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1. Rosetta (1999)
R | 95 min | Drama
Young and impulsive Rosetta lives with her alcoholic mother and, moved by despair, she will do anything to maintain a job.
Directors: Jean-Pierre Dardenne, Luc Dardenne | Stars: Émilie Dequenne, Fabrizio Rongione, Anne Yernaux, Olivier Gourmet
Votes: 15,604 | Gross: $0.26M
2. La chambre des officiers (2001)
135 min | Drama, Romance, War
French lieutenant has been mutilated in the early days of World War I, so he is forced to adapt in hospital to a new life.
Director: François Dupeyron | Stars: Éric Caravaca, Denis Podalydès, Grégori Derangère, Sabine Azéma
Votes: 1,742
3. Far from Berlin (1992)
95 min | Drama
Director: Keith McNally | Stars: Werner Stocker, Armin Mueller-Stahl, Tatjana Blacher, Fritz Schaap
Votes: 10
4. Monsieur Ibrahim (2003)
R | 95 min | Comedy, Drama
In Paris, a Turkish shop owner befriends a Jewish boy in his mid-teens.
Director: François Dupeyron | Stars: Omar Sharif, Pierre Boulanger, Gilbert Melki, Isabelle Renauld
Votes: 11,621 | Gross: $2.82M
5. Taxi (I) (1998)
Not Rated | 89 min | Action, Comedy, Crime
To work off his tarnished driving record, a hip taxi driver must chauffeur a loser police inspector on the trail of German bank robbers.
Director: Gérard Pirès | Stars: Samy Naceri, Frédéric Diefenthal, Marion Cotillard, Manuela Gourary
Votes: 89,517 | Gross: $0.27M
6. An Affair of Love (1999)
R | 80 min | Drama, Romance
A woman puts an ad in a magazine looking for a man to fulfill her fantasy of a stringless, anonymous pornographic affair.
Director: Frédéric Fonteyne | Stars: Nathalie Baye, Sergi López, Jacques Viala, Paul Pavel
Votes: 5,734 | Gross: $0.35M
7. Les femmes... ou les enfants d'abord... (2002)
120 min | Drama
Tom, a Spaniard, is married to Sylvie and lives a quiet but a bit boring life in the Britanny countryside (west of France). Trouble comes when Tom ex girlfriend reappears, asking for help, ... See full summary »
Director: Manuel Poirier | Stars: Sergi López, Marilyne Canto, Sylvie Testud, Sacha Bourdo
Votes: 265
8. Kafka (1991)
PG-13 | 98 min | Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Kafka works during the day at an insurance company, where events lead him to discover a mysterious underground society with strange suppressive goals.
Director: Steven Soderbergh | Stars: Jeremy Irons, Theresa Russell, Joel Grey, Ian Holm
Votes: 10,575 | Gross: $1.06M
9. Murderous Maids (2000)
94 min | Biography, Crime, Drama
Based on the true story of two chambermaids (the Papin sisters) of 1930s France who murdered their employer and her daughter.
Director: Jean-Pierre Denis | Stars: Sylvie Testud, Julie-Marie Parmentier, Isabelle Renauld, Dominique Labourier
Votes: 1,316 | Gross: $0.23M
10. This Must Be the Place (2011)
R | 118 min | Adventure, Comedy, Drama
Cheyenne, a retired rock star living off his royalties in Dublin, returns to New York City to find the man responsible for a humiliation suffered by his recently deceased father during W.W.II.
Director: Paolo Sorrentino | Stars: Sean Penn, Frances McDormand, Judd Hirsch, Eve Hewson
Votes: 36,998 | Gross: $0.14M
11. Bon Voyage (2003)
PG-13 | 114 min | Comedy, Drama, Mystery
An actress, a writer, a student, and a government worker band together in an effort to escape Paris as the Germans move into the city.
Director: Jean-Paul Rappeneau | Stars: Isabelle Adjani, Gérard Depardieu, Virginie Ledoyen, Grégori Derangère
Votes: 5,106 | Gross: $2.35M
12. Días de gracia (2011)
133 min | Crime, Thriller
Mexico City. 2002, 2006, 2010. A cop. A hostage. A wife. Corruption, violence, vengeance. Three destinies, during 30 days, during three Soccer World Cups. Three ways to fight in order to survive.
Director: Everardo Gout | Stars: Carlos Bardem, Kristyan Ferrer, Tenoch Huerta, José Alberto Solorzano
Votes: 981
13. Taxi 2 (2000)
Not Rated | 88 min | Action, Comedy, Crime
Police inspector Emilien and his taxi-driver pal Daniel are back, this time on the tail of a group of Japanese yakuza.
Director: Gérard Krawczyk | Stars: Samy Naceri, Frédéric Diefenthal, Emma Wiklund, Marion Cotillard
Votes: 59,233 | Gross: $0.73M
14. Vengeance (2009)
Not Rated | 108 min | Action, Crime, Thriller
A French chef swears revenge after a violent attack on his daughter's family in Macau, during which her husband and her two children are murdered. To help him find the killers, he hires three local hit-men working for the mafia.
Director: Johnnie To | Stars: Johnny Hallyday, Anthony Chau-Sang Wong, Simon Yam, Suet Lam
Votes: 7,004
15. Les mots bleus (2005)
114 min | Romance, Drama
Clara a peur des mots. Sa fille, Anna, a peur des autres. Vincent a peur de grandir... Mais il n'aura pas peur de les aimer.
Director: Alain Corneau | Stars: Sylvie Testud, Sergi López, Camille Gauthier, Mar Sodupe
Votes: 240
16. Aide-toi, le ciel t'aidera (2008)
94 min | Comedy
Director: François Dupeyron | Stars: Félicité Wouassi, Claude Rich, Elizabeth Oppong, Ralph Amoussou
Votes: 125
17. A Paris Education (2018)
137 min | Drama
Etienne comes to Paris from Lyon to study cinema, meets many new friends and falls under the thrall of the mysterious Mathias.
Director: Jean-Paul Civeyrac | Stars: Andranic Manet, Diane Rouxel, Jenna Thiam, Gonzague Van Bervesseles
Votes: 696 | Gross: $0.02M
18. En quête des soeurs Papin (2000)
94 min | Documentary, Crime
Director: Claude Ventura | Stars: Pascale Thirode, Léa Papin
Votes: 33
19. Ararat (2002)
R | 115 min | Drama, War
Interrogated by a customs officer, a young man recounts how his life was changed during the making of a film about the Armenian genocide.
Director: Atom Egoyan | Stars: Charles Aznavour, Brent Carver, Eric Bogosian, Simon Abkarian
Votes: 14,784 | Gross: $1.55M
20. Adoration (2008)
R | 100 min | Drama, Romance
For his French-class assignment, a high school student weaves his family history in a news story involving terrorism, and goes on to invite an Internet audience in on the resulting controversy.
Director: Atom Egoyan | Stars: Devon Bostick, Rachel Blanchard, Louca Tassone, Kenneth Welsh
Votes: 3,482 | Gross: $0.29M
21. Feelings (2003)
94 min | Drama, Romance
Jacques, médecin (Jean-Pierre Bacri), et Carole (Nathalie Baye), son épouse, habitent une maison en région parisienne. Dans la maison voisine s'installent François (Melvil Poupaud) et Edith... See full synopsis »
Director: Noémie Lvovsky | Stars: Nathalie Baye, Jean-Pierre Bacri, Isabelle Carré, Melvil Poupaud
Votes: 1,088
22. Another Woman's Life (2012)
97 min | Comedy, Drama, Mystery
A young woman falls in love, then wakes up a decade later as the mother of a young boy who is also in the middle of a divorce.
Director: Sylvie Testud | Stars: Juliette Binoche, Mathieu Kassovitz, Aure Atika, Danièle Lebrun
Votes: 2,495
23. Cause toujours! (2004)
87 min | Comedy
My first is a moth (exasperating). My second is a mute (enigmatic). My third is a house (disturbing). My whole is a film, in the form of a fantasy about suspicion and its opposite: trust.
Director: Jeanne Labrune | Stars: Victoria Abril, Jean-Pierre Darroussin, Sylvie Testud, Didier Bezace
Votes: 163
24. Augustine (2012)
Not Rated | 102 min | Biography, Drama, History
A look at the relationship between pioneering 19th century French neurologist Dr. Jean-Martin Charcot and his star teenage patient, a kitchen maid who is left partially paralyzed after a seizure.
Director: Alice Winocour | Stars: Vincent Lindon, Stéphan Wojtowicz, Soko, Chiara Mastroianni
Votes: 1,644 | Gross: $0.11M
25. The Art of Love (2011)
85 min | Comedy, Romance
The Art of Love (L'art d'aimer) is composed of several chapters following several Parisian couples. Isabelle (Julie Depardieu) has not had sex in a year. She declines an offer from her ... See full summary »
Director: Emmanuel Mouret | Stars: Emmanuel Mouret, Pascale Arbillot, Ariane Ascaride, Frédérique Bel
Votes: 1,861
26. The Pimp (2010)
90 min | Comedy, Crime
A mild-mannered banker is forced to masquerade as a notorious gangster and pimp.
Director: Pascal Bourdiaux | Stars: José Garcia, Gilbert Melki, Carmen Maura, Arsène Mosca
Votes: 2,917
27. Adolphe (2002)
102 min | Drama
The action takes place at the turn of the 19th Century. Adolphe (Stanislas Merhar) is a carefree, somewhat jaded 22-year-old, scion of a preeminent aristocratic family, with a very ... See full synopsis »
Director: Benoît Jacquot | Stars: Isabelle Adjani, Stanislas Merhar, Jean Yanne, Romain Duris
Votes: 418
28. Try Me (2006)
90 min | Comedy, Romance
When Yves-Marie, 9, asks Jacqueline, who is her age: "Marry me", she replies with a pirouette: "The day you go to the stars, I give you my hand."
Director: Pierre-François Martin-Laval | Stars: Pierre-François Martin-Laval, Julie Depardieu, Pierre Richard, Kad Merad
Votes: 630
29. A Wonderful Spell (2004)
110 min | Adventure, Drama, Romance
Set in the summer of 1942 during WWII, the film traces the trajectory of simple people thrown into extraordinary lives, revealing the heart-warming flame of hope and humanity that endures, ... See full summary »
Director: Dominique Cabrera | Stars: Miou-Miou, Jean-Pierre Léaud, Morgan Marinne, Marilyne Canto
Votes: 90
30. The Captive (I) (2014)
R | 112 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Eight years after the disappearance of Cassandra, some disturbing incidents seem to indicate that she's still alive. Police, parents and Cassandra herself, will try to unravel the mystery of her disappearance.
Director: Atom Egoyan | Stars: Ryan Reynolds, Scott Speedman, Rosario Dawson, Mireille Enos
Votes: 35,806
31. Kamikaze (1986)
90 min | Crime, Sci-Fi, Thriller
A crazy old and bored scientist invents a system which allows him to reach through the airwaves and transform live TV cameras into weapons to kill whoever is being filmed.
Director: Didier Grousset | Stars: Richard Bohringer, Michel Galabru, Dominique Lavanant, Romane Bohringer
Votes: 726
32. Taxi 3 (2003)
Not Rated | 84 min | Action, Comedy, Crime
Out to stop a new gang disguised as Santa Claus, Emilien and Daniel must also handle major changes in their personal relationships.
Director: Gérard Krawczyk | Stars: Samy Naceri, Frédéric Diefenthal, Bernard Farcy, Bai Ling
Votes: 45,700 | Gross: $0.50M
33. Golden Years (2017)
103 min | Drama
Based on a true story, a soldier deserts during WWI and dresses as a woman to escape the law. This triggers upheavals in his sexual behaviour and couple.
Director: André Téchiné | Stars: Pierre Deladonchamps, Céline Sallette, Grégoire Leprince-Ringuet, Michel Fau
Votes: 413
34. Seventeen Times Cécile Cassard (2002)
105 min | Drama
A portrait of a woman, composed of 17 moments from her life.
Director: Christophe Honoré | Stars: Béatrice Dalle, Romain Duris, Jeanne Balibar, Ange Ruzé
Votes: 552
35. Les parrains (2005)
99 min | Comedy, Crime
After a crappy heist, Max, their friend got caught. It was 20 years ago. Today, to celebrate the prescription, Max finally reveals to them where he stashed the loot.
Director: Frédéric Forestier | Stars: Claude Brasseur, Gérard Lanvin, Jacques Villeret, Gérard Darmon
Votes: 503
36. The Green Shutters (2022)
98 min | Drama
It describes the twilight of a sacred monster, Jules Maugin, an actor at the height of his glory. Under the famous personality, the big mouth, and the social shell, lies the intimate portrait of a man laid bare.
Director: Jean Becker | Stars: Gérard Depardieu, Fanny Ardant, Benoît Poelvoorde, Stéfi Celma
Votes: 295
37. The Second Wind (2007)
155 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Gu, a famous gangster, has just escaped from jail. All french police is after him. Before leaving the country with Manouche, the woman he loves, Gu needs a final job to get some money. The job works, but a police's scheming makes Gu appear as a traitor to his own accomplices. Gu will do whatever it takes to clean his honor...
Director: Alain Corneau | Stars: Daniel Auteuil, Monica Bellucci, Michel Blanc, Jacques Dutronc
Votes: 1,278
38. Families (2015)
113 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Jérôme Varenne, a French financier, lives and works in Shanghai with Chen-Li, his life and business partner. One day, during a short stay in Paris, while paying a call to his mother, he is ... See full summary »
Director: Jean-Paul Rappeneau | Stars: Mathieu Amalric, Marine Vacth, Gilles Lellouche, Nicole Garcia
Votes: 1,033
39. Scandinavian Silence (2019)
80 min | Drama, Thriller
Film with three parts, two characters and one obsession: to prevent the past from taking over.
Director: Martti Helde | Stars: Rea Lest, Reimo Sagor, Kaido Veermäe, Katre Kaseleht
Votes: 184
40. Taxi 4 (2007)
Not Rated | 91 min | Action, Comedy, Crime
Daniel, the driver of a very special taxi in Marseille, gets a famous soccer player to the stadium in time and later helps his clumsy police friend Émilien catch the dangerous Belgian after he escaped on Émilien's guard.
Director: Gérard Krawczyk | Stars: Samy Naceri, Frédéric Diefenthal, Bernard Farcy, Emma Wiklund
Votes: 30,792
41. A Crime (2006)
R | 103 min | Crime, Thriller
Vincent's life is on hold until he finds his wife's killer. Alice, his neighbor, is convinced she can make him happy. She decides to invent a culprit, so that Vincent can find revenge and leave the past behind. But there is no ideal culprit and no perfect crime.
Director: Manuel Pradal | Stars: Harvey Keitel, Emmanuelle Béart, Norman Reedus, Joe Grifasi
Votes: 2,139
42. My Father Is a Cleaning Lady (2011)
80 min | Comedy, Drama
14-year-old Polo, son of a cleaner and a bedridden mother, grows up in modern-day France.
Director: Saphia Azzeddine | Stars: François Cluzet, Jérémie Duvall, Nanou Garcia, Alison Wheeler
Votes: 328
43. 96 heures (2014)
96 min | Thriller
After 3 years in prison Kancel is being transferred for questioning. In transit, he escapes, abducting Captain Carré of the BRB, responsible for putting him behind bars. Kancel has 96 hours to find out who betrayed him and get his revenge.
Director: Frédéric Schoendoerffer | Stars: Gérard Lanvin, Niels Arestrup, Sylvie Testud, Anne Consigny
Votes: 421
44. It Begins with the End (2010)
88 min | Romance
A French couple's (Emmanuelle Béart, Michaël Cohen) passionate love-hate relationship unfolds from the point of its dissolution.
Director: Michaël Cohen | Stars: Emmanuelle Béart, Michaël Cohen, Léopold Kraus, Jean-Paul Dubois
Votes: 277
45. La repentie (2002)
125 min | Crime, Drama
When an indistinct woman named Charlotte leaves a train station in hopes of changing her life forever, she's followed by a mysterious stranger with ill intentions.
Director: Laetitia Masson | Stars: Isabelle Adjani, Sami Frey, Samy Naceri, Aurore Clément
Votes: 459
46. Comme les cinq doigts de la main (2010)
116 min | Action, Crime, Drama
5 very different brothers are raised by their early widowed mother. One of them reappears after a long disappearance, trying to hide from a gang of drug dealers and shares a secret with his... See full summary »
Director: Alexandre Arcady | Stars: Patrick Bruel, Vincent Elbaz, Pascal Elbé, Éric Caravaca
Votes: 572
47. Perfect Match... (2007)
Comedy, Romance
While squatting in his uncle's Paris apartment, an out-of-work man (Lavoine) strikes up a relationship with the writer (Bouquet) who lives next door.
Director: Anne-Marie Etienne | Stars: Carole Bouquet, Marc Lavoine, Florence Foresti, Jean Senejoux
Votes: 143
48. Bad Girl (2012)
108 min | Drama
Based on Justine Levy's bestseller, "Mauvaise Fille" tells the story of 25 year-old Louise who learns in the course of one day that she is pregnant with her first child and that her mother ... See full summary »
Director: Patrick Mille | Stars: Carole Bouquet, Arthur Dupont, Izïa Higelin, Bob Geldof
Votes: 185
49. Grand Guignol (1987)
88 min | Comedy, Drama, Horror
It narrates the trials and tribulations of a company of second-rate actors trying to revive the customs and habits of the grand guignol.
Director: Jean Marboeuf | Stars: Caroline Cellier, Guy Marchand, Michel Galabru, Marie Dubois
Votes: 82
50. Cherche fiancé tous frais payés (2007)
92 min | Comedy
Alexandra is getting ready to spend the summer with her family, but learns that her ex and his lovely "fiance" have also been invited. She soon meets an actor and hires him on the spot to play the role of her fiance.
Director: Aline Issermann | Stars: Alexandra Lamy, Bruno Salomone, Claudia Cardinale, Isabelle Gélinas
Votes: 180