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1. The Day of the Jackal (1973)
PG | 143 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
In the aftermath of France allowing Algeria's independence, a group of resentful military veterans hire a professional assassin codenamed "Jackal" to kill President Charles de Gaulle.
Director: Fred Zinnemann | Stars: Edward Fox, Terence Alexander, Michel Auclair, Alan Badel
Votes: 44,988 | Gross: $16.06M
2. The Sucker (1965)
111 min | Adventure, Comedy, Crime
Criminals have chosen an ordinary man to carry drugs and jewels in his car across the border. The problem is that this man turned out too much ordinary.
Director: Gérard Oury | Stars: Bourvil, Louis de Funès, Venantino Venantini, Henri Génès
Votes: 8,055
3. Buffet Froid (1979)
Not Rated | 89 min | Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Alphonse lives in an empty building. Empty but for one neighbour, the police captain Morvandieu. When the man who have killed Alphonse's wife appears, the three men will be thrown in a serie of event in a surrealist world.
Director: Bertrand Blier | Stars: Gérard Depardieu, Bernard Blier, Jean Carmet, Denise Gence
Votes: 6,512
4. Two Men in Town (1973)
Not Rated | 100 min | Crime, Drama
A former bank robber is released after 10 years in prison. He gets help from a social-worker, but gets harassed by an old cop from his past.
Director: José Giovanni | Stars: Alain Delon, Jean Gabin, Mimsy Farmer, Victor Lanoux
Votes: 5,043
5. Le Chat (1971)
86 min | Drama
In 1971 Courbevoie (France), former typographist Julien Bouin and his wife Clemence, who used to perform in a circus, hardly talk to each other in their small house, which is soon to be ... See full summary »
Director: Pierre Granier-Deferre | Stars: Jean Gabin, Simone Signoret, Annie Cordy, Jacques Rispal
Votes: 2,413
6. The Sleeping Car Murder (1965)
95 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
The witnesses of a train murder must take the investigation into their own hands if they want to survive.
Director: Costa-Gavras | Stars: Catherine Allégret, Jacques Perrin, Simone Signoret, Michel Piccoli
Votes: 2,244
7. Three Men to Kill (1980)
93 min | Thriller
A man is pursued by killers after helping someone at a car crash.
Director: Jacques Deray | Stars: Alain Delon, Dalila Di Lazzaro, Michel Auclair, Pascale Roberts
Votes: 2,028
8. Special Section (1975)
PG | 110 min | Drama, History, Thriller
In occupied France during World War II a German officer is murdered. The collaborationist Vichy government decides to pin the murder on six petty criminals. Loyal judges are called in to convict them as quickly as possible.
Director: Costa-Gavras | Stars: Louis Seigner, Roland Bertin, Michael Lonsdale, Ivo Garrani
Votes: 1,592
9. Femmes Fatales (1976)
Not Rated | 102 min | Comedy
Two men flee to the countryside to escape their sexual duties and settle for a quiet, rustic life.
Director: Bertrand Blier | Stars: Jean-Pierre Marielle, Jean Rochefort, Bernard Blier, Brigitte Fossey
Votes: 1,456
10. Le viager (1972)
101 min | Comedy
The greedy Galipeaus, thinking the old Martinet is about to die, provide him a life annuity to own his house after his death. But Martinet continues living for years, so the Galipeaus opt for radical actions.
Director: Pierre Tchernia | Stars: Michel Serrault, Michel Galabru, Claude Brasseur, Rosy Varte
Votes: 1,262
11. ...And Hope to Die (1972)
PG | 99 min | Crime, Drama
A crook on the run hooks up with a criminal gang to commit a kidnapping. However, things don't go quite as planned.
Director: René Clément | Stars: Jean-Louis Trintignant, Robert Ryan, Lea Massari, Aldo Ray
Votes: 864
12. Action Man (1967)
95 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
Sophisticated crook talks ex-crook and now respectable business man into one last caper. This highly planned and well executed crime goes off without a hitch until rival bad guys want a piece of the action.
Director: Jean Delannoy | Stars: Jean Gabin, Robert Stack, Margaret Lee, Jean Topart
Votes: 739
13. The Seven Deadly Sins (1962)
113 min | Comedy
Seven directors each dramatize one of the seven deadly sins in a short film. In "Anger," a domestic argument over a fly in the Sunday soup escalates into nuclear war. In "Sloth," a movie ... See full summary »
Directors: Philippe de Broca, Claude Chabrol, Jacques Demy, Sylvain Dhomme, Jean-Luc Godard, Édouard Molinaro, Roger Vadim, Max Douy | Stars: Marie-José Nat, Dominique Paturel, Danièle Barraud, Jean-Pierre Cassel
Votes: 670
14. Devil Story (1986)
76 min | Horror
A deformed man living with his mother in the countryside roams the woods killing indiscriminately. A couple spend the night nearby, and the wife goes through a nightmarish experience involving a black horse, a mummy, and the deformed man.
Director: Bernard Launois | Stars: Véronique Renaud, Marcel Portier, Catherine Day, Nicole Desailly
Votes: 665
15. Les risques du métier (1967)
105 min | Drama
Jean Doucet is a popular schoolmaster teaching in a small town in Normandy. At least he was... Until the day one of his pupils, Catherine Roussel, a garage owner's daughter, accuses him of ... See full summary »
Director: André Cayatte | Stars: Jacques Brel, Emmanuelle Riva, René Dary, Nadine Alari
Votes: 621
16. 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
17. L'année sainte (1976)
85 min | Comedy, Crime
Two bank robbers, an old and a young, escape from prison to get to the hidden loot.
Director: Jean Girault | Stars: Jean Gabin, Jean-Claude Brialy, Nicoletta Machiavelli, Henri Virlojeux
Votes: 507
18. Mata Hari, agent H21 (1964)
98 min | Drama, History, Romance
The Dutch exotic dancer Mata Hari is accused of spying for Germany during the First World War.
Director: Jean-Louis Richard | Stars: Jeanne Moreau, Jean-Louis Trintignant, Claude Rich, Henri Garcin
Votes: 471
19. Belphégor ou le fantôme du Louvre (1965)
283 min | Romance, Thriller
A mysterious phantom appears in the Musée du Louvre in Paris at night. Neither the guards nor the police are able to arrest it. A curious young man tries to break the ice and discover what drives the creature and the background activities.
Stars: Juliette Gréco, René Dary, Christine Delaroche, Yves Rénier
Votes: 457
20. 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
21. The Case of Dr. Laurent (1957)
110 min | Drama
A heartfelt plea for painless childbirth in rural France of the fifties.
Director: Jean-Paul Le Chanois | Stars: Jean Gabin, Nicole Courcel, Silvia Monfort, Henri Arius
Votes: 321
22. Lucky Jo (1964)
90 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
Jo the gangster has the formidable gift of bringing down the worst kind of catastrophes on the heads of his best friends. Thus everything would be perfect if Simon hadn't lent his car to Jo.
Director: Michel Deville | Stars: Eddie Constantine, Pierre Brasseur, Georges Wilson, Christiane Minazzoli
Votes: 292
23. Second Chance (1976)
PG | 105 min | Drama
Catherine has just served a prison sentence for complicity in the murder of her boss who raped her. There she gives birth to a son, Simon. After her release she wants to make up for the ... See full summary »
Director: Claude Lelouch | Stars: Catherine Deneuve, Anouk Aimée, Charles Denner, Francis Huster
Votes: 291
24. Docteur Françoise Gailland (1976)
100 min | Drama, Romance
Dr. Françoise Gailland has a hectic schedule, which causes her to have little time to spend with her family, which consists of her husband Gérard, her pregnant teenager daughter Élisabeth, ... See full summary »
Director: Jean-Louis Bertuccelli | Stars: Annie Girardot, Jean-Pierre Cassel, François Périer, Isabelle Huppert
Votes: 242
25. The Lions Are Loose (1961)
95 min | Comedy
Bored with her life, Albertine (Claudia Cardinale) drops her husband and takes the first train to Paris, to start fresh.
Director: Henri Verneuil | Stars: Jean-Claude Brialy, Claudia Cardinale, Danielle Darrieux, Michèle Morgan
Votes: 207
26. La dame de Monsoreau (1971– )
Drama, History, Romance
Tragically caught between the millstones of history are the gallant Count de Bussy and the woman he adores, la Dame de Monsoreau.
Stars: Karin Petersen, Nicolas Silberg, Denis Manuel, Michel Creton
Votes: 205
27. Tender Moment (1968)
GP | 82 min | Drama
Teenage student Olivier (Verley) meets 25 year-old Frédérique (Delon), wife of race car driver Enrico (Hossein), and start an affair. But guilt and doubt storm over Olivier's mind.
Director: Michel Boisrond | Stars: Nathalie Delon, Renaud Verley, Katia Christine, Martine Sarcey
Votes: 204
28. Arsène Lupin contre Arsène Lupin (1962)
111 min | Comedy, Crime, Mystery
André Laroche, an industrialist, has just passed away. Face to his grave, as he is being buried, Anne de Vierne, the wife of a magistrate, confesses to her son François that Laroche was in ... See full summary »
Director: Édouard Molinaro | Stars: Jean-Claude Brialy, Jean-Pierre Cassel, Françoise Dorléac, Geneviève Grad
Votes: 200
29. Netchaïev est de retour (1991)
R | 110 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
Freshly landed in Paris, Daniel Laurençon, who calls himself Netchaïev, who was believed dead five years ago in Gibraltar, warns a commercial center of a bomb attack a few minutes before its completion.
Director: Jacques Deray | Stars: Yves Montand, Vincent Lindon, Patrick Chesnais, Mireille Perrier
Votes: 178
30. Thierry la Fronde (1963–1966)
26 min | Adventure
Fictional adventures of Thierry de Janville, nicknamed "Thierry la fronde or Thierry the sling-slingshot", after his weapon of choice. A young of brave nobleman in XIVth century France, ... See full summary »
Stars: Jean-Claude Drouot, Céline Léger, Fernand Bellan, Clément Michu
Votes: 136
31. Girls (1980)
95 min | Drama
Three girls: Susanne, Annie and Catherine, just have finished high school and meet every night to have a good time in discos and bars with frequently changing boyfriends. Susanne's younger ... See full summary »
Director: Just Jaeckin | Stars: Anne Parillaud, Zoé Chauveau, Charlotte Walior, Isabelle Mejias
Votes: 135
32. Le mille-pattes fait des claquettes (1977)
105 min | Comedy
The Germans decided, in 1943, to bring the famous Venus de Milo to one of their superiors. Three friends do not hear this ear and invest the Louvre to steal the famous work of art.
Director: Jean Girault | Stars: Francis Perrin, Roger Miremont, Jean-Jacques Moreau, Michel Galabru
Votes: 132
33. Commissaire Moulin (1976– )
90 min | Crime, Drama
Stars: Yves Rénier, Clément Michu, Bernard Rosselli, Francis Lax
Votes: 129
34. Les enquêtes du commissaire Maigret (1967–1990)
90 min | Crime, Drama
Stars: Jean Richard, François Cadet, Annick Tanguy, Jean-François Devaux
Votes: 127
35. L'imprécateur (1977)
102 min | Comedy, Drama
The management orders an investigation about the inflammatory leaflets that are spread, because they assume that an internal opposition is at work.
Director: Jean-Louis Bertuccelli | Stars: Jean Yanne, Michel Piccoli, Jean-Pierre Marielle, Jean-Claude Brialy
Votes: 114
36. Des frissons partout (1963)
91 min | Action, Comedy, Crime
Jeff Gordon, FBI agent, infiltrates a gang and finds himself in the midst of a gang war.
Director: Raoul André | Stars: Eddie Constantine, Perrette Pradier, Daniel Emilfork, Clément Harari
Votes: 105
37. Tous vedettes! (1980)
120 min | Comedy, Musical, Romance
Three music students decide to create a science-fiction musical.
Director: Michel Lang | Stars: Leslie Caron, Kitty Kortes-Lynch, Rémi Laurent, Jérôme Foulon
Votes: 98
38. Les années sandwiches (1988)
100 min | Drama
Victor got a raw deal:his parents were victims of the Vel'D'Hiv roundup,and he had to escape from France.
Director: Pierre Boutron | Stars: Wojciech Pszoniak, Thomas Langmann, Nicolas Giraudi, Michel Aumont
Votes: 93
39. La part des lions (1971)
90 min | Crime, Thriller
A writer teams up with a friend to set up a robbery.
Director: Jean Larriaga | Stars: Robert Hossein, Charles Aznavour, Michel Constantin, Raymond Pellegrin
Votes: 92
40. Le chasseur de chez Maxim's (1976)
90 min | Comedy
The love story like no other of an aristocrat with the daughter of the bellboy at Chez Maxim's restaurant.
Director: Claude Vital | Stars: Michel Galabru, Jean Lefebvre, Marie-Hélène Breillat, Daniel Ceccaldi
Votes: 85
41. Flics de choc (1983)
92 min | Thriller
Two young girls abducted by pimps to make them participate in perverse shows, testify against their captors. Following the assassination of the two girls, Commissioner Beauclair will attack a prostitution network in the Paris region.
Director: Jean-Pierre Desagnat | Stars: Pierre Banderet, Marc Chapiteau, Pierre Massimi, Jean-Luc Moreau
Votes: 84
42. Relaxe-toi chérie (1964)
85 min | Comedy
Hélène and François have been a perfect couple for twelve years. Hélène discovers psychoanalysis with Doctor Kougloff. She is convinced that her husband's apparent balance hides horrible tragedies.
Director: Jean Boyer | Stars: Fernandel, Jean-Pierre Marielle, Jean Lefebvre, Maurice Chevit
Votes: 76
43. Les cinq dernières minutes (1958–1996)
90 min | Crime, Drama
Stars: Marc Eyraud, Jacques Debary, Raymond Souplex, Jean Daurand
Votes: 74
44. Monsieur Papa (1977)
105 min | Comedy
A father is raising his ten-year-old son on his own. The two get along very well until the arrival of a new companion in the father's life.
Director: Philippe Monnier | Stars: Claude Brasseur, Nathalie Baye, Nicolas Reboul, Daniel Auteuil
Votes: 74
45. Le futur aux trousses (1975)
110 min | Comedy, Sci-Fi
A large company offers consumers to acquire a "second identity", having the character traits that individuals would not normally adopt. Because of all these uninhibited behaviors, anarchy is quick to take hold.
Director: Dolorès Grassian | Stars: Bernard Fresson, Claude Rich, Andréa Ferréol, Michel Aumont
Votes: 66
46. La caméra explore le temps (1957–1966)
History
Stars: Roland Ménard, François Maistre, Alain Nobis, Louis Arbessier
Votes: 59
47. La belle vie (1963)
105 min | Drama, War
After twenty-seven long months spent in Algeria, Frédéric Simon, a young photographer is determined to forget this time of trouble. Now that the Army has finally discharged him he wants to ... See full summary »
Director: Robert Enrico | Stars: Frédéric de Pasquale, Josée Steiner, Odile Geoffroy, Françoise Giret
Votes: 52
48. Chéri, fais-moi peur (1958)
78 min | Comedy
A crime story writer comes to the French Alps for vacation. However, an envelope given by a strange man, would put him in a conflict between two teams of spies. A young blonde hotel burglar will help him get out of this mess.
Director: Jacques Pinoteau | Stars: Darry Cowl, Tilda Thamar, Sophie Daumier, Jess Hahn
Votes: 48
49. Tout le monde peut se tromper (1983)
Comedy
A young woman, employed in a jewelry store, decides to take advantage of the heist she witnesses. She shoots down one of the burglars; the other will pursue her.
Director: Jean Couturier | Stars: Fanny Cottençon, Francis Perrin, Bernard Le Coq, Christophe Bourseiller
Votes: 44
50. Aux frontières du possible (1971–1974)
55 min | Action, Adventure, Crime
Stars: Pierre Vaneck, Yvette Montier, Jean-François Rémi, Elga Andersen
Votes: 43