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1. Four Heads Are Better Than One (1898)

TV-PG | 1 min | Short, Comedy

Much to our amazement, an elegant and masterful illusionist detaches his own head effortlessly from his shoulders for a once-in-a-lifetime performance.

Director: Georges Méliès | Star: Georges Méliès

Votes: 4,021

2. L'affaire Dreyfus (1899)

13 min | Short, Biography, Drama

Dramatized re-enactments of the events of the Dreyfus-affair from 1894 to 1899.

Director: Georges Méliès | Star: Georges Méliès

Votes: 707

3. Going to Bed with Difficulties (1900)

Not Rated | 2 min | Comedy, Short, Fantasy

As if by magic, a weary traveller trying to undress, is foiled by his mutinous clothes as they teleport and multiply before his eyes, refusing to stay on the clothing rack.

Director: Georges Méliès | Star: Georges Méliès

Votes: 841

4. History of a Crime (1901)

5 min | Short, Crime, Drama

A burglar is arrested for a murder. He is condemned to death. Before his execution the murderer dreams of his past, of how he was a bank clerk, then turned to crime. The criminal is then ... See full summary »

Director: Ferdinand Zecca | Stars: Jean Liézer, Bretteau, Ferdinand Zecca

Votes: 782

5. A Trip to the Moon (1902)

TV-G | 13 min | Short, Action, Adventure

A group of astronomers go on an expedition to the Moon.

Director: Georges Méliès | Stars: Georges Méliès, Victor André, Bleuette Bernon, Brunnet

Votes: 55,826

6. His First Cigar (1908)

5 min | Short, Comedy

A well-grown boy sees a box of his father's cigars, and pockets one. He goes downstairs, and no sooner is he out of the building when he joyously sticks the cheroot into his mouth. Feeling ... See full summary »

Director: Louis J. Gasnier | Star: Max Linder

Votes: 172

7. In a Difficult Position (1908)

4 min | Short, Comedy

It is just a few moments before the ball, and the beau, by his strenuousness in dressing, has torn a huge rent in the seat of his only pair of trousers. Hastily seizing a needle and thread,... See full summary »

Director: André Heuzé | Star: Max Linder

Votes: 86

8. Max Takes a Bath (1910)

8 min | Short, Comedy

Max has purchased a new bathtub, but bathing in it proves to be more difficult than he anticipated.

Director: Lucien Nonguet | Star: Max Linder

Votes: 338

9. Bandits en automobile - Épisode 1: La bande de l'auto grise (1912)

Short, Thriller

This part of the narrative is based on the exploits of the contemporary Bonnot group, a gang of anarchists who relished breaking laws and used cars in their bank robberies to evade the police, in both France and Belgium.

Director: Victorin-Hippolyte Jasset | Stars: Josette Andriot, Henri Gouget, Camille Bardou, Karlmos

Votes: 36

10. Bandits en automobile - Épisode 2: Hors-la-loi (1912)

Short

Second part of this film based on the Bonnot group, a band of anarchists active at the time of the film in France and Belgium. Here we witness the end of the group and its arrest.

Director: Victorin-Hippolyte Jasset | Star: Camille Bardou

Votes: 28

11. Le fumiste (1911)

Short, Comedy

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Director: Gérard Bourgeois | Star: Raimu

Votes: 16

12. The Mystery of the Rocks of Kador (1912)

Not Rated | 45 min | Crime, Drama

Count Fernand De Keramic plots against his niece in order to acquire her wealth to pay his debts.

Director: Léonce Perret | Stars: Suzanne Grandais, Émile Keppens, Léonce Perret, Max Dhartigny

Votes: 425

13. Le roman de Max (1912)

3 min | Short, Comedy

Max Linder is spending a holiday at the seaside, and reaches his hotel at the same time as a charming unknown. Their respective rooms adjoin. They put their footgear outside their doors at ... See full summary »

Director: Max Linder | Stars: Max Linder, Lucy d'Orbel

Votes: 87

14. Fantômas: In the Shadow of the Guillotine (1913)

Not Rated | 54 min | Crime, Drama

Inspector Juve is tasked to investigate and capture an infamous criminal Fantomas.

Director: Louis Feuillade | Stars: René Navarre, Edmund Breon, Georges Melchior, Renée Carl

Votes: 2,487

15. Figures de cire (1914)

11 min | Short, Horror

On a dare, a man vows to spend the night in a wax museum filled with ghoulish scenes of true crimes. At first, he scoffs, but soon the scenes that are depicted begin to affect his mind.

Director: Maurice Tourneur | Stars: Henry Roussel, Emile Tramont, Henri Gouget

Votes: 248

16. Those of Our Land (1915)

44 min | Documentary, Short

With family connections to some famous French artists, writers, and musicians of the time, Sacha Guitry decided to film the individuals in action, to celebrate the greatness of his culture, threatened by Germany in the ongoing Great War.

Directors: Sacha Guitry, Frédéric Rossif | Stars: André Antoine, Lysiane Bernhardt, Sarah Bernhardt, Edgar Degas

Votes: 98

17. Man of the Sea (1920)

86 min | Drama

Nolff, a tough Breton fisherman is happy: his wife has just given birth to a son, Michel. His only wish is to make him a fisherman like him. But when he becomes a man, Michel becomes a ... See full summary »

Director: Marcel L'Herbier | Stars: Charles Boyer, Claire Prélia, Suzanne Doris, Philippe Hériat

Votes: 270

18. Eldorado (1921)

100 min | Drama

Sibilla is a single mother, working as a gypsy dancer in a lousy cafe in the south of Spain. Unable to keep with the costs of his son's medical bills, she asks for help to Estiria, her ... See full summary »

Director: Marcel L'Herbier | Stars: Ève Francis, Jaque Catelain, Marcelle Pradot, Philippe Hériat

Votes: 493

19. L'enfant du carnaval (1921)

66 min | Comedy, Drama

A foundling is left in front of the home of a rich aristocratic bachelor during the Nice carnival. The marquis adopts the child but soon finds that he cannot cope, so he employs a nanny who... See full summary »

Director: Ivan Mozzhukhin | Stars: Ivan Mozzhukhin, Nathalie Lissenko, Bartkevitch, Jules de Spoly

Votes: 8

20. Cyrano de Bergerac (1923)

TV-G | 113 min | Drama, Romance, War

Cyrano de Bergerac is a joyous and witty poet filled with plenty of charisma and bravado in 17th-century France. He has only one flaw: an unusually long nose which makes him unattractive to any woman.

Director: Augusto Genina | Stars: Pierre Magnier, Linda Moglia, Angelo Ferrari, Maurice Schutz

Votes: 341

21. La maison du mystère (1923)

Not Rated | 382 min | Crime, Drama

An imaginative wedding scene shot in silhouette, begins a tale of murder blackmail and romance covering a period of about 18 years, ending around 1923.

Director: Alexandre Volkoff | Stars: Ivan Mozzhukhin, Charles Vanel, Nicolas Koline, Hélène Darly

Votes: 122

22. Le brasier ardent (1923)

Not Rated | 120 min | Comedy, Drama, Mystery

A woman, named simply "Elle" and her husband, a wealthy industrialist, are not on the best of terms. While she enjoys the way he caters to her every whim, she wonders whether he really ... See full summary »

Director: Ivan Mozzhukhin | Stars: Ivan Mozzhukhin, Nathalie Lissenko, Nicolas Koline, Camille Bardou

Votes: 345

23. Entr'acte (1924)

22 min | Short

An absolute dada movie. Somebody gets killed, his coffin gets out of control and after a chase it stops. The person gets out of it and let everybody who followed the coffin dissapear.

Director: René Clair | Stars: Jean Börlin, Inge Frïss, Francis Picabia, Marcel Duchamp

Votes: 4,198

24. Kean (1924)

136 min | Drama

When a famous Shakespearean actor falls in love with a woman above his station, his professional and personal life begin to crumble.

Director: Alexandre Volkoff | Stars: Ivan Mozzhukhin, Nathalie Lissenko, Pauline Po, Otto Detlefsen

Votes: 187

25. La galerie des monstres (1924)

75 min | Drama

The life of the clown Riquet and his young wife, the dancer Ralda, is threatened by the despotic owner of the circus where they work together. He wants the girl and will not hesitate to try... See full summary »

Director: Jaque Catelain | Stars: Jaque Catelain, Lois Moran, Claire Prélia, Jean Murat

Votes: 119

26. Miracle of the Wolves (1924)

73 min | Drama

King Louis XI tries to unify France by all means fair or foul, which does not please his powerful rival Charles the Bold. It is against this troubled backdrop that the loves of the daughter... See full summary »

Director: Raymond Bernard | Stars: Vanni Marcoux, Charles Dullin, Yvonne Sergyl, Romuald Joubé

Votes: 97

27. L'inhumaine (1924)

Not Rated | 135 min | Drama, Mystery, Romance

Claire Lescot is a famous first lady. All men want to be loved by her and among them is the young scientist Einar Norsen. When she mocks at him, he leaves her house with the declared intention to kill himself.

Director: Marcel L'Herbier | Stars: Jaque Catelain, Léonid Walter de Malte, Philippe Hériat, Fred Kellerman

Votes: 1,040

28. The Late Mathias Pascal (1925)

Not Rated | 170 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

Mathias Pascal, only son of a once rich family, marries beautiful Romilde, who has a terrible mother-in-law. She controls her daughter, and soon his home life becomes a nightmare, as well ... See full summary »

Director: Marcel L'Herbier | Stars: Ivan Mozzhukhin, Marcelle Pradot, Lois Moran, Marthe Mellot

Votes: 442

29. Michel Strogoff (1926)

168 min | Adventure

In 1860s Russia, a young officer is sent on a mission to save his country from invaders.

Director: Viktor Tourjansky | Stars: Ivan Mozzhukhin, Nathalie Kovanko, Acho Chakatouny, Jeanne Brindeau

Votes: 132

30. Casanova (1927)

132 min | Biography, Drama

A flamboyant portrait of the famous seducer seen by a former baritone of the Moscow Opera who, after a vocal accident, leaves for Germany and then France to devote himself to cinema.

Director: Alexandre Volkoff | Stars: Ivan Mozzhukhin, Suzanne Bianchetti, Diana Karenne, Jenny Jugo

Votes: 256

31. The Chess Player (1927)

135 min | Drama, Fantasy, War

In 1776, an inventor conceals a Polish nobleman in his chess-playing automaton, a machine whose fame leads it to the court of the Russian empress.

Director: Raymond Bernard | Stars: Pierre Blanchar, Charles Dullin, Édith Jéhanne, Camille Bert

Votes: 339

32. La zone (1928)

28 min | Documentary, Short

About 'The Zone', a wasteland just outside Paris and a refuge to lower classes from the middle of the 19th century to the 1940's where they could build shelters and live mostly out of sight from the society.

Director: Georges Lacombe | Stars: La Goulue, Isabelle Kloucowski, Geymond Vital

Votes: 34

33. The Devil in the Heart (1927)

120 min | Drama

Ludivine Bucaille stupidly wishes that Leherg and his son Delphin both die at sea. Amazingly, Leherg actually is lost at sea but his son somehow survives. His mother subsequently dies of ... See full summary »

Director: Marcel L'Herbier | Stars: Betty Balfour, Jaque Catelain, Roger Karl, André Nox

Votes: 83

34. Two Timid Souls (1928)

87 min | Comedy

Garadoux has beaten his wife. His lawyer Fremissin is young and very shy, and therefore, not very efficient... Two years after, Garadoux is trying to seduce Cecile, but she prefers Fremissin...

Director: René Clair | Stars: Pierre Batcheff, Jim Gérald, Véra Flory, Maurice de Féraudy

Votes: 223

35. The Horse Ate the Hat (1928)

Not Rated | 108 min | Comedy

On his way through the woods to his marriage, Fadinard's horse eats the hat of a married lady spending here a few moments with her lover. Fadinard has to find the very same rare hat to ... See full summary »

Director: René Clair | Stars: Alice Tissot, Alexej Bondireff, Marise Maia, Yvonneck

Votes: 929

36. Le capitaine Fracasse (1929)

92 min | Adventure, Drama

Capt. Fracasse, a down-on-his-luck nobleman, gives shelter at his estate one night to a troupe of traveling actors. He falls in love with Isabelle, an actress with the group. The next day, ... See full summary »

Directors: Alberto Cavalcanti, Henry Wulschleger | Stars: Pierre Blanchar, Lien Deyers, Charles Boyer, Daniel Mendaille

Votes: 215

37. Les nouveaux messieurs (1929)

Not Rated | 135 min | Comedy

A theater electrician's love to a ballet dancer is tested when he is elected minister.

Director: Jacques Feyder | Stars: Gaby Morlay, Henry Roussel, Albert Préjean, Guy Ferrant

Votes: 191

38. Everyone Has Their Chance (1930)

76 min | Comedy

When the baroness surprises the baron with his mistress at the music hall, he passes off young Marcel, a clothing salesman, as an important customer.

Directors: René Pujol, Hans Steinhoff | Stars: Renée Héribel, André Urban, Gaby Basset, Jean Gabin

Votes: 57

39. The Road to Paradise (1930)

98 min | Comedy

Three young friends working at a filling station all fall in love with the same woman.Simultaneously filmed French version of the German musical, Die Drei Von Der Tankstelle.

Directors: Wilhelm Thiele, Max de Vaucorbeil | Stars: Lilian Harvey, Henri Garat, René Lefèvre, Jacques Maury

Votes: 38

40. The Mystery of the Yellow Room (1930)

108 min | Crime, Mystery

A professor's daughter is attacked in her sealed bedroom.Her fiance is suspected but a cub journalist finds the surprising culprit.

Director: Marcel L'Herbier | Stars: Huguette Duflos, Kissa Kouprine, Maxime Desjardins, Marcel Vibert

Votes: 139

41. Faubourg Montmartre (1931)

115 min | Drama

Two sisters struggle to stay on the straight and narrow.

Director: Raymond Bernard | Stars: Gaby Morlay, Charles Vanel, Line Noro, Florelle

Votes: 67

42. Jean de la Lune (1931)

85 min | Comedy

Marceline, the young wife of the florist Jean, can't help flirting with other men, but her brother Clo-Clo takes the poor husband's side against his sister.

Directors: Jean Choux, Michel Simon | Stars: Madeleine Renaud, René Lefèvre, Michel Simon, Constant Rémy

Votes: 36

43. La fine combine (1931)

29 min | Short

A good man wanting to spend the afternoon with his girlfriend lets his wife think he is going to the races.

Director: André Chotin | Stars: Suzanne Dehelly, Edwige Feuillère, Suzanne Nivette, Raoul Marco

Votes: 46

44. Le bal (1931)

75 min | Comedy, Drama

Two middle-class notions dealers live happily with their girl.But an inheritance turns these nice people into snob Nouveaux Riches;although the aristocracy invites them,the 'Tout-Paris ' laughs behind their back.

Director: Wilhelm Thiele | Stars: Germaine Dermoz, Danielle Darrieux, André Lefaur, Pierre de Guingand

Votes: 46

45. Le blanc et le noir (1931)

106 min | Comedy

Marguerite Desnoyers wonders why her husband Marcel goes traveling so often: for business as he claims? Or to cheat on her, as she suspected? She gradually becomes convince that he has ... See full summary »

Directors: Marc Allégret, Robert Florey | Stars: Raimu, André Alerme, Louis Baron fils, Charles Lamy

Votes: 127

46. Le congrès s'amuse (1931)

102 min | Comedy

In 1815, while Napoleon was biting his brakes on the island of Elba, the Alliance met in Vienna around the Chancellor of Metternich. The whole city dances and the newly arrived Tsar Alexander courts the adorable flower girl Christel.

Directors: Jean Boyer, Erik Charell | Stars: Lilian Harvey, Lil Dagover, Henri Garat, Armand Bernard

Votes: 44

47. Le parfum de la dame en noir (1931)

109 min | Crime, Drama

Rouletabille comes to the aid of a recently remarried lady whose late criminal husband turns out to be still alive.Her honeymoon is at a fantastic art deco villa perched above the Riviera.

Director: Marcel L'Herbier | Stars: Huguette Duflos, Kissa Kouprine, Wera Engels, Marcel Vibert

Votes: 112

48. Ma cousine de Varsovie (1931)

95 min | Comedy

Archibald Burel, a banker, has had enough of his wife cheating on him, and with his best friend Hubert into the bargain. One day he has (at least that is what he thinks!) a bright idea: he ... See full summary »

Director: Carmine Gallone | Stars: Elvire Popesco, André Roanne, Madeleine Lambert, Gustave Gallet

Votes: 43

49. Mam'zelle Nitouche (1931)

106 min | Comedy, Musical

Célestin, the organist in a convent, has written and composed a light operetta under the name Floridor. One day, the Mother Superior asks him to chaperone one of the boarders, Denise de ... See full summary »

Director: Marc Allégret | Stars: Raimu, Janie Marèse, André Alerme, Edith Méra

Votes: 77

50. Marius (1931)

Not Rated | 130 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

Marius is faced with a choice whether to fulfill his passion by sailing the seas or stay and marry the woman he loves.

Director: Alexander Korda | Stars: Raimu, Pierre Fresnay, Fernand Charpin, Alida Rouffe

Votes: 2,568

51. Baby's Laxative (1931)

46 min | Comedy

A porcelain-maker invites a guest to sell him chamber pots, but family problems cause interruptions.

Director: Jean Renoir | Stars: Marguerite Pierry, Jacques Louvigny, Michel Simon, Olga Valéry

Votes: 522

52. Big House (1931)

95 min | Drama

French-language version of "The Big House" (MGM, 1930), with Charles Boyer in Chester Morris's role, filmed by MGM parallel to the English-speaking version, at a time when good subtitles weren't yet in use.

Directors: Pál Fejös, George W. Hill, Jacques Feyder | Stars: Charles Boyer, André Berley, André Burgère, Rolla Norman

Votes: 49

53. All That is Not Worth Love (1931)

87 min | Romance

Jules, a pharmacist, embarrasses himself by trying to woe Claire, a younger girl he is in love with.

Director: Jacques Tourneur | Stars: Marcel Lévesque, Jean Gabin, Josseline Gaël, Mady Berry

Votes: 88

54. Allo Berlin? Ici Paris! (1932)

89 min | Comedy, Romance

Story of a rendezvous in Paris which is prepared through telephone calls between a Berlin telephonist and his female colleague in Paris.

Director: Julien Duvivier | Stars: Josette Day, Germaine Aussey, Wolfgang Klein, Karel Stepanek

Votes: 139

55. Ariane, jeune fille russe (1932)

85 min | Drama, Romance

Arianne ,a young Russian maid living in France, meets a man twice her age she falls in love with.

Director: Paul Czinner | Stars: Gaby Morlay, Rachel Devirys, Maria Fromet, Victor Francen

Votes: 48

56. Lilac (1932)

90 min | Crime, Drama

Lilac is consorting with the criminal scum of Paris but then she falls in love with a handsome detective...

Director: Anatole Litvak | Stars: Marcelle Romée, André Luguet, Jean Gabin, Madeleine Guitty

Votes: 213

57. Coeurs joyeux (1932)

77 min | Comedy, Crime

A silent film theater projectionist is kidnapped by a gangster group, so he can show them footage of a Dutch jewel dealer they want to steal from. The head gangster's sister helps foil their plan.

Directors: Hanns Schwarz, Max de Vaucorbeil | Stars: Josseline Gaël, Gabriel Gabrio, Jean Gabin, Lucien Callamand

Votes: 47

58. Fanny (1932)

Not Rated | 125 min | Comedy, Drama

After Fanny's boyfriend leaves her and sails away, she finds out she's pregnant.

Director: Marc Allégret | Stars: Raimu, Pierre Fresnay, Fernand Charpin, Orane Demazis

Votes: 1,926 | Gross: $0.02M

59. Die Herrin von Atlantis (1932)

87 min | Fantasy, Sci-Fi

Two French Foreign Legionnaires are lost amid the shifting sands of the Sahara Desert when they stumble across the entrance to an underground world. Searching this new found subterranean ... See full summary »

Director: Georg Wilhelm Pabst | Stars: Brigitte Helm, Heinz Klingenberg, Tela Tchaï, Gustav Diessl

Votes: 592

60. La fleur d'oranger (1932)

87 min | Comedy

Not content to be an austere judge, M. de Méricourt is also a domestic tyrant. He terrorizes his son René to such an extent that the young man has dared not confess to him that he has ... See full summary »

Director: Henry Roussel | Stars: André Lefaur, André Alerme, José Noguéro, Marcel Lutrand

Votes: 18

61. La merveilleuse journée (1932)

87 min | Comedy

An assistant pharmacist in the South of France , Blaise works for Mrs. Pinède, a well-endowed hot-blooded woman who has developed a crush on him, and her husband ... who hasn't! One day, ... See full summary »

Directors: Yves Mirande, Robert Wyler | Stars: André Alerme, Jean Aquistapace, Jeanne Bernard, Lucien Brulé

Votes: 7

62. La petite chocolatière (1932)

80 min | Comedy

A bureaucratic civil servant is annoyed by the spoiled daughter of a rich chocolate maker, but lands up marrying her.

Director: Marc Allégret | Stars: Raimu, Jacqueline Francell, Pierre Bertin, Jean Gobet

Votes: 33

63. The Blood of a Poet (1932)

Not Rated | 55 min | Fantasy

67 Metascore

Told in four episodes - an unnamed artist is transported through a mirror into another dimension, where he travels through various bizarre scenarios.

Director: Jean Cocteau | Stars: Enrique Rivero, Elizabeth Lee Miller, Pauline Carton, Odette Talazac

Votes: 7,371

64. Wooden Crosses (1932)

Not Rated | 115 min | Drama, War

World War 1 begins and a young man enlists to fight for his country.

Director: Raymond Bernard | Stars: Pierre Blanchar, Gabriel Gabrio, Charles Vanel, Raymond Aimos

Votes: 1,694

65. Fun in the Barracks (1932)

85 min | Comedy

The life of disorderly soldiers in the barracks dealing with daily routines.

Director: Maurice Tourneur | Stars: Raimu, Jean Gabin, Fernandel, René Donnio

Votes: 192

66. Poil de carotte (1932)

91 min | Drama

A red-haired boy is his mother's punching bag ; only his father's presence is a great comfort to him,but this weak man is under the shrew's thumb. His pain is so great he feels suicidal.

Director: Julien Duvivier | Stars: Harry Baur, Robert Lynen, Louis Gauthier, Simone Aubry

Votes: 750

67. The Dreamy Mouth (1932)

95 min | Drama, Romance

A woman and two violinists ' drama.

Director: Paul Czinner | Stars: Gaby Morlay, Pierre Blanchar, Victor Francen, Maria Fromet

Votes: 32

68. Tumultes (1932)

92 min | Crime, Drama

Fresh out of prison a small-time crook finds his girlfriend's dropped him, which sends him into a murderous rage.

Director: Robert Siodmak | Stars: Charles Boyer, Florelle, Clara Tambour, Thomy Bourdelle

Votes: 120

69. Un chien qui rapporte (1932)

87 min | Comedy

Josyane Plaisir, a rather idle singer, who is waiting for the man of her heart,handsome and rich if possible, accepts the offer of a dog handler. The clever man has worked out a scheme to ... See full summary »

Director: Jean Choux | Stars: René Lefèvre, Arletty, Médy, Christiane Dor

Votes: 69

70. High and Low (1933)

79 min | Comedy

The intersecting lives of neighbors in a courtyard apartment building in Vienna,including a football player related to the concierge,a new blonde maid hired by the wife of a baron,whom both... See full summary »

Director: Georg Wilhelm Pabst | Stars: Jean Gabin, Janine Crispin, Micheline Bernard, Pauline Carton

Votes: 96

71. La bataille (1933)

90 min | Drama, War

During the Russo-Japanese War, an English officer on the ship of the Japanese falls in love with the wife of the commander.Also made in a British version, Thunder In the East.

Directors: Nicolas Farkas, Viktor Tourjansky | Stars: Charles Boyer, Annabella, John Loder, Betty Stockfeld

Votes: 27

72. Tell Me Tonight (1932)

85 min | Comedy

Opera singer Enrico Ferraro escapes from his manager and too many engagements changing trains for the Riviera. He makes a friend and stops at a village for some well deserved holidays, where he meets a beautiful girl.

Directors: Pierre Colombier, Anatole Litvak | Stars: Jan Kiepura, Pierre Brasseur, Charlotte Lysès, Magda Schneider

Votes: 76

73. Le petit roi (1933)

80 min | Comedy, Drama

In an imaginary country, Michel VIII is still a child but he is to reign when his time comes. Revolution threatens and the young monarch's entourage lies to him and even tries to get rid of him.

Director: Julien Duvivier | Stars: Robert Lynen, Arlette Marchal, Béatrice Bretty, Jean Toulout

Votes: 72

75. The Two Orphans (1933)

102 min | Drama

A more small scale version of the story Griffin used for his epic Orphans Of The Storm: a doctor tries to reunite two sisters who have become separated from each other during the whirlwind of the French Revolution.

Director: Maurice Tourneur | Stars: Yvette Guilbert, Gabriel Gabrio, Emmy Lynn, Pierre Magnier

Votes: 92

76. July 14 (1933)

86 min | Comedy, Romance

Jean is a young cab driver. Anna, a flower-girl neighbour, is in love with him. But he is still thinking to Pola, who just left him. Jean asks her to the bal. Many events (Pola's come back,... See full summary »

Director: René Clair | Stars: Annabella, Jorge Rigaud, Raymond Cordy, Paul Ollivier

Votes: 474

77. Théodore et Cie (1933)

Comedy

To investigate a would be adultery,Clodomir dresses up as a superintendent,a butler ,a priest ,a fireman ,and even ..a woman .

Director: Pierre Colombier | Stars: Raimu, Albert Préjean, Pierre Alcover, Charles Redgie

Votes: 35

78. Topaze (II) (1933)

103 min | Comedy, Drama

A timid and naive schoolteacher who teaches his pupils honesty, is taken advantage of but when a crooked aristocrat involves him in a business scheme, he enjoys the dishonesty for a change.

Director: Louis J. Gasnier | Stars: Louis Jouvet, Paul Pauley, Simone Héliard, Marcel Vallée

Votes: 132

79. Un soir de réveillon (1933)

85 min | Musical, Romance

An innocent girl is mistaken for one of the loose women at a Christmas Eve party and is pursued by a young man who doesn't know where she lives.

Director: Karl Anton | Stars: Meg Lemonnier, Henri Garat, Arletty, René Donnio

Votes: 36

81. Caravane (1934)

Approved | 109 min | Musical

Princess Wilma is forced to wed by midnight or lose her inheritance. She impulsively chooses gypsy vagabond Latzi, offering him a huge sum of money if he'll consent. Swallowing his pride, ... See full summary »

Director: Erik Charell | Stars: Charles Boyer, Annabella, Pierre Brasseur, Conchita Montenegro

Votes: 72

82. Ces messieurs de la Santé (1934)

115 min | Comedy, Drama

In Gedeon's store ,take your pick of the best corsets and machine guns.

Director: Pierre Colombier | Stars: Raimu, Lucien Baroux, Paul Amiot, Guy Derlan

Votes: 136

83. Château de rêve (1933)

87 min | Comedy

A film actress falls for an extra on her set, he turns out to be a prince.

Director: Géza von Bolváry | Stars: Edith Méra, Lucien Baroux, Danielle Darrieux, Adrien Le Gallo

Votes: 59

85. Jofroi (1933)

52 min | Comedy

In a country town of Provence, a landowner threatens to kill himself after the neighbor he has sold a property to wants to chop down the trees.

Director: Marcel Pagnol | Stars: Vincent Scotto, Henri Poupon, Annie Toinon, Odette Roger

Votes: 106

86. L'aventurier (1934)

92 min | Drama

Étienne Ranson is the black sheep of his family. Having made his fortune in Tunisia, he returns to France and receives a cool reception from his uncle, Achille Guéroy, the owner of a glove ... See full summary »

Director: Marcel L'Herbier | Stars: Victor Francen, Blanche Montel, Henri Rollan, Gisèle Casadesus

Votes: 62

87. L'hôtel du libre échange (1934)

95 min | Comedy

There's never a dull moment at the Hôtel du Libre Echange. Deceptions, hitches and other misunderstandings make a few people mingle whereas, for their own sake, they should not. An example ... See full summary »

Director: Marc Allégret | Stars: Fernandel, André Alerme, Raymond Cordy, Saturnin Fabre

Votes: 48

88. La banque Nemo (1934)

92 min | Comedy, Drama

An affair in which the villain is rewarded.

Director: Marguerite Viel | Stars: Victor Boucher, Mona Goya, René Bergeron, Charles Fallot

Votes: 45

89. Le paquebot Tenacity (1934)

85 min | Drama, Romance

Bastien and Ségard decide to leave France for Canada. They wait for the departure of their ship in a hotel recommended by Hidoux, an old porter that they met at the station. They drink ... See full summary »

Director: Julien Duvivier | Stars: Albert Préjean, Pierre Laurel, Martial Rèbe, Léon Arvel

Votes: 83

90. Liliom (1934)

Unrated | 118 min | Drama, Fantasy

Two women love the same man in a world of few prospects. In Budapest, Liliom is a "public figure," a rascal who's a carousel barker, loved by the experienced merry-go-round owner and by a ... See full summary »

Director: Fritz Lang | Stars: Charles Boyer, Madeleine Ozeray, Robert Arnoux, Roland Toutain

Votes: 1,266

91. Bad Seed (1934)

77 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

After his father sells his car, Henri "borrows" a stranger's car in order to make a date with a young woman. This act sees him fall foul of a gang of car thieves but after some discussion he joins their gang.

Directors: Alexander Esway, Billy Wilder | Stars: Danielle Darrieux, Pierre Mingand, Raymond Galle, Paul Escoffier

Votes: 991

93. Sans famille (1934)

114 min | Drama

A little boy is sold to a busker who takes him on all the roads of the France with his troupe of animals.

Director: Marc Allégret | Stars: Vanni Marcoux, Dorville, Robert Lynen, Madeleine Guitty

Votes: 37

94. Une femme chipée (1934)

98 min | Comedy

Hélène, married to Larsonnier, has developed a crush for Germont, her neighbor. One night, she is abducted and she discovers that her kidnapper is none other than Germont. But, to her ... See full summary »

Director: Pierre Colombier | Stars: Jules Berry, Louis Blanche, Jean Brochard, Robert Clermont

Votes: 13

96. Zou Zou (1934)

Not Rated | 92 min | Crime, Musical, Romance

Zou Zou tries to help her childhood friend prove his innocence after he's accused of murder.

Director: Marc Allégret | Stars: Josephine Baker, Jean Gabin, Pierre Larquey, Yvette Lebon

Votes: 661

97. Amants et voleurs (1935)

90 min | Comedy

A ruined young man makes people believe in the middle class that he is a thug. He will meet love by collecting important documents from this woman's lover.

Director: Raymond Bernard | Stars: Arletty, Michel Simon, Florelle, Pierre Blanchar

Votes: 57

98. Baccara (1935)

91 min | Comedy, Crime

A woman wants to become a French citizen by marrying a man of straw.

Directors: Yves Mirande, Léonide Moguy | Stars: Marcelle Chantal, Lucien Baroux, Jules Berry, Marcel André

Votes: 73

99. Bonne chance! (1935)

78 min | Comedy, Romance

A girl, Marie, who got engaged to a boy who is leaving for military training (thirteen days), wins two million on the raffle thanks to an older man, Claude, whom she calls her good luck ... See full summary »

Directors: Sacha Guitry, Fernand Rivers | Stars: Sacha Guitry, Jacqueline Delubac, Pauline Carton, Paul Dullac

Votes: 194

100. Cigalon (1935)

73 min | Comedy

A famed Paris chef opens a gourmet spot in a Provençal village, only to be met by patrons who do not truly appreciate haute cuisine.The plot thickens as an ex laundress gets into the act and opens up her own eatery nearby.

Director: Marcel Pagnol | Stars: Alexandre Arnaudy, Jean Castan, André Robert, Charles Blavette

Votes: 71



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