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101. L'Argent (1928)
195 min | Drama, Romance
The business tycoon Nicolas Saccard is nearly ruined by his rival Gunderman, when he tries to raise capital for his company. To push up the price of his stock, Saccard plans a publicity ... See full summary »
Director: Marcel L'Herbier | Stars: Brigitte Helm, Marie Glory, Pierre Alcover, Yvette Guilbert
Votes: 1,158
102. The Demise of Father Mouret (1970)
90 min | Drama
Serge Mouret is a frail and devout young priest in a tough country parish. When he falls down and loses his memory, he is nursed back to health by Albine, the beautiful carefree niece of ... See full summary »
Director: Georges Franju | Stars: Francis Huster, Gillian Hills, André Lacombe, Margo Lion
Votes: 180
103. Le gang (1977)
Not Rated | 100 min | Crime, Drama
In 1945, as World War Two comes to a close, five small time crooks unite to form a gang. After several bold robberies they become notorious as "the front-wheel drive gang". The police ... See full summary »
Director: Jacques Deray | Stars: Alain Delon, Laura Betti, Xavier Depraz, Roland Bertin
Votes: 744
104. Murder Is a Murder (1972)
90 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Murder mystery involving a man and his relationship with twin sisters.
Director: Etienne Périer | Stars: Jean-Claude Brialy, Stéphane Audran, Robert Hossein, Michel Serrault
Votes: 282
105. The Desert of Love (2012 TV Movie)
96 min | Drama
A film adaptation of the novel of Francois Mauriac about a maitresse who lost her son and who becomes the object of desire for the doctor who was not able to rescue her son and at the same time for the doctor's son, which lead to a drama.
Director: Jean-Daniel Verhaeghe | Stars: Emmanuelle Béart, Didier Bezace, Mathieu Spinosi, Catherine Mouchet
Votes: 43
106. House of Secrets (1993 TV Movie)
120 min | Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Marion Ravinel is trapped in an abusive spousal relationship. She forms a plan with her husband's former lover to kill him. However, the outcome turns out to be more than she planned on as ... See full summary »
Director: Mimi Leder | Stars: Melissa Gilbert, Bruce Boxleitner, Kate Vernon, Michael Boatman
Votes: 257
107. Break of Dawn (2002)
110 min | Action, Drama
The story of two ex-legionnaires in a mission of political assasination in Romania. A candid portrayal of the human side of assassins.
Director: Alexandre Arcady | Stars: Richard Berry, Saïd Taghmaoui, Joaquim de Almeida, Anouk Grinberg
Votes: 444
108. Cousin Bette (1971)
250 min | Comedy, Drama
A poor and homely spinster, who feels she's been walked on all her life, teams up with a scheming courtesan to wreak elaborate revenge on her rich and handsome relatives.
Stars: Margaret Tyzack, Thorley Walters, Helen Mirren, Ursula Howells
Votes: 207
109. 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: 970
110. Rosalie (1966)
15 min | Short, Crime, Drama
A haunting, minimalist short that mostly consists of a monologue to camera by the young Rosalie, on trial for the murder of her new-born infant.
Director: Walerian Borowczyk | Star: Ligia Branice
Votes: 435
111. Letters to an Unknown Lover (1985 TV Movie)
101 min | Drama, Mystery, Romance
During World War II, two allied soldiers escape from a Nazi POW camp to Lyons, where they accept the hospitality of mademoiselle Helene.
Director: Peter Duffell | Stars: Yves Beneyton, Cherie Lunghi, Andréa Ferréol, Ralph Bates
Votes: 67
112. Paris Pick-Up (1962)
90 min | Drama, Thriller
On a Christmas night, an ex-convict, Robert Herbin, meets a beautiful Italian married woman Marthe Drévet, who has got a lot of things to hide.
Director: Marcel Bluwal | Stars: Robert Hossein, Lea Massari, Robert Dalban, Maurice Biraud
Votes: 253
113. Carambolages (1963)
88 min | Comedy, Crime
The story takes place in a luxury building of about ten floors where the "321" agency has its headquarters. The company watches over the holidays of its customers.
Director: Marcel Bluwal | Stars: Louis de Funès, Jean-Claude Brialy, Michel Serrault, Sophie Daumier
Votes: 1,017
114. Christian (1939)
95 min | Comedy, Romance
Alois Novák (Oldrich Nový), a minor clerk in a travel agency and the husband of a dowdy housewife Marenka (Natasa Gollová), lives a run-of-the-mill, dull life. In his soul, however, there ... See full summary »
Director: Martin Fric | Stars: Oldrich Nový, Natasa Gollová, Raoul Schránil, Bedrich Veverka
Votes: 462
115. A Pain in the Ass (2008)
86 min | Comedy
An unlikely friendship develops between a hitman and a suicidal guy who have both checked into the same hotel for different reasons.
Director: Francis Veber | Stars: Richard Berry, Patrick Timsit, Pascal Elbé, Laurent Paolini
Votes: 1,027
116. Ukradená vzducholod (1967)
84 min | Family, Adventure, Fantasy
Five young boys take off in a lighter-than-air machine from the Centenary Exposition in Prague.
Director: Karel Zeman | Stars: Hanus Bor, Jan Cizek, Jan Malát, Michal Pospísil
Votes: 666
117. Dear Inspector (1977)
PG | 105 min | Action, Comedy, Crime
Parisian detective Lise meets her childhood sweetheart Antoine by chance. Extremely happy about the reunion, the two arrange to meet. But Lise's duties as an inspector thwart their plans.
Director: Philippe de Broca | Stars: Annie Girardot, Philippe Noiret, Catherine Alric, Hubert Deschamps
Votes: 1,143
118. Duos sur canapé (1979)
85 min | Comedy
Bernard, a lawyer, and Jacqueline, a dentist, married for many years, each have their own home office. This becomes problematic when they decide to divorce and neither of them wants to move their practice.
Director: Marc Camoletti | Stars: Jean Lefebvre, Michel Galabru, Bernard Menez, Marina Vlady
Votes: 93
119. La vie en miettes (2011 TV Movie)
90 min | Drama, Mystery
Jonathan and Anaïs Hopkins have only been married a few months, but life together is a nightmare. Anaïs is unstable, cold in bed and often away visiting her sister. Or is she? When Jonathan... See full summary »
Director: Denis Malleval | Stars: Bruno Debrandt, Audrey Fleurot, Marie Denarnaud, Christian Rauth
Votes: 129
120. Ces beaux messieurs de Bois-Doré (1976–1977)
Once a Huguenot, Marquis Sylvain de Bois Doré was converted to catholicism at the same time as King Henri IV, whose campaigned he shared. He now leads a comfortable life in his castle. A ... See full summary »
Stars: Jean-François Poron, Olivier Hussenot, Jean Martinelli, Nelly Benedetti
Votes: 49
121. Where the Truth Lies (1962)
83 min | Thriller
François is a vet surgeon on the Noirmoutier island. He is married to Catherine. One day, he is called by a mysterious attractive woman, Myriam, whose leopard is sick. They become lovers. ... See full summary »
Director: Henri Decoin | Stars: Juliette Gréco, Liselotte Pulver, Jean-Marc Bory, Georges Chamarat
Votes: 121
122. Meurtre en 45 tours (1960)
98 min | Mystery, Thriller
(1961) Danielle Darrieux, Michael Auclair. A singer believes she's being haunted by the ghost of her dead husband.
Director: Etienne Périer | Stars: Danielle Darrieux, Michel Auclair, Jean Servais, Raymond Gérôme
Votes: 142
123. Thomas the Impostor (1965)
94 min | Drama
In the First World War, when Paris is expected to fall to the Germans, the attractive widow, Princesse de Bormes, organises a convoy of cars to evacuate the wounded from the front, and ... See full summary »
Director: Georges Franju | Stars: Emmanuelle Riva, Jean Servais, Fabrice Rouleau, Sophie Darès
Votes: 340
124. Piège pour Cendrillon (1965)
118 min | Crime, Mystery
The young Michèle Isola, who is about to inherit a fortune from her godmother, scarcely survives a terrible fire. When she regains consciousness it becomes evident she suffers with amnesia.
Director: André Cayatte | Stars: Dany Carrel, Madeleine Robinson, Hubert Noël, Jean Gaven
Votes: 179
125. Killer Kid (1994)
90 min | Drama, War
A Lebanese kid is sent to France on a terrorist mission for "Allah's Army". An Lebanese French kid becomes involved unwittingly. A bond develops between the two, while they become alienated... See full summary »
Director: Gilles de Maistre | Stars: Tewfik Jallab, Younesse Boudache, Salah Teskouk, Fatiha Cheriguene
Votes: 237
126. Pourquoi pas nous? (1981)
85 min | Comedy, Romance
A wrestler and a bookseller disgraced by life fall in love with each other.
Director: Michel Berny | Stars: Aldo Maccione, Dominique Lavanant, Florence Giorgetti, Maurice Biraud
Votes: 98
127. Demoniac (1957)
101 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
Gervais and his friend Bernard, two prisoners of war, manage to escape from the camp where they are held. Bernard is determined to take refuge with Hélène, his war grandmother, a woman with... See full summary »
Director: Luis Saslavsky | Stars: François Périer, Micheline Presle, Jeanne Moreau, Madeleine Robinson
Votes: 101
128. Lisa (I) (2001)
109 min | Drama, Romance, War
Stumbling across an uncompleted 1939 film called "Princess Marushka", filmmaker Sam becomes intrigued with the young actor Sylvain Marceau, who last appeared in the film. Hoping to discover... See full summary »
Director: Pierre Grimblat | Stars: Jeanne Moreau, Marion Cotillard, Benoît Magimel, Sagamore Stévenin
Votes: 211
129. Grafinya de Monsoro (1997– )
1,352 min | Drama, History, Romance
France during the times of Henry III. Religious wars and political intrigues mixed with the tragic love story between Count Louis de Bussy and Countess Diana de Monsoreau.
Stars: Gabriella Tkach, Aleksandr Domogarov, Rafael Kotanjyan, Andrei Dubovsky
Votes: 290
130. Le train bleu s'arrête 13 fois (1965– )
90 min | Adventure
This is a collection of thirteen stories by famous writers Pierre Boileau and Thomas Narcejac.
Stars: Paul Préboist, Jean-Louis Trintignant, Raymond Pellegrin, Jean Servais
Votes: 17
131. The Conquering Power (1921)
TV-G | 89 min | Drama, Romance
After losing his father, a playboy moves in with his miserly uncle, who seeks to cheat him out of his inheritance.
Director: Rex Ingram | Stars: Alice Terry, Rudolph Valentino, Eric Mayne, Ralph Lewis
Votes: 542
132. Eugénie Grandet (1994 TV Movie)
90 min | Drama
When the daughter of the miserly cooper Grandet is up for marriage, both families Des Grassins and Cruchot want to marry their sons to her and her substantial dowry. But the girl shows more... See full summary »
Director: Jean-Daniel Verhaeghe | Stars: Alexandra London, Jean Carmet, Dominique Labourier, Jean-Claude Adelin
Votes: 110
133. Aventure de Catherine C. (1990)
100 min | Drama
In Paris, unhappy movie actress Catherine Crachat becomes infatuated with the mathematician Pierre Indemini, but then breaks up with him. After a film shoot in Vienna, Catherine stays with ... See full summary »
Director: Pierre Beuchot | Stars: Fanny Ardant, Hanna Schygulla, Robin Renucci, André Wilms
Votes: 59
134. Clérambard (1969)
94 min | Comedy, Fantasy
Was it a miracle? Or was it some kind of bad joke?
Director: Yves Robert | Stars: Philippe Noiret, Dany Carrel, Gérard Lartigau, Claude Piéplu
Votes: 209
135. The Pendulum, the Pit and Hope (1983)
15 min | Animation, Short, Fantasy
A horrifying, surrealist version of Edgar Allan Poe's "The Pit and the Pendulum" directed by the masterful animator Jan Svankmajer.
Director: Jan Svankmajer | Star: Jan Zácek
Votes: 1,043
136. Splendeurs et misères des courtisanes (1975–1976)
90 min | Crime, Drama, Romance
Story of crimes, love and high society scandals.
Stars: Georges Géret, Bruno Garcin, Holger Löwenadler, Ivan Desny
Votes: 52
137. Spolu (2022)
117 min | Comedy, Drama
The film is the story of twenty-five-year-old Tereza (Kamila Janovicova), who, after breaking up with her boyfriend (Marek Nemec), returns home to her mother (Veronika Zilkova) and brother ... See full summary »
Directors: David Lanka, Martin Müller | Stars: Martina Babisova, Kamila Janovicová, Václav Kopta, Stepán Kozub
Votes: 109
138. L'école est finie (2018)
87 min | Comedy
Agathe Langlois, Parisian, has everything to be happy and she has just been established as an English teacher. But when she learns that she is transferred hundreds of kilometers from her home, in the countryside, it is the cold shower
Director: Anne Depétrini | Stars: Bérengère Krief, Grégory Fitoussi, Marilou Berry, Anne Depétrini
Votes: 436
139. Maldonne (1969)
96 min | Mystery, Thriller
A penniless pianist is being offered a strange but lucrative contract he can't refuse.
Director: Sergio Gobbi | Stars: Pierre Vaneck, Elsa Martinelli, Robert Hossein, Jacques Castelot
Votes: 61
140. Sweet Games of Last Summer (1970 TV Movie)
66 min | Drama
The story of a freckle-faced washerwoman in whom a whole group of friends take an interest, with a sensual undertone of summer fun.
Director: Juraj Herz | Stars: Jana Plichtová, Frantisek Velecký, Peter Debnar, Milan Lasica
Votes: 130
141. Appelez-moi Mathilde (1969)
100 min | Comedy
Gangsters kidnap the wife of an important financier. But this one, is not as calm as one might have thought.
Director: Pierre Mondy | Stars: Jacqueline Maillan, Robert Hirsch, Michel Serrault, Guy Bedos
Votes: 71
142. Monsieur Papa (1977)
105 min | Comedy
A father is raising his ten-year-old son on his own. The two get along very well until the arrival of a new companion in the father's life.
Director: Philippe Monnier | Stars: Claude Brasseur, Nathalie Baye, Nicolas Reboul, Daniel Auteuil
Votes: 74
143. La création du monde (1958)
83 min | Animation, Comedy, Family
A comedy about the creation of the universe in six days, with the devil messing around and contributing in his own way.
Director: Eduard Hofman | Stars: Jan Werich, Georges Aminel, François Périer, Martine Sarcey
Votes: 400
144. The Royalists (1947)
99 min | Adventure, History
Director: Henri Calef | Stars: Jean Marais, Marcel Herrand, Pierre Dux, Louis Seigner
Votes: 85
145. L'assassin connaît la musique... (1963)
80 min | Comedy, Crime
Lionel Fribourg, a great composer (at least that's what HE thinks) has a problem with his noisy environment: he can't complete his unfinished symphony. Of course there is a market for ... See full summary »
Director: Pierre Chenal | Stars: Maria Schell, Paul Meurisse, Sylvie Bréal, Yvonne Clech
Votes: 107
146. Bad Seeds (2012)
95 min | Drama
Two students abduct their English teacher and hold her in a hut in the woods,gagged and bound.One of the teenagers ' father is none other than the high school headmaster.
Director: Safy Nebbou | Stars: Emile Berling, Charles Berling, Sarah Stern, Kévin Azaïs
Votes: 239
147. The Victims (1996)
94 min | Crime, Thriller
Paris, 1996. Parisian editor Pierre Duval has an affair with Claire, wife of wealthy architect Bernard Jaillac. The latter has to supervise a large-scale operation in Morocco, he asks ... See full summary »
Director: Patrick Grandperret | Stars: Vincent Lindon, Jacques Dutronc, Florence Thomassin, Karin Viard
Votes: 86
148. Rückfahrt in den Tod (1986 TV Movie)
88 min | Crime, Drama
Director: Hans-Jürgen Tögel | Stars: Peter Bongartz, Sabine Wollin, Iris Berben, Andreas Mannkopff
149. L'indic (1983)
95 min | Crime, Drama
Inspector Bertrand wants to put an end to the criminal activities of Ange Malaggione, the head of the Corsican clan.
Director: Serge Leroy | Stars: Daniel Auteuil, Thierry Lhermitte, Pascale Rocard, Michel Beaune
Votes: 211
150. Le placard (2015 TV Movie)
125 min | Comedy
Director: Dominique Thiel | Stars: Elie Semoun, Laurent Gamelon, Philippe Magnan, Zoé Félix
Votes: 22