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51. L'hôtel de la plage (1978)
R | 110 min | Comedy
A seaside hotel is the theater for sex, first love and deceptions among parents and their children.
Director: Michel Lang | Stars: Sophie Barjac, Myriam Boyer, Daniel Ceccaldi, Michèle Grellier
Votes: 366
52. Kitchen with Apartment (1993)
94 min | Comedy, Drama
Martine and Jacques knew their friend before he became an important television personality, but have not seen him for over ten years. They are hospitable people - witness the fact that they... See full summary »
Director: Philippe Muyl | Stars: Jean-Pierre Bacri, Agnès Jaoui, Zabou Breitman, Sam Karmann
Votes: 1,983
53. Speaking of Murder (1957)
95 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
A garage owner maintains his business as a front for his gang of criminals.
Director: Gilles Grangier | Stars: Jean Gabin, Paul Frankeur, Marcel Bozzuffi, Albert Dinan
Votes: 656
54. La Poison (1951)
Not Rated | 85 min | Comedy, Crime
Through a series of circumstances and plot twists an enterprising man manages to get away with murdering his wife, even though he cheerfully admits his guilt in court.
Director: Sacha Guitry | Stars: Michel Simon, Jean Debucourt, Jacques Varennes, Jeanne Fusier-Gir
Votes: 1,629
55. Roselyne and the Lions (1988)
Not Rated | 139 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
Thierry (Gérard Sandoz) drops out of school to apprentice as a lion tamer at the zoo when he meets Roselyne (Isabelle Pasco), who shares his passion. They fall in love and when he loses his... See full summary »
Directors: Jean-Jacques Beineix, Jim Henson | Stars: Isabelle Pasco, Gérard Sandoz, Gabriel Monnet, Philippe Clévenot
Votes: 535
56. Les risques du métier (1967)
105 min | Drama
Jean 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 ... See full summary »
Director: André Cayatte | Stars: Jacques Brel, Emmanuelle Riva, René Dary, Nadine Alari
Votes: 621
57. Cop or Hood (1979)
PG | 107 min | Action, Comedy, Crime
Commissaire Stanislas Borowitz is going undercover as gangster Antonio Cerutti in order to expose corrupted policemen.
Director: Georges Lautner | Stars: Jean-Paul Belmondo, Georges Géret, Jean-François Balmer, Claude Brosset
Votes: 3,107
58. On a retrouvé la 7ème compagnie ! (1975)
90 min | Comedy, War
The French army's 7th Company experiences a severe setback during World War II when it gets separated from other units of its army. They disguise themselves as officers to escape death when they are taken prisoner by the Germans.
Director: Robert Lamoureux | Stars: Jean Lefebvre, Pierre Mondy, Henri Guybet, Pierre Tornade
Votes: 1,835
59. Razzia (1955)
105 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
Henri, the Man from Nantes, comes back to his country after a successful stay in the United States, where he was working for Liski, the drug dealer. With the fame of being a tough guy ... See full summary »
Director: Henri Decoin | Stars: Jean Gabin, Marcel Dalio, Lino Ventura, Albert Rémy
Votes: 1,313
60. Cops Is Cops (1972)
PG | 95 min | Comedy, Crime
For a special mission to destroy drug dealers in Nice, hardcore bachelor inspector Campana has to don the role of a married man with a child. He adjusts himself well but will have to fight a lot before being able to achieve final victory.
Director: Georges Lautner | Stars: Alain Delon, Mireille Darc, Michel Constantin, Michael Lonsdale
Votes: 734
61. My Uncle Benjamin (1969)
90 min | Comedy
In the amorous mid 18th century under Louis XV, a country doctor risks danger and prison to pursue his seduction of the women of the bourgeoisie.
Director: Édouard Molinaro | Stars: Jacques Brel, Claude Jade, Bernard Alane, Rosy Varte
Votes: 817
62. Le défroqué (1954)
107 min | Drama
In a prison camp, Gérard Lacassagne meets Maurice Morand, a mysterious, anticlerical officer. Lacassagne, who aspires to enter religion, discovers that Morand himself was a priest. He swears to bring him back into the fold of the Church.
Director: Léo Joannon | Stars: Pierre Fresnay, Pierre Trabaud, Nicole Stéphane, Marcelle Géniat
Votes: 135
63. Pasha (1968)
TV-MA | 90 min | Crime, Drama
Six 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... See full summary »
Director: Georges Lautner | Stars: Jean Gabin, Dany Carrel, Jean Gaven, André Pousse
Votes: 1,490
64. To Commit a Murder (1967)
M/PG | 93 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Charles Beaulieu, who served as an Army officer during the Algerian War, has become a novelist. Unfortunately for a playboy who lives in a big way like him, his books sell poorly. His need ... See full summary »
Director: Édouard Molinaro | Stars: Louis Jourdan, Senta Berger, Edmond O'Brien, Bernard Blier
Votes: 117
65. L'invité du mardi (1950)
100 min | Drama
When Charles learns that his wife and her lover want to poison him,he thinks of killing both of them .
Director: Jacques Deval | Stars: Bernard Blier, Michel Auclair, Madeleine Robinson, Nadine Alari
Votes: 35
66. Faut pas prendre les enfants du bon Dieu pour des canards sauvages (1968)
M | 85 min | Comedy, Crime
Rita will play her relationships, especially in love, among the crooks to get her share of gold bars.
Director: Michel Audiard | Stars: Françoise Rosay, Bernard Blier, Marlène Jobert, André Pousse
Votes: 525
67. Antonieta (1982)
Not Rated | 108 min | Biography, Drama, War
Anna uncovers an incident involving a young Mexican woman, Antonieta, while doing research for a book on women's suicides in the XXth century. In 1931, in the Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris, Antonieta shot herself through the heart.
Director: Carlos Saura | Stars: Isabelle Adjani, Hanna Schygulla, Ignacio López Tarso, Carlos Bracho
Votes: 405
68. Le Guignolo (1980)
108 min | Action, Comedy
Alexandre Dupré is a con artist, accidentally involved in a hunt for microfilm, containing a valuable invention of a recently murdered French scientist.
Director: Georges Lautner | Stars: Jean-Paul Belmondo, Georges Géret, Carla Romanelli, Von Gretchen Shepard
Votes: 2,504
69. Where the Truth Lies (1962)
83 min | Thriller
François is a vet surgeon on the Noirmoutier island. He is married to Catherine. One day, he is called by a mysterious attractive woman, Myriam, whose leopard is sick. They become lovers. ... See full summary »
Director: Henri Decoin | Stars: Juliette Gréco, Liselotte Pulver, Jean-Marc Bory, Georges Chamarat
Votes: 120
70. The Great Spy Chase (1964)
84 min | Action, Comedy, Thriller
A cold-war spy parody. After the death of an armaments manufacturer, an international group of spies is drawn into a high-stakes battle of wits to obtain the valuable military patents which have been inherited by the lovely widow.
Director: Georges Lautner | Stars: Lino Ventura, Francis Blanche, Bernard Blier, Mireille Darc
Votes: 2,013
71. The Adventures of Arsène Lupin (1957)
104 min | Crime, Mystery
Arsène Lupin, the multifaceted gentleman thief, steals two masterpieces from the President of the Council. Some time later, posing as Monsieur Gilles, a winegrower who is marrying his only ... See full summary »
Director: Jacques Becker | Stars: Robert Lamoureux, Liselotte Pulver, O.E. Hasse, Daniel Ceccaldi
Votes: 641
72. Caroline and the Rebels (1955)
105 min | Adventure, History
A young, innocent Brigitte Bardot plays the sister of the handsome French officer Juan D'Arandra. Close in a manner inappropriate of siblings, their attraction for each other tortures their... See full summary »
Director: Jean Devaivre | Stars: Jean-Claude Pascal, Alfred Adam, Daniel Ceccaldi, Jacques Dacqmine
Votes: 147
73. La nuit des Césars (1976– )
Documentary
The César is the national film prize of France. He is named after the French sculptor César Baldaccini.
Stars: Nathalie Baye, Antoine de Caunes, Juliette Binoche, Pierre Tchernia
Votes: 230
74. Escape to Nowhere (1973)
PG | 117 min | Drama, Thriller
Who 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 ... See full summary »
Director: Claude Pinoteau | Stars: Lino Ventura, Leo Genn, Suzanne Flon, Robert Hardy
Votes: 1,060
75. The Troubles of Alfred (1972)
98 min | Comedy, Romance, Sport
Alfred decides to commit suicide by jumping into a canal and he meets a beautiful TV reporter with the same plan.
Director: Pierre Richard | Stars: Pierre Richard, Anny Duperey, Jean Carmet, Paul Préboist
Votes: 1,050
76. Pardon Mon Affaire, Too! (1977)
PG | 110 min | Comedy
Sequel to Pardon Mon Affaire. Four men continue to explore the fallout from their personal lives. This time they buy a house in the country, but struggle to escape their troubles.
Director: Yves Robert | Stars: Jean Rochefort, Claude Brasseur, Guy Bedos, Victor Lanoux
Votes: 1,291
77. Le masque de fer (1962)
127 min | Adventure
The story of the Three Musketeers, D'Artagnan, and the imprisonment in an iron mask of the identical twin of the King of France, Louis XIV.
Director: Henri Decoin | Stars: Jean Marais, Sylva Koscina, Jean-François Poron, Gisèle Pascal
Votes: 610
78. La 7ème cible (1984)
108 min | Drama, Romance, Thriller
The 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.
Director: Claude Pinoteau | Stars: Lino Ventura, Lea Massari, Jean Poiret, Roger Planchon
Votes: 730
79. Comment réussir... quand on est con et pleurnichard (1974)
90 min | Comedy
Antoine Robineau is a beverage marketer. He succeeds in all his sales while whining about his fate.
Director: Michel Audiard | Stars: Jean Carmet, Stéphane Audran, Jane Birkin, Jean-Pierre Marielle
Votes: 456
80. La vouivre (1989)
102 min | Drama
Arsène Muselier returns to his home village at the end of the First World War. His only injury is a head wound, which sometimes provokes periods of delirium and fury. As he renews his ... See full summary »
Director: Georges Wilson | Stars: Lambert Wilson, Jean Carmet, Suzanne Flon, Jacques Dufilho
Votes: 158
81. Thirst for Gold (1993)
81 min | Adventure, Comedy, Crime
Some people will do anything for money, and even more - for gold.
Director: Gérard Oury | Stars: Christian Clavier, Tsilla Chelton, Catherine Jacob, Philippe Khorsand
Votes: 1,086
82. Now We've Seen It All! (1976)
R | 100 min | Comedy
An advertising photographer (Francois) has agreed to sell the poetic script of one of his friends to a porn-maker without his knowledge. But Christine, Francois' fiance, doesn't want him to... See full summary »
Director: Georges Lautner | Stars: Pierre Richard, Miou-Miou, Jean-Pierre Marielle, Renée Saint-Cyr
Votes: 875
83. Elle boit pas, elle fume pas, elle drague pas, mais... elle cause! (1970)
80 min | Comedy, Crime
Housemaid Georgette (Girardot) loves to gossip and this causes major trouble to people around her.
Director: Michel Audiard | Stars: Annie Girardot, Bernard Blier, Mireille Darc, Jean Le Poulain
Votes: 580
84. Distracted (1970)
85 min | Comedy
A comedy about an absent-minded man who works at a advertising company. He topples from one problem to another.
Director: Pierre Richard | Stars: Pierre Richard, Marie-Christine Barrault, Maria Pacôme, Catherine Samie
Votes: 1,677
85. La 7ème compagnie au clair de lune (1977)
75 min | Comedy
1942 in an occupied area. After being demobilized, Tassin, Pithivier and Staff Sergeant Chaudard returned to their previous lives.
Director: Robert Lamoureux | Stars: Jean Lefebvre, Pierre Mondy, Henri Guybet, Patricia Karim
Votes: 1,582
86. Double Agents (1959)
80 min | Drama
(1959) Robert Hossein, Marina Vlady, Robert Le Beal. A brilliant "little" spy film. Hossein and Vlady play mysterious characters who meet up one night in a lonely cabin in the wilds of ... See full summary »
Director: Robert Hossein | Stars: Robert Hossein, Marina Vlady, Michel Etcheverry, Robert Le Béal
Votes: 118
87. Troubleshooters (1971)
100 min | Action, Comedy, Crime
The heroes of this tape are two released ahead of schedule for exemplary behavior. In prison, they developed an ingenious plan for a further comfortable life. They thought they had thought of everything. But, alas, one of them is married.
Director: Georges Lautner | Stars: Jean Yanne, Mireille Darc, Bernard Blier, Michel Constantin
Votes: 457
88. Le bal des casse-pieds (1992)
99 min | Comedy
Henri Sauveur, a veterinarian in his fifties, is harassed by his parents, friends and working relationships. He leaves with Louise in Normandy to live the perfect love. But again, the pitfalls seem to wait for him.
Director: Yves Robert | Stars: Jean Rochefort, Miou-Miou, Jean Carmet, Odette Laure
Votes: 597
89. Courage fuyons (1979)
100 min | Comedy, Romance
At forty years old, Martin Belhomme leads a quiet life with his wife and two children. One day, he falls hopelessly in love with Eva, a cabaret singer. He decides to follow her to Amsterdam. From then on, his life becomes very eventful.
Director: Yves Robert | Stars: Jean Rochefort, Catherine Deneuve, Philippe Leroy, Michel Beaune
Votes: 447
90. The Hostage Gang (1973)
100 min | Drama
Barely out of the psychiatric hospital where he went to seek care, Gilbert Nodier commits several assaults to have some money.
Director: Édouard Molinaro | Stars: Daniel Cauchy, Bulle Ogier, Gilles Ségal, Gérard Darrieu
Votes: 82
91. Le cri du cormoran, le soir au-dessus des jonques (1971)
85 min | Comedy
Alfred Mullanet, an unlucky player who lives on his wife's income, becomes in a few moments the object of interest of two thugs, Kruger and Mister K.
Director: Michel Audiard | Stars: Paul Meurisse, Bernard Blier, Michel Serrault, Marion Game
Votes: 368
92. I tartassati (1959)
105 min | Comedy
Mr. Pezzella owns and operates a well-established luxury-clothing store. He does not like and does not consider it right to pay taxes and therefore uses a tax consultant to be able to evade more taxes.
Director: Steno | Stars: Totò, Aldo Fabrizi, Cathia Caro, Luciano Marin
Votes: 982
93. Carambolages (1963)
88 min | Comedy, Crime
The story takes place in a luxury building of about ten floors where the "321" agency has its headquarters. The company watches over the holidays of its customers.
Director: Marcel Bluwal | Stars: Louis de Funès, Jean-Claude Brialy, Michel Serrault, Sophie Daumier
Votes: 1,010
94. Dear Caroline (1951)
115 min | Comedy
14th July 1789. While the wedding of her older unprepossessing sister Louise to a wealthy aristocrat is being celebrated, sixteen-year old beauty Caroline falls in love with an attractive ... See full summary »
Director: Richard Pottier | Stars: Martine Carol, Alfred Adam, Jacques Baumer, Paul Bernard
Votes: 171
95. Imperial Venus (1962)
PG | 140 min | Drama, History, Romance
This loose biopic relates the adult life of Paolina (Paulette), the sister of Napoleon Bonaparte. She is portrayed as a willful, yet impulsive woman, through her marriages and scandals, through the heights and depths of Napoleon's life.
Director: Jean Delannoy | Stars: Gina Lollobrigida, Stephen Boyd, Raymond Pellegrin, Micheline Presle
Votes: 205
96. The Taste of Violence (1961)
85 min | Drama, Western
This European "western" by Robert Hossein (screenwriter, director, and lead) is set in an unnamed Latin American country suffering under a dictator. A revolution is underway, or at least ... See full summary »
Director: Robert Hossein | Stars: Robert Hossein, Giovanna Ralli, Mario Adorf, Hans H. Neubert
Votes: 194
97. Clara and the Why Not (1981)
110 min | Comedy, Drama, Music
Three days in the lives of six friends who are nearly 30 years old, live in Grenoble, and have a rock band called the "Why Notes?". They're to play in Paris at Charles's school reunion. In ... See full summary »
Director: Jacques Monnet | Stars: Isabelle Adjani, Daniel Auteuil, Josiane Balasko, Christophe Bourseiller
Votes: 499
98. Les vécés étaient fermés de l'intérieur (1976)
74 min | Comedy, Crime
Superintendent Pichard investigates the death of a toilet attendant.
Director: Patrice Leconte | Stars: Coluche, Jean Rochefort, Roland Dubillard, Danièle Evenou
Votes: 534
99. Quelques messieurs trop tranquilles (1973)
92 min | Comedy, Crime, Mystery
The sleepy little village of Loubressac is well on its way to becoming a ghost town. To save the town, the local citizenry hatch a plan to attract tourists. To their horror, the plan ... See full summary »
Director: Georges Lautner | Stars: Dani, Michel Galabru, Henri Guybet, Jean Lefebvre
Votes: 376
100. L'été de nos quinze ans (1983)
92 min | Comedy, Drama
It was during their childhood that François and Malène became friends. Years later, the two teenagers find themselves. Their parents, moved by their reunion, will help them not to spoil this new chance.
Director: Marcel Jullian | Stars: Michel Sardou, Cyrielle Clair, Malène Sveinbjornsson, Alexandre Sterling
Votes: 40