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51. Lunacy (2005)
Not Rated | 118 min | Animation, Comedy, Drama
A man takes up residence with a mysterious marquis and is soon persuaded to enter into an asylum for preventative therapy. Things are not what they seem, and the marquis may be even more sinister than what the young man may've predicted.
Director: Jan Svankmajer | Stars: Jan Tríska, Pavel Liska, Anna Geislerová, Martin Huba
Votes: 3,954 | Gross: $0.05M
52. Thérèse (2012)
110 min | Drama
An unhappily married woman struggles to break free from social pressures.
Director: Claude Miller | Stars: Audrey Tautou, Gilles Lellouche, Anaïs Demoustier, Catherine Arditi
Votes: 3,902
53. The Blockhouse (1973)
R | 93 min | Drama, War
During D-day several people become trapped while hiding in a bunker, when heavy shelling collapses it. They have plenty of food and water so they decide to wait for rescuers. And so they wait year, after year, after year.
Director: Clive Rees | Stars: Peter Sellers, Charles Aznavour, Jeremy Kemp, Per Oscarsson
Votes: 655
54. The Maids (1975)
PG | 95 min | Drama, Romance
A film version of Genet's play. Two house cleaners, Solange and Claire, hate their employers and, while they are out, take turns at dressing up as Madame and insulting her.
Director: Christopher Miles | Stars: Glenda Jackson, Susannah York, Vivien Merchant, Mark Burns
Votes: 582
55. Sundays and Cybèle (1962)
Not Rated | 111 min | Drama
Story of a lonely young girl who is befriended by an innocent but emotionally disabled veteran of the French Indochina War.
Director: Serge Bourguignon | Stars: Hardy Krüger, Nicole Courcel, Patricia Gozzi, Daniel Ivernel
Votes: 4,808
56. Agent 38-24-36 (1964)
110 min | Comedy
A Russian spy is supposed by the British Secret Service to steal some faked orders, but he is too stupid to succeed. His girlfriend tries to help him, but it seems he is too foolish to succeed.
Director: Édouard Molinaro | Stars: Brigitte Bardot, Anthony Perkins, Grégoire Aslan, Jean-Marc Tennberg
Votes: 465
57. The Mysterious Castle in the Carpathians (1981)
97 min | Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy
In 1897, in a castle near the town of Werewolfville in the Carpathians, a slightly deranged Professor Orfanik experiments with his new inventions which include, even at this early date, television and a film camera.
Director: Oldrich Lipský | Stars: Michal Docolomanský, Evelyna Steimarová, Vlastimil Brodský, Milos Kopecký
Votes: 1,424
58. Serial Teachers (2013)
88 min | Comedy
The worst teachers are recruited to save the worst school in France from shutting down.
Director: Pierre-François Martin-Laval | Stars: Christian Clavier, Isabelle Nanty, Pierre-François Martin-Laval, Kev Adams
Votes: 4,051
59. Oscar (1967)
G | 85 min | Comedy
Neurotic businessman must find the right man for his pregnant daughter. In fact, it is little bit complicated.
Director: Édouard Molinaro | Stars: Louis de Funès, Claude Rich, Mario David, Germaine Delbat
Votes: 7,550
60. Witness in the City (1959)
89 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
Seeking vengeance on his wife's former lover and assassin, a man sets in motion a string of killings.
Director: Édouard Molinaro | Stars: Lino Ventura, Sandra Milo, Franco Fabrizi, Jacques Berthier
Votes: 868
61. Double Deception (1960)
101 min | Drama, Mystery
Director: Serge Friedman | Stars: Alice Kessler, Ellen Kessler, Jacques Riberolles, Ginette Leclerc
Votes: 36
62. Cop Au Vin (1985)
Not Rated | 110 min | Crime, Mystery, Thriller
In a small provincial French town, Dr Morasseau, Mr Lavoisier and butcher Filiol decide to create a significant estate business but Mrs Cuno and her son Louis do not want to sell their house. Louis presumably provokes the death of Filiol.
Director: Claude Chabrol | Stars: Jean Poiret, Stéphane Audran, Michel Bouquet, Jean Topart
Votes: 2,232
63. Trap for Cinderella (2013)
Not Rated | 100 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A young girl suffering from amnesia after surviving a house fire that takes her childhood friend's life, begins a tormented road to recovery.
Director: Iain Softley | Stars: Tuppence Middleton, Alexandra Roach, Kerry Fox, Frances de la Tour
Votes: 1,720
64. Le Chat (1971)
86 min | Drama
In 1971 Courbevoie (France), former typographist Julien Bouin and his wife Clemence, who used to perform in a circus, hardly talk to each other in their small house, which is soon to be ... See full summary »
Director: Pierre Granier-Deferre | Stars: Jean Gabin, Simone Signoret, Annie Cordy, Jacques Rispal
Votes: 2,415
65. The Infernal Trio (1974)
107 min | Comedy, Crime, Horror
A cunning French legal adviser teams up with an unemployed German girl and her sister to commit murders in Marseille.
Director: Francis Girod | Stars: Michel Piccoli, Romy Schneider, Mascha Gonska, Philippe Brizard
Votes: 932
66. The Adultress (1953)
Not Rated | 102 min | Crime, Drama, Romance
A truck driver kills the husband of the woman he loves, and becomes the object of blackmail.
Director: Marcel Carné | Stars: Simone Signoret, Raf Vallone, Jacques Duby, Maria Pia Casilio
Votes: 1,903
67. The Big Bad Fox and Other Tales (2017)
G | 83 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
Whoever thinks that the countryside is calm and peaceful is mistaken. In it we find especially agitated animals, a Fox that thinks it's a chicken, a Rabbit that acts like a stork, and a Duck who wants to replace Father Christmas. If you want to take a vacation, keep driving past this place.
Directors: Patrick Imbert, Benjamin Renner | Stars: Guillaume Darnault, Damien Witecka, Kamel Abdessadok, Antoine Schoumsky
Votes: 3,698 | Gross: $0.04M
68. War of the Buttons (1962)
90 min | Comedy, Family
The school boys of two villages in France are fighting. Their trophy are the buttons they will snatch from the enemy. This fight will bring those kids to everlasting friendship...eventually.
Director: Yves Robert | Stars: Jacques Dufilho, Yvette Etiévant, Michel Galabru, Michèle Méritz
Votes: 2,832
69. Madame de Sévigné (2023)
93 min | Drama, History
In the middle of the 17th century, the Marquise de Sévigné wanted to make her daughter a brilliant and independent woman in her own image. But the more she tries to control the young ... See full summary »
Director: Isabelle Brocard | Stars: Karin Viard, Ana Girardot, Cédric Kahn, Noémie Lvovsky
Votes: 65
70. Dracula and Son (1976)
PG | 78 min | Comedy, Horror
In the 1700s, a vampire has a son from a normal woman. The mother dies, and he spends two centuries trying to teach his meek son how to be a proper vampire but no avail. Now they have to flee from Transylvania, and they end up in France.
Director: Édouard Molinaro | Stars: Christopher Lee, Bernard Menez, Marie-Hélène Breillat, Catherine Breillat
Votes: 796
71. The Lady in the Car with Glasses and a Gun (1970)
R | 105 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller
A secretary takes her boss's car for the holiday in the Mediterranean, oddly retracing a journey she has not taken, and is recognized by people she has not met before. Soon, things get serious.
Director: Anatole Litvak | Stars: Samantha Eggar, Oliver Reed, Stéphane Audran, John McEnery
Votes: 754 | Gross: $0.19M
72. Passion in the Desert (1997)
PG-13 | 91 min | Adventure, Drama
Young French officer Augustin Robert escorts artist Jean-Michel Venture de Paradis to Egypt during Napoleon's Egyptian campaign. Napoleon sent de Paradis to record Egypt's great monuments ... See full summary »
Director: Lavinia Currier | Stars: Ben Daniels, Michel Piccoli, Paul M. Meston, Kenneth Collard
Votes: 922 | Gross: $0.25M
73. Montparnasse 19 (1958)
Not Rated | 108 min | Biography, Drama, Romance
About the last years of the life of the great artist Modigliani. A poor Italian artist suffering from alcoholism and opium addiction falls in love with Jeanne, a girl from a wealthy family whose parents are categorically against it.
Director: Jacques Becker | Stars: Gérard Philipe, Lilli Palmer, Anouk Aimée, Lila Kedrova
Votes: 1,682
74. 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: 3,695
75. War of the Buttons (2011)
Not Rated | 109 min | Adventure, Family
Set in the south of France in the 1960s against the backdrop of the Algerian War, a gang of young boys, led by the intrepid Lebrac, are at war with the kids of the neighbouring township, their sworn enemies.
Director: Yann Samuell | Stars: Eric Elmosnino, Mathilde Seigner, Fred Testot, Alain Chabat
Votes: 2,176
76. Erotic Symphony (1980)
91 min | Crime, Drama, Romance
A nobleman and his two lovers - a teenage boy and a runaway nun - plan to kill his mentally fragile wife.
Director: Jesús Franco | Stars: Lina Romay, Susan Hemingway, Armando Borges, Mel Rodrigo
Votes: 406
77. The Skin of Sorrow (2010 TV Movie)
98 min | Drama, Fantasy, Mystery
A naive young man and his deal with the devil.
Director: Alain Berliner | Stars: Thomas Coumans, Annabelle Hettmann, Julien Honoré, Mylène Jampanoï
Votes: 660
78. Therese (1962)
109 min | Drama
Unhappy in her marriage to a boring man who doesn't love her, a woman plans to get rid of him by slowly increasing the dosage of his medication.
Director: Georges Franju | Stars: Emmanuelle Riva, Philippe Noiret, Edith Scob, Sami Frey
Votes: 650
79. The Thief of Paris (1967)
Not Rated | 120 min | Crime, Drama
In Paris around 1900, Georges Randal is brought up by his wealthy uncle, who steals his inheritance. Georges hopes to marry his cousin Charlotte, but his uncle arranges for her to marry a ... See full summary »
Director: Louis Malle | Stars: Jean-Paul Belmondo, Geneviève Bujold, Marie Dubois, Julien Guiomar
Votes: 2,239
80. 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: 1,764
81. Ie naki ko Remi (1996–1997)
24 min | Animation, Adventure, Drama
Remi, Nobody's Girl tells the story of Remi, a cheerful and tender-hearted girl, who is an excellent singer and lives in the French country town of Chavanon with her mother. One day her ... See full summary »
Stars: Mitsuko Horie, Shinobu Adachi, Fubito Yamano
Votes: 896
82. On the Comet (1970)
74 min | Adventure, Comedy, Sci-Fi
When a comet passes the earth very closely, it pulls a small part of North Africa with it. Carried along is a bunch of people. Among them Angelika, who just escaped from a ruthless weapon ... See full summary »
Director: Karel Zeman | Stars: Magda Vásáryová, Emil Horváth, Frantisek Filipovský, Cestmír Randa
Votes: 688
83. Incorrigible (1975)
100 min | Comedy
Victor Vautier is incorrigible: he's in constant motion, working several cons at once, using different names and changing disguises. He's charming and outrageous, incapable of uttering a ... See full summary »
Director: Philippe de Broca | Stars: Jean-Paul Belmondo, Geneviève Bujold, Julien Guiomar, Charles Gérard
Votes: 1,823
84. 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: 251
85. The Duchess of Langeais (2007)
Unrated | 137 min | Drama, Music, Romance
In Majorca, in 1823, a French general, Armand de Montriveau, overhears a cloistered nun singing in a chapel; he insists on speaking to her. She is Antoinette, for five years he has searched... See full summary »
Director: Jacques Rivette | Stars: Jeanne Balibar, Guillaume Depardieu, Bulle Ogier, Michel Piccoli
Votes: 1,463 | Gross: $0.28M
86. Faces in the Dark (1960)
84 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Businessman and inventor Richard Hammond is determined to develop and market the perfect light-bulb. In a freak lab accident he is blinded and suffers a partial breakdown. His wife, partner... See full summary »
Director: David Eady | Stars: John Gregson, Mai Zetterling, John Ireland, Michael Denison
Votes: 370
87. The French Detective (1975)
91 min | Crime, Drama
Two policemen risk of interfering with a corrupt politician.
Director: Pierre Granier-Deferre | Stars: Lino Ventura, Patrick Dewaere, Victor Lanoux, Julien Guiomar
Votes: 1,860
88. Eugénie Grandet (2021)
103 min | Drama
Felix Grandet reigns supreme in his modest house in Saumur where his wife and daughter Eugenie lead a distraction-free existence. Extremely avaricious, he does not take a favorable view of ... See full summary »
Director: Marc Dugain | Stars: Joséphine Japy, Olivier Gourmet, Valérie Bonneton, César Domboy
Votes: 356
89. 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: 541
90. Old Goriot (2004 TV Movie)
111 min | Drama
A poor but ambitious young man arrives in Paris and settles down in the boarding house run by Madame Vauquer. He soon gets to know the guests: Victorine Taillefer, a young lady her rich ... See full summary »
Director: Jean-Daniel Verhaeghe | Stars: Charles Aznavour, Tchéky Karyo, Malik Zidi, Nadia Barentin
Votes: 210
91. Head Against the Wall (1959)
95 min | Drama
In order to get rid of his troublesome son François, Maître Gérane manages to have him committed to a mental hospital owned by Dr. Varmont, a supporter of traditional treatments, in ... See full summary »
Director: Georges Franju | Stars: Pierre Brasseur, Paul Meurisse, Jean-Pierre Mocky, Anouk Aimée
Votes: 749
92. 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: 256
93. I Like Money (1961)
Approved | 97 min | Comedy, Drama
A poor but proud French teacher gets fired after refusing to modify the grades of a rich student. As this could be the opportunity to exploit his honesty, Castel Benac hires Topaze as a managing director for a shady business.
Director: Peter Sellers | Stars: Peter Sellers, Nadia Gray, Herbert Lom, Leo McKern
Votes: 521
94. 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: 174
95. Entangled (1993)
R | 98 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
A car and lorry collide, the woman in the back seat is probably dead, the driver is severely hurt. In flashbacks we see what led to the tragedy. He is David, a writer living in France, ... See full summary »
Director: Max Fischer | Stars: Judd Nelson, Pierce Brosnan, Laurence Treil, Roy Dupuis
Votes: 506
96. Reflections of Murder (1974 TV Movie)
100 min | Horror, Thriller, Mystery
The wife and mistress of the abusive headmaster of a boy's school plot and carry out his murder. They dump his body in the murky swimming pool at the school and await for it to surface. ... See full summary »
Director: John Badham | Stars: Tuesday Weld, Joan Hackett, Sam Waterston, Lucille Benson
Votes: 379
97. Amarsi male (1968 TV Movie)
Drama
Director: Claudio Fino | Stars: Aroldo Tieri, Giuliana Lojodice, Ludovica Modugno, Ilaria Caputi
98. 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
99. Man, Pride & Vengeance (1967)
Not Rated | 101 min | Action, Drama, Romance
A stalwart Spanish soldier turns to a life of crime to prove his love for a mysterious and promiscuous gypsy woman.
Director: Luigi Bazzoni | Stars: Tina Aumont, Franco Nero, Klaus Kinski, Guido Lollobrigida
Votes: 764
100. E-Love (2011 TV Movie)
R | 97 min | Drama, Romance
Turning 50 in a few weeks' time, getting dumped by a husband who has found a 28-year-old Capucine, refusing the advances of a fellow lecturer in corduroy trousers again, signing up with a ... See full summary »
Director: Anne Villacèque | Stars: Anne Consigny, Carlo Brandt, Antoine Chappey, Carole Franck
Votes: 194