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1. La Belle Noiseuse (1991)
Unrated | 238 min | Drama
The former famous painter Frenhofer revisits an abandoned project using the girlfriend of a young visiting artist. Questions about truth, life, and artistic limits are explored.
Director: Jacques Rivette | Stars: Michel Piccoli, Jane Birkin, Emmanuelle Béart, Marianne Denicourt
Votes: 9,385 | Gross: $0.41M
2. Lost Illusions (2021)
149 min | Drama, Romance
Lucien de Rubempré, a young, lower-class poet, leaves his family's printing house for Paris. Soon, he learns the dark side of the arts business as he tries to stay true to his dreams.
Director: Xavier Giannoli | Stars: Benjamin Voisin, Cécile de France, Vincent Lacoste, Xavier Dolan
Votes: 6,386
3. Stolen Kisses (1968)
R | 91 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
After being discharged from the army, Antoine Doinel centers a screwball comedy where he applies for different jobs and tries to make sense of his relationships with women.
Director: François Truffaut | Stars: Jean-Pierre Léaud, Claude Jade, Delphine Seyrig, Michael Lonsdale
Votes: 15,119
4. Black Venus (1983)
R | 80 min | Drama, Romance
Spanish actor Jose Antonio Ceinos stars as a down-and-out sculptor, whose inspiration returns with the strange appearance of a beautiful, mysterious black muse.
Director: Claude Mulot | Stars: Josephine Jacqueline Jones, José Antonio Ceinos, Emiliano Redondo, Helga Liné
Votes: 508
5. Out 1 (1971)
Not Rated | 776 min | Drama, Mystery
Following the May 1968 civil unrest in France, a deaf-mute and a con artist simultaneously stumble upon the remnants of a secret society.
Directors: Jacques Rivette, Suzanne Schiffman | Stars: Michèle Moretti, Hermine Karagheuz, Karen Puig, Pierre Baillot
Votes: 1,554 | Gross: $0.03M
6. The Philco Television Playhouse (1948–1956)
60 min | Drama
This live dramatic series featured original stories and adaptations of novels, plays, etc., during its eight-year run. During the first year, the show was sponsored by the Actor's Equity ... See full summary »
Stars: Bert Lytell, Jay Jackson, Bob Stanton, E.G. Marshall
Votes: 137
7. Divertimento (1992)
125 min | Drama
More than just an abbreviated form of "La Belle Noiseuse", Rivette re-cut his footage with some important differences in point of view - this one being more from Marianne's point of view.
Director: Jacques Rivette | Stars: Michel Piccoli, Jane Birkin, Emmanuelle Béart, Marianne Denicourt
Votes: 718
8. Cousin Bette (1998)
R | 108 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
When her sister dies in 1846, Bette moves from the château to Paris to work as a theater seamstress. She helps a handsome, starving artist. When her niece lures him away from her, she plans a devious revenge.
Director: Des McAnuff | Stars: Jessica Lange, Elisabeth Shue, Bob Hoskins, Geraldine Chaplin
Votes: 2,840 | Gross: $1.20M
9. Orson Welles' Great Mysteries (1973–1974)
30 min | Drama, Fantasy, Mystery
"Orson Welles' Great Mysteries" was a United Kingdom hosted anthology mystery and supernatural series, hosted by Orson Welles.
Stars: Orson Welles, Christopher Lee, Dean Stockwell, Joan Collins
Votes: 234
10. 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
11. Television Theater (1953– )
Drama
Series of television plays.
Stars: Jerzy Trela, Krzysztof Globisz, Krystyna Janda, Jan Englert
Votes: 92
12. The Skin of Sorrow (2010 TV Movie)
98 min | Drama, Fantasy, Mystery
A naive young man and his deal with the devil.
Director: Alain Berliner | Stars: Thomas Coumans, Annabelle Hettmann, Julien Honoré, Mylène Jampanoï
Votes: 660
13. Camera Three (1955–1980)
30 min | Drama
A weekly examination of the arts and literature, on Sunday mornings when there was more likely to be an audience interested in such matters and there was less competition for ratings.
Stars: James Macandrew, Faubion Bowers, Margaret Croyden, Alfredo Antonini
Votes: 63
14. Au théâtre ce soir (1966–1990)
Comedy
Stars: Edward Sanderson, Bernard Durand, Robert Manuel, Jacques Ardouin
Votes: 71
15. Matinee Theatre (1955–1958)
60 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
A daily anthology show, featuring original material, as well as adaptations of literary classics.
Stars: John Conte, Peter Hansen, Sarah Churchill, Johnny Crawford
Votes: 133
16. 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: 1,463 | Gross: $0.28M
17. 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: 356
18. The Conquering Power (1921)
TV-G | 89 min | Drama, Romance
After losing his father, a playboy moves in with his miserly uncle, who seeks to cheat him out of his inheritance.
Director: Rex Ingram | Stars: Alice Terry, Rudolph Valentino, Eric Mayne, Ralph Lewis
Votes: 541
19. Old Goriot (2004 TV Movie)
111 min | Drama
A poor but ambitious young man arrives in Paris and settles down in the boarding house run by Madame Vauquer. He soon gets to know the guests: Victorine Taillefer, a young lady her rich ... See full summary »
Director: Jean-Daniel Verhaeghe | Stars: Charles Aznavour, Tchéky Karyo, Malik Zidi, Nadia Barentin
Votes: 210
20. Fireside Theatre (1949–1955)
30 min | Drama
An anthology series which became the first successful filmed series on American television.
Stars: Gene Raymond, John Warburton, Nolan Leary, Dabbs Greer
Votes: 97
21. Chouans! (1988)
143 min | Adventure, History, War
In 1793 when terror is widespread in France, peasants known as Chouans fight the revolutionaries in attempt to restore the monarchy.
Director: Philippe de Broca | Stars: Philippe Noiret, Vincent Schmitt, Raoul Billerey, Claudine Delvaux
Votes: 866
22. Cousin Bette (1971)
250 min | Comedy, Drama
A poor and homely spinster, who feels she's been walked on all her life, teams up with a scheming courtesan to wreak elaborate revenge on her rich and handsome relatives.
Stars: Margaret Tyzack, Thorley Walters, Helen Mirren, Ursula Howells
Votes: 205
23. Il tuo piacere è il mio (1973)
95 min | Comedy
In the 16th century a Tuscany nobleman gives a banquet in which immoral stories were told.
Director: Claudio Racca | Stars: Ewa Aulin, Femi Benussi, Barbara Bouchet, Aldo Giuffrè
Votes: 75
24. Stimulantia (1967)
105 min | Drama
A Swedish film in eight episodes by directors Ingmar Bergman, Vilgot Sjöman, Lars Görling, Hans Alfredson, Tage Danielsson, Hans Abramson, Jörn Donner, Arne Arnbom, Gustaf Molander.
Directors: Hans Abramson, Hans Alfredson, Arne Arnbom, Ingmar Bergman, Tage Danielsson, Jörn Donner, Lars Görling, Gustaf Molander, Vilgot Sjöman | Stars: Hans Abramson, Hans Alfredson, Harriet Andersson, Daniel Bergman
Votes: 287
25. Colonel Chabert (1994)
110 min | Drama, History, Romance
Colonel Chabert has been severely wounded in the French-Russian Napoleonic war to the point that the medical examiner has signed his death certificate. When he regains his health and memory... See full summary »
Director: Yves Angelo | Stars: Gérard Depardieu, Fanny Ardant, Fabrice Luchini, André Dussollier
Votes: 2,076 | Gross: $0.73M
26. ITV Television Playhouse (1955–1967)
60 min | Drama
Richard O. Sullivan as a child genius in the play "Honour Bright".
Stars: Campbell Singer, Thomas Heathcote, Richard Caldicot, June Brown
Votes: 67
27. Les secrets de la princesse de Cadignan (2023)
88 min | History, Romance
Director: Arielle Dombasle | Stars: Arielle Dombasle, Julie Depardieu, Michel Fau, Cédric Kahn
Votes: 33
28. Grande Teatro Tupi (1951–1964)
Drama
A tele theater where famous plays were adapted and staged, during the days before videotaped Brazilian television, and performed by a cast of accomplished actors.
Stars: Wanda Kosmo, Rita Cléos, Nydia Lícia, Rildo Gonçalves
Votes: 31
29. The Girl with the Golden Eyes (1961)
90 min | Drama
Director: Jean-Gabriel Albicocco | Stars: Marie Laforêt, Paul Guers, Françoise Prévost, Françoise Dorléac
Votes: 225
30. The Clock (1949–1952)
30 min | Drama, Mystery
Suspense/Anthology series based on an ABC radio series which ran from 1946-48. The half-hour series mostly consisted of original dramas concerning murder, mayhem or insanity. Series ... See full summary »
Stars: Larry Semon, Oliver Thorndike, Parker McCormick, Frankie Thomas
Votes: 60
31. Le père Goriot (1945)
103 min | Drama
Director: Robert Vernay | Stars: Pierre Renoir, Claude Génia, Lise Delamare, Pierre Larquey
Votes: 40
32. The Errol Flynn Theatre (1956–1957)
30 min | Drama, Comedy, Mystery
Anthology series hosted by matinee idol Errol Flynn.
Stars: Errol Flynn, Patrice Wymore, Christopher Lee, Valerie Ward
Votes: 42
33. Man of the Sea (1920)
86 min | Drama
Nolff, a tough Breton fisherman is happy: his wife has just given birth to a son, Michel. His only wish is to make him a fisherman like him. But when he becomes a man, Michel becomes a ... See full summary »
Director: Marcel L'Herbier | Stars: Charles Boyer, Claire Prélia, Suzanne Doris, Philippe Hériat
Votes: 270
34. Novela (1963–1978)
30 min | Drama
Stars: Nélida Quiroga, Luisa Sala, Pablo Sanz, Víctor Valverde
Votes: 33
35. Honor of the Family (1931)
Passed | 66 min | Drama
Honor of the Family is a 1931 American Pre-Code drama film released by First National Pictures (a subsidiary of Warner Bros.), starring Bebe Daniels and Warren William. It was based on the ... See full summary »
Director: Lloyd Bacon | Stars: Bebe Daniels, Warren William, Alan Mowbray, Blanche Friderici
Votes: 17
36. Au siècle de Maupassant: Contes et nouvelles du XIXème siècle (2009– )
Romance
Stars: Sylviane Goudal, Mathilda May, Samuel Le Bihan, Julie Depardieu
Votes: 198
37. La fausse maîtresse (1942)
85 min | Comedy, Drama
Guy Carbonnel, a rich industrialist, has more eyes for rugby than for his wife Hélène. René Rivals, his long-time pal, takes advantage of it to court her but Guy is becoming suspicious so ... See full summary »
Director: André Cayatte | Stars: Danielle Darrieux, Lise Delamare, Monique Joyce, Huguette Vivier
Votes: 58
38. The Sealed Room (1909)
Not Rated | 11 min | Short, Drama, History
A king exacts vengeance upon his faithless mistress and her lover.
Director: D.W. Griffith | Stars: Arthur V. Johnson, Marion Leonard, Henry B. Walthall, Linda Arvidson
Votes: 962
39. Eugenie Grandet (1946)
100 min | Drama
Eugenia is a daughter of a wealthy but miserly man living a simple life in the provincial town of Saumur. Eugenia's inexperience leads her to fall in love with an unworthy man.
Director: Mario Soldati | Stars: Alida Valli, Gualtiero Tumiati, Giorgio De Lullo, Giuditta Rissone
Votes: 93
40. The Unforeseen (1958–1960)
30 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror
An anthology series that appeared twice a week initially. Each episode was a short play covering the inexplicable, the supernatural, the occult or science fiction. Each episode had it's own writer, director, and actors.
Stars: Barry Morse, Ron Hartmann, Eric Clavering, Chris Wiggins
Votes: 28
41. Your Favorite Story (1953–1955)
30 min | Comedy, Drama
TV comedy anthology series
Stars: Adolphe Menjou, John Hamilton, Dan White, Gertrude Michael
Votes: 31
42. Le père Goriot (1972 TV Movie)
90 min | Drama
The play opens with an description of a boarding house in Paris.in which, the young Rastignac, being for high society,is fined with Goriot,who bankrupts himself to support his two well-married daughters but be rejected by them eventually.
Director: Guy Jorré | Stars: Charles Vanel, Bruno Garcin, Roger Jacquet, Monique Nevers
Votes: 15
43. Intimità proibita di una giovane sposa (1970)
90 min | Drama, Thriller
Threatened by old age and impotence, a count marries a girl loved by his son. When the count notices an affair between the two he reacts strongly.
Director: Oscar Brazzi | Stars: Rossano Brazzi, Patrizia Rodi, Ricci Hohlt, Valérie Lagrange
44. Piel de zapa (1978– )
Drama, Romance
Stars: Mayra Alejandra, Raúl Amundaray, Pierina España, Jean Carlo Simancas
45. Eugénie Grandet (1994 TV Movie)
90 min | Drama
When the daughter of the miserly cooper Grandet is up for marriage, both families Des Grassins and Cruchot want to marry their sons to her and her substantial dowry. But the girl shows more... See full summary »
Director: Jean-Daniel Verhaeghe | Stars: Alexandra London, Jean Carmet, Dominique Labourier, Jean-Claude Adelin
Votes: 110
46. The Magic Skin (2011)
75 min | Drama
Adaptation of Honoré de Balzac's "The Skin of Sorrow" or "The Wild Ass's Skin" (1831), said to be the last novel read by Sigmund Freud before his death. While reading it, he would have said: "This is the only book I needed".
Directors: Tristan Bera, Dominique Gonzalez-Foerster
47. Le colonel Chabert (1943)
90 min | Drama
An Empire colonel, left for dead on a battlefield, returns to Paris and finds his wife remarried.
Director: René Le Hénaff | Stars: Raimu, Marie Bell, Jacques Baumer, Aimé Clariond
Votes: 132
48. The Lovable Cheat (1949)
75 min | Comedy
A businessman and his partner are about to go bankrupt when the partner gets an idea to sail away and somehow find the money they need. Meanwhile, the one left behind has to figure out how ... See full summary »
Director: Richard Oswald | Stars: Charles Ruggles, Peggy Ann Garner, Richard Ney, Alan Mowbray
Votes: 80
49. Vautrin the Thief (1943)
88 min | Drama
Michel Simon vehicle and Balzac adaptation: An escaped convict, putting on priest's garb, manoeuvres his way into 19tn century French society and pressures his young protege to marry for money, not love.
Director: Pierre Billon | Stars: Michel Simon, Madeleine Sologne, Renée Albouy, Marcel André
Votes: 83
50. The Royalists (1947)
99 min | Adventure, History
Director: Henri Calef | Stars: Jean Marais, Marcel Herrand, Pierre Dux, Louis Seigner
Votes: 85