Top French Movies


The Top French Movies List is calculated by overall movie ratings and members' "Top French List". Lists are calculated daily.

121. Love on the Run ( amour en fuite, L' )

Year of Release: 1979
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: French
Genre: Drama/Comedy
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: François Truffaut
Actors: Jean-Pierre Léaud, Marie-France Pisier, Claude Jade, Dani

122. Diary of a Chambermaid ( Journal d'une femme de chambre, Le )

Year of Release: 1964
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: French
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Luis Buñuel
Actors: Jeanne Moreau, Georges Géret, Daniel Ivernel, Françoise Lugagne
Plot: A chambermaid in a house full of somewhat cold eccentrics decides to quit after the patriarch dies. But the murder of a little girl changes her mind. Believing the chief farmhand to be guilty of the crime, the chambermaid stays on to prove his guilt.

123. Kings & Queen ( Rois et reine )

Year of Release: 2004
Overall Rating: 3.1 out of 4 stars
Language: French
Genre: Comedy/Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Arnaud Desplechin
Actors: Catherine Deneuve, Emmanuelle Devos, Mathieu Amalric, Maurice Garrel

124. Tell No One ( Ne le dis à personne )

Year of Release: 2008
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: French
Genre: Crime/Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Guillaume Canet
Actors: François Cluzet, Marie-Josée Croze, André Dussollier, Kristin Scott Thomas
Plot: Eight years after a tragic event, a pediatrician becomes the prime suspect once again and must dive head first in a labyrinthian plot to prove his innocence and uncover the truth behind some mysterious murders.

125. Hedgehog, The ( hérisson, Le )

Year of Release: 2009
Overall Rating: 3.2 out of 4 stars
Language: French
Genre: Comedy/Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Mona Achache
Actors: Josiane Balasko, Garance Le Guillermic, Togo Igawa, Anne Brochet
Plot: A quite serious but morose 11-year-old who decides that she will not live beyond her 12th birthday. During the year, she makes observations about life and the people around her. As the final date approaches, she finds kindred spirits in a janitor and an elegant neighbor that may lead her to rethink her outlook on life.

126. Tom at the Farm ( Tom à la ferme )

Year of Release: 2013
Overall Rating: 3.2 out of 4 stars
Language: French
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Xavier Dolan
Actors: Xavier Dolan, Pierre-Yves Cardinal, Lise Roy, Evelyne Brochu

127. Beauty and the Beast ( belle et la bête, La - 2014 )

Year of Release: 2016
Overall Rating: 3.2 out of 4 stars
Language: French
Genre: Fantasy/Romance
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Christophe Gans
Actors: Vincent Cassel, Léa Seydoux, André Dussollier, Eduardo Noriega

128. Céline and Julie Go Boating ( Céline et Julie vont en bateau )

Year of Release: 1974
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: French
Genre: Drama/Fantasy
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Jacques Rivette
Actors: Juliet Berto, Dominique Labourier, Bulle Ogier, Marie-France Pisier
Plot: Celine and Julie are two friends that do random things including finding lovers and eating magic candy.

129. Red Violin, The ( violon rouge, Le )

Year of Release: 1999
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: French
Genre: Drama/Romance
MPAA Rating: R
Director: François Girard
Actors: Carlo Cecchi, Irene Grazioli, Anita Laurenzi, Tommaso Puntelli
Plot: Through three centuries, a certain red violin - perfect in every way - inspire passion amongst its various owners from an Austrian monastery to China during the Cultural Revolution. Now, at an auction house in Montreal, it will write its next chapter.

130. Day in the Country, A ( Partie de campagne )

Year of Release: 1946
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: French
Genre: Drama/Romance
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Jean Renoir
Actors: Sylvia Bataille, Georges D'Arnoux, Jane Marken, André Gabriello
Plot: The family of a Parisian shop owner spends a day in the countryside. The daughter comes across a man at an inn and falls in love with the two spending the day together.

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