Top French Movies


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161. Marguerite

Year of Release: 2016
Overall Rating: 3.3 out of 4 stars
Language: French
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Xavier Giannoli
Actors: Catherine Frot, André Marcon, Michel Fau, Christa Théret, Denis Mpunga, Sylvain Dieuaide
Plot: Follows Marguerite Dumont in 1920s Paris. The wealth woman is a patron of the arts, music and opera in particular and, on occasion, she performs for her husband and friends. Though they play along with her fantasty, things take a serious turn when she decides to take her "talent" to the actual stage in front of a live audience.

162. My Life to Live ( Vivre sa vie: Film en douze tableaux )

Year of Release: 1963
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: French
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Jean-Luc Godard
Actors: Anna Karina, Sady Rebbot, André S. Labarthe, Guylaine Schlumberger, Gérard Hoffman, Monique Messine

163. Mon oncle

Year of Release: 1958
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: French
Genre: Comedy
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Jacques Tati
Actors: Jacques Tati, Jean-Pierre Zola, Adrienne Servantie, Lucien Frégis, Betty Schneider, Jean-François Martial
Plot: Monsieur Hulot visits his sister's family - and enters a world driven by technology. it's a world that he doesn't quite fit into - and as he starts to influence his nephew away from this automated world - his brother-in-law decides to employ him at his factory to keep him occupied.

164. My Father's Glory ( gloire de mon père, La )

Year of Release: 1991
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: French
Genre: Biography/Drama
MPAA Rating: G
Director: Yves Robert
Actors: Philippe Caubère, Nathalie Roussel, Didier Pain, Joris Molinas, Pierre Maguelon, Thérèse Liotard

165. Week End ( Weekend )

Year of Release: 1968
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: French
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Jean-Luc Godard
Actors: Mireille Darc, Jean Yanne, Jean-Pierre Kalfon
Plot: A couple plan a country retreat, but their idyllic plan is ruined by a
monstrous traffic jam, murder, cannibalism and the collapse of the French
bourgeois society.

166. Lola

Year of Release: 1962
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: French
Genre: Drama/Romance
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Jacques Demy
Actors: Anouk Aimée, Marc Michel, Jacques Harden, Alan Scott, Elina Labourdette, Margo Lion

167. Child, The ( enfant, L' )

Year of Release: 2006
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: French
Genre: Crime/Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Jean-Pierre Dardenne, Luc Dardenne
Actors: Jérémie Renier, Déborah François, Jérémie Segard, Fabrizio Rongione, Olivier Gourmet, Anne Gerard

168. Break Up, The ( rupture, La )

Year of Release: 1970
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: French
Genre: Drama/Thriller
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Claude Chabrol
Actors: Stéphane Audran, Jean-Pierre Cassel, Michel Bouquet, Annie Cordy, Jean-Claude Drouot, Jean Carmet
Plot: A woman named Helene is being terrorized by her husband who is trying to ruin her reputation and put their child in danger.

169. My Mother's Castle ( château de ma mère, Le )

Year of Release: 1991
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: French
Genre: Biography/Comedy
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Yves Robert
Actors: Philippe Caubère, Nathalie Roussel, Didier Pain, Thérèse Liotard, Joris Molinas, Pierre Maguelon
Plot: Follows a family on holiday in France - the same cottage they go to every year with its gentle hills and eccentric neighbors - but on this trip the young Marcel meets Isabelle - pretty but conceited - and connects with her.

170. Man on Fire

Year of Release: 1987
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: French
Genre: Drama/Thriller
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Elie Chouraqui
Actors: Scott Glenn, Jade Malle, Joe Pesci, Brooke Adams, Jonathan Pryce, Danny Aiello

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