French Classics
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101. OSS 117: Cairo, Nest of Spies (2006)
Not Rated | 99 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
Secret agent OSS 117 foils Nazis, beds local beauties, and brings peace to the Middle East.
Director: Michel Hazanavicius | Stars: François Damiens, Jean Dujardin, Khalid Maadour, Youssef Hamid
Votes: 23,122 | Gross: $0.30M
102. 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: 33,212 | Gross: $1.50M
103. Lady Chatterley (2006)
R | 168 min | Drama, Romance
A French adaptation of the second (and much less well-known) version of D.H. Lawrence's erotic tale.
Director: Pascale Ferran | Stars: Marina Hands, Jean-Louis Coulloc'h, Hippolyte Girardot, Hélène Alexandridis
Votes: 4,772 | Gross: $0.69M
104. Comedy of Power (2006)
Not Rated | 110 min | Drama
A magistrate investigates a corporate executive.
Director: Claude Chabrol | Stars: Isabelle Huppert, François Berléand, Patrick Bruel, Marilyne Canto
Votes: 3,071 | Gross: $0.08M
105. Bamako (The Court) (2006)
115 min | Drama
Bamako. Melé is a bar singer, her husband Chaka is out of work and the couple is on the verge of breaking up... In the courtyard of the house they share with other families, a trial court ... See full summary »
Director: Abderrahmane Sissako | Stars: Aïssa Maïga, Tiécoura Traoré, Maimouna Hélène Diarra, Habib Dembélé
Votes: 1,494 | Gross: $0.11M
106. Avril (2006)
96 min | Comedy, Drama
Avril is a novice in a convent of "Baptistine" sisters, a monastic order which was officially dissolved by the end of the nineteenth century but that is kept alive by Mère Marie Joseph, the... See full summary »
Director: Gérald Hustache-Mathieu | Stars: Sophie Quinton, Miou-Miou, Nicolas Duvauchelle, Clément Sibony
Votes: 751
107. Tell No One (2006)
Not Rated | 131 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
An accidental discovery near a doctor's estate stirs up some painful memories eight years after his wife's hideous murder, and now, things are bound to take a turn for the unexpected. Does the good doctor know more than he's letting on?
Director: Guillaume Canet | Stars: François Cluzet, Marie-Josée Croze, André Dussollier, Kristin Scott Thomas
Votes: 57,996 | Gross: $6.18M
108. 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: 74,566 | Gross: $4.86M
109. A Woman in Winter (2006)
100 min | Drama
An astronomer enters into a destructive affair with a photographer.
Director: Richard Jobson | Stars: Jamie Sives, Julie Gayet, Jason Flemyng, Susan Lynch
Votes: 265
110. The Science of Sleep (2006)
R | 105 min | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
A man entranced by his dreams and imagination is love-struck with a French woman and feels he can show her his world.
Director: Michel Gondry | Stars: Gael García Bernal, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Miou-Miou, Alain Chabat
Votes: 70,898 | Gross: $4.66M
111. WWW: What a Wonderful World (2006)
99 min | Comedy, Thriller
An assassin falls for a traffic cop in Casablanca, Morocco.
Director: Faouzi Bensaïdi | Stars: Faouzi Bensaïdi, Nezha Rahile, Fatima Attif, Hajar Masdouki
Votes: 261
112. Hotel Harabati (2006)
95 min | Drama
After 10 years and two children together, Philippe and Marion, finally decide to take a honeymoon Holiday in Venice. At the train station, a abandoned bag filled with money will bring them ... See full summary »
Director: Brice Cauvin | Stars: Laurent Lucas, Hélène Fillières, Anouk Aimée, Julie Gayet
Votes: 172
113. Les petites vacances (2006)
90 min | Drama, Comedy
On an impulse Danièle takes her grandchildren for a holiday herself without the permission of their parents. As time proceeds it becomes less clear if she and the children will ever return and resume their lives as before.
Director: Olivier Peyon | Stars: Bernadette Lafont, Adèle Csech, Lucas Franchi, Claude Brasseur
Votes: 82
114. Time to Leave (2005)
Unrated | 81 min | Drama
A fashion photographer with terminal cancer elects to die alone, preparing others to live past him rather than prolong the inevitable with chemotherapy or be smothered in sympathy by those who know him.
Director: François Ozon | Stars: Melvil Poupaud, Jeanne Moreau, Valeria Bruni Tedeschi, Daniel Duval
Votes: 9,262 | Gross: $0.12M
115. 13 Tzameti (2005)
Not Rated | 93 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
A man takes over a dead man's task without realizing the horror it entails.
Director: Géla Babluani | Stars: George Babluani, Aurélien Recoing, Pascal Bongard, Fred Ulysse
Votes: 18,035 | Gross: $0.12M
116. The Child (2005)
R | 95 min | Crime, Drama, Romance
Bruno and Sonia, a young couple living off her benefit and the thefts committed by his gang, have a new source of money: their newborn son.
Directors: Jean-Pierre Dardenne, Luc Dardenne | Stars: Jérémie Renier, Déborah François, Jérémie Segard, Fabrizio Rongione
Votes: 19,401 | Gross: $0.65M
117. C.R.A.Z.Y. (2005)
Not Rated | 129 min | Comedy, Drama
A young French Canadian, one of five boys in a conservative family in the 1960s and 1970s, struggles to reconcile his emerging identity with his father's values.
Director: Jean-Marc Vallée | Stars: Michel Côté, Marc-André Grondin, Danielle Proulx, Émile Vallée
Votes: 34,133
118. Angel-A (2005)
R | 91 min | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
A beautiful woman helps an inept scam artist get his game together.
Director: Luc Besson | Stars: Rie Rasmussen, Jamel Debbouze, Gilbert Melki, Serge Riaboukine
Votes: 35,679 | Gross: $0.20M
119. Joyeux Noel (2005)
PG-13 | 116 min | Drama, History, Music
In December 1914, an unofficial Christmas truce on the Western Front allows soldiers from opposing sides of the First World War to gain insight into each other's way of life.
Director: Christian Carion | Stars: Diane Kruger, Benno Fürmann, Guillaume Canet, Natalie Dessay
Votes: 32,000 | Gross: $1.05M
120. March of the Penguins (2005)
G | 80 min | Documentary, Family
In the Antarctic, every March since the beginning of time, the quest begins to find the perfect mate and start a family.
Director: Luc Jacquet | Stars: Morgan Freeman, Romane Bohringer, Charles Berling, Jules Sitruk
Votes: 59,957 | Gross: $77.44M
121. The Beat That My Heart Skipped (2005)
Not Rated | 108 min | Crime, Drama, Music
Will Thomas still lead a life of crime and cruelty, just like his thuggish father, or will he pursue his dream of becoming a pianist?
Director: Jacques Audiard | Stars: Romain Duris, Aure Atika, Emmanuelle Devos, Niels Arestrup
Votes: 20,498 | Gross: $1.02M
122. By the Pricking of My Thumbs (2005)
105 min | Comedy, Mystery
The Beresfords investigate mysterious deaths at an old people's home.
Director: Pascal Thomas | Stars: Catherine Frot, André Dussollier, Geneviève Bujold, Laurent Terzieff
Votes: 1,269
123. 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: 1,668
124. Le survenant (2005)
138 min | Drama
A stranger knocks on Didace his door. As he refuses to name himself, he is nicknamed the Survenant. Didace soon realized that this stranger, in addition to being a good worker, is a cheerful fellow who brings life to a house.
Director: Erik Canuel | Stars: Jean-Nicolas Verreault, Anick Lemay, Gilles Renaud, François Chénier
Votes: 410
125. Conversations on a Sunday Afternoon (2005)
80 min | Drama
A writer trying to locate a woman he met at a park encounters numerous refugees who have made South Africa their home.
Director: Khalo Matabane | Stars: Fatima Hersi, Tony Kgoroge
Votes: 61
126. Exils (2004)
Unrated | 104 min | Adventure, Drama, Music
Two French lovers, Zano and Naima, decided to travel to the land of their parents: Algeria. Their road trip gradually becomes a spiritual quest.
Director: Tony Gatlif | Stars: Romain Duris, Lubna Azabal, Zouhir Gacem, Lila Makhlouf
Votes: 3,189
127. Red Lights (2004)
Unrated | 105 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A cross-country trip turns out to be a nightmare for a troubled couple.
Director: Cédric Kahn | Stars: Jean-Pierre Darroussin, Carole Bouquet, Vincent Deniard, Alain Dion
Votes: 3,003 | Gross: $0.05M
128. Narco (2004)
105 min | Comedy
Gus (played by Guillaume Canet) suffers from narcolepsy. He falls asleep all the time and has dreams about supermen from comics (Van Damme would play one of these supermen, a short & secret appearance).
Directors: Tristan Aurouet, Gilles Lellouche | Stars: Guillaume Canet, Zabou Breitman, Benoît Poelvoorde, Guillaume Gallienne
Votes: 2,840
129. Innocence (II) (2004)
R | 122 min | Drama, Mystery
A look inside an offbeat boarding school for young girls.
Director: Lucile Hadzihalilovic | Stars: Zoé Auclair, Lea Bridarolli, Bérangère Haubruge, Marion Cotillard
Votes: 6,451
130. 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: 5,053 | Gross: $0.12M
131. Saint Ange (2004)
R | 98 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror
Anna is a servant who accepts a post at the St. Ange. She arrives to confront an unsettling lack of orphans, save for one. Then the bizarre sights and sounds begin, which seem to elude detection by the other servant or the gloomy director.
Director: Pascal Laugier | Stars: Virginie Ledoyen, Lou Doillon, Catriona MacColl, Dorina Lazar
Votes: 4,942
132. The Chorus (2004)
PG-13 | 97 min | Drama, Music
Pierre, a successful orchestra conductor, returns home when his mother dies. He stumbles upon an old diary and recollects the childhood school memories and his music teacher Clement Mathieu.
Director: Christophe Barratier | Stars: Gérard Jugnot, François Berléand, Jean-Baptiste Maunier, Kad Merad
Votes: 67,193 | Gross: $3.64M
133. 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: 75,962 | Gross: $6.17M
134. The Night of Truth (2004)
TV-14 | 100 min | Drama
La Nuit de la Vérité is situated in an imaginary West African country. After ten years of civil war between the government army of the Nayak, led by 'Le président', and the Bonande rebels ... See full summary »
Director: Fanta Régina Nacro | Stars: Moussa Cissé, Georgette Paré, Adama Ouédraogo, Naky Sy Savane
Votes: 343
135. Fear and Trembling (2003)
Unrated | 107 min | Comedy, Drama
A Belgian woman looks back on her year at a Japanese corporation in Tokyo in 1990. She is Amélie, born in Japan, living there until age 5. After college graduation, she returns with a ... See full summary »
Director: Alain Corneau | Stars: Sylvie Testud, Kaori Tsuji, Tarô Suwa, Bison Katayama
Votes: 4,810
136. Après Vous (2003)
R | 110 min | Comedy, Romance
Antoine (Auteuil) saves Louis (Garcia) from hanging himself, though in his attempt to get Louis back on his feet, Antoine gets caught in a romantic triangle.
Director: Pierre Salvadori | Stars: Daniel Auteuil, José Garcia, Sandrine Kiberlain, Marilyne Canto
Votes: 3,212 | Gross: $0.83M
137. Bon Voyage (2003)
PG-13 | 114 min | Comedy, Drama, Mystery
An actress, a writer, a student, and a government worker band together in an effort to escape Paris as the Germans move into the city.
Director: Jean-Paul Rappeneau | Stars: Isabelle Adjani, Gérard Depardieu, Virginie Ledoyen, Grégori Derangère
Votes: 5,041 | Gross: $2.35M
138. Nathalie... (2003)
100 min | Drama, Romance
A rich woman hires an elite prostitute in order to verify her husband's faithfulness. Before long the experiment gets out of control.
Director: Anne Fontaine | Stars: Fanny Ardant, Emmanuelle Béart, Gérard Depardieu, Wladimir Yordanoff
Votes: 5,066 | Gross: $0.02M
139. Strayed (2003)
Unrated | 95 min | Drama, Romance, War
Emmanuelle 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.
Director: André Téchiné | Stars: Emmanuelle Béart, Gaspard Ulliel, Grégoire Leprince-Ringuet, Clémence Meyer
Votes: 3,393 | Gross: $0.48M
140. Time of the Wolf (2003)
R | 114 min | Drama
When Anna and her family arrive at their holiday home, they find it occupied by strangers. This confrontation is just the beginning of a painful learning process.
Director: Michael Haneke | Stars: Isabelle Huppert, Anaïs Demoustier, Béatrice Dalle, Patrice Chéreau
Votes: 11,508 | Gross: $0.06M
141. The Barbarian Invasions (2003)
R | 99 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
During his final days, a dying man is reunited with old friends, former lovers, his ex-wife, and his estranged son.
Director: Denys Arcand | Stars: Rémy Girard, Dorothée Berryman, Stéphane Rousseau, Marie-Josée Croze
Votes: 30,039 | Gross: $3.43M
142. 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: 57,091 | Gross: $7.00M
143. The Flower of Evil (2003)
R | 104 min | Drama, Thriller
Three generations of a wealthy Bordeaux family are caught in the crossfire when Anne decides to run for mayor, thanks to a political pamphlet that revives an old murder scandal.
Director: Claude Chabrol | Stars: Nathalie Baye, Benoît Magimel, Suzanne Flon, Mélanie Doutey
Votes: 3,579 | Gross: $0.18M
144. The Far Side of the Moon (2003)
Not Rated | 105 min | Drama
After the death of his mother, a man tries to discover a meaning to his life, to the universe and to rebuild a relationship with the only family he has left: his brother.
Director: Robert Lepage | Stars: Robert Lepage, Anne-Marie Cadieux, Marco Poulin, Céline Bonnier
Votes: 1,979 | Gross: $0.01M
145. Carnivàle (2003–2005)
TV-MA | 60 min | Drama, Fantasy, Mystery
During the Great Depression, an Oklahoma farm boy and a charismatic minister learn that they are key players in a proxy war being fought between Heaven and Hell.
Stars: Michael J. Anderson, Adrienne Barbeau, Clancy Brown, Debra Christofferson
Votes: 46,881
146. 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: 72,464 | Gross: $0.55M
147. Heavens Above (2003)
30 min | Short
Heavens Above is a spiritual journey presented in moving images, narrative text, music and song. Only the stars in the heavens and in planetariums connect a man and a woman, traveling ... See full summary »
Director: Ron Schildknecht | Stars: Florence Boisse-Kilgo, Marcel Cabrera, Marie Lee, Ron Schildknecht
148. To Be and to Have (2002)
Not Rated | 104 min | Documentary, Family
A documentary portrait of a one-room school in rural France, where the students (ranging in age from 4 to 11) are educated by a single dedicated teacher.
Director: Nicolas Philibert | Stars: Georges Lopez, Alizé, Axel Thouvenin, Guillaume
Votes: 8,419 | Gross: $0.78M
149. Man on the Train (2002)
R | 90 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
A man steps off a train into a French village awaiting the day when he will rob the town bank. He meets a retired poetry teacher striking up a strange friendship and explore the road not taken, each wanting to live the other's life.
Director: Patrice Leconte | Stars: Jean Rochefort, Johnny Hallyday, Jean-François Stévenin, Charlie Nelson
Votes: 7,543 | Gross: $2.54M
150. The Son (2002)
103 min | Drama, Mystery
A joinery instructor at a rehab center refuses to take a new teen as his apprentice, but then begins to follow the boy through the hallways and streets.
Directors: Jean-Pierre Dardenne, Luc Dardenne | Stars: Olivier Gourmet, Morgan Marinne, Isabella Soupart, Nassim Hassaïni
Votes: 10,094 | Gross: $0.07M
151. 8 Women (2002)
R | 111 min | Comedy, Crime, Musical
A 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.
Director: François Ozon | Stars: Fanny Ardant, Emmanuelle Béart, Danielle Darrieux, Catherine Deneuve
Votes: 34,347 | Gross: $3.08M
152. Napoléon (2002)
380 min | Adventure, Biography, Drama
A masterful soldier, tactician, and statesmen, Napoleon Bonaparte, with courage and love for his country, rises from an unpaid general consumed with ambition to the most powerful man in Europe. But his life ends with a fall and exile.
Stars: Christian Clavier, Isabella Rossellini, Gérard Depardieu, John Malkovich
Votes: 5,025
153. He Loves Me, He Loves Me Not (2002)
PG-13 | 92 min | Romance, Thriller
A young woman who is in love with a married doctor becomes dangerous when her attempts to persuade him to leave his wife are unsuccessful. However, when things are seen from his point of view, the real situation becomes clear.
Director: Laetitia Colombani | Stars: Audrey Tautou, Samuel Le Bihan, Isabelle Carré, Sophie Guillemin
Votes: 19,534 | Gross: $1.01M
154. Asterix & Obelix: Mission Cleopatra (2002)
PG | 107 min | Adventure, Comedy, Family
Asterix and Obelix go to Egypt to help architect Edifis who is building a palace for Cleopatra.
Director: Alain Chabat | Stars: Gérard Depardieu, Christian Clavier, Jamel Debbouze, Monica Bellucci
Votes: 57,871 | Gross: $3.12M
155. The Spanish Apartment (2002)
R | 122 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A strait-laced French student moves into an apartment in Barcelona with a cast of six other characters from all over Europe. Together, they speak the international language of love and friendship.
Director: Cédric Klapisch | Stars: Romain Duris, Judith Godrèche, Kelly Reilly, Audrey Tautou
Votes: 42,792 | Gross: $3.90M
156. Swing (I) (2002)
90 min | Comedy, Drama, Music
Max is on holiday at his grandmother's place in the Elzas in France. He's fascinated by the guitar playing of gypsy Miraldo. In exchange for writing letters to the social security ... See full summary »
Director: Tony Gatlif | Stars: Oscar Copp, Lou Rech, Tchavolo Schmitt, Mandino Reinhardt
Votes: 1,074
157. Marie-Jo et ses 2 amours (2002)
124 min | Drama, Romance
Having reached middle age, a woman must choose between the two men in her life.
Director: Robert Guédiguian | Stars: Ariane Ascaride, Jean-Pierre Darroussin, Gérard Meylan, Julie-Marie Parmentier
Votes: 833
158. Safe Conduct (2002)
Not Rated | 170 min | Biography, Drama, History
In German-occupied France, two filmmakers solve the collaboration dilemma differently.
Director: Bertrand Tavernier | Stars: Jacques Gamblin, Denis Podalydès, Charlotte Kady, Marie Desgranges
Votes: 1,615 | Gross: $0.03M
159. 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
160. Irreversible (2002)
Not Rated | 97 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Events over the course of one traumatic night in Paris unfold in reverse-chronological order as the beautiful Alex is brutally raped and beaten by a stranger in an underpass tunnel.
Director: Gaspar Noé | Stars: Monica Bellucci, Vincent Cassel, Albert Dupontel, Philippe Nahon
Votes: 147,728 | Gross: $0.75M
161. 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
162. 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
163.
Carnets d'ado (2001–2003)
Episode:
Petit homme
(2002)
90 min
Deep emotions and repressed memories manifest in this tightly plotted French drama. A 16 year old son and his single mother are forced to reckon their true identities. What and who is an ... See full summary »
Director: Laurent Jaoui | Stars: Alexandre Hamidi, Anne Coesens, Karim Belkhadra, Teddy Beaudoin
Votes: 60
164. God Is Great and I'm Not (2001)
Not Rated | 95 min | Comedy, Romance
Michèle, 20 years old, feels terrible after having broken up with her boyfriend. She meets Francois, who's a veterinarian and Jewish. Michèle decides to convert to Judaism because she has to believe in something, if not in someone.
Director: Pascale Bailly | Stars: Audrey Tautou, Edouard Baer, Julie Depardieu, Catherine Jacob
Votes: 2,513 | Gross: $0.07M
165. The Closet (2001)
R | 84 min | Comedy
A man spreads the rumor of his fake homosexuality with the aid of his neighbor, to prevent his imminent firing at his work.
Director: Francis Veber | Stars: Daniel Auteuil, Gérard Depardieu, Thierry Lhermitte, Michèle Laroque
Votes: 18,333 | Gross: $6.68M
166. 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: 16,465 | Gross: $1.36M
167. Who Knows? (2001)
PG-13 | 154 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
Quick-witted, well-read cultured types revolve around each other in a delightful potpourri of theatre, romanticism and theft.
Director: Jacques Rivette | Stars: Jeanne Balibar, Sergio Castellitto, Marianne Basler, Hélène de Fougerolles
Votes: 2,505 | Gross: $0.91M
168. The Girl from Paris (2001)
103 min | Comedy, Drama
Sandrine, a woman in her thirties gets tired of life in Paris and decides to leave her work in computers and become a farmer. She takes the required practice for two years, and after that ... See full summary »
Director: Christian Carion | Stars: Michel Serrault, Mathilde Seigner, Jean-Paul Roussillon, Frédéric Pierrot
Votes: 2,398 | Gross: $0.18M
169. La chambre des officiers (2001)
135 min | Drama, Romance, War
French lieutenant has been mutilated in the early days of World War I, so he is forced to adapt in hospital to a new life.
Director: François Dupeyron | Stars: Éric Caravaca, Denis Podalydès, Grégori Derangère, Sabine Azéma
Votes: 1,742
170. Amélie (2001)
R | 122 min | Comedy, Romance
Despite 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.
Director: Jean-Pierre Jeunet | Stars: Audrey Tautou, Mathieu Kassovitz, Rufus, Lorella Cravotta
Votes: 794,460 | Gross: $33.23M
171. The Piano Teacher (2001)
R | 131 min | Drama, Music
A young man romantically pursues his masochistic piano teacher.
Director: Michael Haneke | Stars: Isabelle Huppert, Annie Girardot, Benoît Magimel, Susanne Lothar
Votes: 71,854 | Gross: $1.90M
172. The Pornographer (2001)
Unrated | 108 min | Drama
Jacques Laurent made pornographic films in the 1970s and '80s, but had put that aside for 20 years. His artistic ideas, born of the '60s counter-culture, had elevated the entire genre.
Director: Bertrand Bonello | Stars: Jean-Pierre Léaud, Jérémie Renier, Dominique Blanc, Catherine Mouchet
Votes: 2,636
173. Happenstance (2000)
R | 90 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
How, thanks to what's known as the "Butterfly theory" (a random series of unlinked events), can a young woman and a young man meet ?
Director: Laurent Firode | Stars: Audrey Tautou, Faudel, Eric Savin, Nathalie Besançon
Votes: 3,949 | Gross: $0.13M
174. The Gleaners & I (2000)
Not Rated | 82 min | Documentary
Varda films and interviews gleaners in France in all forms, from those picking fields after the harvest to those scouring the dumpsters of Paris.
Director: Agnès Varda | Stars: François Wertheimer, Agnès Varda, Jean La Planche, Bodan Litnanski
Votes: 8,808 | Gross: $0.15M
175. Vengo (2000)
90 min | Biography, Drama, Musical
Vengo is a majestic ode to the artistry and magic of flamenco dancing, set against the compelling backdrop of two gypsy families locked in an age old struggle for power.
Directors: Tony Gatlif, Cathy Konrad | Stars: Antonio Canales, Orestes Villasan Rodríguez, Antonio Dechent, Bobote
Votes: 2,979 | Gross: $0.12M
176. Under the Sand (2000)
Unrated | 92 min | Drama, Mystery
When her husband goes missing at the beach, a female professor begins to mentally disintegrate as her denial of his disappearance becomes delusional.
Director: François Ozon | Stars: Charlotte Rampling, Bruno Cremer, Jacques Nolot, Alexandra Stewart
Votes: 11,414 | Gross: $1.45M
177. With a Friend Like Harry... (2000)
R | 117 min | Comedy, Drama, Mystery
Harry knew Michel in high school; they meet again by accident, Harry inserts himself in Michel's life... and things take a sinister turn.
Director: Dominik Moll | Stars: Laurent Lucas, Sergi López, Mathilde Seigner, Sophie Guillemin
Votes: 11,961 | Gross: $3.82M
178. Lumumba (2000)
Not Rated | 115 min | Biography, Drama, History
The true story of controversial leader of independent Congo Patrice Lumumba.
Director: Raoul Peck | Stars: Eriq Ebouaney, Alex Descas, Théophile Sowié, Maka Kotto
Votes: 2,083 | Gross: $0.68M
179. Cinéma Vérité: Defining the Moment (1999)
193 min | Documentary
This is a documentary about direct-cinema from its very beginnings (Nanook of the North) to the fake-direct-cinema of the Blair Witch Project. All the important direct-cinema filmmakers are... See full summary »
Director: Peter Wintonick | Stars: Jean-Pierre Beauviala, Michel Brault, Gillian Caldwell, Robin Cowie
Votes: 245
180. Venus Beauty Institute (1999)
R | 105 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Employees of a beauty parlor in search of love and happiness.
Director: Tonie Marshall | Stars: Nathalie Baye, Bulle Ogier, Samuel Le Bihan, Jacques Bonnaffé
Votes: 4,410 | Gross: $0.42M
181. Children of the Century (1999)
135 min | Biography, Drama, Romance
A story of doomed passion between two genius writers of the 19th century - novelist George Sand and poet Alfred de Musset.
Director: Diane Kurys | Stars: Juliette Binoche, Benoît Magimel, Stefano Dionisi, Robin Renucci
Votes: 2,022 | Gross: $0.05M
182. 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: 14,587 | Gross: $0.25M
183. Rosetta (1999)
R | 95 min | Drama
Young and impulsive Rosetta lives with her alcoholic mother and, moved by despair, she will do anything to maintain a job.
Directors: Jean-Pierre Dardenne, Luc Dardenne | Stars: Émilie Dequenne, Fabrizio Rongione, Anne Yernaux, Olivier Gourmet
Votes: 15,592 | Gross: $0.26M
184. The New Eve (1999)
94 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Camille is having the time of her life, enjoying all that Paris' decadent nightlife has to offer a young single woman. She parties all night with sexual abandon, then stumbles home at dawn,... See full summary »
Director: Catherine Corsini | Stars: Karin Viard, Pierre-Loup Rajot, Catherine Frot, Sergi López
Votes: 658
185. Claire Dolan (1998)
Not Rated | 95 min | Drama
A high-priced call girl, shocked by her mother's death, decides to get out of the business and have a baby. The steps that she takes to free herself from her pimp and find a father for the baby are the central story of this movie.
Director: Lodge Kerrigan | Stars: Katrin Cartlidge, Vincent D'Onofrio, Colm Meaney, Patrick Husted
Votes: 1,413 | Gross: $0.01M
186. The Dreamlife of Angels (1998)
R | 113 min | Drama
The lives of two dissimilar girls turned out in different ways.
Director: Erick Zonca | Stars: Élodie Bouchez, Natacha Régnier, Grégoire Colin, Patrick Mercado
Votes: 7,771 | Gross: $1.73M
187. The Count of Monte Cristo (1998)
400 min | Adventure, History, Romance
Edmond Dantes is unjustly sent to prison for 18 years. He escapes to reclaim his fiancée Mercedes and revenge against his nemesis, Mondego.
Stars: Gérard Depardieu, Ornella Muti, Jean Rochefort, Pierre Arditi
Votes: 6,973
188. 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: 44,361 | Gross: $4.07M
189. The Red Violin (1998)
R | 130 min | Drama, Music, Mystery
A red-colored violin inspires passion, making its way through three centuries over several owners and countries, eventually ending up at an auction where it may find a new owner.
Director: François Girard | Stars: Carlo Cecchi, Jean-Luc Bideau, Christoph Koncz, Jason Flemyng
Votes: 34,491 | Gross: $9.47M
190. The Crazy Stranger (1997)
Unrated | 102 min | Comedy, Drama, Music
A man is looking for a singer he had heard on cassette. He finds much more.
Director: Tony Gatlif | Stars: Romain Duris, Rona Hartner, Izidor Serban, Ovidiu Balan
Votes: 8,371 | Gross: $0.67M
191. Elles (1997)
115 min | Drama, Romance, Comedy
Five women, all near the wrong side of forty, face life's ups and downs together with laughter, tears, and sometimes irony. Their only imperative: live, love and live some more.
Director: Luís Galvão Teles | Stars: Miou-Miou, Carmen Maura, Marthe Keller, Marisa Berenson
Votes: 316
192. A Self-Made Hero (1996)
Not Rated | 107 min | Comedy, Drama
Set in France at the end of World War II Albert Dehousse finds out his father wasn't a war hero and his mother is a collaborator. He leaves his wife and goes to Paris. Gradually he ... See full summary »
Director: Jacques Audiard | Stars: Mathieu Kassovitz, Anouk Grinberg, Sandrine Kiberlain, Jean-Louis Trintignant
Votes: 3,276 | Gross: $0.07M
193. Ridicule (1996)
R | 102 min | Comedy, Drama, History
To get royal backing on a needed drainage project, a poor French lord must learn to play the delicate games of wit at court at Versailles.
Director: Patrice Leconte | Stars: Charles Berling, Jean Rochefort, Fanny Ardant, Judith Godrèche
Votes: 8,184 | Gross: $2.50M
194. The Promise (1996)
Not Rated | 90 min | Drama
Roger uses his son Igor to ruthlessly traffic and exploit undocumented immigrants. When one of the immigrants is killed, Igor is guilt-ridden and wants to care for the dead man's family against his father's orders.
Directors: Jean-Pierre Dardenne, Luc Dardenne | Stars: Jérémie Renier, Olivier Gourmet, Assita Ouedraogo, Jean-Michel Balthazar
Votes: 8,540 | Gross: $0.45M
195. 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: 196,580 | Gross: $0.31M
196. The City of Lost Children (1995)
R | 112 min | Adventure, Drama, Fantasy
A scientist in a surrealist society kidnaps children to steal their dreams, hoping that they slow his aging process.
Directors: Marc Caro, Jean-Pierre Jeunet | Stars: Ron Perlman, Daniel Emilfork, Judith Vittet, Dominique Pinon
Votes: 71,686 | Gross: $1.51M
197. See How They Fall (1994)
90 min | Crime, Drama
Simon is a sales representative about fifty. When Mickey, his cop friend, is being shot, he leaves everything to find the murderers. Two years before, Marx, an old gambler, met Frederic, a ... See full summary »
Director: Jacques Audiard | Stars: Jean-Louis Trintignant, Jean Yanne, Mathieu Kassovitz, Bulle Ogier
Votes: 1,326
198. My Father the Hero (1994)
PG | 90 min | Comedy, Romance
A teenage girl on vacation in the Bahamas with her divorced father tries to impress a potential boyfriend by saying that her father is actually her lover.
Director: Steve Miner | Stars: Gérard Depardieu, Katherine Heigl, Dalton James, Lauren Hutton
Votes: 11,724 | Gross: $25.48M
199. Three Colors: Red (1994)
R | 99 min | Drama, Mystery, Romance
A model discovers a retired judge is keen on invading people's privacy.
Director: Krzysztof Kieslowski | Stars: Irène Jacob, Jean-Louis Trintignant, Frédérique Feder, Jean-Pierre Lorit
Votes: 110,048 | Gross: $4.04M
200. La constellation Jodorowsky (1994)
91 min | Documentary, Biography
The quest for the true personality of multi-talented cult artist and psycho-magician Alexandro Jodorowsky
Director: Louis Mouchet | Stars: Fernando Arrabal, Peter Gabriel, Alejandro Jodorowsky, Marcel Marceau
Votes: 553
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