81. I Killed My Mother ( J'ai tué ma mère )
Year of Release: 2009
Overall Rating: 3.1 out of 4 stars
Language: French
Genre: Biography/Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Xavier Dolan
Actors: Anne Dorval, Xavier Dolan, François Arnaud, Suzanne Clément
Plot: Xavier Dolan both directed and stars in the semi-autobiographical look into the confused adolescence of a teenager and his love/hate relationship with his mother.
82. Milky Way, The ( voie lactée, La )
Year of Release: 1970
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: French
Genre: Comedy/Drama
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Luis Buñuel
Actors: Paul Frankeur, Laurent Terzieff, Alain Cuny, Edith Scob
83. Contempt ( mépris, Le )
Year of Release: 1964
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: French
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Jean-Luc Godard
Actors: Brigitte Bardot, Michel Piccoli, Jack Palance, Giorgia Moll
Plot: A man attempts to write a script for Ulysses in order to make it more commercial. But in order to get the best deal, he throws his wife into the mix resulting in disaster for all involved.
84. Son, The ( fils, Le )
Year of Release: 2003
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: French
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Jean-Pierre Dardenne, Luc Dardenne
Actors: Olivier Gourmet, Morgan Marinne, Isabella Soupart, Nassim Hassaïni
85. Ernest & Celestine ( Ernest et Célestine )
Year of Release: 2013
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: French
Genre: Animation
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Stéphane Aubier, Vincent Patar, Benjamin Renner
Actors: Lambert Wilson, Pauline Brunner, Anne-Marie Loop, Patrice Melennec
Plot: Explores the unlikely friendship between a bear (Ernest) and a mouse (Celestine).
86. Playtime
Year of Release: 1973
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: French
Genre: Comedy
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Jacques Tati
Actors: Jacques Tati, Yves Barsacq, Georges Montant, Billy Kearns
87. Pickpocket
Year of Release: 1963
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: French
Genre: Crime/Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Robert Bresson
Actors: Martin LaSalle, Marika Green, Jean Pélégri, Dolly Scal
Plot: A young man tries his hand at pickpocketing and is almost immediately arrested. After reflecting on the morality he is released, only to dead with the fallout from his mother's death. He rejects offers from his friends and, after learning from a professional, takes up pickpocketing as a means for survival and self-expression.
88. vie en rose, La ( môme, La )
Year of Release: 2007
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: French
Genre: Biography/Drama
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Olivier Dahan
Actors: Marion Cotillard, Sylvie Testud, Gérard Depardieu, Emmanuelle Seigner
Plot: Released in the USA 2007, and France in 2006, this movie tells the story of Edith Piaf (Marion Cotillard in an Oscar-worthy performance).
89. My Afternoons with Margueritte ( tête en friche, La )
Year of Release: 2010
Overall Rating: 3.1 out of 4 stars
Language: French
Genre: Comedy
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Jean Becker
Actors: Gérard Depardieu, Gisèle Casadesus, Maurane, Patrick Bouchitey
Plot: In a small, French town the nearly illiterate Germain - considered by many to be a village idiot - happens to sit at a park bench next to Margueritte, an intelligent, articulate older woman who like to read aloud. The two form a bond that will change both of their lives.
90. Elevator to the Gallows ( Ascenseur pour l'échafaud )
Year of Release: 1961
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: French
Genre: Crime/Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Louis Malle
Actors: Jeanne Moreau, Maurice Ronet, Georges Poujouly, Yori Bertin
Plot: Julien and his lover Florence - plan to murder her husband - Julien's boss and a powerful man, by staging it as a suicide. Yet one critical error sends Julien to retrieve a key piece of evidence leading to a chain of events that spells doom.
