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1. Belle de Jour (1967)
R | 100 min | Drama, Romance
A frigid young housewife decides to spend her midweek afternoons as a prostitute.
Director: Luis Buñuel | Stars: Catherine Deneuve, Jean Sorel, Michel Piccoli, Geneviève Page
Votes: 49,100 | Gross: $0.03M
2. The Big Feast (1973)
NC-17 | 130 min | Comedy, Drama
A group of men go to a villa in the French countryside where they resolve to eat themselves to death.
Director: Marco Ferreri | Stars: Marcello Mastroianni, Michel Piccoli, Philippe Noiret, Ugo Tognazzi
Votes: 14,724
3. Crooks in Clover (1963)
105 min | Action, Comedy, Crime
A dying mob boss hands over his business to an old friend, Fernand. The boss' assistants want to get rid of the latter. But are the Volfoni brothers and Théo real threats? Ensuing fights and shootouts are more comical than deadly.
Director: Georges Lautner | Stars: Lino Ventura, Bernard Blier, Francis Blanche, Claude Rich
Votes: 6,600
4. The Black Tulip (1964)
115 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
In 1789, when the Revolution went on, a bandit named "Black Tulip" held the surroundings of village Roussillon in fear. The poor people respected him as Robin Hood, who declare himself a ... See full summary »
Director: Christian-Jaque | Stars: Alain Delon, Virna Lisi, Dawn Addams, Adolfo Marsillach
Votes: 2,727
5. The Great Spy Chase (1964)
84 min | Action, Comedy, Thriller
A cold-war spy parody. After the death of an armaments manufacturer, an international group of spies is drawn into a high-stakes battle of wits to obtain the valuable military patents which have been inherited by the lovely widow.
Director: Georges Lautner | Stars: Lino Ventura, Francis Blanche, Bernard Blier, Mireille Darc
Votes: 2,013
6. Le septième juré (1962)
90 min | Crime, Drama
In a moment of madness a respectable pharmacist kills a young woman who is sun-bathing by a lake. Unable to take in what he has done, he flees from the scene of the crime and behaves as if nothing has happened.
Director: Georges Lautner | Stars: Bernard Blier, Danièle Delorme, Maurice Biraud, Jacques Riberolles
Votes: 965
7. Un drôle de paroissien (1963)
Not Rated | 92 min | Comedy
Bad financial conditions compel an aristocratic family named Lachesnaye to do strange work.
Director: Jean-Pierre Mocky | Stars: Bourvil, Francis Blanche, Jean Poiret, Jean Yonnel
Votes: 732
8. Dandelions by the Roots (1964)
95 min | Comedy
Jockey Jack has a bill open with a gangster just released from jail. He somehow manages to parry the gangster's knife attack backstage at a theatre and the latter ends up dead being put ... See full summary »
Director: Georges Lautner | Stars: Michel Serrault, Maurice Biraud, Louis de Funès, Mireille Darc
Votes: 685
9. The Eroticist (1972)
R | 96 min | Comedy
A senator vying for the Italian Presidency seeks to cure his penchant for sexual harassment, all while a cabal of politicians linked to the Vatican try to keep the story under wraps.
Director: Lucio Fulci | Stars: Lando Buzzanca, Lionel Stander, Laura Antonelli, Corrado Gaipa
Votes: 673
10. The Oldest Profession (1967)
119 min | Comedy, Drama
A collection of sketches that tells the story of prostitution through the ages.
Directors: Claude Autant-Lara, Mauro Bolognini, Philippe de Broca, Jean-Luc Godard, Franco Indovina, Michael Pfleghar | Stars: Michèle Mercier, Enrico Maria Salerno, Gabriele Tinti, Elsa Martinelli
Votes: 622
11. Male Hunt (1964)
91 min | Comedy
Antoine is about to get married to Gisèle. His friend Julien, a confirmed bachelor, tries desperately to talk him out of it, citing his own painful experiences.
Director: Édouard Molinaro | Stars: Jean-Paul Belmondo, Jean-Claude Brialy, Françoise Dorléac, Marie Laforêt
Votes: 604
12. The Big Scare (1964)
85 min | Comedy, Crime, Horror
Two police inspectors Triquet and Vergus launch their investigations to arrest a dangerous escaped forger named Mickey Le Bénedictin.
Director: Jean-Pierre Mocky | Stars: Bourvil, Jean-Louis Barrault, Francis Blanche, Victor Francen
Votes: 548
13. Ah! The Beautiful Priestesses of Bacchus (1954)
95 min | Comedy, Musical
A small-town policeman is informed that "naked women" are dancing in a revue at a local variety theater. Being the guardian of public morals that he is, he decides to stroll on down there and check it out for himself.
Director: Jean Loubignac | Stars: Robert Dhéry, Colette Brosset, Raymond Bussières, Roger Caccia
Votes: 535
14. The World's Most Beautiful Swindlers (1964)
108 min | Comedy, Crime
Four swindle stories, taking place successively in Tokyo - Japan (Les cinq bienfaiteurs de Fumiko), Amsterdam - The Netherlands (La riviere de diamants), Italie (La feuille de route), and Paris - France (L'homme qui vendit la tour Eiffel).
Directors: Claude Chabrol, Jean-Luc Godard, Ugo Gregoretti, Hiromichi Horikawa, Roman Polanski | Stars: Mie Hama, Ken Mitsuda, Yatsuko Tan'ami, Nicole Karen
Votes: 526
15. Babette Goes to War (1959)
106 min | Comedy, War
Comedy about a naive French country girl in London who helps the war effort by parachuting into German-occupied France to help kidnap an important German general. She bungles through to a heroic finish of plot and counter-plot.
Director: Christian-Jaque | Stars: Brigitte Bardot, Jacques Charrier, Ronald Howard, Michael Cramer
Votes: 452
16. La grande lessive (!) (1968)
95 min | Comedy
An addiction is spreading in Paris: Television. Literature teacher Saint-Just is confronted by overtired pupils who can no longer keep their eyes open from all the TV. He and a colleague set out on a mission to save the pupils from the TV.
Director: Jean-Pierre Mocky | Stars: Bourvil, Francis Blanche, Roland Dubillard, Jean Tissier
Votes: 450
17. The Green Mare (1959)
94 min | Comedy, Drama, History
A feud between families in 1870's rural France.
Director: Claude Autant-Lara | Stars: Bourvil, Francis Blanche, Sandra Milo, Yves Robert
Votes: 375
18. Romulus and the Sabines (1961)
98 min | Adventure, Comedy, Romance
The classic story from the early days of Rome where there are no women. Romulus, the founder of Rome, finds women to be wives from Sabina where there are a lot of women. The Sabine men, of ... See full summary »
Director: Richard Pottier | Stars: Roger Moore, Mylène Demongeot, Giorgia Moll, Scilla Gabel
Votes: 358
19. People in Luck (1963)
95 min | Comedy
Every day, the newspaper reports the story of a man or woman especially in vein, who won a prize or a spectacular contest.
Directors: Philippe de Broca, Jean Girault, Jacques Pinoteau | Stars: France Anglade, Francis Blanche, Blanchette Brunoy, Daniel Ceccaldi
Votes: 355
20. Les compagnons de la marguerite (1967)
90 min | Comedy
Jean-Louis Matouzec works for French National Library as an expert looking after the restoration of old manuscripts.He falsifies marriage certificates as his wife refuses divorce.
Director: Jean-Pierre Mocky | Stars: Claude Rich, Michel Serrault, Francis Blanche, Paola Pitagora
Votes: 317
21. Erotissimo (1969)
100 min | Comedy
Annie is a middle-age wife, still sexy and pampered by her husband, Phillippe, who is the owner and general manager of a dynamic company. Under the deluge of sexy Swedish movies, sexy ... See full summary »
Director: Gérard Pirès | Stars: Annie Girardot, Jean Yanne, Francis Blanche, Dominique Maurin
Votes: 262
22. La feldmarescialla (1967)
110 min | Comedy, Musical, War
A waitress helps a scientist flee the Nazis.
Director: Steno | Stars: Rita Pavone, Francis Blanche, Terence Hill, Aroldo Tieri
Votes: 260
23. Un linceul n'a pas de poches (1974)
125 min | Crime, Drama
Michel Dolannes resigns from a major newspaper as a journalist to launch a new journal 'Le Cosmopolite' which reveals all kinds of shady deals. One day, he is killed but who is the killer?
Director: Jean-Pierre Mocky | Stars: Jean Carmet, Michel Constantin, Michel Galabru, Daniel Gélin
Votes: 246
24. Love and the Frenchwoman (1960)
143 min | Comedy
The seven stages of woman - seven stories about French women and love in the sixties.
Directors: Michel Boisrond, Christian-Jaque, René Clair, Henri Decoin, Jean Delannoy, Jean-Paul Le Chanois, Henri Verneuil | Stars: Jacqueline Porel, Pierre-Jean Vaillard, Darry Cowl, Micheline Dax
Votes: 225
25. Totò a Parigi (1958)
110 min | Comedy
Duclos's son, a worldly gangster, is compromised in a case of which he is innocent. The proof of this innocence is in the hands of a "competitor", the Marquis de Chemantel de Beauvoiron, a ... See full summary »
Director: Camillo Mastrocinque | Stars: Totò, Sylva Koscina, Fernand Gravey, Philippe Clay
Votes: 210
26. Le repas des fauves (1964)
99 min | Drama, War
Set in World War Two occupied France. Several people gather at a house to celebrate a woman's birthday. Some German soldiers are killed outside. The Gestapo inform the group that they must ... See full summary »
Director: Christian-Jaque | Stars: Francis Blanche, Boy Gobert, Antonella Lualdi, Adolfo Marsillach
Votes: 206
27. Femmina (1967)
GP | 95 min | Drama, Romance
While he is trying to escape from a hit man, Carl (Hardy Krüger) is setting up a kidnapping in Beirut. He gets lost on his way, falling in love with Salène, a.k.a. "La grande sauterelle" (Mireille Darc).
Director: Georges Lautner | Stars: Mireille Darc, Hardy Krüger, Georges Géret, Venantino Venantini
Votes: 206
28. Du mou dans la gâchette (1967)
85 min | Adventure, Comedy
Provincials Nicolas Pappas and Léon Dubois come to Paris to exercise their talents as trigger-happy aces.
Director: Louis Grospierre | Stars: Bernard Blier, Jean Lefebvre, Gastone Moschin, Francis Blanche
Votes: 202
29. France société anonyme (1974)
98 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
In the year 2222, a former drug dealer is kept in a state of hibernation. Reanimated, he tells his story. Leader in the narcotics market, his situation was prosperous until, during a political change, the government legalized its use.
Director: Alain Corneau | Stars: Michel Bouquet, Allyn Ann McLerie, Roland Dubillard, Joel Barcellos
Votes: 196
30. Galia (1966)
105 min | Crime, Drama
Newly arrived in Paris, Galia lives in a small apartment near Notre-Dame cathedral. One evening, whilst walking along the banks of the River Seine, she saves a young woman from drowning.
Director: Georges Lautner | Stars: Mireille Darc, Venantino Venantini, Françoise Prévost, Jacques Riberolles
Votes: 194
31. Signé Furax (1981)
90 min | Comedy, Mystery
The notorious and mysterious criminal Furax steals France's famous monuments, replacing them with replicas.
Director: Marc Simenon | Stars: Maurice Risch, Pierre Tchernia, Pierre Tornade, Maurice Chevit
Votes: 191
32. Some Like It... Cold (1960)
90 min | Comedy
On his death-bed in 1759, the Marquis de Valmorin writes his will, leaving his vast fortune not to his children but to his descendents in 200 years' time. In 1959, the possible ... See full summary »
Director: Jean Bastia | Stars: Louis de Funès, Pierre Dudan, Francis Blanche, Jean Richard
Votes: 187
33. The Edifying and Joyous Story of Colinot (1973)
105 min | Comedy
Colinot is a young, happy man, until the day three highway robbers abduct his fiancee. The search for her leads him to meet so many young, pretty, sexy girls - that when he finally encounters his fiancee, he is no longer sure he loves her.
Director: Nina Companeez | Stars: Francis Huster, Nathalie Delon, Brigitte Bardot, Bernadette Lafont
Votes: 174
34. L'étalon (1970)
90 min | Comedy
In a small Mediterranean port, Lionel, a kind-hearted athlete, saves a young woman in dire straits who was about to kill herself. He is assisted by William Chaminade, a vet whose business ... See full summary »
Director: Jean-Pierre Mocky | Stars: Bourvil, Francis Blanche, Jacques Legras, René-Jean Chauffard
Votes: 167
35. J'ai mon voyage! (1973)
89 min | Comedy
A Parisian named Cartier living in Quebec City and employee of a major English Canadian insurance company is promoted to a job in Vancouver. He brings along his annoying and hyperactive ... See full summary »
Director: Denis Héroux | Stars: Dominique Michel, Jean Lefebvre, Régis Simard, René Simard
Votes: 166
36. Sweet and Sour (1963)
93 min | Comedy
Gerard, a young man from a "good family," dreams of becoming an actor. To do this, he follows everywhere his sister Frédérique who is infatuated with cinéma vérité.
Director: Jacques Baratier | Stars: Guy Bedos, Jean-Paul Belmondo, Francis Blanche, Jean-Marc Bory
Votes: 154
37. Everybody Wants to Kill Me (1957)
102 min | Crime, Drama
Five French criminals pull a jewelry heist, hide the loot and create an alibi by getting themselves sent to prison for a minor infraction but there they are targeted by someone who seeks information about their hidden loot.
Director: Henri Decoin | Stars: François Périer, Peter van Eyck, Anouk Aimée, Darío Moreno
Votes: 154
38. Honoré de Marseille (1956)
80 min | Comedy, Musical
An ethnologist comes to interview a Marseillais of old stock.
Director: Maurice Régamey | Stars: Fernandel, Andrex, Francis Blanche, Claire Diamant
Votes: 149
39. Ces messieurs de la famille (1968)
86 min | Comedy
A chief executive officer makes a manful attempt to crack the commercial coconut (the American market that is)by trying to sell their products to the Yankees;one of their executives is to ... See full summary »
Director: Raoul André | Stars: Francis Blanche, Jean Poiret, Michel Serrault, Jean Yanne
Votes: 148
40. Snobs! (1962)
88 min | Comedy
Four vice-presidents fight among themselves to reach the top post after the president dies. Their wives take part in the various schemes to downgrade the opposition by unorthodox means.
Director: Jean-Pierre Mocky | Stars: Francis Blanche, Elina Labourdette, Véronique Nordey, Christian Alers
Votes: 146
41. Hitch-Hike (1962)
95 min | Adventure, Comedy, Romance
Agathe, a sweet hitch-hiker, is en route to the Riviera. She meets many men on her way.
Director: Jacqueline Audry | Stars: Darry Cowl, Pierre Mondy, Lino Ventura, Daniel Gélin
Votes: 138
42. Les vierges (1963)
90 min | Comedy, Drama
The story of five girls that lose their virginity.
Director: Jean-Pierre Mocky | Stars: Charles Aznavour, Gérard Blain, Francis Blanche, Jean Poiret
Votes: 124
43. La grande java (1971)
90 min | Comedy, Sport
Five rugby players despoiled by their trainer Auguste Kouglof find his trail in Brizouille, a small village in the Landes. Now known as Colombani, Kouglof / Colombani tries to run for office by using mafia practices.
Director: Philippe Clair | Stars: Francis Blanche, Gérard Rinaldi, Luis Rego, Jean-Guy Fechner
Votes: 105
44. La vendetta (1962)
90 min | Comedy
During the course of a vendetta on Corsica, a mainlander is persuaded to stand for election as mayor.
Director: Jean Chérasse | Stars: Francis Blanche, Olivier Hussenot, Louis de Funès, Jean Lefebvre
Votes: 102
45. La tête du client (1965)
100 min | Action, Comedy, Crime
Illegal gambling den where players can lose millions ...and the owners make their fortune.
Director: Jacques Poitrenaud | Stars: Michel Serrault, Jean Poiret, Sophie Desmarets, Jean Richard
Votes: 102
46. A noi piace freddo...! (1960)
110 min | Comedy, War
A farcical account of the happenings in Rome in 1943 when the Allied Army and the partisans fight the Nazis.
Director: Steno | Stars: Ugo Tognazzi, Yvonne Furneaux, Raimondo Vianello, Francis Blanche
Votes: 97
47. Too Late to Love (1959)
100 min | Drama
In a small town where he is waiting for his train, reporter-photographer Walter Hermelin meets Catherine Ferrer, a female lawyer who has just obtained the acquittal of a man accused of ... See full summary »
Director: Henri Decoin | Stars: Michèle Morgan, Henri Vidal, Francis Blanche, Marc Cassot
Votes: 87
48. Sputnik (1958)
110 min | Comedy
In USSR ,Monsieur Martin had a dreadful flight.
Director: Jean Dréville | Stars: Noël-Noël, Denise Grey, Francis Blanche, Nathalie Nerval
Votes: 85
49. Minuit... Quai de Bercy (1953)
95 min | Crime, Drama
No sooner has she moved into her new apartment than Irene Cazenave, the widow of a well-known police detective, is asked by a colleague of her late husband, inspector Brénot, to assist him ... See full summary »
Director: Christian Stengel | Stars: Madeleine Robinson, Erich von Stroheim, Philippe Lemaire, Francis Blanche
Votes: 83
50. Ces messieurs de la gâchette (1970)
90 min | Comedy
Gabriel Pelletier's life is no bed of roses. Not because of his job: he is a successful sales manager. But on account of the various wrongdoings committed by his kin. First, there is his ... See full summary »
Director: Raoul André | Stars: Francis Blanche, Michel Serrault, Jean Poiret, Darry Cowl
Votes: 78