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1. Raining Stones (1993)
Not Rated | 90 min | Comedy, Drama
This Ken Loach film tells the story of a man devoted to his family and his religion. Proud, though poor, Bob wants his little girl to have a beautiful (and costly) brand-new dress for her ... See full summary »
Director: Ken Loach | Stars: Bruce Jones, Julie Brown, Gemma Phoenix, Ricky Tomlinson
Votes: 4,916 | Gross: $0.09M
2. My Name Is Joe (1998)
R | 105 min | Drama, Romance
Two thirty-somethings, unemployed former alcoholic Joe and community health worker Sarah, begin a romantic relationship in one of Glasgow''s toughest neighborhoods.
Director: Ken Loach | Stars: Peter Mullan, Louise Goodall, Gary Lewis, Lorraine McIntosh
Votes: 8,906 | Gross: $0.35M
3. Our Children (2012)
Not Rated | 111 min | Crime, Drama
Happy couple, will marry and have children under the roof of the benevolent Doctor. Little by little, relationships become complex, suffocating the couple and the family, who are unaware of the tragic end towards which they are heading
Director: Joachim Lafosse | Stars: Émilie Dequenne, Claire Bodson, Niels Arestrup, Tahar Rahim
Votes: 3,133
4. Battle of the Classes (2019)
103 min | Comedy, Drama, Family
Children don't care about differences in social class, skin color, or religion, so why does Paul and Sofia's 9-year-old son Corentin only have friends like him? And what happens when all of his friends leave for a Parisian private school?
Director: Michel Leclerc | Stars: Leïla Bekhti, Edouard Baer, Ramzy Bedia, Tom Lévy
Votes: 1,249
5. A Better Life (2011)
110 min | Drama
Yann (Guillaume Canet) and Nadia (Leïla Bekhti) fall in love. Nadia has acquired a crumbling building in a Paris suburb and the couple decide to renovate it to launch a restaurant. But ... See full summary »
Director: Cédric Kahn | Stars: Guillaume Canet, Leïla Bekhti, Slimane Khettabi, Abraham Belaga
Votes: 1,797
6. Everything Went Fine (2021)
113 min | Drama
When André, 85, has a stroke, Emmanuelle hurries to her father's bedside. Sick and half-paralyzed in his hospital bed, he asks Emmanuelle to help him end his life. But how can you honor such a request when it's your own father?
Director: François Ozon | Stars: Sophie Marceau, André Dussollier, Géraldine Pailhas, Charlotte Rampling
Votes: 2,761
7. The Big Hit (2020)
105 min | Comedy, Drama
An actor past his prime gives drama lessons to prisoners in an attempt to stage "Waiting for Godot."
Director: Emmanuel Courcol | Stars: Kad Merad, David Ayala, Lamine Cissokho, Sofian Khammes
Votes: 2,922
8. It's a Free World... (2007)
Not Rated | 96 min | Drama
After being fired from her job, Angie teams up with her flatmate to find employment for immigrants.
Director: Ken Loach | Stars: Kierston Wareing, Juliet Ellis, Leslaw Zurek, Joe Siffleet
Votes: 6,300
9. I, Daniel Blake (2016)
R | 100 min | Drama
After surviving a heart-attack, a 59-year-old carpenter must fight bureaucratic forces to receive Employment and Support Allowance.
Director: Ken Loach | Stars: Dave Johns, Hayley Squires, Sharon Percy, Briana Shann
Votes: 64,766 | Gross: $0.26M
10. Those Who Work (2018)
102 min | Drama
Frank, a man of action who worked his way up all by himself, dedicates his life to work. No matter the place or the circumstances, be it day or night, he's on the phone, handling the cargo ... See full summary »
Director: Antoine Russbach | Stars: Olivier Gourmet, Adèle Bochatay, Louka Minnella, Isaline Prévost
Votes: 911
11. Marie-Jo et ses 2 amours (2002)
124 min | Drama, Romance
Having reached middle age, a woman must choose between the two men in her life.
Director: Robert Guédiguian | Stars: Ariane Ascaride, Jean-Pierre Darroussin, Gérard Meylan, Julie-Marie Parmentier
Votes: 833
12.
Les mercredis de la vie (1992– )
Episode:
L'argent fait le bonheur
(1993)
91 min | Drama
How the mothers of a deprived suburb of Marseille will create a solidarity committee under the aegis of the parish priest. Gathered in assembly, they will invent a solution to the endemic misery of their city.
Director: Robert Guédiguian | Stars: Ariane Ascaride, Jean-Pierre Darroussin, Pierre Banderet, Danièle Lebrun
Votes: 94
13. Marius and Jeannette (1997)
105 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Marius is the keeper of an abandoned cement works staying high above the quarter of l'Estaque in Marseilles. Jeannette is bringing up her two children alone with her poor checkout operator ... See full summary »
Director: Robert Guédiguian | Stars: Ariane Ascaride, Gérard Meylan, Pascale Roberts, Jacques Boudet
Votes: 1,721 | Gross: $0.28M
14. Mon père est ingénieur (2004)
108 min | Drama
Her parents and a former lover try to help a woman out of an apparently unjustified catatonic condition.
Director: Robert Guédiguian | Stars: Ariane Ascaride, Jean-Pierre Darroussin, Gérard Meylan, Pascale Roberts
Votes: 228
15. Life Is a Long Quiet River (1988)
90 min | Comedy
A revengeful nurse switches a girl and a boy at birth. They are raised in two radically different families. When the switch is revealed many years later, the now teenagers and families need to cope with their new environments.
Director: Étienne Chatiliez | Stars: Benoît Magimel, Hélène Vincent, Valérie Lalande, Tara Römer
Votes: 4,721 | Gross: $0.19M
16. Lady Jane (2008)
104 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
Muriel, François and René, three childhood friends from a working class neighbourhood of Marseille, suddenly stop their careers as thieves after having killed a jeweller.To keep a low ... See full summary »
Director: Robert Guédiguian | Stars: Ariane Ascaride, Jean-Pierre Darroussin, Gérard Meylan, Yann Trégouët
Votes: 367
17. Ki lo sa? (1986)
90 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A group of children from the same neighborhood meet a few years later. When the day comes, they meet again and take stock of their lives.
Director: Robert Guédiguian | Stars: Ariane Ascaride, Pierre Banderet, Jean-Pierre Darroussin, Gérard Meylan
Votes: 72
18. Dieu vomit les tièdes (1991)
100 min | Drama
Director: Robert Guédiguian | Stars: Jean-Pierre Darroussin, Ariane Ascaride, Pierre Banderet, Gérard Meylan
Votes: 56
19. Ariane's Thread (2014)
92 min | Comedy, Drama
On her birthday anniversary, the unhappy middle-aged celebrator, Ariane, finds herself abandoned by her family and winds up in a picturesque seaside café in sun-kissed Marseilles. Will she follow her heart to untangle her creative thread?
Director: Robert Guédiguian | Stars: Ariane Ascaride, Jacques Boudet, Jean-Pierre Darroussin, Anaïs Demoustier
Votes: 367
20. À la place du coeur (1998)
113 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Clim and Bébé have grown up together in a blue-collar neighborhood in Marseille. When Bébé is eighteen and Clim is sixteen, they fall in love. She becomes pregnant, and the situation is ... See full summary »
Director: Robert Guédiguian | Stars: Ariane Ascaride, Christine Brücher, Jean-Pierre Darroussin, Gérard Meylan
Votes: 386
21. À la vie, à la mort! (1995)
108 min | Comedy, Drama
In Estaque, a northern suburb of Marseilles, stuck between oil refinery smokestacks and the Mediterranean sea, a handful of die-hards has taken refuge in a cabaret. There is José, the owner... See full summary »
Director: Robert Guédiguian | Stars: Ariane Ascaride, Jacques Boudet, Jean-Pierre Darroussin, Jacques Gamblin
Votes: 172
22. Lady Bird (2017)
R | 94 min | Comedy, Drama
In 2002, an artistically inclined 17-year-old girl comes of age in Sacramento, California.
Director: Greta Gerwig | Stars: Saoirse Ronan, Laurie Metcalf, Tracy Letts, Lucas Hedges
Votes: 328,691 | Gross: $48.96M
23. Looking for Eric (2009)
Not Rated | 116 min | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
Eric, a football fanatic postman whose life is descending into crisis, receives some life coaching from the famously philosophical Eric Cantona.
Director: Ken Loach | Stars: Steve Evets, Eric Cantona, Stephanie Bishop, Gerard Kearns
Votes: 17,964 | Gross: $0.06M
24. Riff-Raff (1991)
Unrated | 95 min | Comedy, Drama
The story of construction-worker Stevie and his unemployed pop-singer girlfriend shows the living conditions of the British poor class.
Director: Ken Loach | Stars: Robert Carlyle, Emer McCourt, Jim R. Coleman, George Moss
Votes: 4,886 | Gross: $0.30M
25. Sweet Sixteen (I) (2002)
R | 106 min | Crime, Drama
Determined to have a normal family life once his mother gets out of prison, a Scottish teenager from a tough background sets out to raise the money for a home.
Director: Ken Loach | Stars: Martin Compston, Michelle Coulter, Annmarie Fulton, William Ruane
Votes: 15,767 | Gross: $0.03M
26. The Navigators (2001)
R | 96 min | Comedy, Drama
Five Yorkshiremen try to survive after the British Rail is bought out by a private company.
Director: Ken Loach | Stars: Dean Andrews, Thomas Craig, Joe Duttine, Steve Huison
Votes: 3,104 | Gross: $0.00M
27. Workforce (2019)
TV-14 | 82 min | Drama
After the death of one of his co-workers, Francisco and a group of builders will seek justice not only for the null compensation received by the owner of the house, but also for a life full of worries, contrasts and oppression.
Director: David Zonana | Stars: Luis Alberti, Hugo Mendoza, Jonathan Sánchez, Horacio Celestino
Votes: 698
28. Carla's Song (1996)
TV-MA | 127 min | Drama, Romance, War
1987, love in time of war. Bus driver George Lennox meets Carla, a Nicaraguan exile living a precarious, profoundly-sad life in Glasgow. Her back is scarred, her boyfriend missing, her ... See full summary »
Director: Ken Loach | Stars: Robert Carlyle, Oyanka Cabezas, Scott Glenn, Salvador Espinoza
Votes: 3,492
29. Capernaum (2018)
R | 126 min | Drama
While serving a five-year sentence for a violent crime, a 12-year-old boy sues his parents for neglect.
Director: Nadine Labaki | Stars: Zain Al Rafeea, Yordanos Shiferaw, Boluwatife Treasure Bankole, Kawsar Al Haddad
Votes: 105,348 | Gross: $1.66M
30. The Last Mitterrand (2005)
116 min | Biography, Drama
A young journalist (Lespert) helps the French President compile his memoirs.
Director: Robert Guédiguian | Stars: Michel Bouquet, Jalil Lespert, Philippe Fretun, Anne Cantineau
Votes: 1,068
31. The Divide (2021)
98 min | Comedy, Drama
Two women on the verge of a breakup, in a hospital, are further stressed on the night of a big demonstration by the overwhelmed staff and by angry, injured protestors who land up besieging the building.
Director: Catherine Corsini | Stars: Valeria Bruni Tedeschi, Marina Foïs, Pio Marmaï, Aïssatou Diallo Sagna
Votes: 1,529
32. The Full Monty (1997)
R | 91 min | Comedy, Drama
Six unemployed steel workers form a male striptease act. The women cheer them on to go for "the full monty" - total nudity.
Director: Peter Cattaneo | Stars: Robert Carlyle, Tom Wilkinson, Mark Addy, Wim Snape
Votes: 114,106 | Gross: $45.95M
33. Billy Elliot (2000)
R | 110 min | Drama, Music
A talented young boy becomes torn between his unexpected love of dance and the disintegration of his family.
Director: Stephen Daldry | Stars: Jamie Bell, Julie Walters, Jean Heywood, Jamie Draven
Votes: 142,779 | Gross: $22.00M
34. Gloria Mundi (2019)
106 min | Drama
In Marseille, a family gathers for the birth of baby Gloria. But despite the joy, the young parents have fallen on tough times. As they try to make ends meet, they reconnect with Gloria's ex-convict grandfather.
Director: Robert Guédiguian | Stars: Ariane Ascaride, Jean-Pierre Darroussin, Gérard Meylan, Anaïs Demoustier
Votes: 938
35. Human Resources (1999)
TV-14 | 100 min | Comedy, Drama
The 35-hour work week has all of France in its thrall. This film turns it into a feature about economic and familial politics. Frank, a business school graduate, returns to his provincial ... See full summary »
Director: Laurent Cantet | Stars: Jalil Lespert, Jean-Claude Vallod, Chantal Barré, Véronique de Pandelaère
Votes: 2,791 | Gross: $0.12M
36. The Class (2008)
PG-13 | 128 min | Drama
Teacher and novelist François Bégaudeau plays a version of himself as he negotiates a year with his racially mixed students from a tough Parisian neighborhood.
Director: Laurent Cantet | Stars: François Bégaudeau, Agame Malembo-Emene, Angélica Sancio, Arthur Fogel
Votes: 36,423 | Gross: $3.77M
37. The Promise (1996)
Not Rated | 90 min | Drama
Roger uses his son Igor to ruthlessly traffic and exploit undocumented immigrants. When one of the immigrants is killed, Igor is guilt-ridden and wants to care for the dead man's family against his father's orders.
Directors: Jean-Pierre Dardenne, Luc Dardenne | Stars: Jérémie Renier, Olivier Gourmet, Assita Ouedraogo, Jean-Michel Balthazar
Votes: 8,538 | Gross: $0.45M
38. Rosetta (1999)
R | 95 min | Drama
Young and impulsive Rosetta lives with her alcoholic mother and, moved by despair, she will do anything to maintain a job.
Directors: Jean-Pierre Dardenne, Luc Dardenne | Stars: Émilie Dequenne, Fabrizio Rongione, Anne Yernaux, Olivier Gourmet
Votes: 15,578 | Gross: $0.26M
39. The Son (2002)
103 min | Drama, Mystery
A joinery instructor at a rehab center refuses to take a new teen as his apprentice, but then begins to follow the boy through the hallways and streets.
Directors: Jean-Pierre Dardenne, Luc Dardenne | Stars: Olivier Gourmet, Morgan Marinne, Isabella Soupart, Nassim Hassaïni
Votes: 10,092 | Gross: $0.07M
40. The Child (2005)
R | 95 min | Crime, Drama, Romance
Bruno and Sonia, a young couple living off her benefit and the thefts committed by his gang, have a new source of money: their newborn son.
Directors: Jean-Pierre Dardenne, Luc Dardenne | Stars: Jérémie Renier, Déborah François, Jérémie Segard, Fabrizio Rongione
Votes: 19,400 | Gross: $0.65M
41. Lorna's Silence (2008)
R | 105 min | Drama
Lorna, a young Albanian woman living in Belgium, has her sights set on opening a snack bar with her lover Sokol. In order to do so, she has become involved in a scam conducted by Fabio, a gangster.
Directors: Jean-Pierre Dardenne, Luc Dardenne | Stars: Arta Dobroshi, Jérémie Renier, Fabrizio Rongione, Alban Ukaj
Votes: 9,170 | Gross: $0.34M
42. The Kid with a Bike (2011)
PG-13 | 87 min | Drama
Abandoned by his father, a young boy is left in a state-run youth farm. In a random act of kindness, the town hairdresser agrees to foster him on weekends.
Directors: Jean-Pierre Dardenne, Luc Dardenne | Stars: Thomas Doret, Cécile de France, Jérémie Renier, Fabrizio Rongione
Votes: 28,636 | Gross: $1.38M
43. Two Days, One Night (2014)
PG-13 | 95 min | Drama
Liège, Belgium. Sandra is a factory worker who discovers that her workmates have opted for a EUR1,000 bonus in exchange for her dismissal. She has only a weekend to convince her colleagues to give up their bonuses in order to keep her job.
Directors: Jean-Pierre Dardenne, Luc Dardenne | Stars: Marion Cotillard, Fabrizio Rongione, Catherine Salée, Baptiste Sornin
Votes: 50,532 | Gross: $1.44M
44. The Unknown Girl (2016)
Unrated | 113 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A doctor gets obsessed with the case of a dead woman after learning that the woman had died shortly after having rung her door for help.
Directors: Jean-Pierre Dardenne, Luc Dardenne | Stars: Adèle Haenel, Olivier Bonnaud, Jérémie Renier, Louka Minnella
Votes: 10,338 | Gross: $0.15M
45. Young Ahmed (2019)
85 min | Drama
A Belgian teenager hatches a plot to kill his teacher after embracing an extremist interpretation of the Quran.
Directors: Jean-Pierre Dardenne, Luc Dardenne | Stars: Idir Ben Addi, Olivier Bonnaud, Myriem Akheddiou, Victoria Bluck
Votes: 4,696
46. À l'attaque! (2000)
90 min | Comedy, Drama
Two scriptwriter friends with clashing personalities decide to write a contemporary political film. Facing difficulties and traps, they stray from the plot. With their lives constantly intertwined with the story of the Moliterno and co.
Director: Robert Guédiguian | Stars: Ariane Ascaride, Pierre Banderet, Frédérique Bonnal, Patrick Bonnel
Votes: 306
47. A Fond Kiss (2004)
R | 104 min | Drama, Romance
Sparks fly in Glasgow's south side when a young Asian man enters into a relationship with a Caucasian woman.
Director: Ken Loach | Stars: Atta Yaqub, Eva Birthistle, Ahmad Riaz, Shamshad Akhtar
Votes: 7,304
48. Between Two Worlds (2021)
106 min | Drama
It is based on French journalist Florence Aubenas's bestselling non-fiction work Le Quai de Ouistreham, investigating rising precarity in French society through her experiences in the northern port city of Caen.
Director: Emmanuel Carrère | Stars: Juliette Binoche, Louise Pociecka, Steve Papagiannis, Aude Ruyter
Votes: 2,269
49. Custody (2017)
93 min | Drama, Thriller
A broken marriage leads to a bitter custody battle with an embattled son at the centre.
Director: Xavier Legrand | Stars: Léa Drucker, Denis Ménochet, Thomas Gioria, Mathilde Auneveux
Votes: 10,318 | Gross: $0.08M
50. Little Tickles (2018)
103 min | Comedy, Drama
Odette is a 8-yr-old girl who loves to dance and draw. Once she has become an adult, Odette realizes she was abused, and immerses herself body and soul in her career as a dancer while trying to deal with her past.
Directors: Andréa Bescond, Eric Métayer | Stars: Andréa Bescond, Karin Viard, Clovis Cornillac, Pierre Deladonchamps
Votes: 1,684
51. My Brothers and I (2021)
108 min | Drama, Music
A 14-year-old boy growing up in a housing project in the South of France with his four brothers and their ailing mother in a coma.
Director: Yohan Manca | Stars: Maël Rouin Berrandou, Judith Chemla, Dali Benssalah, Sofian Khammes
Votes: 870
52. Ladybird Ladybird (1994)
R | 101 min | Drama
Maggie, an unmarried mother of four children by four different men who abused her, leaves her kids home alone one night. A fire injures them and child services takes custody. Maggie fails to regain custody of her children.
Director: Ken Loach | Stars: Crissy Rock, Vladimir Vega, Sandie Lavelle, Mauricio Venegas
Votes: 3,817 | Gross: $0.15M
53. Another World (2021)
96 min | Drama
Philippe is a successful executive in an industrial conglomerate, however the pressures of work have lead to him separating from his wife. As he struggles with the demands of his bosses, he must now decide what is important in life.
Director: Stéphane Brizé | Stars: Vincent Lindon, Sandrine Kiberlain, Anthony Bajon, Marie Drucker
Votes: 2,036
54. The Measure of a Man (2015)
Not Rated | 91 min | Drama
At the age of 51 and after 20 months on unemployment, Thierry starts a new job that soon brings him face to face with a moral dilemma. How much is he willing to accept to keep his job?
Director: Stéphane Brizé | Stars: Vincent Lindon, Karine de Mirbeck, Matthieu Schaller, Yves Ory
Votes: 6,779 | Gross: $0.11M
55. A Few Hours of Spring (2012)
108 min | Drama
Alain Evrard, a trucker who has just finished serving a prison sentence, is forced to temporarily move back to his mother Yvette's house. This forced co-habitation causes all the violence ... See full summary »
Director: Stéphane Brizé | Stars: Vincent Lindon, Hélène Vincent, Emmanuelle Seigner, Olivier Perrier
Votes: 871
56. Promises (2021)
98 min | Drama
A story that revolves around Clemence who's in the final stage of her political career as a Mayor of Parisian suburbs.
Director: Thomas Kruithof | Stars: Isabelle Huppert, Reda Kateb, Naidra Ayadi, Jean-Paul Bordes
Votes: 977
57. Arthur Rambo (2021)
87 min | Drama
Who is this Karim D. ? The new young writer whom the media can't get enough of? Or his alias, Arthur Rambo, the author of old hate-fuellled messages which are dredged up, one day, from social media websites?
Director: Laurent Cantet | Stars: Rabah Nait Oufella, Bilel Chegrani, Antoine Reinartz, Sofian Khammes
Votes: 617
58. Sister (2012)
Unrated | 97 min | Crime, Drama
A drama set at a Swiss ski resort and centered on a boy who supports his sister by stealing from wealthy guests.
Director: Ursula Meier | Stars: Léa Seydoux, Kacey Mottet Klein, Martin Compston, Gillian Anderson
Votes: 7,209
59. Un pays qui se tient sage (2020)
86 min | Documentary
A group of citizens question and confront their views on the social order, and the legitimacy of the use of violent police force.
Director: David Dufresne | Stars: Arié Alimi, Myriam Ayad, Ludivine Bantigny, Benoît Barret
Votes: 805
60. Polisse (2011)
Not Rated | 127 min | Crime, Drama
A journalist covering police assigned to a juvenile division enters into an affair with one of her subjects.
Director: Maïwenn | Stars: Karin Viard, JoeyStarr, Marina Foïs, Nicolas Duvauchelle
Votes: 15,324 | Gross: $0.17M
61. Dernier maquis (2008)
Not Rated | 93 min | Drama
Talk of living wages and religious observances upsets the delicate accord between the boss of a run-down truck yard and his workers in this visually arresting take on the French-Algerian immigrant experience.
Director: Rabah Ameur-Zaïmeche | Stars: Salim Ameur-Zaïmeche, Abel Jafri, Sylvain Roume, Christian Milia-Darmezin
Votes: 276
62. Dheepan (2015)
R | 115 min | Crime, Drama
Dheepan is a Sri Lankan Tamil warrior who flees to France and ends up working as a caretaker outside Paris.
Director: Jacques Audiard | Stars: Jesuthasan Antonythasan, Kalieaswari Srinivasan, Claudine Vinasithamby, Vincent Rottiers
Votes: 16,817 | Gross: $0.25M
63. At War (2018)
113 min | Drama
After promising 1100 employees that they would protect their jobs, the managers of a factory decide to suddenly close up shop. Laurent takes the lead in a fight against this decision.
Director: Stéphane Brizé | Stars: Vincent Lindon, Mélanie Rover, Jacques Borderie, David Rey
Votes: 2,169 | Gross: $0.00M
64. Happening (2021)
R | 100 min | Drama
An adaptation of Annie Ernaux's novel of the same name, looking back on her experience with abortion when it was still illegal in France in the 1960s.
Director: Audrey Diwan | Stars: Anamaria Vartolomei, Kacey Mottet Klein, Luàna Bajrami, Louise Orry-Diquéro
Votes: 11,553
65. 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days (2007)
Not Rated | 113 min | Drama
A woman assists her friend in arranging an illegal abortion in 1980s Romania.
Director: Cristian Mungiu | Stars: Anamaria Marinca, Laura Vasiliu, Vlad Ivanov, Alexandru Potocean
Votes: 63,287 | Gross: $1.19M
66. A Room in Town (1982)
Not Rated | 90 min | Drama, Musical, Romance
Amid an ongoing workers' strike, a steelworker falls in love with the daughter of his baroness landlady, even though both are already in relationships.
Director: Jacques Demy | Stars: Dominique Sanda, Danielle Darrieux, Richard Berry, Michel Piccoli
Votes: 1,612
67. 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: 31,331 | Gross: $0.03M
68. Adieu Philippine (1962)
106 min | Drama, Romance
Paris, summer 1960. Michel is about to leave for Algeria for military service. He meets Liliane and Juliette, two inseparable friends. Michel goes on vacation to Corsica, where the two girls decide to join him
Director: Jacques Rozier | Stars: Jean-Claude Aimini, Daniel Descamps, Stefania Sabatini, Yveline Céry
Votes: 1,017
69. Shéhérazade (2018)
TV-MA | 109 min | Drama, Romance, Thriller
Zachary, 17 years old, gets out of jail. Rejected by his mother, he hangs out in the mean streets of Marseille. This is where he meets Shéhérazade.
Director: Jean-Bernard Marlin | Stars: Dylan Robert, Kenza Fortas, Idir Azougli, Lisa Amedjout
Votes: 2,658
70. Standing Tall (2015)
R | 120 min | Drama
A juvenile judge and a special educator are convinced that they can save the young delinquent Malony from himself and his violent ways.
Director: Emmanuelle Bercot | Stars: Catherine Deneuve, Rod Paradot, Benoît Magimel, Sara Forestier
Votes: 3,857 | Gross: $0.02M
71. Divines (2016)
105 min | Crime, Drama
A street teenager from a dysfunctional family from a banlieue (HLMs) in Paris comes across a young dancer who turns her life upside down.
Director: Houda Benyamina | Stars: Oulaya Amamra, Déborah Lukumuena, Kévin Mischel, Jisca Kalvanda
Votes: 10,522
72. Les Misérables (2019)
R | 104 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
A cop from the provinces moves to Paris to join the Anti-Crime Brigade of Montfermeil, discovering an underworld where the tensions between the different groups mark the rhythm.
Director: Ladj Ly | Stars: Damien Bonnard, Alexis Manenti, Djebril Zonga, Issa Perica
Votes: 28,286 | Gross: $0.33M
73. South Terminal (2019)
Not Rated | 96 min | Drama, Thriller
In a country plunging into armed conflict, a doctor tries to do his duty against all odds, until the day his destiny is turned upside down.
Director: Rabah Ameur-Zaïmeche | Stars: Ramzy Bedia, Amel Brahim-Djelloul, Slimane Dazi, Salim Ameur-Zaïmeche
Votes: 387
74. Dancing the Twist in Bamako (2021)
129 min | Drama, History, Romance
In the 1960s, just after Mali gains its independence, a young socialist meets and falls in love with a woman trying to escape an arranged marriage.
Director: Robert Guédiguian | Stars: Stéphane Bak, Alice Da Luz, Saabo Balde, Bakary Diombera
Votes: 277
75. Ali & Ava (2021)
Not Rated | 95 min | Drama, Romance
Ali and Ava, both lonely for different reasons, meet and sparks fly. Over a lunar month a deep connection begins to grow, despite the legacy of Ava's past relationship, and Ali's emotional turmoil at the breakdown of his marriage.
Director: Clio Barnard | Stars: Adeel Akhtar, Claire Rushbrook, Macy Shackleton, Shaun Thomas
Votes: 3,036
76. Like Father, Like Son (2013)
Not Rated | 121 min | Drama
Ryota is a successful workaholic businessman. When he learns that his biological son was switched with another boy after birth, he faces the difficult decision to choose his true son or the boy he and his wife have raised as their own.
Director: Kore-eda Hirokazu | Stars: Masaharu Fukuyama, Machiko Ono, Yôko Maki, Lily Franky
Votes: 28,125 | Gross: $0.28M
77. Shoplifters (2018)
R | 121 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
On the margins of Tokyo, a dysfunctional band of outsiders are united by loyalty, a penchant for petty theft and playful grifting. When the young son is arrested, secrets are exposed that upend their tenuous, below-the-radar existence.
Director: Kore-eda Hirokazu | Stars: Lily Franky, Sakura Andô, Kirin Kiki, Mayu Matsuoka
Votes: 86,405 | Gross: $3.31M
78. The Good Boss (2021)
116 min | Comedy, Drama
Awaiting a visit by a committee that could give his company an award for excellence, the owner of an industrial scales manufacturing business tries to resolve any problems from his workers in enough time.
Director: Fernando León de Aranoa | Stars: Javier Bardem, Manolo Solo, Almudena Amor, Óscar de la Fuente
Votes: 13,287
79. The Wind (1982)
Not Rated | 100 min | Drama
Finye tackles the generation gap in post-colonial West Africa. Its heroine is the pot smoking daughter of a provincial military governor who falls in love with a fellow university student, the descendent of one of Mali's chiefs.
Director: Souleymane Cissé | Stars: Fousseyni Sissoko, Goundo Guissé, Balla Moussa Keita, Ismaila Sarr
Votes: 292
80. 2 or 3 Things I Know About Her (1967)
Not Rated | 87 min | Comedy, Drama
A day in the life of a Parisian housewife/prostitute, interspersed with musings on the Vietnam War and other contemporary issues.
Director: Jean-Luc Godard | Stars: Jean-Luc Godard, Yves Beneyton, Juliet Berto, Helena Bielicic
Votes: 8,522 | Gross: $0.10M
81. Brüder (1929)
78 min | Drama
A dockworker joins a strike, and comes into conflict with his police officer brother.
Director: Werner Hochbaum | Stars: Gyula Balogh, Erna Schumacher, Ilse Berger
Votes: 94
82. 1900 (1976)
Unrated | 317 min | Drama, History
The epic tale of a class struggle in twentieth-century Italy as seen through the eyes of two childhood friends on opposing sides.
Director: Bernardo Bertolucci | Stars: Robert De Niro, Gérard Depardieu, Dominique Sanda, Francesca Bertini
Votes: 27,280
83. On the Waterfront (1954)
Approved | 108 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
An ex-prize fighter turned New Jersey longshoreman struggles to stand up to his corrupt union bosses, including his older brother, as he starts to connect with the grieving sister of one of the syndicate's victims.
Director: Elia Kazan | Stars: Marlon Brando, Karl Malden, Lee J. Cobb, Rod Steiger
Votes: 164,846 | Gross: $9.60M
84. Saturday Night and Sunday Morning (1960)
Approved | 89 min | Drama, Romance
A rebellious, hard-living factory worker juggles relationships with two women, one of whom is married to another man but pregnant with his child.
Director: Karel Reisz | Stars: Albert Finney, Shirley Anne Field, Rachel Roberts, Hylda Baker
Votes: 9,285
85. Poetical Refugee (2000)
130 min | Drama
A young illegal immigrant from Tunisia tries to survive in the world of Paris miseries.
Director: Abdellatif Kechiche | Stars: Sami Bouajila, Élodie Bouchez, Bruno Lochet, Aure Atika
Votes: 925
86. Merci patron! (2016)
84 min | Documentary
A family fired by a company owned by LVMH (Group owned by French billionaire, Bernard Arnault) seeks reparation from their previous employer with the help of the movie director.
Director: François Ruffin | Stars: François Ruffin, Bernard Arnault, Marie-Hélène Bourlard, François Chérèque
Votes: 1,102
87. J'veux du soleil! (2019)
76 min | Documentary
Documentary devoted to Yellow Vests.
Directors: Gilles Perret, François Ruffin | Stars: Jean-Michel Aphatie, Christophe Barbier, Yves Calvi, Christophe Castaner
Votes: 243
88. Debout les femmes! (2021)
85 min | Documentary
In this new journey, Ruffin and Perret embarks us across France to meet caretakers at the front lines during the current Covid-19 crises.
Directors: Gilles Perret, François Ruffin | Stars: Sabrina Adeline, Bruno Bonnell, Véronique Didime, Martine Duchemin
Votes: 107
89. Code Unknown (2000)
Not Rated | 118 min | Drama
A young man harasses a homeless woman, another man protests, the police arrest both and the woman has to leave the country. What were their various story-lines leading up to this event?
Director: Michael Haneke | Stars: Juliette Binoche, Thierry Neuvic, Josef Bierbichler, Alexandre Hamidi
Votes: 15,166 | Gross: $0.10M
90. Return to Dust (2022)
131 min | Drama
The humble, unassuming Ma and timid Cao have been cast off by their families and forced into an arranged marriage. To survive, they have to come together and build a home for themselves.
Director: Ruijun Li | Stars: Renlin Wu, Hai-Qing, Guangrui Yang, Dengping Zhao
Votes: 2,409
91. One Way or Another (1977)
78 min | Drama, Romance
In Miraflores, Cuba, the growing romance between Mario, a factory worker, and Yolanda, a schoolteacher, throws into relief the differences in their perspectives and values in Revolutionary Cuba.
Director: Sara Gómez | Stars: Mario Balmaseda, Yolanda Cuéllar, Mario Limonta, Isaura Mendoza
Votes: 646
92. Fish Tank (2009)
Not Rated | 123 min | Drama
Everything changes for 15-year-old Mia when her mum brings home a new boyfriend.
Director: Andrea Arnold | Stars: Katie Jarvis, Michael Fassbender, Kierston Wareing, Rebecca Griffiths
Votes: 65,034 | Gross: $0.37M
93. And the Party Goes On (2023)
106 min | Drama
Marseille, France. Rosa divides her energy between her close-knit family, her nursing work and her political commitment. But as she approaches retirement, her illusions begin to waver. When... See full summary »
Director: Robert Guédiguian | Stars: Ariane Ascaride, Jean-Pierre Darroussin, Lola Naymark, Robinson Stévenin
Votes: 132
94. Happy as Lazzaro (2018)
PG-13 | 128 min | Drama, Fantasy, Mystery
An unceasingly kind Italian peasant and his family are blatantly exploited by a tobacco baroness.
Director: Alice Rohrwacher | Stars: Adriano Tardiolo, Agnese Graziani, Alba Rohrwacher, Luca Chikovani
Votes: 20,592
95. The Wonders (2014)
Not Rated | 110 min | Drama
A family of beekeepers living in the Tuscan countryside finds their household disrupted by the simultaneous arrival of a silently troubled teenage boy and a reality TV show intent on showcasing the family.
Director: Alice Rohrwacher | Stars: Alba Rohrwacher, Maria Alexandra Lungu, Sam Louwyck, Sabine Timoteo
Votes: 5,962 | Gross: $0.07M
96. Europe '51 (1952)
Not Rated | 118 min | Drama
A wealthy woman becomes obsessed with humanitarianism when her young son dies after committing suicide.
Director: Roberto Rossellini | Stars: Ingrid Bergman, Alexander Knox, Ettore Giannini, Giulietta Masina
Votes: 4,784
97. Delitto d'amore (1974)
108 min | Drama, Romance
Two factory workers living in Northern Italy form a romantic connection.
Director: Luigi Comencini | Stars: Giuliano Gemma, Stefania Sandrelli, Brizio Montinaro, Renato Scarpa
Votes: 424
98. Shafika and Metwali (1981)
125 min | Drama
Back in 1860s, in rural Egypt, where family, youth and prettiness struggle against money and power.
Director: Ali Badr Khan | Stars: Suad Husni, Ahmed Zaki, Mahmoud Abdel Aziz, Ahmad Mazhar
Votes: 307
99. On the Adamant (2023)
109 min | Documentary
Follows patients and caregivers at a psychiatric centre with a unique floating structure located in the middle of the Seine river in central Paris.
Director: Nicolas Philibert | Stars: Mamadi Barri, Walid Benziane, Sabine Berlière, Romain Bernardin
Votes: 833
100. Crane World (1999)
PG-13 | 90 min | Comedy, Drama
The portrait of a man and his attempts to make things up with life after losing his job.
Director: Pablo Trapero | Stars: Luis Margani, Daniel Valenzuela, Adriana Aizemberg, Federico Esquerro
Votes: 1,192
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