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1. The French Revolution (1989)
335 min | Drama, History, Thriller
A chronicle of the French Revolution from the calling of the Etats General in 1789 until the end of the Jacobin Terror in 1794.
Directors: Robert Enrico, Richard T. Heffron | Stars: Klaus Maria Brandauer, Jane Seymour, François Cluzet, Jean-François Balmer
Votes: 1,848
2. Danton (1983)
PG | 136 min | Biography, Drama, History
In 1793, as the Terror begins in France, Georges Danton, a champion-of-the-people, returns to clash against Maximilien Robespierre and his extremist party.
Director: Andrzej Wajda | Stars: Gérard Depardieu, Wojciech Pszoniak, Anne Alvaro, Roland Blanche
Votes: 7,777
3. Baron noir (2016– )
TV-MA | 55 min | Drama, Thriller
The story of a French president to be and one of his friends, the mayor of a small city in northern France.
Stars: Kad Merad, Anna Mouglalis, Astrid Whettnall, Lubna Gourion
Votes: 1,648
4. Maryland (2015)
Unrated | 98 min | Drama, Thriller
Vincent is an ex-soldier with PTSD who is hired to protect the wife and child of a wealthy Lebanese businessman while he's out of town. Despite the apparent tranquility in Maryland, Vincent perceives an external threat.
Director: Alice Winocour | Stars: Matthias Schoenaerts, Diane Kruger, Paul Hamy, Zaïd Errougui-Demonsant
Votes: 6,726 | Gross: $0.01M
5. Haute Cuisine (2012)
PG-13 | 95 min | Biography, Comedy
The story of Danièle Delpeuch and how she was appointed as the private chef for François Mitterrand.
Director: Christian Vincent | Stars: Catherine Frot, Arthur Dupont, Jean d'Ormesson, Hippolyte Girardot
Votes: 6,865 | Gross: $0.21M
6. The Sorrow and the Pity (1969)
PG | 251 min | Documentary, History, War
An in-depth exploration of the various reactions by the French people to the Vichy government's acceptance of the German invasion.
Director: Marcel Ophüls | Stars: Helmut Tausend, Marcel Verdier, Alexis Grave, Louis Grave
Votes: 4,098
7. I Am Greta (2020)
TV-14 | 97 min | Documentary, Biography
The documentary follows Greta Thunberg, a teenage climate activist from Sweden, on her international crusade to get people to listen to scientists about the world's environmental problems.
Director: Nathan Grossman | Stars: Greta Thunberg, Svante Thunberg, Niclas Svenningsen, António Guterres
Votes: 8,377
8. Spin (2012–2016)
TV-PG | 52 min | Drama, Thriller
After the assassination of the president, the electoral campaign begins again. The president's former advisor, is trying to promote his foals. The Secretary of State, is also in the running. The dirty tricks multiply.
Stars: Bruno Wolkowitch, Grégory Fitoussi, Philippe Magnan, Yves Pignot
Votes: 801
9. Un homme heureux (2023)
89 min | Comedy
As Jean, a conservative, campaigns to be reelected mayor of a small town in northern France, Edith, his spouse of 40 years, tells him a secret he can no longer repress: in his heart, he is ... See full summary »
Director: Tristan Séguéla | Stars: Fabrice Luchini, Catherine Frot, Philippe Katerine, Artus
Votes: 490
10. Un président, l'Europe et la guerre (2022 TV Movie)
114 min | Documentary
They call each other Emmanuel and Vladimir - but despite the informal tone, a fateful negotiation is taking place. During France's presidency of the EU, President Macron takes on the task ... See full summary »
Directors: Laurence Thomas-Dutour, Guy Lagache | Stars: Emmanuel Macron, Joe Biden, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, Isabelle Dumont
Votes: 216
11. Room 2806: The Accusation (2020)
TV-MA | 197 min | Documentary, Crime
This docuseries follows the 2011 sexual assault case involving french politician Dominique Strauss-Kahn at the height of his career.
Stars: Nafissatou Diallo, Raphaëlle Bacqué, Élisabeth Guigou, Paul Browne
Votes: 2,524
12. Le président (1961)
110 min | Thriller
At 73, France's ex-president, Emile Beaufort, faces declining health, but he still plays a vigorous role behind the scenes as a philosopher and, potentially, as a power broker. In ... See full summary »
Director: Henri Verneuil | Stars: Jean Gabin, Bernard Blier, Renée Faure, Henri Crémieux
Votes: 1,068
13. Paris 1919: Un traité pour la paix (2009 TV Movie)
90 min | Documentary, Drama, History
A film about the Paris Peace Conference that negotiated the end of World War I with the Versailles Treaty.
Director: Paul Cowan | Stars: R.H. Thomson, David Lowe, Paul Bandey, Yan Brian
Votes: 176
14. The Clearstream Affair (2014)
Not Rated | 106 min | Thriller
In this French thriller, journalist Denis Robert sets the world of finance ablaze when he exposes a major European bank's opaque operations. In his search for the truth, he uncovers a dark political financial machine of bribes and threats.
Director: Vincent Garenq | Stars: Gilles Lellouche, Charles Berling, Laurent Capelluto, Florence Loiret Caille
Votes: 1,008
15. Emmanuel Macron: les coulisses d'une victoire (2017 TV Movie)
91 min | Documentary
Objective footage witnessing the sudden political ascent of Emmanuel Macron, who survived a bruising campaign to become the youngest president in French history.
Director: Yann L'Hénoret | Stars: Emmanuel Macron, Pierre Arditi, François Bayrou, Stéphane Bern
Votes: 456
16. Returning to Reims (Fragments) (2021)
83 min | Documentary
Based on the novel by Didier Eribon, the film tells an intimate and political story of the French working class from the beginning of the 1950s to today.
Director: Jean-Gabriel Périot | Stars: Adèle Haenel, Jacques Delors, Jacques Duclos, Lionel Jospin
Votes: 253
17. 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
18. Les Guignols de l'info (1988–2018)
8 min | Comedy
Les Guignols de l'info is a satirical French television puppet show. A parody of a television news show, the show is a caricature of the political world, the media, personalities or more generally of French society and the world today.
Stars: Yves Lecoq, Nicolas Canteloup, Daniel Herzog, Marc-Antoine Le Bret
Votes: 353
19. Hiver 54, l'abbé Pierre (1989)
102 min | Biography, Drama
France experienced one of the most chilling winters in 1954.It was during that harsh weather that a catholic priest L'Abbé Pierre wrote an open letter to minister of housing to provide shelter to numerous homeless people.
Director: Denis Amar | Stars: Lambert Wilson, Claudia Cardinale, Robert Hirsch, Antoine Vitez
Votes: 307
20. Les 4 vérités (1987– )
Talk-Show
Stars: Roland Sicard, Françoise Laborde, Gérard Leclerc, Caroline Roux
21. 1974, une partie de campagne (1974)
90 min | Documentary
This documentary closely follows the French 1974 Presidential campaign of Valéry Giscard d'Estaing (who then became President).
Director: Raymond Depardon | Stars: Valéry Giscard d'Estaing, Charles Aznavour, Jacques Chirac, Philippe Clay
Votes: 225
22. J'veux du soleil! (2019)
76 min | Documentary
Documentary devoted to Yellow Vests.
Directors: Gilles Perret, François Ruffin | Stars: Jean-Michel Aphatie, Christophe Barbier, Yves Calvi, Christophe Castaner
Votes: 243
23. Vive la bombe! (2006 TV Movie)
90 min | History, War
Director: Jean-Pierre Sinapi | Stars: Cyril Descours, Olivier Barthélémy, Matthieu Boujenah, Damien Jouillerot
Votes: 69
24. Who Is Bernard Tapie? (2001)
PG | 56 min | Documentary
This documentary tells two stories simultaneously: it's a profile of Bernard Tapie, a wealthy man who rises and falls spectacularly in French society and may be on the rise again; and, it's... See full summary »
Director: Marina Zenovich | Stars: Claude Lelouch, Marina Zenovich, Bernard Tapie, Anne-Laure Plante
Votes: 69
25. Being Jacques Chirac (2006)
90 min | Documentary, Comedy
Parody autobiography of Jacques Chirac, the former French president.
Directors: Michel Royer, Karl Zéro | Stars: Didier Gustin, Edouard Balladur, François Baroin, Raymond Barre
Votes: 314
26. The Other Side of Suez (2004 TV Movie)
59 min | Documentary, History
A British documentary focusing on the Suez Crisis of 1956.
Stars: Ben Miles, Mohamed Auda, Talaat Badrawi, Mordechai Bar-On
Votes: 24
27. France-Algérie: une histoire de famille (2018 TV Movie)
117 min | Documentary
More than half a century after independence, the Algerian question remains a taboo subject in France and arouses passions. Whatever the words, whatever the decisions, there will always be a... See full summary »
Directors: Frederic Martin, Dominique Fargues, Isabelle Quintard | Stars: Hacène Arfi, Patrick Baudouin, Mohammed Bedjaoui, Azouz Begag
28. Notre histoire est politique (2016– )
Documentary, History
Stars: Denis Podalydès, Jean-Luc Mélenchon, Gérard Miller, Alain Duhamel
Votes: 8
29. La fête aujourd'hui, la fête demain (1974)
80 min | Documentary
A documentary about la Fête de l'Humanité held in 1972, with Jacques Duclos, Louis Aragon and Georges Marchais.
Director: Maria Koleva | Stars: Louis Aragon, Roger Daltrey, Jacques Duclos, John Entwistle
30. De Gaulle intime (2005 TV Movie)
100 min | Documentary
This documentary, attempts to approach a more intimate figure of the statesman, whom the latter has always concealed. It allows to discover the father, the grandfather and the writer, but ... See full summary »
Director: René-Jean Bouyer | Star: Jean Rochefort
Votes: 8
31. L'émission politique (2016– )
Stars: Léa Salamé, David Pujadas, Nathalie Saint-Cricq, Jean-Baptiste Marteau
32. François Mitterrand: Conversations avec un président (2001– )
Documentary
33. Chirac (2006 TV Movie)
220 min | Documentary, Biography, History
Part 1: The young wolf (1932-1981) Jacques Chirac was born in Paris on 29 November 1932. At the age of 18 he became a student at Sciences-Po, the prestigious French institute of political ... See full synopsis »
Director: Patrick Rotman | Stars: Michèle Alliot-Marie, Claude Allègre, Martine Aubry, Edouard Balladur
Votes: 43
34. Dimanche en politique (2016– )
Stars: Francis Letellier, Jean-Luc Mélenchon, Marine Le Pen, Nicolas Dupont-Aignan
35. Cartes sur table (1977–1981)
Stars: Jean-Pierre Elkabbach, Alain Duhamel, Georges Marchais, Pierre Royer
36. Jours de sacre à l'Elysée (2017 TV Movie)
89 min | Documentary
Director: Christian Huleu | Stars: Patrick Balkany, Edouard Balladur, Carla Bruni, Jacques Chirac
37. Portrait d'un Président: François Mitterrand (1985 TV Movie)
106 min | Documentary
Director: Anne Gaillard | Star: François Mitterrand
38. Élysée 2022 (2021– )
Stars: Léa Salamé, Laurent Guimier, Nathalie Saint-Cricq, Francis Letellier
39.
Storyville (1997– )
Episode:
The Spy in Your Mobile
(2023)
Documentary, Biography
A Storyville documentary that investigates a powerful and terrifying spyware called Pegasus, sold to governments around the world by Israeli company NSO Group and used on journalists, activists and others.
Votes: 15
40.
Panorama (1953– )
Episode:
Marine Le Pen: Who's Funding France's Far Right?
(2017)
29 min | Documentary, News
Marine Le Pen has been detoxifying her party, distancing it from its racist and anti-Semitic past. Gabriel Gatehouse meets the fixers and insiders who have been raising funds from controversial sources around the world.
Director: Joseph McAuley | Stars: Gabriel Gatehouse, Electre, Jean-Marie Le Pen, Vladimir Putin