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1. Meurtres à... (2013– )
90 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A collection of police murder investigations each time taking place in a different French city and region.
Stars: Vanessa Liautey, Daniel Njo Lobé, Arnaud Binard, Anne Loiret
Votes: 372
2. In the House (2012)
R | 105 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller
A high school French teacher is drawn into a precocious student's increasingly transgressive story about his relationship with a friend's family.
Director: François Ozon | Stars: Fabrice Luchini, Vincent Schmitt, Ernst Umhauer, Kristin Scott Thomas
Votes: 34,350 | Gross: $0.35M
3. Capitain Marleau (2014– )
TV-14 | 90 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
Beneath her eccentric appearance, Captain Marleau is a formidable detective. Her Sherlock Holmes deerstalker cap, her character, her unusual appearance, her humor, her unpredictable ... See full summary »
Stars: Corinne Masiero, Marius Colucci, Aymeric Demarigny, Jean-Claude Drouot
Votes: 668
4. The Adolescent (1979)
PG | 90 min | Drama
In the summer of 1939, 13-year-old Marie goes with her parents to visit her grandmother in a small town near Avignon. Although rumors of war reach the countryside, it's an idyllic place, ... See full summary »
Director: Jeanne Moreau | Stars: Edith Clever, Francis Huster, Jacques Weber, Jean-François Balmer
Votes: 330
5. Waiting for Anya (2020)
109 min | Drama, Thriller, War
During the harrows of WWII, Jo, a young shepherd along with the help of the widow Horcada, helps to smuggle Jewish children across the border from southern France into Spain.
Director: Ben Cookson | Stars: Noah Schnapp, Thomas Kretschmann, Frederick Schmidt, Tómas Lemarquis
Votes: 1,880
6. Tokyo! (2008)
Unrated | 112 min | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
A triptych examines the nature of one unforgettable city as it's shaped by the disparate people who live, work (and even run amok) inside one enormous, constantly evolving, densely populated megalopolis, the ravishing and inimitable Tokyo.
Directors: Leos Carax, Michel Gondry, Bong Joon Ho | Stars: Ayako Fujitani, Ryô Kase, Ayumi Ito, Nao Ômori
Votes: 11,881 | Gross: $0.35M
7. Swann in Love (1984)
R | 110 min | Drama, Romance
In Belle Époque Paris, a 19th century Parisian aristocrat (Jeremy Irons) falls in love with a lower-class prostitute (Ornella Muti) who seduces him but never loves him.
Director: Volker Schlöndorff | Stars: Jeremy Irons, Ornella Muti, Alain Delon, Fanny Ardant
Votes: 2,180
8. Diên Biên Phú (1992)
140 min | Drama, War
An American reporter finds himself in the middle of the 57-day battle of Dien Bien Phu in Vietnam between the French army and the Vietminh, which finally resulted in the defeat and ... See full summary »
Director: Pierre Schoendoerffer | Stars: Donald Pleasence, Patrick Catalifo, Jean-François Balmer, Ludmila Mikaël
Votes: 1,077
9. Cosmos (2015)
Not Rated | 103 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
A young man, hoping to write a novel, visits a French guest-house with a friend, he but finds himself distracted by a strange mystery and the stranger inhabitants of the home.
Director: Andrzej Zulawski | Stars: Sabine Azéma, Jean-François Balmer, Jonathan Genet, Johan Libéreau
Votes: 2,196 | Gross: $0.02M
10. Madame Bovary (1991)
PG-13 | 143 min | Drama, Romance
In nineteenth-century France, the romantic daughter of a country squire marries a dull country doctor. To escape boredom, she throws herself into love affairs with a suave local landowner and a law student, and runs up ruinous debts.
Director: Claude Chabrol | Stars: Isabelle Huppert, Jean-François Balmer, Christophe Malavoy, Jean Yanne
Votes: 4,486 | Gross: $1.94M
11. Spender (1991–1993)
50 min | Action, Drama
Jimmy Nail plays Spender, a Northeast England police detective with marital problems.
Stars: Jimmy Nail, Sammy Johnson, Berwick Kaler, Denise Welch
Votes: 357
12. The French Revolution (1989)
335 min | Drama, History, Thriller
A chronicle of the French Revolution from the calling of the Etats General in 1789 until the end of the Jacobin Terror in 1794.
Directors: Robert Enrico, Richard T. Heffron | Stars: Klaus Maria Brandauer, Jane Seymour, François Cluzet, Jean-François Balmer
Votes: 1,857
13. Lucky Luke (2009)
Not Rated | 103 min | Adventure, Comedy, Western
Fearless gunslinger Lucky Luke is ordered by the President to bring peace to Daisy Town.
Director: James Huth | Stars: Jean Dujardin, Michaël Youn, Sylvie Testud, Daniel Prévost
Votes: 4,525
14. Belphegor: Phantom of the Louvre (2001)
TV-14 | 97 min | Mystery, Fantasy, Horror
At the Louvre museum in Paris, the phantom Belphegor awakens and causes electrical havoc. Night guards at the museum start dying, Lisa gets possessed, and Martin tries to help her.
Director: Jean-Paul Salomé | Stars: Sophie Marceau, Michel Serrault, Frédéric Diefenthal, Julie Christie
Votes: 5,189
15. 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: 4,320
16. The Blood of Others (1984 TV Movie)
175 min | Drama, History, Romance
WWII. In German occupied Paris, Helene is torn between the love for her boyfriend Jean, working for the resistance and the German administrator Bergmann, who will do anything to gain her ... See full summary »
Director: Claude Chabrol | Stars: Jodie Foster, Michael Ontkean, Sam Neill, Lambert Wilson
Votes: 624
17. Love at the Top (1974)
R | 105 min | Comedy, Drama
A cynical tragicomedy focusing on the different ways of love in the times of the sexual revolution.
Director: Michel Deville | Stars: Jean-Louis Trintignant, Jean-Pierre Cassel, Romy Schneider, Jane Birkin
Votes: 2,080
18. The King's Favorite (2022– )
Biography, Drama, History
It follows Diane de Poitiers, an emeritus huntress whose unalterable beauty fuels rumors and legends during her lifetime - and even in her death.
Stars: Isabelle Adjani, Hugo Becker, Samuel Labarthe, Virginie Ledoyen
Votes: 105
19. Marcel Proust's Time Regained (1999)
169 min | Drama, Romance, War
A lush, elegant epic taking us on a time-swirling trip down the infinitely complex labyrinth that is Marcel Proust's memory lane.
Director: Raúl Ruiz | Stars: Catherine Deneuve, Emmanuelle Béart, Vincent Perez, John Malkovich
Votes: 2,833 | Gross: $0.46M
20. The Swindle (1997)
Not Rated | 101 min | Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Betty and Victor are a pair of scam artists. One day Betty brings in Maurice, a treasurer of a multinational company. Maurice is due to transfer 5 millions francs out of Switzerland, and Betty is convinced he plans to steal that money.
Director: Claude Chabrol | Stars: Isabelle Huppert, Michel Serrault, François Cluzet, Jean-François Balmer
Votes: 2,996 | Gross: $0.23M
21. The Mouth Agape (1974)
TV-14 | 82 min | Drama
Monique is dying. Around her gather her unfaithful husband, her son, who is like his father, and her daughter-in-law. We observe them playing with life as she dies.
Director: Maurice Pialat | Stars: Nathalie Baye, Hubert Deschamps, Philippe Léotard, Monique Mélinand
Votes: 1,291
22. The Worst Man in London (2024)
127 min | Crime, Drama
Charles Augustus Howell was John Ruskin's secretary, agent and model for Dante Gabriel Rossetti, and exhumer of Lizzie Siddal. But he is also said to have been a master blackmailer and a forger of works of art.
Director: Rodrigo Areias | Stars: Albano Jerónimo, Edward Ashley, Victoria Guerra, João Pedro Vaz
Votes: 58
23. Golden Eighties (1986)
96 min | Comedy, Musical
Employees and clients of a commercial gallery only live for love; they dream it, proclaim it, sing it and dance it. Experience the encounters, reunions, passions and disappointments of a malicious chorus of girls and a group of idle boys.
Director: Chantal Akerman | Stars: Lio, Pascale Salkin, Delphine Seyrig, Myriam Boyer
Votes: 577
24. Cop or Hood (1979)
PG | 107 min | Action, Comedy, Crime
Commissaire Stanislas Borowitz is going undercover as gangster Antonio Cerutti in order to expose corrupted policemen.
Director: Georges Lautner | Stars: Jean-Paul Belmondo, Georges Géret, Jean-François Balmer, Claude Brosset
Votes: 3,110
25. La Menace (1977)
117 min | Action, Crime, Drama
The main character is unhappily married and has an affair. When his wife finds out, she lures his girlfriend to a cliff and throws herself of it, making the girlfriend look as her killer. ... See full summary »
Director: Alain Corneau | Stars: Yves Montand, Carole Laure, Marie Dubois, Jean-François Balmer
Votes: 897
26. Dead Europe (2012)
84 min | Drama
In Greece to scatter his father's ashes, Isaac hears of a curse that hangs over the head of his family. Dismissing the idea, his trip begins to unveil dark truths that forced his father to flee years ago.
Director: Tony Krawitz | Stars: Ewen Leslie, William Zappa, Thanos Samaras, Theodora Tzimou
Votes: 752
27. Vivement dimanche (1998– )
Talk-Show
Stars: Michel Drucker, Emmanuel Chaunu, Franck Ferrand, Hélène Gateau
Votes: 108
28. Comedy of Power (2006)
Not Rated | 110 min | Drama
A magistrate investigates a corporate executive.
Director: Claude Chabrol | Stars: Isabelle Huppert, François Berléand, Patrick Bruel, Marilyne Canto
Votes: 3,072 | Gross: $0.08M
29. L'histoire du samedi (1995– )
Drama
An anthology television series from the French third public television channel, which features drama or comedy productions of original teleplays or TV adaptations developed from existing pieces of writing (popular plays or novels).
Stars: Philippe Clay, Nadia Barentin, Philippe Volter, Laetitia Legrix
Votes: 24
30. 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: 913
31. Les naufragés de l'île de la Tortue (1976)
140 min | Comedy
Jean-Arthur has been working as a clerk in a travel agency. One day, he, along with his colleague comes to a brilliant idea: what if I offer tourists real extreme recreation? So the group ... See full summary »
Director: Jacques Rozier | Stars: Pierre Richard, Jacques Villeret, Maurice Risch, René Gros
Votes: 289
32. Mumu (2010)
95 min | Comedy, Drama
The story a rescue, the rescue of a bad brat's life in the post-WWII period. In 1947, Roger reaches 11 years old. He's a kid badly loved, mischievous and specializes in silly things to do. ... See full summary »
Director: Joël Séria | Stars: Sylvie Testud, Jean-François Balmer, Bruno Lochet, Michel Galabru
Votes: 243
33. Neige (1981)
90 min | Drama
Paris, Pigalle. Anita works as a waitress in a bar. When she learns that the police are looking for drug dealers, she tries to warn Bobby, who deals in the neighborhood.
Directors: Juliet Berto, Jean-Henri Roger | Stars: Juliet Berto, Jean-François Stévenin, Robert Liensol, Patrick Chesnais
Votes: 168
34. La dilettante (1999)
118 min | Comedy
Pierrette Dumortier, a woman of character but weak-willed and defenseless against boredom, decides one fine day to leave her husband and her bourgeois life in Switzerland to return to Paris... See full summary »
Director: Pascal Thomas | Stars: Catherine Frot, Sébastien Cotterot, Barbara Schulz, Jacques Dacqmine
Votes: 730
35. Le radeau de la Méduse (1990)
130 min | Adventure, Drama, History
Jean Yanne, Daniel Mesguich, Claude Jade: A la recherche de la fortune et du paradis ils ne connurent que l'enfer.
Director: Iradj Azimi | Stars: Jean Yanne, Daniel Mesguich, Claude Jade, Philippe Laudenbach
Votes: 233
36. 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: 1,470 | Gross: $0.63M
37. La joie de vivre (2012 TV Movie)
Drama
Pauline Quenu, a wealthy heiress, is still dispossessed of her property by Mrs. Chanteau and his son Lazare.
Director: Jean-Pierre Améris | Stars: Anaïs Demoustier, Swann Arlaud, Marianne Basler, Jean-François Balmer
Votes: 71
38. Le grand appartement (2006)
103 min | Comedy
Thanks to the law of 1948 and to her grandmother, the nominal tenant who is always absent, Francesca Cigalone and all her tribe (thoughtless husband, orphan sister, self-centered film maker... See full summary »
Director: Pascal Thomas | Stars: Laetitia Casta, Mathieu Amalric, Pierre Arditi, Noémie Lvovsky
Votes: 409
39. Saint-Cyr (2000)
119 min | Drama, History, Romance
Madame de Maintenon rises from humble beginnings to become a courtesan to the royal court and eventually marries King Louis XIV. With the king's indulgence, Maintenon opens a special school for girls.
Director: Patricia Mazuy | Stars: Isabelle Huppert, Jean-Pierre Kalfon, Simon Reggiani, Jean-François Balmer
Votes: 706
40. Ripoux 3 (2003)
105 min | Action, Comedy, Crime
It has been ten years since the paths of René and François separated. From the glorious days when as cops they roamed the Montmartre district, they only have a handful of memories.
Director: Claude Zidi | Stars: Philippe Noiret, Thierry Lhermitte, Lorànt Deutsch, Chloé Flipo
Votes: 1,289
41. Cellule de crise (2020– )
Thriller
Newly elected president of one of the largest humanitarian organisations in the world, Suzanne Fontana is put to the test when a young delegate and a dozen employees of the organisation are kidnapped in Yemen.
Stars: André Dussollier, Isabelle Caillat, Luc Schiltz, Karim Saleh
Votes: 83
42. Beauregard (2009– )
185 min | Drama
Stars: Jean-François Balmer, Pierre Boulanger, Anne Jacquemin, Joyce Bibring
Votes: 25
43. Les égouts du paradis (1979)
115 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Albert Spaggiari (Francis Huster) plays Spaggiari, who organises a group of gangsters to break into the vault of the Societé Générale Bank in Nice by tunnelling up through the sewers below.... See full summary »
Director: José Giovanni | Stars: Francis Huster, Jean-François Balmer, Lila Kedrova, Bérangère Bonvoisin
Votes: 330
44. Champs-Elysées (1982–2013)
Music
Champs-Élysées is a French television variety program presented by Michel Drucker and broadcast live from January 16, 1982 to June 1985 and from January 1986 until June 29, 1990 every ... See full summary »
Stars: Michel Drucker, Michel Sardou, Jean-Jacques Goldman, Johnny Hallyday
Votes: 85
45. Henry Dunant: Red on the Cross (2006 TV Movie)
99 min | Biography, Drama, History
Henry Dunant, son of a Geneva francophone upper class bourgeoisie family, works for a Swiss exploitation company in French Algeria; when the colonists are thirsty, he returns determined to ... See full summary »
Director: Dominique Othenin-Girard | Stars: Thomas Jouannet, Émilie Dequenne, Noémie Kocher, Michel Galabru
Votes: 184
46. Les fauves (1984)
90 min | Crime, Thriller
Berg is a young stunt car driver who leaves his profession and starts working at a private security service.
Director: Jean-Louis Daniel | Stars: Philippe Léotard, Daniel Auteuil, Gabrielle Lazure, Macha Méril
Votes: 129
47. La nuit des Césars (1976– )
Documentary
The César is the national film prize of France. He is named after the French sculptor César Baldaccini.
Stars: Nathalie Baye, Antoine de Caunes, Juliette Binoche, Pierre Tchernia
Votes: 229
48. Boulevard du Palais (1999– )
90 min | Drama
Nadia Lintz, a young and idealistic investigating judge who has just arrived in Paris, and Philippe Rovère, a struggling and disbelieving judicial police inspector, are forced to understand... See full summary »
Stars: Anne Richard, Jean-François Balmer, Philippe Ambrosini, Olivier Saladin
Votes: 82
49. Une étrange affaire (1981)
105 min | Drama
Louis Coline assists the head of advertising of a department store in decline. He has little to do, but seems content with his marriage to Nina, his visits to his mother and grandmother, ... See full summary »
Director: Pierre Granier-Deferre | Stars: Michel Piccoli, Gérard Lanvin, Nathalie Baye, Jean-Pierre Kalfon
Votes: 592
50. R.A.S. (1973)
110 min | Drama, War
Three French conscripts with diverse political motives, are sent to a disciplinary battalion in the midst of the Algerian war. Major Lecoq is to build an elite unit with these wayward soldiers who are exposed to war, torture and death.
Director: Yves Boisset | Stars: Jacques Spiesser, Jacques Villeret, Jacques Weber, Claude Brosset
Votes: 217