Top French Movies


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

211. Jeanne Dielman, 23 Quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles

Year of Release: 1975
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: French
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Chantal Akerman
Actors: Chantal Akerman, Delphine Seyrig, Jan Decorte, Henri Storck, Jacques Doniol-Valcroze, Yves Bical
Plot: A single mother does what she can to take care of her teenage son: housework, cooking and seeing the occasional client on the side. Safe in her routine - that is until something comes along and changes everything.

212. Monsieur Hire

Year of Release: 1990
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: French
Genre: Crime/Drama
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Patrice Leconte
Actors: Michel Blanc, Sandrine Bonnaire, Luc Thuillier, André Wilms, Eric Bérenger, Marielle Berthon

213. Napoléon

Year of Release: 1929
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: French
Genre: Biography/Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Abel Gance
Actors: Albert Dieudonné, Vladimir Roudenko, Edmond Van Daële, Alexandre Koubitzky, Antonin Artaud, Abel Gance

214. deuxième souffle, Le

Year of Release: 1966
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: French
Genre: Crime/Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Jean-Pierre Melville
Actors: Lino Ventura, Paul Meurisse, Raymond Pellegrin, Christine Fabréga, Paul Frankeur, Marcel Bozzuffi
Plot: An escaped gangster heads to Paris where he immediately joins up with some old friends for some gangland-style justice. He plans to leave the country - but first needs some cash - which is not going to be easy with an inspector on his trail and hot on the heels of the shooting.

215. Secret, A ( secret, Un )

Year of Release: 2008
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: French
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Claude Miller
Actors: Cécile De France, Patrick Bruel, Ludivine Sagnier, Julie Depardieu, Yves Jacques, Mathieu Amalric
Plot: Only child François invented an imaginary brother and imagines his
parents' past when he was little. When François reaches 15 a family friend
reveals a deep and upsetting secret. Will he crumble or will it make him a
man?

216. Barbarian Invastions, The ( invasions barbares, Les )

Year of Release: 2003
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: French
Genre: Drama/Comedy
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Denys Arcand
Actors: Rémy Girard, Stéphane Rousseau, Dorothée Berryman, Louise Portal, Yves Jacques, Dominique Michel

217. Man on the Train ( homme du train, L' )

Year of Release: 2003
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: French
Genre: Comedy/Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Patrice Leconte
Actors: Jean Rochefort, Johnny Hallyday, Jean-François Stévenin, Charlie Nelson, Pascal Parmentier, Isabelle Petit-Jacques

218. Marius

Year of Release: 1933
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: French
Genre: Comedy/Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Alexander Korda, Marcel Pagnol
Actors: Raimu, Pierre Fresnay, Orane Demazis, Fernand Charpin, Alida Rouffe, Paul Dullac

219. Golden Age, The ( age d'or, L' )

Year of Release: 1930
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: French
Genre: Drama/Romance
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Luis Buñuel
Actors: Gaston Modot, Lya Lys, Josep Llorens Artigas, Lionel Salem, Germaine Noizet, Bonaventura Ibáñez

220. Wasabi

Year of Release: 2002
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: French
Genre: Action/Comedy
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Gérard Krawczyk
Actors: Jean Reno, Ryoko Hirosue, Michel Muller, Carole Bouquet, Yoshi Oida, Christian Sinniger
Plot: A French special ops agent returns to Japan after 19 years to find $200 million a teenaged daughter, and has to deal with the Yakuza, who are all waiting for him.

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