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French movies are the best

by bent-toe • Created 9 years ago • Modified 4 years ago
Here are a list of some of the best French movies i've seen.
In no particular order.
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  • The Assault (2010)

    1. The Assault

    20101h 31mR55Metascore
    6.1 (4.3K)
    Based on a true story, a SWAT team is tasked with storming a hijacked Air France plane to save its passengers.
    DirectorJulien LeclercqStarsVincent ElbazGrégori DerangèreMélanie Bernier
  • Daniel Auteuil and Mathieu Kassovitz in The Lookout (2012)

    2. The Lookout

    20121h 29mNot Rated
    5.7 (3K)
    A detective hunts for the marksman who foiled the plan to catch a notorious team of bank robbers.
    DirectorMichele PlacidoStarsDaniel AuteuilMathieu KassovitzOlivier Gourmet
  • Cécile de France in High Tension (2003)

    3. High Tension

    20031h 31mR42Metascore
    6.7 (81K)
    Best friends Marie and Alexia decide to spend a quiet weekend at Alexia's parents' secluded farmhouse. But on the night of their arrival, the girls' idyllic getaway turns into an endless night of horror.
    DirectorAlexandre AjaStarsCécile de FranceMaïwennPhilippe Nahon
  • François Cluzet in Tell No One (2006)

    4. Tell No One

    20062h 11mNot Rated82Metascore
    7.5 (60K)
    An accidental discovery near a doctor's estate stirs up some painful memories eight years after his wife's hideous murder, and now, things are bound to take a turn for the unexpected. Does the good doctor know more than he's letting on?
    DirectorGuillaume CanetStarsFrançois CluzetMarie-Josée CrozeAndré Dussollier
  • Gibraltar (2013)

    5. Gibraltar

    20131h 56m
    6.3 (1.5K)
    A story centered on a man who works as an informant for the French border patrol.
    DirectorJulien LeclercqStarsGilles LelloucheTahar RahimRiccardo Scamarcio
  • The Crimson Rivers (2000)

    6. The Crimson Rivers

    20001h 46mR49Metascore
    6.9 (68K)
    Two French cops, investigating separate murders, find a common link between the killings. As more murders occur, the two find an increasing number of horrific details pointing to a conspiracy.
    DirectorMathieu KassovitzStarsJean RenoVincent CasselNadia Farès
  • Crimson Rivers 2: Angels of the Apocalypse (2004)

    7. Crimson Rivers 2: Angels of the Apocalypse

    20041h 40mR
    5.9 (22K)
    Pierre Niemans faces the threat of the apocalypse while investigating a series of ritual murders.
    DirectorOlivier DahanStarsJean RenoBenoît MagimelChristopher Lee
  • Delicatessen (1991)

    8. Delicatessen

    19911h 39mR66Metascore
    7.5 (92K)
    Post-apocalyptic surrealist black comedy about the landlord of an apartment building who occasionally prepares a delicacy for his odd tenants.
    DirectorsMarc CaroJean-Pierre JeunetStarsMarie-Laure DougnacDominique PinonPascal Benezech
  • Mark Dacascos and Samuel Le Bihan in Brotherhood of the Wolf (2001)

    9. Brotherhood of the Wolf

    20012h 22mR57Metascore
    7.0 (74K)
    In 18th-century France, the Chevalier de Fronsac and his Native American friend Mani are sent to the Gevaudan province at the king's behest to investigate the killings of hundreds by a mysterious beast.
    DirectorChristophe GansStarsSamuel Le BihanMark DacascosJérémie Renier
  • Irreversible (2002)

    10. Irreversible

    20021h 37mNot Rated51Metascore
    7.3 (155K)
    Events over the course of one traumatic night in Paris unfold in reverse-chronological order.
    DirectorGaspar NoéStarsMonica BellucciVincent CasselAlbert Dupontel
  • Empire of the Wolves (2005)

    11. Empire of the Wolves

    20052h 8mR
    5.8 (12K)
    A disgraced policeman helps a young detective to hunt down a serial killer who targets Turkish women in Paris.
    DirectorChris NahonStarsJean RenoArly JoverJocelyn Quivrin
  • Vincent Cassel in La haine (1995)

    12. La haine

    19951h 38mNot Rated
    8.1 (212K)
    24 hours in the lives of three young men in the French suburbs the day after a violent riot.
    DirectorMathieu KassovitzStarsVincent CasselHubert KoundéSaïd Taghmaoui
  • 22 Bullets (2010)

    13. 22 Bullets

    20101h 57mNot Rated
    6.6 (37K)
    A retired mobster goes on a revenge spree after being left for dead with 22 bullets in his body by his former childhood friend.
    DirectorRichard BerryStarsJean RenoKad MeradJean-Pierre Darroussin
  • The City of Lost Children (1995)

    14. The City of Lost Children

    19951h 52mR73Metascore
    7.4 (73K)
    A scientist in a surrealist society kidnaps children to steal their dreams, hoping that they slow his aging process.
    DirectorsMarc CaroJean-Pierre JeunetStarsRon PerlmanDaniel EmilforkJudith Vittet
  • The Last Deadly Mission (2008)

    15. The Last Deadly Mission

    20082h 5mNot Rated
    6.6 (6.7K)
    A washed-up Marseilles cop (Auteuil) earns a chance at redemption by protecting a woman from the man who killed her parents as he is about to be released from prison.
    DirectorOlivier MarchalStarsDaniel AuteuilOlivia BonamyCatherine Marchal
  • Vincent Cassel in Mesrine: Public Enemy No. 1 (2008)

    16. Mesrine: Public Enemy No. 1

    20082h 13mR72Metascore
    7.4 (32K)
    The story of the notorious French gangster Jacques Mesrine, with the focus on his life and death as France's Public Enemy No. 1 in the 1970s.
    DirectorJean-François RichetStarsVincent CasselLudivine SagnierMathieu Amalric
  • Vincent Cassel in Mesrine: Killer Instinct (2008)

    17. Mesrine: Killer Instinct

    20081h 53mR71Metascore
    7.5 (36K)
    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.
    DirectorJean-François RichetStarsVincent CasselCécile de FranceGérard Depardieu
  • The Connection (2014)

    18. The Connection

    20142h 15mR67Metascore
    7.1 (13K)
    A French police magistrate spends years trying to take down one of the country's most powerful drug rings.
    DirectorCédric JimenezStarsJean DujardinGilles LelloucheCéline Sallette
  • Gilles Lellouche in Point Blank (2010)

    19. Point Blank

    20101h 24mR75Metascore
    6.8 (15K)
    Samuel, a male nurse, saves the life of a thief whose henchmen take Samuel's wife hostage and force him to spring their boss.
    DirectorFred CavayéStarsGilles LelloucheRoschdy ZemGérard Lanvin
  • Albert Dupontel and Alice Taglioni in The Prey (2011)

    20. The Prey

    20111h 45mR58Metascore
    6.6 (6K)
    Bank-robber Franck Adrien is serving a prison sentence after robbing a national bank. Before he was caught he managed to hide the money but now it's not just the police who are looking for the money. His cell-mate is Jean-Louis Maurel, an alleged rapist/child molester who claims his innocence. When the court finds Maurel not guilty, Maurel promises to look after Franck's family when he gets out. But one day, a man called Manuel Carrega tells Franck that Maurel is a suspected serial killer and that Franck's family is in danger. Franck escapes from prison and police officer Claire Linné and her team take up the chase.
    DirectorEric ValetteStarsAlbert DupontelAlice TaglioniStéphane Debac
  • Gérard Depardieu and Daniel Auteuil in 36th Precinct (2004)

    21. 36th Precinct

    20041h 51mNot Rated
    7.1 (19K)
    2 cops are promised by the retiring chief of the Paris police that the one, getting the violent gang robbing armored trucks, will get his job. The 2 will do whatever it takes to get the promotion, even if it means breaking the law.
    DirectorOlivier MarchalStarsDaniel AuteuilGérard DepardieuAndré Dussollier
  • Vahina Giocante and Gérard Lanvin in Secret Defense (2008)

    22. Secret Defense

    20081h 40m
    6.3 (3.8K)
    In France, terrorist groups and intelligence agencies battle in a merciless war everyday, in the name of radically opposed ideologies. Yet, terrorist and secret agents lead almost the same lives. Condemned to secrecy, these masters of manipulation follow the same methods. Alex and Al Barad are two of them. The former is the head of the D.G.S.E.'s (Direction Générale de la Sécurité Extérieure, the French equivalent of the CIA or the MI6) counter-terrorism unit while the latter reigns over a terrorist network, and both fight using the most ruthless of weapons: human beings. Secret Défense (aka Secrets Of State) tells of their secret war through the destinies of Diane, a student recruited by the French secret service, and Pierre, a troubled young man who thinks terrorism will bring him salvation. Trained and indoctrinated for missions which are beyond them, they are both drawn into a chain of events from which they seem incapable of escaping. While they both be sacrificed in the name of their "noble" causes?
    DirectorPhilippe HaïmStarsGérard LanvinVahina GiocanteNicolas Duvauchelle
  • Les invincibles (2013)

    23. Les invincibles

    20131h 38m
    5.3 (651)
    Momo has one dream buried for years: become a petanque champion. When an international tournament is announced, he drops his ordinary life to win the first prize and fulfill his dreams.
    DirectorFrédéric BertheStarsGérard DepardieuAtmen KelifVirginie Efira
  • Them (2006)

    24. Them

    20061h 17mR60Metascore
    6.3 (33K)
    Lucas and Clementine live peacefully in their isolated country house, but one night they wake up to strange noise... they're not alone... and a group of hooded assailants begin to terrorize them throughout the night.
    DirectorsDavid MoreauXavier PaludStarsOlivia BonamyMichaël CohenAdriana Mocca
  • 11.6 (2013)

    25. 11.6

    20131h 42mNot Rated
    5.7 (2.7K)
    In November 2009, French security van driver Toni Musulin makes off with nearly 12 million euros, then turns himself over to the authorities a week later.
    DirectorPhilippe GodeauStarsFrançois CluzetBouli LannersCorinne Masiero

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