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1. Incendies (2010)
R | 131 min | Drama, Mystery, War
Twins journey to the Middle East to discover their family history and fulfill their mother's last wishes.
Director: Denis Villeneuve | Stars: Lubna Azabal, Mélissa Désormeaux-Poulin, Maxim Gaudette, Mustafa Kamel
Votes: 199,784 | Gross: $6.86M
2. Populaire (2012)
R | 111 min | Comedy, Romance, Sport
1958. Rose is a terrible secretary but a demon typist. Her handsome boss resolves to turn her into the fastest girl in the world.
Director: Régis Roinsard | Stars: Romain Duris, Féodor Atkine, Déborah François, Bérénice Bejo
Votes: 12,704 | Gross: $0.18M
3. The Past (2013)
PG-13 | 130 min | Drama, Mystery
An Iranian man deserts his French wife and her two children to return to his homeland. Meanwhile, his wife starts up a new relationship, a reality her husband confronts upon his wife's request for a divorce.
Director: Asghar Farhadi | Stars: Bérénice Bejo, Tahar Rahim, Ali Mosaffa, Pauline Burlet
Votes: 50,862 | Gross: $1.33M
4. Dissonances (2003)
107 min | Crime, Drama
Nat is driving on the interstate with his two young daughters in the back seat when a car drives by and an unknown man shoots one of the girls dead for no reason. Nat's life is shattered. ... See full summary »
Director: Jérôme Cornuau | Stars: Jacques Gamblin, Didier Flamand, Bérénice Bejo, Françoise Viallon
Votes: 141
5. Sans Soleil (1983)
Not Rated | 100 min | Documentary, Drama
A woman narrates the contemplative writings of a seasoned world traveler, focusing on contemporary Japan.
Director: Chris Marker | Stars: Amilcar Cabral, Florence Delay, Arielle Dombasle, Riyoko Ikeda
Votes: 12,122 | Gross: $0.03M
6. La première étoile (2009)
90 min | Comedy
Jean-Gabriel, married and father of three, lives odd jobs and spends his time at the local PMU bar. One day, to please his daughter, he quickly promises the whole family to take them on a ski vacation.
Director: Lucien Jean-Baptiste | Stars: Firmine Richard, Lucien Jean-Baptiste, Anne Consigny, Jimmy Woha Woha
Votes: 965
7. The Crazies (2010)
R | 101 min | Horror
After a strange and insecure plane crash, an unusual toxic virus enters a quaint farming town. A young couple are quarantined, but they fight for survival along with help from a couple of people.
Director: Breck Eisner | Stars: Radha Mitchell, Timothy Olyphant, Danielle Panabaker, Joe Anderson
Votes: 128,837 | Gross: $39.12M
8. The Horde (2009)
Not Rated | 90 min | Action, Horror
An end of the world battle between gangsters, cops and zombies.
Directors: Yannick Dahan, Benjamin Rocher | Stars: Claude Perron, Jean-Pierre Martins, Eriq Ebouaney, Aurélien Recoing
Votes: 16,386
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: 16,721 | Gross: $0.13M
10. The Returned (2012–2015)
TV-MA | 418 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror
In a small French mountain town where everyone knows each other, the dead begin to inexplicably return as if their death never happened. Forcing the townsfolk to confront their difficult past as they seek to understand this phenomenon.
Stars: Anne Consigny, Clotilde Hesme, Frédéric Pierrot, Céline Sallette
Votes: 21,309
11. The King and the Mockingbird (1980)
Not Rated | 83 min | Animation, Family, Fantasy
A chimney sweep and a shepherdess seek to escape from the clutches of a tyrannical king.
Director: Paul Grimault | Stars: Jean Martin, Pascal Mazzotti, Raymond Bussières, Agnès Viala
Votes: 5,540 | Gross: $0.03M
12. La Femme Nikita (1990)
R | 117 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Convicted felon Nikita isn't going to jail; she's given a new identity and trained, stylishly, as a top secret spy/assassin.
Director: Luc Besson | Stars: Anne Parillaud, Marc Duret, Patrick Fontana, Alain Lathière
Votes: 76,362 | Gross: $5.02M
13. The City of Lost Children (1995)
R | 112 min | Adventure, Drama, Fantasy
A scientist in a surrealist society kidnaps children to steal their dreams, hoping that they slow his aging process.
Directors: Marc Caro, Jean-Pierre Jeunet | Stars: Ron Perlman, Daniel Emilfork, Judith Vittet, Dominique Pinon
Votes: 71,624 | Gross: $1.51M
14. A Very Long Engagement (2004)
R | 133 min | Drama, Mystery, Romance
Tells the story of a young woman's relentless search for her fiancé, who has disappeared from the trenches of the Somme during World War One.
Director: Jean-Pierre Jeunet | Stars: Audrey Tautou, Gaspard Ulliel, Jodie Foster, Dominique Pinon
Votes: 75,921 | Gross: $6.17M
15. Micmacs (2009)
R | 105 min | Action, Comedy, Crime
A man and his friends come up with an intricate and original plan to destroy two big weapons manufacturers.
Director: Jean-Pierre Jeunet | Stars: Dany Boon, André Dussollier, Nicolas Marié, Yolande Moreau
Votes: 31,263 | Gross: $1.26M
16. The Story of the Fox (1937)
63 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
When Renard the Fox's mischievous pranks go too far, King Lion is forced to attempt to bring the trickster to justice.
Directors: Irene Starewicz, Wladyslaw Starewicz | Stars: Claude Dauphin, Romain Bouquet, Sylvain Itkine, Léon Larive
Votes: 1,550
17. Love in the Afternoon (1972)
R | 97 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Though he has an adoring wife, a bourgeois man is still tempted to pursue other women.
Director: Éric Rohmer | Stars: Bernard Verley, Zouzou, Françoise Verley, Daniel Ceccaldi
Votes: 9,333
18. Some Like It Veiled (2017)
88 min | Comedy, Romance
Armand and Leila are in love. Together they plan to go to New York for an internship. But few days before their departure, Mahmoud, Leila's big brother, comes back from his long-term stay in Yemen, during which he has changed drastically.
Director: Sou Abadi | Stars: Félix Moati, William Lebghil, Camélia Jordana, Anne Alvaro
Votes: 965
19. Orphan (2016)
111 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
A young woman moves to Paris with a disastrous past. When she becomes a woman and thinks she's finally free from her past's shadows, some characters show up and she gets the chance to become a unique heroine.
Director: Arnaud des Pallières | Stars: Adèle Haenel, Adèle Exarchopoulos, Solène Rigot, Vega Cuzytek
Votes: 1,341
20. 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: 147,520 | Gross: $0.75M
21. La Vie En Rose (2007)
PG-13 | 140 min | Biography, Drama, Music
Biopic of the iconic French singer Édith Piaf. Raised by her grandmother in a brothel, she was discovered while singing on a street corner at the age of 19. Despite her success, Piaf's life was filled with tragedy.
Director: Olivier Dahan | Stars: Marion Cotillard, Sylvie Testud, Pascal Greggory, Emmanuelle Seigner
Votes: 90,693 | Gross: $10.30M
22. A Girl Is a Gun (1971)
100 min | Adventure, Drama, Western
Billy the Kid pursues the witness of a heist in order to eliminate him.
Director: Luc Moullet | Stars: Jean-Pierre Léaud, Rachel Kesterber, Jean Valmont, Bruno Kresoja
Votes: 184
23. Merci La Vie (1991)
117 min | Drama
A lonely teenage girl studying her exams meets a homeless woman and befriend with her.
Director: Bertrand Blier | Stars: Charlotte Gainsbourg, Anouk Grinberg, Michel Blanc, Jean Carmet
Votes: 1,365
24. Passionnément (2000)
104 min | Drama, Romance
Faustine,now an adult ,wants to know all about her father's death;she learns he was once in love with a fifteen-year-old girl ,Alice .
Director: Bruno Nuytten | Stars: Gérard Lanvin, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Eric Ruf, Tania Da Costa
Votes: 99
25. The Log (1999)
106 min | Comedy, Drama
Christmas, family, and infidelity. Yvette's husband has died, and her grown daughters join her at the grave: Sonia, wealthy, bourgeois, and generous; Louba, living with their dad Stanislas,... See full summary »
Director: Danièle Thompson | Stars: Sabine Azéma, Emmanuelle Béart, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Claude Rich
Votes: 1,874 | Gross: $0.15M
26. Félix et Lola (2001)
89 min | Drama, Romance
Félix, operator of dodgem cars in a fairground, becomes obsessed by one of his customers, a mysterious young woman named Lola.
Director: Patrice Leconte | Stars: Charlotte Gainsbourg, Philippe Torreton, Alain Bashung, Philippe du Janerand
Votes: 454
27. The Science of Sleep (2006)
R | 105 min | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
A man entranced by his dreams and imagination is love-struck with a French woman and feels he can show her his world.
Director: Michel Gondry | Stars: Gael García Bernal, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Miou-Miou, Alain Chabat
Votes: 70,867 | Gross: $4.66M
28. La science des rêves - Film B (2007 Video)
70 min | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
Presentation of the "Film B" of "The Science of Sleep" Max Linder cinema in Paris. In the presence of its director, Michel Gondry, and some people from the film crew.
Director: Michel Gondry | Stars: Sacha Bourdo, Emma de Caunes, Alain Chabat, Charlotte Gainsbourg
Votes: 965
29. Persécution (2009)
98 min | Drama, Romance
The solitary Daniel and Sonia share an uneasy love/hate relationship. Daniel's life is disrupted by the appearance of a stranger that proceeds to insinuate himself in his life. The man's ... See full summary »
Director: Patrice Chéreau | Stars: Romain Duris, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Jean-Hugues Anglade, Gilles Cohen
Votes: 1,074
30. 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: 2,630 | Gross: $0.15M
31. Promise at Dawn (2017)
131 min | Biography, Drama, Romance
A man recounts his life, from his childhood through his experiences in World War II, and the story of his self-sacrificing mother, who raised him alone.
Director: Eric Barbier | Stars: Pierre Niney, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Didier Bourdon, Jean-Pierre Darroussin
Votes: 3,846
32. Ismael's Ghosts (2017)
R | 114 min | Drama, Mystery, Romance
The story follows a filmmaker (Mathieu Amalric) whose life is sent into a tailspin by the return of a former lover (Marion Cotillard as Carlotta) just as he is about to embark on the shoot of a new film.
Director: Arnaud Desplechin | Stars: Mathieu Amalric, Marion Cotillard, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Louis Garrel
Votes: 2,835 | Gross: $0.10M
33. The Jews (2016)
111 min | Comedy
A French-Jewish actor seeks counseling and discusses a number of stereotypes concerning Jewish people. Told in the form of short stories that accompany each stereotype.
Director: Yvan Attal | Stars: Yvan Attal, François Bureloup, Tobie Nathan, Benoît Poelvoorde
Votes: 1,738
34. Une chance de trop (2015– )
52 min | Drama, Thriller
A doctor is shot in the back in her home, her husband is murdered and her infant daughter kidnapped. Faced with inept police, who at times suspect her, she begins her own hunt for her baby and the culprits.
Stars: Alexandra Lamy, Pascal Elbé, Lionel Abelanski, Hippolyte Girardot
Votes: 1,495
35. Time of the Wolf (2003)
R | 114 min | Drama
When Anna and her family arrive at their holiday home, they find it occupied by strangers. This confrontation is just the beginning of a painful learning process.
Director: Michael Haneke | Stars: Isabelle Huppert, Anaïs Demoustier, Béatrice Dalle, Patrice Chéreau
Votes: 11,472 | Gross: $0.06M
36. The Decline of the American Empire (1986)
R | 101 min | Comedy, Drama
Sexual revelations emerge when a group of academics and their partners spend a weekend at a country retreat.
Director: Denys Arcand | Stars: Dominique Michel, Dorothée Berryman, Louise Portal, Pierre Curzi
Votes: 8,694 | Gross: $1.90M
37. School Life (2019)
TV-MA | 111 min | Comedy, Drama
The daily life of a school located in Saint Denis.
Directors: Mehdi Idir, Grand Corps Malade | Stars: Zita Hanrot, Liam Pierron, Soufiane Guerrab, Moussa Mansaly
Votes: 3,318
38. Féfé Limbé (2016)
28 min | Short, Drama
Director: Julien Silloray | Stars: Eric Cilirie, Chantale Jacobson, Joséphine Malahel, Gaëlle Marian
Votes: 13
39. 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: 31,299 | Gross: $0.03M
40. Blue Is the Warmest Colour (2013)
NC-17 | 180 min | Drama, Romance
Adèle's life is changed when she meets Emma, a young woman with blue hair, who will allow her to discover desire and to assert herself as a woman and as an adult. In front of others, Adèle grows, seeks herself, loses herself, and ultimately finds herself through love and loss.
Director: Abdellatif Kechiche | Stars: Léa Seydoux, Adèle Exarchopoulos, Salim Kechiouche, Aurélien Recoing
Votes: 162,934 | Gross: $2.20M
41. OSS 117: Cairo, Nest of Spies (2006)
Not Rated | 99 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
Secret agent OSS 117 foils Nazis, beds local beauties, and brings peace to the Middle East.
Director: Michel Hazanavicius | Stars: François Damiens, Jean Dujardin, Khalid Maadour, Youssef Hamid
Votes: 23,089 | Gross: $0.30M
42. The Forest (2017)
TV-MA | 313 min | Crime, Drama
Sixteen-year-old Jennifer disappears one night from her village in the Ardennes. Captain Gaspard Deker leads the investigation with local cop Virginie Musso, who knew the girl well. They are helped by Eve, a lonely and mysterious woman.
Stars: Samuel Labarthe, Suzanne Clément, Alexia Barlier, Frédéric Diefenthal
Votes: 12,821
43. La Mante (2017)
52 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
A serial killer, nicknamed 'La Mante' decides to collaborate with the police when a string of murders that copycat her style suddenly appear.
Stars: Carole Bouquet, Fred Testot, Manon Azem, Pascal Demolon
Votes: 14,339
44. Marianne (2019)
TV-MA | 50 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
When a famous horror writer goes back to her hometown, she finds out that the evil spirit that plagues her dreams is also there in real life.
Stars: Victoire Du Bois, Lucie Boujenah, Tiphaine Daviot, Ralph Amoussou
Votes: 18,554
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