110: France
Luigi Vincelli:Top 110 french movies of all time, in chronological order, recommended to Mauro Gervasini.
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- DirectorJean RenoirStarsJean GabinJulien CaretteSimone SimonIn this classic adaptation of Emile Zola's novel, a tortured train engineer falls in love with a troubled married woman who has helped her husband commit a murder.
- DirectorHenri-Georges ClouzotStarsYves MontandCharles VanelPeter van EyckIn a decrepit South American village, four men are hired to transport an urgent nitroglycerine shipment without the equipment that would make it safe.
- DirectorJules DassinStarsJean ServaisCarl MöhnerRobert ManuelFour men plan a technically perfect crime, but the human element intervenes...
- DirectorJean-Pierre MelvilleStarsRoger DuchesneIsabelle CoreyDaniel CauchyAfter losing big, an aging gambler decides to assemble a team to rob a casino.
- DirectorRobert BressonStarsFrançois LeterrierCharles Le ClaincheMaurice BeerblockA captured French Resistance fighter during World War II engineers a daunting escape from a German prison in France.
- DirectorGilles GrangierStarsJean GabinPaul FrankeurMarcel BozzuffiA garage owner maintains his business as a front for his gang of criminals.
- DirectorGilles GrangierStarsDaniel GélinJeanne MoreauLino VenturaSimon Belin is an actor touring the provinces with his company. Although talented he has never been given the opportunity to shine on stage. It is always Bérimont, a matinée idol past his best, who gets the lead roles. One day however, Simon is witness to a murder. Subjected to the pressure of justice, of his agent and of his own wish for publicity, he identifies a suspect, Ferrari, without being certain he is the real culprit. Singled out by his action he becomes the toast of the town.Overnight he replaces Bérimont as the star of the play. But Ferrari, who had been sentenced to twenty years in prison, escapes and threatens him ; from now on he has ... three days to live.
- DirectorJean DelannoyStarsJean GabinAnnie GirardotOlivier HussenotA serial killer is targeting women in the seedy district of Le Marais.
- 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.
- DirectorÉdouard MolinaroStarsLino VenturaSandra MiloFranco FabriziSeeking vengeance on his wife's former lover and assassin, a man sets in motion a string of killings.
- DirectorGilles GrangierStarsLino VenturaAndréa ParisyRobert HirschPascal (Lino Ventura) sells newspapers. He is a simple man who one day resting on the banks of the Seine sees a drowning stranger. Pascal saves his life and begins his adventure next to a man who says his wife wants to intern in a madhouse. No good deed goes unpunished.
- DirectorRené ClémentStarsAlain DelonMaurice RonetMarie LaforêtTom Ripley is a talented mimic, moocher, forger and all-around criminal improviser; but there's more to Tom Ripley than even he can guess.
- DirectorJacques BeckerStarsAndré BervilJean KeraudyMichel ConstantinDistrust and uncertainty arise when four long-term inmates cautiously induct a new prisoner into their elaborate prison-break scheme.
- DirectorMarcel BluwalStarsRobert HosseinLea MassariRobert DalbanOn a Christmas night, an ex-convict, Robert Herbin, meets a beautiful Italian married woman Marthe Drévet, who has got a lot of things to hide.
- DirectorJean-Pierre MelvilleStarsJean-Paul BelmondoSerge ReggianiJean DesaillyA burglar betraying other criminals prepares for a big heist with a trusted friend who might be as untrustworthy as he.
- DirectorClaude ChabrolStarsMichèle MorganDanielle DarrieuxHildegard KnefFollows a family man who meets women through lonely-hearts ads.
- DirectorHenri VerneuilStarsJean GabinAlain DelonClaude CervalA career con artist reunites with his wife but has already planned his next move: one daring last heist that will set him up for life. However, there is no such thing as a foolproof plan.
- DirectorChristian-JaqueStarsMarina VladyBourvilVirna LisiGina is the dedicated nurse of Paul Dupré, a wealthy industrialist who has been treated for heart problems. Dupré dies brutally during an injection made by Gina, and immediately his wife Catherine accuses Gina.
- DirectorJacques DerayStarsMichel AuclairClaude DauphinJosé GiovanniFive men tied to businesses with varying degrees of legality pool their money to go in on one huge narcotics deal that can set them up for life - and test their loyalties.
- DirectorPierre Granier-DeferreStarsLino VenturaCharles AznavourIrina DemickThree petty criminals get a tip for a great coup with lots of money in it. Unfortunately they lack the starting funds to buy the required welding torch. So they persuade their successful colleague Alphonse to join their team. But the well thought-out coup fails, and Alphonse is the only one of them who ends up in jail for several years. When he's released, he's out for revenge.
- DirectorCosta-GavrasStarsCatherine AllégretJacques PerrinSimone SignoretThe witnesses of a train murder must take the investigation into their own hands if they want to survive.
- DirectorJean-Pierre MelvilleStarsLino VenturaPaul MeurisseRaymond PellegrinA gangster escapes jail and quickly makes plans to continue his criminal ways elsewhere, but a determined inspector is closing in.
- DirectorPierre SchoendoerfferStarsBruno CremerMarisa MellJean-Claude RollandReichau, a former army captain, is back in France after serving three years in prison for belonging to the OAS(Secret Armed Organization), a dissident paramilitary group during the Algerian War. Marked by his past, he does not believe in the values of his country any more. At a loss to know what to do with his life, he agrees one day to take part in a heist set up by Pierre, a pilot, the very man who gave him away in Oran. The operation, in which Yo, a gorgeous woman, participates, consists in stealing a bag containing 55 million francs during a Paris-Bordeaux flight...
- DirectorGérard OuryStarsBourvilLouis de FunèsClaudio BrookSeveral ordinary Frenchmen go on an epic voyage through the occupied country to the free zone as they help British pilots avoid German captivity.
- DirectorJean DelannoyStarsJean GabinRobert StackMargaret LeeSophisticated crook talks ex-crook and now respectable business man into one last caper. This highly planned and well executed crime goes off without a hitch until rival bad guys want a piece of the action.
- DirectorJean-Pierre MelvilleStarsAlain DelonFrançois PérierNathalie DelonAfter professional hitman Jef Costello is seen by witnesses his efforts to provide himself an alibi drive him further into a corner.
- DirectorPhilippe CondroyerStarsJean-Louis TrintignantValérie LagrangeLuis PrendesBarcelona, 1967. Hans Fromm, a German-born architect, lives an well-ordered everyday life. He has become the target of an antifascist death squad though. Indeed their leader, Julius, whose brother was killed by Schmidt, a merciless S.S., believes, without being absolutely certain, that Fromm and Schmidt are the same man. The team, whose other members are Georges, the son of a deportee liquidated by Schmidt craving for action, Raphaël, a mercenary type, Nils, the photographer and Romain, watch Fromm's every move until Julius, convinced at last that the quiet German is their man, gives the green light for the operation. They manage to lure the former Nazi to an old house but Schmidt/Fromm won't let himself be captured so easily...
- DirectorAlain CavalierStarsMichel ConstantinDaniel IvernelFranco InterlenghiBased on Richard Stark's novel "The Score", this is the story of a commando-like attack on a small mining town. The "finger" giving the plan to the crew also ends up being its nemesis.
- DirectorAndré CayatteStarsJacques BrelEmmanuelle RivaRené DaryJean Doucet is a popular schoolmaster teaching in a small town in Normandy. At least he was... Until the day one of his pupils, Catherine Roussel, a garage owner's daughter, accuses him of trying to rape her. But although Doucet (happily married to schoolmistress Suzanne) has always had a conduct above reproach, the Roussels decide to file a complaint against him...
- DirectorJulien DuvivierStarsAlain DelonSenta BergerPeter MosbacherA wealthy amnesiac begins to suspect that his devoted wife is not really his wife and that he is not the man people keep telling him he is.
- DirectorGeorges LautnerStarsJean GabinDany CarrelJean GavenSix months before his retirement from the criminal police, inspector Joss finds his colleague Gouvion dead, in a poorly faked suicide attempt. Joss loses his temper, and investigates on his own, which leads him through the bas-fond of Paris...
- DirectorJean HermanStarsAlain DelonCharles BronsonBrigitte FosseyAfter an overseas deployment, two former French Foreign Legion members plan to break into the vault of a French corporation.
- DirectorCosta-GavrasStarsYves MontandIrene PapasJean-Louis TrintignantThe public murder of a prominent politician and doctor amid a violent demonstration is covered up by military and government officials. A tenacious magistrate is determined not to let them get away with it.
- DirectorFrançois TruffautStarsCatherine DeneuveJean-Paul BelmondoNelly BorgeaudA wealthy plantation owner is captivated by a mysterious woman with a shady past.
- DirectorClaude ChabrolStarsMichel DuchaussoyCaroline CellierJean YanneA man asserts himself within the life of an actress he believes is somehow responsible for his son's death.
- DirectorHenri VerneuilStarsJean GabinAlain DelonLino VenturaAn ambitious young mobster plans an elaborate diamond heist while seducing the daughter of a ruthless mob patriarch as a determined police commissioner closes in on all of them.
- DirectorSergio GobbiStarsRobert HosseinCharles AznavourVirna LisiPatterning himself after the American gangster John Dillinger, a criminal is tracked by an inspector, a former childhood friend.
- DirectorRené ClémentStarsCharles BronsonJill IrelandMarlène JobertA US Army colonel in France tries to track down an escaped sex maniac.
- DirectorPierre Granier-DeferreStarsJean GabinDanièle AjoretMichel BarbeyNear the Baie de la Seine swamps, opposite the Port of Le Havre, Auguste Maroilleur, an elderly farmer, exploits 400 hectares of crop land with the help of his family, over which he rules with an iron hand. Things go awry the day he discovers one of his grandsons is involved in drug traffic. To make matters worse, the reckless youth has hidden the white powder in the Maroilleur farm. Without a moment's hesitation, Auguste gets rid of the toxic substance but, of course, the mob has different views...
- DirectorÉdouard LuntzStarsMaurice RonetMichel BouquetCathy Rosier
- DirectorYves BoissetStarsMichel BouquetFrançoise FabianGianni GarkoWhile investigating a drug case, an inspector is shot dead by a gangster. His colleague, Inspector Favenin, is assigned to solve this crime. He is ready to do anything to save his colleague's honor, even if it means going beyond the law.
- DirectorJean-Pierre MelvilleStarsAlain DelonBourvilGian Maria VolontèAfter leaving prison, master thief Corey crosses paths with a notorious escapee and an alcoholic former policeman. The trio proceed to plot an elaborate heist.
- DirectorClaude LelouchStarsJean-Louis TrintignantDanièle DelormeCharles GérardStory about an incurable thief, his success and his failures.
- DirectorRoger PigautStarsMichel BouquetSerge ReggianiHubert Deschamps10 years ago, François Nolan and his brother were betrayed by one of their accomplices after a break-in. During the fight with the police, Francois' brother was killed and François disfigured a cop. Now, François is back for revenge. As nobody knows who the traitor was, the former accomplices lose their heads. The disfigured cop is also waiting for the right moment to take his revenge on François.
- DirectorClaude SautetStarsDanielle DurouAlain BelartMichel PiccoliA detective decides to go undercover and set up a group of robbers, but he may be getting too caught up in the task at hand.
- DirectorJean LarriagaStarsRobert HosseinCharles AznavourMichel ConstantinA writer teams up with a friend to set up a robbery.
- DirectorHenri VerneuilStarsJean-Paul BelmondoOmar SharifDyan CannonIn 1970s Athens a group of professional burglars plans an emerald heist from the home of a gem collector, but corrupt Greek police inspector Abel Zacharia is on their trail.
- DirectorSergio GobbiStarsCharles AznavourMarie-Christine BarraultRaymond PellegrinThe surgeon Charles Bernard returns from a cruise with his wife Françoise and their daughter Viviane. In his villa in La Napoule, Bernard meets a stranger who threatens to kill his granddaughter if he does not pay him 100 million in cash.
- DirectorDenys de La PatellièreStarsJean GabinFabio TestiUschi GlasWhilst being transferred to a psychiatric hospital, a ruthless serial killer Gassot makes a break and goes on the run. He arrives in Marseilles, intending to escape abroad. Here, he falls for a young prostitute, Gerda.
- DirectorGilles GrangierStarsClaude BrasseurMarthe KellerAndré WeberA young man and a hardened criminal meet in a prison hospital. They escape and when the older man dies the young one tries to take his place.
- DirectorRené ClémentStarsJean-Louis TrintignantRobert RyanLea MassariA crook on the run hooks up with a criminal gang to commit a kidnapping. However, things don't go quite as planned.
- DirectorJean-Pierre MelvilleStarsAlain DelonRichard CrennaCatherine DeneuveAfter a shaky first heist, a group of thieves plan an even more elaborate and risky second heist.
- DirectorJosé GiovanniStarsJean-Paul BelmondoClaudia CardinaleMichel ConstantinFor more than 15 years, two Marseille friends and criminals battle the law, rival gangs, prison authorities and even mined beaches in order to survive.
- DirectorÉdouard MolinaroStarsDaniel CauchyBulle OgierGilles SégalBarely out of the psychiatric hospital where he went to seek care, Gilbert Nodier commits several assaults to have some money.
- DirectorClaude PinoteauStarsLino VenturaLeo GennSuzanne FlonWho is Anton Haliakov, who has just been abducted by the M.I.5 in London? A Soviet scientist apparently. But sixteen years before the man had another identity, Clément Tibère, and another nationality, French. So what led him to become Russian and to change identity? And why are the British secret services interested in him?
- DirectorHenri VerneuilStarsYul BrynnerHenry FondaDirk BogardeA Soviet diplomat hatches a complicated plan to enable him to defect to the West.
- DirectorJean LarriagaStarsRobert HosseinCharles DennerNicole CourcelCamille, Dov and Joëlle live on the edge of society and are involved in petty theft helping them to buy their drug doses and to survive as best they can. One day, while attempting to rob a movie theater, they activate the alarm signal and it is Pierre, Camille's brother, who is doing a heist in the same building, who is arrested red-handed. The three young people decide to kidnap a police officer and exchange him for Pierre.
- DirectorClaude LelouchStarsLino VenturaFrançoise FabianCharles GérardReleased from prison apparently under a New Year amnesty, a criminal tries to pick up the threads of a life changed not only by his daring plan to rob a jewelry store in out-of-season Cannes, but also by a very special someone he met there.
- DirectorÉdouard MolinaroStarsLino VenturaJacques BrelCaroline CellierMilan must kill Louis Randoni before he testifies in a court of law. He is disturbed by his depressed roommate François Pignon who commits suicide by hanging himself from the toilet pipe flooding Milan's room. Here he is stuck in problems.
- DirectorJosé GiovanniStarsAlain DelonJean GabinMimsy FarmerA former bank robber is released after 10 years in prison. He gets help from a social-worker, but gets harassed by an old cop from his past.
- DirectorClaude ChabrolStarsFabio TestiMaurice GarrelLou CastelA group of anarchist leftist called "Nada" and led by the terrorist Buenaventura Diaz abducts American ambassador Richard Poindexter in a brothel in Paris and takes him to a farm in the countryside. The French Minister gives a blank cheque to violent Chief of Police Goemond, who is assigned to destroy the kidnappers. Then the Minister makes him the scapegoat of the messy situation to protect the State.
- DirectorAndré CayatteStarsSophia LorenJean GabinJulien BertheauA French judge tries to acquit a man who is accused of murdering his lover.
- DirectorRobert EnricoStarsJean-Louis TrintignantMarlène JobertPhilippe NoiretA stranger enters into and forever alters the life of a couple. He claims to be pursued by certain authorities who intend to prevent him from disclosing a secret that only he holds, whence the title. Is he lying, or insane - or is he telling the truth? Who, if anyone, is after him? And what *is* - the secret?
- DirectorYves BoissetStarsJean CarmetPierre TornadeJean BouiseA family holiday turns to tragedy when hostilities between the French holidaymakers and a group of local Arab workers turns violent.
- DirectorHenri VerneuilStarsJean-Paul BelmondoCharles DennerAdalberto Maria MerliCommissaire Letellier and Inspector Moissac are tracking Minos, a serial killer whose victims are women.
- DirectorPierre Granier-DeferreStarsLino VenturaIngrid ThulinWilliam SabatierA vengeful woman traps her ex husband in their basement. He realizes that the only chance he has of ever getting out is to try and beat her at her own psychological mind game.
- DirectorYves BoissetStarsMarlène JobertTomas MilianThomas WaintropA young woman, out of a psychiatric clinic, is engaged as a governess of the nephew of a rich industrialist.
- DirectorRobert EnricoStarsPhilippe NoiretRomy SchneiderJean BouiseDuring World War II, a peaceful French surgeon decides to ruthlessly exterminate an SS squad because of the atrocities they'd just committed in his countryside home and childhood village.
- DirectorJacques DerayStarsAlain DelonJean-Louis TrintignantRenato SalvatoriThe hunt for a seasoned killer becomes a matter of life for a policeman. Action-packed drama based on real events.
- DirectorClaude ZidiStarsPierre RichardJane BirkinMichel AumontAn awkward banker tracks down cabaret performers, who stole the ownership title of their nightclub.
- DirectorJosé GiovanniStarsAlain DelonPaul MeurisseAnnie GirardotHugo Sennart, a French gypsy, is wanted by the police for theft. Gypsy has a couple of scores to settle and one more little thing to do before he fades into the shadows.
- DirectorPierre Granier-DeferreStarsLino VenturaPatrick DewaereVictor LanouxTwo policemen risk of interfering with a corrupt politician.
- DirectorPhilippe LabroStarsJean-Paul BelmondoBruno CremerJean NégroniL'Alpagueur is a free-lance spy from the French secret agency. He's put on the investigation about L'epervier, a serial-killer who employs young boys to help him robbing banks before killing them.
- DirectorAlain CorneauStarsYves MontandFrançois PérierSimone SignoretAn inspector is having a secret relationship with a woman. When she is murdered by his boss, all proof is against him.
- DirectorJosé GiovanniStarsAlain DelonCarla GravinaDora DollUnder the influence of drugs, a teenager, Eddy, kills a policeman. His father, Jacques, pleads extenuating circumstances and nearly succeeds in gaining the confidence of the policeman's widow. But the press reveals that Jacques is an ex-gangster who has spent time in prison.
- DirectorClaude ZidiStarsLouis de FunèsColucheAnn ZachariasCharles Duchemin, a well-known gourmet and the publisher of a famous restaurant guide, is waging a war against fast-food entrepreneur Tricatel to save the French art of cooking. After having agreed to appear on a talk show to show his skills in naming food and wine by taste, he is confronted with two disasters: his son wants to become a clown rather than a restaurant tester and he, the famous Charles Duchemin, has lost his taste.
- DirectorSerge LeroyStarsJean-Louis TrintignantMireille DarcBernard FressonA man and his stepson driving across Europe are terrorized by a man following them in a pickup truck.
- DirectorAlain JessuaStarsAlain DelonJean YanneRenato SalvatoriAfter years of poverty, Carrier, a repairman, inherits a large sum of money upon his brother's death in an accident. Now rich, he decides it is time to make his mark and be known at any cost. Becoming more and more mentally unstable, he begins to threaten police and the government signing his tracts, "Armaguedon". A detective from Interpol heads the investigation and prepares a trap at an international conference of world leaders in Paris.
- DirectorGeorges LautnerStarsAlain DelonOrnella MutiStéphane AudranOne early morning deputy Philippe Dubaye wakes up his old friend Xavier Maréchal with disturbing news: he has just killed Serrano, a racketeer with extant political connections. Serrano kept proofs of Dubaye's involvement in corrupt dealings and was poised to use them against the deputy. Xavier readily agrees to cover up for his old pal Philippe, but he soon runs into difficulties. Nobody believes Dubaye's alibi. And everybody -- influential personalities, powerful businessmen, dubious go-betweens and the police -- wants to get hold of the documents that served to blackmail Dubaye; by all possible means.
- DirectorJacques DerayStarsLino VenturaClaudine AugerPaul CrauchetA man who finds there is another world to the one we know.
- DirectorClaude LelouchStarsCharles DennerJacques VilleretJean-Claude BrialyTwo misfits meet at a dating agency and breakthrough in the social world in ways they never imagined.
- DirectorGeorges LautnerStarsJean-Paul BelmondoGeorges GéretJean-François BalmerCommissaire Stanislas Borowitz is going undercover as gangster Antonio Cerutti in order to expose corrupted policemen.
- DirectorHenri VerneuilStarsYves MontandMichel AlbertiniRoland AmstutzConspiracy thriller inspired by the conspiracy theories surrounding the assassination of JFK. After a fictional president is assassinated, a determined, tough prosecutor investigates the emerging conspiracy behind it.
- DirectorRobert EnricoStarsPhilippe NoiretMichel SerraultDorothéeFor inspector Baroni, Monsieur Morlaix is the main suspect who might have killed his wife.
- DirectorJacques DerayStarsAlain DelonDalila Di LazzaroMichel AuclairA man is pursued by killers after helping someone at a car crash.
- DirectorJosé GiovanniStarsAnnie GirardotClaude BrasseurBruno CremerA lawyer, in order to prove the innocence of one of her clients, does not hesitate to put her career in danger.
- DirectorClaude MillerStarsLino VenturaMichel SerraultRomy SchneiderA police inspector, suspecting an attorney of two child sex murders, has him held for a questioning session that goes on for hours.
- DirectorGeorges LautnerStarsJean-Paul BelmondoJean DesaillyCyrielle ClairVictim of a plot which has resulted in his imprisonment in a Central African jail for two years, a French secret agent arrives in Paris to settle accounts.
- DirectorNicolas RibowskiStarsClaude BrasseurJean-Louis TrintignantJean-Paul RoussillonTwo great friends who practice cycling, Commissioner Servolle and real estate developer Faguet, see their friendship tested by the investigation carried out following the murder of Faguet's wife.
- DirectorYves BoissetStarsLino VenturaMichel PiccoliBruno CremerSébastien Grenier, a secret agent, eliminates all his rivals in order to decipher who has killed some of his associates.
- DirectorBob SwaimStarsNathalie BayePhilippe LéotardRichard BerryPolice compel a couple of criminals to become its informants.
- DirectorClaude MillerStarsMichel SerraultIsabelle AdjaniGuy MarchandA P.I. is obsessed with a cute woman, who seduces and kills rich men around W. Europe.
- DirectorMichel VianeyStarsVictor LanouxJean RochefortBarbara SukowaFrank and Rupert are police commissioners. Fred, a former police officer, is informed that a major heroin and money transaction to take place.
- DirectorJacques DerayStarsJean-Paul BelmondoHenry SilvaMaria Carlos Sotto MayorThe story is about Commissioner Jordan who arrives in Marseille to combat drug trafficking activities in his own unique way.
- DirectorFrancis VeberStarsPierre RichardGérard DepardieuAnny DupereyA woman, whose troubled son has left home, informs two different men from her past that each of them is a real father. Too different men.
- DirectorClaude BerriStarsColucheRichard AnconinaAgnès SoralA story of an odd friendship - and the unexpected consequences.
- DirectorAndré GénovèsStarsNicolas SilbergCaroline AguilarGérard SergueJacques Mesrine was the foremost criminal, public enemy N°1, the man most wanted in France, guilty of 39 crimes. "In the police or newspaper history, Mesrine broke all records". The film begins with his escape on May 8, 1978. Mesrine was the only man to escape from La Santé. We relieve the 18 crazy months he spent on the run and his encounter with Sylvia who is swept into his madness.
- DirectorClaude ZidiStarsPhilippe NoiretThierry LhermitteRégineA moderately corrupt veteran policeman teaches the art of bribes to his young partner. The rookie turns out to be an extremely capable student, and soon overtakes the teacher.
- DirectorClaude PinoteauStarsLino VenturaLea MassariJean PoiretThe writer Bastien (Lino Ventura), is beaten up by strangers. After another attack, a blackmailer asks for $ 1 million. After Bastien learns why the gigantic sum is demanded, the hunt for the criminal leads him up to the Berlin Wall.