69 French Favourites
Finest French Films
# (rating)
1-8 (10/10)
8-30 (9/10)
31-69 (8/10)
70+ (highly rated but not seen)
6 Best Directors
Louis Malle
Claude Chabrol
Cédric Klapisch
Jaques Rivette
François Ozon
Gaspar Noé
6 Great Directors
Laurent Cantet
Jacques Audiard
Olivier Assayas
Henri-Georges Clouzot
Olivier Nakache & Éric Toledano
Radu Mihaileanu (Roumania / France)
10 Excellent Directors
Agnès Varda
Alain Resnais
Éric Rohmer
François Truffaut
Jacques Tati
Jean Cocteau
Jean-Pierre Melville
Jean Renoir
Robert Bresson
Jean-Luc Godard (in the 1960s)
# (rating)
1-8 (10/10)
8-30 (9/10)
31-69 (8/10)
70+ (highly rated but not seen)
6 Best Directors
Louis Malle
Claude Chabrol
Cédric Klapisch
Jaques Rivette
François Ozon
Gaspar Noé
6 Great Directors
Laurent Cantet
Jacques Audiard
Olivier Assayas
Henri-Georges Clouzot
Olivier Nakache & Éric Toledano
Radu Mihaileanu (Roumania / France)
10 Excellent Directors
Agnès Varda
Alain Resnais
Éric Rohmer
François Truffaut
Jacques Tati
Jean Cocteau
Jean-Pierre Melville
Jean Renoir
Robert Bresson
Jean-Luc Godard (in the 1960s)
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- DirectorJacques RivetteStarsJeanne BalibarSergio CastellittoMarianne BaslerQuick-witted, well-read cultured types revolve around each other in a delightful potpourri of theatre, romanticism and theft.Jaques Rivette
- DirectorJean-Luc GodardStarsBrigitte BardotJack PalanceMichel PiccoliA French writer's marriage deteriorates while working on Fritz Lang's version of "The Odyssey", as his wife accuses him of using her to court favor with the film's brash American producer.Jean-Luc Godard
- DirectorJacques AudiardStarsTahar RahimNiels ArestrupAdel BencherifA delinquent Muslim man struggles to get by in prison until he is taken under the wing of a powerful mob boss. But his gradual rise through the mob's ranks brings him in conflict with his mentor.Jacques Audiard
- DirectorValérie MüllerAngelin PreljocajStarsAnastasia ShevtsovaVeronika ZhovnytskaJuliette BinocheA young girl studies classical ballet. As a young woman she turns to modern dance and choreography.
- DirectorMaïwennStarsKarin ViardJoeyStarrMarina FoïsA journalist covering police assigned to a juvenile division enters into an affair with one of her subjects.
- DirectorCédric KlapischStarsFabrice LuchiniRomain DurisJoffrey PlatelA ex-dancer has a heart problem and even with a transplant, he may still only have a few months to live. Time's spent looking at people/life in Paris from his balcony. His single mom sister moves in with her 3 kids to look after him.Cédric Klapisch
- DirectorFrancis VeberStarsThierry LhermitteJacques VilleretFrancis HusterA few friends have a weekly fools' dinner, where each brings a fool along. Pierre finds a champion fool for next dinner. Surprise.
- DirectorFrançois OzonStarsFabrice LuchiniVincent SchmittErnst UmhauerA high school French teacher is drawn into a precocious student's increasingly transgressive story about his relationship with a friend's family.François Ozon
- DirectorJulian SchnabelStarsMathieu AmalricEmmanuelle SeignerMarie-Josée CrozeThe true story of Elle editor Jean-Dominique Bauby who suffers a stroke and has to live with an almost totally paralyzed body; only his left eye isn't paralyzed.
- DirectorJacques RivetteStarsMichel PiccoliJane BirkinEmmanuelle BéartThe former famous painter Frenhofer revisits an abandoned project using the girlfriend of a young visiting artist. Questions about truth, life, and artistic limits are explored.Jaques Rivette
- DirectorGaspar NoéStarsSofia BoutellaRomain GuillermicSouheila YacoubFrench dancers gather in a remote, empty school building to rehearse on a wintry night. The all-night celebration morphs into a hallucinatory nightmare when they learn their sangria is laced with LSD.
- DirectorAbdellatif KechicheStarsLéa SeydouxAdèle ExarchopoulosSalim KechioucheAdèle's life is changed when she meets Emma, a young woman with blue hair, who will allow her to discover desire and to assert herself as a woman and as an adult. In front of others, Adèle grows, seeks herself, loses herself, and ultimately finds herself through love and loss.
- DirectorJean-Pierre JeunetStarsAudrey TautouMathieu KassovitzRufusDespite being caught in her imaginative world, young waitress Amelie decides to help people find happiness. Her quest to spread joy leads her on a journey during which she finds true love.
- DirectorOlivier NakacheÉric ToledanoStarsFrançois CluzetOmar SyAnne Le NyAfter he becomes a quadriplegic from a paragliding accident, an aristocrat hires a young man from the projects to be his caregiver.Olivier Nakache & Éric Toledano
- DirectorOlivier NakacheÉric ToledanoStarsOmar SyCharlotte GainsbourgTahar RahimSenegalese Samba has worked 10 years in France. He's arrested and befriends the woman helping him with legal matters as volunteer after a burnout at work. He's released after being told to leave France. Chemistry?Olivier Nakache & Éric Toledano
- DirectorMarcel CarnéStarsArlettyJean-Louis BarraultPierre BrasseurThe theatrical life of a beautiful courtesan in 1830s Paris and the four men who love her.
- DirectorNicolas BedosStarsDaniel AuteuilGuillaume CanetDoria TillierVictor, a disillusioned 60-something whose marriage is on the rocks, opts to relive the week of his life when, 40 years earlier, he met his true love through a company that allows customers to return to the time period of their choosing.
- DirectorLouis MalleStarsJeanne MoreauMaurice RonetGeorges PoujoulyA self-assured businessman murders his employer, the husband of his mistress, which unintentionally provokes an ill-fated chain of events.Louis Malle
- DirectorLouis MalleStarsMaurice RonetLéna SkerlaYvonne ClechDepressed Alain Leroy leaves the clinic where he was detoxified. He meets friends, acquaintances and women, trying to find a reason to continue living. Will this help him?Louis Malle
- DirectorMichel HazanaviciusStarsJean DujardinBérénice BejoJohn GoodmanWhen George, a silent movie superstar, meets Peppy Miller, a dancer, sparks fly between the two. However, after the introduction of talking pictures, their fortunes change, affecting their dynamic.
- DirectorPaul VerhoevenStarsIsabelle HuppertLaurent LafitteAnne ConsignyA successful businesswoman gets caught up in a game of cat and mouse as she tracks down the unknown man who raped her.
- DirectorLaurent CantetStarsFrançois BégaudeauAgame Malembo-EmeneAngélica SancioTeacher and novelist François Bégaudeau plays a version of himself as he negotiates a year with his racially mixed students from a tough Parisian neighborhood.Laurent Cantet
- DirectorLaurent CantetStarsAurélien RecoingKarin ViardSerge LivrozetAn unemployed man finds his life sinking more and more into trouble as he hides his situation from his family and friends.Laurent Cantet
- DirectorOlivier AssayasStarsJuliette BinocheCharles BerlingJérémie RenierTwo brothers and a sister witness the disappearance of their childhood memories when they must relinquish the family belongings to ensure their deceased mother's succession.Olivier Assayas
- DirectorRadu MihaileanuStarsYaël AbecassisRoschdy ZemMoshe AgazaiA Christian boy escapes to Israel from famine-stricken Ethiopia by pretending to be Jewish.Radu Mihaileanu
