Favourite French Movies
by stnuwanda | created - 02 Aug 2013 | updated - 02 Aug 2013 | Public- Instant Watch Options
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1. Fanfan (1993)
85 min | Comedy, Romance
A hang-up man tries to love in a different way from normal, and finally manages the psychological shadow for love.
Director: Alexandre Jardin | Stars: Sophie Marceau, Vincent Perez, Marine Delterme, Gérard Séty
Votes: 3,063
2. The Student (1988)
Not Rated | 104 min | Comedy, Romance
Weeks from her final exams, part-time teacher Valentine meets a very different musician. Just a one-night stand and back to preparing for exams, she thinks.
Director: Claude Pinoteau | Stars: Sophie Marceau, Vincent Lindon, Élisabeth Vitali, Jean-Claude Leguay
Votes: 2,345
3. School's Out (2008)
93 min | Comedy, Romance
A few days before the baccalaureate, a high school student decides to settle accounts with the most cowardly teacher in the school.
Director: Frédéric Berthe | Stars: Théo Frilet, Valentine Catzéflis, Michel Blanc, Arthur Dupont
Votes: 815
4. Change of Address (2006)
85 min | Comedy, Music
In Paris, the emotional and professional tribulations of a musician and his roommate.
Director: Emmanuel Mouret | Stars: Emmanuel Mouret, Frédérique Bel, Fanny Valette, Dany Brillant
Votes: 864
5. Please, Please Me! (2009)
Not Rated | 90 min | Comedy
Has Jean-Jacques an infallible way to seduce women or is he just fantasizing about it? His girlfriend Ariane wants to sort it out.
Director: Emmanuel Mouret | Stars: Emmanuel Mouret, Judith Godrèche, Déborah François, Frédérique Bel
Votes: 872
6. Love Lasts Three Years (2011)
98 min | Comedy, Romance
A look at the dissolution of a marriage.
Director: Frédéric Beigbeder | Stars: Louise Bourgoin, Gaspard Proust, JoeyStarr, Jonathan Lambert
Votes: 5,077
7. Priceless (2006)
PG-13 | 106 min | Comedy, Romance
Jean, a shy waiter who works at a high-end hotel, is mistaken for a young millionaire by the beautiful and intriguing fortune hunter Irene.
Director: Pierre Salvadori | Stars: Audrey Tautou, Gad Elmaleh, Marie-Christine Adam, Vernon Dobtcheff
Votes: 33,201 | Gross: $1.50M
8. The Valet (2006)
PG-13 | 85 min | Comedy, Drama
A porter and a top-model have to pretend to be a couple in order to salvage a CEO's marriage.
Director: Francis Veber | Stars: Gad Elmaleh, Alice Taglioni, Daniel Auteuil, Kristin Scott Thomas
Votes: 11,018 | Gross: $2.27M
9. Happiness Never Comes Alone (2012)
110 min | Comedy, Romance
Sacha Keller is only interested in one night stands with 20-somethings and has a phobia of children. That is until he meets Charlotte, the divorced mother-of-three and ex-wife of one his employer's powerful clients.
Director: James Huth | Stars: Gad Elmaleh, Sophie Marceau, Maurice Barthélémy, François Berléand
Votes: 5,542
10. 18 Years Old and Rising (2011)
92 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
This feature is a classic first-love and coming-of-age story set in the exciting political context of 1981.
Director: Frédéric Louf | Stars: Pierre Niney, Audrey Bastien, Lou de Laâge, Ali Marhyar
Votes: 603
11. Love Me If You Dare (2003)
R | 93 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
As adults, best friends Julien and Sophie continue the odd game they started as children -- a fearless competition to outdo one another with daring and outrageous stunts. While they often act out to relieve one another's pain, their game might be a way to avoid the fact that they are truly meant for one another.
Director: Yann Samuell | Stars: Guillaume Canet, Marion Cotillard, Thibault Verhaeghe, Joséphine Lebas-Joly
Votes: 72,429 | Gross: $0.55M
12. The Well-Digger's Daughter (2011)
Not Rated | 107 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
In 1930s southern France, a father is torn between his sense of honor and his deep love for his daughter when she gets in trouble with the wealthy son of a shopkeeper.
Director: Daniel Auteuil | Stars: Daniel Auteuil, Astrid Bergès-Frisbey, Nicolas Duvauchelle, Jean-Pierre Darroussin
Votes: 4,221 | Gross: $0.39M
13. The Bear and the Doll (1970)
GP | 90 min | Comedy
Cellist Gaspard is living in a big house in the country with his son and three nieces. He likes being quiet. One day, his modest car bumps into a Rolls-Royce, driven by Felicia, a young, ... See full summary »
Director: Michel Deville | Stars: Brigitte Bardot, Jean-Pierre Cassel, Daniel Ceccaldi, Georges Claisse
Votes: 519
14. 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: 2,674
15. Mon père, ce héros. (1991)
105 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
To impress a boy while on vacation with her divorced father, Veronique pretends that her father is her lover.
Director: Gérard Lauzier | Stars: Gérard Depardieu, Marie Gillain, Catherine Jacob, Charlotte de Turckheim
Votes: 2,906 | Gross: $25.48M
16. Lila dit ça (2004)
R | 89 min | Crime, Drama, Romance
Two inner-city teenagers engage in an obsessive, innocent flirtation fueled by Lila's sexually explicit overtures.
Director: Ziad Doueiri | Stars: Vahina Giocante, Moa Khouas, Karim Ben Haddou, Lotfi Chakri
Votes: 5,049 | Gross: $0.12M
17. LOL (Laughing Out Loud) (2008)
Not Rated | 103 min | Comedy, Romance
When Lola's boyfriend is unfaithful to her on his summer holiday, she dumps him and flirts with his best friend as punishment. But as their class prepares to leave on an excursion to London, the relationship heats up.
Director: Lisa Azuelos | Stars: Sophie Marceau, Christa Théret, Jérémy Kapone, Marion Chabassol
Votes: 9,620
18. Laissons Lucie faire! (2000)
91 min | Comedy, Romance
Lucie sells swimsuits that she created on the beaches. His companion becomes an apprentice secret agent, which poses a problem in their love life, especially when a young woman asks him to introduce him to sensual pleasures.
Director: Emmanuel Mouret | Stars: Marie Gillain, Emmanuel Mouret, Dolores Chaplin, Georges Neri
Votes: 259
19. Second Chance (2010)
87 min | Comedy, Romance
Ever since he can remember, Julien is bad luck to every woman he dates, with disastrous results. But just when he accepts he'll never find true love, he meets the beautiful, sexy Joanna. And much to her expense, he just can't help himself.
Director: Nicolas Cuche | Stars: Virginie Efira, François-Xavier Demaison, Armelle Deutsch, Raphaël Personnaz
Votes: 2,692
20. Je vais te manquer (2009)
92 min | Drama
Six destinies will be, just for a moment, intertwine at one airport.
Director: Amanda Sthers | Stars: Carole Bouquet, Pierre Arditi, Anne Marivin, Patrick Mille
Votes: 187
21. It's Not Me, I Swear! (2008)
Not Rated | 110 min | Comedy, Drama, Family
During the summer of 1968, Leon, a 10-year-old boy, navigates the hardships of young love, his lunatic mother's whims, and his urges to vandalize the house of his neighbors.
Director: Philippe Falardeau | Stars: Antoine L'Écuyer, Gabriel Maillé, Catherine Faucher, Suzanne Clément
Votes: 2,398
22. It Boy (2013)
Not Rated | 92 min | Comedy, Romance
Alice works for "Rebelle" magazine, where she needs to let her hair down to get a promotion. When Balthazar returns a lost USB to Alice, the appearance of dating someone half her age helps her. Does it get real?
Director: David Moreau | Stars: Virginie Efira, Pierre Niney, Charles Berling, Gilles Cohen
Votes: 11,595
23. Almost Charming (2013)
88 min | Comedy, Romance
A man in his forties who was always solely focused on his business career meets by chance a lovely free-spirited young woman and for the first time he loses control over his life.
Director: Philippe Lellouche | Stars: Vincent Perez, Vahina Giocante, Jacques Weber, Nicole Calfan
Votes: 736
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