CESAR DU MEILLEUR SECOND ROLE FEMININ

by romaric21 | created - 26 Jul 2012 | updated - 12 Aug 2012 | Public

Et si le césar du second rôle féminin avait existé avant 1976 ? Voici mes propositions.

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1. Le grand jeu (1934)

120 min | Drama, Romance

Pierre (Pierre Richard-Willm), a young lawyer, has enormous debts due to his mistress Florence (Marie Bell), and her whims of luxury life. Pierre has gone too far and put the family firm in... See full summary »

Director: Jacques Feyder | Stars: Marie Bell, Pierre Richard-Willm, Charles Vanel, Georges Pitoëff

Votes: 426

Françoise ROSAY : César 1935

2. Crime and Punishment (1935)

107 min | Crime, Drama

Raskolnikov is a Russian man who follows an unusual moral code. A combination of vigilantism and hubris fuels his decision to aid a hapless prostitute by removing her antagonist, a local ... See full summary »

Director: Pierre Chenal | Stars: Harry Baur, Pierre Blanchar, Madeleine Ozeray, Lucienne Le Marchand

Votes: 173

Madelaine OZERAY : César 1936

3. Mayerling (1936)

Approved | 96 min | Drama, Romance

Rudolf, Crown Prince of Austria, is fettered on all sides. He's bored; his father, the emperor, is domineering; his politics are more liberal than his father's, but he knows his views carry... See full summary »

Director: Anatole Litvak | Stars: Charles Boyer, Danielle Darrieux, Marthe Régnier, Yolande Laffon

Votes: 955 | Gross: $0.24M

Gabrielle DORZIAT : César 1937

4. Harvest (1937)

127 min | Drama, Romance

The narrative revolves around a farming village where only three inhabitants remain, but they are told that if only one of them, Panturle, manages to find a wife, the village will be able to prosper again

Director: Marcel Pagnol | Stars: Gabriel Gabrio, Orane Demazis, Fernandel, Marguerite Moreno

Votes: 504

Marguerite MORENO : César 1938

5. Hotel du Nord (1938)

83 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

On the meandering Canal St. Martin, at the Parisian Hôtel du Nord, a nearly fatal gunshot separates a dejected young couple. But, amid a sad but beautiful panorama of lively characters, love has the final say. Can life be a fairy tale?

Director: Marcel Carné | Stars: Annabella, Jean-Pierre Aumont, Louis Jouvet, Arletty

Votes: 3,238

ARLETTY : César 1939

6. La fin du jour (1939)

99 min | Drama

Aged penniless actors are living in a old people's home. They always talk about their past glory or failures. One day Raphael Saint-Clair comes; he has been a famous actor and had a lot of love affairs. Passions come back, and jealousies.

Director: Julien Duvivier | Stars: Victor Francen, Michel Simon, Louis Jouvet, Madeleine Ozeray

Votes: 1,031

Louise SYLVIE : César 1940

7. Four Flights to Love (1939)

Passed | 82 min | Drama, Romance, War

Before World War I in Paris, a budding artist, Pierre Leblanc, falls in love and marries Janine, a dressmaker's assistant. Pierre has a flair for designing clothes, and he and his bride ... See full summary »

Director: Abel Gance | Stars: Fernand Gravey, Elvire Popesco, André Alerme, Monique Rolland

Votes: 228

Elvire POPESCO : César 1941

8. Le dernier des six (1941)

90 min | Mystery, Thriller

Six friends promise to share their fortune in 5 years. The moment is very close, but one of the six is mysteriously murdered, then another... Superintendent Wenceslas Woroboyioetschik (aka Wens) is in charge of the investigation...

Director: Georges Lacombe | Stars: Pierre Fresnay, Michèle Alfa, Suzy Delair, Jean Tissier

Votes: 372

Suzy DELAIR : César 1942

9. La symphonie fantastique (1942)

90 min | Biography, Drama

Biographical romance about the great composer Hector Berlioz, someone whom the French, during their WWII occupation by the Nazis, could look back proudly on.

Director: Christian-Jaque | Stars: Renée Saint-Cyr, Lise Delamare, Jean-Louis Barrault, Jules Berry

Votes: 156

Renée SAINT-CYR : César 1943

10. Douce (1943)

Not Rated | 90 min | Drama

In Paris in 1887, Irène works as a governess to Douce, the grand-daughter of the dowager Countess de Bonafé. Douce believes she is in love with Fabien, the handsome manager of the estate. ... See full summary »

Director: Claude Autant-Lara | Stars: Odette Joyeux, Madeleine Robinson, Marguerite Moreno, Jean Debucourt

Votes: 418

Marguerite MORENO : César 1944

11. Cécile est morte! (1944)

90 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir

A woman keeps coming to Quai Des Orfevres to see Inspector Maigret about disturbing events in her household.Maigret and his colleagues are annoyed, until this woman is found dead and they realize she was on to something.

Director: Maurice Tourneur | Stars: Albert Préjean, Santa Relli, Germaine Kerjean, Luce Fabiole

Votes: 330

Germaine KERJEAN : César 1945

12. Children of Paradise (1945)

Not Rated | 189 min | Drama, Romance

96 Metascore

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: 21,172

Maria CASARES : César 1946

13. Un revenant (1946)

100 min | Drama

A ballet producer returns to his native town and schemes to avenge himself on the family who tried to murder him 20 years before.

Director: Christian-Jaque | Stars: Louis Jouvet, Gaby Morlay, François Périer, Jean Brochard

Votes: 289

Marguerite MORENO : César 1947

14. Jenny Lamour (1947)

Not Rated | 106 min | Crime, Drama

89 Metascore

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

Simone RENANT : César 1948

15. Dédée d'Anvers (1948)

95 min | Drama

Dedee is a prostitute who works in Monsieur Rene's nightclub on Antwerp's harbour. The porter is Marco, her pimp. Dedee is not happy until she meets Francesco, an Italian sailor. They fall ... See full summary »

Director: Yves Allégret | Stars: Bernard Blier, Simone Signoret, Marcello Pagliero, Marcel Dalio

Votes: 693

Jane MARKEN : César 1949

16. Gigi (1949)

82 min | Comedy, Romance

Gilberte is a sixteen year old girl raised by her aunt and grandmother to be a demimondaine. But she's not ready for that yet, and spends her days in lessons and in teasing Mamita's old ... See full summary »

Director: Jacqueline Audry | Stars: Gaby Morlay, Jean Tissier, Yvonne de Bray, Frank Villard

Votes: 298

Yvonne de BRAY : César 1950

17. God Needs Men (1950)

100 min | Drama

The island of Sein, in the nineteenth century, in Brittany. A crude population lives here on these windy shores, estranged from the rest of the world.

Director: Jean Delannoy | Stars: Pierre Fresnay, Madeleine Robinson, Daniel Gélin, Sylvie

Votes: 102

Madeleine ROBINSON : César 1951

18. Olivia (1951)

88 min | Comedy, Drama

Late nineteenth century in a finishing school for young girls near in France, the principal, the fascinating Miss Julie, sows confusion in the heart of the newcomer, Olivia.

Director: Jacqueline Audry | Stars: Edwige Feuillère, Simone Simon, Marie-Claire Olivia, Yvonne de Bray

Votes: 733 | Gross: $0.01M

Simone SIMON : César 1952

19. The Truth About Bebe Donge (1952)

110 min | Drama, Thriller

François Donge, a wealthy mature man, is about to die. Flashback: many years ago, the seducer François meets Bébé, an idealistic young woman, and marries her. Her idealism crashes against François' personality.

Director: Henri Decoin | Stars: Danielle Darrieux, Jean Gabin, Jacques Castelot, Daniel Lecourtois

Votes: 676

Gabrielle DORZIAT : César 1953

20. The Adultress (1953)

Not Rated | 102 min | Crime, Drama, Romance

A truck driver kills the husband of the woman he loves, and becomes the object of blackmail.

Director: Marcel Carné | Stars: Simone Signoret, Raf Vallone, Jacques Duby, Maria Pia Casilio

Votes: 1,898

Louise SYLVIE : César 1954

21. L'amour d'une femme (1953)

Not Rated | 104 min | Drama

Marie Prieur, a young doctor, decides to settle down on Ushant, a remote island belonging to Brittany. Little by little she manages to be accepted by the population. One day she meets André... See full summary »

Director: Jean Grémillon | Stars: Micheline Presle, Massimo Girotti, Gaby Morlay, Paolo Stoppa

Votes: 301

Gaby MORLAY : César 1955

22. 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

Lila KEDROVA : César 1956

23. Gervaise (1956)

116 min | Drama

A poor laundrywoman tries to cope with a depressing burden of society.

Director: René Clément | Stars: Maria Schell, François Périer, Jany Holt, Mathilde Casadesus

Votes: 1,644

Suzy DELAIR : César 1957

24. The Crucible (1957)

145 min | Drama, History

Salem 1692. The young Abigail, seduced and abandoned by John Proctor, accuses John's wife of being a witch in revenge. It will be the beginning of a series of witchcraft trials and a dark moment in American history.

Director: Raymond Rouleau | Stars: Simone Signoret, Yves Montand, Jean Debucourt, Alfred Adam

Votes: 789

Mylène DEMONGEOT : César 1958

25. Love Is My Profession (1958)

122 min | Crime, Drama, Romance

Married French lawyer Andre defends succesfully the case of Yvette, who committed a robbery. He falls in love with her, but she isn't true to him.

Director: Claude Autant-Lara | Stars: Jean Gabin, Brigitte Bardot, Edwige Feuillère, Nicole Berger

Votes: 1,524

Edwige FEUILLERE : César 1959

26. Maigret and the St. Fiacre Case (1959)

101 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

The Countess de Saint-Fiacre, having received a terrible anonymous letter predicting her imminent death, summons Commissioner Maigret in the hope that he can protect her and save her from a secret ill-wisher.

Director: Jean Delannoy | Stars: Jean Gabin, Michel Auclair, Valentine Tessier, Jacques Morel

Votes: 1,508

Valentine TESSIER : César 1960

27. The Truth (1960)

Not Rated | 127 min | Drama

A liberated small-town girl and the family's black sheep moves to Paris with her sister, only to find herself standing trial for the shocking murder of her young lover. Was his killing premeditated or was this a crime of passion?

Director: Henri-Georges Clouzot | Stars: Brigitte Bardot, Paul Meurisse, Charles Vanel, Sami Frey

Votes: 4,458

Marie-Josée NAT : César 1961

28. The Counterfeiters of Paris (1961)

98 min | Comedy, Crime

"Le Dabe" retired many years ago and now he lives in the Tropics where he owns stables and horses. He is a very rich man. He was the king of all money counterfeiters. He is contacted from ... See full summary »

Director: Gilles Grangier | Stars: Jean Gabin, Martine Carol, Françoise Rosay, Bernard Blier

Votes: 1,411

Françoise ROSAY : César 1962

29. A Monkey in Winter (1962)

105 min | Comedy, Drama

Albert is an inn owner who vowed never to drink again if he and his wife survived the war. They did, and the reformed alcoholic keeps his vow. But times have changed and soon after the war,... See full summary »

Director: Henri Verneuil | Stars: Jean Gabin, Jean-Paul Belmondo, Suzanne Flon, Gabrielle Dorziat

Votes: 3,313

Suzanne FLON : César 1963

30. The Day and the Hour (1963)

110 min | Action, Drama, Romance

In Nazi-occupied France during WWII, a French woman helps two downed Allied airmen to evade capture by the Germans and make their way into neutral Spain.

Director: René Clément | Stars: Simone Signoret, Stuart Whitman, Geneviève Page, Michel Piccoli

Votes: 426

Geneviève PAGE : César 1964

31. The Umbrellas of Cherbourg (1964)

Not Rated | 91 min | Drama, Musical, Romance

86 Metascore

A young woman separated from her lover by war faces a life-altering decision.

Director: Jacques Demy | Stars: Catherine Deneuve, Nino Castelnuovo, Anne Vernon, Marc Michel

Votes: 31,347 | Gross: $0.03M

Anne VERNON : César 1965

32. Viva Maria! (1965)

Not Rated | 119 min | Adventure, Comedy, Romance

Somewhere in Central America in 1907: Maria II is the daughter of an Irish terrorist. After her father's death, she meets Maria I, a singer in a circus. She decides to stay with the circus,... See full summary »

Director: Louis Malle | Stars: Brigitte Bardot, Jeanne Moreau, George Hamilton, Paulette Dubost

Votes: 3,971

Paulette DUBOST : César 1966

33. A Matter of Resistance (1966)

93 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

During World War II, just before the liberation of France, a beautiful lady finds herself in the midst of bizarre doings from her admirers.

Director: Jean-Paul Rappeneau | Stars: Catherine Deneuve, Pierre Brasseur, Philippe Noiret, Henri Garcin

Votes: 1,138

Mary MARQUET : César 1967

34. The Young Girls of Rochefort (1967)

G | 125 min | Comedy, Drama, Musical

Two sisters leave their small seaside town of Rochefort in search of romance. Hired as carnival singers, one falls for an American musician, while the other must search for her ideal partner.

Director: Jacques Demy | Stars: Catherine Deneuve, George Chakiris, Françoise Dorléac, Jacques Perrin

Votes: 12,033 | Gross: $0.09M

Danielle DARRIEUX : César 1968

35. Stolen Kisses (1968)

R | 91 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

After being discharged from the army, Antoine Doinel centers a screwball comedy where he applies for different jobs and tries to make sense of his relationships with women.

Director: François Truffaut | Stars: Jean-Pierre Léaud, Claude Jade, Delphine Seyrig, Michael Lonsdale

Votes: 15,102

Delphine SEYRIG : César 1969

36. The Devil by the Tail (1969)

M/PG | 90 min | Comedy

A Marquise who lures motorists to her hotel by sabotaging their cars gets more than she bargains for when one guest turns out to be a bank robber on the run.

Director: Philippe de Broca | Stars: Yves Montand, Madeleine Renaud, Maria Schell, Jean Rochefort

Votes: 999

Madeleine RENAUD : César 1970

37. The Things of Life (1970)

GP | 89 min | Drama, Romance

A highway engineer is involved in a car crash, after which, near death, he remembers his life leading up to the accident.

Director: Claude Sautet | Stars: Michel Piccoli, Romy Schneider, Gérard Lartigau, Jean Bouise

Votes: 5,555

Lea MASSARI : César 1971

38. Delusions of Grandeur (1971)

PG | 85 min | Adventure, Comedy, History

In 17th-century Spain, the Minister of Finance tries to dishonor the queen with an overly complex plan.

Director: Gérard Oury | Stars: Louis de Funès, Yves Montand, Alice Sapritch, Karin Schubert

Votes: 7,975

Alice SAPRITCH : César 1972

39. The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie (1972)

PG | 102 min | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy

93 Metascore

A surreal, virtually plotless series of dreams centered around six middle-class people and their consistently interrupted attempts to have a meal together.

Director: Luis Buñuel | Stars: Fernando Rey, Delphine Seyrig, Paul Frankeur, Bulle Ogier

Votes: 46,844 | Gross: $0.20M

Stéphane AUDRAN : César 1973

40. Day for Night (1973)

PG | 116 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

A committed film director struggles to complete his movie while coping with a myriad of crises, personal and professional, among the cast and crew.

Director: François Truffaut | Stars: Jacqueline Bisset, Jean-Pierre Léaud, François Truffaut, Valentina Cortese

Votes: 24,788 | Gross: $0.02M

Valentina CORTESE : César 1974

41. Vincent, François, Paul and the Others (1974)

Not Rated | 118 min | Drama

Three friends face mid-life crises. Paul is a writer who's blocked. François has lost his ideals and practices medicine for the money. The charming Vincent faces bankruptcy and his wife, from whom he's separated, wants a divorce.

Director: Claude Sautet | Stars: Yves Montand, Michel Piccoli, Serge Reggiani, Gérard Depardieu

Votes: 2,685

Marie DUBOIS : César 1975

42. Cousin, Cousine (1975)

R | 95 min | Comedy, Romance

Two distant cousins meet at a wedding banquet for an elderly couple. Over time, a close friendship develops between them, but their spouses begin to think that they are more than just friends.

Director: Jean-Charles Tacchella | Stars: Marie-Christine Barrault, Victor Lanoux, Marie-France Pisier, Guy Marchand

Votes: 1,781 | Gross: $8.70M

Marie-France PISIER : César 1976

43. Barocco (1976)

110 min | Crime, Drama, Romance

The story of a girl in love with a boxer. They plan to go abroad after making a lot of money by participating in an interview intended to discredit a politician at elections time. But the ... See full summary »

Director: André Téchiné | Stars: Isabelle Adjani, Gérard Depardieu, Marie-France Pisier, Jean-Claude Brialy

Votes: 827

Marie-France PISIER : César 1977

44. La Menace (1977)

117 min | Action, Crime, Drama

The main character is unhappily married and has an affair. When his wife finds out, she lures his girlfriend to a cliff and throws herself of it, making the girlfriend look as her killer. ... See full summary »

Director: Alain Corneau | Stars: Yves Montand, Carole Laure, Marie Dubois, Jean-François Balmer

Votes: 895

Marie DUBOIS : César 1978

45. Violette (1978)

Not Rated | 124 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

In an interwar France struggling with profound social and political change, 18-year-old Violette Noziere rebels against the constraints of her claustrophobic, working-class (and possibly incestuous) family, with troubling consequences.

Director: Claude Chabrol | Stars: Isabelle Huppert, Stéphane Audran, Jean Carmet, Jean-François Garreaud

Votes: 2,527

Stéphane AUDRAN : César 1979

46. Practice Makes Perfect (1979)

104 min | Comedy

Pianist deemed Edouard Choiseur continues to run between sentimental and professional contingencies. When his wife threatened to leave him, he decided to devote some time to his family.

Director: Philippe de Broca | Stars: Jean Rochefort, Nicole Garcia, Jean-Claude Ventura, Annie Girardot

Votes: 432

Nicole GARCIA : César 1980

47. Every Man for Himself (1980)

Not Rated | 87 min | Drama

An examination of sexual relationships, in which three protagonists interact in different combinations.

Director: Jean-Luc Godard | Stars: Isabelle Huppert, Jacques Dutronc, Nathalie Baye, Roland Amstutz

Votes: 3,951

Nathalie BAYE : César 1981

48. Une étrange affaire (1981)

105 min | Drama

Louis Coline assists the head of advertising of a department store in decline. He has little to do, but seems content with his marriage to Nina, his visits to his mother and grandmother, ... See full summary »

Director: Pierre Granier-Deferre | Stars: Michel Piccoli, Gérard Lanvin, Nathalie Baye, Jean-Pierre Kalfon

Votes: 590

Nathalie BAYE : César 1982

49. L'étoile du Nord (1982)

PG | 124 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

In 1934, a mysterious Frenchman returns to Europe from Egypt.

Director: Pierre Granier-Deferre | Stars: Simone Signoret, Philippe Noiret, Fanny Cottençon, Julie Jézéquel

Votes: 608

Fanny COTTENCON : César 1983

50. One Deadly Summer (1983)

R | 133 min | Drama, Mystery

A young woman who oozes sensuality arrives in a small town and marries the local mechanic. Was it love at first sight? What links her enigmatic presence to the family's piano? Is it curiosity or is it something far more sinister?

Director: Jean Becker | Stars: Isabelle Adjani, Alain Souchon, Suzanne Flon, Jenny Clève

Votes: 5,360

Suzanne FLON : César 1984

51. Year of the Jellyfish (1984)

Not Rated | 110 min | Drama

Chris, a sexy teenager who appears mostly bare-breasted on the French Riviera, has a crush on Romain, her mother's lover. In reaction to her inability to attract his attention, she experiments with other risque affairs.

Director: Christopher Frank | Stars: Valérie Kaprisky, Bernard Giraudeau, Caroline Cellier, Jacques Perrin

Votes: 1,440

Caroline CELLIER : César 1985

52. L'effrontée (1985)

96 min | Comedy, Drama, Music

Charlotte (Gainsbourg) is being raised without a mother. She is only 13 but ready to be an adult. She meets an older boy and begins a relationship while teaching a young friend about life and learning the ropes herself.

Director: Claude Miller | Stars: Charlotte Gainsbourg, Clothilde Baudon, Julie Glenn, Bernadette Lafont

Votes: 2,132

Bernadette LAFONT : César 1986

53. 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: 23,953 | Gross: $3.94M

Emmanuelle BEART : César 1987

54. Agent trouble (1987)

90 min | Thriller

Amanda investigates her nephew Victorien's murder after he witnessed a government cover-up involving toxic gas deaths of 50 tourists. She finds herself targeted by assassin Alex, tasked with silencing those aware of the incident.

Director: Jean-Pierre Mocky | Stars: Catherine Deneuve, Richard Bohringer, Tom Novembre, Dominique Lavanant

Votes: 421

Dominique LAVANANT : César 1988

55. Life Is a Long Quiet River (1988)

90 min | Comedy

A revengeful nurse switches a girl and a boy at birth. They are raised in two radically different families. When the switch is revealed many years later, the now teenagers and families need to cope with their new environments.

Director: Étienne Chatiliez | Stars: Benoît Magimel, Hélène Vincent, Valérie Lalande, Tara Römer

Votes: 4,723 | Gross: $0.19M

Hélène VINCENT : César 1989

56. 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

Suzanne FLON : César 1990

57. May Fools (1990)

R | 107 min | Comedy, Romance

During the events of May 1968 in France, different worldviews of conflicting relatives collide in their family estate.

Director: Louis Malle | Stars: Miou-Miou, Michel Piccoli, Michel Duchaussoy, Marcel Bories

Votes: 3,412 | Gross: $1.58M

Dominique BLANC : César 1991

58. Tous les matins du monde (1991)

Not Rated | 115 min | Biography, Drama, History

The story of Monsieur de Sainte Colombe, fierce and somber man, grand master of the viola da gamba and professor of Marin Marais, prestigious musician in the court of Louis XIV.

Director: Alain Corneau | Stars: Gérard Depardieu, Jean-Pierre Marielle, Anne Brochet, Guillaume Depardieu

Votes: 7,945 | Gross: $3.09M

Anne BROCHET : César 1992

59. Indochine (1992)

PG-13 | 160 min | Drama, Romance, War

Eliane adopts Camille, whose Vietnamese parents were friends. In 1930, a French navy officer is interested in Eliane (owns 60km2 plantation) and later in Camille. There's an uprising in Vietnam against French colonial power.

Director: Régis Wargnier | Stars: Catherine Deneuve, Vincent Perez, Linh-Dan Pham, Jean Yanne

Votes: 10,944 | Gross: $5.73M

Dominique BLANC : César 1993

60. The Visitors (1993)

R | 107 min | Comedy, Fantasy

A medieval knight and his servant ask a familiar wizard to move them back in time to prevent father-in-law's accidentally killing. Instead, they fly away to the 20th century.

Director: Jean-Marie Poiré | Stars: Christian Clavier, Jean Reno, Valérie Lemercier, Marie-Anne Chazel

Votes: 37,986 | Gross: $0.70M

Valérie LEMERCIER : César 1994

61. Queen Margot (1994)

R | 161 min | Biography, Drama, History

Young Queen Margot finds herself trapped in an arranged marriage amidst a religious war between Catholics and Protestants. She hopes to escape with a new lover, but finds herself imprisoned by her powerful and ruthless family.

Director: Patrice Chéreau | Stars: Isabelle Adjani, Daniel Auteuil, Jean-Hugues Anglade, Vincent Perez

Votes: 18,993 | Gross: $2.02M

Virna LISI : César 1995

62. Les Misérables (1995)

R | 175 min | Drama, History

A variation on Victor Hugo's classic novel by means of the story of a man whose life is affected by and somewhat duplicated by the Hugo story of the beleaguered Jean Valjean.

Director: Claude Lelouch | Stars: Jean-Paul Belmondo, Michel Boujenah, Alessandra Martines, Salomé Lelouch

Votes: 4,008 | Gross: $1.04M

Annie GIRARDOT : César 1996

63. Family Resemblances (1996)

Not Rated | 110 min | Comedy, Drama

An upper middle-class French family celebrates a birthday in a restaurant. In one evening and during one meal, family history, tensions, collective and separate grudges, delights, and ... See full summary »

Director: Cédric Klapisch | Stars: Jean-Pierre Bacri, Jean-Pierre Darroussin, Catherine Frot, Agnès Jaoui

Votes: 5,509 | Gross: $0.32M

Catherine FROT : César 1997

64. Same Old Song (1997)

120 min | Comedy, Drama, Musical

A musical story about how people find their love on the streets of beautiful Paris.

Director: Alain Resnais | Stars: Pierre Arditi, Sabine Azéma, Jean-Pierre Bacri, André Dussollier

Votes: 4,468 | Gross: $0.03M

Agnès JAOUI : César 1998

65. Those Who Love Me Can Take the Train (1998)

122 min | Drama, Romance

Friends of a recently deceased minor painter Jean-Baptiste take a train in Paris for Limoges, where he wished to be buried, and all the people on the train have their problems.

Director: Patrice Chéreau | Stars: Pascal Greggory, Valeria Bruni Tedeschi, Charles Berling, Jean-Louis Trintignant

Votes: 1,998 | Gross: $0.06M

Dominique BLANC : César 1999

66. The Log (1999)

106 min | Comedy, Drama

66 Metascore

Christmas, family, and infidelity. Yvette's husband has died, and her grown daughters join her at the grave: Sonia, wealthy, bourgeois, and generous; Louba, living with their dad Stanislas,... See full summary »

Director: Danièle Thompson | Stars: Sabine Azéma, Emmanuelle Béart, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Claude Rich

Votes: 1,874 | Gross: $0.15M

Charlotte GAINSBOURG : César 2000

67. The Taste of Others (2000)

R | 112 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

78 Metascore

The lives of 6 people over 35 in Rouen, France, and their relationship to each other.

Director: Agnès Jaoui | Stars: Anne Alvaro, Jean-Pierre Bacri, Alain Chabat, Agnès Jaoui

Votes: 10,370 | Gross: $0.64M

Anne ALVARO : César 2001

68. The Piano Teacher (2001)

R | 131 min | Drama, Music

79 Metascore

A young man romantically pursues his masochistic piano teacher.

Director: Michael Haneke | Stars: Isabelle Huppert, Annie Girardot, Benoît Magimel, Susanne Lothar

Votes: 71,831 | Gross: $1.90M

Annie GIRARDOT : César 2002

69. Summer Things (2002)

103 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

Two couple of friends, one very rich the other almost homeless, decides to go on Holiday. Julie, a single mother, joins them too. Once at seaside, it starts a complicate love cross among ... See full summary »

Director: Michel Blanc | Stars: Charlotte Rampling, Jacques Dutronc, Carole Bouquet, Michel Blanc

Votes: 2,578

Karin VIARD : César 2003

70. La petite Lili (2003)

104 min | Drama, Romance

59 Metascore

A group of cinematic spend a holiday in the French countryside. The film provides insight in their relationships, including that between a young man and a local girl, Lili. She uses the ... See full summary »

Director: Claude Miller | Stars: Nicole Garcia, Bernard Giraudeau, Jean-Pierre Marielle, Ludivine Sagnier

Votes: 1,787 | Gross: $0.03M

Julie DEPARDIEU : César 2004

71. A Very Long Engagement (2004)

R | 133 min | Drama, Mystery, Romance

76 Metascore

Tells the story of a young woman's relentless search for her fiancé, who has disappeared from the trenches of the Somme during World War One.

Director: Jean-Pierre Jeunet | Stars: Audrey Tautou, Gaspard Ulliel, Jodie Foster, Dominique Pinon

Votes: 75,957 | Gross: $6.17M

Marion COTILLARD : César 2005

72. Russian Dolls (2005)

Not Rated | 125 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

67 Metascore

Five years after their summer together in Barcelona, Xavier, William, Wendy, Martine and Isabelle reunite.

Director: Cédric Klapisch | Stars: Romain Duris, Kelly Reilly, Audrey Tautou, Cécile de France

Votes: 21,316 | Gross: $0.32M

Cécile de FRANCE : César 2006

73. Orchestra Seats (2006)

PG-13 | 106 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

64 Metascore

A young woman arrives in Paris where she finds a job as a waitress in bar next on Avenue Montaigne that caters to the surrounding theaters and the wealthy inhabitants of the area. She will meet a pianist, a famous actress and a great art collector, and become acquainted with the "luxurious" world her grandmother has told her about since her childhood.

Director: Danièle Thompson | Stars: Cécile de France, Valérie Lemercier, Albert Dupontel, Claude Brasseur

Votes: 4,439 | Gross: $2.04M

Valérie LEMERCIER : César 2007

74. A Secret (2007)

Not Rated | 105 min | Drama, War

72 Metascore

A 15-year-old boy unearths a shocking family secret.

Director: Claude Miller | Stars: Cécile de France, Patrick Bruel, Ludivine Sagnier, Julie Depardieu

Votes: 3,244 | Gross: $0.62M

Julie DEPARDIEU : César 2008

75. I've Loved You So Long (2008)

PG-13 | 117 min | Drama

79 Metascore

A woman struggles to interact with her family and find her place in society after spending fifteen years in prison.

Director: Philippe Claudel | Stars: Kristin Scott Thomas, Elsa Zylberstein, Serge Hazanavicius, Laurent Grévill

Votes: 20,711 | Gross: $3.17M

Elsa ZYLBERSTEIN : César 2009

76. In the Beginning (2009)

130 min | Crime, Drama

France, present day. A professional conman passes himself off as the boss of a construction site building a highway extension. He cons the whole region, hires dozens of workers and ... See full summary »

Director: Xavier Giannoli | Stars: François Cluzet, Emmanuelle Devos, Gérard Depardieu, Soko

Votes: 2,611

Emmanuelle DEVOS : César 2010

77. The Clink of Ice (2010)

87 min | Comedy, Drama

An alcoholic writer is visited by an incarnation of his cancer.

Director: Bertrand Blier | Stars: Jean Dujardin, Albert Dupontel, Anne Alvaro, Myriam Boyer

Votes: 2,608

Anne ALVARO : César 2011

78. The Women on the 6th Floor (2010)

Not Rated | 102 min | Comedy

52 Metascore

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

Carmen MAURA : César 2012



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