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1. Sound and Fury (1988)
95 min | Drama
Bruno is 14. When his grandmother dies, he returns to Bagnolet with his mother who is rarely there. At school he meets Jean-Roger, who introduces him to a group of delinquents.
Director: Jean-Claude Brisseau | Stars: Vincent Gasperitsch, María Luisa García, François Négret, Bruno Cremer
Votes: 1,161
2. Tea in the Harem (1985)
110 min | Drama
In a depressing concrete Parisian suburb in the seventies two friends are keeping boredom at bay with loitering and petty crime.
Director: Mehdi Charef | Stars: Kader Boukhanef, Rémi Martin, Laure Duthilleul, Saïda Bekkouche
Votes: 461 | Gross: $0.02M
3. The Disintegration (2011)
78 min | Drama
A realistic description of unemployed young Muslims who live in the french suburbs, lost generation ostracized by the racism which slowly push them to the Muslim extremism.
Director: Philippe Faucon | Stars: Rashid Debbouze, Yassine Azzouz, Ymanol Perset, Mohamed Nachit
Votes: 313
4. La haine (1995)
Not Rated | 98 min | Crime, Drama
24 hours in the lives of three young men in the French suburbs the day after a violent riot.
Director: Mathieu Kassovitz | Stars: Vincent Cassel, Hubert Koundé, Saïd Taghmaoui, Abdel Ahmed Ghili
Votes: 196,590 | Gross: $0.31M
5. Ma 6-T va crack-er (1997)
105 min | Crime, Drama
Young people and their chances of creating a loving life.
Director: Jean-François Richet | Stars: Arco Descat C., Jean-Marie Robert, Malik Zeggou, Mustapha Ziad
Votes: 842
6. 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: 28,312 | Gross: $0.33M
7. The Stronghold (2020)
TV-MA | 105 min | Action, Crime, Thriller
A police brigade working in the dangerous northern neighborhoods of Marseille, where the level of crime is higher than anywhere else in France.
Director: Cédric Jimenez | Stars: Gilles Lellouche, Karim Leklou, François Civil, Adèle Exarchopoulos
Votes: 13,242
8. Gagarine (2020)
98 min | Drama, Fantasy
Yuri fights to save his home town - which he shares with his namesake, Yuri Gagarin - from demolition.
Directors: Fanny Liatard, Jérémy Trouilh | Stars: Alseni Bathily, Lyna Khoudri, Jamil McCraven, Finnegan Oldfield
Votes: 2,693
9. We (2021)
115 min | Documentary
Encounters on a rail line crossing north to south thru Paris and its outskirts: A cleaning lady, a scrap merchant, a writer, a nurse, a follower of hunts and the filmmaker herself.
Director: Alice Diop | Stars: Marcel Balnoas, Ethan Balnoas, Florence Roche, Ismael Soumaïla Sissoko
Votes: 357
10. District B13 (2004)
R | 84 min | Action, Crime, Sci-Fi
In the ghettos of Paris in 2010, an undercover cop and an ex-thug try to infiltrate a gang in order to defuse a neutron bomb.
Director: Pierre Morel | Stars: Cyril Raffaelli, David Belle, Tony D'Amario, Bibi Naceri
Votes: 73,901 | Gross: $1.20M
11. District 13: Ultimatum (2009)
R | 101 min | Action, Crime, Thriller
Damien and Leito return to District 13 on a mission to bring peace to the troubled sector that is controlled by five different gang bosses, before the city's secret services take drastic measures to solve the problem.
Director: Patrick Alessandrin | Stars: Cyril Raffaelli, David Belle, Philippe Torreton, Daniel Duval
Votes: 46,248 | Gross: $0.04M
12. Yamakasi (2001)
90 min | Action, Crime, Drama
7 guys from Paris' suburbs like challenges like climbing tall buildings and doing parkour - especially with cops/flics chasing them. When a kid fan urgently needs a heart the Yamakasis try to find a way.
Directors: Ariel Zeitoun, Julien Seri | Stars: Châu Belle Dinh, Williams Belle, Malik Diouf, Yann Hnautra
Votes: 13,132
13. Games of Love and Chance (2003)
123 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Krimo a 15 years old shy boy falls in love for Lídia who is his classmate.To be able to assume his love for her he decides to take a part in the play that was to be one of his friends.
Director: Abdellatif Kechiche | Stars: Osman Elkharraz, Sara Forestier, Sabrina Ouazani, Nanou Benhamou
Votes: 3,252 | Gross: $0.01M
14. 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: 3,326
15. Lascars (1998–2007)
1 min | Animation, Comedy, Crime
Cult animation series focused on troubles and tribulations of inner city youth in a sharp humorous way.
Stars: Saïd Taghmaoui, Kader Ayd, Hocine Ossoukine, Doudou Masta
Votes: 242
16. Round Da Way (2009)
96 min | Animation, Comedy
Tony and Jose are best friends and petty crooks, but tension strikes the duo when Jose falls for the rich Clemence and wants to go straight.
Directors: Emmanuel Klotz, Albert Pereira-Lazaro | Stars: Vincent Cassel, Diane Kruger, Izm, Frédérique Bel
Votes: 1,688
17. Porn in the Hood (2012)
95 min | Comedy
Mousten, Momo and Abdelkrim spend their time letting their lives slip by. Until the day they discover an auditions advertisement in a porn magazine. From their standpoint of no girls and no... See full summary »
Director: Franck Gastambide | Stars: Medi Sadoun, Franck Gastambide, Jib Pocthier, Alice Belaïdi
Votes: 1,741
18. Asphalt Playground (2012)
97 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
"Where I come from, when you stop dreaming, you die." Twelve-year old Aimé, nicknamed Machine Gun, is a mischievous kid from a housing project outside Paris, where families live alongside ... See full summary »
Director: Julien Abraham | Stars: Azize Diabaté Abdoulaye, Idrissa Diabaté, Ismaël Ouazzani, Zouher Rahim
Votes: 346
19. Good Mother (2021)
99 min | Drama
After her son is arrested in a gas station robbery, housekeeper Nora does everything she can to help him as he remains incarcerated awaiting trial.
Director: Hafsia Herzi | Stars: Halima Benhamed, Sabrina Benhamed, Jawed Hannachi Herzi, Mourad Tahar Boussatha
Votes: 282
20. 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: 36,441 | Gross: $3.77M
21. City of God (2002)
R | 130 min | Crime, Drama
In the slums of Rio, two kids' paths diverge as one struggles to become a photographer and the other a kingpin.
Directors: Fernando Meirelles, Kátia Lund | Stars: Alexandre Rodrigues, Leandro Firmino, Matheus Nachtergaele, Phellipe Haagensen
Votes: 801,465 | Gross: $7.56M
22. Gomorrah (2008)
Not Rated | 137 min | Crime, Drama
Scampia Vele is the Corbusian architecture which has become a stronghold for Mafia of Naples, Italy.
Director: Matteo Garrone | Stars: Gianfelice Imparato, Salvatore Abbruzzese, Toni Servillo, Simone Sacchettino
Votes: 51,219 | Gross: $1.58M
23. Bye-Bye (1995)
105 min | Drama
In Paris, Ismaél, a young Tunisian, cares for two brothers, Nouredine, a cripple, and streetwise Mouloud, 14. In haste, Ismaél and Mouloud go to Marseilles where an uncle lives. Nouredine ... See full summary »
Director: Karim Dridi | Stars: Sami Bouajila, Nozha Khouadra, Philippe Ambrosini, Ouassini Embarek
Votes: 250
24. Chouf (2016)
108 min | Crime, Drama
Chouf: it means "look" in Arabic, but it is also the name of the watchmen in the drug cartels of Marseille. Sofiane is 20. A brilliant student, he comes back to spend his holiday in the ... See full summary »
Director: Karim Dridi | Stars: Sofian Khammes, Foued Nabba, Oussama Abdul Aal, Zine Darar
Votes: 479
25. Paulette (2012)
R | 87 min | Comedy, Crime
Paulette lives alone in a housing project in the Paris suburbs. With her meager pension, she can no longer make ends meet.
Director: Jérôme Enrico | Stars: Bernadette Lafont, Carmen Maura, Dominique Lavanant, Françoise Bertin
Votes: 7,614 | Gross: $0.03M
26. 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: 10,525
27. 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: 2,659
28. Girlhood (2014)
Unrated | 113 min | Drama
A girl with few real prospects joins a gang, reinventing herself and gaining a sense of self confidence in the process. However, she soon finds that this new life does not necessarily make her any happier.
Director: Céline Sciamma | Stars: Karidja Touré, Assa Sylla, Lindsay Karamoh, Mariétou Touré
Votes: 10,049
29. Learn by Heart (2015)
93 min | Drama
A teenager teams with a friend and start selling drugs trying to help his mother.
Director: Mathieu Vadepied | Stars: Balamine Guirassy, Ali Bidanessy, Guillaume Gouix, Joséphine de Meaux
Votes: 166
30. Hold Back (2012)
78 min | Drama
Black Christian boy and North African Muslim girl fall in love, but her family is against this union.
Director: Rachid Djaidani | Stars: Slimane Dazi, Sabrina Hamida, Stéphane Soo Mongo, Nina Morato
Votes: 236
31. Brooklyn (2015)
PG-13 | 117 min | Drama, Romance
An Irish immigrant lands in 1950s Brooklyn, where she quickly falls into a romance with a local. When her past catches up with her, however, she must choose between two countries and the lives that exist within.
Director: John Crowley | Stars: Saoirse Ronan, Emory Cohen, Domhnall Gleeson, Jim Broadbent
Votes: 150,536 | Gross: $38.32M
32. The Wire (2002–2008)
TV-MA | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
The Baltimore drug scene, as seen through the eyes of drug dealers and law enforcement.
Stars: Dominic West, Lance Reddick, Sonja Sohn, Wendell Pierce
Votes: 377,811
33. Max & Lenny (2014)
86 min | Drama
The story of a friendship between two girls fighting for survival in a northern area of Marseille. Lenny tries to rap to escape from everyday life. One day she meets Maxine, a young undocumented Congolese, who supports her passion.
Director: Fred Nicolas | Stars: Camélia Pand'or, Jisca Kalvanda, Adam Hegazy, Martial Bezot
Votes: 53
34. Once in a Lifetime (2014)
Not Rated | 105 min | Comedy, Drama
A teacher manages to get her toughest class involved in a collective project that could give a whole new meaning to the lives of her students.
Director: Marie-Castille Mention-Schaar | Stars: Ariane Ascaride, Ahmed Dramé, Noémie Merlant, Geneviève Mnich
Votes: 2,155
35. Street Flow (2019)
TV-MA | 96 min | Crime, Drama
Three brothers try to survive on the streets of a tough French suburb.
Directors: Kery James, Leïla Sy | Stars: Kery James, Jammeh Diangana, Bakary Diombera, Chloé Jouannet
Votes: 1,946
36. Skirt Day (2008)
Not Rated | 87 min | Drama
'Skirt Day' is a fascinating psychological study, a socio-critical investigation - and Isabelle Adjani's first film in five years.
Director: Jean-Paul Lilienfeld | Stars: Isabelle Adjani, Denis Podalydès, Khalid Berkouz, Yann Ebongé
Votes: 2,710
37. All Three of Us (2015)
102 min | Comedy, Drama
An Iranian family survives the shah and the ayatollah and moves to France. This story follows the family through it all. Despite the politics, revolution, prison, beatings, assassinations and suicides this is a comedy.
Director: Kheiron | Stars: Kheiron, Leïla Bekhti, Gérard Darmon, Zabou Breitman
Votes: 2,680
38. 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: 16,821 | Gross: $0.25M
39. The Magnet (2000)
90 min | Crime, Drama
The story of a group of friends, stars of a quiet life of night breaks and free time in a poor district of Marseille. One summer, a tragedy with racism as the key will fall on their lives.
Directors: Akhenaton, Kamel Saleh | Stars: Kamel Saleh, Akhenaton, Houari Djerir, Brahim Aimad
Votes: 278
40. In Your Dreams (2005)
Not Rated | 102 min | Drama
iXe, a young hip-hop writer, has close friends who all believe in his talent.
Director: Denis Thybaud | Stars: Disiz, Béatrice Dalle, Alex Descas, Vincent Elbaz
Votes: 158
41. 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: 8,529 | Gross: $0.10M
42. 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
43. Bled Number One (2006)
100 min | Drama
A peine sorti de prison, Kamel (Rabah Ameur-Zaïmeche) est expulsé vers son pays d'origine, l'Algérie. Cet exil forcé le contraint à observer avec lucidité un pays en pleine effervescence, ... See full synopsis »
Director: Rabah Ameur-Zaïmeche | Stars: Meriem Serbah, Abel Jafri, Rabah Ameur-Zaïmeche, Meriem Ameur-Zaïmeche
Votes: 195
44. Le ciel, les oiseaux,... et ta mère! (1999)
90 min | Comedy
Youssef, Christophe, Stéphane and Mike are four friends from Saint-Denis. Today: direction Biarritz for 3 weeks of vacation. It is the first time that they have left their city. The holidays will quickly turn to delirium.
Director: Djamel Bensalah | Stars: Jamel Debbouze, Stéphane Soo Mongo, Lorànt Deutsch, Julien Courbey
Votes: 927
45. All That Glitters (2010)
Not Rated | 100 min | Comedy
Who has never been ashamed of Mom's new hairdo, Dad's bad jokes, that velvet couch in the living room, a childhood friend who obviously doesn't get it? Lila and Ely live just the other side... See full summary »
Directors: Hervé Mimran, Géraldine Nakache | Stars: Leïla Bekhti, Géraldine Nakache, Virginie Ledoyen, Linh-Dan Pham
Votes: 2,677
46. Les barons (2009)
111 min | Comedy, Drama
In Brussels, three friends lead a life of pleasant apathy. They spend their days loafing around in unhurried torpor, bantering between each other and adhering to the theory that the fewer steps one takes, the richer one's interior life.
Director: Nabil Ben Yadir | Stars: Nader Boussandel, Mourade Zeguendi, Mounir Ait Hamou, Julien Courbey
Votes: 991
47. Mohamed Dubois (2013)
92 min | Comedy
story of Arnaud Dubois, after a dispute with his father, he decides to leave the cozy nest of Vésinet. He then crosses the path of Mustafa, who presents his sister Sabrina of which Arnaud ... See full summary »
Director: Ernesto Oña | Stars: Eric Judor, Sabrina Ouazani, Youssef Hajdi, Mhamed Arezki
Votes: 600
48. Do the Right Thing (1989)
R | 120 min | Comedy, Drama
On the hottest day of the year on a street in the Bedford-Stuyvesant section of Brooklyn, everyone's hate and bigotry smolders and builds until it explodes into violence.
Director: Spike Lee | Stars: Danny Aiello, Ossie Davis, Ruby Dee, Richard Edson
Votes: 112,479 | Gross: $27.55M
49. The We and the I (2012)
Not Rated | 103 min | Drama
A look at the lives of a group of teenagers who ride the same bus route and how their relationships change and evolve on the last day of school.
Director: Michel Gondry | Stars: Michael Brodie, Teresa Lynn, Francesca Pinto, Nicholas Pinto
Votes: 2,196 | Gross: $0.03M
50. Turk's Head (2010)
87 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
Several lives are changed after a teenager from a rough suburb throws a Molotov cocktail on a car, sending the doctor who was in it in a coma.
Director: Pascal Elbé | Stars: Roschdy Zem, Pascal Elbé, Ronit Elkabetz, Samir Makhlouf
Votes: 481
51. Boyz n the Hood (1991)
R | 112 min | Crime, Drama
Follows the lives of three young males living in the Crenshaw ghetto of Los Angeles, dissecting questions of race, relationships, violence, and future prospects.
Director: John Singleton | Stars: Cuba Gooding Jr., Laurence Fishburne, Hudhail Al-Amir, Lloyd Avery II
Votes: 154,721 | Gross: $57.50M
52. Fracassés (2008)
88 min | Comedy
Pedro hesitates between college and his part-time job as a cannabis dealer and other substances ...Jean-Paul hesitates, for 6 years, out of his home, lest we discover that he lives on the ... See full summary »
Director: Franck Llopis | Stars: Vincent Desagnat, Edouard Montoute, Julie Durand, Alysson Paradis
Votes: 24
53. Dolls and Angels (2008)
Not Rated | 102 min | Drama
A teen-aged girl tries to escape difficult circumstances in a Parisian suburb by becoming a model.
Director: Nora Hamdi | Stars: Leïla Bekhti, Karina Testa, Samy Naceri, Fejria Deliba
Votes: 199
54. Wesh, Wesh, What's Happening? (2001)
83 min | Crime, Drama
Kamel, a young man from the french ghetto, near Paris, is coming back to France. He was arrested for dealing drugs, he spent five years in jail and was banned from France for two years. He ... See full summary »
Director: Rabah Ameur-Zaïmeche | Stars: Rabah Ameur-Zaïmeche, Ahmed Hammoudi, Brahim Ameur-Zaïmeche, Farida Mouffok
Votes: 358
55. Little Brothers (1999)
Not Rated | 92 min | Comedy, Drama
Talia runs away from home taking her beloved dog with her. When her dog is stolen Talia enlists the help of a gang of boys to help her find her pet.
Director: Jacques Doillon | Stars: Stéphanie Touly, Iliès Sefraoui, Mustapha Goumane, Nassim Izem
Votes: 447 | Gross: $0.00M
56. Rai (1995)
89 min | Drama
Djamel, who is in love with Sahila, would like to get away from the boring life in a Parisian suburb.
Director: Thomas Gilou | Stars: Tabatha Cash, Mustapha Benstiti, Samy Naceri, Micky El Mazroui
Votes: 243
57. Barbarous Street (1984)
107 min | Crime, Drama
Daniel Chetman is tired of the violent neighborhood, and takes on the local gangster Mathias Hagen and his tugs.
Director: Gilles Béhat | Stars: Bernard Giraudeau, Christine Boisson, Jean-Pierre Kalfon, Michel Auclair
Votes: 538
58. État des lieux (1995)
80 min | Comedy, Drama
Pierre, a young man in his thirties, grew up with his two brothers in a city in the suburbs of Paris. He still lives there today with his wife, Deborah. His everyday life is divided between... See full summary »
Director: Jean-François Richet | Stars: Cyril Aubin, Cyrille Autin, Emmanuelle Bercot, Anne-Cécile Crapie
Votes: 170
59. Regarde-moi (I) (2007)
97 min | Drama
An astonishing debut for 23-year-old director Audrey Estrougo, Aint Scared chronicles one day in the emotional life of a Parisian housing project. Its focus is a group of young people, each... See full synopsis »
Director: Audrey Estrougo | Stars: Emilie de Preissac, Eye Haidara, Lili Canobbio-Mouly, Terry Nimajimbe
Votes: 130
60. La squale (2000)
100 min | Drama
Désirée, a black girl, is nicknamed "The Shark" by her friends. This nickname comes from her strong rebellion and her ability to win in the suburban city, dominated by the power of boys.
Director: Fabrice Genestal | Stars: Esse Lawson, Tony Harrisson, Khereddine Ennasri, Stéphanie Jaubert
Votes: 215
61. Khamsa (2008)
110 min | Drama
A 13 year old Gypsy boy escapes from foster home to continue a life of mischief and delinquency during a french summer.
Director: Karim Dridi | Stars: Marc Cortes, Raymond Adam, Tony Fourmann, Simon Abkarian
Votes: 239
62. Aide-toi, le ciel t'aidera (2008)
94 min | Comedy
Director: François Dupeyron | Stars: Félicité Wouassi, Claude Rich, Elizabeth Oppong, Ralph Amoussou
Votes: 125
63. La commune (2007– )
416 min | Drama
The Commune is a neighborhood with sky-rocketing unemployment, drug trafficking and crime, with it's inhabitants in the middle of resistance against municipal renovation plan. But behind this confrontation looms a murderous turf war.
Stars: Francis Renaud, Tomer Sisley, Ángela Molina, Doudou Masta
Votes: 74
64. 9/3, mémoire d'un territoire (2008 TV Movie)
90 min | Documentary
A 90 minute story of the last Century in what was to become the new 93rd departement in France.
Director: Yamina Benguigui
Votes: 9
65. Zim and Co. (2005)
88 min | Comedy
Because of a motorcycle accident, a young man from the poor outskirts of Paris must find a steady job in order to avoid being sent to prison. He gets into more trouble trying to do that.
Director: Pierre Jolivet | Stars: Adrien Jolivet, Mhamed Arezki, Yannick Nasso, Naidra Ayadi
Votes: 215
66. Man at Bath (2010)
Unrated | 72 min | Drama
Between Gennevilliers and New York, Omar and Emmanuel go to great lengths to prove to each other they're no longer in love.
Director: Christophe Honoré | Stars: François Sagat, Omar Ben Sellem, Chiara Mastroianni, Rabah Zahi
Votes: 1,067
67. Ze film (2005)
105 min | Comedy
A poor kid nicknamed Kubrick loves movies and dreams about being an award winning director. One day, he stumbles upon a movie shoot, gets confused with a real movie maker and takes the equipment he needs to shoot his movie.
Director: Guy Jacques | Stars: Clément Sibony, Dan Herzberg, Micky El Mazroui, Predrag 'Miki' Manojlovic
Votes: 285
68. 35 Shots of Rum (2008)
Unrated | 100 min | Drama
The relationship between a father and daughter is complicated by the arrival of a handsome young man.
Director: Claire Denis | Stars: Alex Descas, Mati Diop, Nicole Dogué, Grégoire Colin
Votes: 5,278 | Gross: $0.18M
69. Camping à la ferme (2005)
92 min | Comedy
Six young people in difficulty from the Parisian suburbs land in the depths of the French countryside, escorted by their educator. They must show their goodwill by performing community service.
Director: Jean-Pierre Sinapi | Stars: Roschdy Zem, Rafik Ben Mebarek, Jean-Noël Cridlig-Veneziano, Hassan Ouled-Bouarif
Votes: 349
70. Hexagone (1994)
90 min
Ali, Slimane, Staf, Nacéra and Samy live in a working-class neighborhood. Faced with problems of love and identity, they exist at the juncture of opposing worlds : the city and the suburb, drugs and work, exclusion and integration.
Director: Malik Chibane | Stars: Jalil Naciri, Farid Abdedou, Hakim Sarahoui, Karim Chakir
Votes: 21
71. Top Floor Left Wing (2010)
110 min | Comedy, Drama
This is not the way it was supposed to happen. Like every other morning, Christian Echeveria, huissier, should have been able to levy his daily distress in this Parisian suburb, before ... See full summary »
Director: Angelo Cianci | Stars: Hippolyte Girardot, Mohamed Fellag, Aymen Saïdi, Judith Henry
Votes: 210
72. Amateurs (2003)
93 min | Comedy
The incredible and eventful adventures of two friends, in their twenties, who are happily struggling in a city, in love with all the girls.
Director: Martin Valente | Stars: Lorànt Deutsch, Jalil Lespert, Pascal Légitimus, François Berléand
Votes: 168
73. 17 rue Bleue (2001)
95 min | Drama
After her escape from Algeria in 1967, Adda lives in 17, rue Bleue, Paris, with two children and two sisters. She has a relationship with her boss, who guarantees a comfortable situation for her family. After his death, everything changes.
Director: Chad Chenouga | Stars: Lysiane Meis, Abdel Halis, Aimen Ben Ahmed, Saïda Jawad
Votes: 79
74. 93: La belle rebelle (2010)
73 min | Documentary
An epic - from rock to slam to punk and hip hop - of musical resistance from a youth and territories in loss of identity.
Director: Jean-Pierre Thorn | Stars: Daniel Baudon, D. de Kabal, Abdel Haq, Laurent Katrakazos
Votes: 14
75. Samia (2000)
73 min | Drama
Samia is the sixth of eight children in an Algerian family living in the outskirts of Marseille. Outside there are all the pressures and temptations of modern France; temptations Samia's brothers are watchful that she resists.
Director: Philippe Faucon | Stars: Lynda Benahouda, Mohamed Chabane-Chaouche, Kheira Oualhaci, Nadia El Koutei
Votes: 227
76. A Brighter Tomorrow (2021)
86 min | Crime, Drama
Mehdi is a safecracker that is just trying to get by, and day to day he tries to be a better person to win back his ex, Sarah.
Director: Yassine Qnia | Stars: Soufiane Guerrab, Souheila Yacoub, Thibault Cathalifaud, Jamil McCraven
Votes: 89
77. Ibrahim (I) (2020)
79 min | Drama
A youth is torn between his father, a brasserie oyster vendor, and a friend from technical college, who gets him involved in a dodgy robbery scheme.
Director: Samir Guesmi | Stars: Abdel Bendaher, Samir Guesmi, Rabah Nait Oufella, Luàna Bajrami
Votes: 220
78. Cuties (2020)
TV-MA | 96 min | Drama
Eleven-year-old Amy starts to rebel against her conservative family's traditions when she becomes fascinated with a free-spirited dance crew.
Director: Maïmouna Doucouré | Stars: Fathia Youssouf, Médina El Aidi-Azouni, Esther Gohourou, Ilanah Cami-Goursolas
Votes: 32,586
79. The World Is Yours (2018)
TV-MA | 102 min | Comedy, Crime
A small-time dealer dreams of another life but can't afford it. To escape, he must accept one last job involving Spain, drugs, the Illuminati and his overbearing mother.
Director: Romain Gavras | Stars: Karim Leklou, Isabelle Adjani, Vincent Cassel, Oulaya Amamra
Votes: 4,950
80. Paris Prestige (2016)
Not Rated | 105 min | Drama
Just out of prison, Nas returns to his neighborhood, Pigalle, where he finds his friends and his older brother Arezki, boss of the bar Le Prestige. Nas is determined to recreate a name and Le Prestige could well serve as a springboard .
Directors: Hamé Bourokba, Ekoué Labitey | Stars: Reda Kateb, Slimane Dazi, Mélanie Laurent, Constantine Attia
Votes: 446
81. Athena (2022)
R | 99 min | Action, Drama, Thriller
Hours after the tragic death of their youngest brother in unexplained circumstances, three siblings have their lives thrown into chaos.
Director: Romain Gavras | Stars: Dali Benssalah, Sami Slimane, Anthony Bajon, Ouassini Embarek
Votes: 22,353
82. Lockdown Tower (2022)
89 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror
The inhabitants of a high-rise building wake up one morning to discover that their building is shrouded in an opaque fog, obstructing doors and windows - a strange black matter that devours anything that tries to pass through it.
Director: Guillaume Nicloux | Stars: Angèle Mac, Hatik, Ahmed Abdel Laoui, Kylian Larmonie
Votes: 934
83. The Temple Woods Gang (2022)
113 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A retired army man lives in the Temple Woods housing project outside Paris, where his young neighbor belongs to a local gang about to rob the convoy of an Arab prince.
Director: Rabah Ameur-Zaïmeche | Stars: Régis Laroche, Annkrist, Marie Loustalot, Philippe Petit
Votes: 208
84. Infested (2023)
106 min | Horror
Residents of a rundown French apartment building battle against an army of deadly, rapidly reproducing spiders.
Director: Sébastien Vanicek | Stars: Théo Christine, Sofia Lesaffre, Jérôme Niel, Lisa Nyarko
Votes: 3,237
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