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51. The Infernal Trio (1974)
107 min | Comedy, Crime, Horror
A cunning French legal adviser teams up with an unemployed German girl and her sister to commit murders in Marseille.
Director: Francis Girod | Stars: Michel Piccoli, Romy Schneider, Mascha Gonska, Philippe Brizard
Votes: 933
52. A Room in Town (1982)
Not Rated | 90 min | Drama, Musical, Romance
Amid an ongoing workers' strike, a steelworker falls in love with the daughter of his baroness landlady, even though both are already in relationships.
Director: Jacques Demy | Stars: Dominique Sanda, Danielle Darrieux, Richard Berry, Michel Piccoli
Votes: 1,617
53. Bitter Victory (1957)
Approved | 82 min | Drama, War
A commander receives a citation for an attack on Erwin Rommel's headquarters, which is actually undeserved, as the commander is unfit for his job. On top of that, unbeknownst to him, his wife is having an affair with one of his officers.
Director: Nicholas Ray | Stars: Richard Burton, Curd Jürgens, Ruth Roman, Raymond Pellegrin
Votes: 2,300
54. The Sleeping Car Murder (1965)
95 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
The witnesses of a train murder must take the investigation into their own hands if they want to survive.
Director: Costa-Gavras | Stars: Catherine Allégret, Jacques Perrin, Simone Signoret, Michel Piccoli
Votes: 2,251
55. Lady L (1965)
Not Rated | 117 min | Comedy
L's elegant, elderly lady who recalls her past loves and lusty adventures of her life.
Director: Peter Ustinov | Stars: Sophia Loren, Paul Newman, David Niven, Marcel Dalio
Votes: 1,318
56. Max and the Junkmen (1971)
Not Rated | 112 min | Crime, Drama, Romance
A detective decides to go undercover and set up a group of robbers, but he may be getting too caught up in the task at hand.
Director: Claude Sautet | Stars: Danielle Durou, Alain Belart, Michel Piccoli, Romy Schneider
Votes: 3,146 | Gross: $0.03M
57. Dangerous Moves (1984)
100 min | Drama, Sport, Thriller
During the Cold War, the World Chess Championship clashed complete opposites - personal and political.
Director: Richard Dembo | Stars: Michel Piccoli, Alexandre Arbatt, Liv Ullmann, Leslie Caron
Votes: 1,495
58. The Prodigal Daughter (1981)
Not Rated | 95 min | Drama
A young woman in a deep depression leaves her husband and returns to her parents. She discovers her father is having an affair, becomes jealous of his mistress and tries to turn his feelings in her direction.
Director: Jacques Doillon | Stars: Jane Birkin, Michel Piccoli, Natasha Parry, Eva Renzi
Votes: 219
59. On War (2008)
Unrated | 130 min | Comedy, Drama, War
After a freak accident, Burt finds himself locked in a coffin overnight. After surviving the ordeal, he decides to live his life purely for pleasure, but ultimately he finds himself in a bizarre war of the sexes.
Director: Bertrand Bonello | Stars: Mathieu Amalric, Asia Argento, Guillaume Depardieu, Clotilde Hesme
Votes: 544
60. The Passerby (1982)
110 min | Drama
Being imprisoned for murdering a politician, husband tells his wife why he did this.
Director: Jacques Rouffio | Stars: Romy Schneider, Michel Piccoli, Helmut Griem, Dominique Labourier
Votes: 1,200
61. The Crucible (1957)
145 min | Drama, History
Salem 1692. The young Abigail, seduced and abandoned by John Proctor, accuses John's wife of being a witch in revenge. It will be the beginning of a series of witchcraft trials and a dark moment in American history.
Director: Raymond Rouleau | Stars: Simone Signoret, Yves Montand, Jean Debucourt, Alfred Adam
Votes: 792
62. Wedding in Blood (1973)
PG | 95 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
Lucienne Delamare and Pierre Maury are having an affair. Lucienne's husband Paul is the mayor, and a French deputy. Pierre's wife Clotilde has been weak and sickly for years. Lucienne's ... See full summary »
Director: Claude Chabrol | Stars: Stéphane Audran, Michel Piccoli, Claude Piéplu, Clotilde Joano
Votes: 2,062
63. Death in the Garden (1956)
Not Rated | 104 min | Adventure, Crime, Drama
Adventurer Shark comes to a small village near a diamond-miners' camp, and local police arrest him, accusing him of having committed a bank robbery in a neighboring town. The police also ... See full summary »
Director: Luis Buñuel | Stars: Simone Signoret, Georges Marchal, Charles Vanel, Michel Piccoli
Votes: 2,626
64. The Creatures (1966)
Not Rated | 92 min | Drama, Fantasy
A young mute woman, living in a small village, is expecting a baby. Her husband is at the same time writing a novel and using the villagers as his characters. In the creative process, reality and imagination are constantly intertwined.
Director: Agnès Varda | Stars: Catherine Deneuve, Michel Piccoli, Eva Dahlbeck, Marie-France Mignal
Votes: 1,288
65. The Day and the Hour (1963)
110 min | Action, Drama, Romance
In Nazi-occupied France during WWII, a French woman helps two downed Allied airmen to evade capture by the Germans and make their way into neutral Spain.
Director: René Clément | Stars: Simone Signoret, Stuart Whitman, Geneviève Page, Michel Piccoli
Votes: 433
66. Passion in the Desert (1997)
PG-13 | 91 min | Adventure, Drama
Young French officer Augustin Robert escorts artist Jean-Michel Venture de Paradis to Egypt during Napoleon's Egyptian campaign. Napoleon sent de Paradis to record Egypt's great monuments ... See full summary »
Director: Lavinia Currier | Stars: Ben Daniels, Michel Piccoli, Paul M. Meston, Kenneth Collard
Votes: 922 | Gross: $0.25M
67. L'ange noir (1994)
95 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
The wife of an influential judge kills a famous criminal, dubbed Robin Hood by the press, in her home in cold blood. She is put on trial for murder but claims that it was self-defense. Her lawyer investigates her mysterious past.
Director: Jean-Claude Brisseau | Stars: Sylvie Vartan, Michel Piccoli, Tchéky Karyo, Alexandra Winisky
Votes: 543
68. The Prize of Peril (1983)
98 min | Action, Drama, Sci-Fi
In a futuristic society, contestants pit their survival skills against each other in a fight to the death for cash prizes, and the contest is aired live on television.
Director: Yves Boisset | Stars: Gérard Lanvin, Michel Piccoli, Marie-France Pisier, Bruno Cremer
Votes: 1,332
69. 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: 822
70. Espion, lève-toi (1982)
98 min | Drama, Thriller
Sébastien Grenier, a secret agent, eliminates all his rivals in order to decipher who has killed some of his associates.
Director: Yves Boisset | Stars: Lino Ventura, Michel Piccoli, Bruno Cremer, Bernard Fresson
Votes: 1,062
71. Al-mohager (1994)
129 min | Drama
Ram leaves the nomadic life and embarks on a quest for knowledge in a pharaonic Egypt mired in political intrigue. Based on a biblical story.
Director: Youssef Chahine | Stars: Youssra, Khaled Nabawy, Mahmoud Hemida, Michel Piccoli
Votes: 1,134
72. Little Girl in Blue Velvet (1978)
108 min | Drama, Romance, War
An old surgeon falls in love with an intellectual underage girl.
Director: Alan Bridges | Stars: Michel Piccoli, Claudia Cardinale, Lara Wendel, Umberto Orsini
Votes: 91
73. French Cancan (1955)
Not Rated | 102 min | Comedy, Drama, Musical
This comedy drama from Jean Renoir chronicles the revival of Paris' most notorious dance as it tells the story of a theater producer who turns a humble washerwoman into a star at the Moulin Rouge.
Director: Jean Renoir | Stars: Jean Gabin, Françoise Arnoul, María Félix, Anna Amendola
Votes: 4,466
74. Masquerade (1965)
Not Rated | 102 min | Adventure, Crime, Comedy
The British secret service hire a WWII veteran to voluntarily kidnap and smuggle a 13-year-old Arab prince into Spain. Once there, a gullible American mercenary is hired to protect him, but greed threatens to spoil the operation.
Director: Basil Dearden | Stars: Cliff Robertson, Jack Hawkins, Marisa Mell, Michel Piccoli
Votes: 568
75. Cannes Film Festival (1952– )
News
A festival for international movies, which give each year the Palme d'Or.
Stars: Isabelle Huppert, Pedro Almodóvar, Kristin Scott Thomas, Chiara Mastroianni
Votes: 122
76. Vincent, François, Paul and the Others (1974)
Not Rated | 118 min | Drama
Three friends face mid-life crises. Paul is a writer who's blocked. François has lost his ideals and practices medicine for the money. The charming Vincent faces bankruptcy and his wife, from whom he's separated, wants a divorce.
Director: Claude Sautet | Stars: Yves Montand, Michel Piccoli, Serge Reggiani, Gérard Depardieu
Votes: 2,692
77. The Duchess of Langeais (2007)
Unrated | 137 min | Drama, Music, Romance
In Majorca, in 1823, a French general, Armand de Montriveau, overhears a cloistered nun singing in a chapel; he insists on speaking to her. She is Antoinette, for five years he has searched... See full summary »
Director: Jacques Rivette | Stars: Jeanne Balibar, Guillaume Depardieu, Bulle Ogier, Michel Piccoli
Votes: 1,465 | Gross: $0.28M
78. L'udienza (1972)
112 min | Drama, Mystery
A young man from north Italy named Amedeo decides to come to Rome.He has a crazy idea in his head to meet the pope.
Director: Marco Ferreri | Stars: Enzo Jannacci, Claudia Cardinale, Ugo Tognazzi, Michel Piccoli
Votes: 759
79. Don't Touch the White Woman! (1974)
108 min | Comedy, Western
A highly stylized surreal farce about the events leading up to Custer's Last Stand anachronistically reenacted in an urban renewal area in modern Paris.
Director: Marco Ferreri | Stars: Marcello Mastroianni, Catherine Deneuve, Michel Piccoli, Philippe Noiret
Votes: 957
80. Apostrophes (1975–1990)
Talk-Show
Apostrophes is a French literary television program produced and hosted by Bernard Pivot, broadcast live on Antenne 2 between January 10, 1975, and June 22, 1990, every Friday evening at 9:... See full summary »
Stars: Bernard Pivot, Claude-Jean Philippe, Gilles Lapouge, Jean d'Ormesson
Votes: 49
81. Cinéma 16 (1975–1991)
Drama
Stars: Jean Toscan, Fernand Kindt, Richard Martin, Serge Martel
Votes: 33
82. L'homme voilé (1987)
93 min | Drama
Returning home after spending four years in Lebanon, a doctor agrees to kill those responsible for a massacre, one of whom is the lover of his daughter.
Director: Maroun Bagdadi | Stars: Bernard Giraudeau, Michel Piccoli, Laure Marsac, Michel Albertini
Votes: 36
83. Shadow of the Guillotine (1956)
120 min | Drama, History
While Louis XV is dying, the Dauphine of France, Marie-Antoinette, seduces a Swedish officer, Axel de Fersen, which pains her husband, the new King Louis XVI, who will know how to be generous when he learns of this deception.
Director: Jean Delannoy | Stars: Michèle Morgan, Richard Todd, Jacques Morel, Jeanne Boitel
Votes: 175
84. The Eyes, the Mouth (1982)
R | 93 min | Drama
A burned-out actor returns to his provincial hometown after his twin brother's death by suicide. While trying to make his mother believe that it was an accident, he meets the deceased's fiance, sparking a mutual attraction.
Director: Marco Bellocchio | Stars: Lou Castel, Ángela Molina, Emmanuelle Riva, Michel Piccoli
Votes: 309
85. Belle toujours (2006)
Not Rated | 68 min | Drama, Music
38 years after their last encounter, Henri Husson thinks he sees Séverine in a concert. He follows her and sadistically takes out a slow and painful revenge.
Director: Manoel de Oliveira | Stars: Michel Piccoli, Bulle Ogier, Ricardo Trêpa, Leonor Baldaque
Votes: 1,113 | Gross: $0.01M
86. Lines of Wellington (2012)
Not Rated | 151 min | Drama, History, War
On September 27, 1810, the French troops commanded by Marshal Massena, were defeated in the Serra do Buçaco by the Anglo-Portuguese army of general Wellington. Despite the victory, ... See full summary »
Director: Valeria Sarmiento | Stars: Nuno Lopes, Soraia Chaves, Marisa Paredes, John Malkovich
Votes: 1,573
87. The Timekeeper (1992)
18 min | Short, Adventure, Comedy
The Timekeeper is a sentient robot who tests his new time machine. The test goes wrong and he accidentally brings Jules Verne to the present. Verne goes on the run to explore our world.
Director: Jeff Blyth | Stars: Patrick Bauchau, Nathalie Baye, Myriam Boyer, Gérard Depardieu
Votes: 245
88. Viva la vie (1984)
106 min | Comedy, Drama, Mystery
The movie starts with an interview with director Claude Lelouch. He pleads viewers not to disclose the plot of the movie after leaving the projection room. Even the movie's trailer shows ... See full summary »
Director: Claude Lelouch | Stars: Charlotte Rampling, Michel Piccoli, Jean-Louis Trintignant, Evelyne Bouix
Votes: 514
89. Spoiled Children (1977)
113 min | Drama
A touching portrait of modern life, whether showing the human dimension of large issues, or deftly detailing the intimate reverberations of a casual love affair.
Director: Bertrand Tavernier | Stars: Michel Piccoli, Christine Pascal, Michel Aumont, Gérard Jugnot
Votes: 357
90. Heartbeat (1968)
R | 103 min | Drama, Romance
Lucile, 25, is the beautiful mistress of Charles, a rich, good-hearted businessman. Being a kept woman suits her as she refuses to work. She is grateful to Charles for that but she does not... See full summary »
Director: Alain Cavalier | Stars: Catherine Deneuve, Michel Piccoli, Roger Van Hool, Amidou
Votes: 851
91. You Ain't Seen Nothin' Yet (2012)
Not Rated | 115 min | Comedy, Drama
From beyond the grave, celebrated playwright Antoine d'Anthac gathers together all his friends who have appeared over the years in his play "Eurydice." These actors watch a recording of the... See full summary »
Director: Alain Resnais | Stars: Mathieu Amalric, Pierre Arditi, Sabine Azéma, Jean-Noël Brouté
Votes: 1,680 | Gross: $0.02M
92. Adieu Bonaparte (1985)
115 min | Drama, History, War
A story during the French Occupation of Egypt (1797-1803), depicting the conflict between tradition and modernization in the context of fighting the French invaders.
Director: Youssef Chahine | Stars: Michel Piccoli, Salah Zulfikar, Mohsen Mohieddin, Patrice Chéreau
Votes: 382
93. René la canne (1977)
97 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
Rene and Marchand are best friends. What makes their friendship special is that Rene is a professional thief, and Marchand is a policeman, albeit somewhat corrupt.
Director: Francis Girod | Stars: Gérard Depardieu, Sylvia Kristel, Michel Piccoli, Stefano Patrizi
Votes: 166
94. Beaumarchais the Scoundrel (1996)
116 min | Adventure, Comedy, History
The life story of the titular Beaumarchais, playwright and adventurer, who gets himself into numerous different scrapes and romantic encounters in 18th Century France.
Director: Édouard Molinaro | Stars: Fabrice Luchini, Manuel Blanc, Sandrine Kiberlain, Michel Aumont
Votes: 1,471 | Gross: $0.63M
95. A Real Man (2003)
117 min | Comedy, Drama
A shy computer expert falls in love with a beautiful colleague while trying to become a film director. Five years later, they have two children, she has become a successful executive, his ... See full summary »
Directors: Arnaud Larrieu, Jean-Marie Larrieu | Stars: Mathieu Amalric, Hélène Fillières, Pierre Pellet, Philippe Suner
Votes: 324
96. Shock Troops (1967)
Approved | 110 min | Action, Drama, History
A French resistance group liberates some prisoners from the German. Could one of the prisoners be a spy?
Director: Costa-Gavras | Stars: Charles Vanel, Bruno Cremer, Jean-Claude Brialy, Michel Piccoli
Votes: 822
97. The Grand Maneuver (1955)
106 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A French lieutenant makes a bet that he can seduce any woman in town in the two weeks before his regiment leaves for maneuvers, but his chosen target (a Parisian divorcée) isn't like other girls he's known.
Director: René Clair | Stars: Michèle Morgan, Gérard Philipe, Jean Desailly, Pierre Dux
Votes: 1,116
98. Beyond the Door (1982)
110 min | Drama
Mastroianni plays an ex-diplomat imprisoned for the murder of his wife who is visited by a young woman who is not only his lover but also his step-daughter.
Director: Liliana Cavani | Stars: Marcello Mastroianni, Eleonora Giorgi, Tom Berenger, Michel Piccoli
Votes: 265
99. Le sucre (1978)
104 min | Comedy, Drama, Thriller
Civil servant Adrien Courtois comes to Paris in order to make his money bear fruits.
Director: Jacques Rouffio | Stars: Jean Carmet, Gérard Depardieu, Michel Piccoli, Nelly Borgeaud
Votes: 557
100. Success Is the Best Revenge (1984)
R | 91 min | Drama
Poland is under Communist rule. An exiled Polish theater director is in England, enthusiastically preparing an abstract play which will criticize the authoritarian Polish government. His sons might not share his political views, though.
Director: Jerzy Skolimowski | Stars: Michael York, Joanna Szczerbic, Michal Skolimowski, Józef Skolimowski
Votes: 252