With Arte France Cinéma (Sorted by Popularity Ascending)
1. The Worst Person in the World (2021)
R | 128 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
The chronicles of four years in the life of Julie, a young woman who navigates the troubled waters of her love life and struggles to find her career path, leading her to take a realistic look at who she really is.
Director: Joachim Trier | Stars: Renate Reinsve, Anders Danielsen Lie, Herbert Nordrum, Hans Olav Brenner
Votes: 43,585
2. Titane (2021)
R | 108 min | Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi
Following a series of unexplained crimes, a father is reunited with the son who has been missing for 10 years. Titane: A metal highly resistant to heat and corrosion, with high tensile strength alloys.
Director: Julia Ducournau | Stars: Vincent Lindon, Agathe Rousselle, Garance Marillier, Laïs Salameh
Votes: 39,476
3. Nymphomaniac: Vol. I (2013)
Not Rated | 117 min | Drama
A self-diagnosed nymphomaniac recounts her erotic experiences to the man who saved her after a beating.
Director: Lars von Trier | Stars: Charlotte Gainsbourg, Stellan Skarsgård, Stacy Martin, Shia LaBeouf
Votes: 122,880 | Gross: $0.79M
4. Portrait of a Lady on Fire (2019)
R | 122 min | Drama, Romance
On an isolated island in Brittany at the end of the eighteenth century, a female painter is obliged to paint a wedding portrait of a young woman.
Director: Céline Sciamma | Stars: Noémie Merlant, Adèle Haenel, Luàna Bajrami, Valeria Golino
Votes: 86,158 | Gross: $3.76M
5. Climax (I) (2018)
R | 97 min | Drama, Horror, Music
French dancers gather in a remote, empty school building to rehearse on a wintry night. The all-night celebration morphs into a hallucinatory nightmare when they learn their sangria is laced with LSD.
Director: Gaspar Noé | Stars: Sofia Boutella, Romain Guillermic, Souheila Yacoub, Kiddy Smile
Votes: 65,542 | Gross: $0.80M
6. Antichrist (2009)
Not Rated | 108 min | Drama, Horror, Thriller
A grieving couple retreat to their cabin in the woods, hoping to repair their broken hearts and troubled marriage, but nature takes its course and things go from bad to worse.
Director: Lars von Trier | Stars: Willem Dafoe, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Storm Acheche Sahlstrøm
Votes: 125,045 | Gross: $0.40M
7. Triangle of Sadness (2022)
147 min | Comedy, Drama
A cruise for the super-rich sinks thus leaving survivors, including a fashion model celebrity couple, trapped on an island.
Director: Ruben Östlund | Stars: Woody Harrelson, Harris Dickinson, Charlbi Dean, Hanna Oldenburg
Votes: 72
8. Nymphomaniac: Vol. II (2013)
Not Rated | 124 min | Drama
The continuation of Joe's sexually dictated life delves into the darker aspects of her adulthood, obsessions and what led to her being in Seligman's care.
Director: Lars von Trier | Stars: Charlotte Gainsbourg, Stellan Skarsgård, Willem Dafoe, Jamie Bell
Votes: 91,598 | Gross: $0.33M
9. A Hero (2021)
PG-13 | 127 min | Drama
Rahim is in prison because of a debt he was unable to repay. During a two-day leave, he tries to convince his creditor to withdraw his complaint against the payment of part of the sum. But things don't go as planned.
Director: Asghar Farhadi | Stars: Amir Jadidi, Mohsen Tanabandeh, Sahar Goldust, Fereshteh Sadre Orafaiy
Votes: 21,321
10. The Square (2017)
R | 151 min | Comedy, Drama
A prestigious Stockholm museum's chief art curator finds himself in times of both professional and personal crisis as he attempts to set up a controversial new exhibit.
Director: Ruben Östlund | Stars: Claes Bang, Elisabeth Moss, Dominic West, Terry Notary
Votes: 62,401 | Gross: $1.50M
11. Stars at Noon (2022)
135 min | Drama, Romance, Thriller | Completed
In 1984's Nicaragua, a mysterious English businessman and a headstrong American journalist strike up a romance as they soon become embroiled in a dangerous labyrinth of lies and conspiracies and are forced to try and escape the country.
Director: Claire Denis | Stars: Joe Alwyn, Margaret Qualley, John C. Reilly, Benny Safdie
12. Melancholia (2011)
R | 135 min | Drama, Sci-Fi
Two sisters find their already strained relationship challenged as a mysterious new planet threatens to collide with Earth.
Director: Lars von Trier | Stars: Kirsten Dunst, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Kiefer Sutherland, Alexander Skarsgård
Votes: 180,027 | Gross: $3.03M
13. The Piano Teacher (2001)
R | 131 min | Drama, Music
A young man romantically pursues his masochistic piano teacher.
Director: Michael Haneke | Stars: Isabelle Huppert, Annie Girardot, Benoît Magimel, Susanne Lothar
Votes: 63,003 | Gross: $1.90M
14. Dogville (2003)
R | 178 min | Crime, Drama
A woman on the run from the mob is reluctantly accepted in a small Colorado community in exchange for labor, but when a search visits the town she finds out that their support has a price.
Director: Lars von Trier | Stars: Nicole Kidman, Paul Bettany, Lauren Bacall, Harriet Andersson
Votes: 147,068 | Gross: $1.53M
15. Tchaikovsky's Wife (2022)
143 min | Biography, Drama
Tumultuous relationship between Pyotr Tchaikovsky, the most famous Russian composer of all time, and his wife Antonina Miliukova.
Director: Kirill Serebrennikov | Stars: Alyona Mikhailova, Odin Lund Biron, Miron Fedorov, Yuliya Aug
Votes: 61
16. Holy Spider (2022)
116 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
A journalist descends into the dark underbelly of the Iranian holy city of Mashhad as she investigates the serial killings of sex workers by the so called "Spider Killer", who believes he is cleansing the streets of sinners.
Director: Ali Abbasi | Stars: Zar Amir-Ebrahimi, Mehdi Bajestani, Arash Ashtiani, Forouzan Jamshidnejad
Votes: 84
17. High Life (2018)
R | 113 min | Adventure, Drama, Horror
A father and his daughter struggle to survive in deep space where they live in isolation.
Director: Claire Denis | Stars: Robert Pattinson, Juliette Binoche, André 3000, Mia Goth
Votes: 34,731 | Gross: $1.23M
18. Annette (2021)
R | 141 min | Drama, Musical, Romance
A stand-up comedian and his opera singer wife have a two-year-old daughter with a surprising gift.
Director: Leos Carax | Stars: Adam Driver, Marion Cotillard, Simon Helberg, Devyn McDowell
Votes: 18,519
19. Dancer in the Dark (2000)
R | 140 min | Crime, Drama, Musical
An Eastern European US immigrant with a love for musicals has to cope with the gradual loss of her vision.
Director: Lars von Trier | Stars: Björk, Catherine Deneuve, David Morse, Peter Stormare
Votes: 108,727 | Gross: $4.18M
20. Rubber (2010)
R | 82 min | Comedy, Fantasy, Horror
A homicidal car tire, discovering it has destructive psionic power, sets its sights on a desert town once a mysterious woman becomes its obsession.
Director: Quentin Dupieux | Stars: Stephen Spinella, Roxane Mesquida, Wings Hauser, Jack Plotnick
Votes: 36,990 | Gross: $0.10M
21. Boy from Heaven (2022)
126 min | Drama, Thriller
On the first day back after the summer holidays, the grand imam collapses and dies in front of his students in a prestigious university in Cairo. This marks the start of a ruthless battle for influence to take his place.
Director: Tarik Saleh | Stars: Tawfeek Barhom, Fares Fares, Yunus Albayrak, Mouloud Ayad
Votes: 39
22. Bergman Island (2021)
R | 112 min | Drama
A couple retreat to the island that inspired Ingmar Bergman to write screenplays for their upcoming films when the lines between reality and fiction start to blur.
Director: Mia Hansen-Løve | Stars: Vicky Krieps, Tim Roth, Grace Delrue, Mia Wasikowska
Votes: 5,128
23. Intimacy (2001)
R | 119 min | Drama, Romance
A failed London musician meets once a week with a woman for a series of intense sexual encounters to get away from the realities of life. But when he begins inquiring about her, it puts their relationship at risk.
Director: Patrice Chéreau | Stars: Mark Rylance, Kerry Fox, Susannah Harker, Alastair Galbraith
Votes: 12,147 | Gross: $0.10M
24. Romance (1999)
R | 84 min | Drama, Romance
Frustrated by the lack of intimacy in her relationship, a young schoolteacher goes through a series of intimidating and often violent sexual partners.
Director: Catherine Breillat | Stars: Caroline Ducey, Sagamore Stévenin, François Berléand, Rocco Siffredi
Votes: 10,807 | Gross: $1.28M
25. France (2021)
Unrated | 133 min | Comedy, Drama
A celebrity journalist, juggling her busy career and personal life, has her life over-turned by a freak car accident.
Director: Bruno Dumont | Stars: Léa Seydoux, Blanche Gardin, Benjamin Biolay, Emanuele Arioli
Votes: 2,475
26. Brother and Sister (2022)
108 min | Drama
The story revolves around a brother and sister who are nearing their fifties - Alice is an actress, Louis was a teacher and a poet. They no longer speak to one another and have been ... See full summary »
Director: Arnaud Desplechin | Stars: Marion Cotillard, Melvil Poupaud, Golshifteh Farahani, Benjamin Siksou
Votes: 95
27. Personal Shopper (2016)
R | 105 min | Mystery, Thriller
A personal shopper in Paris refuses to leave the city until she makes contact with her twin brother who previously died there. Her life becomes more complicated when a mysterious person contacts her via text message.
Director: Olivier Assayas | Stars: Kristen Stewart, Lars Eidinger, Sigrid Bouaziz, Anders Danielsen Lie
Votes: 39,751 | Gross: $1.31M
28. Fat Girl (2001)
Not Rated | 86 min | Drama
Two sisters confront their sexual attitudes and experiences while on a family holiday.
Director: Catherine Breillat | Stars: Anaïs Reboux, Roxane Mesquida, Libero De Rienzo, Arsinée Khanjian
Votes: 11,655 | Gross: $0.72M
29. Corsage (2022)
113 min | Biography, Drama, History
Empress Elizabeth of Austria is idolized for her beauty and renowned for inspiring fashion trends. In 1877 Christmas Empress turns 40 and is officially deemed an old woman she starts trying to maintain her public image.
Director: Marie Kreutzer | Stars: Vicky Krieps, Colin Morgan, Finnegan Oldfield, Tamás Lengyel
Votes: 23
30. The Velvet Queen (2021)
92 min | Documentary
Two men explore the high-altitude wilderness of Tibet with many cameras, filming wildlife from a respectful distance and searching for the rare snow leopard.
Directors: Marie Amiguet, Vincent Munier | Stars: Vincent Munier, Sylvain Tesson
Votes: 992
31. The Story of My Wife (2021)
169 min | Drama, Romance
Jacob Störr, a sea captain, makes a bet in a café with a friend, to marry the first woman who enters the place. And in walks Lizzy.
Director: Ildikó Enyedi | Stars: Léa Seydoux, Gijs Naber, Louis Garrel, Sergio Rubini
Votes: 1,190
32. 2046 (2004)
R | 129 min | Drama, Romance, Sci-Fi
Several women enter a science fiction author's life over the course of a few years, after the author has lost the woman he considers his one true love.
Director: Kar-Wai Wong | Stars: Tony Chiu-Wai Leung, Ziyi Zhang, Faye Wong, Gong Li
Votes: 57,003 | Gross: $1.44M
33. Cold War (2018)
R | 89 min | Drama, History, Music
In the 1950s, a music director falls in love with a singer and tries to persuade her to flee communist Poland for France.
Director: Pawel Pawlikowski | Stars: Joanna Kulig, Tomasz Kot, Borys Szyc, Agata Kulesza
Votes: 55,886 | Gross: $4.57M
34. Ahed's Knee (2021)
109 min | Drama
An Israeli filmmaker throws himself in the midst of two battles doomed to fail: one against the death of freedom, the other against the death of a mother.
Director: Nadav Lapid | Stars: Avshalom Pollak, Nur Fibak, Oded Azulay, Michal Benkovitz Sasu
Votes: 756
35. Anaïs in Love (2021)
98 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Follows Anaïs, a 30-year old woman that is broke and has a lover she doesn't think she loves anymore. She meets Daniel, who immediately falls for her, but Daniel lives with Emilie - who Anaïs also falls for.
Director: Charline Bourgeois-Tacquet | Stars: Anaïs Demoustier, Valeria Bruni Tedeschi, Denis Podalydès, Jean-Charles Clichet
Votes: 496
36. Hysteria (2011)
R | 100 min | Biography, Comedy, Romance
The truth of how Mortimer Granville devised the invention of the first vibrator in the name of medical science.
Director: Tanya Wexler | Stars: Maggie Gyllenhaal, Hugh Dancy, Jonathan Pryce, Felicity Jones
Votes: 31,820 | Gross: $1.80M
37. Onoda: 10,000 Nights in the Jungle (2021)
173 min | Adventure, Drama, War
When Japan surrenders at the end of World War II, soldier Hiroo Onoda retreats into the jungles of the Philippines to continue the war himself for another 10,000 days.
Director: Arthur Harari | Stars: Yûya Endô, Kanji Tsuda, Yûya Matsuura, Tetsuya Chiba
Votes: 1,272
38. Caché (Hidden) (2005)
R | 117 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller
A married couple is terrorized by a series of surveillance videotapes left on their front porch.
Director: Michael Haneke | Stars: Daniel Auteuil, Juliette Binoche, Maurice Bénichou, Annie Girardot
Votes: 79,273 | Gross: $3.63M
39. 7500 (2019)
R | 93 min | Action, Drama, Thriller
When terrorists try to seize control of a Berlin-Paris flight, a soft-spoken American co-pilot struggles to save the lives of the passengers and crew while forging a surprising connection with one of the hijackers.
Director: Patrick Vollrath | Stars: Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Omid Memar, Aylin Tezel, Carlo Kitzlinger
Votes: 28,168
40. Holy Motors (2012)
Not Rated | 115 min | Drama, Fantasy
A man boards a limousine to be driven to his day's work: nine mysterious "appointments."
Director: Leos Carax | Stars: Denis Lavant, Edith Scob, Eva Mendes, Kylie Minogue
Votes: 45,779
41. Ash Is Purest White (2018)
Not Rated | 136 min | Crime, Drama, Romance
A story of violent love within a time frame spanning from 2001 to 2017.
Director: Zhangke Jia | Stars: Tao Zhao, Fan Liao, Yi'nan Diao, Jiali Ding
Votes: 9,174 | Gross: $0.42M
42. Stranger by the Lake (2013)
Not Rated | 100 min | Drama, Romance, Thriller
Summertime. A cruising spot for men, tucked away on the shores of a lake. Franck falls in love with Michel, an attractive, potent and lethally dangerous man. Franck knows this but wants to live out his passion anyway.
Director: Alain Guiraudie | Stars: Pierre Deladonchamps, Christophe Paou, Patrick d'Assumçao, Jérôme Chappatte
Votes: 14,471 | Gross: $0.32M
43. The Salesman (2016)
PG-13 | 124 min | Drama
While Ranaa and Emad, a married couple, are participating in a production of "Death of a Salesman," she is assaulted in their new home, which leaves him determined to find the perpetrator over his wife's traumatized objections.
Director: Asghar Farhadi | Stars: Shahab Hosseini, Taraneh Alidoosti, Babak Karimi, Mina Sadati
Votes: 59,754 | Gross: $2.40M
44. The Lunchbox (2013)
PG | 104 min | Drama, Romance
A mistaken delivery in Mumbai's famously efficient lunchbox delivery system connects a young housewife to an older man in the dusk of his life as they build a fantasy world together through notes in the lunchbox.
Director: Ritesh Batra | Stars: Irrfan Khan, Nimrat Kaur, Nawazuddin Siddiqui, Lillete Dubey
Votes: 55,388 | Gross: $4.23M
45. Womb (2010)
Not Rated | 111 min | Drama, Romance, Sci-Fi
A woman's consuming love forces her to bear the clone of her dead beloved. From his infancy to manhood, she faces the unavoidable complexities of her controversial decision.
Director: Benedek Fliegauf | Stars: Eva Green, Matt Smith, Lesley Manville, Peter Wight
Votes: 14,276
46. The Passengers of the Night (2022)
111 min | Drama
Left by her husband, Elisabeth finds herself alone, responsible for the day-to-day care of her two children. She picks up a job on a night-time radio show, where she meets Talulah, a youngster she decides to take under her wing.
Director: Mikhaël Hers | Stars: Charlotte Gainsbourg, Quito Rayon Richter, Noée Abita, Megan Northam
Votes: 187
47. House of Tolerance (2011)
Not Rated | 122 min | Drama
At an elegant Parisian bordello at the dawn of the 20th century, exists a cloistered world of pleasure, pain, hope, rivalries, and most of all, slavery.
Director: Bertrand Bonello | Stars: Noémie Lvovsky, Hafsia Herzi, Céline Sallette, Jasmine Trinca
Votes: 6,980 | Gross: $0.02M
48. The Swarm (2020)
101 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror
A single mother's business of a locust farm isn't doing so well. She discovers by accident that blood makes them thrive, and does her best to hide her secrets.
Director: Just Philippot | Stars: Suliane Brahim, Sofian Khammes, Marie Narbonne, Raphael Romand
Votes: 6,787
49. Clouds of Sils Maria (2014)
R | 124 min | Drama
A film star comes face-to-face with an uncomfortable reflection of herself while starring in a revival of the play that launched her career.
Director: Olivier Assayas | Stars: Juliette Binoche, Kristen Stewart, Chloë Grace Moretz, Lars Eidinger
Votes: 29,478 | Gross: $1.81M
50. Scarlet (2022)
100 min | Drama
The emancipation of a woman over twenty years, between 1919 and 1939, a time of great inventions and great dreams.
Director: Pietro Marcello | Stars: Louis Garrel, Noémie Lvovsky, Yolande Moreau, Juliette Jouan
Votes: 12