Top French Movies


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

451. Swindle, The ( Rien ne va plus )

Year of Release: 1998
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: French
Genre: Comedy/Crime
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Claude Chabrol
Actors: Isabelle Huppert, Michel Serrault, François Cluzet, Jean-François Balmer, Jackie Berroyer, Jean Benguigui

452. Regular Lovers ( amants réguliers, Les )

Year of Release: 2005
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: French
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Philippe Garrel
Actors: Louis Garrel, Clotilde Hesme, Julien Lucas, Eric Rulliat, Nicolas Bridet, Mathieu Genet

453. 35 Shots of Rum ( 35 Rhums )

Year of Release: 2009
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: French
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Claire Denis
Actors: Alex Descas, Mati Diop, Nicole Dogue, Eriq Ebouaney, Grégoire Colin, Jean-Christophe Folly
Plot: A man waits to drink 35 shots of rum for a very special occasion.

454. Story of Women ( Une affaire de femmes )

Year of Release: 1989
Overall Rating: 2.5 out of 4 stars
Language: French
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Claude Chabrol
Actors: Isabelle Huppert, François Cluzet, Nils Tavernier, Marie Trintignant, Marie Bunel, Dominique Blanc

455. Goodbye First Love ( amour de jeunesse, Un )

Year of Release: 2011
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: French
Genre: Drama/Romance
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Mia Hansen-Løve
Actors: Lola Créton, Sebastian Urzendowsky, Magne-Håvard Brekke, Valérie Bonneton, Serge Renko, Özay Fecht
Plot: Camille and Sullivan begin their relationship in adolescence, but Sullivan goes off on a his own to explore the world. Eight years later, he returns, and they once again meet up for a chance at love.

456. Sundays and Cybele ( dimanches de Ville d'Avray, Les )

Year of Release: 1962
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: French
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Serge Bourguignon
Actors: Hardy Krüger, Nicole Courcel, Patricia Gozzi, Daniel Ivernel, André Oumansky, Anne-Marie Coffinet
Plot: Pierre returns to France after a routine bombing mission in Vietnam kills a child. Suffering from stress and amnesia over the event, he lives in a partially vegetative state and it seems he will stay that way... until he meets Cybele, a young girl abandoned by her father at a boarding school. Two damaged souls forge a deep connection as he poses as her father as they meet every Sunday. But once the truth comes out, the relationship is misconstrued by those around them, as they two only want to put the pieces of their broken lives back together.

457. Under the Sun of Satan ( Sous le soleil de Satan )

Year of Release: 1989
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: French
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Maurice Pialat
Actors: Gérard Depardieu, Sandrine Bonnaire, Maurice Pialat, Alain Artur, Yann Dedet, Brigitte Legendre

458. Time Regained ( Temps retrouvé, d'après l'oeuvre de Marcel Proust, Le )

Year of Release: 2000
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: French
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Raoul Ruiz
Actors: Catherine Deneuve, Emmanuelle Béart, Vincent Perez, John Malkovich, Marcello Mazzarella, Pascal Greggory

459. Sitcom

Year of Release: 2008
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: French
Genre: Drama/Thriller
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: François Ozon
Actors: Évelyne Dandry, François Marthouret, Marina de Van, Adrien de Van, Stéphane Rideau, Lucia Sanchez
Plot: In this bizarre dark comedy, a seemingly normal family becomes increasingly dysfunctional after the arrival of a pet rat with demonic powers.

460. Monk, The ( moine, Le )

Year of Release: 2011
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: French
Genre: Drama/Mystery
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Dominik Moll
Actors: Vincent Cassel, Déborah François, Catherine Mouchet, Roxane Duran, Geraldine Chaplin, Joséphine Japy
Plot: In 17th century Madrid a boy is abandoned at a monastery where he is raised by the friars. Through rigor and virtue he becomes a friar and a well-respected, unrivaled preacher. He thinks he is above all temptations, but the devil has other plans.

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