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Cinéma en langue française

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1. Amélie (2001)

R | 122 min | Comedy, Romance

70 Metascore

Despite being caught in her imaginative world, Amelie, a young waitress, decides to help people find happiness. Her quest to spread joy leads her on a journey where she finds true love.

Director: Jean-Pierre Jeunet | Stars: Audrey Tautou, Mathieu Kassovitz, Rufus, Lorella Cravotta

Votes: 794,504 | Gross: $33.23M

2. Santa Claus Is a Stinker (1982)

88 min | Comedy

Two neurotics, working for a suicide hotline on the night of Christmas Eve, get caught up in a catastrophe when a pregnant woman, her abusive boyfriend, and a transvestite visit their office.

Director: Jean-Marie Poiré | Stars: Anémone, Josiane Balasko, Marie-Anne Chazel, Christian Clavier

Votes: 10,497

3. Delicatessen (1991)

R | 99 min | Comedy, Crime

66 Metascore

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: 90,079 | Gross: $1.79M

4. The City of Lost Children (1995)

R | 112 min | Adventure, Drama, Fantasy

73 Metascore

A scientist in a surrealist society kidnaps children to steal their dreams, hoping that they slow his aging process.

Directors: Marc Caro, Jean-Pierre Jeunet | Stars: Ron Perlman, Daniel Emilfork, Judith Vittet, Dominique Pinon

Votes: 71,690 | Gross: $1.51M

5. The Big Blue (1988)

PG | 168 min | Adventure, Drama, Sport

35 Metascore

The rivalry between Enzo and Jacques, two childhood friends and now world-renowned free divers, becomes a beautiful and perilous journey into oneself and the unknown.

Director: Luc Besson | Stars: Jean-Marc Barr, Jean Reno, Rosanna Arquette, Paul Shenar

Votes: 55,121 | Gross: $3.50M

6. La Femme Nikita (1990)

R | 117 min | Action, Crime, Drama

65 Metascore

Convicted felon Nikita isn't going to jail; she's given a new identity and trained, stylishly, as a top secret spy/assassin.

Director: Luc Besson | Stars: Anne Parillaud, Marc Duret, Patrick Fontana, Alain Lathière

Votes: 76,456 | Gross: $5.02M

7. The Decline of the American Empire (1986)

R | 101 min | Comedy, Drama

60 Metascore

Sexual revelations emerge when a group of academics and their partners spend a weekend at a country retreat.

Director: Denys Arcand | Stars: Dominique Michel, Dorothée Berryman, Louise Portal, Pierre Curzi

Votes: 8,699 | Gross: $1.90M

8. The Barbarian Invasions (2003)

R | 99 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama

70 Metascore

During his final days, a dying man is reunited with old friends, former lovers, his ex-wife, and his estranged son.

Director: Denys Arcand | Stars: Rémy Girard, Dorothée Berryman, Stéphane Rousseau, Marie-Josée Croze

Votes: 30,039 | Gross: $3.43M

10. Man Bites Dog (1992)

NC-17 | 95 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama

67 Metascore

A film crew follows a ruthless thief and heartless killer as he goes about his daily routine. But complications set in when the film crew lose their objectivity and begin lending a hand.

Directors: Rémy Belvaux, André Bonzel, Benoît Poelvoorde | Stars: Benoît Poelvoorde, Jacqueline Poelvoorde-Pappaert, Nelly Pappaert, Hector Pappaert

Votes: 43,740 | Gross: $0.21M

11. Don't Look Now... We're Being Shot At! (1966)

G | 132 min | Adventure, Comedy, War

Several ordinary Frenchmen go on an epic voyage through the occupied country to the free zone as they help British pilots avoid German captivity.

Director: Gérard Oury | Stars: Bourvil, Louis de Funès, Claudio Brook, Andréa Parisy

Votes: 20,233

12. Mais où est donc passée la 7ème compagnie (1973)

95 min | Action, Comedy, War

Three French army scouts escape capture and go behind enemy lines during WWII, urged by a lieutenant to fight rather than hide.

Director: Robert Lamoureux | Stars: Jean Lefebvre, Pierre Mondy, Aldo Maccione, Pierre Tornade

Votes: 2,442

13. On a retrouvé la 7ème compagnie ! (1975)

90 min | Comedy, War

The French army's 7th Company experiences a severe setback during World War II when it gets separated from other units of its army. They disguise themselves as officers to escape death when they are taken prisoner by the Germans.

Director: Robert Lamoureux | Stars: Jean Lefebvre, Pierre Mondy, Henri Guybet, Pierre Tornade

Votes: 1,835

14. La 7ème compagnie au clair de lune (1977)

75 min | Comedy

1942 in an occupied area. After being demobilized, Tassin, Pithivier and Staff Sergeant Chaudard returned to their previous lives.

Director: Robert Lamoureux | Stars: Jean Lefebvre, Pierre Mondy, Henri Guybet, Patricia Karim

Votes: 1,582

15. Money Money Money (1972)

R | 113 min | Adventure, Comedy, Crime

When they realize the times are changing, five crooks decide to switch from bank robberies to personality abductions. Among their hostages are singer Johnny Hallyday and an ambassador in ... See full summary »

Director: Claude Lelouch | Stars: Lino Ventura, Jacques Brel, Charles Denner, Johnny Hallyday

Votes: 2,487 | Gross: $0.18M

16. Tykho Moon (1996)

Not Rated | 102 min | Sci-Fi

The McBee family has erected a government over a future 'colony', that looks like a run-down Paris divided into sectors by the Berlin Wall. All male family members suffer from a mysterious ... See full summary »

Director: Enki Bilal | Stars: Julie Delpy, Johan Leysen, Michel Piccoli, Marie Laforêt

Votes: 820

17. Bad Blood (1986)

Unrated | 105 min | Crime, Drama, Romance

74 Metascore

As a deadly virus which infects people who have loveless sex sweeps Paris, a lonely pariah attempts to steal a potent antidote, only to fall for the mistress of his partner-in-crime. Is the infectious young love the cure to the bad blood?

Director: Leos Carax | Stars: Michel Piccoli, Juliette Binoche, Denis Lavant, Hans Meyer

Votes: 9,324 | Gross: $0.02M

18. Prune des bois (1980)

80 min | Adventure, Family

Children find a baby in the forest.

Director: Marc Lobet | Stars: Christian Marin, Lionelle Lamy, Bonbon, Arlette Biernaux

Votes: 51

19. The Grand Highway (1987)

R | 104 min | Drama

Louis, a nine-year-old boy from Paris, spends his summer vacation in a small town in Brittany. His mother Claire has lodged him with her girlfriend Marcelle and her husband Pelo while she's... See full summary »

Director: Jean-Loup Hubert | Stars: Anémone, Richard Bohringer, Antoine Hubert, Vanessa Guedj

Votes: 1,769 | Gross: $0.76M

20. 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

21. The Old Gun (1975)

R | 103 min | Drama, Thriller, War

During World War II, a peaceful French surgeon decides to ruthlessly exterminate an SS squad because of the atrocities they'd just committed in his countryside home and childhood village.

Director: Robert Enrico | Stars: Philippe Noiret, Romy Schneider, Jean Bouise, Joachim Hansen

Votes: 4,856

22. Dirty Hands (1975)

R | 102 min | Crime, Thriller

Saint Tropez, 1975. Julie Wormser and her neighbour Jeff Marle, a writer, are lovers. They plan the assassination of Julie's wealthy husband Louis, an impotent who drinks a lot. She hits ... See full summary »

Director: Claude Chabrol | Stars: Romy Schneider, Rod Steiger, François Maistre, Paolo Giusti

Votes: 2,382

23. Le petit baigneur (1968)

96 min | Comedy

Louis-Philippe Fourchaume, another typical lead-role for French comedy superstar Louis de Funès, is the dictatorial CEO of a French company which designs and produces sail yachts, and fires... See full summary »

Director: Robert Dhéry | Stars: Louis de Funès, Andréa Parisy, Franco Fabrizi, Michèle Alexandre

Votes: 4,575

24. La controverse de Valladolid (1992 TV Movie)

87 min | Drama, History

Spain conquered the seas, found a new world and different realities than the one known in Europe. But a question needed to be answered with what they found in those new territories: do the ... See full summary »

Director: Jean-Daniel Verhaeghe | Stars: Jean-Pierre Marielle, Jean-Louis Trintignant, Jean Carmet, Jean-Michel Dupuis

Votes: 415

25. Léon: The Professional (1994)

R | 110 min | Action, Crime, Drama

64 Metascore

12-year-old Mathilda is reluctantly taken in by Léon, a professional assassin, after her family is murdered. An unusual relationship forms as she becomes his protégée and learns the assassin's trade.

Director: Luc Besson | Stars: Jean Reno, Gary Oldman, Natalie Portman, Danny Aiello

Votes: 1,246,565 | Gross: $19.50M

26. Smoking/No Smoking (1993)

298 min | Comedy, Drama

An examination of the possible consequences of a certain event.

Director: Alain Resnais | Stars: Sabine Azéma, Pierre Arditi, Peter Hudson

Votes: 1,934 | Gross: $0.06M

27. Same Old Song (1997)

120 min | Comedy, Drama, Musical

A musical story about how people find their love on the streets of beautiful Paris.

Director: Alain Resnais | Stars: Pierre Arditi, Sabine Azéma, Jean-Pierre Bacri, André Dussollier

Votes: 4,469 | Gross: $0.03M

28. Zone rouge (1986)

110 min | Action, Crime, Thriller

Claire Rousset visits her ex-husband Pierre who lives in the Lyon region. For some time now, Pierre's health and that of the other inhabitants of the village has deteriorated to the point of becoming worrying.

Director: Robert Enrico | Stars: Sabine Azéma, Richard Anconina, Hélène Surgère, Jacques Nolot

Votes: 234

29. Happiness Is in the Field (1995)

106 min | Comedy

Francis, the boss of a small plumbing supply company, is harassed by tax collectors, striking employees, and an impossible wife and daughter. His only joy is sharing lunch with his friend ... See full summary »

Director: Étienne Chatiliez | Stars: Michel Serrault, Eddy Mitchell, Sabine Azéma, Carmen Maura

Votes: 2,983 | Gross: $0.41M

30. 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: 725

31. Savage Nights (1992)

126 min | Biography, Crime, Drama

Jean is 30 years old. He lives with Laura, 17 years old, a violent and eventful love story. He learns that he is HIV positive.

Director: Cyril Collard | Stars: Cyril Collard, Romane Bohringer, Carlos López, Corine Blue

Votes: 2,416 | Gross: $0.66M

32. The Visitors (1993)

R | 107 min | Comedy, Fantasy

A medieval knight and his servant ask a familiar wizard to move them back in time to prevent father-in-law's accidentally killing. Instead, they fly away to the 20th century.

Director: Jean-Marie Poiré | Stars: Christian Clavier, Jean Reno, Valérie Lemercier, Marie-Anne Chazel

Votes: 37,993 | Gross: $0.70M

33. The Lovers on the Bridge (1991)

R | 125 min | Drama, Romance

Alex, who's homeless and addicted to alcohol, and Michèle, who's losing her sight, form a relationship while sleeping rough on Paris's Pont-Neuf bridge.

Director: Leos Carax | Stars: Juliette Binoche, Denis Lavant, Klaus-Michael Grüber, Marion Stalens

Votes: 15,451 | Gross: $0.12M

34. The Mad Adventures of Rabbi Jacob (1973)

G | 95 min | Adventure, Comedy

A bigoted Frenchman finds himself forced to impersonate a popular rabbi while on the run from a group of assassins - and the police.

Director: Gérard Oury | Stars: Louis de Funès, Miou-Miou, Suzy Delair, Marcel Dalio

Votes: 14,784 | Gross: $0.95M

35. 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: 7,978

36. Asterix & Obelix: Mission Cleopatra (2002)

PG | 107 min | Adventure, Comedy, Family

Asterix and Obelix go to Egypt to help architect Edifis who is building a palace for Cleopatra.

Director: Alain Chabat | Stars: Gérard Depardieu, Christian Clavier, Jamel Debbouze, Monica Bellucci

Votes: 57,874 | Gross: $3.12M

37. Fantomas (1964)

Not Rated | 104 min | Adventure, Comedy, Crime

The best men of France - a brave journalist and an extremely energetic commissioner - attack the trail of a mysterious criminal mastermind.

Director: André Hunebelle | Stars: Jean Marais, Louis de Funès, Mylène Demongeot, Jacques Dynam

Votes: 12,061

38. Not for, or Against (Quite the Contrary) (2003)

111 min | Crime, Drama

"Ni Pour, Ni Contre" tracks the fall of a young TV camerawoman, Caty, after she becomes involved with a group of petty criminals and their enigmatic leader, Jean. The gang lives hand to ... See full summary »

Director: Cédric Klapisch | Stars: Marie Gillain, Vincent Elbaz, Simon Abkarian, Dimitri Storoge

Votes: 1,934

39. Calvaire (2004)

Not Rated | 88 min | Drama, Horror, Thriller

52 Metascore

Marc, a traveling entertainer, is on his way home for Christmas when his van breaks down in the middle of a jerkwater town with some strange inhabitants.

Director: Fabrice du Welz | Stars: Laurent Lucas, Brigitte Lahaie, Gigi Coursigny, Jean-Luc Couchard

Votes: 13,804 | Gross: $0.00M

40. Greed in the Sun (1964)

122 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy

A rough trucker assigns his new truck and its mysterious cargo to his newest employee, only to see it hijacked by one of his experienced drivers. Now, his friends are after him to retrieve the goods. Are 100,000 dollars worth dying for?

Director: Henri Verneuil | Stars: Jean-Paul Belmondo, Lino Ventura, Reginald Kernan, Bernard Blier

Votes: 2,720

41. Ace of Aces (1982)

100 min | Adventure, Comedy, Sport

In 1936, a French boxer on his way to the Berlin Olympic Games befriends a local Jewish boy and decides to save him from the Nazis.

Director: Gérard Oury | Stars: Jean-Paul Belmondo, Marie-France Pisier, Frank Hoffmann, Günter Meisner

Votes: 4,163

42. The Professional (1981)

Not Rated | 108 min | Action, Crime, Drama

Victim of a plot which has resulted in his imprisonment in a Central African jail for two years, a French secret agent arrives in Paris to settle accounts.

Director: Georges Lautner | Stars: Jean-Paul Belmondo, Jean Desailly, Cyrielle Clair, Marie-Christine Descouard

Votes: 17,278

43. The Brain (1969)

G | 115 min | Adventure, Comedy, Crime

When NATO transfers some of its funds from Paris to Brussels by train, a criminal mastermind posing as a British colonel plans to steal it but two petty French thieves also have the same intent.

Director: Gérard Oury | Stars: Jean-Paul Belmondo, Bourvil, David Niven, Eli Wallach

Votes: 4,373

44. Up to His Ears (1965)

Not Rated | 104 min | Adventure, Comedy

The farcical adventures of unhappy suicidal billionaire Arthur Lempereur.

Director: Philippe de Broca | Stars: Jean-Paul Belmondo, Ursula Andress, Maria Pacôme, Valérie Lagrange

Votes: 2,298

45. Les vécés étaient fermés de l'intérieur (1976)

74 min | Comedy, Crime

Superintendent Pichard investigates the death of a toilet attendant.

Director: Patrice Leconte | Stars: Coluche, Jean Rochefort, Roland Dubillard, Danièle Evenou

Votes: 534

46. The Gendarme of Saint-Tropez (1964)

90 min | Comedy, Crime

Gendarme Ludovic Cruchot is re-assigned to the French Riviera seaside resort town of Saint-Tropez where petty criminals and his own daughter give him a hard time.

Director: Jean Girault | Stars: Louis de Funès, Geneviève Grad, Michel Galabru, Christian Marin

Votes: 13,848

47. Fear City: A Family-Style Comedy (1994)

100 min | Comedy, Horror

A second-class horror movie has to be shown at Cannes Film Festival, but, before each screening, the projectionist is killed by a mysterious fellow, with hammer and sickle, just as it happens in the film to be shown.

Director: Alain Berbérian | Stars: Chantal Lauby, Alain Chabat, Dominique Farrugia, Gérard Darmon

Votes: 10,426

48. La classe américaine (1993 TV Movie)

70 min | Comedy

George Abitbol, "the Most Classy Man on Earth", dies sputtering his famous last words: "cr*ppy world!" What the heck did he mean? Reporters Steven, Peter and Dave investigate. La Classe ... See full summary »

Directors: Michel Hazanavicius, Dominique Mézerette | Stars: John Wayne, Burt Lancaster, Lana Turner, Jason Robards

Votes: 2,750

49. Marius and Jeannette (1997)

105 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

Marius is the keeper of an abandoned cement works staying high above the quarter of l'Estaque in Marseilles. Jeannette is bringing up her two children alone with her poor checkout operator ... See full summary »

Director: Robert Guédiguian | Stars: Ariane Ascaride, Gérard Meylan, Pascale Roberts, Jacques Boudet

Votes: 1,722 | Gross: $0.28M

50. The Last Mitterrand (2005)

116 min | Biography, Drama

A young journalist (Lespert) helps the French President compile his memoirs.

Director: Robert Guédiguian | Stars: Michel Bouquet, Jalil Lespert, Philippe Fretun, Anne Cantineau

Votes: 1,068

51. À l'attaque! (2000)

90 min | Comedy, Drama

Two scriptwriter friends with clashing personalities decide to write a contemporary political film. Facing difficulties and traps, they stray from the plot. With their lives constantly intertwined with the story of the Moliterno and co.

Director: Robert Guédiguian | Stars: Ariane Ascaride, Pierre Banderet, Frédérique Bonnal, Patrick Bonnel

Votes: 308

52. Manon of the Spring (1986)

PG | 113 min | Drama

A beautiful but shy shepherdess plots vengeance on the men whose greedy conspiracy to acquire her father's land caused his death years earlier.

Director: Claude Berri | Stars: Yves Montand, Emmanuelle Béart, Daniel Auteuil, Hippolyte Girardot

Votes: 23,961 | Gross: $3.94M

53. Jean de Florette (1986)

PG | 120 min | Comedy, Drama

A greedy landowner and his backward nephew conspire to block the only water source for an adjoining property in order to bankrupt the owner and force him to sell.

Director: Claude Berri | Stars: Yves Montand, Gérard Depardieu, Daniel Auteuil, Elisabeth Depardieu

Votes: 27,553 | Gross: $4.94M

54. Tanguy (2001)

108 min | Comedy

Tanguy is 28 years old and still living with his parents. They think it's time he moves out. He doesn't, so they hatch a plan...

Director: Étienne Chatiliez | Stars: Sabine Azéma, André Dussollier, Éric Berger, Hélène Duc

Votes: 7,432

55. Chouans! (1988)

143 min | Adventure, History, War

In 1793 when terror is widespread in France, peasants known as Chouans fight the revolutionaries in attempt to restore the monarchy.

Director: Philippe de Broca | Stars: Philippe Noiret, Vincent Schmitt, Raoul Billerey, Claudine Delvaux

Votes: 865

56. Le 4ème pouvoir (1985)

100 min | Drama

Yves Dorget, major reporter in a daily newspaper, finds on an "affair" part of a simple news item Catherine Carré, his former friend, editor and chief and star presenter of a television newscast.

Director: Serge Leroy | Stars: Philippe Noiret, Nicole Garcia, Roland Blanche, Michel Subor

Votes: 232

57. L'africain (1983)

101 min | Adventure, Comedy, Romance

A travel agent travels to Africa intending to start a resort hotel only to encounter her crusty ex-husband and ivory smugglers.

Director: Philippe de Broca | Stars: Catherine Deneuve, Philippe Noiret, Jean-François Balmer, Jacques François

Votes: 910

58. Human Resources (1999)

TV-14 | 100 min | Comedy, Drama

80 Metascore

The 35-hour work week has all of France in its thrall. This film turns it into a feature about economic and familial politics. Frank, a business school graduate, returns to his provincial ... See full summary »

Director: Laurent Cantet | Stars: Jalil Lespert, Jean-Claude Vallod, Chantal Barré, Véronique de Pandelaère

Votes: 2,800 | Gross: $0.12M

59. Very Happy Alexander (1968)

G | 100 min | Comedy, Drama

Alexandre, a young and honest farmer under the yoke of an authoritarian wife, works around the clock in the fields. When she dies in a car accident, it's a holiday for Alexandre.

Director: Yves Robert | Stars: Philippe Noiret, Françoise Brion, Marlène Jobert, Paul Le Person

Votes: 2,334

60. Le viager (1972)

101 min | Comedy

The greedy Galipeaus, thinking the old Martinet is about to die, provide him a life annuity to own his house after his death. But Martinet continues living for years, so the Galipeaus opt for radical actions.

Director: Pierre Tchernia | Stars: Michel Serrault, Michel Galabru, Claude Brasseur, Rosy Varte

Votes: 1,258

61. The Girl from Paris (2001)

103 min | Comedy, Drama

64 Metascore

Sandrine, a woman in her thirties gets tired of life in Paris and decides to leave her work in computers and become a farmer. She takes the required practice for two years, and after that ... See full summary »

Director: Christian Carion | Stars: Michel Serrault, Mathilde Seigner, Jean-Paul Roussillon, Frédéric Pierrot

Votes: 2,399 | Gross: $0.18M

62. 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

63. The Confession (1970)

GP | 139 min | Drama, Thriller

A high-ranking official is forced to confess to high treason.

Director: Costa-Gavras | Stars: Yves Montand, Simone Signoret, Gabriele Ferzetti, Michel Vitold

Votes: 4,819 | Gross: $0.33M

64. Hell (1994)

Not Rated | 102 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

Paul and Nelly have everything to be happy: a dream wedding and a hotel. Until Paul starts to doubt Nelly.

Director: Claude Chabrol | Stars: Emmanuelle Béart, François Cluzet, Nathalie Cardone, André Wilms

Votes: 6,441 | Gross: $0.19M

65. L'antidote (2005)

107 min | Comedy

Jacques-Alain Marty, known as Jam, is the boss of Vladis Entreprises, a large French multi-pole group. Everything works for him, but for the past few weeks, Jam has not been in his normal state.

Director: Vincent De Brus | Stars: Christian Clavier, Jacques Villeret, Agnès Soral, Annie Grégorio

Votes: 1,019

66. Life Is a Long Quiet River (1988)

90 min | Comedy

A revengeful nurse switches a girl and a boy at birth. They are raised in two radically different families. When the switch is revealed many years later, the now teenagers and families need to cope with their new environments.

Director: Étienne Chatiliez | Stars: Benoît Magimel, Hélène Vincent, Valérie Lalande, Tara Römer

Votes: 4,724 | Gross: $0.19M

67. Pour le plaisir (2004)

82 min | Comedy

A psychoanalyst gives a strange advice to a mechanic whose marriage is falling apart: to take the blame for a murder, any murder, to impress his beautiful and indifferent wife, and his patient does just that.

Director: Dominique Deruddere | Stars: Samuel Le Bihan, François Berléand, Nadia Farès, Olivier Gourmet

Votes: 156

68. 8 Women (2002)

R | 111 min | Comedy, Crime, Musical

64 Metascore

A man is murdered in an isolated chalet, and the eight female residents are all suspects; their secrets are revealed as they try to determine who is guilty.

Director: François Ozon | Stars: Fanny Ardant, Emmanuelle Béart, Danielle Darrieux, Catherine Deneuve

Votes: 34,350 | Gross: $3.08M

69. The Music Teacher (1988)

PG | 95 min | Drama, Music

Aging opera singer Joachim Dallayrac retires from the stage and retreats to the countryside to school two young singers, Sophie and Jean. Although the rigorous training takes its toll on ... See full summary »

Director: Gérard Corbiau | Stars: José van Dam, Anne Roussel, Philippe Volter, Sylvie Fennec

Votes: 1,040 | Gross: $1.09M

70. The Beat That My Heart Skipped (2005)

Not Rated | 108 min | Crime, Drama, Music

75 Metascore

Will Thomas still lead a life of crime and cruelty, just like his thuggish father, or will he pursue his dream of becoming a pianist?

Director: Jacques Audiard | Stars: Romain Duris, Aure Atika, Emmanuelle Devos, Niels Arestrup

Votes: 20,498 | Gross: $1.02M

71. An Affair of Love (1999)

R | 80 min | Drama, Romance

67 Metascore

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: 5,731 | Gross: $0.35M

72. Fear and Trembling (2003)

Unrated | 107 min | Comedy, Drama

75 Metascore

A Belgian woman looks back on her year at a Japanese corporation in Tokyo in 1990. She is Amélie, born in Japan, living there until age 5. After college graduation, she returns with a ... See full summary »

Director: Alain Corneau | Stars: Sylvie Testud, Kaori Tsuji, Tarô Suwa, Bison Katayama

Votes: 4,810

73. French Fried Vacation 3: Friends Forever (2006)

97 min | Comedy

Movie about friends who reunite after 20 years and a lot of things have changed.

Director: Patrice Leconte | Stars: Josiane Balasko, Michel Blanc, Marie-Anne Chazel, Christian Clavier

Votes: 3,613

74. Games of Love and Chance (2003)

123 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

71 Metascore

Krimo a 15 years old shy boy falls in love for Lídia who is his classmate.To be able to assume his love for her he decides to take a part in the play that was to be one of his friends.

Director: Abdellatif Kechiche | Stars: Osman Elkharraz, Sara Forestier, Sabrina Ouazani, Nanou Benhamou

Votes: 3,252 | Gross: $0.01M

75. Baise-moi (2000)

Not Rated | 77 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

35 Metascore

Two young women, marginalised by society, go on a destructive tour of sex and violence. Breaking norms and killing men - and shattering the complacency of polite cinema audiences.

Directors: Virginie Despentes, Coralie Trinh Thi | Stars: Raffaëla Anderson, Karen Lancaume, Céline Beugnot, Adama Niane

Votes: 18,567 | Gross: $0.01M

76. See How They Fall (1994)

90 min | Crime, Drama

69 Metascore

Simon is a sales representative about fifty. When Mickey, his cop friend, is being shot, he leaves everything to find the murderers. Two years before, Marx, an old gambler, met Frederic, a ... See full summary »

Director: Jacques Audiard | Stars: Jean-Louis Trintignant, Jean Yanne, Mathieu Kassovitz, Bulle Ogier

Votes: 1,326

77. Look at Me (2004)

PG-13 | 110 min | Comedy, Drama, Music

79 Metascore

A french girl gifted with a great voice, has a complex about her weight and her appearance.

Director: Agnès Jaoui | Stars: Marilou Berry, Jean-Pierre Bacri, Agnès Jaoui, Laurent Grévill

Votes: 5,483 | Gross: $1.74M

78. Un couple épatant (2002)

PG | 97 min | Comedy, Romance

61 Metascore

In the first installment in director Belvaux's trilogy, Alain's eccentric behavior causes his wife, Cecile, to hire a detective to follow his every move -- which yields unexpected results.

Director: Lucas Belvaux | Stars: François Morel, Ornella Muti, Gilbert Melki, Valérie Mairesse

Votes: 1,121 | Gross: $0.05M

79. Cavale (2002)

R | 117 min | Thriller, Crime, Drama

75 Metascore

After nearly fifteen years behind bars, lefty revolutionary Bruno escapes and heads back to Grenoble, France. His plan? Settle some old scores, hook up with his foxy ex-lover, and avoid the... See full summary »

Director: Lucas Belvaux | Stars: Catherine Frot, Lucas Belvaux, Dominique Blanc, Ornella Muti

Votes: 1,245 | Gross: $0.06M

80. Chocolat (2000)

PG-13 | 121 min | Drama, Romance

64 Metascore

A French woman and her young daughter open up a chocolate shop in a small remote village that shakes up the rigid morality of the community.

Director: Lasse Hallström | Stars: Juliette Binoche, Johnny Depp, Judi Dench, Alfred Molina

Votes: 202,034 | Gross: $71.51M

81. The Horseman on the Roof (1995)

R | 118 min | Adventure, Drama, Romance

In a time of war and disease, a young officer gallantly tries to help a young woman find her husband.

Director: Jean-Paul Rappeneau | Stars: Olivier Martinez, Juliette Binoche, Pierre Arditi, François Cluzet

Votes: 6,397 | Gross: $1.88M

82. Hasards ou coïncidences (1998)

120 min | Drama

Once a successful dancer, Miriam has abandoned her career to bring up her son, Serge, after her boyfriend walked out of her.

Director: Claude Lelouch | Stars: Alessandra Martines, Pierre Arditi, Marc Hollogne, Laurent Hilaire

Votes: 582

83. Les Misérables (1995)

R | 175 min | Drama, History

A variation on Victor Hugo's classic novel by means of the story of a man whose life is affected by and somewhat duplicated by the Hugo story of the beleaguered Jean Valjean.

Director: Claude Lelouch | Stars: Jean-Paul Belmondo, Michel Boujenah, Alessandra Martines, Salomé Lelouch

Votes: 4,008 | Gross: $1.04M

84. Tout ça... pour ça! (1993)

PG-13 | 120 min | Comedy, Crime, Romance

Marie, a young lawyer, leaves with her husband Fabrice and a couple of friends, Francis and Alessandra. They are engaged in a dangerous sentimental game together, from which their relations will not come out unseemly.

Director: Claude Lelouch | Stars: Marie-Sophie L., Francis Huster, Fabrice Luchini, Alessandra Martines

Votes: 817

85. La belle histoire (1992)

R | 210 min | Adventure, Drama, Fantasy

Jesus is a French gypsy who might have become a bull fighter had he not been framed on a drug charge and sent to prison. Odona is a con artist pursued and protected by a Paris policeman. ... See full summary »

Director: Claude Lelouch | Stars: Gérard Lanvin, Béatrice Dalle, Vincent Lindon, Marie-Sophie L.

Votes: 834

86. There Were Days... and Moons (1990)

117 min | Drama

How can moon and time affect human mood and fate? In the manner of a Greek tragedy , this movie shows how the chaos of life ineluctably propels its characters towards violence and alienation.

Director: Claude Lelouch | Stars: Gérard Lanvin, Patrick Chesnais, Annie Girardot, Marie-Sophie L.

Votes: 582

87. The Exchange Student (1967)

84 min | Adventure, Comedy

A strict French headmaster sends his frivolous son to England to learn English. But the student has a better idea of how to spend his summer holidays.

Director: Jean Girault | Stars: Louis de Funès, Ferdy Mayne, Martine Kelly, François Leccia

Votes: 3,780

88. Squeak-squeak (1963)

86 min | Comedy

Léonard Monestier has made his fortune trading on the stock exchange. His eccentric wife Cynthia almost bankrupts him by selling some of his shares to buy an oil concession in South America... See full summary »

Director: Jean Girault | Stars: Louis de Funès, Mireille Darc, Roger Dumas, Jacqueline Maillan

Votes: 2,054

89. The Gendarme Gets Married (1968)

92 min | Comedy, Romance

The gendarme Cruchot meets the widow Josepha. They quickly fall in love but Cruchot's daughter doesn't like Josepha and is determined to prevent the wedding by all means necessary.

Director: Jean Girault | Stars: Louis de Funès, Jean Lefebvre, Geneviève Grad, Christian Marin

Votes: 8,596

90. The Gendarme in New York (1965)

102 min | Comedy, Crime

After being chosen to represent France in an international congress, Cruchot and his troops must go to New York, and adapt to its social and cultural aspects.

Director: Jean Girault | Stars: Louis de Funès, Michel Galabru, Christian Marin, Guy Grosso

Votes: 8,398

91. The Gendarme Takes Off (1970)

107 min | Comedy, Crime

The entire squad of gendarmes from Saint-Tropez has been retired. But there is no such power that could stop them from protecting the law and public order.

Director: Jean Girault | Stars: Louis de Funès, Jean Lefebvre, Guy Grosso, Michel Modo

Votes: 7,428

92. 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

93. 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: 12,337

94. Jo (1971)

85 min | Comedy, Crime, Thriller

A writer of detective stories desperately trying to hide a corpse in his house - and at the same time to know exactly who he killed accidentally.

Director: Jean Girault | Stars: Louis de Funès, Claude Gensac, Michel Galabru, Bernard Blier

Votes: 3,669

95. Hibernatus (1969)

Not Rated | 82 min | Comedy, Fantasy, Sci-Fi

A rich businessman faces a quite weird problem - his wife's grandfather has been revived thanks to science. But he is not aware that many decades have passed.

Director: Édouard Molinaro | Stars: Louis de Funès, Michael Lonsdale, Claude Gensac, Bernard Alane

Votes: 6,637

96. 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: 7,540

97. The Sucker (1965)

111 min | Adventure, Comedy, Crime

Criminals have chosen an ordinary man to carry drugs and jewels in his car across the border. The problem is that this man turned out too much ordinary.

Director: Gérard Oury | Stars: Bourvil, Louis de Funès, Venantino Venantini, Henri Génès

Votes: 8,051

98. Fantomas Unleashed (1965)

Not Rated | 98 min | Adventure, Comedy, Crime

When Professor Marchand, a famous scientist, mysteriously disappears, the commissioner, Juve, immediately suspects Fantomas.

Directors: André Hunebelle, Haroun Tazieff | Stars: Jean Marais, Louis de Funès, Mylène Demongeot, Jacques Dynam

Votes: 8,235

99. What's Cooking in Paris (1966)

Not Rated | 85 min | Action, Comedy

Top-notch french restaurant owner Monsieur Septime is involved into crime when one of his famous guests disappears.

Director: Jacques Besnard | Stars: Louis de Funès, Bernard Blier, Maria-Rosa Rodriguez, Venantino Venantini

Votes: 6,609

100. Fantomas vs. Scotland Yard (1967)

PG | 100 min | Adventure, Comedy, Crime

Famous but unlucky pursuers of Fantomas from France go to weird Scotland for a final attempt to bring the impudent criminal to justice.

Director: André Hunebelle | Stars: Jean Marais, Louis de Funès, Mylène Demongeot, Françoise Christophe

Votes: 7,854



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