French movies wantlist
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1. The Secret (2000)
Not Rated | 107 min | Drama, Romance
It would seem that Marie has it all: a loving husband, a charming child, and a good job. But something elusive with a terrific force continues to pull her to another life to another man. (French with English subtitles).
Director: Virginie Wagon | Stars: Anne Coesens, Michel Bompoil, Tony Todd, Quentin Rossi
Votes: 817
2. Every Man for Himself (1980)
Not Rated | 87 min | Drama
An examination of sexual relationships, in which three protagonists interact in different combinations.
Director: Jean-Luc Godard | Stars: Isabelle Huppert, Jacques Dutronc, Nathalie Baye, Roland Amstutz
Votes: 3,944
3. Wild Side (2004)
Not Rated | 93 min | Drama, Romance
A transgender woman who survives prostituting herself in Paris, returns - with her two male lovers in tow - to her family home in the countryside to look after her dying mother.
Director: Sébastien Lifshitz | Stars: Stéphanie Michelini, Yasmine Belmadi, Edouard Nikitine, Josiane Stoléru
Votes: 1,135 | Gross: $0.02M
4. Sade (2000)
100 min | Biography, Drama, History
A man prepares himself to be transferred to a detention center and rest home where he will relive one more time the highlights of his youth.
Director: Benoît Jacquot | Stars: Daniel Auteuil, Marianne Denicourt, Jeanne Balibar, Grégoire Colin
Votes: 1,834 | Gross: $0.03M
5. Beau-père (1981)
13+ | 123 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
After her mother dies, fourteen-year-old Marion falls in love with her stepfather, Remy.
Director: Bertrand Blier | Stars: Patrick Dewaere, Ariel Besse, Maurice Ronet, Geneviève Mnich
Votes: 3,705
6. 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: 16,461 | Gross: $1.36M
7. A Prophet (2009)
R | 155 min | Crime, Drama
A delinquent Muslim man struggles to get by in prison until he is taken under the wing of a powerful mob boss. But his gradual rise through the mob's ranks brings him in conflict with his mentor.
Director: Jacques Audiard | Stars: Tahar Rahim, Niels Arestrup, Adel Bencherif, Reda Kateb
Votes: 102,164 | Gross: $2.08M
8. My Man (1996)
Unrated | 99 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
In Lyon, where many are unemployed, Marie is a prostitute who loves her work: she's thoughtful and exuberant toward clients old and young, slim or flabby. One night, a homeless man sleeps ... See full summary »
Director: Bertrand Blier | Stars: Anouk Grinberg, Gérard Lanvin, Valeria Bruni Tedeschi, Olivier Martinez
Votes: 1,721
9. Ménage (1986)
84 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
A bisexual petty criminal named Bob encounters a married couple arguing in a bar. Bob breaks up the fight and proceeds to seduce first the wife and then the husband. Then Bob teaches the ... See full summary »
Director: Bertrand Blier | Stars: Gérard Depardieu, Michel Blanc, Miou-Miou, Michel Creton
Votes: 3,609 | Gross: $0.93M
10. A Few Days of Respite (2010)
79 min | Drama
The meeting between two clandestine homosexuals and Iranian and a single woman
Director: Amor Hakkar | Stars: Marina Vlady, Amor Hakkar, Samir Guesmi, Shimon Ben Lulu
Votes: 43
11. 36 fillette (1988)
88 min | Drama, Romance
A night in the life of a young woman who wishes to learn and experience more of life. The men she meets have as much to learn from her as they can offer her, or more.
Director: Catherine Breillat | Stars: Delphine Zentout, Etienne Chicot, Olivier Parnière, Jean-Pierre Léaud
Votes: 1,393 | Gross: $0.41M
12. The Story of O (1975)
NC-17 | 97 min | Drama
Photographer O's lover takes her to a Château, where she is, like other women there, naked, humiliated by whipping, sexual abuse by men etc. When O leaves, her lover gives her to his much older step-brother.
Director: Just Jaeckin | Stars: Corinne Cléry, Udo Kier, Anthony Steel, Jean Gaven
Votes: 6,894
13. Four Lovers (2010)
Unrated | 103 min | Romance
What are adult love affairs ? Two couples meet and fall in love, lose sight of each other in the confusion and end up pulling through.
Director: Antony Cordier | Stars: Marina Foïs, Élodie Bouchez, Roschdy Zem, Nicolas Duvauchelle
Votes: 2,019
14. La fille de Monaco (2008)
R | 95 min | Comedy, Drama
Bertrand Beauvois, a well-known attorney, is in Monte Carlo to defend a businessman's mother who murdered a gigolo with ties to gangsters. The businessman provides a bodyguard, Christophe, ... See full summary »
Director: Anne Fontaine | Stars: Fabrice Luchini, Roschdy Zem, Stéphane Audran, Gilles Cohen
Votes: 2,357 | Gross: $0.60M
15. Les corps ouverts (1998)
47 min | Drama
A few days in the life of Rémi, a kind and decent Franco-Arab 18-year-old boy, who explores his still-fluid sexuality in contemporary Paris, offering a slight but well-limned slice of life in multicultural France during the late 1990s.
Director: Sébastien Lifshitz | Stars: Yasmine Belmadi, Pierre-Loup Rajot, Margot Abascal, Mohamed Damraoui
Votes: 196
16. Ballroom (2003)
Unrated | 94 min | Drama, Mystery
René and his lover Patric live in an old ballroom on the coast in Northern France. When Patric goes away for work, René begins to obsess on a picture of two brothers in dresses that hangs ... See full summary »
Directors: Patrick-Mario Bernard, Xavier Brillat, Pierre Trividic | Stars: Patrick-Mario Bernard, Pierre Trividic, Jean-Yves Jouannais, Peter Bonke
Votes: 164
17. Paris, I Love You (2006)
R | 120 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Through the neighborhoods of Paris, love is veiled, revealed, imitated, sucked dry, reinvented, and awakened.
Directors: Olivier Assayas, Frédéric Auburtin, Gurinder Chadha, Sylvain Chomet, Ethan Coen, Joel Coen, Isabel Coixet, Wes Craven, Alfonso Cuarón, Gérard Depardieu, Christopher Doyle, Richard LaGravenese, Vincenzo Natali, Alexander Payne, Bruno Podalydès, Walter Salles, Oliver Schmitz, Nobuhiro Suwa, Daniela Thomas, Tom Tykwer, Gus Van Sant | Stars: Juliette Binoche, Leonor Watling, Ludivine Sagnier, Fanny Ardant
Votes: 74,543 | Gross: $4.86M
18. Private Lessons (2008)
Not Rated | 105 min | Drama
An aspiring tennis player is taken under the wing of an established player as his family life falls apart.
Director: Joachim Lafosse | Stars: Jonas Bloquet, Jonathan Zaccaï, Claire Bodson, Yannick Renier
Votes: 1,036
19. La petite amie d'Antonio (1992)
105 min | Drama, Romance
Antonio likes Claudie, but Claudie is not so simple. Claudie is a young woman who stumbles into reality. Little by little, we discover the life of her and those around her. Her friends, her... See full summary »
Director: Manuel Poirier | Stars: Hélène Foubert, Sergi López, Corinne Darmon, Florence Giorgetti
Votes: 56
20. ...à la campagne (1995)
108 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Living a peaceful life in a house in the country surrounded by his friends is a lifestyle Benoît has opted for on mature reflection. One day, Lila, a young woman, arrives in Brionne, the ... See full summary »
Director: Manuel Poirier | Stars: Benoît Régent, Judith Henry, Sergi López, Jean-Jacques Vanier
Votes: 95
21.
Les années lycée (1995– )
Episode:
Attention, fragile
(1995)
105 min
Director: Manuel Poirier | Stars: Aurélie Berrier, Mathieu Busson, Fanny Esteban, Micha Lescot
Votes: 8
22. 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: 16,712
23. Humanity (1999)
Not Rated | 141 min | Drama, Mystery
When an 11-year-old girl is brutally raped and murdered in a quiet French village, a police detective who has forgotten how to feel emotions--because of the death of his own family in some kind of accident--investigates the crime, which turns out to ask more questions
Director: Bruno Dumont | Stars: Emmanuel Schotté, Séverine Caneele, Philippe Tullier, Ghislain Ghesquère
Votes: 5,095 | Gross: $0.11M
24. Transfixed (2001)
105 min | Drama, Horror, Thriller
Bo is a transgender prostitute in Brussels who left home after being abused by her father. She's now in an abusive relationship with a neighbor and suspected by the police in a series of ... See full summary »
Director: Francis Girod | Stars: Richard Bohringer, Robinson Stévenin, Stéphane Metzger, William Nadylam
Votes: 396 | Gross: $0.01M
25. Certified Copy (2010)
Not Rated | 106 min | Drama, Romance
In Tuscany to promote his latest book, a middle-aged British writer meets a French woman who leads him to the village of Lucignano. While there, a chance question reveals something deeper.
Director: Abbas Kiarostami | Stars: Juliette Binoche, William Shimell, Jean-Claude Carrière, Agathe Natanson
Votes: 26,880 | Gross: $1.34M
26. Ma vie en rose (1997)
R | 88 min | Drama
Ludovic is an innocent seven-year-old child who provokes horror in his community when he dresses in girls clothes and insists he's a girl.
Director: Alain Berliner | Stars: Georges Du Fresne, Michèle Laroque, Jean-Philippe Écoffey, Hélène Vincent
Votes: 9,024 | Gross: $2.28M
27. Olivier, Olivier (1992)
R | 110 min | Adventure, Crime, Drama
Olivier, the nine-year-old son of Elisabeth and country veterinarian Serge, vanishes one afternoon on the way to his grandmother's house. The emotional aftermath of his disappearance sends ... See full summary »
Director: Agnieszka Holland | Stars: Brigitte Roüan, François Cluzet, Jean-François Stévenin, Frédéric Quiring
Votes: 1,873 | Gross: $1.26M
28. The Triplets of Belleville (2003)
PG-13 | 80 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
When her grandson is kidnapped during the Tour de France, Madame Souza and her beloved pooch Bruno team up with the Belleville Sisters--an aged song-and-dance team from the days of Fred Astaire--to rescue him.
Director: Sylvain Chomet | Stars: Michèle Caucheteux, Jean-Claude Donda, Michel Robin, Monica Viegas
Votes: 57,065 | Gross: $7.00M
29. 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
30. Tous les garçons et les filles de leur âge... (1993–1994)
61 min | Drama
French filmmakers were given the opportunity in this Tv series to portray an episode about the coming of age of young people during one of the past few decades, accompanied by music of that period.
Stars: Jackie Berroyer, Virginie Ledoyen, Élodie Bouchez, Claire Keim
Votes: 116
31. Marie-Line (2000)
100 min | Drama
Marie-Line works as a chief cleaner, at night, in a mall. She leads a team of 3-5 women, most of them being illegal aliens. Marie-Line is a hard woman with a golden heart, and she's in love... See full summary »
Director: Mehdi Charef | Stars: Muriel Robin, Fejria Deliba, Valérie Stroh, Yan Epstein
Votes: 218
32. The Sentinel (1992)
139 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller
A medical student returning to France finds himself mixed up in a dark affair of espionage between the Eastern and Western blocs, involving agents of the DGSE (French foreign intelligence service).
Director: Arnaud Desplechin | Stars: Emmanuel Salinger, Thibault de Montalembert, Jean-Louis Richard, Valérie Dréville
Votes: 910 | Gross: $0.01M
33. My Sex Life... or How I Got Into an Argument (1996)
178 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Paul Dedalus is at a crossroads in his life. He has to make several decisions; should he complete his doctorate, does he want to become a full professor, does he really love his ... See full summary »
Director: Arnaud Desplechin | Stars: Mathieu Amalric, Emmanuelle Devos, Emmanuel Salinger, Marianne Denicourt
Votes: 1,704
34. What's in a Name? (2012)
PG | 109 min | Comedy, Drama
Vincent is about to become a father. At a meeting with childhood friends he announces the name for his future son. The scandalous name ignites a discussion which surfaces unpleasant matters from the past of the group.
Directors: Alexandre de La Patellière, Matthieu Delaporte | Stars: Patrick Bruel, Valérie Benguigui, Charles Berling, Guillaume de Tonquédec
Votes: 18,297
35. The Salesman (2011)
107 min | Drama
Marcel Lévesque, a quick-witted car salesman nearing retirement, lives to sell. He has been salesman of the month for the last sixteen years at the dealership where he has spent his career,... See full summary »
Director: Sébastien Pilote | Stars: Gilbert Sicotte, Nathalie Cavezzali, Jeremy Tessier, Jean-François Boudreau
Votes: 667
36. 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: 4,146 | Gross: $0.13M
37. Omar Killed Me (2011)
85 min | Biography, Crime, Drama
In the summer of 1991 an elderly woman Ghislaine Marchal is found murdered in the basement of her home with the message "Omar M'a Tuer" (Omar has kill me) written beside in her own blood. ... See full summary »
Director: Roschdy Zem | Stars: Sami Bouajila, Denis Podalydès, Maurice Bénichou, Salomé Stévenin
Votes: 1,591
38. Perfect Love (1996)
Unrated | 110 min | Drama, Romance
In Dunkirk, a man and a woman meet and fall in love, then hate each other.
Director: Catherine Breillat | Stars: Isabelle Renauld, Francis Renaud, Laura Saglio, Alain Soral
Votes: 546
39. The Life of Jesus (1997)
Not Rated | 96 min | Drama, Romance
A social movie about current life in the north of France. Freddy and his friends are all unemployed. They pass away time by wandering around on their motorcycles and by directing their ... See full summary »
Director: Bruno Dumont | Stars: David Douche, Marjorie Cottreel, Kader Chaatouf, Sébastien Delbaere
Votes: 3,509
40. Seventeen Times Cécile Cassard (2002)
105 min | Drama
A portrait of a woman, composed of 17 moments from her life.
Director: Christophe Honoré | Stars: Béatrice Dalle, Romain Duris, Jeanne Balibar, Ange Ruzé
Votes: 552
41. Une femme de ménage (2002)
R | 91 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
After his wife leaves him for another man, Jacques hires a housekeeper, Laura, to keep his Paris apartment in order.
Director: Claude Berri | Stars: Jean-Pierre Bacri, Émilie Dequenne, Brigitte Catillon, Jacques Frantz
Votes: 1,889 | Gross: $0.46M
42. Viens chez moi, j'habite chez une copine (1981)
85 min | Comedy
Guy is fired from is job, and asks to stay with his friend and his girlfriend in their apartment. The longer he stays, the more disaster he creates.
Director: Patrice Leconte | Stars: Michel Blanc, Bernard Giraudeau, Thérèse Liotard, Anémone
Votes: 1,477
43. You Are So Beautiful (2005)
97 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
When farmer Aymé Pigrenet loses his wife, he is not exactly overwhelmed by sorrow, rather by the sheer amount of work that suddenly falls on his shoulders. In quest of a new spouse, he goes to Romania where he meets Elena.
Director: Isabelle Mergault | Stars: Michel Blanc, Medeea Marinescu, Wladimir Yordanoff, Benoît Turjman
Votes: 3,127
44. Élisa (1995)
115 min | Drama
A woman has had a tough childhood ever since her mother committed suicide. She spent most of her life in an orphanage and makes a living as a small-time criminal in Paris. Now she wants to unravel her past and find her father.
Director: Jean Becker | Stars: Vanessa Paradis, Gérard Depardieu, Clotilde Courau, Sekkou Sall
Votes: 2,185 | Gross: $0.11M
45. Je ne suis pas là pour être aimé (2005)
93 min | Drama, Romance
The (love) life of a man fed up with his work and life routine changes when he enlists into a tango dancing course.
Director: Stéphane Brizé | Stars: Patrick Chesnais, Anne Consigny, Georges Wilson, Lionel Abelanski
Votes: 1,663
46. I Can't Sleep (1994)
Unrated | 110 min | Drama, Mystery, Romance
A serial killer terrorizes Paris at night, but that doesn't stop Daïga and Théo from meeting up, and falling in love.
Director: Claire Denis | Stars: Yekaterina Golubeva, Richard Courcet, Vincent Dupont, Laurent Grévill
Votes: 1,377 | Gross: $0.11M
47. Those Who Love Me Can Take the Train (1998)
122 min | Drama, Romance
Friends of a recently deceased minor painter Jean-Baptiste take a train in Paris for Limoges, where he wished to be buried, and all the people on the train have their problems.
Director: Patrice Chéreau | Stars: Pascal Greggory, Valeria Bruni Tedeschi, Charles Berling, Jean-Louis Trintignant
Votes: 1,997 | Gross: $0.06M
48. No Fear, No Die (1990)
Not Rated | 90 min | Drama
Dah and Jocelyn come from Benin, Africa, to coach their rooster, "S'en fout la mort", for an illicit cock-fight in the basement of a restaurant.
Director: Claire Denis | Stars: Isaach De Bankolé, Alex Descas, Solveig Dommartin, Christopher Buchholz
Votes: 1,211
49. Nénette and Boni (1996)
Not Rated | 103 min | Drama
A brother and sister reunite after time apart. But the sister is pregnant, which could either bring the siblings together or tear them apart.
Director: Claire Denis | Stars: Grégoire Colin, Alice Houri, Jacques Nolot, Valeria Bruni Tedeschi
Votes: 1,894
50. Beau Travail (1999)
Unrated | 92 min | Drama, War
An ex-Foreign Legion officer recalls his once-glorious life of leading troops in Djibouti.
Director: Claire Denis | Stars: Denis Lavant, Michel Subor, Grégoire Colin, Richard Courcet
Votes: 14,554 | Gross: $0.25M
51. Friday Night (2002)
Unrated | 90 min | Drama, Romance
It's Friday night--she's moving in with her boyfriend tomorrow--so she goes out, but gets stuck in traffic--where she meets a handsome stranger.
Director: Claire Denis | Stars: Valérie Lemercier, Vincent Lindon, Hélène de Saint-Père, Hélène Fillières
Votes: 2,139 | Gross: $0.16M
52. The Intruder (2004)
Unrated | 130 min | Drama
An emotionally cold man leaves the safety of his Alpine home to seek a heart transplant and an estranged son.
Director: Claire Denis | Stars: Michel Subor, Grégoire Colin, Yekaterina Golubeva, Bambou
Votes: 2,143 | Gross: $0.04M
53. 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: 5,276 | Gross: $0.18M
54. The Eighth Day (1996)
118 min | Comedy, Drama
An unusual and wonderful friendship develops between a busy but unhappy salesman and a resident of a mental asylum.
Director: Jaco Van Dormael | Stars: Daniel Auteuil, Pascal Duquenne, Miou-Miou, Henri Garcin
Votes: 10,079 | Gross: $0.33M
55. Dolce far niente (1998)
119 min | Comedy, Drama
This movie depicts the two years that young Stendhal spent in Italy. Stendhal, that time still known simply as Henri Beyle, is living the life of a wanderer, looking for a direction in his ... See full summary »
Director: Nae Caranfil | Stars: François Cluzet, Isabella Ferrari, Margherita Buy, Giancarlo Giannini
Votes: 210
56. Time Out (2001)
PG-13 | 134 min | Drama
An unemployed man finds his life sinking more and more into trouble as he hides his situation from his family and friends.
Director: Laurent Cantet | Stars: Aurélien Recoing, Karin Viard, Serge Livrozet, Jean-Pierre Mangeot
Votes: 4,977 | Gross: $0.45M
57. All Is Forgiven (2007)
105 min | Drama
A father and daughter are reunited some 11 years after the father's drug addiction tore the family apart.
Director: Mia Hansen-Løve | Stars: Paul Blain, Marie-Christine Friedrich, Victoire Rousseau, Constance Rousseau
Votes: 977
58. Tricheurs (1984)
94 min | Comedy, Drama
Exploring themes of addiction, sexual power games, and compulsive behavior, a powerfully impudent look into the world of gambling addicts, Suzie is cast among a stylish milieu of gamblers on a Portuguese island.
Director: Barbet Schroeder | Stars: Jacques Dutronc, Bulle Ogier, Leandro Vale, Roger Sarbib
Votes: 633
59. One Night (2012)
104 min | Drama
A young woman is stabbed, sexually assaulted and murdered in public as her neighbors ignore her cries for help.
Director: Lucas Belvaux | Stars: Yvan Attal, Sophie Quinton, Nicole Garcia, François Feroleto
Votes: 1,435
60. Un couple épatant (2002)
PG | 97 min | Comedy, Romance
In the first installment in director Belvaux's trilogy, Alain's eccentric behavior causes his wife, Cecile, to hire a detective to follow his every move -- which yields unexpected results.
Director: Lucas Belvaux | Stars: François Morel, Ornella Muti, Gilbert Melki, Valérie Mairesse
Votes: 1,121 | Gross: $0.05M
61. Cavale (2002)
R | 117 min | Thriller, Crime, Drama
After nearly fifteen years behind bars, lefty revolutionary Bruno escapes and heads back to Grenoble, France. His plan? Settle some old scores, hook up with his foxy ex-lover, and avoid the... See full summary »
Director: Lucas Belvaux | Stars: Catherine Frot, Lucas Belvaux, Dominique Blanc, Ornella Muti
Votes: 1,245 | Gross: $0.06M
62. Après la vie (2002)
R | 124 min | Crime, Drama
In the final chapter of director Belvaux's trilogy, Pascal, now a disgraced cop, seeks redemption by capturing Bruno, a fugitive with a strange connection to Agnes, Pascal's heroin-addicted wife.
Director: Lucas Belvaux | Stars: Gilbert Melki, Lucas Belvaux, Dominique Blanc, Ornella Muti
Votes: 929 | Gross: $0.03M
63. The Right of the Weakest (2006)
116 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
In Liège, a group of men gathers every day in a café situated near the steel factory which once reigned supreme. They play cards in a warm atmosphere but that hardly masks their quiet ... See full summary »
Director: Lucas Belvaux | Stars: Éric Caravaca, Lucas Belvaux, Claude Semal, Patrick Descamps
Votes: 714
64. Monday Morning (2002)
120 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Vincent lives in a village. Every morning he goes to the factory to work, and in the evening he takes care of his family. One day, he decides to go on a trip with the money given by his father.
Director: Otar Iosseliani | Stars: Jacques Bidou, Anne Kravz-Tarnavsky, Narda Blanchet, Radslav Kinski
Votes: 1,109
65. 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
66. Beyond the Walls (2012)
Unrated | 98 min | Drama, Romance
Paulo, a young pianist, meets Ilir, a bartender and bass guitar player originally from Albania. They become lovers. Confronted by his girlfriend Anka, Paulo finds himself out on the street.... See full summary »
Director: David Lambert | Stars: Matila Malliarakis, Guillaume Gouix, David Salles, Mélissa Désormeaux-Poulin
Votes: 1,605
67. Je t'aime moi non plus (1976)
R | 89 min | Drama
Petite waitress Johnny works and lives in a truck-stop, where she's lonely and longs for love. She develops a crush on garbage-truck driver Krassky, although her sleazy boss Boris warns her that he's gay.
Director: Serge Gainsbourg | Stars: Jane Birkin, Joe Dallesandro, Hugues Quester, Reinhard Kolldehoff
Votes: 2,326
68. This Is My Body (2001)
87 min | Drama
Young student Antoine jumps off studies to follow an acting career, and is offered a main role after a boy who killed himself after a fling with the director.
Director: Rodolphe Marconi | Stars: Louis Garrel, Jane Birkin, Elisabeth Depardieu, Mélanie Laurent
Votes: 217
69. Close to Leo (2002 TV Movie)
Unrated | 88 min | Drama, Romance
When 21-year-old Leo, the oldest of four brothers, announces to his rural French family that he's HIV+ family bonds are tested. The family decides that 11-year-old Marcel, the youngest, is ... See full summary »
Director: Christophe Honoré | Stars: Yaniss Lespert, Pierre Mignard, Marie Bunel, Rodolphe Pauly
Votes: 1,123
70. Man of My Life (1999)
84 min | Comedy
Simon is getting better. His job as a publisher is going smoothly. Suddenly, out of the blue, his psychoanalyst, Charles, hits him with the news: his analysis is over. It turns out to be a ... See full summary »
Director: Stéphane Kurc | Stars: Patrick Chesnais, Bruno Solo, Marianne Denicourt, Valérie Bonneton
Votes: 28
71. 57000 km entre nous (2008)
R | 82 min | Comedy, Drama
A teenager searches for meaningful connections with others while trying to build a steady relationship with her transsexual father and a stepdad who posts everything about their family online.
Director: Delphine Kreuter | Stars: Florence Thomassin, Pascal Bongard, Mathieu Amalric, Marie Burgun
Votes: 102
72. L'ennemi naturel (2004)
97 min | Drama
A young nebbish but knowing police inspector sent on a French commune to investigate the death of a teenage boy must contend with the unfriendly locals who are either prejudiced against him or reluctant in helping him solve the case.
Director: Pierre Erwan Guillaume | Stars: Jalil Lespert, Aurélien Recoing, Patrick Rocca, Doria Achour
Votes: 343
73. The Sentiment of the Flesh (2010)
Not Rated | 91 min | Drama, Mystery, Romance
During a medical exam, Helena, a student in anatomical drawing, meets Benoit, a young radiologist. Their mutual fascination for the human body incites them to start a passionate romance. ... See full summary »
Director: Roberto Garzelli | Stars: Thibault Vinçon, Annabelle Hettmann, Pascal N'Zonzi, Emmanuel Salinger
Votes: 402
74. Charlotte for Ever (1986)
94 min | Comedy, Drama
Stan, screeplay writer, had his time of glory in Hollywood. Today, alcoholic with a certain envy for suicide, his only link to life is his daughter, Charlotte.
Director: Serge Gainsbourg | Stars: Serge Gainsbourg, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Roland Bertin, Roland Dubillard
Votes: 811
75. Cold Showers (2005)
102 min | Drama
The story of three teenagers: a beautiful girl, Vanessa, and two boys, Mickael and Clement, one rich, one poor. The story of Mickael - judo fanatic and doomed lover - and his parents, both ... See full summary »
Director: Antony Cordier | Stars: Johan Libéreau, Salomé Stévenin, Florence Thomassin, Jean-Philippe Écoffey
Votes: 2,449
76. Monsieur Ibrahim (2003)
R | 95 min | Comedy, Drama
In Paris, a Turkish shop owner befriends a Jewish boy in his mid-teens.
Director: François Dupeyron | Stars: Omar Sharif, Pierre Boulanger, Gilbert Melki, Isabelle Renauld
Votes: 11,605 | Gross: $2.82M
77. Le dernier des fous (2006)
95 min | Drama
A boy is forced to witness the slow and painful collapse of his family.
Director: Laurent Achard | Stars: Julien Cochelin, Annie Cordy, Pascal Cervo, Dominique Reymond
Votes: 326
78. Pourquoi pas moi? (1999)
96 min | Comedy, Romance
Four gay French expatriots share a business in Barcelona. When they and their parents are thrown together for a "coming out" party, another French Farce ensues.
Director: Stéphane Giusti | Stars: Amira Casar, Julie Gayet, Bruno Putzulu, Alexandra London
Votes: 874
79. Full Speed (1996)
85 min | Drama, Romance
A brief extract of four kids' lives somewhere in France. Quentin, who won a writers contest and now pays more attention to his career as an author than to his friends, beautiful Julie, his ... See full summary »
Director: Gaël Morel | Stars: Élodie Bouchez, Stéphane Rideau, Pascal Cervo, Meziane Bardadi
Votes: 880
80. 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
81. Set Me Free (1999)
94 min | Drama, Romance
In the year 1963, an awkward thirteen-year-old girl comes of age during her escapism into the world of cinema, with potentially dangerous results.
Director: Léa Pool | Stars: Karine Vanasse, Pascale Bussières, Predrag 'Miki' Manojlovic, Alexandre Mérineau
Votes: 1,074 | Gross: $0.07M
82. Autopsy (2007 TV Movie)
90 min | Crime, Drama, Romance
In a whodunit concerning the murder of a gay professor, Lyon's police detective Éric Mercadier, a married father, unexpectedly falls in love with the medical examiner in the case, who may or may not be involved in the murder.
Director: Jérôme Anger | Stars: Stéphane Freiss, Thierry Neuvic, Sara Martins, Claude Perron
Votes: 330
83. Three Dancing Slaves (2004)
Unrated | 86 min | Drama, Romance
Three Algerian brothers struggle with violence, temptations, and finding purpose after their mother's death, as one seeks revenge, another tries keeping a job, and the youngest may be falling for a capoeira dancer. Can they be a family?
Director: Gaël Morel | Stars: Nicolas Cazalé, Stéphane Rideau, Thomas Dumerchez, Salim Kechiouche
Votes: 1,809 | Gross: $0.02M
84. The String (2009)
Not Rated | 93 min | Drama, Romance
Malik has a lot on his plate when he returns home to Tunisia after living in France. He's processing his father's death, he can't come out to his mother, and his childhood anxieties have ... See full summary »
Director: Mehdi Ben Attia | Stars: Claudia Cardinale, Antonin Stahly Viswanadhan, Salim Kechiouche, Driss Ramdi
Votes: 2,221
85. Persécution (2009)
98 min | Drama, Romance
The solitary Daniel and Sonia share an uneasy love/hate relationship. Daniel's life is disrupted by the appearance of a stranger that proceeds to insinuate himself in his life. The man's ... See full summary »
Director: Patrice Chéreau | Stars: Romain Duris, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Jean-Hugues Anglade, Gilles Cohen
Votes: 1,075
86. The Snows of Kilimanjaro (2011)
90 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A union pensioner and his wife are robbed, but find that merely getting the assailants brought to justice is not enough for their consciences.
Director: Robert Guédiguian | Stars: Ariane Ascaride, Jean-Pierre Darroussin, Gérard Meylan, Grégoire Leprince-Ringuet
Votes: 4,084
87. Family Resemblances (1996)
Not Rated | 110 min | Comedy, Drama
An upper middle-class French family celebrates a birthday in a restaurant. In one evening and during one meal, family history, tensions, collective and separate grudges, delights, and ... See full summary »
Director: Cédric Klapisch | Stars: Jean-Pierre Bacri, Jean-Pierre Darroussin, Catherine Frot, Agnès Jaoui
Votes: 5,507 | Gross: $0.32M
88. Illégal (2010)
Not Rated | 90 min | Drama
A single mother of a thirteen-year-old boy from Belarus seeks refuge in Belgium with dreams of a better life, but instead, she will be incarcerated and separated from her son, risking deportation.
Director: Olivier Masset-Depasse | Stars: Anne Coesens, Alexandre Gontcharov, Milo Masset-Depasse, Natalia Belokonskaya
Votes: 943 | Gross: $0.00M
89. Se souvenir des belles choses (2001)
110 min | Drama, Romance
Although barely 30, Claire believes she is showing the first symptoms of Alzheimer's disease, a condition from which her mother has recently died. Her sister, Nathalie, is certain that her ... See full summary »
Director: Zabou Breitman | Stars: Isabelle Carré, Bernard Campan, Bernard Le Coq, Zabou Breitman
Votes: 1,418
90. La bande des Jotas (2012)
75 min | Comedy, Crime
A luggage mix-up at the airport brings together the lives of two friends preparing for a badminton tournament with a woman on the run from a gang who killed her sister.
Director: Marjane Satrapi | Stars: Marjane Satrapi, Mattias Ripa, Stéphane Roche, Ali Mafakheri
Votes: 176
91. The Witnesses (2007)
Not Rated | 112 min | Drama, Romance
Paris, 1984: A group of friends contend with the first outbreak of the AIDS epidemic.
Director: André Téchiné | Stars: Michel Blanc, Emmanuelle Béart, Sami Bouajila, Julie Depardieu
Votes: 2,843 | Gross: $0.08M
92. My Life on Ice (2002)
102 min | Comedy, Drama, Sport
My Life on Ice presents the unique point of view of 16-year-old Etienne, a cute would-be ice skating champion living in provincial Rouen who is obsessed with filming his daily life with a ... See full summary »
Directors: Olivier Ducastel, Jacques Martineau | Stars: Ariane Ascaride, Jimmy Tavares, Jonathan Zaccaï, Hélène Surgère
Votes: 862
93. A Man and a Woman (1966)
Approved | 102 min | Drama, Romance
A 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.
Director: Claude Lelouch | Stars: Anouk Aimée, Jean-Louis Trintignant, Pierre Barouh, Valérie Lagrange
Votes: 11,797
94. Too Much Happiness (1994)
85 min | Drama, Comedy
What is beautiful about adolescence is that it is a time when everything is still possible. The four main characters are each conditioned by their background and environment, but they ... See full summary »
Director: Cédric Kahn | Stars: Malek Bechar, Naguime Bendidi, Didier Borga, Salah Bouchouareb
Votes: 77
95. Bar des rails (1991)
103 min | Drama
Richard is a teenager living with his mother, a dressmaker. He falls in love with Marion, one of her customers. Marion lives alone with her little daughter and works at a night-club. He ... See full summary »
Director: Cédric Kahn | Stars: Fabienne Babe, Marc Vidal, Brigitte Roüan, Nicolas Ploux
Votes: 79
96. Regrets (2009)
104 min | Drama, Romance
After the death of his mother, fortysomething introvert Mathieu enters into a second relationship with his high-school girlfriend, Maya.
Director: Cédric Kahn | Stars: Yvan Attal, Valeria Bruni Tedeschi, Arly Jover, Philippe Katerine
Votes: 631
97. Zero Guilt (1996 TV Movie)
94 min | Crime, Drama
Director: Cédric Kahn | Stars: Vincent Berger, Marie Mure, Marie Payen, Sébastien Bourlard
Votes: 6
98. Three Lives and Only One Death (1996)
123 min | Comedy, Crime, Fantasy
Take a walk into the dreamlike world of filmmaker Raul Ruiz as he takes us to Paris for a twisting ride. Four strangely symmetrical stories unfold involving love, lust, crime, and time.
Director: Raúl Ruiz | Stars: Marcello Mastroianni, Anna Galiena, Marisa Paredes, Melvil Poupaud
Votes: 1,543
99. Toto the Hero (1991)
PG-13 | 91 min | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
Thomas believed he was switched at birth with Alfred. Feeling cheated, Thomas spent his life plotting revenge against Alfred, his perceived lifelong adversary who he felt stole the privileged life that should have been his.
Director: Jaco Van Dormael | Stars: Michel Bouquet, Mireille Perrier, Jo De Backer, Thomas Godet
Votes: 6,342 | Gross: $1.23M
100. Roberto Succo (2001)
124 min | Biography, Crime, Drama
'Kurt' claims to be a sales rep. He also claims to be English in spite of his heavy Italian accent. Kurt is an habitual liar and a dangerous driver, at the very least. In the south of ... See full summary »
Director: Cédric Kahn | Stars: Stefano Cassetti, Isild Le Besco, Patrick Dell'Isola, Viviana Aliberti
Votes: 1,258
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