51. Moolaadé
Year of Release: 2004
Overall Rating: 3.3 out of 4 stars
Language: French
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Ousmane Sembene
Actors: Fatoumata Coulibaly, Maimouna Hélène Diarra, Salimata Traoré, Dominique Zeïda, Mah Compaoré, Aminata Dao
52. Inch'Allah
Year of Release: 2013
Overall Rating: 3.4 out of 4 stars
Language: French
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Anaïs Barbeau-Lavalette
Actors: Evelyne Brochu, Sabrina Ouazani, Sivan Levy, Yousef 'Joe' Sweid, Hammoudeh Alkarmi, Zorah Benali
Plot: Chloe is a young Canadian doctor who travels between Ramallah and Jerusalem each day. She is close to people on both sides of the conflict, but remains a perpetual outsider. She does her best to bridge the gap between the two sides, but every day is a test.
53. Forbidden Games ( Jeux interdits )
Year of Release: 1952
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: French
Genre: Drama/War
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: René Clément
Actors: Georges Poujouly, Brigitte Fossey, Amédée, Laurence Badie, Madeleine Barbulée, Suzanne Courtal
Plot: A young girl is orphaned during WWII and, breaking away from a group of refugees, finds herself with a peasant family - where she bonds with a young boy. Together they form their own ideas about the death that surrounds them - and the rituals involved - even if it is often at odds with the adults around them.
54. Blue is the Warmest Color ( vie d'Adèle, La )
Year of Release: 2013
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: French
Genre: Drama/Romance
MPAA Rating: NC-17
Director: Abdellatif Kechiche
Actors: Léa Seydoux, Adèle Exarchopoulos, Salim Kechiouche, Jeremie Laheurte, Catherine Salée, Aurélien Recoing
Plot: Explores the relationship between a young lesbian couple from inception all the way through to one possible end.
55. Night and Fog ( Nuit et brouillard )
Year of Release: 1955
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: French
Genre: Documentary/Historical
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Alain Resnais
Actors: Michel Bouquet, Adolf Hitler, Heinrich Himmler, Julius Streicher, Reinhard Heydrich
Plot: Alain Resnais presents a chilling history lesson - the horrors of Nazi Concentration Camps. With color footage and vintage news reel, and allies' footage as well - it's not just about the camps, but a reminder of how inhumane humanity can be.
56. Army of Shadows ( armée des ombres, L' )
Year of Release: 1969
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: French
Genre: War/Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Jean-Pierre Melville
Actors: Paul Meurisse, Lino Ventura, Simone Signoret, Jean-Pierre Cassel, Claude Mann, André Dewavrin
Plot: A leader of the French resistance is betrayed and captured. After
surviving his tormentors and escaping, he returns to Marseilles to find
and execute the traitor.
57. Faces Places ( Visages, villages )
Year of Release: 2017
Overall Rating: 3.5 out of 4 stars
Language: French
Genre: Documentary
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: JR, Agnès Varda
Actors: Agnès Varda, JR, Laurent Levesque, Jean-Luc Godard
58. Children of Paradise ( enfants du paradis, Les )
Year of Release: 1946
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: French
Genre: Drama/Romance
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Marcel Carné
Actors: Arletty, Jean-Louis Barrault, Pierre Brasseur, Pierre Renoir, María Casares, Gaston Modot
Plot: Follows the loves in the life of mime Baptiste and Claire Reine - who calls herself Garance - while Garance only has love for Baptiste, she is pursued by three other men. Things are complicated by the simple Nathalie, who also loves Baptiste. Love and love lost - a classic story presented in an imaginative way that deftly blends theater, literature, music and design.
59. Butcher, The ( boucher, Le )
Year of Release: 1970
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: French
Genre: Drama/Horror
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Claude Chabrol
Actors: Stéphane Audran, Jean Yanne, Antonio Passalia, Pascal Ferone, Mario Beccara, William Guérault
Plot: A working-class butcher strikes up an unlikely friendship with a repressed schoolteacher. A series of gristly murders around town have everyone on edge.
60. Contempt ( mépris, Le )
Year of Release: 1964
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: French
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Jean-Luc Godard
Actors: Brigitte Bardot, Michel Piccoli, Jack Palance, Giorgia Moll, Fritz Lang
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.
