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1. All's Well (1972)
Not Rated | 95 min | Drama
Godard examines the structure of movies, relationships and revolutions through the life of a couple in Paris.
Directors: Jean-Luc Godard, Jean-Pierre Gorin | Stars: Yves Montand, Jane Fonda, Vittorio Caprioli, Elizabeth Chauvin
Votes: 3,896
2. Coup pour coup (1972)
89 min | Drama
This is a fictionalized replay and meant as a documentary film on the occupation of a factory by its workers - both male and female - during a strike. The workers also lock up a manager in ... See full summary »
Director: Marin Karmitz | Stars: Simone Aubin, Jacqueline Auzellaud, Élodie Avenel, Anne-Marie Bacquié
Votes: 136
3. 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: 1,114
4. To Die in Madrid (1963)
85 min | Documentary
To Die in Madrid (French: Mourir à Madrid) is a 1963 French documentary film about the Spanish Civil War, directed by Frédéric Rossif. It was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature.
Director: Frédéric Rossif | Stars: Irene Worth, John Gielgud, Suzanne Flon, Germaine Montero
Votes: 423
5. Letter to Jane: An Investigation About a Still (1972)
52 min | Documentary
Letter to Jane (1972) is a postscript film to Tout va bien directed by Jean-Luc Godard and Jean-Pierre Gorin and made under the auspices of the Dziga Vertov Group. Narrated in a ... See full summary »
Directors: Jean-Luc Godard, Jean-Pierre Gorin | Stars: Marlon Brando, Moshe Dayan, James Dean, Maria Falconetti
Votes: 527
6. The Rules of the Game (1939)
Not Rated | 110 min | Comedy, Drama
A bourgeois life in France at the onset of World War II, as the rich and their poor servants meet up at a French chateau.
Director: Jean Renoir | Stars: Marcel Dalio, Nora Gregor, Paulette Dubost, Mila Parély
Votes: 31,342
7. The Crime of Monsieur Lange (1936)
Not Rated | 77 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
The boss of a publishing company is a womanizer and a jerk, but what would happen if he suddenly disappeared?
Director: Jean Renoir | Stars: René Lefèvre, Florelle, Jules Berry, Marcel Lévesque
Votes: 3,708 | Gross: $0.04M
8. Song of Love (1950)
Not Rated | 26 min | Short, Drama, Fantasy
Two prisoners in complete isolation, separated by the thick brick walls, and desperately in need of human contact, devise a most unusual kind of communication.
Director: Jean Genet | Stars: Bravo, Jean Genet, Java, Coco Le Martiniquais
Votes: 3,710
9. 120 BPM (2017)
Not Rated | 143 min | Drama
Members of the advocacy group ACT UP Paris demand action by the government and pharmaceutical companies to combat the AIDS epidemic in the early 1990s.
Director: Robin Campillo | Stars: Nahuel Pérez Biscayart, Arnaud Valois, Adèle Haenel, Antoine Reinartz
Votes: 16,747 | Gross: $0.13M
10. Last Year at Marienbad (1961)
Not Rated | 94 min | Drama, Mystery, Romance
In a strange and isolated chateau, a man becomes acquainted with a woman and insists that they have met before.
Director: Alain Resnais | Stars: Delphine Seyrig, Giorgio Albertazzi, Sacha Pitoëff, Françoise Bertin
Votes: 24,889 | Gross: $0.06M
11. Betty Blue (1986)
Unrated | 119 min | Drama, Romance
A lackadaisical handyman and aspiring novelist tries to support his younger girlfriend as she slowly succumbs to madness.
Director: Jean-Jacques Beineix | Stars: Jean-Hugues Anglade, Béatrice Dalle, Gérard Darmon, Consuelo De Haviland
Votes: 23,354 | Gross: $2.00M
12. Pierrot the Fool (1965)
Not Rated | 110 min | Crime, Drama, Romance
Pierrot escapes his boring society and travels from Paris to the Mediterranean Sea with Marianne, a girl chased by hit-men from Algeria. They lead an unorthodox life, always on the run.
Director: Jean-Luc Godard | Stars: Jean-Paul Belmondo, Anna Karina, Graziella Galvani, Aicha Abadir
Votes: 36,958
13. Fanny (1961)
Approved | 134 min | Drama, Romance
Young Marius dreams of leaving his dull provincial life and seeing the world. When the beautiful Fanny declares her adoration for him, Marius must choose between an adventurous life at sea and the grandest adventure of all: love.
Director: Joshua Logan | Stars: Leslie Caron, Maurice Chevalier, Charles Boyer, Horst Buchholz
Votes: 2,656 | Gross: $10.00M
14. Faces Places (2017)
PG | 94 min | Documentary, Adventure
Director Agnes Varda and photographer/muralist J.R. journey through rural France and form an unlikely friendship.
Directors: JR, Agnès Varda | Stars: Agnès Varda, JR, Jeannine Carpentier, Clemens Van Dungern
Votes: 13,614 | Gross: $0.95M
15. Vivre sa vie (1962)
Not Rated | 85 min | Drama
Twelve episodic tales in the life of a Parisian woman and her slow descent into prostitution.
Director: Jean-Luc Godard | Stars: Anna Karina, Sady Rebbot, André S. Labarthe, Guylaine Schlumberger
Votes: 35,012
16. A Married Woman (1964)
Not Rated | 94 min | Drama, Romance
A superifical woman finds conflict choosing between her abusive husband and her vain lover.
Director: Jean-Luc Godard | Stars: Bernard Noël, Macha Méril, Philippe Leroy, Christophe Bourseiller
Votes: 4,355
17. Masculine Feminine (1966)
Not Rated | 103 min | Drama, Romance
A romance between young Parisians, shown through a series of vignettes.
Director: Jean-Luc Godard | Stars: Jean-Pierre Léaud, Chantal Goya, Marlène Jobert, Michel Debord
Votes: 17,336 | Gross: $0.20M
18. The Chinese (1967)
Not Rated | 95 min | Comedy, Drama
A small group of French students are studying Mao, trying to find out their position in the world and how to change the world to a Maoistic community using terrorism.
Director: Jean-Luc Godard | Stars: Anne Wiazemsky, Jean-Pierre Léaud, Juliet Berto, Michel Semeniako
Votes: 8,341 | Gross: $0.04M
19. Number Two (1975)
88 min | Documentary, Drama
An analysis of the power relations in an ordinary family.
Director: Jean-Luc Godard | Stars: Sandrine Battistella, Pierre Oudrey, Alexandre Rignault, Rachel Stefanopoli
Votes: 1,056
20. Every Man for Himself (1980)
Not Rated | 87 min | Drama
An examination of sexual relationships, in which three protagonists interact in different combinations.
Director: Jean-Luc Godard | Stars: Isabelle Huppert, Jacques Dutronc, Nathalie Baye, Roland Amstutz
Votes: 3,950
21. Breathless (1960)
Not Rated | 90 min | Crime, Drama
A small-time crook, hunted by the authorities for a car theft and the murder a police officer, attempts to persuade a hip American journalism student to run away with him to Italy.
Director: Jean-Luc Godard | Stars: Jean-Paul Belmondo, Jean Seberg, Van Doude, Jean-Luc Godard
Votes: 87,968 | Gross: $0.34M
22. The Umbrellas of Cherbourg (1964)
Not Rated | 91 min | Drama, Musical, Romance
A young woman separated from her lover by war faces a life-altering decision.
Director: Jacques Demy | Stars: Catherine Deneuve, Nino Castelnuovo, Anne Vernon, Marc Michel
Votes: 31,369 | Gross: $0.03M
23. Goodbye to Language (2014)
Not Rated | 70 min | Drama, Fantasy
A silent, surreal parallel between a couple and a dog.
Director: Jean-Luc Godard | Stars: Héloïse Godet, Kamel Abdelli, Richard Chevallier, Zoé Bruneau
Votes: 6,315
24. Le Jour Se Leve (1939)
Not Rated | 93 min | Crime, Drama, Romance
After committing a murder, a man locks himself in his apartment and recollects the events that led him to the killing.
Director: Marcel Carné | Stars: Jean Gabin, Jacqueline Laurent, Arletty, Jules Berry
Votes: 8,275 | Gross: $0.03M
25. La petite Lise (1930)
84 min | Drama
Victor Berthier, a good man but also a very jealous one, killed his wife in a fit of jealousy. After serving a few years in a chain gang, he is released for good behavior. He feels very ... See full summary »
Director: Jean Grémillon | Stars: Pierre Alcover, Julien Bertheau, Alexandre Mihalesco, Nadia Sibirskaïa
Votes: 233
26. Daguerreotypes (1975)
Not Rated | 78 min | Documentary
Portraits of the people that occupy the small shops of the Rue Daguerre, Paris, where the filmmaker lived.
Director: Agnès Varda | Stars: Lucien Bossy, Leance Debrossian, Marcelle Debrossian, Robert François
Votes: 1,996
27. Gainsbourg: A Heroic Life (2010)
Not Rated | 135 min | Biography, Drama, Music
A glimpse at the life of French singer Serge Gainsbourg, from growing up in 1940s Nazi-occupied Paris through his successful song-writing years in the 1960s to his death in 1991 at the age of 62.
Director: Joann Sfar | Stars: Eric Elmosnino, Lucy Gordon, Laetitia Casta, Doug Jones
Votes: 10,307 | Gross: $0.23M
28. Irma la Douce (1963)
Approved | 147 min | Comedy, Romance
When a policeman falls in love with a prostitute, he doesn't want her to see other men, so he creates an alter-ego who will be her only customer.
Director: Billy Wilder | Stars: Jack Lemmon, Shirley MacLaine, Lou Jacobi, Bruce Yarnell
Votes: 21,420 | Gross: $25.25M
29. Belle de Jour (1967)
R | 100 min | Drama, Romance
A frigid young housewife decides to spend her midweek afternoons as a prostitute.
Director: Luis Buñuel | Stars: Catherine Deneuve, Jean Sorel, Michel Piccoli, Geneviève Page
Votes: 49,083 | Gross: $0.03M
30. Paris Underground (1945)
Approved | 97 min | Action, Drama, Mystery
Among the terrified refugees jamming the roads out of Paris in 1940 are Kitty de Mornay, a rich American divorced from her French husband, and her companion Emmyline (Emmy) Quayle. A German... See full summary »
Director: Gregory Ratoff | Stars: Constance Bennett, Gracie Fields, Jorge Rigaud, Kurt Kreuger
Votes: 317
31. The Departure (1967)
93 min | Drama, Romance, Comedy
A fast-paced comedy about a young Belgian car nut and hairdresser's apprentice, his girlfriend, and their legal and illegal attempts to get a Porsche under him for his nearing debut race.
Director: Jerzy Skolimowski | Stars: Jean-Pierre Léaud, Catherine-Isabelle Duport, Jacqueline Bir, Paul Roland
Votes: 1,077
32. 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: 57,208 | Gross: $0.04M
33. Sept hommes, une femme (1936)
100 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
At the urging of her childhood friend Brémontier, Lucie de Kéradec, a wealthy widowed countess who wishes to remarry, invites all of her seven suitors to her mansion. Her untold intention ... See full summary »
Director: Yves Mirande | Stars: Fernand Gravey, Véra Korène, Pierre Larquey, Roger Duchesne
Votes: 27
34. Madame Bovary (1934)
101 min | Drama
Soon after the death of his first wife (whose dowry was inadequate), Charles Bovary, a country doctor in Normandy, marries Emma Rouault, who is well-endowed in every sense. In her new home,... See full summary »
Director: Jean Renoir | Stars: Max Dearly, Valentine Tessier, Pierre Renoir, Robert Le Vigan
Votes: 546
35. I, You, He, She (1974)
86 min | Drama
'Je' is a girl voluntarily lock up in a room. 'Tu' is the script. 'Il' is a lorry driver. 'Elle' is the girlfriend.
Director: Chantal Akerman | Stars: Chantal Akerman, Niels Arestrup, Claire Wauthion
Votes: 2,966
36. Forever (II) (2006)
Unrated | 95 min | Documentary
Forever is a film about the power and vitality of art and a place where love and death go hand in hand and beauty lives on: the Père-Lachaise cemetery in Paris.
Director: Heddy Honigmann | Stars: Yoshino Kimura, Bertrand Beyern, Camille Solari
Votes: 342
37. Le joli mai (1963)
Not Rated | 165 min | Documentary
Chris Marker and Pierre Lhomme's LE JOLI MAI (The Lovely Month of May) is a portrait of Paris and Parisians during May 1962, the first springtime of peace after the ceasefire with Algeria ... See full summary »
Directors: Chris Marker, Pierre Lhomme | Stars: Chris Marker, Yves Montand, Simone Signoret, Jean-Luc Godard
Votes: 878 | Gross: $0.02M
38. 3 Hearts (2014)
PG-13 | 108 min | Drama, Romance
A tax inspector, his new bride and her sister become entwined in a love triangle.
Director: Benoît Jacquot | Stars: Benoît Poelvoorde, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Chiara Mastroianni, Catherine Deneuve
Votes: 2,633 | Gross: $0.15M
39. Two for the Road (1967)
Not Rated | 111 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A couple in the south of France non-sequentially spin down the highways of infidelity in their troubled ten-year marriage.
Director: Stanley Donen | Stars: Audrey Hepburn, Albert Finney, Eleanor Bron, William Daniels
Votes: 14,719 | Gross: $7.63M
40. Made in France (2015)
R | 89 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
Sam, a freelance journalist, investigates the growing phenomenon of disaffected youth joining extremist groups. He infiltrates a group of four young jihadis whose mission is to destabilize the city center of Paris.
Director: Nicolas Boukhrief | Stars: Malik Zidi, Dimitri Storoge, François Civil, Nassim Lyes
Votes: 2,339 | Gross: $0.01M
41. Les tricheurs (1958)
Not Rated | 120 min | Drama
Bob Letellier, a good looking rich kid who studies science, makes the acquaintance of Alain, a cynical and immoral young man. The latter introduces him to the existentialist circles of Saint-Germain-des-Prés. Bob is invited to a party and becomes Clo's lover, a rich heiress.
Director: Marcel Carné | Stars: Pascale Petit, Andréa Parisy, Jacques Charrier, Laurent Terzieff
Votes: 679
42. Life and Nothing But (1989)
PG | 135 min | Drama, War
Intense character study of men and women driven by an overpowering obsession with the past.
Director: Bertrand Tavernier | Stars: Philippe Noiret, Sabine Azéma, Pascale Vignal, Maurice Barrier
Votes: 2,122 | Gross: $0.43M
43. Mississippi Mermaid (1969)
R | 123 min | Crime, Drama, Romance
A wealthy plantation owner is captivated by a mysterious woman with a shady past.
Director: François Truffaut | Stars: Catherine Deneuve, Jean-Paul Belmondo, Nelly Borgeaud, Martine Ferrière
Votes: 7,215 | Gross: $0.03M
44. The Story of a Three Day Pass (1967)
Not Rated | 87 min | Drama, Romance
A black American soldier is demoted for fraternizing with a white girl in France.
Director: Melvin Van Peebles | Stars: Harry Baird, Pierre Doris, Christian Marin, Nicole Berger
Votes: 619
45. French Quarter (1978)
R | 101 min | Drama, Fantasy, Musical
Chronicles the life of a young New Orleans prostitute and her co-workers.
Director: Dennis Kane | Stars: Virginia Mayo, Bruce Davison, Alisha Fontaine, Ann Michelle
Votes: 272
46. 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: 28,176 | Gross: $0.37M
47. Death in the Seine (1989 TV Movie)
44 min | Drama, History
Historical drownings in the Seine are catalogued, dissected and elaborated, with multilayered visuals and 'documentary' asides.
Director: Peter Greenaway | Stars: Alan Franco, Jean-Michel Dagory, Jim van der Woude, Hans Verbrugge
Votes: 346
48. Fly Me the French Way (1974)
Not Rated | 106 min | Comedy, Drama
A sex cult mistakenly kidnaps Sophie from the house where Valerie is house-sitting. Valerie and friend Fred attempt to rescue Sophie from the cult's mansion, where her cousin, a cult member, is being blackmailed over incriminating photos.
Director: Jean Rollin | Stars: Joëlle Coeur, Marie-France Morel, Brigitte Borghese, Annie Belle
Votes: 567
49. Diabolique (1955)
Not Rated | 117 min | Crime, Drama, Horror
The wife and mistress of a loathed school principal plan to murder him with what they believe is the perfect alibi.
Director: Henri-Georges Clouzot | Stars: Simone Signoret, Véra Clouzot, Paul Meurisse, Charles Vanel
Votes: 69,424 | Gross: $1.09M
50. La Belle Noiseuse (1991)
Unrated | 238 min | Drama
The former famous painter Frenhofer revisits an abandoned project using the girlfriend of a young visiting artist. Questions about truth, life, and artistic limits are explored.
Director: Jacques Rivette | Stars: Michel Piccoli, Jane Birkin, Emmanuelle Béart, Marianne Denicourt
Votes: 9,373 | Gross: $0.41M
51. Princesse Tam-Tam (1935)
Not Rated | 77 min | Comedy, Drama
A French novelist passes off a African shepherdess as a princess.
Director: Edmond T. Gréville | Stars: Josephine Baker, Albert Préjean, Robert Arnoux, Germaine Aussey
Votes: 572
53. Paris After Midnight (1951)
Drama
Two American Soldiers are locked up in a Parisian Jail after a night of mishaps with the women of a back alley, French Hotel following World War II. Looking back on the evening, one soldier... See full summary »
Director: Robert C. Dertano | Stars: Iris Allen, Mary Andes, Flo Ash, Timothy Farrell
Votes: 13
54. Out 1 (1971)
Not Rated | 776 min | Drama, Mystery
Following the May 1968 civil unrest in France, a deaf-mute and a con artist simultaneously stumble upon the remnants of a secret society.
Directors: Jacques Rivette, Suzanne Schiffman | Stars: Michèle Moretti, Hermine Karagheuz, Karen Puig, Pierre Baillot
Votes: 1,554 | Gross: $0.03M
55. Out 1: Spectre (1972)
253 min | Comedy, Drama, Thriller
A shorter version of Out 1 (1971), however some of the omitted scenes of the long version are included.
Director: Jacques Rivette | Stars: Pierre Baillot, Gilette Barbier, Jean-Pierre Bastid, Juliet Berto
Votes: 427
56. The Hostage Tower (1980 TV Movie)
100 min | Crime, Thriller
Criminal takes hostages on the Eiffel Tower in Paris.
Director: Claudio Guzmán | Stars: Peter Fonda, Maud Adams, Billy Dee Williams, Keir Dullea
Votes: 274
57. A Time for Loving (1972)
104 min | Comedy, Drama
The film depicts several stories surrounding an apartment in Paris, and the various people who occupy it over the years.
Director: Christopher Miles | Stars: Joanna Shimkus, Mel Ferrer, Britt Ekland, Philippe Noiret
Votes: 89
58. One + One (1968)
Not Rated | 111 min | Documentary, Music
While The Rolling Stones rehearse "Sympathy for the Devil" in the studio, Godard reflects on 1968 society, politics and culture through five different vignettes.
Director: Jean-Luc Godard | Stars: Sean Lynch, Mick Jagger, Brian Jones, Keith Richards
Votes: 3,308
59. 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: 131,649 | Gross: $2.53M
60. Swimming Pool (2003)
R | 102 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A British mystery author visits her publisher's home in the South of France, where her interaction with his unusual daughter sets off some touchy dynamics.
Director: François Ozon | Stars: Charlotte Rampling, Charles Dance, Ludivine Sagnier, Jean-Marie Lamour
Votes: 48,358 | Gross: $10.11M
61. Irreversible (2002)
Not Rated | 97 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Events over the course of one traumatic night in Paris unfold in reverse-chronological order as the beautiful Alex is brutally raped and beaten by a stranger in an underpass tunnel.
Director: Gaspar Noé | Stars: Monica Bellucci, Vincent Cassel, Albert Dupontel, Philippe Nahon
Votes: 147,750 | Gross: $0.75M
62. The Mother and the Whore (1973)
210 min | Drama, Romance
The chauvinist Alexandre balances relationships with several women in the post-1968 intellectual scene of Paris.
Director: Jean Eustache | Stars: Bernadette Lafont, Jean-Pierre Léaud, Françoise Lebrun, Isabelle Weingarten
Votes: 6,705
63. Surprise Party (1983)
100 min | Comedy, Drama
Adventures of a group of youngsters set in a provincial French city in the 1950's.
Director: Roger Vadim | Stars: Caroline Cellier, Michel Duchaussoy, Philippine Leroy-Beaulieu, Christian Vadim
Votes: 84
64. Antifa: Skinhead Hunters (2008)
65 min | Documentary
A French documentary on how groups of youth in Paris generated a backlash against the NeoNazi skinhead subculture, and by doing so earned themselves the nickname Chasseurs de Skins or 'Skinhead Hunters'.
Director: Marc-Aurèle Vecchione
Votes: 202
65. Madame Claude (1977)
R | 109 min | Comedy, Drama
Based on a true story. Madame Claude, a well connected Parisienne with dark past, runs a network of high-class call girls. She sends her girls to any place in the world to satisfy sexual ... See full summary »
Director: Just Jaeckin | Stars: Françoise Fabian, Dayle Haddon, Murray Head, Klaus Kinski
Votes: 667
66. Delta of Venus (1995)
R | 102 min | Drama
A struggling American writer (England) and a fellow American expatriate (Mandylor) begin a sordid affair among the chaos and discord of 1940 Paris, France on the brink of World War II.
Director: Zalman King | Stars: Audie England, Costas Mandylor, Eric da Silva, Raven Snow
Votes: 2,364 | Gross: $0.06M
67. Dr. Christina of Sweden (1970)
X | 61 min | Adult
Dr. Christina is a columnist who gives readers of a Swedish newspaper sex advice. She is assigned to Paris to cover the sexual scene among the youth of France. She winds up not only ... See full summary »
Director: Nick Millard | Stars: Uschi Digard, Anna Travers, Jane Tsentas, Linda York
Votes: 63
68. The Invisibles (1999)
86 min | Drama, Comedy
Jude and Joy escape to her Parisian flat for a private detox. A dark comedy of word games, sex, fantasy and pop tarts.
Director: Noah Stern | Stars: Michael A. Goorjian, Portia de Rossi, Terry Camilleri, Jonathan Segel
Votes: 234
69. Parigi è sempre Parigi (1951)
95 min | Comedy
A group of Italian soccer fans arrive in Paris for a match, but most of them go their separate ways to explore the sights, have a bit of an adventure, and maybe even find some romance.
Director: Luciano Emmer | Stars: Aldo Fabrizi, Henri Guisol, Ave Ninchi, Jeannette Batti
Votes: 208
70. Alphaville (1965)
Not Rated | 99 min | Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi
A U.S. secret agent is sent to the distant space city of Alphaville where he must find a missing person and free the city from its tyrannical ruler.
Director: Jean-Luc Godard | Stars: Eddie Constantine, Anna Karina, Akim Tamiroff, Valérie Boisgel
Votes: 27,629 | Gross: $0.05M
71. CQ (2001)
R | 88 min | Comedy, Drama, Sci-Fi
A young filmmaker in 1960s Paris juggles directing a cheesy sci-fi debacle, directing his own personal art film, coping with his crumbling relationship with his girlfriend, and realizing that he's infatuated with the sci-fi film's starlet.
Director: Roman Coppola | Stars: Jeremy Davies, Angela Lindvall, Élodie Bouchez, Gérard Depardieu
Votes: 5,089 | Gross: $0.41M
72. Je t'aime moi non plus (1976)
R | 89 min | Drama
Petite waitress Johnny works and lives in a truck-stop, where she's lonely and longs for love. She develops a crush on garbage-truck driver Krassky, although her sleazy boss Boris warns her that he's gay.
Director: Serge Gainsbourg | Stars: Jane Birkin, Joe Dallesandro, Hugues Quester, Reinhard Kolldehoff
Votes: 2,328
73. Tapage nocturne (1979)
97 min | Drama
Director: Catherine Breillat | Stars: Dominique Laffin, Bertrand Bonvoisin, Marie-Hélène Breillat, Joe Dallesandro
Votes: 263
74. My Journey Through French Cinema (2016)
Not Rated | 201 min | Documentary
Bertrand Tavernier's personal journey through French cinema, from films he enjoyed as a boy to his own early career, told through portraits of key creative figures.
Director: Bertrand Tavernier | Stars: Bertrand Tavernier, François Truffaut, Jean-Paul Gaultier, Jean Renoir
Votes: 980 | Gross: $0.04M
75. Last Tango in Paris (1972)
NC-17 | 129 min | Drama, Romance
A young Parisian woman meets a middle-aged American businessman who demands their clandestine relationship be based only on sex.
Director: Bernardo Bertolucci | Stars: Marlon Brando, Maria Schneider, Maria Michi, Giovanna Galletti
Votes: 58,384 | Gross: $36.14M
76. The 400 Blows (1959)
Not Rated | 99 min | Crime, Drama
A young boy, left without attention, delves into a life of petty crime.
Director: François Truffaut | Stars: Jean-Pierre Léaud, Albert Rémy, Claire Maurier, Guy Decomble
Votes: 128,117
77. Hiroshima Mon Amour (1959)
Not Rated | 90 min | Drama, Romance
A French actress filming an anti-war film in Hiroshima has an affair with a married Japanese architect as they share their differing perspectives on war.
Director: Alain Resnais | Stars: Emmanuelle Riva, Eiji Okada, Stella Dassas, Pierre Barbaud
Votes: 35,905 | Gross: $0.09M
78. All the Memory in the World (1956)
21 min | Documentary, Short
This documentary explores the Bibliothèque Nationale in Paris, its priceless treasures, and how humanity remembers itself.
Director: Alain Resnais | Star: Jacques Dumesnil
Votes: 1,584
79. The Prostitutes of Lyon Speak (2016)
40 min | Documentary, Short
A few hundred sex workers occupied a church in Lyon in 1975. They are interviewed about their lives.
Director: Carole Roussopoulos
Votes: 107
80. Carole Roussopoulos, une femme à la caméra (2012)
76 min | Documentary
Director: Emmanuelle de Riedmatten | Star: Carole Roussopoulos
Votes: 8
81. Unmade Beds (1976)
Not Rated | 77 min | Drama
Photographer Rico fantasizes himself a 1960s Paris gangster. An outsider using his camera like a gun, he searches for reality to fulfill his dreams until falling in love disrupts the delicate balance of his imagined world.
Director: Amos Poe | Stars: Duncan Hannah, Eric Mitchell, Kitty Sondern, Patti Astor
Votes: 161
82. The Smell of Us (2014)
92 min | Drama
A story centered around a group of self-destructive skateboarders in Paris.
Director: Larry Clark | Stars: Lukas Ionesco, Diane Rouxel, Théo Cholbi, Hugo Behar-Thinières
Votes: 1,877
83. Macadam (1946)
100 min | Crime, Drama
Madame Rose runs a seedy hotel in a suburb of Paris. Strong-minded but without the least moral scruple, she once killed her husband, whose honesty was a hindrance to her business. Under a ... See full summary »
Directors: Jacques Feyder, Marcel Blistène | Stars: Françoise Rosay, Paul Meurisse, Andrée Clément, Simone Signoret
Votes: 214
84. Dédée d'Anvers (1948)
95 min | Drama
Dedee is a prostitute who works in Monsieur Rene's nightclub on Antwerp's harbour. The porter is Marco, her pimp. Dedee is not happy until she meets Francesco, an Italian sailor. They fall ... See full summary »
Director: Yves Allégret | Stars: Bernard Blier, Simone Signoret, Marcello Pagliero, Marcel Dalio
Votes: 693
85. La Ronde (1950)
Not Rated | 93 min | Drama, Romance
Soldiers, chambermaids, poets, prostitutes, aristocrats-all are on equal footing in this multi-character merry-go-round of love and infidelity.
Director: Max Ophüls | Stars: Anton Walbrook, Simone Signoret, Serge Reggiani, Simone Simon
Votes: 5,960
86. Death in the Garden (1956)
Not Rated | 104 min | Adventure, Crime, Drama
Adventurer Shark comes to a small village near a diamond-miners' camp, and local police arrest him, accusing him of having committed a bank robbery in a neighboring town. The police also ... See full summary »
Director: Luis Buñuel | Stars: Simone Signoret, Georges Marchal, Charles Vanel, Michel Piccoli
Votes: 2,612
87. Is Paris Burning? (1966)
Approved | 173 min | Drama, History, War
August 1944. The Allies are approaching Paris and resistance groups within the city start to plan an uprising against the Germans. However, Hitler wants the city destroyed if it looks like the Allies will take it.
Director: René Clément | Stars: Jean-Paul Belmondo, Charles Boyer, Leslie Caron, Jean-Pierre Cassel
Votes: 5,197
88. Playtime (1967)
Not Rated | 155 min | Comedy
Monsieur Hulot curiously wanders around a high-tech Paris, paralleling a trip with a group of American tourists. Meanwhile, a nightclub/restaurant prepares its opening night, but it's still under construction.
Director: Jacques Tati | Stars: Jacques Tati, Barbara Dennek, Rita Maiden, France Rumilly
Votes: 25,961
89. Bob the Gambler (1956)
PG | 98 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
After losing big, an aging gambler decides to assemble a team to rob a casino.
Director: Jean-Pierre Melville | Stars: Roger Duchesne, Isabelle Corey, Daniel Cauchy, Guy Decomble
Votes: 13,363 | Gross: $0.02M
90. Rififi (1955)
Not Rated | 118 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
Four men plan a technically perfect crime, but the human element intervenes...
Director: Jules Dassin | Stars: Jean Servais, Carl Möhner, Robert Manuel, Janine Darcey
Votes: 36,850 | Gross: $0.06M
91. Film socialisme (2010)
Not Rated | 102 min | Drama
The passengers on a Mediterranean cruise enjoy their luxuries as a small family struggles with overbearing media attention.
Director: Jean-Luc Godard | Stars: Jean-Marc Stehlé, Agatha Couture, Mathias Domahidy, Quentin Grosset
Votes: 2,923 | Gross: $0.03M
92. Joy of Learning (1969)
95 min | Drama
How do we learn? What do we know? Night after night, not long before dawn, two young adults, Patricia and Emile, meet on a sound stage to discuss learning, discourse, and the path to ... See full summary »
Director: Jean-Luc Godard | Stars: Jean-Luc Godard, Juliet Berto, Jean-Pierre Léaud
Votes: 1,164
93. Potiche (2010)
R | 103 min | Comedy
A housewife and grandma takes over the family business 1977, after her husband is hurt during a strike.
Director: François Ozon | Stars: Catherine Deneuve, Gérard Depardieu, Fabrice Luchini, Karin Viard
Votes: 11,364 | Gross: $1.62M
94. French Women (2014)
116 min | Comedy, Romance
A story about 11 women living in Paris. Each of them has her own problems: career, love life, children. Every woman has her complexes and virtues. They always look elegant, hiding their ... See full summary »
Director: Audrey Dana | Stars: Isabelle Adjani, Alice Belaïdi, Laetitia Casta, Audrey Dana
Votes: 2,338
95. Black Girl (1966)
Not Rated | 65 min | Drama
A black girl from Senegal becomes a servant in France.
Director: Ousmane Sembene | Stars: Mbissine Thérèse Diop, Anne-Marie Jelinek, Robert Fontaine, Momar Nar Sene
Votes: 6,024
96. A Girl Cut in Two (2007)
Not Rated | 115 min | Drama, Thriller
A black comedy centered around a TV weather girl and the two very different men who pursue her.
Director: Claude Chabrol | Stars: Ludivine Sagnier, Benoît Magimel, François Berléand, Mathilda May
Votes: 3,801 | Gross: $0.41M
97. Là-bas... mon pays (2000)
114 min | Drama
Famous TV news anchorman Pierre Nivel left Algiers for France in 1962. That's been a secret; his Paris co-workers have never known that he was formerly an Algerian pied noir. An Algerian ... See full summary »
Director: Alexandre Arcady | Stars: Antoine de Caunes, Nozha Khouadra, Samy Naceri, Saïd Amadis
Votes: 125
98. Dead Tired (1994)
R | 92 min | Comedy
What is going on here?!? French director, Michel Blanc (as Himself), just doesn't understand why his life is suddenly falling apart. This nightmarish comedy-thriller is all about identity. ... See full summary »
Director: Michel Blanc | Stars: Michel Blanc, Carole Bouquet, Philippe Noiret, Josiane Balasko
Votes: 2,017 | Gross: $0.55M
99. Becoming Colette (1991)
R | 97 min | Biography, Drama
The story of a girl who become the toast of Paris high-society. Through her marriage to one of France's most notorious degenerates, Colette's eyes are opened to every form of sexual depravity - shameless adventures that stir her.
Director: Danny Huston | Stars: Klaus Maria Brandauer, Mathilda May, Virginia Madsen, Paul Rhys
Votes: 281 | Gross: $0.22M
100. Three Seats for the 26th (1988)
106 min | Biography, Drama, Musical
A pseudo-documentary on the life of Yves Montand, who plays himself, in this tribute to his long career. During a musical tour, Montand returns to Marseille and revisits the many highlights... See full summary »
Director: Jacques Demy | Stars: Yves Montand, Mathilda May, Patrick Fierry, Françoise Fabian
Votes: 456
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