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1. Delicatessen (1991)
R | 99 min | Comedy, Crime
Post-apocalyptic surrealist black comedy about the landlord of an apartment building who occasionally prepares a delicacy for his odd tenants.
Directors: Marc Caro, Jean-Pierre Jeunet | Stars: Marie-Laure Dougnac, Dominique Pinon, Pascal Benezech, Jean-Claude Dreyfus
Votes: 90,110 | Gross: $1.79M
2. Betty Blue (1986)
Unrated | 119 min | Drama, Romance
A lackadaisical handyman and aspiring novelist tries to support his younger girlfriend as she slowly succumbs to madness.
Director: Jean-Jacques Beineix | Stars: Jean-Hugues Anglade, Béatrice Dalle, Gérard Darmon, Consuelo De Haviland
Votes: 23,374 | Gross: $2.00M
3. Tess (1979)
PG | 186 min | Drama, Romance
A strong-willed young peasant girl attracts the affection of two men.
Director: Roman Polanski | Stars: Nastassja Kinski, Peter Firth, Leigh Lawson, John Collin
Votes: 18,303
4. The Visitors II: The Corridors of Time (1998)
G | 118 min | Comedy, Fantasy
Knight Godefroy has to return to our time from 1023 to get back the sacred jewels that Jacquouille has taken to the 20th century.
Director: Jean-Marie Poiré | Stars: Christian Clavier, Jean Reno, Muriel Robin, Marie-Anne Chazel
Votes: 13,306 | Gross: $0.15M
5. The Wing or The Thigh? (1976)
104 min | Comedy, Family
Charles Duchemin, a well-known gourmet and the publisher of a famous restaurant guide, is waging a war against fast-food entrepreneur Tricatel to save the French art of cooking. After ... See full summary »
Director: Claude Zidi | Stars: Louis de Funès, Coluche, Ann Zacharias, Julien Guiomar
Votes: 12,342
6. Plunkett & Macleane (1999)
R | 99 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
Two robbers are persecuted by the law, whose servants are not much better and even worse.
Director: Jake Scott | Stars: Robert Carlyle, Jonny Lee Miller, Iain Robertson, Ken Stott
Votes: 10,457 | Gross: $0.47M
7. The Hairdresser's Husband (1990)
R | 82 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Antoine has always been fascinated by a hairdresser's delicate touch, the beguiling perfume and the enticing figure of a woman with an opulent bosom. After all, he always knew he would marry one, completing his idealised love fantasy.
Director: Patrice Leconte | Stars: Jean Rochefort, Anna Galiena, Roland Bertin, Maurice Chevit
Votes: 10,368 | Gross: $1.16M
8. The Suicide Shop (2012)
79 min | Animation, Comedy, Musical
A family-run shop that sells everything you need to take your own life finds it hard to focus on business after a new baby -- one who makes everyone around him happy -- is born into the family.
Director: Patrice Leconte | Stars: Bernard Alane, Isabelle Spade, Kacey Mottet Klein, Isabelle Giami
Votes: 8,607
9. Ridicule (1996)
R | 102 min | Comedy, Drama, History
To get royal backing on a needed drainage project, a poor French lord must learn to play the delicate games of wit at court at Versailles.
Director: Patrice Leconte | Stars: Charles Berling, Jean Rochefort, Fanny Ardant, Judith Godrèche
Votes: 8,186 | Gross: $2.50M
10. Mon meilleur ami (I) (2006)
PG-13 | 94 min | Comedy
Catherine, refuses to believe that her business partner, the unlikeable François, has a best friend, so she challenges him to set up an introduction. Scrambling to find someone willing to pose as his best pal, François enlists the services of a charming taxi driver to play the part.
Director: Patrice Leconte | Stars: Daniel Auteuil, Dany Boon, Julie Gayet, Julie Durand
Votes: 6,865 | Gross: $1.42M
11. The Night Caller (1975)
R | 91 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Commissaire Letellier and Inspector Moissac are tracking Minos, a serial killer whose victims are women.
Director: Henri Verneuil | Stars: Jean-Paul Belmondo, Charles Denner, Adalberto Maria Merli, Rosy Varte
Votes: 4,319
12. Police (1985)
113 min | Crime, Drama, Romance
A moody, jaded police detective, while investigating a drug ring, falls for a mysterious woman and is drawn into a shady and dangerous scheme.
Director: Maurice Pialat | Stars: Gérard Depardieu, Sophie Marceau, Richard Anconina, Pascale Rocard
Votes: 3,012
13. Hothead (1979)
89 min | Comedy, Drama, Sport
The miserable football player becomes a town hero after bringing victory in extremely important game. He uses his fame for revenge to the team star for the previous mockeries.
Director: Jean-Jacques Annaud | Stars: Patrick Dewaere, France Dougnac, Dorothée Jemma, Maurice Barrier
Votes: 2,256
14. Year of the Comet (1992)
PG-13 | 91 min | Action, Adventure, Romance
An auctioneer's daughter and a rich buyer's emissary fall for each other while trying to keep a rare wine out of the hands of evil doers.
Director: Peter Yates | Stars: Penelope Ann Miller, Tim Daly, Louis Jourdan, Art Malik
Votes: 1,781 | Gross: $2.79M
15. Special Section (1975)
PG | 110 min | Drama, History, Thriller
In occupied France during World War II a German officer is murdered. The collaborationist Vichy government decides to pin the murder on six petty criminals. Loyal judges are called in to convict them as quickly as possible.
Director: Costa-Gavras | Stars: Louis Seigner, Roland Bertin, Michael Lonsdale, Ivo Garrani
Votes: 1,592
16. Tango (1993)
88 min | Comedy, Crime
Vincent, a stunt pilot, is acquitted of murdering his wife and her lover. However, a few years later, L'Elegant, the Judge in the case, comes to blackmail him. The Judge's nephew, Paul, is ... See full summary »
Director: Patrice Leconte | Stars: Philippe Noiret, Richard Bohringer, Thierry Lhermitte, Miou-Miou
Votes: 1,374
17. Les grands ducs (1996)
85 min | Comedy
Three aging and failed comedians, Georges Cox, Victor Vialat and Eddie Carpentier, hit the road again with a lousy production of a lousy play, of course under the worst possible conditions.
Director: Patrice Leconte | Stars: Jean-Pierre Marielle, Philippe Noiret, Jean Rochefort, Catherine Jacob
Votes: 1,079
18. 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: 796
19. Maigret (1991–2005)
90 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
The pragmatic, reserved and refined Maigret investigates murders in his singular unhurried manner and inevitably discovers the truth.
Stars: Bruno Cremer, Alexandre Brasseur, Jean-Claude Frissung, Pierre Diot
Votes: 791
20. Navarro (1989–2006)
90 min | Crime, Drama
Everyday stories of French Commissionaire Navarro, dealing with crime and his relationship with his daughter.
Stars: Roger Hanin, Maurice Vaudaux, Emmanuelle Boidron, Jacques Martial
Votes: 625
21. Voir la mer (2011)
91 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Two brothers go on a summer vacation to visit their mother in Saint-Jean-de-Luz. The plan was to go alone on a brothers' road trip across France, but a charming young woman crosses their path.
Director: Patrice Leconte | Stars: Nicolas Giraud, Clément Sibony, Pauline Lefèvre, Gilles Cohen
Votes: 614
22. Beauties at War (2008)
89 min | Comedy
A ski resort town struggles to become the top tourism spot.
Director: Patrice Leconte | Stars: Benoît Poelvoorde, Olivia Bonamy, Jacques Mathou, Christian Charmetant
Votes: 605
23. Roselyne and the Lions (1988)
Not Rated | 139 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
Thierry (Gérard Sandoz) drops out of school to apprentice as a lion tamer at the zoo when he meets Roselyne (Isabelle Pasco), who shares his passion. They fall in love and when he loses his... See full summary »
Directors: Jean-Jacques Beineix, Jim Henson | Stars: Isabelle Pasco, Gérard Sandoz, Gabriel Monnet, Philippe Clévenot
Votes: 536
24. Après la guerre (1989)
105 min | Comedy, Drama, War
The film is set in France in August 1944 at the end of the war. German troops are in retreat as the allies are coming in. Two French boys run from home and on their journey they stumble ... See full summary »
Director: Jean-Loup Hubert | Stars: Richard Bohringer, Antoine Hubert, Julien Hubert, Martin Lamotte
Votes: 453
25. Julie Lescaut (1992–2014)
90 min | Crime, Drama
Julie Lescaut is divorced and works as the police commissar in Clairiéres, an imaginary village in the suburbs of Paris, where she tries to reconcile her stressful job with the education of her two teenage daughters.
Stars: Véronique Genest, Jennifer Lauret, Alexis Desseaux, Mouss Diouf
Votes: 430
26. The Sun Sisters (1997)
92 min | Comedy
A teenage girl wins a radio promotion contest to appear in her favorite rock star's new music video. When her bourgeois father forbids her to accept, her mother goes against his wishes and helps her daughter follow her musical dreams.
Director: Jeannot Szwarc | Stars: Marie-Anne Chazel, Thierry Lhermitte, Clémentine Célarié, Didier Bénureau
Votes: 403
27. Je vais craquer!!! (1980)
105 min | Comedy, Drama
A dynamic young executive, married with two children, Jérôme Ozendron dreams of writing and escaping a life that he considers mediocre. One day he meets cover girl Natacha.
Director: François Leterrier | Stars: Christian Clavier, Nathalie Baye, Maureen Kerwin, Anémone
Votes: 343
28. Partir, revenir (1985)
114 min | Drama, War
Salomé Lerner just finished writing an autobiograpy. She goes to a TV show called "Apostrophes", hosted by French TV showman Bernard Pivot. Pivot then imagines a film that could be created ... See full summary »
Director: Claude Lelouch | Stars: Annie Girardot, Jean-Louis Trintignant, Françoise Fabian, Erik Berchot
Votes: 339
29. The Son of the Shark (1993)
TV-14 | 90 min | Crime, Drama
Brothers Martin and Simon, not yet teens, are incorrigible vandals; Martin runs away from reform school, Simon from foster homes, and they always find each other in a seacoast town of ... See full summary »
Director: Agnès Merlet | Stars: Ludovic Vandendaele, Eric da Silva, Sandrine Blancke, Maxime Leroux
Votes: 339
30. The Bodyguard (1984)
100 min | Adventure, Comedy, Romance
An accountant ,in love with a girl who married a shady guy , becomes her bodyguard,without her knowing it.
Director: François Leterrier | Stars: Jane Birkin, Gérard Jugnot, Sami Frey, Didier Kaminka
Votes: 303
31. A Soldier's Tale (1989)
R | 96 min | Drama, Romance, War
A British soldier falls in love with a French woman wanted by the resistance for crimes against her country.
Director: Larry Parr | Stars: Gabriel Byrne, Marianne Basler, Paul Wyett, Judge Reinhold
Votes: 281
32. Tombés du ciel (1993)
91 min | Comedy, Drama
A traveller who has lost his passport in a Paris airport while between flights is restricted to a special transit zone. There he finds a group of similarly lost people hiding out and living... See full summary »
Director: Philippe Lioret | Stars: Jean Rochefort, Marisa Paredes, Ticky Holgado, Laura del Sol
Votes: 279
33. Volpone (2003 TV Movie)
90 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A version of Ben Johnson's play: A Venetian swindler goes from town to town pretending to be a dying millionaire in order to attract (and dispose of) greedy "friends".
Director: Frédéric Auburtin | Stars: Gérard Depardieu, Daniel Prévost, Gérard Jugnot, Robert Hirsch
Votes: 234
34. Tranches de vie (1985)
91 min | Comedy, Sci-Fi
A series of comedic sketches.
Director: François Leterrier | Stars: Laura Antonelli, Michel Boujenah, Jean-Pierre Cassel, Christian Clavier
Votes: 215
35. Le moustachu (1987)
90 min | Comedy
The French intelligence service want to use a double agent to eliminate a terrorist groupe. To do this, the captain Duroc will give to the traitor a car filled with explosives. But the ... See full summary »
Director: Dominique Chaussois | Stars: Jean Rochefort, Grace de Capitani, Jean-Claude Brialy, Jean-Louis Trintignant
Votes: 153
36. It's Our Life! (2005)
100 min | Comedy
Louise and Blanche run L'Etape, a cafe restaurant in a Savoy village. Facing them is Le Virage, run by Lucie and her daughters. The rivalry between the two cafes will be exacerbated during the truckers' strike that blocks the village.
Director: Gérard Krawczyk | Stars: Sylvie Testud, Josiane Balasko, Michel Muller, Eric Cantona
Votes: 143
37. Si le soleil ne revenait pas (1987)
115 min | Drama
In a mountainside village, where the sun never shines in winter, the old prophet Anzevui announces that, in this year 1937, war will break out and the sun will never shine again. The ... See full summary »
Director: Claude Goretta | Stars: Charles Vanel, Philippe Léotard, Catherine Mouchet, Raoul Billerey
Votes: 89
38. Un samedi sur la terre (1996)
95 min | Comedy, Drama
A series of seemingly unconnected events and 50 important speaking parts make this film a jigsaw puzzle to be solved by the viewer. Martin and Claire were separated in childhood, and are ... See full summary »
Director: Diane Bertrand | Stars: Elsa Zylberstein, Éric Caravaca, Johan Leysen, Kent
Votes: 85
39. Avocats & associés (1998–2010)
50 min | Crime, Drama
Stars: François-Eric Gendron, Frédéric Gorny, Cécile Rebboah, Muriel Combeau
Votes: 79
40. 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: 78
41. Reporters (I) (2007– )
52 min | Drama, Thriller
The editorial teams of a newspaper and a television channel.
Stars: Anne Coesens, Jérôme Robart, Patrick Bouchitey, Christine Boisson
Votes: 76
42.
Maigret (1991–2005)
Episode:
Maigret en meublé
(2004)
100 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
While staking out a boarding-house where is staying Emile Paulus, a suspect, Detective Archambaud is wounded by a bullet shot from an undetermined place. To further the investigation, ... See full summary »
Director: Laurent Heynemann | Stars: Bruno Cremer, Annie Grégorio, Valérie Karsenti, Jacques Mathou
Votes: 69
43. Poker (1987)
90 min | Drama, Thriller
Helene loves to play poker for big money in men's company. But one day she looses big time against bar manager Antonio. He grants her 24 hours to come up with the 50,000 Francs. She asks ... See full summary »
Director: Catherine Corsini | Stars: Caroline Cellier, Pierre Arditi, Jean-Philippe Écoffey, Jacques Mathou
Votes: 61
44. Imogène (1989–1996)
Stars: Dominique Lavanant, Jean Benguigui, Riton Liebman, Louba Guertchikoff
Votes: 42
45. Diane - Crime Fighter (2003– )
Crime
Diane is a police commissioner and manages firmly her brigade. She balances her job with motherhood, and is also her husband's boss!
Stars: Isabel Otero, Audrey Caillaud, Joël Zaffarano, Silvie Laguna
Votes: 34
46. Cinéma 16 (1975–1991)
Drama
Stars: Jean Toscan, Fernand Kindt, Richard Martin, Serge Martel
Votes: 33
47. Rouge-gorge (1985)
105 min | Drama
After graduating from high school where she was a boarder, Reine Ducasse decides to settle down with her rich father Louis in his luxurious apartment. She has just begun her studies in ... See full summary »
Director: Pierre Zucca | Stars: Philippe Léotard, Laetitia Léotard, Jérôme Zucca, Victoria Abril
Votes: 33
48. Troubled Waters (2004 TV Movie)
190 min | Crime
Clara takes her daughter and her friends to a weekend visit at her grandfather's village. They all have a great time, but after they return home people start dying. First Clara's ... See full summary »
Director: Luc Béraud | Stars: Julie Debazac, Jean-Pierre Lorit, Natacha Lindinger, Michel Duchaussoy
Votes: 27
49. Fine Cooked Meats: A Nod to Jeunet and Caro's feature film 'Delicatessen' (2001 TV Short)
14 min | Documentary, Short
Director: Diane Bertrand | Stars: Marie-Laure Dougnac, Jean-Claude Dreyfus, Ticky Holgado, Boban Janevski
Votes: 27
50. Quai n° 1 (1996–2006)
90 min | Crime
Stars: François-Régis Marchasson, Sophie Duez, Olivier Marchal, Astrid Veillon
Votes: 25