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1. Gramps Is in the Resistance (1983)
102 min | Comedy, Music, War
Bourdelle, a family of musicians, refuse to play for Germans during the war. They would like to liberate France using all possible means.
Director: Jean-Marie Poiré | Stars: Christian Clavier, Michel Galabru, Roland Giraud, Gérard Jugnot
Votes: 3,394
2. Le Dîner de Cons (1998)
PG-13 | 80 min | Comedy
A few friends have a weekly fools' dinner, where each brings a fool along. Pierre finds a champion fool for next dinner. Surprise.
Director: Francis Veber | Stars: Thierry Lhermitte, Jacques Villeret, Francis Huster, Daniel Prévost
Votes: 44,364 | Gross: $4.07M
3. Bolero (1981)
173 min | Drama, Music
Through fabulous music, this movie tracks three generations of musicians and dancers from Russia, Germany, France and the U.S., from before World War II through the war and the Holocaust, ... See full summary »
Director: Claude Lelouch | Stars: Robert Hossein, Nicole Garcia, Geraldine Chaplin, Daniel Olbrychski
Votes: 2,750
4. Danton (1983)
PG | 136 min | Biography, Drama, History
In 1793, as the Terror begins in France, Georges Danton, a champion-of-the-people, returns to clash against Maximilien Robespierre and his extremist party.
Director: Andrzej Wajda | Stars: Gérard Depardieu, Wojciech Pszoniak, Anne Alvaro, Roland Blanche
Votes: 7,777
5. The Cabbage Soup (1981)
102 min | Comedy, Drama, Sci-Fi
2 buddy farmers are visited by aliens who like their domestic cabbage soup.
Director: Jean Girault | Stars: Louis de Funès, Jean Carmet, Jacques Villeret, Claude Gensac
Votes: 9,583
6. Flic Story (1975)
112 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
The hunt for a seasoned killer becomes a matter of life for a policeman. Action-packed drama based on real events.
Director: Jacques Deray | Stars: Alain Delon, Jean-Louis Trintignant, Renato Salvatori, Claudine Auger
Votes: 2,937
7. L'été en pente douce (1987)
102 min | Comedy, Drama
Fane wants nothing but a quiet countryside life with the woman and the sweet, brain damaged brother he loves. Envious neighbours however have plans of their own.
Director: Gérard Krawczyk | Stars: Jacques Villeret, Jean-Pierre Bacri, Pauline Lafont, Guy Marchand
Votes: 794
8. The Good and the Bad (1976)
R | 120 min | Crime, Drama, Romance
The story takes place in France from 1935 to 1945 where a gang use a Citroën car to hold up stores and banks.
Director: Claude Lelouch | Stars: Marlène Jobert, Jacques Dutronc, Brigitte Fossey, Bruno Cremer
Votes: 367
9. Hold-Up (1985)
114 min | Comedy, Crime
A bank in Montréal is held up by Grimm (dressed as clown) and Co. Escaping a bank surrounded by cops is the easy part.
Director: Alexandre Arcady | Stars: Jean-Paul Belmondo, Kim Cattrall, Guy Marchand, Jean-Pierre Marielle
Votes: 3,156
10. First Name: Carmen (1983)
R | 85 min | Crime, Drama, Music
A woman involved with a terrorist group becomes dangerously close to the police officer guarding the bank they plan to rob.
Director: Jean-Luc Godard | Stars: Maruschka Detmers, Jacques Bonnaffé, Myriem Roussel, Christophe Odent
Votes: 4,513
11. Another Man, Another Chance (1977)
Passed | 136 min | Adventure, Drama, Romance
The story of gaining the West with dedication of the people that built it. All framed up in a photograph of a couple's legacy.
Director: Claude Lelouch | Stars: James Caan, Geneviève Bujold, Francis Huster, Susan Tyrrell
Votes: 637
12. The Vultures (1984)
106 min | Action, Comedy, Drama
In 1943 in Tunisia, a unit of the French Foreign Legion fights the Germans over possession of a bank treasure in gold bars.
Director: Henri Verneuil | Stars: Jean-Paul Belmondo, Jacques Villeret, Michel Constantin, Michel Creton
Votes: 2,278
13. The Mouth Agape (1974)
TV-14 | 82 min | Drama
Monique is dying. Around her gather her unfaithful husband, her son, who is like his father, and her daughter-in-law. We observe them playing with life as she dies.
Director: Maurice Pialat | Stars: Nathalie Baye, Hubert Deschamps, Philippe Léotard, Monique Mélinand
Votes: 1,287
14. Les uns et les autres (1981– )
52 min | Drama
Ambitious decades-long sweeping fresco of four families from different countries, centered on the performances of musical set pieces. Released in a motion picture version as well as a TV miniseries.
Stars: James Caan, Fanny Ardant, Jorge Donn, Robert Hossein
Votes: 312
15. The Children of the Marshland (1999)
115 min | Comedy, Drama
A chronicle of a group of friends in rural France between the wars. Garris and Riton live in the marshlands along the banks of the Loire river. Riton is afflicted with a bad-tempered wife ... See full summary »
Director: Jean Becker | Stars: Jacques Villeret, Jacques Gamblin, André Dussollier, Michel Serrault
Votes: 3,142 | Gross: $0.32M
16. Les acteurs (2000)
103 min | Comedy
A self-conscious and self-referential adventure into the (pretend) lives of legendary actors in Paris.
Director: Bertrand Blier | Stars: Pierre Arditi, Josiane Balasko, Jean-Paul Belmondo, François Berléand
Votes: 1,303
17. Un amour de pluie (1974)
96 min | Drama, Romance
A married woman and her young daughter experience fleeting romances while on vacation in the French mountains.
Director: Jean-Claude Brialy | Stars: Romy Schneider, Nino Castelnuovo, Mehdi El Glaoui, Bénédicte Bucher
Votes: 262
18. Second Chance (1976)
PG | 105 min | Drama
Catherine has just served a prison sentence for complicity in the murder of her boss who raped her. There she gives birth to a son, Simon. After her release she wants to make up for the ... See full summary »
Director: Claude Lelouch | Stars: Catherine Deneuve, Anouk Aimée, Charles Denner, Francis Huster
Votes: 291
19. Malevil (1981)
Not Rated | 120 min | Drama, Sci-Fi
A group of ordinary French survived a nuclear war and found themselves in the face of what was left of civilization.
Director: Christian de Chalonge | Stars: Michel Serrault, Jacques Dutronc, Jacques Villeret, Robert Dhéry
Votes: 964
20. And Now My Love (1974)
PG | 150 min | Drama, Romance
The movie follows the lives of a woman and a man starting from several generations earlier. The story spans a whole century and several continents.
Director: Claude Lelouch | Stars: Marthe Keller, André Dussollier, Charles Denner, Carla Gravina
Votes: 791
21. Cinéma 16 (1975–1991)
Drama
Stars: Jean Toscan, Fernand Kindt, Richard Martin, Serge Martel
Votes: 33
22. The Favour, the Watch and the Very Big Fish (1991)
R | 89 min | Comedy
A farce, Hoskins plays a photographer who specializes in religious pictures who searches for a model for Jesus. He does a favor for a friend and finds himself doing a voice track for a ... See full summary »
Director: Ben Lewin | Stars: Bob Hoskins, Jeff Goldblum, Natasha Richardson, Michel Blanc
Votes: 1,178 | Gross: $0.16M
23. Edith and Marcel (1983)
TV-G | 170 min | Biography, Drama, Romance
The world's most popular entertainer and Europe's greatest boxer: the film puts the love affair of these two national heroes against a backdrop of the end of World War II, hotel suites in ... See full summary »
Director: Claude Lelouch | Stars: Evelyne Bouix, Jacques Villeret, Francis Huster, Jean-Claude Brialy
Votes: 411
24. Keep Your Right Up (1987)
82 min | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
A film with idiotic prince and Rita Mitsouko who records a new album.
Director: Jean-Luc Godard | Stars: Jane Birkin, Dominique Lavanant, Pauline Lafont, Éva Darlan
Votes: 774
25. Us Two (1979)
112 min | Drama
Simon Lacassaine a thief with cultural attachments has just broken out of jail. Through circumstances, he falls in with upmarket hooker Deneuve, also on the constabulary's wanted list, and ... See full summary »
Director: Claude Lelouch | Stars: Catherine Deneuve, Jacques Dutronc, Jacques Villeret, Paul Préboist
Votes: 504
26. Au théâtre ce soir (1966–1990)
Comedy
Stars: Edward Sanderson, Bernard Durand, Robert Manuel, Jacques Ardouin
Votes: 71
27. Sérieux comme le plaisir (1975)
96 min | Comedy, Romance
The road trip adventures of Bruno, Patrice and Ariane -- two men and a woman who live happily together in a polyamorous relationship.
Director: Robert Benayoun | Stars: Jane Birkin, Richard Leduc, Georges Mansart, Raymond Bussières
Votes: 199
28. 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: 994
29. Mother (1992)
Not Rated | 130 min | Drama
This film recounts Henri Verneuil's relationship with his father who had brought his Armenian family to Marseille, France, in order to escape from the Armenian Genocide in the Ottoman Empire.
Director: Henri Verneuil | Stars: Richard Berry, Omar Sharif, Nathalie Roussel, Claudia Cardinale
Votes: 2,079
30. La nuit des Césars (1976– )
Documentary
The César is the national film prize of France. He is named after the French sculptor César Baldaccini.
Stars: Nathalie Baye, Antoine de Caunes, Juliette Binoche, Pierre Tchernia
Votes: 230
31. Le bal des casse-pieds (1992)
99 min | Comedy
Henri Sauveur, a veterinarian in his fifties, is harassed by his parents, friends and working relationships. He leaves with Louise in Normandy to live the perfect love. But again, the pitfalls seem to wait for him.
Director: Yves Robert | Stars: Jean Rochefort, Miou-Miou, Jean Carmet, Odette Laure
Votes: 596
32. Strange Gardens (2003)
95 min | Drama, War
France under occupation by the Germans during WW2: Two men inspired by a free France radio broadcast perpetrate an act of sabotage with unwitting consequences for them and their fellow villagers.
Director: Jean Becker | Stars: Jacques Villeret, André Dussollier, Thierry Lhermitte, Benoît Magimel
Votes: 1,657
33. Heart to Heart (1979)
110 min | Comedy, Drama
This is the story of a generation of women, told with verve by Pascal Thomas through the story of the three Roussel sisters, suburbanites who became Parisians in the 1960s.
Director: Pascal Thomas | Stars: Daniel Ceccaldi, Henri Crémieux, Jacques François, Michel Galabru
Votes: 142
34. Vivement dimanche prochain (1998– )
Music, Talk-Show
Stars: Michel Drucker, Jean-Pierre Coffe, Philippe Geluck, Claude Sérillon
Votes: 73
35. Vivement dimanche (1998– )
Talk-Show
Stars: Michel Drucker, Emmanuel Chaunu, Franck Ferrand, Hélène Gateau
Votes: 108
36. Les naufragés de l'île de la Tortue (1976)
140 min | Comedy
Jean-Arthur has been working as a clerk in a travel agency. One day, he, along with his colleague comes to a brilliant idea: what if I offer tourists real extreme recreation? So the group ... See full summary »
Director: Jacques Rozier | Stars: Pierre Richard, Jacques Villeret, Maurice Risch, René Gros
Votes: 288
37. Les enfants de la télé (1994– )
43 min | Talk-Show
Arthur accueille sur son plateau une pléiade d'invités prestigieux : comédiens, chanteurs, humoristes, qui font l'actualité du cinéma, de la télé, de la musique - Au programme de l'émission... See full summary »
Stars: Laurent Ruquier, Arthur, Pierre Tchernia, Thierry Métral
Votes: 86
38. Iznogoud- Caliph Instead of the Caliph (2005)
95 min | Comedy, Family, Fantasy
A corrupt Vazeer (Minister) tries to get rid of the Caliph and gets away with every conspiracy until..
Directors: Patrick Braoudé, Steve Carr | Stars: Michaël Youn, Arno Chevrier, Jacques Villeret, Fred Jaspart
Votes: 1,907
39. Viper in the Fist (2004)
100 min | Drama
Jean Rezeau and his elder brother were living happily in their family estate in Brittany, until the death of their grandmother. The return of their mother, a worthy descendant of fairytales... See full summary »
Director: Philippe de Broca | Stars: Catherine Frot, Jacques Villeret, Jules Sitruk, Cherie Lunghi
Votes: 1,004
40. Champs-Elysées (1982–2013)
Music
Champs-Élysées is a French television variety program presented by Michel Drucker and broadcast live from January 16, 1982 to June 1985 and from January 1986 until June 29, 1990 every ... See full summary »
Stars: Michel Drucker, Michel Sardou, Jean-Jacques Goldman, Johnny Hallyday
Votes: 85
41. Waiter! (1983)
102 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A middle-aged waiter has long harbored dreams of becoming a singer, and is also anxious to prove he's as virile as he was when he started pushing plates. He gets a chance to rev up his ... See full summary »
Director: Claude Sautet | Stars: Yves Montand, Nicole Garcia, Jacques Villeret, Rosy Varte
Votes: 823
42. Robert et Robert (1978)
105 min | Comedy, Drama
Two misfits meet at a dating agency and breakthrough in the social world in ways they never imagined.
Director: Claude Lelouch | Stars: Charles Denner, Jacques Villeret, Jean-Claude Brialy, Francis Perrin
Votes: 378
43. Malabar Princess (2004)
94 min | Drama
A man leaves his 8-year old son with his father-in-law who lives near the glacier where the boy's mother died.
Director: Gilles Legrand | Stars: Jacques Villeret, Jules-Angelo Bigarnet, Michèle Laroque, Claude Brasseur
Votes: 681
44. A Crime in Paradise (2001)
89 min | Comedy
In the 1980 French countryside, farmer Jojo and his ill-tempered wife Lulu hate each other, though their respective interests speak against divorce. The only thing that keeps the oppressed ... See full summary »
Director: Jean Becker | Stars: Jacques Villeret, Josiane Balasko, André Dussollier, Suzanne Flon
Votes: 2,006
45. Le grand frère (1982)
115 min | Crime
Violence and intrigue ensue when a French doctor "Gérard Depardieu" kills his wife and lover and joins the Foreign Legion.
Director: Francis Girod | Stars: Gérard Depardieu, Souad Amidou, Hakim Ghanem, Jean Rochefort
Votes: 155
46. On a tout essayé (2000–2007)
Talk-Show
Stars: Laurent Ruquier, Gérard Miller, Christine Bravo, Steevy Boulay
Votes: 101
47. 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: 64
48. Le cercle de minuit (1992–1999)
100 min | Talk-Show
Stars: Laure Adler, Michel Field, Thierry Jousse, Fabienne Pascaud
Votes: 24
49. Dernier été à Tanger (1987)
115 min | Crime, Drama, Romance
In 1956, with the independence of Morocco, the Fedala conference in Tangier is set in a city of turmoil.
Director: Alexandre Arcady | Stars: Valeria Golino, Thierry Lhermitte, Roger Hanin, Vincent Lindon
Votes: 202
50. Le plus grand cabaret du monde (1998– )
Comedy, Music, Talk-Show
The greatest cabaret in the world.
Stars: Patrick Sébastien, Dani Lary, Bernard Bilis, Corinne Benizio
Votes: 76