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1. 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: 19,535 | Gross: $1.01M
2. The Intouchables (2011)
R | 112 min | Comedy, Drama
After he becomes a quadriplegic from a paragliding accident, an aristocrat hires a young man from the projects to be his caregiver.
Directors: Olivier Nakache, Éric Toledano | Stars: François Cluzet, Omar Sy, Anne Le Ny, Audrey Fleurot
Votes: 930,075 | Gross: $13.18M
3. 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: 196,613 | Gross: $0.31M
4. High Tension (2003)
R | 91 min | Horror
Best friends Marie and Alexia decide to spend a quiet weekend at Alexia's parents' secluded farmhouse. But on the night of their arrival, the girls' idyllic getaway turns into an endless night of horror.
Director: Alexandre Aja | Stars: Cécile de France, Maïwenn, Philippe Nahon, Franck Khalfoun
Votes: 77,892 | Gross: $3.68M
5. 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: 147,747 | Gross: $0.75M
6. Belle de Jour (1967)
R | 100 min | Drama, Romance
A frigid young housewife decides to spend her midweek afternoons as a prostitute.
Director: Luis Buñuel | Stars: Catherine Deneuve, Jean Sorel, Michel Piccoli, Geneviève Page
Votes: 49,081 | Gross: $0.03M
7. Brief Crossing (2001)
Unrated | 84 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A young French man and an older English woman spend one night together on a ship.
Director: Catherine Breillat | Stars: Sarah Pratt, Gilles Guillain, Marc Filipi, Laëtitia Lopez
Votes: 1,976
8. Calvaire (2004)
Not Rated | 88 min | Drama, Horror, Thriller
Marc, a traveling entertainer, is on his way home for Christmas when his van breaks down in the middle of a jerkwater town with some strange inhabitants.
Director: Fabrice du Welz | Stars: Laurent Lucas, Brigitte Lahaie, Gigi Coursigny, Jean-Luc Couchard
Votes: 13,803 | Gross: $0.00M
9. Don't Look Now... We're Being Shot At! (1966)
G | 132 min | Adventure, Comedy, War
Several ordinary Frenchmen go on an epic voyage through the occupied country to the free zone as they help British pilots avoid German captivity.
Director: Gérard Oury | Stars: Bourvil, Louis de Funès, Claudio Brook, Andréa Parisy
Votes: 20,233
10. Captifs (2010)
Not Rated | 84 min | Horror, Thriller
A group of medical aid workers in Kosovo are kidnapped by a Serbian gang of organ traffickers.
Director: Yann Gozlan | Stars: Zoé Félix, Eric Savin, Arié Elmaleh, Ivan Franek
Votes: 2,370
11. The Last Woman (1976)
X | 112 min | Drama
Gerard and his 9-month-old son have been left by his wife for feminist reasons. The custody of his son is being threatened by his next romance.
Director: Marco Ferreri | Stars: Gérard Depardieu, Ornella Muti, Michel Piccoli, Renato Salvatori
Votes: 1,496
12. Fascination (1979)
Not Rated | 80 min | Horror
A runaway criminal breaks into an eerie chateau, taking its two frightened chambermaids hostage. As night falls, a group of mysterious aristocratic women arrive and the criminal begins to realize the women are hiding a sinister secret.
Director: Jean Rollin | Stars: Franca Maï, Brigitte Lahaie, Jean-Marie Lemaire, Fanny Magier
Votes: 3,551
13. 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: 28,175 | Gross: $0.37M
14. Les beaux gosses (2009)
Not Rated | 90 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Coming-of-age tale about an adolescent boy and his efforts to fit in among a varied cast of characters.
Director: Riad Sattouf | Stars: Vincent Lacoste, Anthony Sonigo, Alice Trémolières, Julie Scheibling
Votes: 4,394
15. The Visitors (1993)
R | 107 min | Comedy, Fantasy
A medieval knight and his servant ask a familiar wizard to move them back in time to prevent father-in-law's accidentally killing. Instead, they fly away to the 20th century.
Director: Jean-Marie Poiré | Stars: Christian Clavier, Jean Reno, Valérie Lemercier, Marie-Anne Chazel
Votes: 37,993 | Gross: $0.70M
16. Cloportes (1965)
Not Rated | 95 min | Comedy, Crime
Three petty criminals get a tip for a great coup with lots of money in it. Unfortunately they lack the starting funds to buy the required welding torch. So they persuade their successful ... See full summary »
Director: Pierre Granier-Deferre | Stars: Lino Ventura, Charles Aznavour, Irina Demick, Maurice Biraud
Votes: 597
17. Don't Deliver Us from Evil (1971)
Unrated | 102 min | Drama, Horror
Two bored Catholic schoolgirls spending summer in the countryside decide to become Satanists, and begin committing a series of morbid and increasingly dangerous crimes.
Director: Joël Séria | Stars: Jeanne Goupil, Catherine Wagener, Bernard Dhéran, Gérard Darrieu
Votes: 2,735
18. What's Cooking in Paris (1966)
Not Rated | 85 min | Action, Comedy
Top-notch french restaurant owner Monsieur Septime is involved into crime when one of his famous guests disappears.
Director: Jacques Besnard | Stars: Louis de Funès, Bernard Blier, Maria-Rosa Rodriguez, Venantino Venantini
Votes: 6,609
19. Tender Cousins (1980)
R | 90 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
With Adolf Hitler threatening Europe, against the backdrop of the deceptively peaceful summer of 1939, 14-year-old Julien experiences the intoxicating effects of first love, smitten with his beautiful 16-year-old cousin Julia.
Director: David Hamilton | Stars: Thierry Tevini, Anja Schüte, Valérie Dumas, Évelyne Dandry
Votes: 2,165
20. Anything for Her (2008)
96 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
With no legal means left to him, a high school teacher devises a daring plan to rescue his wrongfully imprisoned wife from jail.
Director: Fred Cavayé | Stars: Vincent Lindon, Diane Kruger, Lancelot Roch, Olivier Marchal
Votes: 9,773
21. Band of Outsiders (1964)
Not Rated | 95 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
Two crooks with a fondness for old Hollywood B-movies convince a languages student to help them commit a robbery.
Director: Jean-Luc Godard | Stars: Anna Karina, Claude Brasseur, Danièle Girard, Louisa Colpeyn
Votes: 27,069 | Gross: $0.04M
22. Un drôle de paroissien (1963)
Not Rated | 92 min | Comedy
Bad financial conditions compel an aristocratic family named Lachesnaye to do strange work.
Director: Jean-Pierre Mocky | Stars: Bourvil, Francis Blanche, Jean Poiret, Jean Yonnel
Votes: 731
23. One Wild Moment (2015)
Not Rated | 105 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Two friends bring their daughters with them on a beach vacation and find themselves in an awkward situation. A remake of the 1977 film "Un moment d'égarement".
Director: Jean-François Richet | Stars: Vincent Cassel, François Cluzet, Lola Le Lann, Alice Isaaz
Votes: 10,453
24. Pierrot the Fool (1965)
Not Rated | 110 min | Crime, Drama, Romance
Pierrot escapes his boring society and travels from Paris to the Mediterranean Sea with Marianne, a girl chased by hit-men from Algeria. They lead an unorthodox life, always on the run.
Director: Jean-Luc Godard | Stars: Jean-Paul Belmondo, Anna Karina, Graziella Galvani, Aicha Abadir
Votes: 36,958
25. A Cop (1972)
PG | 98 min | Crime, Thriller
After a shaky first heist, a group of thieves plan an even more elaborate and risky second heist.
Director: Jean-Pierre Melville | Stars: Alain Delon, Richard Crenna, Catherine Deneuve, Riccardo Cucciolla
Votes: 10,756 | Gross: $0.05M
26. The Tuche Family (2011)
Not Rated | 95 min | Comedy
When the Tuche family wins 100 million euros, they will need to be accepted in swanky Monaco whilst staying true to themselves.
Director: Olivier Baroux | Stars: Jean-Paul Rouve, Isabelle Nanty, Claire Nadeau, Théo Fernandez
Votes: 3,904
27. 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: 14,360 | Gross: $1.71M
28. La Bête Humaine (1938)
Not Rated | 100 min | Crime, Drama
In this classic adaptation of Emile Zola's novel, a tortured train engineer falls in love with a troubled married woman who has helped her husband commit a murder.
Director: Jean Renoir | Stars: Jean Gabin, Julien Carette, Simone Simon, Fernand Ledoux
Votes: 8,425
29. The Terrible Children (1950)
Not Rated | 105 min | Drama
The dangerously obsessive relationship between a psychologically manipulative brother and sister who isolate themselves and draw others into their mind games.
Director: Jean-Pierre Melville | Stars: Nicole Stéphane, Edouard Dermithe, Renée Cosima, Jacques Bernard
Votes: 4,330
30. Second Wind (1966)
Not Rated | 150 min | Crime, Drama
A gangster escapes jail and quickly makes plans to continue his criminal ways elsewhere, but a determined inspector is closing in.
Director: Jean-Pierre Melville | Stars: Lino Ventura, Paul Meurisse, Raymond Pellegrin, Christine Fabréga
Votes: 6,638
31. Horse (1970)
90 min | Crime, Thriller
Near the Baie de la Seine swamps, opposite the Port of Le Havre, Auguste Maroilleur, an elderly farmer, exploits 400 hectares of crop land with the help of his family, over which he rules ... See full summary »
Director: Pierre Granier-Deferre | Stars: Jean Gabin, Danièle Ajoret, Michel Barbey, Christian Barbier
Votes: 968
32. The Wages of Fear (1953)
Not Rated | 131 min | Adventure, Drama, Thriller
In a decrepit South American village, four men are hired to transport an urgent nitroglycerine shipment without the equipment that would make it safe.
Director: Henri-Georges Clouzot | Stars: Yves Montand, Charles Vanel, Peter van Eyck, Folco Lulli
Votes: 66,608
33. The Sicilian Clan (1969)
GP | 122 min | Crime, Drama
An ambitious young mobster plans an elaborate diamond heist while seducing the daughter of a ruthless mob patriarch as a determined police commissioner closes in on all of them.
Director: Henri Verneuil | Stars: Jean Gabin, Alain Delon, Lino Ventura, Irina Demick
Votes: 9,157 | Gross: $3.00M
34. The Upper Hand (1966)
86 min | Crime, Drama
In Paris, a gold smuggler is at war with other local gangsters who want piece of the action. Then the mob shows up and makes things worse. Also, an undercover US Treasury Department agent is trying to infiltrate the smuggler's business.
Director: Denys de La Patellière | Stars: Jean Gabin, Gert Fröbe, George Raft, Nadja Tiller
Votes: 682
35. Wedding in Blood (1973)
PG | 95 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
Lucienne Delamare and Pierre Maury are having an affair. Lucienne's husband Paul is the mayor, and a French deputy. Pierre's wife Clotilde has been weak and sickly for years. Lucienne's ... See full summary »
Director: Claude Chabrol | Stars: Stéphane Audran, Michel Piccoli, Claude Piéplu, Clotilde Joano
Votes: 2,057
36. L'homme en colère (1979)
97 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
A man goes to Canada looking for his son. The corpse of his son is later discovered by the Canadian police.
Director: Claude Pinoteau | Stars: Lino Ventura, Angie Dickinson, Laurent Malet, Hollis McLaren
Votes: 356
37. The Wise Guys (1965)
G | 128 min | Action, Comedy, Crime
An ex-con with ulterior motives convinces the struggling inheritor of a sawmill to use convicts as affordable lumberjacks.
Director: Robert Enrico | Stars: Bourvil, Lino Ventura, Marie Dubois, Jess Hahn
Votes: 1,138
38. This Man Must Die (1969)
GP | 110 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
A man asserts himself within the life of an actress he believes is somehow responsible for his son's death.
Director: Claude Chabrol | Stars: Michel Duchaussoy, Caroline Cellier, Jean Yanne, Anouk Ferjac
Votes: 4,890
39. La traque (1975)
97 min | Drama, Thriller
A young tourist is sexually assaulted by two men in the countryside. After she manages to escape, a party of local hunters agree to track her in order to cover up the scandal.
Director: Serge Leroy | Stars: Mimsy Farmer, Jean-Pierre Marielle, Michael Lonsdale, Jean-Luc Bideau
Votes: 739
40. Just Before Nightfall (1971)
PG | 100 min | Crime, Drama
Charles Masson, an advertising executive, is having an affair with Laura, the wife of his best friend, the architect François Tellier. Charles strangles Laura when one of their S&M games ... See full summary »
Director: Claude Chabrol | Stars: Celia, Marina Ninchi, Michel Bouquet, Stéphane Audran
Votes: 2,268
41. Martyrs (2008)
R | 99 min | Horror
A young woman's quest for revenge against the people who kidnapped and tormented her as a child leads her and a friend, who is also a victim of child abuse, on a terrifying journey into a living hell of depravity.
Director: Pascal Laugier | Stars: Morjana Alaoui, Mylène Jampanoï, Catherine Bégin, Robert Toupin
Votes: 106,519
42. Elevator to the Gallows (1958)
Not Rated | 91 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
A self-assured businessman murders his employer, the husband of his mistress, which unintentionally provokes an ill-fated chain of events.
Director: Louis Malle | Stars: Jeanne Moreau, Maurice Ronet, Georges Poujouly, Yori Bertin
Votes: 28,659 | Gross: $0.11M
43. The Burglars (1971)
PG | 120 min | Action, Crime, Thriller
In 1970s Athens a group of professional burglars plans an emerald heist from the home of a gem collector, but corrupt Greek police inspector Abel Zacharia is on their trail.
Director: Henri Verneuil | Stars: Jean-Paul Belmondo, Omar Sharif, Dyan Cannon, Robert Hossein
Votes: 2,991
44. Magnet of Doom (1963)
102 min | Adventure, Crime, Drama
Broke French ex-paratrooper turned amateur boxer Michel Maudet becomes bodyguard for the fugitive corrupt banker Ferchaux.
Director: Jean-Pierre Melville | Stars: Jean-Paul Belmondo, Charles Vanel, Michèle Mercier, Malvina Silberberg
Votes: 1,762
45. The Informer (1962)
Not Rated | 108 min | Crime, Thriller
A burglar betraying other criminals prepares for a big heist with a trusted friend who might be as untrustworthy as he.
Director: Jean-Pierre Melville | Stars: Jean-Paul Belmondo, Serge Reggiani, Jean Desailly, René Lefèvre
Votes: 11,998 | Gross: $0.08M
46. Diabolique (1955)
Not Rated | 117 min | Crime, Drama, Horror
The wife and mistress of a loathed school principal plan to murder him with what they believe is the perfect alibi.
Director: Henri-Georges Clouzot | Stars: Simone Signoret, Véra Clouzot, Paul Meurisse, Charles Vanel
Votes: 69,423 | Gross: $1.09M
47. Clara et moi (2004)
Not Rated | 81 min | Drama, Music, Romance
Antoine has what every young single man could wish: a promising career, true and loyal friends, and an apartment of his own. However, he's a lonely man, until he meets Clara, a beautiful ... See full summary »
Director: Arnaud Viard | Stars: Julien Boisselier, Julie Gayet, Michel Aumont, Sacha Bourdo
Votes: 768
48. Rififi (1955)
Not Rated | 118 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
Four men plan a technically perfect crime, but the human element intervenes...
Director: Jules Dassin | Stars: Jean Servais, Carl Möhner, Robert Manuel, Janine Darcey
Votes: 36,850 | Gross: $0.06M
49. The Diary of an Innocent Boy (1968)
X | 103 min | Comedy, Romance
Young innocent aristocrat Benjamin comes to live with his Countess aunt. Her lover teaches him the techniques of seduction and sends him to test them, first on the maids, then on the upper class Anne and finally on the countess herself.
Director: Michel Deville | Stars: Michèle Morgan, Michel Piccoli, Pierre Clémenti, Catherine Deneuve
Votes: 703
50. Wild Camp (2005)
Not Rated | 79 min | Drama
Camille, 17, is caravan camping with her family at a lake in Gironde, where she's bored, pouty, and, toward her parents, foul-mouthed and rebellious. Her summer boyfriend, Fred, seems too ... See full summary »
Directors: Christophe Ali, Nicolas Bonilauri | Stars: Denis Lavant, Isild Le Besco, Pascal Bongard, Jean-Michel Guerin
Votes: 391
51. Friends from France (2013)
101 min | Adventure, Drama, History
In 1979, Carole and Jerome are 20 and go on tour in Odessa, behind the Iron Curtain. They are cousins and pretend engaged. The day as tourists, they visit monuments and museums. In the ... See full summary »
Directors: Philippe Kotlarski, Anne Weil | Stars: Soko, Jérémie Lippmann, Vladimir Friedman, Ania Bukstein
Votes: 154
52. Love Is My Profession (1958)
122 min | Crime, Drama, Romance
Married French lawyer Andre defends succesfully the case of Yvette, who committed a robbery. He falls in love with her, but she isn't true to him.
Director: Claude Autant-Lara | Stars: Jean Gabin, Brigitte Bardot, Edwige Feuillère, Nicole Berger
Votes: 1,524
53. Les soleils de l'île de Pâques (1972)
90 min | Drama, Sci-Fi
Six people find a mysterious mark in the center of their left hand and all independently go to Easter Island in hopes to uncover the mystery.
Director: Pierre Kast | Stars: Norma Bengell, Françoise Brion, Jacques Charrier, Maurice Garrel
Votes: 186
54. The Gendarme of Saint-Tropez (1964)
90 min | Comedy, Crime
Gendarme Ludovic Cruchot is re-assigned to the French Riviera seaside resort town of Saint-Tropez where petty criminals and his own daughter give him a hard time.
Director: Jean Girault | Stars: Louis de Funès, Geneviève Grad, Michel Galabru, Christian Marin
Votes: 13,848
55. Bob the Gambler (1956)
PG | 98 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
After losing big, an aging gambler decides to assemble a team to rob a casino.
Director: Jean-Pierre Melville | Stars: Roger Duchesne, Isabelle Corey, Daniel Cauchy, Guy Decomble
Votes: 13,363 | Gross: $0.02M
56. Eyes Without a Face (1960)
Not Rated | 90 min | Drama, Horror
A surgeon causes an accident which leaves his daughter disfigured and goes to extreme lengths to give her a new face.
Director: Georges Franju | Stars: Pierre Brasseur, Alida Valli, Juliette Mayniel, Alexandre Rignault
Votes: 35,169 | Gross: $0.05M
57. 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: 6,346 | Gross: $1.23M
58. Port of Shadows (1938)
Not Rated | 91 min | Crime, Drama, Romance
A military deserter finds love and trouble (and a small dog) in a foggy, French port city.
Director: Marcel Carné | Stars: Jean Gabin, Michel Simon, Michèle Morgan, Pierre Brasseur
Votes: 9,965 | Gross: $0.03M
59. 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: 67,197 | Gross: $3.64M
60. 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: 102,211 | Gross: $2.08M
61. White Wedding (1989)
92 min | Drama, Romance
Francois, 49, is a happily married teacher. Concerned that rebellious student Mathilde is going to be expelled he sets out to help her but is soon drawn into a passionate relationship with her which has devastating consequences.
Director: Jean-Claude Brisseau | Stars: Vanessa Paradis, Bruno Cremer, Ludmila Mikaël, François Négret
Votes: 2,799
62. Borsalino (1970)
R | 125 min | Crime, Drama
During the 1930s, in Marseilles, France, two small time crooks work for local crime bosses until they decide to go into business for themselves.
Director: Jacques Deray | Stars: Jean-Paul Belmondo, Alain Delon, Catherine Rouvel, Françoise Christophe
Votes: 4,791 | Gross: $1.09M
63. Sur un arbre perché (1971)
90 min | Comedy
A politician picks up a couple of hitch hikers on the road. After a scary driving accident the car ends up on a tree above the sea.
Director: Serge Korber | Stars: Louis de Funès, Geraldine Chaplin, Olivier De Funès, Alice Sapritch
Votes: 3,506
64. Fantomas (1964)
Not Rated | 104 min | Adventure, Comedy, Crime
The best men of France - a brave journalist and an extremely energetic commissioner - attack the trail of a mysterious criminal mastermind.
Director: André Hunebelle | Stars: Jean Marais, Louis de Funès, Mylène Demongeot, Jacques Dynam
Votes: 12,060
65. Fantomas Unleashed (1965)
Not Rated | 98 min | Adventure, Comedy, Crime
When Professor Marchand, a famous scientist, mysteriously disappears, the commissioner, Juve, immediately suspects Fantomas.
Directors: André Hunebelle, Haroun Tazieff | Stars: Jean Marais, Louis de Funès, Mylène Demongeot, Jacques Dynam
Votes: 8,235
66. The Mad Adventures of Rabbi Jacob (1973)
G | 95 min | Adventure, Comedy
A bigoted Frenchman finds himself forced to impersonate a popular rabbi while on the run from a group of assassins - and the police.
Director: Gérard Oury | Stars: Louis de Funès, Miou-Miou, Suzy Delair, Marcel Dalio
Votes: 14,784 | Gross: $0.95M
67. The Last Train (1973)
PG | 95 min | Drama, Romance, War
Two people, a Frenchman Julien Maroyeur and a Jewish German woman (Anna Kupfer) met on a train while escaping the German army entering France.
Director: Pierre Granier-Deferre | Stars: Jean-Louis Trintignant, Romy Schneider, Maurice Biraud, Paul Amiot
Votes: 1,737
68. Touchez pas au grisbi (1954)
Not Rated | 96 min | Crime, Drama
An aging, world-weary gangster is double-crossed and forced out of retirement when his best friend is kidnapped and their stash of eight stolen gold bars demanded as ransom.
Director: Jacques Becker | Stars: Jean Gabin, René Dary, Dora Doll, Vittorio Sanipoli
Votes: 8,547 | Gross: $0.13M
69. Fantomas vs. Scotland Yard (1967)
PG | 100 min | Adventure, Comedy, Crime
Famous but unlucky pursuers of Fantomas from France go to weird Scotland for a final attempt to bring the impudent criminal to justice.
Director: André Hunebelle | Stars: Jean Marais, Louis de Funès, Mylène Demongeot, Françoise Christophe
Votes: 7,854
70. Any Number Can Win (1963)
118 min | Crime, Drama, Romance
A career con artist reunites with his wife but has already planned his next move: one daring last heist that will set him up for life. However, there is no such thing as a foolproof plan.
Director: Henri Verneuil | Stars: Jean Gabin, Alain Delon, Claude Cerval, Viviane Romance
Votes: 4,153 | Gross: $1.00M
71. The Sucker (1965)
111 min | Adventure, Comedy, Crime
Criminals have chosen an ordinary man to carry drugs and jewels in his car across the border. The problem is that this man turned out too much ordinary.
Director: Gérard Oury | Stars: Bourvil, Louis de Funès, Venantino Venantini, Henri Génès
Votes: 8,051
72. The Gendarme in New York (1965)
102 min | Comedy, Crime
After being chosen to represent France in an international congress, Cruchot and his troops must go to New York, and adapt to its social and cultural aspects.
Director: Jean Girault | Stars: Louis de Funès, Michel Galabru, Christian Marin, Guy Grosso
Votes: 8,398
73. The Wing or The Thigh? (1976)
104 min | Comedy, Family
Charles Duchemin, a well-known gourmet and the publisher of a famous restaurant guide, is waging a war against fast-food entrepreneur Tricatel to save the French art of cooking. After ... See full summary »
Director: Claude Zidi | Stars: Louis de Funès, Coluche, Ann Zacharias, Julien Guiomar
Votes: 12,337
74. The Gendarme Takes Off (1970)
107 min | Comedy, Crime
The entire squad of gendarmes from Saint-Tropez has been retired. But there is no such power that could stop them from protecting the law and public order.
Director: Jean Girault | Stars: Louis de Funès, Jean Lefebvre, Guy Grosso, Michel Modo
Votes: 7,428
75. A Pain in the Ass (1973)
PG | 85 min | Comedy
Milan must kill Louis Randoni before he testifies in a court of law. He is disturbed by his depressed roommate François Pignon who commits suicide by hanging himself from the toilet pipe flooding Milan's room. Here he is stuck in problems.
Director: Édouard Molinaro | Stars: Lino Ventura, Jacques Brel, Caroline Cellier, Jean-Pierre Darras
Votes: 3,692
76. The Brain (1969)
G | 115 min | Adventure, Comedy, Crime
When NATO transfers some of its funds from Paris to Brussels by train, a criminal mastermind posing as a British colonel plans to steal it but two petty French thieves also have the same intent.
Director: Gérard Oury | Stars: Jean-Paul Belmondo, Bourvil, David Niven, Eli Wallach
Votes: 4,373
77. The Hussars (1955)
102 min | Comedy
This satire on militarism is set during the period when the revolutionary French, under their new leader Napoleon.,marched into Italy, and deals with the relationship between the troops and the local Italians.
Director: Alex Joffé | Stars: Bernard Blier, Giovanna Ralli, Bourvil, Georges Wilson
Votes: 131
78. 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: 57,208 | Gross: $0.04M
79. Mesrine: Killer Instinct (2008)
R | 113 min | Action, Biography, Crime
The story of the notorious French gangster Jacques Mesrine, with the focus on his life before the early 1970s and the events that led to him being declared Public Enemy No. 1 in France.
Director: Jean-François Richet | Stars: Vincent Cassel, Cécile de France, Gérard Depardieu, Gilles Lellouche
Votes: 35,300 | Gross: $0.55M
80. Crooks in Clover (1963)
105 min | Action, Comedy, Crime
A dying mob boss hands over his business to an old friend, Fernand. The boss' assistants want to get rid of the latter. But are the Volfoni brothers and Théo real threats? Ensuing fights and shootouts are more comical than deadly.
Director: Georges Lautner | Stars: Lino Ventura, Bernard Blier, Francis Blanche, Claude Rich
Votes: 6,595
81. 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: 110,054 | Gross: $4.04M
82. Flic Story (1975)
112 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
The hunt for a seasoned killer becomes a matter of life for a policeman. Action-packed drama based on real events.
Director: Jacques Deray | Stars: Alain Delon, Jean-Louis Trintignant, Renato Salvatori, Claudine Auger
Votes: 2,937
83. A Man Escaped (1956)
Not Rated | 101 min | Drama, Thriller, War
A captured French Resistance fighter during World War II engineers a daunting escape from a German prison in France.
Director: Robert Bresson | Stars: François Leterrier, Charles Le Clainche, Maurice Beerblock, Roland Monod
Votes: 25,019
84. Let's Rob the Bank (1964)
88 min | Comedy, Crime
A grouchy shopkeeper made an unsuccessful financial investment, and now he is on the verge of bankruptcy. In order to avenge oneself he engages his own family into a plan to rob a next door bank.
Director: Jean Girault | Stars: Louis de Funès, Yvonne Clech, Jean-Pierre Marielle, Anne Doat
Votes: 2,609
85. The Cabbage Soup (1981)
102 min | Comedy, Drama, Sci-Fi
2 buddy farmers are visited by aliens who like their domestic cabbage soup.
Director: Jean Girault | Stars: Louis de Funès, Jean Carmet, Jacques Villeret, Claude Gensac
Votes: 9,583
86. The Gendarme and the Extra-Terrestrials (1979)
96 min | Comedy, Crime, Sci-Fi
In St. Tropez, French gendarme Cruchot and his men battle petroleum-drinking, human-looking, metallic aliens.
Director: Jean Girault | Stars: Louis de Funès, Michel Galabru, Maurice Risch, Jean-Pierre Rambal
Votes: 9,460
87. Ruby & Quentin (2003)
Not Rated | 85 min | Comedy, Crime
A tough criminal is arrested after hiding the loot from a Paris armored truck robbery. A talkative dimwit befriends him in prison and escapes with him - chased by police and his evil crime boss.
Director: Francis Veber | Stars: Gérard Depardieu, Jean Reno, Richard Berry, André Dussollier
Votes: 30,770
88. The Hole (1960)
Not Rated | 131 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
Distrust and uncertainty arise when four long-term inmates cautiously induct a new prisoner into their elaborate prison-break scheme.
Director: Jacques Becker | Stars: André Bervil, Jean Keraudy, Michel Constantin, Philippe Leroy
Votes: 20,387 | Gross: $0.03M
89. The Fugitives (1986)
95 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
Jean is taken hostage at a bank by a foolish bank robber. As Jean left prison an hour earlier, the police assume he's the robber. Everything goes comically wrong. The robber's little daughter joins the fugitives.
Director: Francis Veber | Stars: Pierre Richard, Gérard Depardieu, Jean Carmet, Maurice Barrier
Votes: 7,893
90. The Tall Blond Man with One Black Shoe (1972)
PG | 90 min | Comedy, Mystery
A hapless orchestra player becomes an unwitting pawn of rival factions within the French secret service after he is chosen as a decoy by being identified as a super secret agent.
Director: Yves Robert | Stars: Pierre Richard, Bernard Blier, Jean Rochefort, Mireille Darc
Votes: 9,253 | Gross: $0.40M
91. The Elusive Corporal (1962)
TV-PG | 90 min | Comedy, Drama, War
An upper-class corporal from Paris is captured by the Germans when they invade France in 1940. Assisted and accompanied by characters as diverse as a morose dairy farmer, a waiter, a myopic... See full summary »
Director: Jean Renoir | Stars: Jean-Pierre Cassel, Claude Brasseur, O.E. Hasse, Claude Rich
Votes: 1,039
92. Classe Tous Risques (1960)
Not Rated | 103 min | Crime, Drama, Romance
A ruthless criminal flees from the pursuit, involving more and more casualties.
Director: Claude Sautet | Stars: Lino Ventura, Sandra Milo, Jean-Paul Belmondo, Marcel Dalio
Votes: 4,283 | Gross: $0.09M
93. Dobermann (1997)
R | 103 min | Action, Comedy, Crime
Dobermann is the world's most ruthless bank robber and with his gang rob bank after bank, now in Paris. What can the police do but to let the mad, morally bankrupt police commissioner loose on him?
Director: Jan Kounen | Stars: Vincent Cassel, Tchéky Karyo, Monica Bellucci, Antoine Basler
Votes: 18,763
94. The Crossing of Paris (1956)
80 min | Comedy, Drama
Two men carry at night four suitcases of contraband meat across German-occupied Paris during WWII. Their opposite personalities and strange encounters provoke different adventures - until they are arrested by the police.
Director: Claude Autant-Lara | Stars: Jean Gabin, Bourvil, Louis de Funès, Jeannette Batti
Votes: 4,319 | Gross: $0.02M
95. The Unfaithful Wife (1969)
R | 98 min | Drama, Thriller
A man begins to believe his wife is cheating on him.
Director: Claude Chabrol | Stars: Stéphane Audran, Michel Bouquet, Maurice Ronet, Michel Duchaussoy
Votes: 4,488
96. Le septième juré (1962)
90 min | Crime, Drama
In a moment of madness a respectable pharmacist kills a young woman who is sun-bathing by a lake. Unable to take in what he has done, he flees from the scene of the crime and behaves as if nothing has happened.
Director: Georges Lautner | Stars: Bernard Blier, Danièle Delorme, Maurice Biraud, Jacques Riberolles
Votes: 965
97. Street Flow (2019)
TV-MA | 96 min | Crime, Drama
Three brothers try to survive on the streets of a tough French suburb.
Directors: Kery James, Leïla Sy | Stars: Kery James, Jammeh Diangana, Bakary Diombera, Chloé Jouannet
Votes: 1,946
98. Door on the Left as You Leave the Elevator (1988)
83 min | Comedy, Romance
Two next door couples can not figure out finally who hates whom and who loves whom.
Director: Édouard Molinaro | Stars: Pierre Richard, Richard Bohringer, Emmanuelle Béart, Fanny Cottençon
Votes: 1,991
99. Trans-Europ-Express (1966)
105 min | Comedy, Drama, Mystery
A movie producer, director and assistant take the Trans-Europ-Express from Paris to Antwerp. They get the idea for a movie about a drug smuggler on their train and visualize it while taping the script.
Director: Alain Robbe-Grillet | Stars: Jean-Louis Trintignant, Marie-France Pisier, Christian Barbier, Raoul Guylad
Votes: 2,115
100. The Counterfeiters of Paris (1961)
98 min | Comedy, Crime
"Le Dabe" retired many years ago and now he lives in the Tropics where he owns stables and horses. He is a very rich man. He was the king of all money counterfeiters. He is contacted from ... See full summary »
Director: Gilles Grangier | Stars: Jean Gabin, Martine Carol, Françoise Rosay, Bernard Blier
Votes: 1,413
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