Top French Movies


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

461. Under the Sun of Satan ( Sous le soleil de Satan )

Year of Release: 1989
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: French
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Maurice Pialat
Actors: Gérard Depardieu, Sandrine Bonnaire, Maurice Pialat, Alain Artur, Yann Dedet, Brigitte Legendre

462. Time Regained ( Temps retrouvé, d'après l'oeuvre de Marcel Proust, Le )

Year of Release: 2000
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: French
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Raoul Ruiz
Actors: Catherine Deneuve, Emmanuelle Béart, Vincent Perez, John Malkovich, Marcello Mazzarella, Pascal Greggory

463. Monk, The ( moine, Le )

Year of Release: 2011
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: French
Genre: Drama/Mystery
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Dominik Moll
Actors: Vincent Cassel, Déborah François, Catherine Mouchet, Roxane Duran, Geraldine Chaplin, Joséphine Japy
Plot: In 17th century Madrid a boy is abandoned at a monastery where he is raised by the friars. Through rigor and virtue he becomes a friar and a well-respected, unrivaled preacher. He thinks he is above all temptations, but the devil has other plans.

464. Irma Vep

Year of Release: 1997
Overall Rating: 2.5 out of 4 stars
Language: French
Genre: Drama/Fantasy
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Olivier Assayas
Actors: Maggie Cheung, Jean-Pierre Léaud, Nathalie Richard, Nathalie Boutefeu, Bernard Nissile, Arsinée Khanjian

465. Alias Betty ( Betty Fisher et autres histoires )

Year of Release: 2002
Overall Rating: 2.5 out of 4 stars
Language: French
Genre: Comedy/Crime
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Claude Miller
Actors: Sandrine Kiberlain, Nicole Garcia, Mathilde Seigner, Luck Mervil, Edouard Baer, Yves Jacques
Plot: While her troubled mother stays with her, a young author's son dies in an accident. In an effort to relieve the woman's depression, her mother kidnaps an unsavory woman's child as a replacement for her deceased grandson.

466. Zazie dans le métro

Year of Release: 1961
Overall Rating: 2.5 out of 4 stars
Language: French
Genre: Comedy/Fantasy
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Louis Malle
Actors: Catherine Demongeot, Philippe Noiret, Hubert Deschamps, Carla Marlier, Annie Fratellini, Vittorio Caprioli
Plot: A precocious 11-year-old and her rakish uncle turn Paris into their personal playground in this farcical French tale that Louis Malle adapted from an "unfilmable" novel.

467. War Witch ( Rebelle )

Year of Release: 2012
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: French
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Kim Nguyen
Actors: Rachel Mwanza, Alain Lino Mic Eli Bastien, Serge Kanyinda, Mizinga Mwinga, Ralph Prosper, Jean Kabuya
Plot: In Sub-Saharan Africa Komona, abducted by the rebel army at 12, pregnant at 14, narrates the story of her life to her unborn child.

468. Comedy of Power, A ( Ivresse du pouvoir, L' )

Year of Release: 2007
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: French
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Claude Chabrol
Actors: Isabelle Huppert, François Berléand, Patrick Bruel, Marilyne Canto, Thomas Chabrol, Robin Renucci

469. Marseillaise, La

Year of Release: 1938
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: French
Genre: Historical
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Jean Renoir
Actors: Pierre Renoir, Lise Delamare, Léon Larive, William Aguet, Elisa Ruis, Germaine Lefébure

470. Carnival of Sinners ( main du diable, La )

Year of Release: 1947
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: French
Genre: Fantasy/Horror
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Maurice Tourneur
Actors: Pierre Fresnay, Josseline Gaël, Noël Roquevert, Guillaume de Sax, Pierre Larquey, André Gabriello

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