French films
Best French Films (A french and some francophone selection) - From 40's till now a retrospective of french best known films ಥ_ಥ see also Nouvelle Vague films list, once I was in France films list
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- DirectorMarcel CarnéStarsArlettyJean-Louis BarraultPierre BrasseurThe theatrical life of a beautiful courtesan in 1830s Paris and the four men who love her.by Marcel Carné
- DirectorRené ClairStarsGérard PhilipeMartine CarolGina LollobrigidaA young composer has vivid dreams of the past that reflect, yet conflict with his waking life.by René Clair ^_^ more about
- DirectorChristian-JaqueStarsGérard PhilipeGina LollobrigidaMarcel HerrandSwashbuckling adventures of young army recruit Fanfan la Tulipe during the reign of King Louis XV in 18th Century France.(Fanfan La Tulipe) by Chrisian Jaque
- DirectorRoger VadimStarsBrigitte BardotAlida ValliStephen BoydUrsula leaves the convent where she was educated, to start living with her uncle, the count Ribera, and her aunt Florentine. When she arrives, she is confronted with a local drama: a youngman from the village, Lambert, whose sister took her own life, accuses the count of being responsible for his sister's death, for having sexually assaulted her. The two men have a duel of honour, in which Lambert is severely wounded, and the count's honour is saved. Ursula acts as a nurse to Lambert, and falls in love with him, only to find out that Lambert is secretly her aunt's lover. One night, the count too, finds out his wife's affair, and again the two men fight, this time Lambert kills the count. Ursula helps him to escape. Florence, mad with jealousy and hatred for her niece, sets the police after him.Brigitte Bardot by Roger Vadim
- DirectorJulien DuvivierStarsJean GabinDanièle DelormeRobert ArnouxAndré Chatelin is a restaurant owner in Les Halles in Paris. One morning, a girl named Catherine asks to see him. She happens to be the daughter of his estranged wife, Gabrielle, that André left more than twenty years before. As Gabrielle has just died, André accepts to accommodate Catherine first, then gives her a job in his restaurant before finally marrying her. But the angel-faced young lady might well be a devil in disguise.Jean Gabin by Julien Duvivier
- DirectorRoger VadimStarsBrigitte BardotCurd JürgensJean-Louis TrintignantIn sunny St. Tropez, a young woman loves one brother but marries the other.Brigitte Bardot, Kurt Jugens - Roger Vadim
- DirectorRoger VadimStarsJeanne MoreauGérard PhilipeAnnette StroybergJuliette Merteuil and Valmont is a sophisticated couple, always looking for fun and excitement. Both have sexual affairs with others and share their experiences with one another. But there is one rule: never fall in love. But this time Valmont falls madly in love with a girl he meets at a ski resort, Marianne.by Roger Vadim more about this movie
- DirectorHenri-Georges ClouzotStarsBrigitte BardotPaul MeurisseCharles VanelA liberated small-town girl and the family's black sheep moves to Paris with her sister, only to find herself standing trial for the shocking murder of her young lover. Was his killing premeditated or was this a crime of passion?Brigitte Bardot - Henri-Georges Clouzot
- DirectorJean-Luc GodardStarsBrigitte BardotJack PalanceMichel PiccoliA French writer's marriage deteriorates while working on Fritz Lang's version of "The Odyssey", as his wife accuses him of using her to court favor with the film's brash American producer.Brigitte Bardot - Jean-Luc Godard
- DirectorLouis MalleStarsBrigitte BardotJeanne MoreauGeorge HamiltonSomewhere in Central America in 1907: Maria II is the daughter of an Irish terrorist. After her father's death, she meets Maria I, a singer in a circus. She decides to stay with the circus, and on her debut as a singer, she unintentionally invents the strip-tease and makes the circus famous. Then they accidentally meet a socialist revolutionary and find themselves leading a revolution against the dictator, the capitalists and the Church.Brigitte Bardot, Jeanne Moreau - Louis Malle
- DirectorLouis MalleStarsJeanne MoreauMaurice RonetGeorges PoujoulyA self-assured businessman murders his employer, the husband of his mistress, which unintentionally provokes an ill-fated chain of events.(Elevator to the Gallows) by Lous Malle (starring Maurice Ronet, Jeanne Moreau)
- DirectorAlain ResnaisStarsEmmanuelle RivaEiji OkadaStella DassasA 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.Emanuelle Riva, by Alain Resnais (3)
- DirectorAlain ResnaisStarsDelphine SeyrigGiorgio AlbertazziSacha PitoëffIn a strange and isolated chateau, a man becomes acquainted with a woman and insists that they have met before.Delphine Seyrig - Alain Resnais
- DirectorAlain ResnaisStarsVittorio GassmanRuggero RaimondiGeraldine ChaplinThree intertwined tales. On the eve of the First World War, Count Forbek starts to build a fantastic castle in the Ardennes forest. After the war he uses it to start a utopian society by brainwashing his friends, including his former fiancee, Livia, and her husband. In the present day, the castle is being used as an alternative school and, in the summer holidays, for an educational conference. At the conference, the American Nora Winkle bets Claudine that the ernest public school teacher Elisabeth Rousseau will be enticed into the bed of Robert Dufresne, even though the principal speaker, Walter Guarini, is obviously interested in Elisabeth. Meanwhile, the children staying at the castle over the holidays invent their own medieval tale about freeing prisoners from the dungeons.by Alain Resnais
- DirectorRené ClémentStarsAlain DelonMaurice RonetMarie LaforêtTom Ripley is a talented mimic, moocher, forger and all-around criminal improviser; but there's more to Tom Ripley than even he can guess.by René Clément (starring Alain Delon, Maurice Ronet) - Followed by the more or less remakes "The Talented Mr Ripley", "Cassandra's Dream"
- DirectorSerge BourguignonStarsHardy KrügerNicole CourcelPatricia GozziStory of a lonely young girl who is befriended by an innocent but emotionally disabled veteran of the French Indochina War.Nicol Coursel, Hardy Kruger by Serge Bourguignon (2)
- DirectorSerge BourguignonStarsBrigitte BardotLaurent TerzieffJean RochefortStory of a woman torn between her love for two different men.(2 weeks of September) Brigitte Bardot, Laurent Terzieff by Serge Bourguignon
- DirectorFrançois TruffautStarsJeanne MoreauOskar WernerHenri SerreDecades of a love triangle concerning two friends and an impulsive woman.(Jules et Jim) by François Truffaut
- DirectorLouis MalleStarsMaurice RonetLéna SkerlaYvonne ClechDepressed Alain Leroy leaves the clinic where he was detoxified. He meets friends, acquaintances and women, trying to find a reason to continue living. Will this help him?(Le Feu Follet) by Louis Malle (staring Maurce Ronet)
- DirectorJacques DemyStarsCatherine DeneuveNino CastelnuovoAnne VernonA young woman separated from her lover by war faces a life-altering decision.Catherine Deneuve - Jacques Demy (•_•) more about
- DirectorJacques DemyStarsCatherine DeneuveGeorge ChakirisFrançoise DorléacTwo sisters leave their small seaside town of Rochefort in search of romance. Hired as carnival singers, one falls for an American musician, while the other must search for her ideal partner.Catherine Deneuve - Jacques Demy
- DirectorAgnès VardaStarsJean-Claude DrouotMarie-France BoyerMarcelle Faure-BertinFrançois, a young carpenter, lives a happy, uncomplicated life with his wife Thérèse and their two small children. One day he meets Emilie, a clerk in the local post office.by Agnes Varda
- DirectorCosta-GavrasStarsCatherine AllégretJacques PerrinSimone SignoretThe witnesses of a train murder must take the investigation into their own hands if they want to survive.(Compartiment Tueurs) (starring Jacques Perrin, Catherine Allégret) by Costa Gavras
- DirectorClaude LelouchStarsAnouk AiméeJean-Louis TrintignantPierre BarouhA widow and a widower find their relationship developing into love, but their past tragedies prove hard to overcome, causing them to proceed with utmost delicacy.Anouk Aimee, J. L. Trindignant - Claude Lelouche
- DirectorClaude LelouchStarsYves MontandCandice BergenAnnie GirardotThe bitter relationships between a journalist and his women.Claude Lelouche
- DirectorJean-Luc GodardStarsJean-Pierre LéaudChantal GoyaMarlène JobertA romance between young Parisians, shown through a series of vignettes.Jean-Luc Godard
- DirectorJean-Luc GodardStarsMireille DarcJean YanneJean-Pierre KalfonA surreal tale of a married couple going on a road trip to visit the wife's parents with the intention of killing them for the inheritance.Jean-Luc Godard
- DirectorJean-Luc GodardStarsJean-Paul BelmondoJean SebergVan DoudeA 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.Jean Seberg - by Jean-Luc Godard
- DirectorAlain CavalierStarsCatherine DeneuveMichel PiccoliRoger Van HoolLucile, 25, is the beautiful mistress of Charles, a rich, good-hearted businessman. Being a kept woman suits her as she refuses to work. She is grateful to Charles for that but she does not feel true love for him. When she meets Antoine, a charming young man of her age, it is love at first sight. Living with Antoine is not as easy as it was with Charles: Lucile is forced to find a job, which she hates, and she gets pregnant and has to ask Charles for help. After having an abortion, her love for Antoine gradually fades. That is the reason why she comes back to Charles who, full of indulgence, has patiently waited for her.(La Chamade) by Alain Cavalier (❁´◡`❁) starring Catherine Deneuve (based on Françoise Sagan's novel)
- DirectorÉric RohmerStarsJean-Louis TrintignantFrançoise FabianMarie-Christine BarraultA devout Catholic man's rigid principles are challenged during a one-night stay with Maud, a divorced woman with an outsize personality.Francoise Fabian - by Eric Rohmer (2)
- DirectorÉric RohmerStarsJean-Claude BrialyAurora CornuBéatrice RomandOn lakeside summer holiday, a conflicted older man is dared to have a flirt with two beautiful teenage half-sisters despite his betrothal to a diplomat's daughter and the fact that the girls have boyfriends.Eric Rohmer
- DirectorJacques DerayStarsAlain DelonRomy SchneiderMaurice RonetLovers Marianne and Jean-Paul spend their vacation in a villa on the French Riviera near St-Tropez. Marianne invites her former lover, Harry, and his teenage daughter, Penelope, to stay. Tension rises between them, especially when Jean-Paul seduces Penelope.Alain Delon, Romy Schneider, Maurice Ronet by Jacques Derét
- DirectorJacques RouffioStarsRomy SchneiderMichel PiccoliHelmut GriemBeing imprisoned for murdering a politician, husband tells his wife why he did this.by Jacques Rouffio
- DirectorPierre Granier-DeferreStarsRomy SchneiderPhilippe NoiretVictor LanouxMargot Santorini is an aristocratic woman in 1936 in Greece, who amuses herself pursuing a shallow loveless affair with a nobleman, but unexpectedly falls in love with a political activist.by Pierre Garnier Defêrre
- DirectorClaude SautetStarsMichel PiccoliRomy SchneiderGérard LartigauA highway engineer is involved in a car crash, after which, near death, he remembers his life leading up to the accident.Romy Schneider by Claude Sautet
- DirectorAndrzej ZulawskiStarsRomy SchneiderFabio TestiJacques DutroncServais Mont, a photographer, meets Nadine Chevalier who earns her money starring in cheap soft-core movies. Trying to help her, he borrows the money from the loan sharks to finance the theatrical production of 'Richard III' and gives Nadine a part. Nadine is torn apart between Servais, for whom she is falling in love, and her husband Jacques, to whom she has moral obligations.Andrei Zulavsky
- DirectorJean-Pierre MelvilleStarsAlain DelonBourvilGian Maria VolontèAfter leaving prison, master thief Corey crosses paths with a notorious escapee and an alcoholic former policeman. The trio proceed to plot an elaborate heist.Alain Delon by Jean-Pierre Melville
- DirectorJean-Pierre MelvilleStarsAlain DelonFrançois PérierNathalie DelonAfter professional hitman Jef Costello is seen by witnesses his efforts to provide himself an alibi drive him further into a corner.(Le Samourai) by Jean-Pierre Melville
- DirectorFrançois TruffautStarsFrançois TruffautNathalie BayeJean DastéA French little town, at the end of the twenties. Julien Davenne is a journalist whose wife Julie died a decade ago. He gathered in the green room all Julie's objects. When a fire destroys the room, he renovates a little chapel and devotes it to Julie and his other dead persons.
- DirectorBertrand BlierStarsGérard DepardieuCarole LaurePatrick DewaereA worried husband finds a lover for his depressed wife, but she falls in love with a bullied thirteen-year-old math prodigy and wants to have the boy's baby.by Bertrand Blier (Foreign movie, Oscar won)
- DirectorCosta-GavrasStarsYves MontandRomy SchneiderRomolo ValliTwo strangers help each other survive a night of great loss.by Costa Gavras
- DirectorFrançois TruffautStarsCatherine DeneuveGérard DepardieuJean PoiretIn occupied Paris, an actress married to a Jewish theater owner must keep him hidden from the Germans while doing both of their jobs.Catherine Deneuve by François Truffaut
- DirectorFrançois TruffautStarsGérard DepardieuFanny ArdantHenri GarcinTwo ex-lovers wind up living next door to each other with their respective spouses. Forbidden passions ensue.Fanny Ardant by François Truffaut
- DirectorVolker SchlöndorffStarsJeremy IronsOrnella MutiAlain DelonIn Belle Époque Paris, a 19th century Parisian aristocrat (Jeremy Irons) falls in love with a lower-class prostitute (Ornella Muti) who seduces him but never loves him.by Volker Schlōndorff
- DirectorAndré TéchinéStarsLambert WilsonJuliette BinocheWadeck StanczakDreaming of an actress future, a young girl arrives in Paris. Her personality awakens a glowing passion of several different men.Juliette Binoche
- DirectorClaude BerriStarsYves MontandEmmanuelle BéartDaniel AuteuilA beautiful but shy shepherdess plots vengeance on the men whose greedy conspiracy to acquire her father's land caused his death years earlier.Emmanuelle Beart
- DirectorClaude BerriStarsYves MontandGérard DepardieuDaniel AuteuilA greedy landowner and his backward nephew conspire to block the only water source for an adjoining property in order to bankrupt the owner and force him to sell.Yves Montand
- DirectorBruno NuyttenStarsIsabelle AdjaniGérard DepardieuMadeleine RobinsonCamille Claude impresses already-famous sculptor Auguste Rodin. He hires her as an assistant, but soon Camille begins to sculpt for herself and she also becomes his mistress. But after a while, she would like to get out of his shadow.The life of Camille Claudel and sculptor Auguste Rodin
- DirectorYves RobertStarsPhilippe CaubèreNathalie RousselDidier PainAt the end of the nineteenth century, little Marcel lives with his parents in the Provence countryside. During his holiday, Marcel meets Lili, a local boy who knows all the secrets of the hills, and the two become fast friends.by Yves Robert based on Marcel Pagnol's play
- DirectorClaude ChabrolStarsIsabelle HuppertJean-François BalmerChristophe MalavoyIn nineteenth-century France, the romantic daughter of a country squire marries a dull country doctor. To escape boredom, she throws herself into love affairs with a suave local landowner and a law student, and runs up ruinous debts.Isabelle Huppert
- DirectorLeos CaraxStarsJuliette BinocheDenis LavantKlaus-Michael GrüberAlex, who's homeless and addicted to alcohol, and Michèle, who's losing her sight, form a relationship while sleeping rough on Paris's Pont-Neuf bridge.(Les Amans du Pont-Neuf) by Leos Carax
- DirectorPatrice LeconteStarsVanessa ParadisDaniel AuteuilFrédéric PflugerOne night, a fading entertainer intervenes when a woman contemplates suicide, beginning a strange, unpredictable relationship.by Patrice Leconte (starring Vanessa Paradis, Daniel Auteuil)
- DirectorPatrice LeconteStarsJuliette BinocheDaniel AuteuilEmir KusturicaIn a small French colony, a drunken man kills someone. While a guillotine is being shipped in, he changes, becoming a good and popular man.by Patrice Leconte (2) (starring Juliette Binoche)
- DirectorRégis WargnierStarsCatherine DeneuveVincent PerezLinh-Dan PhamEliane adopts Camille, whose Vietnamese parents were friends. In 1930, a French navy officer is interested in Eliane (owns 60km2 plantation) and later in Camille. There's an uprising in Vietnam against French colonial power.Catherine Deneuve
- DirectorJean-Jacques AnnaudStarsJane MarchTony Ka Fai LeungJeanne MoreauIn 1929 French Indochina, a French teenage girl embarks on a reckless and forbidden romance with a wealthy, older Chinese man, each knowing that knowledge of their affair will bring drastic consequences to each other.Based on Margueritte Duras novel
- DirectorAndré TéchinéStarsCatherine DeneuveDaniel AuteuilMarthe VillalongaOld woman Berthe leaves her house to live in her daugter Emilie's one. Emilie and her brother Antoine have fallen out three years ago and have not seen each other since, but Emilie invites him for Christmas. Memories will come up, and will be depicted both Berthe's destiny and the strange relationship between Emilie and Antoine.Catherine Deneuve
- DirectorAndré TéchinéStarsÉlodie BouchezGaël MorelStéphane RideauThe fates of two partners are divided.
- DirectorRégis WargnierStarsEmmanuelle BéartDaniel AuteuilGabriel BarylliA French woman is a French woman. She is unable to refuse the wonderful gift of love. And I'm willing to pay a high price for it.
- DirectorJosiane BalaskoStarsVictoria AbrilJosiane BalaskoAlain ChabatAfter learning of her husband's infidelities, a housewife invites an itinerant lesbian to move in with them. None of their lives will ever be the same again.
- DirectorPatrice ChéreauStarsIsabelle AdjaniDaniel AuteuilJean-Hugues AngladeYoung Queen Margot finds herself trapped in an arranged marriage amidst a religious war between Catholics and Protestants. She hopes to escape with a new lover, but finds herself imprisoned by her powerful and ruthless family.
- DirectorGilles MimouniStarsRomane BohringerVincent CasselJean-Philippe ÉcoffeyA recently engaged man sees a former lover and becomes obsessed with meeting her again.(L' Appartement) by Gilles Mimouni (starring Monica Belucci, Vincent Cassel)
- DirectorFrancis VeberStarsThierry LhermitteJacques VilleretFrancis HusterA few friends have a weekly fools' dinner, where each brings a fool along. Pierre finds a champion fool for next dinner. Surprise.
- DirectorFrançois OzonStarsFanny ArdantEmmanuelle BéartDanielle DarrieuxA man is murdered in an isolated chalet, and the eight female residents are all suspects; their secrets are revealed as they try to determine who is guilty.Catherine Deneuve, Emmanuele Béart by Francois Ozon
- DirectorJacques RivetteStarsEmmanuelle BéartJerzy RadziwilowiczAnne BrochetMiddle-aged Julien lives alone with his cat. He dreams of Marie, and a few minutes later, he sees her on the street and makes a date. He asks her to move in with him, and she does. Her boyfriend is dead, the rest of her past a mystery. Although they quickly seem to fall in love, she sometimes pulls away suddenly from him, is distant, and spends the night in a hotel. She also dreads something imminent and warns him that if he missteps, he will lose her and all memory of her. He responds by digging into her past: what explains her remodeling an upstairs garret room, her nightly dreams, her fears? What can he, now desperately in love, do when he learns why? Can either rescue the other?by Jacques Rivette Emmanuele Béart
- DirectorAnne FontaineStarsFanny ArdantEmmanuelle BéartGérard DepardieuA rich woman hires an elite prostitute in order to verify her husband's faithfulness. Before long the experiment gets out of control.by Anne Fontaine LU
- DirectorAndré TéchinéStarsEmmanuelle BéartGaspard UllielGrégoire Leprince-RinguetEmmanuelle Béart stars as a widowed schoolteacher who flees German-occupied Paris with her children. A teenage boy comes to their rescue by leading them into the forest -- their best shot at survival.
- DirectorAgnès JaouiStarsMarilou BerryJean-Pierre BacriAgnès JaouiA french girl gifted with a great voice, has a complex about her weight and her appearance.
- DirectorJean-Pierre JeunetStarsAudrey TautouMathieu KassovitzRufusDespite being caught in her imaginative world, Amelie, a young waitress, decides to help people find happiness. Her quest to spread joy leads her on a journey where she finds true love.Audrey Tautou
- DirectorJean-Pierre JeunetStarsAudrey TautouGaspard UllielJodie FosterTells 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.(A very long engagement) by Jean-Pierre Jeunet (starring Audrey Tautou, Gaspard Ulliel}
- DirectorFrançois OzonStarsValeria Bruni TedeschiStéphane FreissFrançoise FabianFive stages in the romance between a woman and a man.5 stages in a life of a couple - François Ozon
- DirectorBenoît DelépineGustave KervernStarsBenoît DelépineGustave KervernMichel de GavreIn this pitch black comedy the rivalry between two neighbors escalates into an all out war. Through a maintenance error on a tractor they both end up, paralyzed, in a wheelchair. It seems they are doomed to stay together. They no longer focus their rage on each other but on the manufacturer of the tractor, located far up north in rural Finland. So get ready for a hilarious wheelchair road movie.
- DirectorOlivier AssayasFrédéric AuburtinGurinder ChadhaStarsJuliette BinocheLeonor WatlingLudivine SagnierThrough the neighborhoods of Paris, love is veiled, revealed, imitated, sucked dry, reinvented, and awakened.(Collectif)
- DirectorDenis DercourtStarsCatherine FrotDéborah FrançoisPascal GreggoryAfter failing the audition to a prestigious music school because of the rude behavior of one of the testers, a girl takes revenge by gaining the trust of the same woman some years later and becoming indispensable for her.
- DirectorJulie DelpyStarsJulie DelpyAdam GoldbergDaniel BrühlMarion and Jack try to rekindle their relationship with a visit to Paris, home of Marion's parents -- and several of her ex-boyfriends.Julie Delpy, Adam Goldberg - by Julie Delpy
- DirectorIsabelle MergaultStarsMichèle LaroqueJacques GamblinWladimir YordanoffAnne-Marie lives an easy life with Gilbert, a rich plastic surgeon: a beautiful house, a doggy, a cleaning lady, expensive furniture, the lot. Not so easy in fact when she thinks twice. She does not get on with her husband any longer. She gets on his nerves and he does not attract her any longer. She feels good only when she jogs on the beach and ... when she is the arms of her lover, Leo. One day, Gilbert gets killed in a car accident. Good news, since she will be able to live with Leo. The trouble is her well-meaning family settle at her villa with a view to supporting the "poor widow" morally. Anne-Marie just cannot admit she is not distressed at all, especially to her son Christophe. She is now even more of a prisoner than when Gilbert was alive...
- DirectorAnne FontaineStarsAudrey TautouBenoît PoelvoordeAlessandro NivolaThe story of Coco Chanel's rise from obscure beginnings to the heights of the fashion world.by Anne Fontaine (2)
- DirectorClaire DenisStarsIsabelle HuppertChristopher LambertIsaach De BankoléAmidst turmoil and racial conflict in a Francophone African state, a white French woman fights for her coffee crop, her family and ultimately for her life.by Anne Fontaine (starring Isabelle Huppert)
- DirectorCosta-GavrasStarsRiccardo ScamarcioOdysseas PapaspiliopoulosLéa WiazemskyDesperate to escape the poverty of his homeland, Elias boards a smuggler ship to France. This is the beginning of his odyssey across Western Europe to Paris, where miraculous promises, new friends, and dangers await him at every turn.by Costa Gavras - Riccardo Scamarcio, Odysseas Papaspiliopoulos
- DirectorRégis WargnierStarsOleg MenshikovSandrine BonnaireCatherine DeneuveIn June 1946, Stalin invites the Russian exiled from the 1917 Revolution to return home. When the ships comes ashore in Odessa, the passengers are divided in two groups and one of them is executed. Among the survivors are Dr. Aleksei Golovin, his French wife Marie and their young son. Marie is accused to be a spy, her French passport is torn up and Aleksei accepts to move to Kyiv with his family to save her. They are sent to a room in a communal house and soon Marie befriends the super, an old woman who speaks French. But she is denounced and killed by the government agents. Marie feels guilty and brings her grandson Sasha Vasilyev, who will be evicted, to live in her room with her family. Marie wants to return to her family in France, but Aleksei explains that they are imprisoned in Russia. Marie tries a contact with the leftist French actress Gabrielle Develay to ask for help to leave the USSR. While Marie gets distant from her husband, she gets closer to Sacha, who is a great swimmer and the only chance to Marie contact her family.by Régis Wargner
- DirectorManuel PradalStarsVahina GiocanteNicolas DuvauchelleSteve Le RoiThe two brothers Julien (Nicolas Duvauchelle) and Louis (Steve Le Roi) work on their father's steel barge, which he won't let them inherit. To keep the boat, they resort to stealing a painting, "La Blonde aux Seins Nus". Unfortunately, a museum guard, Rosalie (Vahina Giocante), catches them and gets locked up in the boat. As the steel barge makes its way up the Seine, the brothers develop two different relationships with Rosalie.
- DirectorBenoît DelépineGustave KervernStarsGérard DepardieuYolande MoreauIsabelle AdjaniA retiree battles to obtain his rightfully due pension.
- DirectorRobert GuédiguianStarsAriane AscarideJean-Pierre DarroussinGérard MeylanA union pensioner and his wife are robbed, but find that merely getting the assailants brought to justice is not enough for their consciences.by Robert Guédignant
- DirectorJacques AudiardStarsMarion CotillardMatthias SchoenaertsArmand VerdurePut in charge of his young son, Alain leaves Belgium for Antibes to live with his sister and her husband as a family. Alain's bond with Stephanie, a killer whale trainer, grows deeper after Stephanie suffers a horrible accident.by Jacques Audiard (starring Marion Cotillard)
- DirectorClaude MillerStarsAudrey TautouGilles LelloucheAnaïs DemoustierAn unhappily married woman struggles to break free from social pressures.by Claude Miller
- DirectorMichael HanekeStarsJean-Louis TrintignantEmmanuelle RivaIsabelle HuppertGeorges and Anne are an octogenarian couple. They are cultivated, retired music teachers. Their daughter, also a musician, lives in Britain with her family. One day, Anne has a stroke, and the couple's bond of love is severely tested.Emanuelle Riva - Peter Haneke
- DirectorCédric KlapischStarsRomain DurisAudrey TautouCécile de FranceA 40-year-old father's life is complicated when the mother of his two children moves to New York. Since he can't bear them growing up far away from him, he decides to move there as well.by Cédrk Klapisch starring Audrey Tautou
- DirectorPhilippe ClaudelStarsDaniel AuteuilKristin Scott ThomasLeïla BekhtiLucie (Dame Kristin Scott Thomas) presumes that her husband Paul (Daniel Auteuil) - an older neurosurgeon - has an affair. Indeed, Paul behaves strange lately, but the truth behind it is dark and complicated.by François Ozon
- DirectorAnne FontaineStarsFabrice LuchiniGemma ArtertonJason FlemyngAfter moving to the French countryside with her husband, the British beauty Gemma Bovery draws the attention of a local baker who finds in the moving couple a resemblance to the heroes of Madame Bovary.
- DirectorRobert GuédiguianStarsAriane AscarideJacques BoudetJean-Pierre DarroussinOn 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?Ariane Ascaride
- DirectorSophie BarthesStarsMia WasikowskaRhys IfansEzra MillerBored in her marriage to a country doctor and stifled by life in a small town, the restless Emma Bovary pursues her dreams of passion and excitement, whatever they may cost.
- DirectorPierre SalvadoriStarsCatherine DeneuveGustave KervernFéodor AtkineAntoine is too depressed to go on playing in his rock band. After wandering in the streets, he decides to seek an occupation. Unskilled as he is, he is lucky to be hired as the caretaker of an old Paris apartment building.Catherine Deneuve
- DirectorClaude LelouchStarsJean DujardinElsa ZylbersteinChristopher LambertFrench famous film score composer goes to India to compose the score for an Indian adaptation of Romeo and Juliet. There he meets the wife of the French ambassador to India, and a complicated relationship ensues.by Claude Lelouche
- DirectorFred GrivoisStarsReda KatebLudivine SagnierJohan HeldenberghVincent, a target rifle champion, becomes entangled in a dangerous plot after accepting a well paid job offer.(La Résistance de l' Air) by Fred Grivois
- DirectorClovis CornillacStarsMélanie BernierClovis CornillacLilou FogliA lone man who craves peace and quiet in his apartment is disturbed by his new neighbour, a female piano player. As they comedically strive to drive each other out, frustration turns to friendship and more.(Blind Date) by Clovis Cornillac
- DirectorPaul VerhoevenStarsIsabelle HuppertLaurent LafitteAnne ConsignyA successful businesswoman gets caught up in a game of cat and mouse as she tracks down the unknown man who raped her.(Elle) by Paul Verhoeven (starring Isabelle Huppert)
- DirectorBruno PodalydèsStarsBruno PodalydèsSandrine KiberlainAgnès JaouiMichel, a fifty year old man, graphic designer, decides to change the urban lifestyle and go on an adventure. Fascinated by airmail, he dreams at Jean Mermoz when he's on scooter. One day, Michel sees a picture of a kayak.by Bruno Podalydês
- DirectorBavo DefurneStarsIsabelle HuppertKévin AzaïsJohan LeysenA forgotten European Song Contest singer, fading away in a pâté factory, falls in love with a young aspiring boxer. Together they decide to attempt her comeback.by Bavo Defurne (starring Isabelle Huppert)
- DirectorOlivier AssayasStarsGuillaume CanetJuliette BinocheVincent MacaigneSet in the Parisian publishing world, an editor and an author find themselves in over their heads, as they cope with a middle-age crisis, the changing industry and their wives.Juliette Binoche, Guillaume Canet - by Olivier Assayas
- DirectorKore-eda HirokazuStarsCatherine DeneuveJuliette BinocheEthan HawkeA stormy reunion between scriptwriter Lumir with her famous mother and actress, Fabienne, against the backdrop of Fabienne's autobiographic book and her latest role in a Sci-Fi picture as a daughter of a mother who never grows old.by Kore-eda Hirokazu (starring Catherine Deneuve, Juliette Binoche)
- DirectorFrançois TruffautStarsCharles DennerBrigitte FosseyNelly BorgeaudBertrand Morane's burial is attended by all the women the forty-year-old engineer loved. We then flash back to Bertrand's life and love affairs, told by himself while writing an autobiographical novel. A film about romantic relationships, the need to charm, and the literary creation.by François Truffaut