Top French Movies


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

201. White Mane ( Crin-Blanc )

Year of Release: 1953
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: French
Genre: Drama/Family
MPAA Rating: G
Director: Albert Lamorisse
Actors: Alain Emery, Jean-Pierre Grenier, Frank Silvera, Pascal Lamorisse
Plot: Set in the Camargue - a marshland in France where the Rhone river meets the sea - a wild white-hared horse escapes captures by ranchers, but a young boy is determined to track the animal down.

202. Story of Adèle H., The ( Histoire d'Adèle H., L' )

Year of Release: 1975
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: French
Genre: Biography/Drama
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: François Truffaut
Actors: Isabelle Adjani, Bruce Robinson, Sylvia Marriott, Joseph Blatchley

203. White Material

Year of Release: 2010
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: French
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Claire Denis
Actors: Isabelle Huppert, Christopher Lambert, Nicolas Duvauchelle, Isaach De Bankolé
Plot: In Africa the threat of civil and racial conflict threatens a French family on their coffee plantation. Despite the increasingly dangerous situation, the mother refuses to leave and seeks help from a black hero to survive.

204. Betty Blue ( 37°2 le matin )

Year of Release: 1986
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: French
Genre: Drama/Romance
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Jean-Jacques Beineix
Actors: Béatrice Dalle, Jean-Hugues Anglade, Consuelo De Haviland, Gérard Darmon
Plot: Zorg is happy living his handyman's life in a coastal village. His peace is interrupted by the beautiful whirlwind, Betty. She convinces him to try to publish his book. After it's rejected, she begins a long trek into rage and depression.

205. Atalante, L'

Year of Release: 1934
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: French
Genre: Drama/Romance
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Jean Vigo
Actors: Michel Simon, Dita Parlo, Jean Dasté, Gilles Margaritis

206. Love Me If You Dare ( Jeux d'enfants )

Year of Release: 2004
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: French
Genre: Comedy/Romance
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Yann Samuell
Actors: Guillaume Canet, Marion Cotillard, Thibault Verhaeghe, Joséphine Lebas-Joly

207. Babies ( Bébé(s) )

Year of Release: 2010
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: French
Genre: Documentary
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Thomas Balmes
Actors: Mari, Bayar, Hattie, Ponijao
Plot: Follows one year in the life of four newborns from different parts of the world: Namibia, Tokyo, San Francisco and Mongolia

208. Money ( argent, L' )

Year of Release: 1984
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: French
Genre: Crime/Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Robert Bresson
Actors: Christian Patey, Vincent Risterucci, Caroline Lang, Sylvie Van den Elsen
Plot: They say money is the root of all kinds of evil.

209. Seraphine

Year of Release: 2009
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: French
Genre: Biography/War
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Martin Provost
Actors: Yolande Moreau, Ulrich Tukur, Anne Bennent, Geneviève Mnich

210. Monsieur Lazhar

Year of Release: 2012
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: French
Genre: Comedy/Drama
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Philippe Falardeau
Actors: Mohamed Fellag, Sophie Nélisse, Émilien Néron, Danielle Proulx
Plot: Bachir Lazhar, an Algerian immigrant, takes over as an elementary school teacher after a tragic and sudden death. While the students in the class cope with the death, Lazhar deals with his painful past and threat of deportation.

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