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1. Jackie (V) (2016)
R | 100 min | Biography, Drama
Following the assassination of President John F. Kennedy, First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy fights through grief and trauma to regain her faith, console her children, and define her husband's historic legacy.
Director: Pablo Larraín | Stars: Natalie Portman, Peter Sarsgaard, Greta Gerwig, Billy Crudup
Votes: 83,461 | Gross: $13.96M
2. To Have and Have Not (1944)
Passed | 100 min | Adventure, Comedy, Film-Noir
During World War II, American expatriate Harry Morgan helps transport a French Resistance leader and his beautiful wife to Martinique while romancing a sensuous lounge singer.
Director: Howard Hawks | Stars: Humphrey Bogart, Lauren Bacall, Walter Brennan, Dolores Moran
Votes: 38,018
3. The Train (1964)
Not Rated | 133 min | Action, Thriller, War
In 1944, a German colonel loads a train with French art treasures to send to Germany. The Resistance must stop it without damaging the cargo.
Director: John Frankenheimer | Stars: Burt Lancaster, Paul Scofield, Jeanne Moreau, Suzanne Flon
Votes: 18,909 | Gross: $7.41M
4. Suite Française (2014)
107 min | Drama, Romance, Thriller
During the early years of German occupation of France in World War II, romance blooms between Lucile Angellier (Michelle Williams), a French villager, and Lieutenant Bruno von Falk (Matthias Schoenaerts), a German soldier.
Director: Saul Dibb | Stars: Michelle Williams, Kristin Scott Thomas, Margot Robbie, Eric Godon
Votes: 28,550
5. Serial Bad Weddings (2014)
97 min | Comedy
A French Catholic couple sees their life get turned upside-down when their four daughters get married to men of different nationalities and religions.
Director: Philippe de Chauveron | Stars: Christian Clavier, Chantal Lauby, Ary Abittan, Medi Sadoun
Votes: 45,460
6. Sleeper (1973)
PG | 89 min | Comedy, Sci-Fi
A nerdish store owner is revived out of cryostasis into a future world to fight an oppressive government.
Director: Woody Allen | Stars: Woody Allen, Diane Keaton, John Beck, Mary Gregory
Votes: 44,839 | Gross: $2.91M
7. Air America (1990)
R | 113 min | Action, Comedy, War
A young pilot finds himself recruited unwittingly into a covert and corrupt CIA airlift operation in Laos during the Vietnam conflict.
Director: Roger Spottiswoode | Stars: Mel Gibson, Robert Downey Jr., Nancy Travis, Ken Jenkins
Votes: 30,554 | Gross: $31.05M
8. Saint Laurent (2014)
R | 150 min | Biography, Drama, Romance
Yves Saint Laurent's life from 1967 to 1976, during which time the famed fashion designer was at the peak of his career.
Director: Bertrand Bonello | Stars: Gaspard Ulliel, Jérémie Renier, Louis Garrel, Léa Seydoux
Votes: 6,483 | Gross: $0.43M
9. JFK Revisited: Through the Looking Glass (2021)
TV-14 | 118 min | Documentary, History
Declassified files related to President Kennedy's assassination in a far larger context, aiming to shine more light on what really happened in 1963.
Director: Oliver Stone | Stars: Donald Sutherland, Whoopi Goldberg, Oliver Stone, Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
Votes: 4,238
10. Mesrine: Killer Instinct (2008)
R | 113 min | Action, Biography, Crime
The story of the notorious French gangster Jacques Mesrine, with the focus on his life before the early 1970s and the events that led to him being declared Public Enemy No. 1 in France.
Director: Jean-François Richet | Stars: Vincent Cassel, Cécile de France, Gérard Depardieu, Gilles Lellouche
Votes: 35,299 | Gross: $0.55M
11. Is Paris Burning? (1966)
Approved | 173 min | Drama, History, War
August 1944. The Allies are approaching Paris and resistance groups within the city start to plan an uprising against the Germans. However, Hitler wants the city destroyed if it looks like the Allies will take it.
Director: René Clément | Stars: Jean-Paul Belmondo, Charles Boyer, Leslie Caron, Jean-Pierre Cassel
Votes: 5,199
12. Divorce American Style (1967)
Approved | 109 min | Comedy
Dick Van Dyke and Debbie Reynolds star as a suburban couple who learn that not even divorce can solve all their problems.
Director: Bud Yorkin | Stars: Dick Van Dyke, Debbie Reynolds, Jason Robards, Jean Simmons
Votes: 1,885 | Gross: $12.00M
13. OSS 117: From Africa with Love (2021)
117 min | Action, Comedy
The third entry in secret agent OSS 117's parodic spy adventures.
Director: Nicolas Bedos | Stars: Jean Dujardin, Pierre Niney, Fatou N'Diaye, Natacha Lindinger
Votes: 5,859
14. Lacombe, Lucien (1974)
R | 138 min | Drama, War
In 1944, an 18-year-old boy from small-town France collaborates with the Gestapo and subsequently falls in love with a Jewish girl.
Director: Louis Malle | Stars: Pierre Blaise, Aurore Clément, Holger Löwenadler, Therese Giehse
Votes: 7,715
15. Serial (Bad) Weddings 2 (2019)
99 min | Comedy, Drama
Claude and Marie Verneuil face a new crisis: their four daughters' spouses--David, Rachid, Chao, and Charles--have decided to leave France for various reasons. Here they imagine their lives elsewhere.
Director: Philippe de Chauveron | Stars: Christian Clavier, Chantal Lauby, Ary Abittan, Medi Sadoun
Votes: 9,643
16. Godard Mon Amour (2017)
R | 107 min | Biography, Comedy, Drama
In 1967, during the making of "La Chinoise," film director Jean-Luc Godard falls in love with 19-year-old actress Anne Wiazemsky and marries her.
Director: Michel Hazanavicius | Stars: Louis Garrel, Stacy Martin, Bérénice Bejo, Micha Lescot
Votes: 6,009 | Gross: $0.08M
17. The Chambermaid's Dream (1971)
90 min | Drama
A sexually frustrated woman, living with her sister and the latter's husband, is tormented by bizarre nightmares and violent erotic fantasies.
Director: José Bénazéraf | Stars: Janine Reynaud, Michel Lemoine, Elizabeth Teissier, José Bénazéraf
Votes: 261
18. Days of Glory (2006)
R | 120 min | Action, Drama, War
During World War II, four North African men enlist in the French army to liberate that country from German oppression, and to fight French discrimination.
Director: Rachid Bouchareb | Stars: Samy Naceri, Roschdy Zem, Sami Bouajila, Jamel Debbouze
Votes: 15,146 | Gross: $0.32M
19. A Very Secret Service (2015–2018)
TV-MA | 26 min | Comedy
Andre Merlaux, a young officer, under the leadership of his three seniors, needs to protect and defend the interests of France and participate in dangerous operations.
Stars: Hugo Becker, Wilfred Benaïche, Christophe Kourotchkine, Karim Barras
Votes: 3,910
20. The Saviour (1971)
105 min | Drama, War
In 1943, rural French teenager Nanette meets an injured British airman and decides to give him shelter at her family's farm after falling in-love with him.
Director: Michel Mardore | Stars: Horst Buchholz, Muriel Catalá, Hélène Vallier, Roger Lumont
Votes: 278
21. Futurama: Bender's Big Score (2007 Video)
Not Rated | 88 min | Animation, Comedy, Musical
Planet Express sees a hostile takeover and Bender falls into the hands of criminals where he is used to fulfill their schemes.
Director: Dwayne Carey-Hill | Stars: Billy West, Katey Sagal, John DiMaggio, Tress MacNeille
Votes: 35,534
22. Synonyms (2019)
Unrated | 123 min | Comedy, Drama
A young Israeli man absconds to Paris to flee his nationality, aided by his trusty Franco-Israeli dictionary.
Director: Nadav Lapid | Stars: Tom Mercier, Quentin Dolmaire, Louise Chevillotte, Uria Hayik
Votes: 6,294
23. Secret Honor (1984)
Not Rated | 90 min | Biography, Comedy, Drama
A fictionalized former President Richard M. Nixon offers a solitary, stream-of-consciousness reflection on his life and political career - and the "true" reasons for the Watergate scandal and his resignation.
Director: Robert Altman | Star: Philip Baker Hall
Votes: 3,387
24. Night Shift (2020)
PG-13 | 98 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
Three officers are tasked with escorting an illegal immigrant to Charles de Gaulle airport, where he will be forced onto a plane and sent back to his homeland. But when they find out about the truth, they have to make a difficult choice.
Director: Anne Fontaine | Stars: Virginie Efira, Omar Sy, Grégory Gadebois, Payman Maadi
Votes: 2,034
25. The Good and the Bad (1976)
R | 120 min | Crime, Drama, Romance
The story takes place in France from 1935 to 1945 where a gang use a Citroën car to hold up stores and banks.
Director: Claude Lelouch | Stars: Marlène Jobert, Jacques Dutronc, Brigitte Fossey, Bruno Cremer
Votes: 367
26. One Man and His Cow (2016)
G | 91 min | Adventure, Comedy, Drama
An Algerian man's life-long dream finally comes true when he receives an invitation to take his cow Jacqueline to the Paris International Agriculture Fair.
Director: Mohamed Hamidi | Stars: Fatsah Bouyahmed, Lambert Wilson, Jamel Debbouze, Hajar Masdouki
Votes: 2,793
27. The Silence of Others (2018)
96 min | Documentary
The Silence of Others reveals the epic struggle of victims of Spain's 40-year dictatorship under General Franco, who continue to seek justice to this day. Filmed over six years, the film ... See full summary »
Directors: Robert Bahar, Almudena Carracedo | Stars: María Martín, Francisco Franco, Adolf Hitler, José María Galante
Votes: 2,369 | Gross: $0.07M
28. How to Be a Good Wife (2020)
109 min | Comedy, Drama
Paulette and her husband have been running a housekeeping school. After the sudden death of her husband, Paulette discovers that the school is on the verge of bankruptcy and has to take her responsibilities.
Director: Martin Provost | Stars: Juliette Binoche, Yolande Moreau, Noémie Lvovsky, Edouard Baer
Votes: 2,213
29. Microbe & Gasoline (2015)
R | 105 min | Adventure, Comedy, Drama
Two young friends embark on a road trip across France in a vehicle they built themselves.
Director: Michel Gondry | Stars: Ange Dargent, Théophile Baquet, Diane Besnier, Audrey Tautou
Votes: 3,076 | Gross: $0.06M
30. Happy New Year (1973)
PG | 115 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
Released 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 ... See full summary »
Director: Claude Lelouch | Stars: Lino Ventura, Françoise Fabian, Charles Gérard, André Falcon
Votes: 1,992 | Gross: $0.16M
31. My Afternoons with Margueritte (2010)
Not Rated | 82 min | Comedy, Drama
A semi-literate and lonely odd-job man bonds with a much older and well-read woman.
Director: Jean Becker | Stars: Gérard Depardieu, Gisèle Casadesus, Maurane, Sophie Guillemin
Votes: 7,636
32. The Women on the 6th Floor (2010)
Not Rated | 102 min | Comedy
In 1960s Paris, a conservative couple's lives are turned upside down by a group of Spanish maids that live in the same building.
Director: Philippe Le Guay | Stars: Fabrice Luchini, Sandrine Kiberlain, Natalia Verbeke, Carmen Maura
Votes: 10,706 | Gross: $0.72M
33. The Mouth Agape (1974)
TV-14 | 82 min | Drama
Monique is dying. Around her gather her unfaithful husband, her son, who is like his father, and her daughter-in-law. We observe them playing with life as she dies.
Director: Maurice Pialat | Stars: Nathalie Baye, Hubert Deschamps, Philippe Léotard, Monique Mélinand
Votes: 1,287
34. Max & Leon (2016)
98 min | Adventure, Comedy, War
Max and Léon's adventures, two childhood friends idle and party-goer, who are trying to escape the Second World War.
Director: Jonathan Barré | Stars: David Marsais, Grégoire Ludig, Alice Vial, Saskia de Melo Dillais
Votes: 2,661
35. Memoir of War (2017)
127 min | Biography, Drama, War
Marguerite must navigate through the hardships of the Liberation after losing her husband and starting a relationship with the enemy during the War.
Director: Emmanuel Finkiel | Stars: Mélanie Thierry, Benoît Magimel, Benjamin Biolay, Grégoire Leprince-Ringuet
Votes: 1,383 | Gross: $0.10M
36. Two Men in Manhattan (1959)
Not Rated | 84 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
A French UN delegate has disappeared into thin air, sending reporter Moreau (Jean-Pierre Melville) and hard drinking photographer Delmas (Pierre Grasset) on an assignment to find him. Their only lead is a picture of three women.
Director: Jean-Pierre Melville | Stars: Jean-Pierre Melville, Pierre Grasset, Christiane Eudes, Ginger Hall
Votes: 2,276
37. Shock Troops (1967)
Approved | 110 min | Action, Drama, History
A French resistance group liberates some prisoners from the German. Could one of the prisoners be a spy?
Director: Costa-Gavras | Stars: Charles Vanel, Bruno Cremer, Jean-Claude Brialy, Michel Piccoli
Votes: 819
38. Soleil (1997)
104 min | Drama
Algiers, 1940. MAMAN TITINE has lived alone with her five children ever since her husband JOSEPH, a Jewish post office employee, set off for Paris with forged papers to find work. Maman ... See full summary »
Director: Roger Hanin | Stars: Sophia Loren, Philippe Noiret, Marianne Sägebrecht, Roger Hanin
Votes: 188
39. Le mur de l'Atlantique (1970)
107 min | Comedy, War
A gentle restaurant owner inadvertently got involved in World War II after delivering a confidential document to an English pilot.
Director: Marcel Camus | Stars: Bourvil, Peter McEnery, Sophie Desmarets, Jean Poiret
Votes: 861
40. My Father's Stories (2020)
105 min | Comedy, Drama
In the sixties, a 12-year-old teenager idolizes his father and his multiple professions. As he becomes a personal adviser for De Gaulle, the father sends him on dangerous missions to save Algeria.
Director: Jean-Pierre Améris | Stars: Benoît Poelvoorde, Audrey Dana, Jules Lefebvre, Tom Lévy
Votes: 366
41. Le joli mai (1963)
Not Rated | 165 min | Documentary
Chris Marker and Pierre Lhomme's LE JOLI MAI (The Lovely Month of May) is a portrait of Paris and Parisians during May 1962, the first springtime of peace after the ceasefire with Algeria ... See full summary »
Directors: Chris Marker, Pierre Lhomme | Stars: Chris Marker, Yves Montand, Simone Signoret, Jean-Luc Godard
Votes: 878 | Gross: $0.02M
42. À nous les petites Anglaises! (1976)
105 min | Comedy, Romance
After failing their exam, Jean-Pierre and Alain are sent to England. But all they want are girls.
Director: Michel Lang | Stars: Rémi Laurent, Stéphane Hillel, Véronique Delbourg, Sophie Barjac
Votes: 589
43. En même temps (2022)
108 min | Comedy
The mayors of two small French towns, on opposite political sides, are glued together by a feminist activist. The forced proximity compels the two men's points of view to converge on economical development and ecology.
Directors: Benoît Delépine, Gustave Kervern | Stars: Vincent Macaigne, Jonathan Cohen, India Hair, Jehnny Beth
Votes: 540
44. The Battle of Normandy: 85 Days in Hell (2019 TV Movie)
44 min | Documentary, History, War
An unprecedented look at the vicious three-month Battle of Normandy that took place after the D-Day invasion.
Director: Guilain Depardieu | Stars: John McManus, Anthony Beevor, Tim Cook, Geoffrey Bateman
Votes: 54
45. The Last Mitterrand (2005)
116 min | Biography, Drama
A young journalist (Lespert) helps the French President compile his memoirs.
Director: Robert Guédiguian | Stars: Michel Bouquet, Jalil Lespert, Philippe Fretun, Anne Cantineau
Votes: 1,068
46. At the Top of the Stairs (1983)
92 min | Drama
Suzanne's husband was a collaborator during WW2 and he was denounced by his own family at the Liberation ,a family who took advantage of him during the occupation.
Director: Paul Vecchiali | Stars: Danielle Darrieux, Hélène Surgère, Françoise Lebrun, Nicolas Silberg
Votes: 115
47. Mourir à 30 ans (1982)
95 min | Documentary
Romain Goupil records his years of militancy and disappointment as the new world they fought for doesn't come. He praises his missing friend Michel Recanati who committed suicide at 30 years.
Director: Romain Goupil | Stars: Alain Bureau, Pierre Goupil, Romain Goupil, Sophie Goupil
Votes: 240
48. French Provincial (1975)
90 min | Comedy, Drama
In the 1930s, we follow the story of the laundress Berthe who marries the eldest son of a bourgeois family.
Director: André Téchiné | Stars: Jeanne Moreau, Michel Auclair, Marie-France Pisier, Claude Mann
Votes: 138
49. The Marvelous History of the US Dollar (2010)
52 min | Documentary
The story of the dollar is that of a myth, the American dream. The dollar flinches and the world quakes. Are we living the first signs of the end of an empire? The Marvelous History of the ... See full summary »
Director: Alain Lasfargues | Stars: Michel Aglietta, Patrick Baudry, C. Fred Bergsten, Steven Bullock
Votes: 14
50. History's Verdict (2013– )
Documentary, Biography, History
A group of history experts from London's King's College has created this documentary series that tries to assess the key political figures of WWII.
Star: Jonathan D. Mellor
Votes: 42