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110: France

by videodrim • Created 3 years ago • Modified 1 week ago
Luigi Vincelli:Top 110 french movies of all time, in chronological order, recommended to Mauro Gervasini.
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  • 110 titles
  • The Human Beast (1938)

    1. The Human Beast

    19381h 40mNot Rated
    7.5 (8.8K)
    In this classic adaptation of Emile Zola's novel, a tortured train engineer falls in love with a troubled married woman who has helped her husband commit a murder.
    DirectorJean RenoirStarsJean GabinJulien CaretteSimone Simon
  • The Wages of Fear (1953)

    2. The Wages of Fear

    19532h 36mNot Rated85Metascore
    8.1 (71K)
    In a decrepit South American village, four men are hired to transport an urgent nitroglycerine shipment without the equipment that would make it safe.
    DirectorHenri-Georges ClouzotStarsYves MontandCharles VanelPeter van Eyck
  • Rififi (1955)

    3. Rififi

    19551h 58mNot Rated97Metascore
    8.1 (38K)
    Four men plan a technically perfect crime, but the human element intervenes...
    DirectorJules DassinStarsJean ServaisCarl MöhnerRobert Manuel
  • Bob le Flambeur (1956)

    4. Bob le Flambeur

    19561h 42mPG80Metascore
    7.6 (14K)
    After losing big, an aging gambler decides to assemble a team to rob a casino.
    DirectorJean-Pierre MelvilleStarsRoger DuchesneIsabelle CoreyDaniel Cauchy
  • A Man Escaped (1956)

    5. A Man Escaped

    19561h 41mNot Rated
    8.2 (30K)
    A captured French Resistance fighter during World War II engineers a daunting escape from a German prison in France.
    DirectorRobert BressonStarsFrançois LeterrierCharles Le ClaincheMaurice Beerblock
  • Speaking of Murder (1957)

    6. Speaking of Murder

    19571h 35m
    6.6 (736)
    A garage owner maintains his business as a front for his gang of criminals.
    DirectorGilles GrangierStarsJean GabinPaul FrankeurMarcel Bozzuffi
  • Échec au porteur (1958)

    7. Échec au porteur

    19581h 26m
    5.8 (207)
    After resolving to start a new life with his girlfriend Jacqueline, Bastien Sassey decides to give up working as a courier for drugs traffickers. So that he and Jacqueline can make a fresh start he agrees to take on one more job for a large sum of cash, but he betrays his employer.
    DirectorGilles GrangierStarsPaul MeurisseJeanne MoreauSerge Reggiani
  • Inspector Maigret (1958)

    8. Inspector Maigret

    19581h 59m
    7.2 (2.4K)
    In the Marais district in central Paris, somebody is going round murdering young women. Maigret is called to investigate.
    DirectorJean DelannoyStarsJean GabinAnnie GirardotOlivier Hussenot
  • 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
  • Witness in the City (1959)

    10. Witness in the City

    19591h 29m
    6.9 (1K)
    Seeking vengeance on his wife's former lover and assassin, a man sets in motion a string of killings.
    DirectorÉdouard MolinaroStarsLino VenturaSandra MiloFranco Fabrizi
  • Lino Ventura in 125 rue Montmartre (1959)

    11. 125 rue Montmartre

    19591h 25m
    6.7 (734)
    Pascal (Lino Ventura) sells newspapers. He is a simple man who one day resting on the banks of the Seine sees a drowning stranger. Pascal saves his life and begins his adventure next to a man who says his wife wants to intern in a madhouse. No good deed goes unpunished.
    DirectorGilles GrangierStarsLino VenturaAndréa ParisyRobert Hirsch
  • Alain Delon in Purple Noon (1960)

    12. Purple Noon

    19601h 58mPG-13
    7.7 (23K)
    Tom Ripley is a talented mimic, moocher, forger and all-around criminal improviser; but there's more to Tom Ripley than even he can guess.
    DirectorRené ClémentStarsAlain DelonMaurice RonetMarie Laforêt
  • Philippe Leroy, Michel Constantin, Jean Keraudy, Raymond Meunier, and Marc Michel in The Hole (1960)

    13. The Hole

    19602h 11mNot Rated
    8.5 (22K)
    Distrust and uncertainty arise when four long-term inmates cautiously induct a new prisoner into their elaborate prison-break scheme.
    DirectorJacques BeckerStarsAndré BervilJean KeraudyMichel Constantin
  • Paris Pick-Up (1962)

    14. Paris Pick-Up

    19621h 30m
    7.3 (287)
    On Christmas night, ex-convict Robert Herbin meets a beautiful Italian married woman, Marthe Drévet, who has many secrets.
    DirectorMarcel BluwalStarsRobert HosseinLea MassariRobert Dalban
  • Jean-Paul Belmondo and Monique Hennessy in Le Doulos (1962)

    15. Le Doulos

    19621h 48mNot Rated
    7.7 (13K)
    A burglar betraying other criminals prepares for a big heist with a trusted friend who might be as untrustworthy as he.
    DirectorJean-Pierre MelvilleStarsJean-Paul BelmondoSerge ReggianiJean Desailly
  • Stéphane Audran, Michèle Morgan, Danielle Darrieux, Charles Denner, Hildegard Knef, Mary Marquet, Juliette Mayniel, and Catherine Rouvel in Bluebeard (1963)

    16. Bluebeard

    19631h 55m
    6.4 (1.3K)
    Follows a family man who meets women through lonely-hearts ads.
    DirectorClaude ChabrolStarsMichèle MorganDanielle DarrieuxHildegard Knef
  • Alain Delon and Jean Gabin in Any Number Can Win (1963)

    17. Any Number Can Win

    19631h 58m
    7.3 (4.9K)
    A career con artist reunites with his wife but has already planned his next move: one daring last heist that will set him up for life. However, there is no such thing as a foolproof plan.
    DirectorHenri VerneuilStarsJean GabinAlain DelonClaude Cerval
  • Bourvil, Pierre Brasseur, Virna Lisi, Umberto Orsini, and Marina Vlady in Don't Tempt the Devil (1963)

    18. Don't Tempt the Devil

    19632h
    7.0 (374)
    Gina is the dedicated nurse of Paul Dupré, a wealthy industrialist who has been treated for heart problems. Dupré dies brutally during an injection made by Gina, and immediately his wife Catherine accuses Gina.
    DirectorChristian-JaqueStarsMarina VladyBourvilVirna Lisi
  • Symphonie pour un massacre (1963)

    19. Symphonie pour un massacre

    19631h 55m
    7.2 (749)
    Five men tied to businesses with varying degrees of legality pool their money to go in on one huge narcotics deal that can set them up for life - and test their loyalties.
    DirectorJacques DerayStarsMichel AuclairClaude DauphinJosé Giovanni
  • Yves Montand and Simone Signoret in The Sleeping Car Murder (1965)

    20. The Sleeping Car Murder

    19651h 35m
    7.2 (2.5K)
    The witnesses of a train murder must take the investigation into their own hands if they want to survive.
    DirectorCosta-GavrasStarsCatherine AllégretJacques PerrinSimone Signoret
  • Le deuxième souffle (1966)

    21. Le deuxième souffle

    19662h 30mNot Rated
    7.9 (7.2K)
    A gangster escapes jail and quickly makes plans to continue his criminal ways elsewhere, but a determined inspector is closing in.
    DirectorJean-Pierre MelvilleStarsLino VenturaPaul MeurisseRaymond Pellegrin
  • Bruno Cremer and Marisa Mell in Objective 500 Million (1966)

    22. Objective 500 Million

    19661h 30m
    6.2 (291)
    Reichau, a former army captain, is back in France after serving three years in prison for belonging to the OAS(Secret Armed Organization), a dissident paramilitary group during the Algerian War. Marked by his past, he does not believe in the values of his country any more. At a loss to know what to do with his life, he agrees one day to take part in a heist set up by Pierre, a pilot, the very man who gave him away in Oran. The operation, in which Yo, a gorgeous woman, participates, consists in stealing a bag containing 55 million francs during a Paris-Bordeaux flight...
    DirectorPierre SchoendoerfferStarsBruno CremerMarisa MellJean-Claude Rolland
  • Louis de Funès and Bourvil in Don't Look Now... We're Being Shot At! (1966)

    23. Don't Look Now... We're Being Shot At!

    19662h 3mG
    7.9 (22K)
    Several ordinary Frenchmen go on an epic voyage through the occupied country to the free zone as they help British pilots avoid German captivity.
    DirectorGérard OuryStarsBourvilLouis de FunèsClaudio Brook
  • Jean Gabin and Robert Stack in Action Man (1967)

    24. Action Man

    19671h 35m
    6.4 (813)
    Sophisticated crook talks ex-crook and now respectable business man into one last caper. This highly planned and well executed crime goes off without a hitch until rival bad guys want a piece of the action.
    DirectorJean DelannoyStarsJean GabinRobert StackMargaret Lee
  • Alain Delon and Nathalie Delon in Le Samouraï (1967)

    25. Le Samouraï

    19671h 41mGP90Metascore
    8.0 (63K)
    After professional hitman Jef Costello is seen by witnesses, his efforts to provide himself an alibi drive him further into a corner.
    DirectorJean-Pierre MelvilleStarsAlain DelonFrançois PérierNathalie Delon

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