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. 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.
53. 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.
54. 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.
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. Caché
Year of Release: 2005
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: French
Genre: Drama/Horror
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Michael Haneke
Actors: Daniel Auteuil, Juliette Binoche, Maurice Bénichou, Annie Girardot, Bernard Le Coq, Walid Afkir
Plot: A VHS cassette shows up on a man's front door step. Great tension ensues as he tries to unravel its mystery.
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. Red Balloon, The ( ballon rouge, Le )
Year of Release: 1956
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: French
Genre: Fantasy/Family
MPAA Rating: G
Director: Albert Lamorisse
Actors: Pascal Lamorisse, René Marion, Sabine Lamorisse, Georges Sellier, Vladimir Popov, Paul Perey
Plot: The only short film to win an Oscar outside the short film category (for Best Original Screenplay) - this near silent film tells the story of a boy on the streets of Paris, and the seemingly sentient red balloon that follows him.
60. Rules of the Game, The ( règle du jeu, La )
Year of Release: 1939
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: French
Genre: Comedy/Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Jean Renoir
Actors: Nora Gregor, Paulette Dubost, Mila Parély, Odette Talazac, Claire Gérard, Marcel Dalio
Plot: Bored French aristocrats meet for a hunting party, and as they relax and the soap operas of their lives unfold, the witty satire gradually develops into high tragedy.
