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1. The Sacrifice (1986)
PG | 149 min | Drama
At the dawn of World War III, a man searches for a way to restore peace to the world and finds he must give something in return.
Director: Andrei Tarkovsky | Stars: Erland Josephson, Susan Fleetwood, Allan Edwall, Guðrún Gísladóttir
Votes: 31,027 | Gross: $0.30M
2. The Umbrella Coup (1980)
PG | 98 min | Adventure, Comedy, Crime
A womanizer balances his wife, mistress, and love interest.
Director: Gérard Oury | Stars: Pierre Richard, Valérie Mairesse, Christine Murillo, Gordon Mitchell
Votes: 3,130
3. One Sings, the Other Doesn't (1977)
Not Rated | 120 min | Drama, History
The lives of Pomme, an aspiring singer, and Suzanne, a struggling mother, as they search for their own identity in 1970s France.
Director: Agnès Varda | Stars: Thérèse Liotard, Valérie Mairesse, Robert Dadiès, Mona Mairesse
Votes: 2,542 | Gross: $0.02M
4. A Crime in Paradise (2001)
89 min | Comedy
In the 1980 French countryside, farmer Jojo and his ill-tempered wife Lulu hate each other, though their respective interests speak against divorce. The only thing that keeps the oppressed ... See full summary »
Director: Jean Becker | Stars: Jacques Villeret, Josiane Balasko, André Dussollier, Suzanne Flon
Votes: 2,007
5. Profilage (2009–2020)
TV-MA | 52 min | Crime, Thriller
Chloé Saint-Laurent is a profiler who works with a police team to solve murders in Paris. Little by little she makes a place for herself in the team and her colleagues, at first somewhat shy, become her best friends.
Stars: Jean-Michel Martial, Raphaël Ferret, Philippe Bas, Valérie Dashwood
Votes: 1,942
6. The French Detective (1975)
91 min | Crime, Drama
Two policemen risk of interfering with a corrupt politician.
Director: Pierre Granier-Deferre | Stars: Lino Ventura, Patrick Dewaere, Victor Lanoux, Julien Guiomar
Votes: 1,860
7. Banzaï (1983)
102 min | Adventure, Comedy
Michel Bernardin works at Planet Assistance, who helps Frenchmen who are in trouble in foreign countries.
Director: Claude Zidi | Stars: Coluche, Valérie Mairesse, Didier Kaminka, François Perrot
Votes: 1,796
8. Deux heures moins le quart avant Jésus-Christ (1982)
100 min | Comedy
Rahatlocum is a North African Roman colony where Julius Caesar came to spend an expensive holiday. The revolt rumbles among the small people who find a leader in the person of Ben-Hur Marcel.
Director: Jean Yanne | Stars: Coluche, Michel Serrault, Jean Yanne, Françoise Fabian
Votes: 1,769
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: 1,458
10. One to Another (2006)
Unrated | 95 min | Drama
Chacun Sa Nuit ("To Each His Night") is a modern study of French teens which turns into a murder mystery. Narrated by the lone female in a quintet of very close friends, her narcissistic, ... See full synopsis »
Directors: Pascal Arnold, Jean-Marc Barr | Stars: Lizzie Brocheré, Arthur Dupont, Guillaume Baché, Pierre Perrier
Votes: 1,401 | Gross: $0.02M
11. The Pleasure of Love in Iran (1976)
Not Rated | 6 min | Documentary, Short, Romance
A couple find their erotic love mirrored perfectly in the architecture and mosaics of Iran.
Director: Agnès Varda | Stars: Valérie Mairesse, Ali Rafie, Thérèse Liotard
Votes: 1,181
12. You Will Be My Son (2011)
R | 102 min | Drama, Thriller
Paul has no faith in his son, Martin, to inherit his prestigious family wine estate. Paul dreams of a harder-working, successful son - a dream that one day seemingly materializes when he meets Philippe, the son of his dying estate manager.
Director: Gilles Legrand | Stars: Niels Arestrup, Lorànt Deutsch, Patrick Chesnais, Anne Marivin
Votes: 1,179 | Gross: $0.25M
13. Un couple épatant (2002)
PG | 97 min | Comedy, Romance
In the first installment in director Belvaux's trilogy, Alain's eccentric behavior causes his wife, Cecile, to hire a detective to follow his every move -- which yields unexpected results.
Director: Lucas Belvaux | Stars: François Morel, Ornella Muti, Gilbert Melki, Valérie Mairesse
Votes: 1,124 | Gross: $0.05M
14. The Merry Widow (2007)
93 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Anne-Marie lives an easy life with Gilbert, a rich plastic surgeon: a beautiful house, a doggy, a cleaning lady, expensive furniture, the lot. Not so easy in fact when she thinks twice. She... See full summary »
Director: Isabelle Mergault | Stars: Michèle Laroque, Jacques Gamblin, Wladimir Yordanoff, Tom Morton
Votes: 989
15. Après la vie (2002)
R | 124 min | Crime, Drama
In the final chapter of director Belvaux's trilogy, Pascal, now a disgraced cop, seeks redemption by capturing Bruno, a fugitive with a strange connection to Agnes, Pascal's heroin-addicted wife.
Director: Lucas Belvaux | Stars: Gilbert Melki, Lucas Belvaux, Dominique Blanc, Ornella Muti
Votes: 930 | Gross: $0.03M
16. Now We've Seen It All! (1976)
R | 100 min | Comedy
An advertising photographer (Francois) has agreed to sell the poetic script of one of his friends to a porn-maker without his knowledge. But Christine, Francois' fiance, doesn't want him to... See full summary »
Director: Georges Lautner | Stars: Pierre Richard, Miou-Miou, Jean-Pierre Marielle, Renée Saint-Cyr
Votes: 876
17. Michou d'Auber (2007)
124 min | Drama
Set in France during the struggle for Algerian independence, Messaoud's mother is terminally ill and his father, needing to work long hours in the factory, can't look after him, so decides ... See full summary »
Director: Thomas Gilou | Stars: Gérard Depardieu, Nathalie Baye, Mathieu Amalric, Samy Seghir
Votes: 835
18. It's Not Me, It's Him (1980)
105 min | Comedy
Georges Vallier is a famous screenwriter author of vaudevilles. He jealously keeps the secret from the existence of his "ghostwriter" Pierre Renaud.
Director: Pierre Richard | Stars: Pierre Richard, Aldo Maccione, Valérie Mairesse, Danielle Minazzoli
Votes: 726
19. 7 morts sur ordonnance (1975)
105 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
Dr. Brézé and his sons, all surgeons with limited abilities fight any competition on their sector with all means.
Director: Jacques Rouffio | Stars: Michel Piccoli, Gérard Depardieu, Jane Birkin, Marina Vlady
Votes: 625
20. One Day in the Life of Andrei Arsenevitch (1987)
55 min | Documentary
A documentary made prior to the death of filmmaker Andrei Tarkovsky, showing him working on his final film "The Sacrifice". This documentation was made at Tarkovsky's request to stand as a ... See full summary »
Director: Chris Marker | Stars: Andrei Tarkovsky, Marina Vlady, Eva Mattes, Alexandra Stewart
Votes: 613
21. Les secrets professionnels du Docteur Apfelgluck (1991)
95 min | Comedy
Five short stories told by an eccentric psychiatrist about the misadventures of some of his patients.
Directors: Alessandro Capone, Stéphane Clavier, Mathias Ledoux, Thierry Lhermitte, Hervé Palud | Stars: Jacques Villeret, Micha Bayard, Ticky Holgado, Claire Nadeau
Votes: 499
22. Act of Aggression (1975)
R | 101 min | Crime, Drama
An ordinary man is driven to violence in the name of revenge in this drama. Paul Varlin (Jean-Louis Trintignant) is a businessman who decides to take his wife and daughter on a vacation. ... See full summary »
Director: Gérard Pirès | Stars: Jean-Louis Trintignant, Catherine Deneuve, Claude Brasseur, Philippe Brigaud
Votes: 485
23. Musée haut, musée bas (2008)
97 min | Comedy
A curator terrified of green plants, a ballet of Virgin Saints, a minister of Culture lost in an exhibition of sex organs, a car that has disappeared in the Rembrandt car park, visitors in ... See full summary »
Director: Jean-Michel Ribes | Stars: Michel Blanc, Simon Abkarian, Victoria Abril, Pierre Arditi
Votes: 484
24. Les frères Pétard (1986)
90 min | Adventure, Comedy, Crime
Broke, Momo and Manu agree to ferry statuettes from Amsterdam, but they discover that they are filled with drugs.
Director: Hervé Palud | Stars: Gérard Lanvin, Jacques Villeret, Josiane Balasko, Valérie Mairesse
Votes: 483
25. Scènes de ménages (2009– )
21 min | Comedy
Scènes de ménages follows several couples' domestic disputes, seen in a humorous light.
Stars: Gérard Hernandez, Valérie Karsenti, Frédéric Bouraly, Marion Game
Votes: 435
26. Life Doesn't Scare Me (1999)
111 min | Comedy
This story tells of the years of 4 teenage girls. How they live together, how their meeting changes their life, how these years of youth pass and what they become at the beginning of their adult life, which will decide their whole life.
Director: Noémie Lvovsky | Stars: Sarah-Marie Julich, Jean-Luc Bideau, Valeria Bruni Tedeschi, Chloé Mimaut
Votes: 281
27. 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: 229
28. The Cheat (1984)
104 min | Crime, Thriller
In Bordeaux, a gay man's murder leads Inspector Verta to investigate. He develops feelings for Bernard, a musician suspect, jeopardizing his marriage and impartiality in the case.
Director: Yannick Bellon | Stars: Victor Lanoux, Anny Duperey, Valérie Mairesse, Xavier Deluc
Votes: 204
29. À 2 heures de Paris (2018)
80 min | Comedy
A mother never knew who her daughter's father was. When the daughter starts to crave an answer, they both return to their home region of Picardy to find out.
Director: Virginie Verrier | Stars: Erika Sainte, Matilda Marty-Giraut, Fred Testot, Thierry Frémont
Votes: 194
30. Brèves de comptoir (2014)
96 min | Comedy, Drama
Director: Jean-Michel Ribes | Stars: Chantal Neuwirth, Didier Bénureau, Christian Pereira, Laurent Gamelon
Votes: 190
31. Cold as Summer (2002 TV Movie)
88 min | Drama
A female detective investigates the case of a young mother whose infant left behind has died.
Director: Jacques Maillot | Stars: Sarah Grappin, Nathalie Richard, Mika Tard, Eric Bonicatto
Votes: 173
32. René la canne (1977)
97 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
Rene and Marchand are best friends. What makes their friendship special is that Rene is a professional thief, and Marchand is a policeman, albeit somewhat corrupt.
Director: Francis Girod | Stars: Gérard Depardieu, Sylvia Kristel, Michel Piccoli, Stefano Patrizi
Votes: 165
33. Un si joli village... (1979)
R | 116 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Bertin is a wealthy and respected man in his town. His power is put in jeopardy when he accidentally kills his wife in a domestic argument.
Director: Etienne Périer | Stars: Victor Lanoux, Jean Carmet, Valérie Mairesse, Michel Robin
Votes: 163
34. Cordier and Son: Judge and Cop (1992–2005)
90 min | Crime, Drama
Commissioner Cordier and his wife, who's an excellent cook, have two children: an examining magistrate and a journalist, who both tend to get into trouble and land in serious love problems.... See full summary »
Stars: Pierre Mondy, Bruno Madinier, Antonella Lualdi, Julien Chatelet
Votes: 158
35. Gros dégueulasse (1986)
88 min | Comedy
A fat and disgusting man is rejected by society.
Director: Bruno Zincone | Stars: Maurice Risch, Valérie Mairesse, Martin Lamotte, Jackie Sardou
Votes: 150
36. Ville à vendre (1992)
100 min | Comedy, Crime
A man comes to a small town in France and witness the apparent murder of a woman pharmacist. He teams up with the victim's vulgar assistant to try to solve the mystery.
Director: Jean-Pierre Mocky | Stars: Michel Serrault, Richard Bohringer, Féodor Atkine, Michel Constantin
Votes: 146
37. On n'est pas couché (2006–2020)
Talk-Show
A french talk show which approache various, several and divers subjects like politics, arts, litterature and it's focus basically on debate between artists, politicians and the journalists from the show.
Stars: Laurent Ruquier, Eric Zemmour, Eric Naulleau, Jonathan Lambert
Votes: 140
38. Les fauves (1984)
90 min | Crime, Thriller
Berg is a young stunt car driver who leaves his profession and starts working at a private security service.
Director: Jean-Louis Daniel | Stars: Philippe Léotard, Daniel Auteuil, Gabrielle Lazure, Macha Méril
Votes: 129
39. Toussaint Louverture (2012)
180 min | History
The historical drama "Toussaint Louverture" is dedicated to the fate of Toussaint Louverture, the leader of the Haitian Revolution, as a result of which Haiti became the first independent state in Latin America.
Stars: Jimmy Jean-Louis, Aïssa Maïga, Yann Ebongé, Arthur Jugnot
Votes: 114
40. Les nuls, l'émission (1990–1992)
60 min | Comedy
Stars: Alain Chabat, Chantal Lauby, Dominique Farrugia, Gérard Lanvin
Votes: 110
41. Vivement dimanche (1998– )
Talk-Show
Stars: Michel Drucker, Emmanuel Chaunu, Franck Ferrand, Hélène Gateau
Votes: 108
42. On a tout essayé (2000–2007)
Talk-Show
Stars: Laurent Ruquier, Gérard Miller, Christine Bravo, Steevy Boulay
Votes: 102
43. Debout les crabes, la mer monte! (1983)
90 min | Comedy
Barely out of prison, where she spent five long years, a pretty prostitute sows disorder in the life of a hitherto peaceful couple.
Director: Jean-Jacques Grand-Jouan | Stars: Martin Lamotte, Véronique Genest, Virginie Thévenet, Richard Bohringer
Votes: 99
44. What Love Means (2008 TV Movie)
200 min | Drama
The movie, for the most part, charts the AIDS epidemic in France from 1980 - present through the microcosm of a family, but particularly through their gay son Nicolas, who narrates the story.
Director: Renaud Bertrand | Stars: Nicolas Gob, Michaël Cohen, Nozha Khouadra, Julien Alluguette
Votes: 95
45. On ne peut pas plaire à tout le monde (2000– )
Talk-Show
Stars: Marc-Olivier Fogiel, Ariane Massenet, Guy Carlier, Alexis Trégarot
Votes: 93
46. Ladies of the Law (2000– )
90 min | Crime
Stars: Natacha Amal, Alain Cerrer, Ingrid Chauvin, Olivier Pagès
Votes: 91
47. Les enfants de la télé (1994– )
43 min | Talk-Show
Arthur accueille sur son plateau une pléiade d'invités prestigieux : comédiens, chanteurs, humoristes, qui font l'actualité du cinéma, de la télé, de la musique - Au programme de l'émission... See full summary »
Stars: Laurent Ruquier, Arthur, Pierre Tchernia, Thierry Métral
Votes: 86
48. Champs-Elysées (1982–2013)
Music
Champs-Élysées is a French television variety program presented by Michel Drucker and broadcast live from January 16, 1982 to June 1985 and from January 1986 until June 29, 1990 every ... See full summary »
Stars: Michel Drucker, Michel Sardou, Jean-Jacques Goldman, Johnny Hallyday
Votes: 85
49. Qui veut gagner des millions? (2000– )
52 min | Family, Game-Show
The French version of the hit television quiz show, "Who Wants to be a Millionaire?" Starting with easy multiple-choice questions that gradually get more challenging, contestants have only ... See full summary »
Stars: Jean-Pierre Foucault, Elie Semoun, Michèle Bernier, Michel Boujenah
Votes: 79
50. 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: 77