Top French Movies


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

321. Violette Nozière

Year of Release: 1978
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: French
Genre: Crime/Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Claude Chabrol
Actors: Isabelle Huppert, Stéphane Audran, Jean Carmet, Jean-François Garreaud, Guy Hoffman, Lisa Langlois
Plot: Violette (Isabelle Huppert) is a spoiled girl without a conscience. She decides to accuse her father of a terrible crime.

322. Sorrow and the Pity, The ( chagrin et la pitié, Le )

Year of Release: 1972
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: French
Genre: Documentary/Historical
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Marcel Ophüls
Actors: Marcel Ophüls, Edward Spears, Henri Rochat, Pierre Mendès-France, Claude Levy, Georges Bidault

323. Under the Roofs of Paris ( Sous les toits de Paris )

Year of Release: 1930
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: French
Genre: Comedy/Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: René Clair
Actors: Albert Préjean, Pola Illéry, Edmond T. Gréville, Bill Bocket, Gaston Modot, Raymond Aimos

324. That Man from Rio ( homme de Rio, L' )

Year of Release: 1964
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: French
Genre: Adventure/Comedy
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Philippe de Broca
Actors: Jean-Paul Belmondo, Françoise Dorléac, Jean Servais, Simone Renant, Roger Dumas, Daniel Ceccaldi

325. Donkey Skin ( Peau d'âne )

Year of Release: 1975
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: French
Genre: Drama/Family
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Jacques Demy
Actors: Catherine Deneuve, Jean Marais, Jacques Perrin, Micheline Presle, Delphine Seyrig, Fernand Ledoux

326. Innocent, The ( innocente, L' )

Year of Release: 1979
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: French
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Luchino Visconti
Actors: Giancarlo Giannini, Laura Antonelli, Jennifer O'Neill, Rina Morelli, Massimo Girotti, Didier Haudepin

327. Under the Sand ( Sous le sable )

Year of Release: 2001
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: French
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: François Ozon
Actors: Charlotte Rampling, Bruno Cremer, Jacques Nolot, Alexandra Stewart, Pierre Vernier, Andrée Tainsy

328. Bridesmaid, The ( demoiselle d'honneur, La )

Year of Release: 2006
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: French
Genre: Thriller/Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Claude Chabrol
Actors: Benoît Magimel, Laura Smet, Aurore Clément, Bernard Le Coq, Solène Bouton, Thomas Chabrol
Plot: A young man meets and falls for a bridesmaid at his sister's wedding. At first his new girlfriend seems charmingly flaky. Then she asks him to kill someone for her.

329. Farewell, My Queen ( adieux à la reine, Les )

Year of Release: 2012
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: French
Genre: Drama/Historical
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Benoît Jacquot
Actors: Diane Kruger, Léa Seydoux, Virginie Ledoyen, Xavier Beauvois, Noémie Lvovsky, Michel Robin
Plot: In the waning days of the reign of Louis XVI and his queen, Marie Antoinette revolution is in the air. At the palace the queen and one of her readers, a lower class woman of the court who entertains the queen, begin a relationship and we get a glimpse of the darker side of palace life.

330. First Day of the Rest of Your Life, The ( premier jour du reste de ta vie, Le )

Year of Release: 2008
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: French
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Rémi Bezançon
Actors: Jacques Gamblin, Zabou Breitman, Déborah François, Marc-André Grondin, Pio Marmaï, Roger Dumas

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