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1. Contempt (1963)
Not Rated | 102 min | Drama, Romance
A French writer's marriage deteriorates while working on Fritz Lang's version of "The Odyssey", as his wife accuses him of using her to court favor with the film's brash American producer.
Director: Jean-Luc Godard | Stars: Brigitte Bardot, Jack Palance, Michel Piccoli, Giorgia Moll
Votes: 36,004 | Gross: $0.04M
2. Paranoia (1969)
X | 91 min | Drama, Romance, Thriller
A rich, alcoholic widow assuages her loneliness through a ménage à trois with two seductive step-siblings, whose true motives threaten her sanity and life.
Director: Umberto Lenzi | Stars: Carroll Baker, Lou Castel, Colette Descombes, Tino Carraro
Votes: 1,624
3. In the Electric Mist (2009)
R | 117 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A detective in post-Katrina New Orleans has a series of surreal encounters with a troop of ghostly Confederate soldiers while investigating serial killings of local prostitutes, a 1965 lynching, and corrupt local businessmen.
Director: Bertrand Tavernier | Stars: Tommy Lee Jones, John Goodman, Peter Sarsgaard, Mary Steenburgen
Votes: 19,853
4. American Masters (1985– )
TV-14 | 90 min | Documentary, Biography, History
Documentary series focusing on great American artists and personalities.
Stars: Martin Scorsese, Peter Bogdanovich, Tony Bennett, Dick Cavett
Votes: 1,168
5. Final Cut (2022)
112 min | Comedy, Horror
Things go badly for a small film crew shooting a low budget zombie movie when they are attacked by real zombies.
Director: Michel Hazanavicius | Stars: Romain Duris, Bérénice Bejo, Grégory Gadebois, Finnegan Oldfield
Votes: 4,479
6. The Informer (1962)
Not Rated | 108 min | Crime, Thriller
A burglar betraying other criminals prepares for a big heist with a trusted friend who might be as untrustworthy as he.
Director: Jean-Pierre Melville | Stars: Jean-Paul Belmondo, Serge Reggiani, Jean Desailly, René Lefèvre
Votes: 11,965 | Gross: $0.08M
7. Clean Slate (1981)
Not Rated | 128 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
A pathetic police chief, humiliated by everyone around him, suddenly wants a clean slate in life - and resorts to drastic means to do so.
Director: Bertrand Tavernier | Stars: Philippe Noiret, Isabelle Huppert, Stéphane Audran, Jean-Pierre Marielle
Votes: 6,710
8. 'Round Midnight (1986)
R | 133 min | Drama, Music
A troubled, but talented musician flees the US to escape his problems, finding refuge and support in Paris.
Director: Bertrand Tavernier | Stars: Dexter Gordon, François Cluzet, Gabrielle Haker, Sandra Reaves-Phillips
Votes: 5,853 | Gross: $3.27M
9. My Old Lady (2014)
PG-13 | 107 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
An American inherits an apartment in Paris that comes with an unexpected resident.
Director: Israel Horovitz | Stars: Kevin Kline, Kristin Scott Thomas, Maggie Smith, Michel Burstin
Votes: 10,019 | Gross: $4.01M
10. Sisterhood (2023)
101 min | Comedy, Drama
Three teenagers attract public outcry after they post a video identifying the assailant who attacked one of them.
Director: Nora el Hourch | Stars: Leah Aubert, Médina Diarra, Salma Takaline, Oscar Al Hafiane
Votes: 74
11. Death Watch (1980)
R | 117 min | Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
In a future where dying of illness is exceedingly rare, a terminally ill woman becomes a celebrity and a man with camera implants goes to secretly record her for a morbid TV show.
Director: Bertrand Tavernier | Stars: Romy Schneider, Harvey Keitel, Harry Dean Stanton, Thérèse Liotard
Votes: 3,457
12. All the Little Animals (1998)
R | 112 min | Adventure, Drama, Thriller
Bobby Platt is a mentally slow young man who escapes an abusive, hateful stepfather who has killed his pets one by one. To save himself, Bobby runs away and meets a strange old man who ... See full summary »
Director: Jeremy Thomas | Stars: John Hurt, Christian Bale, Daniel Benzali, James Faulkner
Votes: 3,193 | Gross: $0.03M
13. The Princess of Montpensier (2010)
Not Rated | 139 min | Action, Drama, History
Based on the classic didactic novel, the action centers on the noble lady who soon becomes exposed to the sexual and political intrigues of the French court of the religious wars era.
Director: Bertrand Tavernier | Stars: Mélanie Thierry, Lambert Wilson, Gaspard Ulliel, Grégoire Leprince-Ringuet
Votes: 4,284 | Gross: $0.34M
14. Beatrice (1987)
R | 130 min | Drama
In Medieval France, a warrior returns home after four years of war and captivity. It is his delicate daughter who must deal now with his rage and frustration.
Director: Bertrand Tavernier | Stars: Bernard-Pierre Donnadieu, Julie Delpy, Nils Tavernier, Monique Chaumette
Votes: 777 | Gross: $0.21M
15. Jazz (2001)
1,075 min | Documentary, History, Music
A survey of the musical form's history and major talents.
Stars: Keith David, Wynton Marsalis, Gary Giddins, Delroy Lindo
Votes: 2,497
16. The Clockmaker (1974)
105 min | Crime, Drama
A Watchmaker finds out one day that his son has become a murderer. He tries to understand for whom and why.
Director: Bertrand Tavernier | Stars: Philippe Noiret, Jean Rochefort, Jacques Denis, Yves Afonso
Votes: 2,828
17. The Bait (1995)
Not Rated | 115 min | Crime, Drama
Three teenagers plan to steal the necessary funds to open their dream shop in the US, but things get messy.
Director: Bertrand Tavernier | Stars: Marie Gillain, Olivier Sitruk, Bruno Putzulu, Richard Berry
Votes: 2,404 | Gross: $0.04M
18. Revenge of the Musketeers (1994)
R | 125 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
France, 1654: D'Artagnan's girl grows up in a convent. When the mother superior is murdered, Eloïse suspects a plan to murder the king and hopes to prevent this and revenge the murder by finding her father and the 3 musketeers.
Director: Bertrand Tavernier | Stars: Sophie Marceau, Philippe Noiret, Claude Rich, Sami Frey
Votes: 3,596 | Gross: $0.31M
19. A Sunday in the Country (1984)
G | 90 min | Drama
An elderly painter whose son visits with his family on the weekends, is also surprised by a visit from his still-single daughter.
Director: Bertrand Tavernier | Stars: Louis Ducreux, Michel Aumont, Sabine Azéma, Geneviève Mnich
Votes: 3,128 | Gross: $2.41M
20. The 317th Platoon (1965)
100 min | War
In Vietnam, 1954, a French platoon isolated behind enemy lines tries to come back. It is led by the inexperienced, idealistic sous-lieutenant Torrens, and by adjutant Willsdorf, a WWII veteran of the Wehrmacht.
Director: Pierre Schoendoerffer | Stars: Jacques Perrin, Bruno Cremer, Pierre Fabre, Manuel Zarzo
Votes: 1,654
21. Captain Conan (1996)
129 min | Drama, War
The war exploits of French captain Conan and his men during World War I and during the Allied intervention in the Russian Civil War.
Director: Bertrand Tavernier | Stars: Philippe Torreton, Samuel Le Bihan, Bernard Le Coq, Catherine Rich
Votes: 2,447
22. 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: 953
23. Tout le monde en parle (2004– )
90 min | Comedy, Talk-Show
-A Quebec talk-show (in Canada), about what happened the week before. Every Sunday, at 8pm at Radio-Canada, Guy A. Lepage hosts this show with Dany Turcotte.
Stars: Guy A. Lepage, Dany Turcotte, Mc Gilles, Chantal Hébert
Votes: 299
24. The Judge and the Assassin (1976)
128 min | Crime, Drama, History
An unstable former French Sergeant commits many atrocities. A judge considers how this case could benefit or damage his career.
Director: Bertrand Tavernier | Stars: Philippe Noiret, Michel Galabru, Isabelle Huppert, Jean-Claude Brialy
Votes: 2,321
25. The French Minister (2013)
Not Rated | 113 min | Comedy
A young speechwriter working in the French Foreign Ministry learns the impure nature of the political world.
Director: Bertrand Tavernier | Stars: Thierry Lhermitte, Raphaël Personnaz, Niels Arestrup, Bruno Raffaelli
Votes: 3,935 | Gross: $0.00M
26. Let Joy Reign Supreme (1975)
Not Rated | 119 min | Drama, History, War
A look at 18th-century France, when the authorities depravity contributed to social oppression, and the uprisings flared up one after another.
Director: Bertrand Tavernier | Stars: Philippe Noiret, Jean Rochefort, Jean-Pierre Marielle, Christine Pascal
Votes: 1,756
27. Hôtel Terminus (1988)
Unrated | 267 min | Documentary, Biography, History
A documentary about Klaus Barbie, the Gestapo chief of Lyon, and his life after the war.
Director: Marcel Ophüls | Stars: Klaus Barbie, Claude Lanzmann, Marcel Ophüls, Johannes Schneider-Merck
Votes: 1,588 | Gross: $0.34M
28. C à vous (2009– )
News, Talk-Show
Host Anne-Elisabeth Lemoine discusses current affairs with her columnist and the guest of the day, while a chef cooks them dinner.
Stars: Anne-Élisabeth Lemoine, Anne-Sophie Lapix, Alessandra Sublet, Patrick Cohen
Votes: 76
29. L'invité (2000– )
8 min | Talk-Show
Stars: Patrick Simonin, Xavier Lambrechts, Dominique Wolton, Pierre Perret
Votes: 33
30. The Oscars (2021 TV Special)
TV-14 | 150 min | Music
The top movies of the past year are honored at the 93rd Academy Awards, with Mank (2020), in the lead with 10 nominations, as well as The Father (2020), Judas and the Black Messiah (2021), Nomadland (2020) and Sound of Metal (2019).
Director: Glenn Weiss | Stars: Zendaya, Ariana DeBose, Brad Pitt, Joaquin Phoenix
Votes: 1,226
31. It All Starts Today (1999)
Not Rated | 117 min | Drama
A teacher from a small, depressed town is trying to do something useful.
Director: Bertrand Tavernier | Stars: Philippe Torreton, Maria Pitarresi, Nadia Kaci, Véronique Ataly
Votes: 2,896 | Gross: $0.01M
32. Film: The Living Record of Our Memory (2021)
120 min | Documentary
This documentary explores film through the voices of significant professionals who have contributed to make sure moving images survive and remain accessible.
Director: Inés Toharia Terán | Stars: Ann Adachi-Tasch, Laure Adler, Benjamin Chowkwan Ado, Janice Allen
Votes: 253
33. Waiting for the Moon (1987)
PG | 88 min | Drama
Sundance prizewinner. Fictionalized portrait of one of history's great literary couples: Stein & Toklas. Summer 1930s France, Alice tends to ailing Gertrude; they visit Fernande Olivier, ... See full summary »
Director: Jill Godmilow | Stars: Linda Hunt, Linda Bassett, Jacques Boudet, Andrew McCarthy
Votes: 214 | Gross: $0.75M
34. L.627 (1992)
R | 145 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
Relentless struggle of the Parisian police against the drug trade.
Director: Bertrand Tavernier | Stars: Didier Bezace, Jean-Paul Comart, Charlotte Kady, Jean-Roger Milo
Votes: 2,166
35. Cannes Film Festival (1952– )
News
A festival for international movies, which give each year the Palme d'Or.
Stars: Bjorn Jiskoot Jr., Isabelle Huppert, Pedro Almodóvar, Kristin Scott Thomas
Votes: 119
36. The Bakery Girl of Monceau (1963)
Not Rated | 23 min | Short, Romance
A law student regularly visits a Paris bakery to flirt with a brunette employee.
Director: Éric Rohmer | Stars: Barbet Schroeder, Claudine Soubrier, Michèle Girardon, Fred Junck
Votes: 5,425
37. Last Known Address (1970)
105 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Police inspector Léonetti, a tough, efficient policeman, has been sent to a second-rate police station after being reprimanded. There he is given a partner, young and beautiful Jeanne Dumas... See full summary »
Director: José Giovanni | Stars: Lino Ventura, Marlène Jobert, Michel Constantin, Paul Crauchet
Votes: 1,899
38. 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: 353
39. Vivement dimanche (1998– )
Talk-Show
Stars: Michel Drucker, Emmanuel Chaunu, Franck Ferrand, Hélène Gateau
Votes: 109
40. Daddy Nostalgia (1990)
PG | 105 min | Drama, Romance
A retired English businessman has just been through heart surgery but it has, apparently, done little to relieve his constant pain or improve his long-term survival prospects.
Director: Bertrand Tavernier | Stars: Dirk Bogarde, Jane Birkin, Odette Laure, Emmanuelle Bataille
Votes: 847 | Gross: $1.11M
41. Safe Conduct (2002)
Not Rated | 170 min | Biography, Drama, History
In German-occupied France, two filmmakers solve the collaboration dilemma differently.
Director: Bertrand Tavernier | Stars: Jacques Gamblin, Denis Podalydès, Charlotte Kady, Marie Desgranges
Votes: 1,613 | Gross: $0.03M
42. Life and Nothing But (1989)
PG | 135 min | Drama, War
Intense character study of men and women driven by an overpowering obsession with the past.
Director: Bertrand Tavernier | Stars: Philippe Noiret, Sabine Azéma, Pascale Vignal, Maurice Barrier
Votes: 2,122 | Gross: $0.43M
43. Tangos, the Exile of Gardel (1985)
Not Rated | 119 min | Drama, Musical
Some Argentinians, exiled in Paris, decide to put on a tango-ballet, dedicated to Carlos Gardel, a legendary Argentinian tango star.
Director: Fernando E. Solanas | Stars: Marie Laforêt, Philippe Léotard, Miguel Ángel Solá, Marina Vlady
Votes: 691
44. Il était une fois... (2003– )
52 min | Documentary
French documentary TV series about films that marked their era.
Stars: Laurent Lederer, Serge July, Isabella Rossellini, Jean-Claude Carrière
Votes: 65
45. A Week's Vacation (1980)
R | 102 min | Drama
Laurence, French teacher at a Lyon secondary school, simply can't take any more. Her doctor prescribes a week off. Whilst her partner Pierre has no idea how to help her, she decides to get ... See full summary »
Director: Bertrand Tavernier | Stars: Nathalie Baye, Gérard Lanvin, Flore Fitzgerald, Michel Galabru
Votes: 731
46. 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: 230
47. Días de cine (1991– )
60 min | News
Antonio Gasset hosts this show in which recently released movies and DVDs are thoughtfully discussed in a documentary-like way.
Stars: Gerardo Sánchez, Elena S. Sánchez, Antonio Gasset, Cayetana Guillén Cuervo
Votes: 334
48. My Journey Through French Cinema (2016)
Not Rated | 201 min | Documentary
Bertrand Tavernier's personal journey through French cinema, from films he enjoyed as a boy to his own early career, told through portraits of key creative figures.
Director: Bertrand Tavernier | Stars: Bertrand Tavernier, François Truffaut, Jean-Paul Gaultier, Jean Renoir
Votes: 977 | Gross: $0.04M
49. Lest We Forget (1991)
110 min | Drama
Contre l'Oubli (Against Oblivion) is a compilation of 30 French filmmakers, Alain Resnais and Jean Luc Godard among them, who use film to make a plea on behalf of a political prisoner. Jean... See full summary »
Directors: Chantal Akerman, René Allio, Denis Amar, Jean Becker, Jane Birkin, Jean-Michel Carré, Patrice Chéreau, Alain Corneau, Costa-Gavras, Dominique Dante, Claire Denis, Raymond Depardon, Jacques Deray, Michel Deville, Jacques Doillon, Martine Franck, Gérard Frot-Coutaz, Francis Girod, Jean-Luc Godard, Romain Goupil, Jean-Loup Hubert, Robert Kramer, Patrice Leconte, Anne-Marie Miéville, Sarah Moon, Philippe Muyl, Michel Piccoli, Alain Resnais, Coline Serreau, Bertrand Tavernier, Nadine Trintignant | Stars: Paul Amar, Robert Badinter, Guy Bedos, Jane Birkin
Votes: 141
50. Lumière! (2016)
Not Rated | 90 min | Documentary, History
A collection of restored prints from the Lumière Brothers.
Director: Thierry Frémaux | Stars: Thierry Frémaux, Martin Scorsese, Pierre Bellingard, Ernestina Bossi
Votes: 1,605