41. Triplets of Belleville, The ( triplettes de Belleville, Les )
Year of Release: 2003
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: French
Genre: Animation/Adventure
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Sylvain Chomet
Actors: Béatrice Bonifassi, Lina Boudreau, Mari-Lou Gauthier, Charles Linton, Michel Robin, Michèle Caucheteux
Plot: A grandmother raises her lone grandson. In an effort to find something that makes the boy happy, she buys him a bike. With Grandma has his trainer, the boy grows to enter the Tour de France. A sinister mobster kidnaps the boy and it's up to Grandma, the boy's dog, and three over-the-hill singing sisters to rescue him.
42. Mouchette
Year of Release: 1970
Overall Rating: 3.1 out of 4 stars
Language: French
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Robert Bresson
Actors: Nadine Nortier, Jean-Claude Guilbert, Marie Cardinal, Paul Hebert, Jean Vimenet, Marie Susini
Plot: Fourteen-year-old Mouchette's mother is an invalid and her father is a mean drunk. Her bleak existence doesn't improve as she searches for security.
43. Diabolique ( diaboliques, Les )
Year of Release: 1955
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: French
Genre: Crime/Horror
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Henri-Georges Clouzot
Actors: Simone Signoret, Véra Clouzot, Charles Vanel, Michel Serrault, Paul Meurisse
Plot: After a wife and a man's mistress Kill her husband, the body mysteriously
disappears as the two women appear cursed.
44. Manon of the Spring ( Manon des sources )
Year of Release: 1987
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: French
Genre: Drama/Romance
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Claude Berri
Actors: Yves Montand, Daniel Auteuil, Emmanuelle Béart, Hippolyte Girardot, Margarita Lozano, Yvonne Gamy
Plot: Sequel to Jean de Florette - Manon, now a beautiful, grown woman seeks
revenge against those responsible for the death of her father years
before.
45. Of Gods and Men ( hommes et des dieux, Des )
Year of Release: 2011
Overall Rating: 3.1 out of 4 stars
Language: French
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Xavier Beauvois
Actors: Lambert Wilson, Michael Lonsdale, Olivier Rabourdin, Philippe Laudenbach, Jacques Herlin, Loïc Pichon
Plot: The threat of terrorism in a small Algerian community forces of group of Trappist monks to make the tough decision to stay and help the people, and possibly sacrifice their lives, or leave and survive but risk their faith.
46. trou, Le
Year of Release: 1964
Overall Rating: 3.1 out of 4 stars
Language: French
Genre: Crime/Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Jacques Becker
Actors: Marc Michel, Jean Keraudy, Philippe Leroy, Raymond Meunier, Michel Constantin, André Bervil
Plot: A group of four prisoners have been planning an elaborate escape when a young detainee is transferred in while another cell block is repaired. The men must decide whether this fresh face can be trusted with their carefully-constructed plan.
47. Rust and Bone ( De rouille et d'os )
Year of Release: 2012
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: French
Genre: Drama/Mystery
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Jacques Audiard
Actors: Marion Cotillard, Matthias Schoenaerts, Yannick Choirat, Jean-Michel Correia, Bouli Lanners, Mourad Frarema
Plot: Alain is not a warm man - a bouncer by trade, he finds himself charged with taking care of his son and relocates to his sister's home to become part of the family. However, he may yet find a way to love after meeting Stéphanie, and a sudden accident will bring these two broken individuals closer together.
48. Grand Illusion ( grande illusion, La )
Year of Release: 1938
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: French
Genre: Drama/War
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Jean Renoir
Actors: Jean Gabin, Dita Parlo, Pierre Fresnay, Erich von Stroheim, Julien Carette, Werner Florian
Plot: Two French soldiers, and aristocrat and a mechanic, find themselves in the same German POW camp. They meet a variety of prisoners, including Rosenthal, son of a wealthy banker, but are separated before they can escape. The duo are sent to a fortress, said to be impenetrable, where they meet back up with Rosenthal. While one of them befriends the aristocratic operator of their prison, the other two continue to plan an impossible escape.
49. Jules and Jim ( Jules et Jim )
Year of Release: 1962
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: French
Genre: Drama/Romance
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: François Truffaut
Actors: Jeanne Moreau, Oskar Werner, Henri Serre, Anny Nelsen, Vanna Urbino, Boris Bassiak
Plot: The tragicomic story of two best friends in love with the same enigmatic woman plays out over the years from the early 1900s to post-WWI.
50. I Lost My Body ( J'ai perdu mon corps )
Year of Release: 2019
Overall Rating: 3.2 out of 4 stars
Language: French
Genre: Animation/Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Jérémy Clapin
Actors: Hakim Faris, Victoire Du Bois, Patrick d'Assumçao, George Wendt
