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1. Portrait of a Lady on Fire (2019)
R | 122 min | Drama, Romance
On an isolated island in Brittany at the end of the eighteenth century, a female painter is obliged to paint a wedding portrait of a young woman.
Director: Céline Sciamma | Stars: Noémie Merlant, Adèle Haenel, Luàna Bajrami, Valeria Golino
Votes: 109,743 | Gross: $3.76M
2. Incendies (2010)
R | 131 min | Drama, Mystery, War
Twins journey to the Middle East to discover their family history and fulfill their mother's last wishes.
Director: Denis Villeneuve | Stars: Lubna Azabal, Mélissa Désormeaux-Poulin, Maxim Gaudette, Mustafa Kamel
Votes: 200,602 | Gross: $6.86M
3. Le Dîner de Cons (1998)
PG-13 | 80 min | Comedy
A few friends have a weekly fools' dinner, where each brings a fool along. Pierre finds a champion fool for next dinner. Surprise.
Director: Francis Veber | Stars: Thierry Lhermitte, Jacques Villeret, Francis Huster, Daniel Prévost
Votes: 44,372 | Gross: $4.07M
4. Goodbye, Children (1987)
PG | 104 min | Drama, War
A French boarding school run by priests seems to be a haven from World War II until a new student arrives. Occupying the next bed in the dormitory to the top student in his class, the two young boys begin to form a bond.
Director: Louis Malle | Stars: Gaspard Manesse, Raphael Fejtö, Francine Racette, Stanislas Carré de Malberg
Votes: 36,133 | Gross: $4.54M
5. The Tenant (1976)
R | 126 min | Drama, Thriller
A bureaucrat rents a Paris apartment where he finds himself drawn into a rabbit hole of dangerous paranoia.
Director: Roman Polanski | Stars: Roman Polanski, Isabelle Adjani, Melvyn Douglas, Jo Van Fleet
Votes: 47,643 | Gross: $1.92M
6. The Samurai (1967)
GP | 101 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
After professional hitman Jef Costello is seen by witnesses his efforts to provide himself an alibi drive him further into a corner.
Director: Jean-Pierre Melville | Stars: Alain Delon, François Périer, Nathalie Delon, Cathy Rosier
Votes: 57,223 | Gross: $0.04M
7. Wild Grass (2009)
PG | 104 min | Drama, Romance
A quirky woman who spends her free time as a pilot has her purse stolen; when a mysterious man finds her wallet, they embark on a peculiar romance.
Director: Alain Resnais | Stars: André Dussollier, Sabine Azéma, Anne Consigny, Emmanuelle Devos
Votes: 3,987 | Gross: $0.40M
8. Read My Lips (2001)
R | 115 min | Crime, Drama, Romance
She is almost deaf and he lip-reads. He is an ex-convict. She wants to help him. He thinks no one can help except himself.
Director: Jacques Audiard | Stars: Vincent Cassel, Emmanuelle Devos, Olivier Gourmet, Olivier Perrier
Votes: 16,467 | Gross: $1.36M
9. Café de Flore (2011)
Not Rated | 120 min | Drama, Romance
A love story between a man and woman. And between a mother and her son. A mystical and fantastical odyssey on love.
Director: Jean-Marc Vallée | Stars: Vanessa Paradis, Kevin Parent, Hélène Florent, Evelyne Brochu
Votes: 16,723
10. In the House (2012)
R | 105 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller
A high school French teacher is drawn into a precocious student's increasingly transgressive story about his relationship with a friend's family.
Director: François Ozon | Stars: Fabrice Luchini, Vincent Schmitt, Ernst Umhauer, Kristin Scott Thomas
Votes: 34,323 | Gross: $0.35M
11. The Red Circle (1970)
Not Rated | 140 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
After leaving prison, master thief Corey crosses paths with a notorious escapee and an alcoholic former policeman. The trio proceed to plot an elaborate heist.
Director: Jean-Pierre Melville | Stars: Alain Delon, Bourvil, Gian Maria Volontè, Yves Montand
Votes: 28,181 | Gross: $0.37M
12. Tous les matins du monde (1991)
Not Rated | 115 min | Biography, Drama, History
The story of Monsieur de Sainte Colombe, fierce and somber man, grand master of the viola da gamba and professor of Marin Marais, prestigious musician in the court of Louis XIV.
Director: Alain Corneau | Stars: Gérard Depardieu, Jean-Pierre Marielle, Anne Brochet, Guillaume Depardieu
Votes: 7,948 | Gross: $3.09M
13. Nuit d'été en ville (1990)
85 min | Drama, Romance
The whole life in one night. A young couple plays nearly any role of possible lifetime relationships.
Director: Michel Deville | Stars: Jean-Hugues Anglade, Marie Trintignant
Votes: 517
14. Secret Things (2002)
Unrated | 115 min | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
Nathalie teaches Sandrine that sexual transgression can cause violent pleasure and give those who use it a powerful weapon to climb the social hierarchy. They decide to get a job in a bank, a place where victims abound.
Director: Jean-Claude Brisseau | Stars: Coralie Revel, Sabrina Seyvecou, Roger Miremont, Fabrice Deville
Votes: 5,397 | Gross: $0.10M
15. La Menace (1977)
117 min | Action, Crime, Drama
The main character is unhappily married and has an affair. When his wife finds out, she lures his girlfriend to a cliff and throws herself of it, making the girlfriend look as her killer. ... See full summary »
Director: Alain Corneau | Stars: Yves Montand, Carole Laure, Marie Dubois, Jean-François Balmer
Votes: 895
16. Au hasard Balthazar (1966)
Not Rated | 95 min | Drama
The story of a mistreated donkey and the people around him. A study on saintliness and a sister piece to Bresson's Mouchette.
Director: Robert Bresson | Stars: Anne Wiazemsky, Walter Green, François Lafarge, Jean-Claude Guilbert
Votes: 22,841 | Gross: $0.04M
17. 99 Francs (2007)
PG-13 | 100 min | Comedy, Drama
The life of Octave Parango, a flamboyant ad designer, filled with success, satire, misery and love.
Directors: Jan Kounen, Laurent Lafran, Bruno Vatin | Stars: Jean Dujardin, Jocelyn Quivrin, Patrick Mille, Vahina Giocante
Votes: 20,769
18. A Very Long Engagement (2004)
R | 133 min | Drama, Mystery, Romance
Tells the story of a young woman's relentless search for her fiancé, who has disappeared from the trenches of the Somme during World War One.
Director: Jean-Pierre Jeunet | Stars: Audrey Tautou, Gaspard Ulliel, Jodie Foster, Dominique Pinon
Votes: 75,967 | Gross: $6.17M
19. La fille sur le pont (1999)
R | 90 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
One night, a fading entertainer intervenes when a woman contemplates suicide, beginning a strange, unpredictable relationship.
Director: Patrice Leconte | Stars: Vanessa Paradis, Daniel Auteuil, Frédéric Pfluger, Dimitris Georgalas
Votes: 14,361 | Gross: $1.71M
20. Water Drops on Burning Rocks (2000)
Not Rated | 82 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
In 1970s Germany, a 50-year-old businessman falls in love with a 20-year-old man.
Director: François Ozon | Stars: Bernard Giraudeau, Malik Zidi, Ludivine Sagnier, Anna Thomson
Votes: 6,920 | Gross: $0.09M
21. Private Fears in Public Places (2006)
120 min | Drama, Romance
In Paris, six people all look for love, despite typically having their romantic aspirations dashed at every turn.
Director: Alain Resnais | Stars: Sabine Azéma, Isabelle Carré, Laura Morante, Pierre Arditi
Votes: 4,148 | Gross: $0.13M
22. My Masterpiece (2018)
100 min | Comedy, Drama
Arturo is an unscrupulous art dealer and Renzo his socially-awkward painter and longtime friend. Willing to risk it all, they develop an extreme and ludicrous plan to save themselves.
Director: Gastón Duprat | Stars: Andrea Acatto, Lucas Aranda, Raúl Arévalo, Mahmoud Azim
Votes: 7,316
23. Sink or Swim (2018)
121 min | Comedy, Drama, Sport
A depressed man joins a synchronized swimming team made up of middle aged men.
Director: Gilles Lellouche | Stars: Mathieu Amalric, Guillaume Canet, Benoît Poelvoorde, Jean-Hugues Anglade
Votes: 11,956
24. C'est la vie! (I) (2017)
117 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A hectic wedding party held in an 17th century French palace comes together with the help of the behind-the-scenes staff.
Directors: Olivier Nakache, Éric Toledano | Stars: Jean-Pierre Bacri, Jean-Paul Rouve, Gilles Lellouche, Vincent Macaigne
Votes: 12,142
25. The Beasts (2022)
137 min | Drama, Thriller
An expatriate French couple operate an organic farm in the Spanish countryside but clash with villagers.
Director: Rodrigo Sorogoyen | Stars: Marina Foïs, Denis Ménochet, Luis Zahera, Diego Anido
Votes: 18,367
26. The Tasting (2022)
92 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Jacques is divorced and runs a small wine shop, on the verge of bankruptcy. Hortense, determined not to end up single and involved in the association, walks into his store one day and decides to sign up for a tasting workshop.
Director: Ivan Calbérac | Stars: Isabelle Carré, Bernard Campan, Mounir Amamra, Eric Viellard
Votes: 902
27. The Night of the 12th (2022)
115 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
It is said that every investigator has a crime that haunts them, a case that hurts him more than the others, without him necessarily knowing why. For Yohan that case is the murder of Clara.
Director: Dominik Moll | Stars: Bastien Bouillon, Bouli Lanners, Théo Cholbi, Johann Dionnet
Votes: 9,593
28. Life for Real (2023)
110 min | Comedy
Tridan Lagache has spent his life at Club Med, changing friends every 8 days. At 50, he resigned from the Mexican vacation club where he was born, determined to find, 42 years later, his great childhood sweetheart, Violette.
Director: Dany Boon | Stars: Dany Boon, Kad Merad, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Maxime Gasteuil
Votes: 777
29. All Your Faces (2023)
118 min | Drama
Victims of violent crime and perpetrators meet up in a restorative justice group in order to have a dialogue and heal from their trauma.
Director: Jeanne Herry | Stars: Birane Ba, Leïla Bekhti, Anne Benoît, Dali Benssalah
Votes: 3,163
30. Being Light (2001)
96 min | Comedy
Directors: Pascal Arnold, Jean-Marc Barr | Stars: Jean-Marc Barr, Romain Duris, Élodie Bouchez, Isabelle Candelier
Votes: 185
31. Gauguin: Voyage to Tahiti (2017)
102 min | Biography, Drama, Romance
Focused on French painter Paul Gauguin's affair with a younger lady in Tahiti.
Director: Edouard Deluc | Stars: Vincent Cassel, Tuheï Adams, Malik Zidi, Pua-Taï Hikutini
Votes: 2,380 | Gross: $0.20M
32. Marcel Proust's Time Regained (1999)
169 min | Drama, Romance, War
A lush, elegant epic taking us on a time-swirling trip down the infinitely complex labyrinth that is Marcel Proust's memory lane.
Director: Raúl Ruiz | Stars: Catherine Deneuve, Emmanuelle Béart, Vincent Perez, John Malkovich
Votes: 2,832 | Gross: $0.46M
33. Promise at Dawn (2017)
131 min | Biography, Drama, Romance
A man recounts his life, from his childhood through his experiences in World War II, and the story of his self-sacrificing mother, who raised him alone.
Director: Eric Barbier | Stars: Pierre Niney, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Didier Bourdon, Jean-Pierre Darroussin
Votes: 3,853
34. Incredible But True (2022)
74 min | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
Alain and Marie moved to the suburb house of their dreams. But the real estate agent warned them: what is in the basement may well change their lives forever.
Director: Quentin Dupieux | Stars: Alain Chabat, Léa Drucker, Benoît Magimel, Anaïs Demoustier
Votes: 4,314
35. Molière (2007)
PG-13 | 120 min | Biography, Comedy
To satisfy his creditors, a witty actor reinvents himself as a satirical playwright, with uproarious, yet bittersweet, results.
Director: Laurent Tirard | Stars: Romain Duris, Fabrice Luchini, Laura Morante, Edouard Baer
Votes: 6,573 | Gross: $0.64M
36. The Empire (2024)
110 min | Adventure, Comedy, Drama
A small village of Northern France is the battleground of undercover extraterrestrial knights.
Director: Bruno Dumont | Stars: Lyna Khoudri, Anamaria Vartolomei, Camille Cottin, Fabrice Luchini
Votes: 442
37. Cocorico (2024)
92 min | Comedy
It tells the story of the Bouvier-Sauvage family of aristocrats. Their daughter is in love with the son of a Peugeot dealer. When the children announce their marriage, the aristocratic family does not agree.
Director: Julien Hervé | Stars: Christian Clavier, Didier Bourdon, Sylvie Testud, Marianne Denicourt
Votes: 588
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