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1. The Majestic (2001)
PG | 152 min | Drama, Romance
In 1951, a blacklisted Hollywood writer gets into a car accident, loses his memory and settles down in a small town where he is mistaken for a long-lost son.
Director: Frank Darabont | Stars: Jim Carrey, Martin Landau, Bob Balaban, Jeffrey DeMunn
Votes: 57,692 | Gross: $27.81M
2. The Shop Around the Corner (1940)
Not Rated | 99 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Two employees at a gift shop can barely stand each other, without realizing that they are falling in love through the post as each other's anonymous pen pal.
Director: Ernst Lubitsch | Stars: Margaret Sullavan, James Stewart, Frank Morgan, Joseph Schildkraut
Votes: 38,532 | Gross: $0.20M
3. The End of the Tour (2015)
R | 106 min | Biography, Drama
The story of the five-day interview between Rolling Stone reporter David Lipsky and acclaimed novelist David Foster Wallace, which took place right after the 1996 publication of Wallace's groundbreaking epic novel, 'Infinite Jest.'
Director: James Ponsoldt | Stars: Jason Segel, Jesse Eisenberg, Anna Chlumsky, Mamie Gummer
Votes: 32,595 | Gross: $2.99M
4. Blackboard Jungle (1955)
Approved | 101 min | Crime, Drama
A new English teacher at a violent, unruly inner-city school is determined to do his job, despite resistance from both students and faculty.
Director: Richard Brooks | Stars: Glenn Ford, Anne Francis, Louis Calhern, Margaret Hayes
Votes: 9,887
5. Some Came Running (1958)
Approved | 137 min | Drama, Romance
A veteran returns home to deal with family secrets and small-town scandals.
Director: Vincente Minnelli | Stars: Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Shirley MacLaine, Martha Hyer
Votes: 7,383
6. Knife + Heart (2018)
Unrated | 102 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
Paris, summer 1979. Anne is a producer of cheap gay porn. When Lois, her editor and companion, leaves her, she attempts to get her back by making a more ambitious film with the flamboyant Archibald.
Director: Yann Gonzalez | Stars: Vanessa Paradis, Nicolas Maury, Kate Moran, Jonathan Genet
Votes: 5,540 | Gross: $0.03M
7. The Pizza Triangle (1970)
R | 99 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A three-way love affair in the Rome of the early seventies.
Director: Ettore Scola | Stars: Marcello Mastroianni, Monica Vitti, Giancarlo Giannini, Manuel Zarzo
Votes: 2,252
8. My New Partner (1984)
R | 107 min | Comedy, Crime
A moderately corrupt veteran policeman teaches the art of bribes to his young partner. The rookie turns out to be an extremely capable student, and soon overtakes the teacher.
Director: Claude Zidi | Stars: Philippe Noiret, Thierry Lhermitte, Régine, Grace de Capitani
Votes: 4,990
9. Rodin (2017)
Not Rated | 119 min | Biography, Drama, Romance
An account of the famous French sculptor's romance with Camille Claudel.
Director: Jacques Doillon | Stars: Vincent Lindon, Izïa Higelin, Séverine Caneele, Bernard Verley
Votes: 1,442 | Gross: $0.04M
10. Cop or Hood (1979)
PG | 107 min | Action, Comedy, Crime
Commissaire Stanislas Borowitz is going undercover as gangster Antonio Cerutti in order to expose corrupted policemen.
Director: Georges Lautner | Stars: Jean-Paul Belmondo, Georges Géret, Jean-François Balmer, Claude Brosset
Votes: 3,108
11. The Reader (1988)
R | 98 min | Comedy, Drama
A multi-faceted film based on Raymond Jean's novel "La Lectrice". Constance (Miou-Miou) reads the novel aloud in bed to her lover. Inspired by the story of Marie, a woman who advertises her... See full summary »
Director: Michel Deville | Stars: Miou-Miou, Christian Ruché, Sylvie Laporte, Michel Raskine
Votes: 1,811 | Gross: $0.70M
12. Teddy (I) (2020)
88 min | Comedy, Drama, Horror
In a rural French town, twenty-something Teddy is scratched by an unknown beast and slowly undergoes frightening changes.
Directors: Ludovic Boukherma, Zoran Boukherma | Stars: Anthony Bajon, Christine Gautier, Ludovic Torrent, Guillaume Mattera
Votes: 1,859
13. Cézanne et moi (2016)
R | 117 min | Biography, Drama
The parallel paths of the lives, careers and passionate friendship of post-impressionist painter Paul Cezanne and novelist Emile Zola. Both left their hometown to conquer the art scene in Paris.
Director: Danièle Thompson | Stars: Guillaume Canet, Guillaume Gallienne, Alice Pol, Déborah François
Votes: 1,420 | Gross: $0.26M
14. H-8... (1958)
105 min | Drama, Thriller
A bus and a truck are destined to collide with each other on a highway. Their passengers go on about their lives without knowing what will happen.
Director: Nikola Tanhofer | Stars: Boris Buzancic, Djurdja Ivezic, Antun Vrdoljak, Vanja Drach
Votes: 1,695
15. Who Are You, Polly Maggoo? (1966)
Not Rated | 101 min | Comedy, Drama
A model tells a television crew about her dreams of a life with Prince Charming while she is fending off the lecherous advances of a horde of men.
Director: William Klein | Stars: Dorothy McGowan, Jean Rochefort, Sami Frey, Grayson Hall
Votes: 1,277
16. The Judge and the Assassin (1976)
128 min | Crime, Drama, History
An unstable former French Sergeant commits many atrocities. A judge considers how this case could benefit or damage his career.
Director: Bertrand Tavernier | Stars: Philippe Noiret, Michel Galabru, Isabelle Huppert, Jean-Claude Brialy
Votes: 2,329
17. Dilili in Paris (2018)
PG | 95 min | Animation, Adventure, Family
In Belle Époque Paris, accompanied by a young scooter deliveryman, little Kanak Dilili investigates mysterious kidnappings of girls.
Director: Michel Ocelot | Stars: Prunelle Charles-Ambron, Enzo Ratsito, Natalie Dessay, Bruno Paviot
Votes: 1,201
18. Devil's Island (1938)
Approved | 62 min | Drama, Thriller
Unjustly condemned to Devil's Island and condemned to death, Dr. Gaudet's life is spared when his surgical skills save the life of the commandant's daughter.
Director: William Clemens | Stars: Boris Karloff, Nedda Harrigan, James Stephenson, Adia Kuznetzoff
Votes: 627
19. Pas son genre (2014)
111 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Parisian philosophy teacher Clément is sent to Arras where he meets pretty hairstylist Jennifer who becomes his lover. Free in their hearts and bodies, they could share this perfect love if the cultural and social divide were not as deep.
Director: Lucas Belvaux | Stars: Émilie Dequenne, Loïc Corbery, Sandra Nkake, Charlotte Talpaert
Votes: 2,059
20. L'école est finie (2018)
87 min | Comedy
Agathe Langlois, Parisian, has everything to be happy and she has just been established as an English teacher. But when she learns that she is transferred hundreds of kilometers from her home, in the countryside, it is the cold shower
Director: Anne Depétrini | Stars: Bérengère Krief, Grégory Fitoussi, Marilou Berry, Anne Depétrini
Votes: 434
21. L'affaire Dreyfus (1995 TV Movie)
200 min | Biography, Drama
In 1894, the French Army discovered the existence of a traitor Alsatian and Jewish, the French officer Alfred Dreyfus makes an ideal culprit. For lack of evidence, the War Ministry creates ... See full summary »
Director: Yves Boisset | Stars: Thierry Frémont, Gérard Desarthe, Pierre Arditi, Bernard-Pierre Donnadieu
Votes: 122
22. Homo Sapiens 1900 (1998)
Not Rated | 88 min | Documentary
Homo Sapiens 1900 is a stunning exploration of the history of eugenics, race hygiene and the quest to improve the human race. Emerging at the turn of the century, eugenic movements spawned government sanctioned research projects
Director: Peter Cohen | Stars: Jan Holmquist, Vladimir Lenin, Trofim Lysenko, Joseph Stalin
Votes: 213 | Gross: $0.00M
23. Les trésors de Marcel Pagnol (2019 TV Movie)
110 min | Documentary, Biography, History
The works of Marcel Pagnol are a veritable monument of French cultural heritage. Based on previously unseen archive material, film extracts, novels, plays, interviews and letters, the film ... See full summary »
Director: Fabien Beziat | Stars: Marcel Pagnol, Fabrice Luchini, Nicolas Pagnol, Marcel Achard
Votes: 12
24. Alice Guy - L'inconnue du 7e art (2021 TV Movie)
53 min | Documentary, Biography
In the early days of film-biz Alice joined the company of pioneer Gaumont, rose in the ranks and directed more than 400 films. But the company eventually erased her from her credits, she was forgotten, even experts have to rediscover her.
Directors: Nathalie Masduraud, Valérie Urréa | Stars: Agnes Jacqui, Maud Wyler, Gustave Eiffel, Léon Gaumont
Votes: 40
25. Spolecnost s rucením omezeným (1983 TV Movie)
65 min | Biography, Comedy
Director: Zdenek Podskalský | Stars: Rudolf Hrusínský, Pavel Zednícek, Zuzana Bydzovská, Vlastimil Brodský
26. 1870/71 Fotografien eines vergessenen Krieges (2020 TV Movie)
52 min | Documentary, History
Director: Grit Lederer | Stars: Sylvie Aubenas, Lauriane Bernat, Mina Christ, Éric Fournier
Votes: 11
27. Dreyfusova aféra (1968)
Drama, History
Stars: Slávka Budínová, Frantisek Filipovský, Rudolf Hrusínský, Karel Höger
28.
The Private Life of a Masterpiece (2001–2011)
Episode:
Édouard Manet: Le déjeuner sur l'herbe
(2002)
50 min | Documentary
Art critics and historians appreciate and analyze Edouard Manet's "Luncheon on the Grass," which was famously rejected by the Salon of 1863. The work sparked a scandal, but won admirers such as Zola and Picasso.
Director: Judith Winnan | Stars: Samuel West, Juliet Wilson-Bareau, Anthea Callen, Renee Cox
Votes: 9
29.
Les Trésors de... (2014– )
Episode:
Les Trésors de la Bibliothèque nationale de France
(2020)
90 min | Documentary, History
The National Library of France is the guardian of priceless treasures that tell our history, our illustrious thinkers, writers, scholars and artists. Telling the story of the exceptional ... See full summary »
Directors: Marie David, Guillaume Perez | Stars: Sophie Jovillard, Stéphanie Coudurier, Guillaume Apollinaire, Arletty
Votes: 5
30.
Portrait souvenir (1960–1969)
Episode:
Émile Zola
(1961)
42 min | Documentary
Director: Robert Valey | Stars: Roger Hanin, Jacques Jeannet, Henri Troyat
31.
À la vitrine du libraire (1963–1968)
Episode:
Yukio Mishima à propos de son livre "Après le banquet"
(1966)
Talk-Show
Director: Jean Royer | Stars: Yukio Mishima, Gaston Renondeau, Jean Prasteau
32.
Histoire de l'antisémitisme (2022)
Episode:
De l'émancipation à la Shoah, 1791-1945
(2022)
58 min | Documentary
Director: Jonathan Hayoun | Stars: Christian Gonon, Stéphane Bittoun, Marie-Anne Matard-Bonucci, Pierre Birnbaum
Votes: 19
33.
Brief History of Disbelief (2004– )
Episode:
Noughts and Crosses
(2004)
60 min | Documentary
Director: Richard Denton | Stars: Bernard Hill, Jonathan Miller, Simon Schaffer
Votes: 11
34.
Li'l Quinquin (2014)
Episode:
La bet'humaine
(2014)
Not Rated | 50 min | Comedy, Crime, Mystery
It is the start of the summer holidays for Quinquin and it is also the start of a local killing spree after a woman is found chopped up and fed to a cow, who is found dead in an old bunker.
Director: Bruno Dumont | Stars: Alane Delhaye, Lucy Caron, Bernard Pruvost, Philippe Jore
Votes: 137
35.
The Bureau (2015–2020)
Episode:
Episode #2.1
(2016)
TV-MA | 54 min | Drama, Thriller
After 4 months working undercover as the CIA's mole inside the DGSE, Malotru is threatening to cut ties with the Americans unless they take action to save Nadia, who is still held prisoner.
Directors: Eric Rochant, Antoine Chevrollier | Stars: Mathieu Kassovitz, Jean-Pierre Darroussin, Léa Drucker, Sara Giraudeau
Votes: 236
36.
Apostrophes (1975–1990)
Episode:
Vive les écrivains
(1990)
75 min | Talk-Show
Director: Jean-Luc Leridon | Stars: Bernard Pivot, Pierre Citron, Fernando del Paso, Leon Edel