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1. La Femme Nikita (1990)
R | 117 min | Action, Crime, Drama
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: 76,394 | Gross: $5.02M
2. 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: 89,338 | Gross: $0.27M
3. The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc (1999)
R | 148 min | Adventure, Biography, Drama
A young girl receives a vision that drives her to rid France of its oppressors.
Director: Luc Besson | Stars: Milla Jovovich, John Malkovich, Rab Affleck, Stéphane Algoud
Votes: 69,687 | Gross: $14.28M
4. Maigret (1991–2005)
90 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
The pragmatic, reserved and refined Maigret investigates murders in his singular unhurried manner and inevitably discovers the truth.
Stars: Bruno Cremer, Alexandre Brasseur, Jean-Claude Frissung, Pierre Diot
Votes: 787
5. 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: 362
6. The Chorus (2004)
PG-13 | 97 min | Drama, Music
Pierre, a successful orchestra conductor, returns home when his mother dies. He stumbles upon an old diary and recollects the childhood school memories and his music teacher Clement Mathieu.
Director: Christophe Barratier | Stars: Gérard Jugnot, François Berléand, Jean-Baptiste Maunier, Kad Merad
Votes: 67,127 | Gross: $3.64M
7. Nina (2015– )
52 min | Comedy, Drama
Nina is a 39-year-old woman who dreamed about becoming a doctor, but had to abandon college to take care of her ailing daughter. 15 years later, she becomes a proficient nurse.
Stars: Annelise Hesme, Nina Melo, Grégoire Bonnet, Alix Bénézech
Votes: 199
8. 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: 59,143 | Gross: $0.73M
9. Happy End (2017)
R | 107 min | Drama
A well-to-do French family deals with a series of setbacks and crises.
Director: Michael Haneke | Stars: Isabelle Huppert, Jean-Louis Trintignant, Mathieu Kassovitz, Fantine Harduin
Votes: 16,916 | Gross: $0.30M
10. 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: 664
11. Midnight Sun (2016)
440 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
The brutal murder of a French citizen sees French homicide investigator Kahina Zadi go to Kiruna, Sweden. Together with Rutger Burlin she begins an investigation that soon takes on staggering proportions.
Stars: Leïla Bekhti, Gustaf Hammarsten, Albin Grenholm, Jakob Hultcrantz Hansson
Votes: 5,382
12. The Judge Is a Woman (1993–2022)
TV-PG | 90 min | Crime, Drama
Alice Nevers is a young and beautiful examining magistrate. With her teammate, detective Fred Marchand, they try to solve crimes according to their methods.
Stars: Marine Delterme, Jean-Michel Tinivelli, Guillaume Carcaud, Daniel-Jean Colloredo
Votes: 266
13. Maigret (2022)
89 min | Crime, Drama
In Paris, a young girl is found dead in a Parisian square, wearing an evening dress. Commissioner Maigret will try to identify her and then understand what happened to the victim.
Director: Patrice Leconte | Stars: Gérard Depardieu, Jade Labeste, Mélanie Bernier, Aurore Clément
Votes: 2,952
14. The Suicide Shop (2012)
79 min | Animation, Comedy, Musical
A family-run shop that sells everything you need to take your own life finds it hard to focus on business after a new baby -- one who makes everyone around him happy -- is born into the family.
Director: Patrice Leconte | Stars: Bernard Alane, Isabelle Spade, Kacey Mottet Klein, Isabelle Giami
Votes: 8,599
15. Paulette (2012)
R | 87 min | Comedy, Crime
Paulette lives alone in a housing project in the Paris suburbs. With her meager pension, she can no longer make ends meet.
Director: Jérôme Enrico | Stars: Bernadette Lafont, Carmen Maura, Dominique Lavanant, Françoise Bertin
Votes: 7,609 | Gross: $0.03M
16. Ridicule (1996)
R | 102 min | Comedy, Drama, History
To get royal backing on a needed drainage project, a poor French lord must learn to play the delicate games of wit at court at Versailles.
Director: Patrice Leconte | Stars: Charles Berling, Jean Rochefort, Fanny Ardant, Judith Godrèche
Votes: 8,178 | Gross: $2.50M
17. Fanfan (2003)
97 min | Adventure, Comedy, Romance
In this 2003 remake of the classic 1952 French film, Fanfan la Tulipe is a swashbuckling lover who is tricked into joining the army of King Louis XV by Adeline La Franchise, who tells Fanfan that by doing so, he will eventually marry one of the king's daughters.
Director: Gérard Krawczyk | Stars: Vincent Perez, Penélope Cruz, Didier Bourdon, Hélène de Fougerolles
Votes: 5,575 | Gross: $0.03M
18. Molière (2007)
PG-13 | 120 min | Biography, Comedy
To satisfy his creditors, a witty actor reinvents himself as a satirical playwright, with uproarious, yet bittersweet, results.
Director: Laurent Tirard | Stars: Romain Duris, Fabrice Luchini, Laura Morante, Edouard Baer
Votes: 6,573 | Gross: $0.64M
19. Mon meilleur ami (I) (2006)
PG-13 | 94 min | Comedy
Catherine, refuses to believe that her business partner, the unlikeable François, has a best friend, so she challenges him to set up an introduction. Scrambling to find someone willing to pose as his best pal, François enlists the services of a charming taxi driver to play the part.
Director: Patrice Leconte | Stars: Daniel Auteuil, Dany Boon, Julie Gayet, Julie Durand
Votes: 6,849 | Gross: $1.42M
20. Empire of the Wolves (2005)
R | 128 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A disgraced policeman helps a young detective to hunt down a serial killer who targets Turkish women in Paris.
Director: Chris Nahon | Stars: Jean Reno, Arly Jover, Jocelyn Quivrin, Laura Morante
Votes: 12,181
21. Nicolas Le Floch (2008–2018)
TV-14 | 90 min | Adventure, Crime, Drama
Nicolas le Floch, doubly a comissaire with the King's Police and the Marquis de Ranreuil, solves crimes during the reign of Louis XV.
Stars: Jérôme Robart, Mathias Mlekuz, François Caron, Michaël Abiteboul
Votes: 477
22. Joséphine, ange gardien (1997– )
90 min | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
The adventures of Josephine, a guardian angel sent to solve the problems of various people, using her magic powers.
Stars: Mimie Mathy, Karin Swenson, Jean Dell, Guy Amram
Votes: 394
23. Nestor Burma (1991–2003)
TV-14 | 85 min | Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Nestor Burma (Guy Marchand) is a cynical private detective, a serial monogamist, and an inveterate saxophone player. Burma investigates murders, missing persons, and kidnapping and ... See full summary »
Stars: Guy Marchand, Pierre Tornade, Patrick Guillemin, Michel Fortin
Votes: 153
24. The Women on the 6th Floor (2010)
Not Rated | 102 min | Comedy
In 1960s Paris, a conservative couple's lives are turned upside down by a group of Spanish maids that live in the same building.
Director: Philippe Le Guay | Stars: Fabrice Luchini, Sandrine Kiberlain, Natalia Verbeke, Carmen Maura
Votes: 10,699 | Gross: $0.72M
25. Eugénie Grandet (2021)
103 min | Drama
Felix Grandet reigns supreme in his modest house in Saumur where his wife and daughter Eugenie lead a distraction-free existence. Extremely avaricious, he does not take a favorable view of ... See full summary »
Director: Marc Dugain | Stars: Joséphine Japy, Olivier Gourmet, Valérie Bonneton, César Domboy
Votes: 353
26. The Dark Side (2016 TV Movie)
91 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
Paul Berthier, an ambitious public prosecutor, is witness to the accidental drowning of a young girl in the Charente but does nothing to help. It starts to look like the girl was murdered, ... See full summary »
Director: Marc Rivière | Stars: Bruno Solo, Hippolyte Girardot, Julia Faure, Victor Pontecorvo
Votes: 58
27. Widow of St. Pierre (2000)
R | 112 min | Drama, History, Romance
In a small French colony, a drunken man kills someone. While a guillotine is being shipped in, he changes, becoming a good and popular man.
Director: Patrice Leconte | Stars: Juliette Binoche, Daniel Auteuil, Emir Kusturica, Michel Duchaussoy
Votes: 5,730 | Gross: $3.06M
28. Julie Lescaut (1992–2014)
90 min | Crime, Drama
Julie Lescaut is divorced and works as the police commissar in Clairiéres, an imaginary village in the suburbs of Paris, where she tries to reconcile her stressful job with the education of her two teenage daughters.
Stars: Véronique Genest, Jennifer Lauret, Alexis Desseaux, Mouss Diouf
Votes: 427
29. La loi de... (2014– )
95 min | Crime
Conceived as a three-episode miniseries, Barbara's Law is one of the most praised television endeavors taken in France in recent years. In this production, Barbara, a lawyer by the book, ... See full summary »
Stars: Franck Beckmann, Josiane Balasko, Gérard Jugnot, Olivier Claverie
Votes: 89
30. Les cinq dernières minutes (1958–1996)
90 min | Crime, Drama
Stars: Marc Eyraud, Jacques Debary, Raymond Souplex, Jean Daurand
Votes: 73
31. Commissaire Moulin (1976– )
90 min | Crime, Drama
Stars: Yves Rénier, Clément Michu, Bernard Rosselli, Francis Lax
Votes: 129
32. Fais pas ci, fais pas ça (2007–2017)
42 min | Comedy
Mockumentary about the conservative Lepic family and their neighbors the liberal Boulay family, who are good friends. Their biggest point of contention is how they educate their children.
Stars: Isabelle Gélinas, Bruno Salomone, Alexandra Gentil, Guillaume de Tonquédec
Votes: 679
33. The Traveller (2019– )
89 min | Crime, Drama
Every year, 310 killings in France go unsolved, leaving the victims' crushed families in a state of endless grief. The French judicial system is implacable: there's no money to continue investigating cases that lead nowhere.
Stars: Bruno Debrandt, Maëlle Mietton, Eric Cantona, Maxime Bailleul
Votes: 239
34. L'île bleue (2001 TV Movie)
Drama, War
France, 1940. German troops have just invaded the country, but in the rural idyll of the family chateau inhabited by 20-year-old Mellie with her impoverished aristocrat father Alexandre and... See full summary »
Director: Nadine Trintignant | Stars: Pierre Arditi, Evelyne Bouix, Anouk Aimée, Julie Delarme
Votes: 52
35. Cinéma 16 (1975–1991)
Drama
Stars: Jean Toscan, Fernand Kindt, Richard Martin, Serge Martel
Votes: 33
36. Heat of Desire (1981)
R | 86 min | Drama
In France in the near future, revolt and chaos erupt. A right-wing politician, Philippe Muphand, is set to take control when his lady friend Caroline walks out, announcing she will take up ... See full summary »
Director: Luc Béraud | Stars: Patrick Dewaere, Clio Goldsmith, Jeanne Moreau, Guy Marchand
Votes: 235
37. Vertiges (1997–2003)
Action, Crime, Drama
Vertiges is a collection of TV films with heroines who are beautiful, innocent young women who regularly find themselves in danger, prey to passionate dramas, machinations or sadists with its share of false leads and twists and turns.
Stars: Sonia Nadeau, Denis Karvil, Cristian Motiu, Dan Condurache
Votes: 65
38. Faubourg 36 (2008)
PG-13 | 120 min | Drama, Music, Musical
When Chansonia, a nightclub, is shut down by the landlord, the stage manager Pigoil is forced to look for a new job. He finds hope when he discovers a young woman with a lovely singing voice.
Director: Christophe Barratier | Stars: Gérard Jugnot, Clovis Cornillac, Kad Merad, Nora Arnezeder
Votes: 2,935 | Gross: $0.85M
39. Dead Tired (1994)
R | 92 min | Comedy
What is going on here?!? French director, Michel Blanc (as Himself), just doesn't understand why his life is suddenly falling apart. This nightmarish comedy-thriller is all about identity. ... See full summary »
Director: Michel Blanc | Stars: Michel Blanc, Carole Bouquet, Philippe Noiret, Josiane Balasko
Votes: 2,015 | Gross: $0.55M
40. Navarro (1989–2006)
90 min | Crime, Drama
Everyday stories of French Commissionaire Navarro, dealing with crime and his relationship with his daughter.
Stars: Roger Hanin, Maurice Vaudaux, Emmanuelle Boidron, Jacques Martial
Votes: 624
41. See How They Fall (1994)
90 min | Crime, Drama
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: 1,325
42. The Minister (2011)
115 min | Drama
Transport Minister Bertrand Saint-Jean is awoken in the middle of the night by his head of staff. A bus has gone off the road into a gully. He has no choice but to go to the scene of the ... See full summary »
Director: Pierre Schoeller | Stars: Olivier Gourmet, Michel Blanc, Zabou Breitman, Laurent Stocker
Votes: 2,910
43. Monsieur Batignole (2002)
100 min | Comedy, Drama, War
In 1942, in occupied Paris, the apolitical grocer Edmond Batignole lives with his wife and daughter in a small apartment in the building of his grocery. When Pierre-Jean Lamour, his future ... See full summary »
Director: Gérard Jugnot | Stars: Jules Sitruk, Gérard Jugnot, Michèle Garcia, Jean-Paul Rouve
Votes: 3,451
44. Black Sequence (1984–1991)
90 min | Crime, Thriller
A multi-national anthology of television thriller and crime features.
Stars: Gil Demurger, Teco Celio, Jacques Pater, Daniel Duval
Votes: 78
45. 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
46. Girlfriends (2006)
90 min | Comedy
Manon, Djena, Aurore and Marie are four friends who dream of winning the Défi dance, an inter-school hip-hop competition.
Director: Sylvie Ayme | Stars: Soko, Djena Tsimba, Léa Seydoux, Anne-Sophie Franck
Votes: 299
47. Alive (2002)
95 min | Drama
After a brutal attack, a 19-year-old girl falls into a self-destructive cycle.
Director: Sandrine Ray | Stars: Vahina Giocante, Samuel Jouy, François Berléand, Fanny Cottençon
Votes: 206
48. Goal of the Dead (2014)
Not Rated | 140 min | Comedy, Horror
A professional football team arrives at their lowly rivals stadium to find a zombie apocalypse has turned the hostile fans into rabid undead hooligans.
Directors: Thierry Poiraud, Benjamin Rocher | Stars: Alban Lenoir, Charlie Bruneau, Tiphaine Daviot, Ahmed Sylla
Votes: 1,630
49. Le cousin (1997)
112 min | Drama, Thriller
Nounours is the nickname of a "cousin" an informer with a special arrangement with the police: he gets 10% of the drugs seized thanks to his help. When his personal contact, inspector ... See full summary »
Director: Alain Corneau | Stars: Patrick Timsit, Alain Chabat, Samuel Le Bihan, Caroline Proust
Votes: 1,136
50. Bicycling with Molière (2013)
Not Rated | 104 min | Comedy, Drama
Two actors. One play. Can the differences between the two egocentric men be put aside for the sake of friendship and theatre?
Director: Philippe Le Guay | Stars: Fabrice Luchini, Lambert Wilson, Maya Sansa, Camille Japy
Votes: 3,153 | Gross: $0.06M