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1. Monsieur Cinéma (1967–1980)
Stars: Pierre Tchernia, Michel Piccoli, Philippe Noiret, Stéphane Audran
Votes: 11
2. Mazarin (1978– )
80 min
Stars: François Périer, Nathalie Roussel, Jean-Pol Dubois, Fernand Guiot
Votes: 12
3. La piovra (1984–2001)
TV-14 | 360 min | Action, Crime, Drama
An epic crime saga of power, money, violence and corruption. the mafia controls everything through local and international networks like an octopus, anyone who tries to bring them down pays the ultimate price.
Stars: Remo Girone, Patricia Millardet, Michele Placido, François Périer
Votes: 3,954
4.
La piovra (1984–2001)
Episode:
Episode #1.6
(1984)
TV-14 | 71 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Cattani faces off against his Mafioso nemesis.
Director: Damiano Damiani | Stars: Michele Placido, Barbara De Rossi, Patricia Millardet, Nicole Jamet
Votes: 86
5. Call My Agent! (2015–2020)
TV-MA | 52 min | Comedy, Drama
French serial about the lives and jobs of people working at a talent agency in Paris.
Stars: Camille Cottin, Thibault de Montalembert, Grégory Montel, Liliane Rovère
Votes: 16,714
6. Sartre par lui-même (1976)
191 min | Documentary
The master of existentialism Jean-Paul Sartre talks about philosophy, his personal story, his own experiences and also discusses social and political changes that occurred in his lifetime, ... See full summary »
Directors: Alexandre Astruc, Michel Contat, Guy Seligmann | Stars: Jean-Paul Sartre, Simone de Beauvoir, François Périer, Jean Pouillon
Votes: 49
7.
La piovra (1984–2001)
Episode:
Episode #2.6
(1986)
TV-14 | 64 min | Action, Crime, Drama
In a position for revenge against the politicians and Mafia criminals who ruined his life, Cattani takes action.
Director: Florestano Vancini | Stars: Michele Placido, Florinda Bolkan, Martin Balsam, Paul Guers
Votes: 60
8.
La piovra (1984–2001)
Episode:
Episode #1.1
(1984)
TV-14 | 63 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Corrado Cattani arrives in Palermo with the mandate to bring the Mafia under control.
Director: Damiano Damiani | Stars: Michele Placido, Barbara De Rossi, Patricia Millardet, Nicole Jamet
Votes: 108
9. Z (1969)
M/PG | 127 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
The public murder of a prominent politician and doctor amid a violent demonstration is covered up by military and government officials. A tenacious magistrate is determined not to let them get away with it.
Director: Costa-Gavras | Stars: Yves Montand, Irene Papas, Jean-Louis Trintignant, François Périer
Votes: 31,336 | Gross: $0.08M
10.
La piovra (1984–2001)
Episode:
Episode #1.2
(1984)
TV-14 | 58 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Cattani befriends a heroin-addicted heiress.
Director: Damiano Damiani | Stars: Michele Placido, Barbara De Rossi, Patricia Millardet, Nicole Jamet
Votes: 98
11.
La piovra (1984–2001)
Episode:
Episode #1.4
(1984)
TV-14 | 67 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Powerful players encourage a Sicilian judge to force Cattani to put the brakes on his investigation.
Director: Damiano Damiani | Stars: Michele Placido, Barbara De Rossi, Patricia Millardet, Nicole Jamet
Votes: 89
12.
La piovra (1984–2001)
Episode:
Episode #1.5
(1984)
TV-14 | 68 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Cattani hits rock bottom as he reels from the horror of an unexpected kidnapping.
Director: Damiano Damiani | Stars: Michele Placido, Barbara De Rossi, Patricia Millardet, Nicole Jamet
Votes: 87
13. Nights of Cabiria (1957)
Not Rated | 110 min | Drama
A waifish prostitute wanders the streets of Rome looking for true love but finds only heartbreak.
Director: Federico Fellini | Stars: Giulietta Masina, François Périer, Franca Marzi, Dorian Gray
Votes: 51,901 | Gross: $0.75M
14.
La piovra (1984–2001)
Episode:
Episode #2.1
(1986)
TV-14 | 62 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Corrado Cattani tries to reassure his daughter, whose stability was rocked after her Mafia kidnapping.
Director: Florestano Vancini | Stars: Michele Placido, Florinda Bolkan, Sergio Fantoni, Paul Guers
Votes: 65
15.
La piovra (1984–2001)
Episode:
Episode #2.2
(1986)
TV-14 | 66 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Cattani goes to prison for a murder he didn't commit.
Director: Florestano Vancini | Stars: Michele Placido, Florinda Bolkan, Martin Balsam, Sergio Fantoni
Votes: 64
16.
La piovra (1984–2001)
Episode:
Episode #1.3
(1984)
TV-14 | 62 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Cattani's marriage collapses as he intensifies his fight against the Mafia.
Director: Damiano Damiani | Stars: Michele Placido, Barbara De Rossi, Patricia Millardet, Nicole Jamet
Votes: 91
17. The Samurai (1967)
GP | 101 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
After professional hitman Jef Costello is seen by witnesses his efforts to provide himself an alibi drive him further into a corner.
Director: Jean-Pierre Melville | Stars: Alain Delon, François Périer, Nathalie Delon, Cathy Rosier
Votes: 57,080 | Gross: $0.04M
18. The Organizer (1963)
Not Rated | 126 min | Drama, History
A former high school teacher turned unionist tries to organize workers laboring with inhuman conditions at a late 19th Century textile factory.
Director: Mario Monicelli | Stars: Marcello Mastroianni, Renato Salvatori, Gabriella Giorgelli, Folco Lulli
Votes: 3,272
19.
La piovra (1984–2001)
Episode:
Episode #2.4
(1986)
TV-14 | 57 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Cattani implements his plan to expose 'respectable' people secretly linked to the Mafia.
Director: Florestano Vancini | Stars: Michele Placido, Florinda Bolkan, Martin Balsam, Sergio Fantoni
Votes: 65
20.
La piovra (1984–2001)
Episode:
Episode #2.5
(1986)
TV-14 | 61 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Cattani's victory leaves him without friends in Rome.
Director: Florestano Vancini | Stars: Michele Placido, Florinda Bolkan, Martin Balsam, Paul Guers
Votes: 64
21.
La piovra (1984–2001)
Episode:
Episode #3.6
(1987)
TV-14 | 58 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Cattani meets Giulia at a wrenching family funeral.
Director: Luigi Perelli | Stars: Michele Placido, Giuliana de Sio, Alain Cuny, Francisco Rabal
Votes: 60
22.
La piovra (1984–2001)
Episode:
Episode #3.7
(1987)
TV-14 | 54 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Giulia reconciles with her grandfather Nicola and her rendezvous with Corrado tests his loyalty to duty.
Director: Luigi Perelli | Stars: Michele Placido, Giuliana de Sio, Alain Cuny, Francisco Rabal
Votes: 62
23. The Red Circle (1970)
Not Rated | 140 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
After leaving prison, master thief Corey crosses paths with a notorious escapee and an alcoholic former policeman. The trio proceed to plot an elaborate heist.
Director: Jean-Pierre Melville | Stars: Alain Delon, Bourvil, Gian Maria Volontè, Yves Montand
Votes: 28,133 | Gross: $0.37M
24. Orpheus (1950)
Not Rated | 112 min | Drama, Fantasy, Romance
A poet in love with Death follows his unhappy wife into the underworld.
Director: Jean Cocteau | Stars: Jean Marais, François Périer, María Casares, Marie Déa
Votes: 13,397
25. A Grin Without A Cat (1977)
240 min | Documentary
French essay film focusing on global political turmoil in the 1960s and '70s, particularly the rise of the New Left in France and the development of socialist movements in Latin America.
Director: Chris Marker | Stars: Simone Signoret, Jorge Semprún, Davos Hanich, Sandra Scarnati
Votes: 1,111
26. La spirale (1976)
138 min | Documentary
Based on movie and television archives, this film aims to demonstrate how the United States planned to crush Salvador Allende's attempt to institute Socialism in Chili, shortly after his election.
Directors: Armand Mattelart, Valérie Mayoux, Jacqueline Meppiel | Stars: François Périer, Donald Sutherland, Salvador Allende, Fidel Castro
Votes: 72
27.
La piovra (1984–2001)
Episode:
Episode #3.3
(1987)
TV-14 | 65 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Cattani falls in love with Giulia, a journalist and the daughter of the president of Antinari Bank.
Director: Luigi Perelli | Stars: Michele Placido, Giuliana de Sio, Alain Cuny, Francisco Rabal
Votes: 60
28.
La piovra (1984–2001)
Episode:
Episode #3.5
(1987)
TV-14 | 61 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Anna Antinari gains possesion of documents essential to the arms deal.
Director: Luigi Perelli | Stars: Michele Placido, Giuliana de Sio, Alain Cuny, Francisco Rabal
Votes: 60
29. La fin du jour (1939)
99 min | Drama
Aged penniless actors are living in a old people's home. They always talk about their past glory or failures. One day Raphael Saint-Clair comes; he has been a famous actor and had a lot of love affairs. Passions come back, and jealousies.
Director: Julien Duvivier | Stars: Victor Francen, Michel Simon, Louis Jouvet, Madeleine Ozeray
Votes: 1,028
30.
La nuit des Césars (1976– )
Episode:
2ème nuit des Césars
(1977)
Documentary
The César is the national film prize of France. He is named after the French sculptor César Baldaccini.
Director: François Chatel | Stars: Salvatore Adamo, Jean Aurenche, César Baldaccini, Marie-Christine Barrault
Votes: 14
31.
La piovra (1984–2001)
Episode:
Episode #2.3
(1986)
TV-14 | 56 min | Action, Crime, Drama
After being accepted by his new Mafia friends, Cattani is recruited to a cultural association researching the ancestral traditions of Italy.
Director: Florestano Vancini | Stars: Michele Placido, Florinda Bolkan, Martin Balsam, Sergio Fantoni
Votes: 63
32.
La piovra (1984–2001)
Episode:
Episode #3.4
(1987)
TV-14 | 66 min | Action, Crime, Drama
The Antinari Bank backs a shady arms deal.
Director: Luigi Perelli | Stars: Michele Placido, Giuliana de Sio, Alain Cuny, Francisco Rabal
Votes: 59
33. Les deux mémoires (1974)
141 min | Documentary
Director: Jorge Semprún | Stars: Federica Montseny, Santiago Carrillo, José Peirats, María Casares
Votes: 27
34.
La piovra (1984–2001)
Episode:
Episode #3.2
(1987)
TV-14 | 62 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Cattani uses a TV interview to reveal his possession of inside Mafia information.
Director: Luigi Perelli | Stars: Michele Placido, Giuliana de Sio, Alain Cuny, Francisco Rabal
Votes: 61
35.
Call My Agent! (2015–2020)
Episode:
Guy et Julien
(2017)
TV-MA | 50 min | Comedy, Drama
Guy Marchand is showing early signs of dementia on his latest shooting. Everyone is afraid that he might not be able to complete the movie.
Director: Antoine Garceau | Stars: Guy Marchand, Julien Doré, Camille Cottin, Thibault de Montalembert
Votes: 282
36. Hotel du Nord (1938)
83 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
On the meandering Canal St. Martin, at the Parisian Hôtel du Nord, a nearly fatal gunshot separates a dejected young couple. But, amid a sad but beautiful panorama of lively characters, love has the final say. Can life be a fairy tale?
Director: Marcel Carné | Stars: Annabella, Jean-Pierre Aumont, Louis Jouvet, Arletty
Votes: 3,234
37. El primer año (1972)
90 min | Documentary
Director: Patricio Guzmán | Stars: Françoise Arnoul, François Périer, Georges Riquier, Marcelo Romo
Votes: 15
38. The Man Who Never Was (1956)
Approved | 103 min | Drama, War
In order to fool the Germans into thinking the Allied invasion of Sicily will take place elsewhere, British Military Intelligence comes up with a cunning ruse.
Director: Ronald Neame | Stars: Clifton Webb, Gloria Grahame, Robert Flemyng, Josephine Griffin
Votes: 5,786
39. Gervaise (1956)
116 min | Drama
A poor laundrywoman tries to cope with a depressing burden of society.
Director: René Clément | Stars: Maria Schell, François Périer, Jany Holt, Mathilde Casadesus
Votes: 1,643
40. 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: 3,309
41. The Visit (1963)
86 min | Comedy, Romance
Twenty-four hours in the life of Pina and Adolfo. The story of a 36-year-old woman and the flashbacks that show the pair's lives and fills in some details of their other relationships.
Director: Antonio Pietrangeli | Stars: Sandra Milo, François Périer, Mario Adorf, Gastone Moschin
Votes: 633
42. Un revenant (1946)
100 min | Drama
A ballet producer returns to his native town and schemes to avenge himself on the family who tried to murder him 20 years before.
Director: Christian-Jaque | Stars: Louis Jouvet, Gaby Morlay, François Périer, Jean Brochard
Votes: 289
43. Mémoires pour Simone (1986)
61 min | Documentary
Director: Chris Marker | Stars: François Périer, Catherine Allégret, José Artur, Jean Becker
Votes: 63
44. Max and the Junkmen (1971)
Not Rated | 112 min | Crime, Drama, Romance
A detective decides to go undercover and set up a group of robbers, but he may be getting too caught up in the task at hand.
Director: Claude Sautet | Stars: Danielle Durou, Alain Belart, Michel Piccoli, Romy Schneider
Votes: 3,135 | Gross: $0.03M
45. Thérèse Humbert (1983– )
52 min | Biography, Drama
The story of an actual financial swindle that scandalised Parisian society in the early 1900s.
Stars: Simone Signoret, François Périer, Michel Aumont, Gérard Desarthe
Votes: 19
46. The Loves of Colette (1948)
96 min | Drama
A young provincial college boy likes the daughter of the headmaster. However, his colleague, who wanted to die, left a diary where he wrote about his good luck with the same girl.
Director: Jean Faurez | Stars: François Périer, Colette Richard, Louis Salou, Simone Valère
Votes: 61
47. Zaa, petit chameau blanc (1960)
23 min | Short, Family
Directors: Yannick Bellon, Jean Salvy | Star: François Périer
Votes: 8
48. Testament of Orpheus (1960)
Not Rated | 79 min | Biography, Fantasy
The Poet looks back over his life and work, recalling his inspirations and obsessions.
Director: Jean Cocteau | Stars: Jean Cocteau, Françoise Arnoul, Claudine Auger, Charles Aznavour
Votes: 3,737
49. Just Before Nightfall (1971)
PG | 100 min | Crime, Drama
Charles Masson, an advertising executive, is having an affair with Laura, the wife of his best friend, the architect François Tellier. Charles strangles Laura when one of their S&M games ... See full summary »
Director: Claude Chabrol | Stars: Celia, Marina Ninchi, Michel Bouquet, Stéphane Audran
Votes: 2,267
50. 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