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1. Strangers in the House (1942)
95 min | Crime, Drama
Loursat, a lawyer, lives with his daughter Nicole. Abandoned by his wife about 20 years ago, he has sunk into alcoholism. One day, the corpse of a stranger is discovered in the attic of his residence.
Director: Henri Decoin | Stars: Raimu, Juliette Faber, Gabrielle Fontan, Héléna Manson
Votes: 465
2. Brassens, la mauvaise réputation (2011 TV Movie)
95 min | Biography
Director: Gérard Marx | Stars: Stéphane Rideau, Marie-Anne Chazel, Bruno Lochet, Lorella Cravotta
Votes: 71
3. Le regard de Georges Brassens (2011 TV Movie)
75 min | Documentary
Director: Sandrine Dumarais | Stars: Georges Brassens, Juliette Gréco, François Morel, Victor Laville
Votes: 10
4. Brassens est en nous (2011 TV Movie)
110 min | Documentary
Director: Nicolas Maupied | Stars: Didier Varrod, Marcel Amont, Georges Brassens, Christophe
5. Jean de Florette (1986)
PG | 120 min | Comedy, Drama
A greedy landowner and his backward nephew conspire to block the only water source for an adjoining property in order to bankrupt the owner and force him to sell.
Director: Claude Berri | Stars: Yves Montand, Gérard Depardieu, Daniel Auteuil, Elisabeth Depardieu
Votes: 27,549 | Gross: $4.94M
6. Manon of the Spring (1986)
PG | 113 min | Drama
A beautiful but shy shepherdess plots vengeance on the men whose greedy conspiracy to acquire her father's land caused his death years earlier.
Director: Claude Berri | Stars: Yves Montand, Emmanuelle Béart, Daniel Auteuil, Hippolyte Girardot
Votes: 23,958 | Gross: $3.94M
7. Lust for Life (1956)
Approved | 122 min | Biography, Drama
The life of brilliant but tortured artist Vincent van Gogh.
Directors: Vincente Minnelli, George Cukor | Stars: Kirk Douglas, Anthony Quinn, James Donald, Pamela Brown
Votes: 12,511 | Gross: $3.48M
8. Bizarre, Bizarre (1937)
84 min | Comedy
In Victorian London, a crime novelist and his wife fake their disappearance in order to hide from an uptight Anglican bishop who is leading a campaign against the "evils" of crime fiction.
Director: Marcel Carné | Stars: Françoise Rosay, Michel Simon, Jean-Pierre Aumont, Louis Jouvet
Votes: 1,965
9. La crise (1992)
95 min | Comedy, Music
Victor's wife leaves him, and on the same day he loses his job. Depressed, he tries to find someone to listen to his grief, but the only person ready to show some empathy is the simple-minded Michou whom Victor finds irritating.
Director: Coline Serreau | Stars: Vincent Lindon, Patrick Timsit, Zabou Breitman, Maria Pacôme
Votes: 1,463
10. The Name of the Rose (1986)
R | 130 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller
An intellectually nonconformist friar investigates a series of mysterious deaths in an isolated abbey.
Director: Jean-Jacques Annaud | Stars: Sean Connery, Christian Slater, Helmut Qualtinger, Elya Baskin
Votes: 117,299 | Gross: $7.15M
11. Amadeus (1984)
R | 160 min | Biography, Drama, Music
The life, success and troubles of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, as told by Antonio Salieri, the contemporaneous composer who was deeply jealous of Mozart's talent and claimed to have murdered him.
Director: Milos Forman | Stars: F. Murray Abraham, Tom Hulce, Elizabeth Berridge, Roy Dotrice
Votes: 428,228 | Gross: $51.97M
12. Out of Africa (1985)
PG | 161 min | Biography, Drama, Romance
In 20th-century colonial Kenya, a Danish baroness/plantation owner has a passionate love affair with a free-spirited big-game hunter.
Director: Sydney Pollack | Stars: Meryl Streep, Robert Redford, Klaus Maria Brandauer, Michael Kitchen
Votes: 86,386 | Gross: $87.10M
13. The Chorus (2004)
PG-13 | 97 min | Drama, Music
Pierre, a successful orchestra conductor, returns home when his mother dies. He stumbles upon an old diary and recollects the childhood school memories and his music teacher Clement Mathieu.
Director: Christophe Barratier | Stars: Gérard Jugnot, François Berléand, Jean-Baptiste Maunier, Kad Merad
Votes: 67,190 | Gross: $3.64M
14. The Light (2004)
TV-14 | 105 min | Drama, Romance
Camille arrives at the island Ouessant where she was born, to sell the house of her parents. She finds a book of a certain Antoine and starts reading. A story of a stranger is told who came... See full summary »
Director: Philippe Lioret | Stars: Sandrine Bonnaire, Philippe Torreton, Grégori Derangère, Émilie Dequenne
Votes: 1,634
15. Le viager (1972)
101 min | Comedy
The greedy Galipeaus, thinking the old Martinet is about to die, provide him a life annuity to own his house after his death. But Martinet continues living for years, so the Galipeaus opt for radical actions.
Director: Pierre Tchernia | Stars: Michel Serrault, Michel Galabru, Claude Brasseur, Rosy Varte
Votes: 1,258
16. L'innocent (2012 TV Movie)
89 min | Drama
The film is based on real events be tween the years 1978-1980. Theo Grangier, a man without education, with no parents nor family, is involved in the robbery along with two recidivists. But... See full summary »
Director: Pierre Boutron | Stars: Patrick Timsit, Frédéric Pierrot, Isabelle Gélinas, Marie Kremer
Votes: 38
17. Children of Paradise (1945)
Not Rated | 189 min | Drama, Romance
The theatrical life of a beautiful courtesan in 1830s Paris and the four men who love her.
Director: Marcel Carné | Stars: Arletty, Jean-Louis Barrault, Pierre Brasseur, Pierre Renoir
Votes: 21,173
18. Invictus (2009)
PG-13 | 134 min | Biography, Drama, History
Nelson Mandela, in his first term as President of South Africa, initiates a unique venture to unite the Apartheid-torn land: enlist the national rugby team on a mission to win the 1995 Rugby World Cup.
Director: Clint Eastwood | Stars: Morgan Freeman, Matt Damon, Tony Kgoroge, Patrick Mofokeng
Votes: 167,921 | Gross: $37.49M
19. Dead Poets Society (1989)
PG | 128 min | Comedy, Drama
Maverick teacher John Keating returns in 1959 to the prestigious New England boys' boarding school where he was once a star student, using poetry to embolden his pupils to new heights of self-expression.
Director: Peter Weir | Stars: Robin Williams, Robert Sean Leonard, Ethan Hawke, Josh Charles
Votes: 546,425 | Gross: $95.86M
20. My Father's Glory (1990)
G | 105 min | Adventure, Biography, Drama
At the end of the nineteenth century, little Marcel lives with his parents in the Provence countryside. During his holiday, Marcel meets Lili, a local boy who knows all the secrets of the hills, and the two become fast friends.
Director: Yves Robert | Stars: Philippe Caubère, Nathalie Roussel, Didier Pain, Thérèse Liotard
Votes: 7,053 | Gross: $1.71M
21. My Mother's Castle (1990)
PG | 98 min | Adventure, Biography, Comedy
Every holiday Marcel and his family go to their cottage near Marseilles. During one of these holidays he meets Isabelle, a pretty but conceited girl... Adapted from the cult classic novel from Marcel Pagnol.
Director: Yves Robert | Stars: Julien Ciamaca, Philippe Caubère, Nathalie Roussel, Didier Pain
Votes: 5,649 | Gross: $1.48M
22. Happiness Is in the Field (1995)
106 min | Comedy
Francis, the boss of a small plumbing supply company, is harassed by tax collectors, striking employees, and an impossible wife and daughter. His only joy is sharing lunch with his friend ... See full summary »
Director: Étienne Chatiliez | Stars: Michel Serrault, Eddy Mitchell, Sabine Azéma, Carmen Maura
Votes: 2,983 | Gross: $0.41M
23. Saint-Jacques... La Mecque (2005)
110 min | Comedy, Drama
Three siblings who detest each other and hiking must complete together a pilgrimage to Santiago de Compostela in order to be eligible to inherit their mother's wealth.
Director: Coline Serreau | Stars: Muriel Robin, Artus de Penguern, Jean-Pierre Darroussin, Pascal Légitimus
Votes: 1,417
24. Ah! Si j'étais riche (2002)
105 min | Comedy
On the verge of a divorce, Aldo wins the lottery. About to tell his wife, he discovers she's sleeping with his new boss. Instead of telling her and sharing the money, he keeps the news hidden.
Directors: Gérard Bitton, Michel Munz | Stars: Jean-Pierre Darroussin, Valeria Bruni Tedeschi, Richard Berry, François Morel
Votes: 1,432
25. Pas de panique (2006 TV Movie)
90 min | Comedy
It is time for thirty-something Ludovic Chambercy to succeed his father Jacques at the head of the family business: the Chambercy Galleries. But faced with his new duties, Ludovic begins to... See full summary »
Director: Denis Rabaglia | Stars: Frédéric Diefenthal, Roland Giraud, Julie Judd, Natacha Koutchoumov
Votes: 38
26. A View of Love (2010)
107 min | Drama, Mystery, Romance
Happily married with a daughter, Marc is a successful real estate agent in Aix-en-Provence. One day, he has an appointment with a woman to view a traditional country house. A few hours ... See full summary »
Director: Nicole Garcia | Stars: Jean Dujardin, Marie-Josée Croze, Toni Servillo, Sandrine Kiberlain
Votes: 1,778
27. Jenny Lamour (1947)
Not Rated | 106 min | Crime, Drama
A flirtatious wife runs off to meet an older man and the husband closes in with intend to murder him, but finds the deed already done.
Director: Henri-Georges Clouzot | Stars: Louis Jouvet, Simone Renant, Bernard Blier, Suzy Delair
Votes: 6,414 | Gross: $0.03M
28. Le doux pays de mon enfance (2006 TV Movie)
90 min | Drama
Joly Roger is arrested by the police and must undergo an identity check, but his answers to the interrogation, make the police suspicious.
Director: Jacques Renard | Stars: Daniel Russo, Isabelle Renauld, Yoanna Rocher, Hervé Briaux
Votes: 33
29. Bank Error in Your Favour (2009)
105 min | Comedy
The cook at an international bank stumbles upon insider trading secrets. With his best friend, he starts turning his life around. But soon, the whole neighborhood is counting on him.
Directors: Gérard Bitton, Michel Munz | Stars: Gérard Lanvin, Jean-Pierre Darroussin, Barbara Schulz, Philippe Magnan
Votes: 818
30. Slice of Life (2002)
100 min | Comedy
Pierre has four months left to live if he does not find a new liver. His only hope is a transplant from his brother, Paul. But Pierre hates Paul and has refused to see him for the past ten ... See full summary »
Director: Patrick Timsit | Stars: José Garcia, Patrick Timsit, Marianne Denicourt, Elise Tielrooy
Votes: 399
31. Black Orpheus (1959)
PG | 100 min | Drama, Musical, Romance
A retelling of the Orpheus and Eurydice myth, set during the time of the Carnaval in Rio de Janeiro.
Director: Marcel Camus | Stars: Breno Mello, Marpessa Dawn, Lourdes de Oliveira, Léa Garcia
Votes: 12,265
32. My American Uncle (1980)
PG | 125 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
The intersecting stories of three people who face difficult choices in life-changing situations are used to illustrate the theories espoused by Henri Laborit about human behavior and the relationship between the self and society.
Director: Alain Resnais | Stars: Gérard Depardieu, Nicole Garcia, Roger Pierre, Nelly Borgeaud
Votes: 6,853
33. 7 morts sur ordonnance (1975)
105 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
Dr. Brézé and his sons, all surgeons with limited abilities fight any competition on their sector with all means.
Director: Jacques Rouffio | Stars: Michel Piccoli, Gérard Depardieu, Jane Birkin, Marina Vlady
Votes: 623
34. Jaurès, naissance d'un géant (2005 TV Movie)
91 min | Biography, Drama
Director: Jean-Daniel Verhaeghe | Stars: Philippe Torreton, Valérie Kaprisky, Pierre Vernier, Florence Pernel
Votes: 59
35. Fric-Frac (1939)
92 min | Comedy
Marcel works as assistant to a jeweller whose bossy daughter Renée keeps hitting on him. When he meets lovely Loulou and her lazy friend Jo, he is fascinated by the girl and somehow ... See full summary »
Directors: Maurice Lehmann, Claude Autant-Lara | Stars: Fernandel, Michel Simon, Arletty, Hélène Robert
Votes: 553
36. My Father's Guests (2010)
Not Rated | 100 min | Comedy
Lucien Paumelle has been a human-rights activist for decades and his relatives are not astonished when he announces that he is determined to help illegal immigrants by giving them shelter ... See full summary »
Director: Anne Le Ny | Stars: Karin Viard, Flore Babled, Michel Aumont, Fabrice Luchini
Votes: 845
37. The Big Blue (1988)
PG | 168 min | Adventure, Drama, Sport
The rivalry between Enzo and Jacques, two childhood friends and now world-renowned free divers, becomes a beautiful and perilous journey into oneself and the unknown.
Director: Luc Besson | Stars: Jean-Marc Barr, Jean Reno, Rosanna Arquette, Paul Shenar
Votes: 55,116 | Gross: $3.50M
38. The Raven (1943)
Not Rated | 92 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A French village doctor becomes the target of poison-pen letters sent to village leaders, accusing him of affairs and practicing abortion.
Director: Henri-Georges Clouzot | Stars: Pierre Fresnay, Ginette Leclerc, Micheline Francey, Héléna Manson
Votes: 10,901 | Gross: $0.03M
39. The Closet (2001)
R | 84 min | Comedy
A man spreads the rumor of his fake homosexuality with the aid of his neighbor, to prevent his imminent firing at his work.
Director: Francis Veber | Stars: Daniel Auteuil, Gérard Depardieu, Thierry Lhermitte, Michèle Laroque
Votes: 18,333 | Gross: $6.68M
40. Populaire (2012)
R | 111 min | Comedy, Romance, Sport
1958. Rose is a terrible secretary but a demon typist. Her handsome boss resolves to turn her into the fastest girl in the world.
Director: Régis Roinsard | Stars: Romain Duris, Féodor Atkine, Déborah François, Bérénice Bejo
Votes: 12,715 | Gross: $0.18M
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