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1. The Dreamers (2003)
NC-17 | 115 min | Drama, Romance
A young American studying in Paris in 1968 strikes up a friendship with a French brother and sister. Set against the background of the '68 Paris student riots.
Director: Bernardo Bertolucci | Stars: Michael Pitt, Louis Garrel, Eva Green, Anna Chancellor
Votes: 131,771 | Gross: $2.53M
2. Weekend (1967)
Not Rated | 105 min | Adventure, Comedy, Drama
A surreal tale of a married couple going on a road trip to visit the wife's parents with the intention of killing them for the inheritance.
Director: Jean-Luc Godard | Stars: Mireille Darc, Jean Yanne, Jean-Pierre Kalfon, Yves Afonso
Votes: 15,802
3. The Dogs of War (1980)
R | 102 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
Mercenary James Shannon, on a reconnaissance job to the African nation of Zangaro, is tortured and deported. He returns to lead a coup.
Director: John Irvin | Stars: Christopher Walken, Tom Berenger, Colin Blakely, Hugh Millais
Votes: 9,466
4. Confidentially Yours (1983)
PG | 110 min | Comedy, Crime, Mystery
After he's implicated in several murders, a real estate agent hides out from the cops while his intrepid secretary does some private investigating of her own to locate the killer.
Director: François Truffaut | Stars: Fanny Ardant, Jean-Louis Trintignant, Jean-Pierre Kalfon, Philippe Laudenbach
Votes: 7,506
5. Condorman (1981)
PG | 90 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
Cartoonist Woody becomes the superhero he draws. Using his gadgets he helps a Soviet spy defect to the West.
Director: Charles Jarrott | Stars: Michael Crawford, Oliver Reed, Barbara Carrera, James Hampton
Votes: 5,413
6. The Rabbi's Cat (2011)
Not Rated | 100 min | Animation, Comedy, Fantasy
Set in Algeria in the 1920s, a rabbi's cat who learns how to speak after swallowing the family parrot expresses his desire to convert to Judaism.
Directors: Antoine Delesvaux, Joann Sfar | Stars: François Morel, Hafsia Herzi, Maurice Bénichou, Jean-Pierre Kalfon
Votes: 3,771 | Gross: $0.02M
7. Bolero (1981)
173 min | Drama, Music
Through fabulous music, this movie tracks three generations of musicians and dancers from Russia, Germany, France and the U.S., from before World War II through the war and the Holocaust, ... See full summary »
Director: Claude Lelouch | Stars: Robert Hossein, Nicole Garcia, Geraldine Chaplin, Daniel Olbrychski
Votes: 2,751
8. L.A. Without a Map (1998)
Unrated | 107 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A British writer pursues a young actress to Hollywood and needs all the help he can get to win her love.
Director: Mika Kaurismäki | Stars: Tony Peers, Steve Huison, David Tennant, Margo Stanley
Votes: 2,649
9. I Always Wanted to Be a Gangster (2007)
113 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
Told in four vignettes, this existential comedy relates the exploits of four aspiring criminals who hope to improve their lot, but find that they might not have what it takes for a life of crime.
Director: Samuel Benchetrit | Stars: Anna Mouglalis, Edouard Baer, Jean Rochefort, Laurent Terzieff
Votes: 2,190
10. One Hundred and One Nights (1995)
104 min | Comedy, History, Romance
Monsieur Cinema, a hundred years old, lives alone in a large villa. His memories fade away, so he engages a young woman to tell him stories about all the movies ever made.
Director: Agnès Varda | Stars: Michel Piccoli, Marcello Mastroianni, Henri Garcin, Julie Gayet
Votes: 1,893
11. The Ray Bradbury Theater (1985–1992)
TV-14 | 23 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror
"The Ray Bradbury Theater" was a Canadian-produced anthology series scripted by famed science-fiction author Ray Bradbury. Many of the teleplays were based upon Bradbury's novels and short stories.
Stars: Ray Bradbury, Michael Copeman, Frank Whitten, Desmond Kelly
Votes: 1,715
12. The Valley (Obscured by Clouds) (1972)
101 min | Drama
Consul's wife, Viviane took part in an expedition to New Guinea. She falls in love with Gaetan, the leader of a group of explorers, whose objective is to reach a mysterious valley.
Director: Barbet Schroeder | Stars: Bulle Ogier, Jean-Pierre Kalfon, Michael Gothard, Valérie Lagrange
Votes: 1,444
13. The Twin (1984)
104 min | Comedy
Matthias Duval is in love, but he can't choose between the two twin sisters Betty and Liz Kerner. To pick up the two sisters, he invents his own twin brother and will play both characters.
Director: Yves Robert | Stars: Pierre Richard, Jean-Pierre Kalfon, Camilla More, Carey More
Votes: 1,366
14. La question humaine (2007)
Not Rated | 143 min | Drama, History, Music
A psychologist discovers troubling links between Nazism and modern-day big business.
Director: Nicolas Klotz | Stars: Mathieu Amalric, Michael Lonsdale, Edith Scob, Lou Castel
Votes: 1,238 | Gross: $0.01M
15. La répétition (2001)
Unrated | 96 min | Drama
Louise and Nathalie's childhood friendship gets tangled in jealousy, unrest, relationships and tragedy after college. After seeing each other after 10 years the obsession and attraction between them becomes stronger.
Director: Catherine Corsini | Stars: Emmanuelle Béart, Pascale Bussières, Dani Levy, Jean-Pierre Kalfon
Votes: 1,208
16. Dog Day (1984)
101 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A fugitive on the run from the law, and carrying several million dollars, hides out in the home of a farm family. The tables turn when the family proves to be even more criminally oriented ... See full summary »
Director: Yves Boisset | Stars: Lee Marvin, Miou-Miou, Jean Carmet, Victor Lanoux
Votes: 1,199
17. Day and Night (1997)
108 min | Drama
A French author who fled to Mexico for a quiet life and an actress who is willing to seduce him to get a part in a film adapted from one of his books.
Director: Bernard-Henri Lévy | Stars: Alain Delon, Lauren Bacall, Arielle Dombasle, Karl Zéro
Votes: 1,172
18. The Cry of the Owl (1987)
102 min | Drama, Mystery, Romance
After separation from his wife Robert moves to Vichy where he observes beautiful Juliette. Her fiance Patrick becomes jealous and attacks Robert. When Patrick disappears Robert is suspected to have killed him.
Director: Claude Chabrol | Stars: Christophe Malavoy, Mathilda May, Jacques Penot, Jean-Pierre Kalfon
Votes: 1,070
19. Mille milliards de dollars (1982)
132 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
A young journalist stumbles across something much more sinister than a simple suicide in the death of a politician - the death seems to be an assassination contrived by an American ... See full summary »
Director: Henri Verneuil | Stars: Patrick Dewaere, Mel Ferrer, Michel Auclair, Caroline Cellier
Votes: 969
20. Blind Willow, Sleeping Woman (2022)
108 min | Animation, Drama, Sci-Fi
A giant talkative frog, a lost cat, and a tsunami help a bank employee, his wife and a schizophrenic accountant to save Tokyo from an earthquake and find a meaning to their lives.
Director: Pierre Földes | Stars: Amaury de Crayencour, Mathilde Auneveux, Arnaud Maillard, Bruno Paviot
Votes: 928
21. Mad Love (1969)
252 min | Drama, Romance
During the rehearsals for the production of the tragedy Andromaque, the leading actress and her director, a couple behind the scenes, can't find a way to leave their personal problems at ... See full summary »
Director: Jacques Rivette | Stars: Bulle Ogier, Jean-Pierre Kalfon, Josée Destoop, Michèle Moretti
Votes: 823
22. The Inner Scar (1972)
60 min | Drama, Fantasy, Music
A composition of symbolic, surreal and almost mystic images.
Director: Philippe Garrel | Stars: Nico, Philippe Garrel, Christian Päffgen, Daniel Pommereulle
Votes: 751
23. Total Western (2000)
84 min | Action, Crime, Drama
After a drug deal gone wrong, Bédé goes into hiding in the countryside at a reformative school for criminal youth. His location is found out, and he and the pupils have to protect themselves with whatever means they have.
Director: Eric Rochant | Stars: Samuel Le Bihan, Jean-Pierre Kalfon, Jean-François Stévenin, Kahena Saighi
Votes: 745
24. Saint-Cyr (2000)
119 min | Drama, History, Romance
Madame de Maintenon rises from humble beginnings to become a courtesan to the royal court and eventually marries King Louis XIV. With the king's indulgence, Maintenon opens a special school for girls.
Director: Patricia Mazuy | Stars: Isabelle Huppert, Jean-Pierre Kalfon, Simon Reggiani, Jean-François Balmer
Votes: 706
25. This Summer Feeling (2015)
Not Rated | 106 min | Drama
A French young woman unexpectedly dies in Berlin, where she lives with her boyfriend. Her sudden passing ruins the lives of her famliy and partner. They struggle to find new meaning in Paris, Annecy and New York.
Director: Mikhaël Hers | Stars: Anders Danielsen Lie, Judith Chemla, Marie Rivière, Féodor Atkine
Votes: 703
26. Mafiosa (II) (2006–2014)
TV-MA | 416 min | Crime, Drama
After the cold blood murder of Francois Paoli,a notorious Corsican mobster, Sandra Paoli, his niece, takes over the reign of violence, money, drug and sex in a world of it's own : Corsica.
Stars: Hélène Fillières, Phareelle Onoyan, Eric Fraticelli, Véronique Volta
Votes: 693
27. Love on the Ground (1984)
125 min | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
A play within a play within a play within a play. Actors perform a play in a house; an audience member invites them to work in his own home improvising a play around his own life. The line between fiction and reality blurs.
Director: Jacques Rivette | Stars: Jane Birkin, Geraldine Chaplin, André Dussollier, Isabelle Linnartz
Votes: 649
28. 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: 625
29. Une étrange affaire (1981)
105 min | Drama
Louis Coline assists the head of advertising of a department store in decline. He has little to do, but seems content with his marriage to Nina, his visits to his mother and grandmother, ... See full summary »
Director: Pierre Granier-Deferre | Stars: Michel Piccoli, Gérard Lanvin, Nathalie Baye, Jean-Pierre Kalfon
Votes: 591
30. Barbarous Street (1984)
107 min | Crime, Drama
Daniel Chetman is tired of the violent neighborhood, and takes on the local gangster Mathias Hagen and his tugs.
Director: Gilles Béhat | Stars: Bernard Giraudeau, Christine Boisson, Jean-Pierre Kalfon, Michel Auclair
Votes: 537
31. La femme flic (1980)
103 min | Drama, Thriller
Corinne Levassuer, a Paris police inspector, uncovers some embarrassing evidence during one of her investigations and is transferred to a northern French mining town.
Director: Yves Boisset | Stars: Miou-Miou, Jean-Marc Thibault, Leny Escudéro, Jean-Pierre Kalfon
Votes: 466
32. The Virgin's Bed (1969)
Not Rated | 114 min | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
A loose Biblical allegory starring the legendary model-artist-musician Zouzou as Mary Magdalene, French actor Pierre Clémenti as Jesus and the director himself as a misguided apostle.
Director: Philippe Garrel | Stars: Zouzou, Pierre Clémenti, Tina Aumont, Philippe Garrel
Votes: 445
33. La guerre des polices (1979)
100 min | Crime, Drama
Fush and Ballestrat are the heads of each department of the French police. Both have the task of combating serious crime and cleaning up the underworld.
Director: Robin Davis | Stars: Claude Brasseur, Marlène Jobert, Claude Rich, Georges Staquet
Votes: 376
34. The Good and the Bad (1976)
R | 120 min | Crime, Drama, Romance
The story takes place in France from 1935 to 1945 where a gang use a Citroën car to hold up stores and banks.
Director: Claude Lelouch | Stars: Marlène Jobert, Jacques Dutronc, Brigitte Fossey, Bruno Cremer
Votes: 367
35. The Boy Soldier (1981)
118 min | Drama, War
This is a coming of age drama adapted from the 1952 Yves Gibeau novel of the same title. A young anti-militarist is forcibly sent to military school by his father. He's a bookish pacifist ... See full summary »
Director: Yves Boisset | Stars: Lucas Belvaux, Jean Carmet, Jean-Pierre Aumont, Jean-François Stévenin
Votes: 361
36. Le déclic (1985)
R | 80 min | Thriller
A man, Dr. Fez, is blackmailed into taking a fall for his boss. However, with a cruel invention that he created, Dr. Fez has plans of his own to seek revenge against his blackmailer.
Directors: Jean-Louis Richard, Steve Barnett | Stars: Florence Guérin, Jean-Pierre Kalfon, Bernie Kuby, Géraldine Pernet
Votes: 347
37. What I Did for Love (1998)
95 min | Comedy
A man, Marc (Jean-Marc Barr), falls in love from afar with a woman, Lisa (Ophélie Winter), who has just broken up acrimoniously with her husband and is disgusted with all men except her gay... See full summary »
Director: Jérôme Cornuau | Stars: Ophélie Winter, Jean-Marc Barr, Raquel Welch, Philippe Duquesne
Votes: 340
38. Gamer (2001)
92 min | Comedy, Sci-Fi
Tony is crazy about video games. But he is arrested during a hold-up which failed, and he goes to prison for eight months. When he gets out, he contacts Valery, GameStar's boss, and offers her a new video game concept.
Director: Patrick Levy | Stars: Saïd Taghmaoui, Camille De Pazzis, Alexis Loret, Bruno Salomone
Votes: 338
39. Les uns et les autres (1981– )
52 min | Drama
Ambitious decades-long sweeping fresco of four families from different countries, centered on the performances of musical set pieces. Released in a motion picture version as well as a TV miniseries.
Stars: James Caan, Fanny Ardant, Jorge Donn, Robert Hossein
Votes: 312
40. 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
41. 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: 270
42. Bordertown (1989–1991)
TV-14 | 30 min | Adventure, Drama, Western
The adventures of the inhabitants of a western town that straddles the Canadian-American border.
Stars: Richard Comar, John H. Brennan, Sophie Barjac, Beverley Elliott
Votes: 248
43. La bande à Bonnot (1968)
110 min | Crime, Drama, History
The story of a notorious French criminal gang of the 1910s.
Director: Philippe Fourastié | Stars: Jacques Brel, Bruno Cremer, Annie Girardot, Jean-Pierre Kalfon
Votes: 235
44. 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
45. L'apprenti salaud (1977)
98 min | Comedy, Crime
After a car accident in which his mother dies, Antoine Chapelote decides to change his life and become a con-artist. He meets a young girl Caroline who helps him with his scam.
Director: Michel Deville | Stars: Robert Lamoureux, Christine Dejoux, Claude Piéplu, Jacques Doniol-Valcroze
Votes: 214
46. American Vertigo (2007)
95 min | Documentary
A subjective documentary, a real logbook that follows the philosopher Bernard-Henri Lévy in the U.S.A.
Director: Michko Netchak | Star: Jean-Pierre Kalfon
Votes: 214
47. La vie d'artiste (2007)
107 min | Comedy
Dubbing actress Alice dreams of a role that fits her. Bertrand, a French teacher, hopes to become a full-fledged writer. As for Cora, a young provincial, she wants to break into the song. The destinies of these three will intersect.
Director: Marc Fitoussi | Stars: Sandrine Kiberlain, Émilie Dequenne, Denis Podalydès, Valérie Benguigui
Votes: 213
48. The Bathers (2003)
83 min | Adult, Drama
Sexy, gritty and as provocative as a lap dance, The Bathers takes an insider's look at the lives of six women working as dancers at a seedy Parisian peep show. Governed by their ... See full summary »
Director: Viviane Candas | Stars: Jean-Pierre Kalfon, Ann-Gisel Glass, André Marcon, Nadège Beausson-Diagne
Votes: 206
49. Visa de censure n°X (1976)
42 min | Short
Shot in 1967 but not released until 1976, actor Pierre Clémenti's acid-infused experimental whirlwind of color and music featuring a who's who of the French 60s underground.
Director: Pierre Clémenti | Stars: Barbara Girard, Pierre Clémenti, Étienne O'Leary, Yves Beneyton
Votes: 206
50. Birds in Peru (1968)
X | 95 min | Drama
On a beach, a group of sailors have sex with a depressed young woman. Madam of a nearby brothel takes her in but she leaves with an artist who lives close by. Meanwhile, her old rich husband and his sinister chauffeur are looking for her.
Director: Romain Gary | Stars: Jean Seberg, Maurice Ronet, Pierre Brasseur, Danielle Darrieux
Votes: 196