Top French Movies


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

331. 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.

332. 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

333. César

Year of Release: 1936
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: French
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Marcel Pagnol
Actors: Raimu, Pierre Fresnay, Fernand Charpin, Orane Demazis, André Fouché, Robert Vattier

334. Tatie Danielle

Year of Release: 1991
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: French
Genre: Comedy/Drama
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Étienne Chatiliez
Actors: Tsilla Chelton, Catherine Jacob, Isabelle Nanty, Neige Dolsky, Eric Prat, Laurence Février
Plot: Auntie Danielle is supposedly ailing in health - but in reality is just a nasty, old lady. Constantly berating her housekeeper - that is until an accident with a ladder leaves her dead - she moves in with her nephew and his family - but does nothing to change her acidic personality. When the family goes on vacation a new, young housekeeper is brought in - one who knows all her tricks and slowly a begrudging respect is formed.

335. Concert, The ( concert, Le )

Year of Release: 2010
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: French
Genre: Comedy
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Radu Mihaileanu
Actors: Aleksei Guskov, Mélanie Laurent, Dmitri Nazarov, Valeriy Barinov, François Berléand, Miou-Miou
Plot: A former conductor of the Bolshoi, Andrei Simoniovich Filipov, is relegated to a cleaning man 30 years after his dismissal for hiring Jewish musicians. When he learns the Bolshoi is going to play Paris he hatches his own plan to reunite his old orchestra, along with a virtuoso violinist, and play the show himself.

336. All the Mornings of the World ( Tous les matins du monde )

Year of Release: 1992
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: French
Genre: Biography/Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Alain Corneau
Actors: Jean-Pierre Marielle, Gérard Depardieu, Anne Brochet, Guillaume Depardieu, Jean-Claude Dreyfus, Carole Richert
Plot: A respected court composer recounts how he learned to truly play music.

337. Count of Monte Cristo, The ( comte de Monte Cristo, Le )

Year of Release: 1999
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: French
Genre: Drama/Historical
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Josée Dayan
Actors: Gérard Depardieu, Ornella Muti, Jean Rochefort, Pierre Arditi, Sergio Rubini, Christopher Thompson

338. Angel-A

Year of Release: 2007
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: French
Genre: Comedy/Fantasy
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Luc Besson
Actors: Jamel Debbouze, Rie Rasmussen, Gilbert Melki, Serge Riaboukine, Akim Chir, Eric Balliet
Plot: A beautiful woman who might be an angel helps an inept scam artist get his game together.

339. Lacombe Lucien

Year of Release: 1974
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: French
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Louis Malle
Actors: Pierre Blaise, Aurore Clément, Holger Löwenadler, Therese Giehse, Stéphane Bouy, Loumi Iacobesco

340. Nightcap ( Merci pour le chocolat )

Year of Release: 2001
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: French
Genre: Crime/Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Claude Chabrol
Actors: Isabelle Huppert, Jacques Dutronc, Anna Mouglalis, Rodolphe Pauly, Brigitte Catillon, Mathieu Simonet

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