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1. L'Espagnol (1967 TV Movie)
Drama
Director: Jean Prat | Stars: Jean-Claude Rolland, Dominique Davray, Léonce Corne, Paul Frankeur
Votes: 19
2. La caméra explore le temps (1957–1966)
History
Stars: Roland Ménard, François Maistre, Alain Nobis, Louis Arbessier
Votes: 59
3. Malican père et fils (1967– )
26 min | Crime, Drama
Albert Malican is a former chief of police, now converted into a private detective, who conducts local investigations with the help of his son, Patrick.
Stars: Claude Dauphin, Michel Bedetti, Marcel Dalio, Anne Vernon
Votes: 31
4. Monsieur Cinéma (1967–1980)
Stars: Pierre Tchernia, Michel Piccoli, Philippe Noiret, Stéphane Audran
Votes: 11
5. 325 000 Francs (1964 TV Movie)
Director: Jean Prat | Stars: Jean-Claude Rolland, Claude Confortès, Danièle Argence, Claire Maurier
Votes: 7
6. Children of Paradise (1945)
Not Rated | 189 min | Drama, Romance
The theatrical life of a beautiful courtesan in 1830s Paris and the four men who love her.
Director: Marcel Carné | Stars: Arletty, Jean-Louis Barrault, Pierre Brasseur, Pierre Renoir
Votes: 21,184
7. Le chien qui a vu Dieu (1970 TV Movie)
Fantasy
Director: Paul Paviot | Stars: Jean Bouise, Isabelle Sadoyan, Jean-Claude Charnay, Emmanuelle Atzeï
Votes: 19
8. Hauteclaire ou le Bonheur dans le crime (1961 TV Movie)
85 min | Crime, Thriller
Director: Jean Prat | Stars: Paul Frankeur, Mireille Darc, Clotilde Joano, Michel Piccoli
Votes: 14
9. Second Wind (1966)
Not Rated | 150 min | Crime, Drama
A gangster escapes jail and quickly makes plans to continue his criminal ways elsewhere, but a determined inspector is closing in.
Director: Jean-Pierre Melville | Stars: Lino Ventura, Paul Meurisse, Raymond Pellegrin, Christine Fabréga
Votes: 6,640
10. The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie (1972)
PG | 102 min | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
A surreal, virtually plotless series of dreams centered around six middle-class people and their consistently interrupted attempts to have a meal together.
Director: Luis Buñuel | Stars: Fernando Rey, Delphine Seyrig, Paul Frankeur, Bulle Ogier
Votes: 46,879 | Gross: $0.20M
11. The Phantom of Liberty (1974)
R | 104 min | Comedy
A series of surreal sequences that critique morality and society in a stream of consciousness style.
Director: Luis Buñuel | Stars: Jean-Claude Brialy, Adolfo Celi, Michel Piccoli, Monica Vitti
Votes: 17,200 | Gross: $0.01M
12. Touchez pas au grisbi (1954)
Not Rated | 96 min | Crime, Drama
An aging, world-weary gangster is double-crossed and forced out of retirement when his best friend is kidnapped and their stash of eight stolen gold bars demanded as ransom.
Director: Jacques Becker | Stars: Jean Gabin, René Dary, Dora Doll, Vittorio Sanipoli
Votes: 8,552 | Gross: $0.13M
13. Marie-Octobre (1959)
90 min | Drama, Mystery
Fifteen years after WWII, a group of ex-resistance fighters are brought together by Marie-Octobre, so that the former members of the network can finally relive one fateful night and find out who betrayed their murdered leader, Castille.
Director: Julien Duvivier | Stars: Danielle Darrieux, Bernard Blier, Robert Dalban, Paul Frankeur
Votes: 1,404
14. The Adultress (1953)
Not Rated | 102 min | Crime, Drama, Romance
A truck driver kills the husband of the woman he loves, and becomes the object of blackmail.
Director: Marcel Carné | Stars: Simone Signoret, Raf Vallone, Jacques Duby, Maria Pia Casilio
Votes: 1,903
15. The Milky Way (1969)
M/PG | 105 min | Comedy, Drama
Two drifters go on a pilgrimage from France to Santiago de Compostela in Spain. Along the way, they hitchhike, beg for food, and face the Christian dogmas and heresies from different Ages.
Director: Luis Buñuel | Stars: Paul Frankeur, Laurent Terzieff, Alain Cuny, Edith Scob
Votes: 8,100
16. A Monkey in Winter (1962)
105 min | Comedy, Drama
Albert is an inn owner who vowed never to drink again if he and his wife survived the war. They did, and the reformed alcoholic keeps his vow. But times have changed and soon after the war,... See full summary »
Director: Henri Verneuil | Stars: Jean Gabin, Jean-Paul Belmondo, Suzanne Flon, Gabrielle Dorziat
Votes: 3,314
17. Le voyageur de la Toussaint (1943)
102 min | Crime, Drama
Gilles Mauvoisin, the only descendant of his late uncle Octave, inherits his entire fortune. Uncle Octave was poisoned with arsenic and suspicion focused immediately on his widow, Colette ... See full summary »
Director: Louis Daquin | Stars: Assia Noris, Jules Berry, Gabrielle Dorziat, Guillaume de Sax
Votes: 193
18. Le point du jour (1949)
101 min | Drama
Socially conscious and realistic treatment of hard working coal miners in the north of France, and a struggle between a younger and older engineer.
Director: Louis Daquin | Stars: Jean Desailly, René Lefèvre, Marie-Hélène Dasté, Loleh Bellon
Votes: 42
19. Les frères Bouquinquant (1947)
99 min | Drama
Provincial girl Julie Moret arrives in Paris to serve in a residential house. She soon married seemingly nice guy Leo Bouquinquant, but he uncovers as brutal drunkard and lazy.
Director: Louis Daquin | Stars: Albert Préjean, Madeleine Robinson, Roger Pigaut, Nicole Desailly
Votes: 15
20. La fille aux yeux gris (1945)
102 min | Drama
The action takes place in an isolated village in the mountain.Catherine ,also known as "L'Airelle" (blueberry),loves a young physician.Catherine's father is the local bone-setter.
Director: Jean Faurez | Stars: Fernand Ledoux, Paul Bernard, Claude Génia, Line Noro
Votes: 17
21. Jour de Fête (1949)
Not Rated | 70 min | Comedy
A village postman with no sense of humour delivers his mail via bicycle on the day the travelling fair comes to town. He is disrupted by a short film about US speed and efficiency and the playful teasing of the village folk.
Director: Jacques Tati | Stars: Jacques Tati, Guy Decomble, Paul Frankeur, Santa Relli
Votes: 9,062
22. We Are All Murderers (1952)
115 min | Crime, Drama
The problem of the reasonableness of capital punishment.
Director: André Cayatte | Stars: Marcel Mouloudji, Raymond Pellegrin, Antoine Balpêtré, Julien Verdier
Votes: 404
23. Under the Paris Sky (1951)
114 min | Crime, Drama
Fates of multiple otherwise disconnected characters intertwine miraculously under the sky of Paris. And it all happens in one day.
Director: Julien Duvivier | Stars: Brigitte Auber, Jean Brochard, René Blancard, Paul Frankeur
Votes: 278
24. Justice Is Done (1950)
95 min | Drama, Mystery
A trial of a mercy killing.
Director: André Cayatte | Stars: Michel Auclair, Antoine Balpêtré, Raymond Bussières, Jacques Castelot
Votes: 442
25. Des gens sans importance (1956)
101 min | Drama
Mid-aged married truck driver falls in love with a young waitress he meets while making a break on a long trip. They try to make it work, but she can't get a decent job or place to stay in ... See full summary »
Director: Henri Verneuil | Stars: Jean Gabin, Françoise Arnoul, Pierre Mondy, Yvette Etiévant
Votes: 633
26. Les amants du pont Saint-Jean (1947)
92 min | Comedy, Drama
On the banks of the Rhône, not far from Tain l'Hermitage, Alcide Garonne, an old ferryman - and incidentally a poacher - lives out of wedlock with Victorine Rousset nicknamed Maryse, a ... See full summary »
Director: Henri Decoin | Stars: Michel Simon, Gaby Morlay, Nadine Alari, Pauline Carton
Votes: 42
27. Razzia (1955)
105 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
Henri, the Man from Nantes, comes back to his country after a successful stay in the United States, where he was working for Liski, the drug dealer. With the fame of being a tough guy ... See full summary »
Director: Henri Decoin | Stars: Jean Gabin, Marcel Dalio, Lino Ventura, Albert Rémy
Votes: 1,313
28. Maigret and the St. Fiacre Case (1959)
101 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
The Countess de Saint-Fiacre, having received a terrible anonymous letter predicting her imminent death, summons Commissioner Maigret in the hope that he can protect her and save her from a secret ill-wisher.
Director: Jean Delannoy | Stars: Jean Gabin, Michel Auclair, Valentine Tessier, Jacques Morel
Votes: 1,510
29. An Eye for an Eye (1957)
113 min | Drama, Thriller
In North Africa Dr. Walter is a very skilled surgeon but lives at a distance from the hospital. In the evening a husband and his sick wife come to his private home from far away. He tells ... See full summary »
Director: André Cayatte | Stars: Curd Jürgens, Folco Lulli, Lea Padovani, Héléna Manson
Votes: 141
30. Retour à la vie (1949)
120 min | Comedy, Drama, War
Five prisoners, a woman and four men, return to France after WW2. We follow their rocky road to life. It's a movie which consists of five different stories.
Directors: André Cayatte, Henri-Georges Clouzot, Jean Dréville, Georges Lampin | Stars: Bernard Blier, Louis Jouvet, Noël-Noël, François Périer
Votes: 267
31. Before the Deluge (1954)
138 min | Crime, Drama
Self-centered parents of the 50's targeted by drama in which teenagers panicking after burglary supposed to finance the run from the Third World War.
Director: André Cayatte | Stars: Antoine Balpêtré, Paul Bisciglia, Bernard Blier, Jacques Castelot
Votes: 183
32. La viaccia (1961)
102 min | Drama
The original Italian is La Viaccia (the name of the family farm which motivates the plot). The death of a wealthy patriarch in 1885 sets off an interfamily power struggle. Son Ferdinando ... See full summary »
Director: Mauro Bolognini | Stars: Jean-Paul Belmondo, Claudia Cardinale, Pietro Germi, Romolo Valli
Votes: 784
33. No Exit (1954)
95 min | Drama
Three people who despise each other find themselves sharing a room in Hell - forever.
Director: Jacqueline Audry | Stars: Arletty, Frank Villard, Gaby Sylvia, Yves Deniaud
Votes: 356
34. L'étrange désir de Monsieur Bard (1954)
108 min | Comedy, Drama
A terminally ill Mr. Bard, a casino bus driver forced to quit his job, miraculously wins a fortune playing roulette. Instantly becoming a millionaire, he wants to fulfill his life's dream: ... See full summary »
Director: Géza von Radványi | Stars: Michel Simon, Yves Deniaud, Geneviève Page, Georgette Anys
Votes: 149
35. Le dossier noir (1955)
115 min | Drama
Jacques Arnaud arrives in a small town somewhere in the province. Soon a citizen reports to him that strangers have broken into his house where they stole a mysterious "black dossier".
Director: André Cayatte | Stars: Antoine Balpêtré, Bernard Blier, Jean-Marc Bory, Daniel Cauchy
Votes: 183
36. Monseigneur (1949)
95 min | Drama
Louis Mennechain is a modest locksmith. So imagine his amazement when Professor Piétrefond approaches him and tells him he recognizes in him a descendant of the kings of France, more ... See full summary »
Director: Roger Richebé | Stars: Fernand Ledoux, Bernard Blier, Yves Deniaud, Marion Tourès
Votes: 75
37. Max le débonnaire (1967– )
60 min
Stars: Paul Frankeur, Daniel Ceccaldi, Micheline Luccioni, Raymond Bussières
Votes: 8
38. Horizons sans fin (1953)
104 min | Adventure, Drama
To all those daring women ,who had a dream to fly.
Director: Jean Dréville | Stars: Gisèle Pascal, Jean Chevrier, René Blancard, Paul Frankeur
Votes: 35
39. Mr. Orchid (1946)
95 min | Comedy, Drama, War
In the Charente, during the Nazi occupation, Edouard Martin, a fifty-year-old man with apparently peaceful life is in fact the leader of a resistance network.
Directors: René Clément, Noël-Noël | Stars: Noël-Noël, Maurice Chevit, Alice Leitner, Georges Questau
Votes: 315
40. My Uncle Benjamin (1969)
90 min | Comedy
In the amorous mid 18th century under Louis XV, a country doctor risks danger and prison to pursue his seduction of the women of the bourgeoisie.
Director: Édouard Molinaro | Stars: Jacques Brel, Claude Jade, Bernard Alane, Rosy Varte
Votes: 817
41. La nuit fantastique (1942)
103 min | Comedy, Fantasy, Romance
Denis is distracted: he's studying all day for philosophy exams and working all night at the flower market; plus, whenever he closes his eyes, he dreams of a mysterious woman in white. His ... See full summary »
Director: Marcel L'Herbier | Stars: Fernand Gravey, Micheline Presle, Saturnin Fabre, Charles Granval
Votes: 385
42. Devil's Daughter (1946)
98 min | Drama
A gangster who's got a lot of dough takes refuge in his hometown.
Director: Henri Decoin | Stars: Pierre Fresnay, Fernand Ledoux, Thérèse Dorny, Pierre Juvenet
Votes: 158
43. Les casse-pieds (1948)
Approved | 71 min | Animation, Comedy, Romance
A series of vignettes, in which Noel-Noel appears as the moderator, lecturer, commentator and leading actor, that examine the bores and pests of everyday life much like Pete Smith and ... See full summary »
Director: Jean Dréville | Stars: Noël-Noël, Bernard Blier, Jean Tissier, Henri Crémieux
Votes: 95
44. Au p'tit zouave (1950)
104 min | Comedy, Drama
An assassin shakes up a popular cafee in Paris.
Director: Gilles Grangier | Stars: François Périer, Dany Robin, Marie Daëms, Jacques Morel
Votes: 36
45. Speaking of Murder (1957)
95 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
A garage owner maintains his business as a front for his gang of criminals.
Director: Gilles Grangier | Stars: Jean Gabin, Paul Frankeur, Marcel Bozzuffi, Albert Dinan
Votes: 656
46. Le tonnerre de Dieu (1965)
91 min | Comedy, Drama
Léandre Brassac is a misanthrope and alcoholic, who lives on a large remote county estate with his wife, Marie. Brassac has a reputation as a violent and unpredictable man, but who has a love for animals, particularly dogs.
Director: Denys de La Patellière | Stars: Jean Gabin, Michèle Mercier, Robert Hossein, Georges Géret
Votes: 389
47. The Night Affair (1958)
93 min | Crime, Drama, Romance
A vice inspector for the Paris police takes special interest in the plight of drug-addicted Lucky whom he considers to be more victim than criminal.
Director: Gilles Grangier | Stars: Jean Gabin, Danielle Darrieux, Nadja Tiller, Paul Frankeur
Votes: 750
48. Archimède, le clochard (1959)
76 min | Comedy, Drama
Bum Archimede wants to spend the winter in prison, but to get there proves not to be that easy.
Director: Gilles Grangier | Stars: Jean Gabin, Darry Cowl, Bernard Blier, Dora Doll
Votes: 613
49. Rue de Paris (1959)
87 min | Comedy, Drama
While Henri was a POW during the war, his wife passed away and he returned to face the challenges of bringing up three children alone. Henri may get drunk and angry at times but he also has a better side that will not stay buried.
Director: Denys de La Patellière | Stars: Jean Gabin, Marie-José Nat, Claude Brasseur, Roger Dumas
Votes: 380
50. Le sang à la tête (1956)
83 min | Drama
François Cardinaud is one of the richest shipowners in the region. But this success arouses resentment and jealousy. When Marthe, his wife, leaves the home without warning, Cardinaud sees her life cracking little by little.
Director: Gilles Grangier | Stars: Jean Gabin, Paul Frankeur, Claude Sylvain, Georgette Anys
Votes: 270