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Liste des meilleurs films français de tous les temps / Best French movies ever list

by Olivier_Lacelle • Created 4 years ago • Modified 1 month ago
Voici une liste des meilleurs films français ayant été réalisés, à mon humble avis. Certains sont célébrés par les critiques, d'autres sont des succès populaires. Enfin, quelques-uns sont simplement des coups de coeur personnels. / Here are the best french movies of all time, in my humble opinion. This list is based on various criterias such as box-office performance, critical acclaim or just my own preferences.
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  • My American Uncle (1980)

    1. My American Uncle

    19802h 5mPG
    7.6 (7.2K)
    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.
    DirectorAlain ResnaisStarsGérard DepardieuNicole GarciaRoger Pierre
  • Pickpocket (1959)

    2. Pickpocket

    19591h 16mNot Rated
    7.6 (27K)
    Michel passes the time by picking pockets, careful to never be caught despite being watched by the police. His friend Jacques may suspect, while both men may have their eyes on Jeanne, the pretty neighbor of Michel's ailing mother.
    DirectorRobert BressonStarsMartin LaSalleMarika GreenJean Pélégri
  • Cléo from 5 to 7 (1962)

    3. Cléo from 5 to 7

    19621h 30mNot Rated87Metascore
    7.8 (30K)
    Cleo, a singer and hypochondriac, becomes increasingly worried that she might have cancer while awaiting test results from her doctor.
    DirectorAgnès VardaStarsCorinne MarchandAntoine BourseillerDominique Davray
  • Night and Fog (1956)

    4. Night and Fog

    195632mTV-14Short
    8.6 (23K)
    The history of Nazi Germany's death camps of the Final Solution and the hellish world of dehumanization and death contained inside.
    DirectorAlain ResnaisStarsMichel BouquetReinhard HeydrichHeinrich Himmler
  • John Gordon Sinclair in Gregory's Girl (1980)

    5. Gregory's Girl

    19801h 31mPG
    7.1 (9.8K)
    Gregory is a normal teen who is infatuated with a classmate. He must work to win her affection.
    DirectorBill ForsythStarsJohn Gordon SinclairDee HepburnJake D'Arcy
  • Murmur of the Heart (1971)

    6. Murmur of the Heart

    19711h 58mR
    7.5 (11K)
    As France is nearing the end of the first Indochina War, an open-minded teenage boy finds himself torn between a rebellious urge to discover love, and the ever-present, almost dominating affection of his beloved mother.
    DirectorLouis MalleStarsLea MassariBenoît FerreuxDaniel Gélin
  • Pierre Blaise and Aurore Clément in Lacombe, Lucien (1974)

    7. Lacombe, Lucien

    19742h 18mR
    7.6 (8.2K)
    In 1944, an 18-year-old boy from small-town France collaborates with the Gestapo and subsequently falls in love with a Jewish girl.
    DirectorLouis MalleStarsPierre BlaiseAurore ClémentHolger Löwenadler
  • The Fire Within (1963)

    8. The Fire Within

    19631h 48mNot Rated
    7.8 (11K)
    Depressed Alain Leroy leaves the clinic where he was detoxified. He meets friends, acquaintances and women, trying to find a reason to continue living. Will this help him?
    DirectorLouis MalleStarsMaurice RonetLéna SkerlaYvonne Clech
  • Elevator to the Gallows (1958)

    9. Elevator to the Gallows

    19581h 31mNot Rated94Metascore
    7.9 (31K)
    A self-assured businessman murders his employer, the husband of his mistress, which unintentionally provokes an ill-fated chain of events.
    DirectorLouis MalleStarsJeanne MoreauMaurice RonetGeorges Poujouly
  • The Judge and the Assassin (1976)

    10. The Judge and the Assassin

    19762h 8m
    7.3 (2.5K)
    An unstable former French Sergeant commits many atrocities. A judge considers how this case could benefit or damage his career.
    DirectorBertrand TavernierStarsPhilippe NoiretMichel GalabruIsabelle Huppert
  • Clean Slate (1981)

    11. Clean Slate

    19812h 8mNot Rated
    7.3 (7K)
    A pathetic police chief, humiliated by everyone around him, suddenly wants a clean slate in life - and resorts to drastic means to do so.
    DirectorBertrand TavernierStarsPhilippe NoiretIsabelle HuppertStéphane Audran
  • Life and Nothing But (1989)

    12. Life and Nothing But

    19892h 15mPG
    7.5 (2.2K)
    Intense character study of men and women driven by an overpowering obsession with the past.
    DirectorBertrand TavernierStarsPhilippe NoiretSabine AzémaPascale Vignal
  • Sophie Marceau in Revenge of the Musketeers (1994)

    13. Revenge of the Musketeers

    19942h 5mR
    5.8 (3.7K)
    France, 1654: D'Artagnan's girl grows up in a convent. When the mother superior is murdered, Eloïse suspects a plan to murder the king and hopes to prevent this and revenge the murder by finding her father and the 3 musketeers.
    DirectorBertrand TavernierStarsSophie MarceauPhilippe NoiretClaude Rich
  • It All Starts Today (1999)

    14. It All Starts Today

    19991h 57mNot Rated78Metascore
    7.4 (3K)
    A teacher from a small, depressed town is trying to do something useful.
    DirectorBertrand TavernierStarsPhilippe TorretonMaria PitarresiNadia Kaci
  • Captain Conan (1996)

    15. Captain Conan

    19962h 9m
    7.2 (2.6K)
    The war exploits of French captain Conan and his men during World War I and during the Allied intervention in the Russian Civil War.
    DirectorBertrand TavernierStarsPhilippe TorretonSamuel Le BihanBernard Le Coq
  • The Clockmaker (1974)

    16. The Clockmaker

    19741h 45m
    7.1 (3K)
    A watchmaker finds out one day that his son has become a murderer. He tries to understand for whom and why.
    DirectorBertrand TavernierStarsPhilippe NoiretJean RochefortJacques Denis
  • A Sunday in the Country (1984)

    17. A Sunday in the Country

    19841h 30mG
    7.4 (3.4K)
    An elderly painter whose son visits with his family on the weekends, is also surprised by a visit from his still-single daughter.
    DirectorBertrand TavernierStarsLouis DucreuxMichel AumontSabine Azéma
  • Let Joy Reign Supreme (1975)

    18. Let Joy Reign Supreme

    19751h 59mNot Rated
    7.0 (1.9K)
    A look at 18th-century France, when the authorities' depravity contribute to social oppression, and the uprisings flare up one after another.
    DirectorBertrand TavernierStarsPhilippe NoiretJean RochefortJean-Pierre Marielle
  • Laure Calamy in My Donkey, My Lover & I (2020)

    19. My Donkey, My Lover & I

    20201h 36m72Metascore
    6.5 (4.3K)
    A schoolteacher crashes her married lover's family vacation and befriends a donkey named Patrick.
    DirectorCaroline VignalStarsLaure CalamyBenjamin LavernheOlivia Côte
  • Un pays qui se tient sage (2020)

    20. Un pays qui se tient sage

    20201h 26m
    7.3 (830)
    A group of citizens question and confront their views on the social order, and the legitimacy of the use of violent police force.
    DirectorDavid DufresneStarsArié AlimiMyriam AyadLudivine Bantigny
  • Niels Schneider and Camélia Jordana in Love Affair(s) (2020)

    21. Love Affair(s)

    20202h 2m
    6.9 (3.3K)
    Waiting for her boyfriend to join her on a country vacation, three months pregnant Daphne bonds with his cousin Maxime, and their shared intimacy brings them closer together into a full fledged love affair.
    DirectorEmmanuel MouretStarsCamélia JordanaNiels SchneiderVincent Macaigne
  • Albert Dupontel and Virginie Efira in Bye Bye Morons (2020)

    22. Bye Bye Morons

    20201h 27m
    6.7 (7.6K)
    A seriously-ill woman tries to find her long-lost child with the help of a man in the middle of a burnout and a blind archivist.
    DirectorAlbert DupontelStarsVirginie EfiraAlbert DupontelNicolas Marié
  • At War (2018)

    23. At War

    20181h 53m61Metascore
    7.0 (2.4K)
    After promising 1100 employees that they would protect their jobs, the managers of a factory decide to suddenly close up shop. Laurent takes the lead in a fight against this decision.
    DirectorStéphane BrizéStarsVincent LindonMélanie RoverJacques Borderie
  • Welcome (2009)

    24. Welcome

    20091h 50mNot Rated61Metascore
    7.5 (7.7K)
    Bilal sets off on an adventure-filled journey across Europe and wants to get to England to see his love who lives there.
    DirectorPhilippe LioretStarsVincent LindonFirat AyverdiAudrey Dana
  • Patrick Chesnais in Je ne suis pas là pour être aimé (2005)

    25. Je ne suis pas là pour être aimé

    20051h 33m
    7.1 (1.7K)
    The (love) life of a man fed up with his work and life routine changes when he enlists into a tango dancing course.
    DirectorStéphane BrizéStarsPatrick ChesnaisAnne ConsignyGeorges Wilson

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