141. Le Havre
Year of Release: 2011
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: French
Genre: Comedy/Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Aki Kaurismäki
Actors: André Wilms, Kati Outinen, Jean-Pierre Darroussin, Blondin Miguel
Plot: A would-be author turned shoe shiner at the port city of Le Havre comes across an iunderage, llegal African refugee and decides to help him.
142. Woman is a Woman, A ( femme est une femme, Une )
Year of Release: 1964
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: French
Genre: Comedy/Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Jean-Luc Godard
Actors: Jean-Claude Brialy, Anna Karina, Jean-Paul Belmondo
143. La Femme Nikita
Year of Release: 1991
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: French
Genre: Thriller/Action
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Luc Besson
Actors: Anne Parillaud, Marc Duret, Patrick Fontana, Alain Lathière
Plot: Section One, a clandestine anti-terrorist organization, fakes the death of a jailed, convicted murderer and make her a valuable new operative. They train her with all the necessary skills but find her to be resistant to the job.
144. Chloe in the Afternoon aka Love in the Afternoon ( Amour l'après-midi, L' )
Year of Release: 1972
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: French
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Eric Rohmer
Actors: Bernard Verley, Zouzou, Françoise Verley, Daniel Ceccaldi
Plot: A man meets a woman from his past. He needs to choose between her or his family, but will he be able to resist this sultry temptation?
145. Human Beast, The ( bête humaine, La )
Year of Release: 1940
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: French
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Jean Renoir
Actors: Jean Gabin, Simone Simon, Fernand Ledoux, Blanchette Brunoy
Plot: Train engineer Jacques Lantier finds himself captivated by Séverine, wife of fellow worker Roubaud. When Roubaud learns that she has been seduced by wealthy Grandmorin, he convinces Séverine to help him murder the old man on a train journey - which is witnessed by Lantier. Sickened by her actions, Séverine finds herself in the arms of Lantier - and wants him to help murder her husband.
146. Faces Places ( Visages, villages )
Year of Release: 2017
Overall Rating: 3.5 out of 4 stars
Language: French
Genre: Documentary
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: JR, Agnès Varda
Actors: Agnès Varda, JR, Laurent Levesque, Jean-Luc Godard
147. District B13 ( Banlieue 13 )
Year of Release: 2006
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: French
Genre: Action/Sci-Fi
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Pierre Morel
Actors: Cyril Raffaelli, David Belle, Tony D'Amario, Bibi Naceri
Plot: The year is 2010 and quarantined district B 13 in France is controlled by drugs and gangs. An undercover cop and a friend try to disarm a bomb to save two million people.
148. promesse, La
Year of Release: 1997
Overall Rating: 3.1 out of 4 stars
Language: French
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Jean-Pierre Dardenne, Luc Dardenne
Actors: Jérémie Renier, Olivier Gourmet, Assita Ouedraogo, Florian Delain
Plot: Igor, along with his father, Roger, have a decent business in renting to (and sometimes working) illegal immigrants at their apartments. Yet a surprise visit from an inspector, and the resulting injury to one of the immigrants, Amidou causes a rift between Igor and Roger.
149. Young & Beautiful ( Jeune & jolie )
Year of Release: 2013
Overall Rating: 3.1 out of 4 stars
Language: French
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: François Ozon
Actors: Marine Vacth, Géraldine Pailhas, Frédéric Pierrot, Fantin Ravat
Plot: After losing her virginity, Isabelle takes on the life of a call girl. But in this secret life she finds little interest in the people she sleeps with nor the money she collects.
150. Delicacy ( délicatesse, La )
Year of Release: 2011
Overall Rating: 3.1 out of 4 stars
Language: French
Genre: Comedy/Romance
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: David Foenkinos, Stéphane Foenkinos
Actors: Audrey Tautou, François Damiens, Bruno Todeschini, Mélanie Bernier
