi | Stars: Curd Jürgens, Mylène Demongeot, Alain Saury, Paul Mercey
Votes: 46
31. Private Lessons (1997 TV Movie)
86 min | Comedy
Director: Yves Boisset | Stars: Roland Giraud, Julien Rivière, Clotilde Courau, Gabrielle Forest
Votes: 9
32. Ça se discute (1994– )
120 min | Talk-Show
Stars: Jean-Luc Delarue, Clémentine Célarié, Roland Coutanceau, Michèle Bernier
Votes: 24
33. On n'est pas couché (2006–2020)
Talk-Show
A french talk show which approache various, several and divers subjects like politics, arts, litterature and it's focus basically on debate between artists, politicians and the journalists from the show.
Stars: Laurent Ruquier, Eric Zemmour, Eric Naulleau, Jonathan Lambert
Votes: 141
34. Qui êtes-vous, Monsieur Sorge? (1961)
129 min | Drama
This French docu-drama chronicles the chain of events that lead to the hanging of German-journalist Richard Sorge, who was executed in 1944 after he was found supplying classified information to the Russians.
Director: Yves Ciampi | Stars: Thomas Holtzmann, Keiko Kishi, Mario Adorf, Nadine Basile
Votes: 102
35. Les rendez-vous du dimanche (1975–1980)
Music, Talk-Show
Stars: Michel Drucker, Dalida, Michel Sardou, Eddy Mitchell
Votes: 34
36. Le pantalon (1997 TV Movie)
101 min | Drama, History, War
In the beginning of world war one Lucien Bersot, a farrier and young father has joined the army.During the distribution of clothes Lucien receives white trousers instead of the regular red ... See full summary »
Director: Yves Boisset | Stars: Wadeck Stanczak, Philippe Volter, Bernard-Pierre Donnadieu, Jean-Paul Comart
Votes: 209
37. Bleu comme l'enfer (1986)
103 min | Action, Crime
A sweet and sexy thug actually a wolf in a sheep clothing and a violent and abusive cop with rugged good looks and verging on criminality are inflamed with uncontrollable desire by the ... See full summary »
Director: Yves Boisset | Stars: Lambert Wilson, Tchéky Karyo, Myriem Roussel, Agnès Soral
Votes: 214
38. L'adieu (2003– )
180 min | Drama, History, Romance
Stars: Thomas Jouannet, Mélanie Doutey, Catherine Jacob, Gilles Lellouche
Votes: 72
39. Death at Owell Rock (1967)
93 min | Western
Lawrence White returns to the town of Owell Rock to avenge the murder of his father, but in order to carry out his plans, he changes his name and arranges for another man to pose as "Lawrence White."
Director: Riccardo Freda | Stars: Mark Damon, Stephen Forsyth, Luciana Gilli, Pamela Tudor
Votes: 208
40. Les redoutables (2000–2001)
10 min | Comedy, Fantasy, Thriller
The unexpected French horror anthology series features playing cards selected by the grim reaper that depicts each number that filled in deadly situations.
Stars: Samantha Adams, Marion Cotillard, Hippolyte Girardot, Zoé Félix
Votes: 38
41. Trap for the Assassin (1966)
105 min | Crime, Drama
In the period following the Franco-Prussian War of 1870, Roger Laroque became the owner of a small factory. But business was bad and Laroque found himself forced to borrow a huge sum of ... See full summary »
Director: Riccardo Freda | Stars: Georges Géret, Irene Papas, Jean-Pierre Marielle, Jean Topart
Votes: 105
42. R.A.S. (1973)
110 min | Drama, War
Three French conscripts with diverse political motives, are sent to a disciplinary battalion in the midst of the Algerian war. Major Lecoq is to build an elite unit with these wayward soldiers who are exposed to war, torture and death.
Director: Yves Boisset | Stars: Jacques Spiesser, Jacques Villeret, Jacques Weber, Claude Brosset
Votes: 215
43. La travestie (1988)
105 min
An emotionally and professionally frustrated young woman decides to pose as a man in order to gain control of her life.
Director: Yves Boisset | Stars: Zabou Breitman, Anna Galiena, Valérie Steffen, Yves Afonso
Votes: 51
44. Histoires insolites (1974– )
52 min | Crime, Mystery, Thriller
The spirit of this series is very unusual but not fantastic. In these stories, the unusual is capricious everyday life, offbeat realism, that is to say that the facts are ordinary until the moment when the situation slips into the unusual.
Stars: Jean-Pierre Darras, Bernard Le Coq, Nicole Desailly, Jean Cherlian
Votes: 10
45. Cinématon (1972– )
Documentary
Stars: Gérard Courant, Diana Lui, Joseph Morder, Célestine Roussel
Votes: 14
46. Midi-Première (1975–1982)
30 min | Talk-Show
Midi Première is a French variety show presented by Danièle Gilbert, directed by Jacques Pierre and broadcast from January 6, 1975 until January 1, 1982 on TF1. The program was generally ... See full summary »
Stars: Danièle Gilbert, Annie Cordy, Sheila, Dave
Votes: 17
47. The Key Is in the Door (1978)
98 min | Drama
The life of Marie, a French teacher, is completely upset by the arrival in her class of a hectic schoolboy.
Director: Yves Boisset | Stars: Annie Girardot, Patrick Dewaere, Stéphane Jobert, Eléonore Klarwein
Votes: 139
48. Ce soir (ou jamais!) (2006– )
Talk-Show
The principle of "Ce Soir (Ou Jamais!)" is to present live and in public "the news seen by culture". The program brought together guests with very varied profiles, around specific topical ... See full summary »
Stars: Frédéric Taddeï, Emmanuel Todd, Jean-Didier Vincent, Michel Maffesoli
Votes: 69
49. La tribu (1991)
100 min | Crime, Drama
Olivier Rohan, a young doctor, has just opened a general practice. However, having only a small clientele, he continues to work in the hospital's emergency room. One night, he will witness the unnatural death of a young man.
Director: Yves Boisset | Stars: Stéphane Freiss, Catherine Wilkening, Maxime Leroux, Kader Boukhanef
Votes: 83
50. Jean Moulin (2002 TV Movie)
192 min | Biography, History
* Plot (Add) * This movie is a rendition, by famed director Yves Boisset, of the WW II life (and death under torture) of Jean Moulin, head of the French Interior Resistance movements.
Director: Yves Boisset | Stars: Charles Berling, Elsa Zylberstein, Émilie Dequenne, Christine Boisson
Votes: 118