France Films 2005
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1. The Descent (2005)
R | 99 min | Adventure, Horror, Thriller
A caving expedition goes horribly wrong, as the explorers become trapped and ultimately pursued by a strange breed of predators.
Director: Neil Marshall | Stars: Shauna Macdonald, Natalie Mendoza, Alex Reid, Saskia Mulder
Votes: 247,091 | Gross: $26.02M
2. Revolver (2005)
R | 111 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Gambler Jake Green enters into a game with potentially deadly consequences.
Director: Guy Ritchie | Stars: Jason Statham, Ray Liotta, André 3000, Vincent Pastore
Votes: 102,813 | Gross: $0.08M
3. Caché (2005)
R | 117 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller
A married couple is terrorized by a series of surveillance videotapes left on their front porch.
Director: Michael Haneke | Stars: Daniel Auteuil, Juliette Binoche, Maurice Bénichou, Annie Girardot
Votes: 85,264 | Gross: $3.63M
4. Angel-A (2005)
R | 91 min | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
A beautiful woman helps an inept scam artist get his game together.
Director: Luc Besson | Stars: Rie Rasmussen, Jamel Debbouze, Gilbert Melki, Serge Riaboukine
Votes: 35,679 | Gross: $0.20M
5. Oliver Twist (2005)
PG-13 | 130 min | Crime, Drama
An adaptation of the classic Dickens tale, where an orphan meets a pickpocket on the streets of London. From there, he joins a household of boys who are trained to steal for their master.
Director: Roman Polanski | Stars: Barney Clark, Ben Kingsley, Jeremy Swift, Ian McNeice
Votes: 34,293 | Gross: $1.99M
6. Joyeux Noel (2005)
PG-13 | 116 min | Drama, History, Music
In December 1914, an unofficial Christmas truce on the Western Front allows soldiers from opposing sides of the First World War to gain insight into each other's way of life.
Director: Christian Carion | Stars: Diane Kruger, Benno Fürmann, Guillaume Canet, Natalie Dessay
Votes: 32,000 | Gross: $1.05M
7. Russian Dolls (2005)
Not Rated | 125 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Five years after their summer together in Barcelona, Xavier, William, Wendy, Martine and Isabelle reunite.
Director: Cédric Klapisch | Stars: Romain Duris, Kelly Reilly, Audrey Tautou, Cécile de France
Votes: 21,318 | Gross: $0.32M
8. Paradise Now (2005)
PG-13 | 91 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
Two childhood friends are recruited for a suicide bombing in Tel Aviv.
Director: Hany Abu-Assad | Stars: Kais Nashif, Ali Suliman, Lubna Azabal, Hamza Abu-Aiaash
Votes: 24,079 | Gross: $1.45M
9. The Beat That My Heart Skipped (2005)
Not Rated | 108 min | Crime, Drama, Music
Will Thomas still lead a life of crime and cruelty, just like his thuggish father, or will he pursue his dream of becoming a pianist?
Director: Jacques Audiard | Stars: Romain Duris, Aure Atika, Emmanuelle Devos, Niels Arestrup
Votes: 20,498 | Gross: $1.02M
10. The Child (2005)
R | 95 min | Crime, Drama, Romance
Bruno and Sonia, a young couple living off her benefit and the thefts committed by his gang, have a new source of money: their newborn son.
Directors: Jean-Pierre Dardenne, Luc Dardenne | Stars: Jérémie Renier, Déborah François, Jérémie Segard, Fabrizio Rongione
Votes: 19,401 | Gross: $0.65M
11. 13 Tzameti (2005)
Not Rated | 93 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
A man takes over a dead man's task without realizing the horror it entails.
Director: Géla Babluani | Stars: George Babluani, Aurélien Recoing, Pascal Bongard, Fred Ulysse
Votes: 18,035 | Gross: $0.12M
12. The Aura (2005)
Not Rated | 134 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
A deluded taxidermist plans the perfect crime.
Director: Fabián Bielinsky | Stars: Ricardo Darín, Manuel Rodal, Dolores Fonzi, Mariana Malamud
Votes: 14,749 | Gross: $0.06M
13. Empire of the Wolves (2005)
R | 128 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A disgraced policeman helps a young detective to hunt down a serial killer who targets Turkish women in Paris.
Director: Chris Nahon | Stars: Jean Reno, Arly Jover, Jocelyn Quivrin, Laura Morante
Votes: 12,187
14. House of 9 (2005)
R | 90 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
Nine strangers, with no apparent connection between them are abducted: drugged, kidnapped and sealed in a house together.
Director: Steven R. Monroe | Stars: Kelly Brook, Dennis Hopper, Hippolyte Girardot, Ashley Walters
Votes: 10,768
15. Dear Wendy (2005)
Not Rated | 105 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
A young boy in a nameless, timeless American town establishes a gang of youthful misfits united in their love of guns and their code of honor.
Director: Thomas Vinterberg | Stars: Jamie Bell, Alison Pill, Chris Owen, Bill Pullman
Votes: 10,476 | Gross: $0.02M
16. Romanzo Criminale (2005)
152 min | Crime, Drama
Set in the 1970s, it's the story of three lifelong friends who take control of organized crime in Rome.
Director: Michele Placido | Stars: Kim Rossi Stuart, Anna Mouglalis, Pierfrancesco Favino, Claudio Santamaria
Votes: 9,667
17. Time to Leave (2005)
Unrated | 81 min | Drama
A fashion photographer with terminal cancer elects to die alone, preparing others to live past him rather than prolong the inevitable with chemotherapy or be smothered in sympathy by those who know him.
Director: François Ozon | Stars: Melvil Poupaud, Jeanne Moreau, Valeria Bruni Tedeschi, Daniel Duval
Votes: 9,262 | Gross: $0.12M
18. Anthony Zimmer (2005)
89 min | Crime, Drama, Romance
Anthony Zimmer was a big money launderer. The police wants him, but he has changed his face and voice. His old Russian clients want him dead. His ex is told to socialize with a random man on the train Paris to Nice.
Director: Jérôme Salle | Stars: Yvan Attal, Sophie Marceau, Sami Frey, Gilles Lellouche
Votes: 8,562
19. The Ax (2005)
Not Rated | 117 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
A chemist (Garcia) loses his job to outsourcing. Two years later and still jobless, he hits on a solution: to genuinely eliminate his competition.
Director: Costa-Gavras | Stars: José Garcia, Karin Viard, Geordy Couturiau, Ulrich Tukur
Votes: 8,419
20. How Much Do You Love Me? (2005)
Not Rated | 95 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
An ordinary clerk hires a gorgeous prostitute for one night. When that night is over, he doesn't want to let her go. She agrees to stay with him, but her boss wants her back.
Director: Bertrand Blier | Stars: Monica Bellucci, Bernard Campan, Gérard Depardieu, Jean-Pierre Darroussin
Votes: 7,711
21. The Brice Man (2005)
Not Rated | 98 min | Comedy
A wannabe surfer parties on the French Riviera while awaiting the perfect wave.
Director: James Huth | Stars: Jean Dujardin, Clovis Cornillac, Élodie Bouchez, Bruno Salomone
Votes: 7,599
22. Color Me Kubrick (2005)
Not Rated | 86 min | Comedy, Drama
The true story of a man who posed as director Stanley Kubrick during the production of Kubrick's last film, Eyes Wide Shut (1999), despite knowing very little about his work and looking nothing like him.
Director: Brian W. Cook | Stars: John Malkovich, Jim Davidson, Richard E. Grant, Tom Allen
Votes: 6,907 | Gross: $0.07M
23. Battle in Heaven (2005)
Unrated | 98 min | Crime, Drama
Marcos lusts after his boss's promiscuous daughter, but after botching an extortion scheme, he becomes wracked with guilt.
Director: Carlos Reygadas | Stars: Marcos Hernández, Anapola Mushkadiz, Bertha Ruiz, David Bornstein
Votes: 6,646 | Gross: $0.07M
24. Live and Become (2005)
Unrated | 140 min | Drama
A Christian boy escapes to Israel from famine-stricken Ethiopia by pretending to be Jewish.
Director: Radu Mihaileanu | Stars: Yaël Abecassis, Roschdy Zem, Moshe Agazai, Moshe Abebe
Votes: 6,312
25. Three Times (2005)
Not Rated | 120 min | Drama, Romance
Three stories set in three times, 1911, 1966 and 2005. Two actors play the two main characters in each story.
Director: Hsiao-Hsien Hou | Stars: Shu Qi, Chang Chen, Fang Mei, Shu-Chen Liao
Votes: 6,154 | Gross: $0.15M
26. The Wayward Cloud (2005)
Not Rated | 112 min | Comedy, Drama, Musical
Hsiao-Kang, now working as a pornographic actor, meets Shiang-chyi once again. Meanwhile, the city of Taipei faces a water shortage that makes the sales of watermelons skyrocket.
Director: Tsai Ming-liang | Stars: Kang-sheng Lee, Shiang-chyi Chen, Yi-ching Lu, Kuei-Mei Yang
Votes: 5,639
27. The Moustache (2005)
Not Rated | 87 min | Drama, Mystery
Mark is a middle-aged man who has spent most of his life with a mustache on his face. He suddenly decides to shave them. When he tells his wife, he disagrees with her, but.
Director: Emmanuel Carrère | Stars: Vincent Lindon, Emmanuelle Devos, Mathieu Amalric, Hippolyte Girardot
Votes: 5,593
28. Lemming (2005)
Not Rated | 129 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller
After developing a flying web-cam Alain has his boss and wife over for dinner. She turns up to be very rude, and the same night Alain finds a live rare Scandinavian lemming clogging up the kitchen sink. The night things start going wrong.
Director: Dominik Moll | Stars: Laurent Lucas, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Charlotte Rampling, André Dussollier
Votes: 5,342 | Gross: $0.08M
29. Sky Fighters (2005)
Not Rated | 102 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
An advanced, armed, French Mirage fighter jet is stolen during an air show in UK. 2 other fighter jets locate it. They're forced to shoot it down. Terrorists make another attempt to steal armed Mirages. Why?
Director: Gérard Pirès | Stars: Benoît Magimel, Clovis Cornillac, Géraldine Pailhas, Alice Taglioni
Votes: 4,744
30. Shadows in the Sun (2005)
Not Rated | 100 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
An aspiring young writer (Jackson) tracks a literary titan (Keitel) suffering from writers block to his refuge in rural Italy and learns about life and love from the irascible genius and his daughters.
Director: Brad Mirman | Stars: Harvey Keitel, Claire Forlani, Giancarlo Giannini, Joshua Jackson
Votes: 4,680
31. All the Invisible Children (2005)
124 min | Drama
Through the plights of seven different children, seven cruel destinies unfold, as the unknown innocents who share the same sensitivities and desires struggle for survival, understanding--and above all--love, in an apathetic grown-up world.
Directors: Mehdi Charef, Emir Kusturica, Spike Lee, Kátia Lund, Jordan Scott, Ridley Scott, Stefano Veneruso, John Woo | Stars: Adama Bila, Elysée Rouamba, Rodrigue Ouattara, Uros Milovanovic
Votes: 4,282
32. The Wild Blue Yonder (2005)
Not Rated | 80 min | Sci-Fi
An alien narrates the story of his dying planet, his and his people's visits to Earth and Earth's man-made demise, while human astronauts attempt to find an alternate planet for surviving humans to live on.
Director: Werner Herzog | Stars: Brad Dourif, Donald Williams, Ellen Baker, Franklin Chang-Diaz
Votes: 3,889
33. Bab'Aziz: The Prince That Contemplated His Soul (2005)
Not Rated | 96 min | Drama
The story of a blind dervish Bab'Aziz and his spirited granddaughter, Ishtar, together they wander the desert in search of a great reunion of dervishes that takes place just once every thirty years.
Director: Nacer Khemir | Stars: Parviz Shahinkhou, Maryam Hamid, Golshifteh Farahani, Mohamed Grayaâ
Votes: 3,759
34. Wah-Wah (2005)
R | 120 min | Comedy, Drama
Ralph witnesses the disintegration of his parents' marriage through adultery and alcohol during the last gasp of the British Empire in Swaziland in 1969. Ralph finds his new step-mother is the only one who understands his inner turmoil.
Director: Richard E. Grant | Stars: Nicholas Hoult, Miranda Richardson, Emily Watson, Gabriel Byrne
Votes: 3,297 | Gross: $0.23M
35. You Are So Beautiful (2005)
97 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
When farmer Aymé Pigrenet loses his wife, he is not exactly overwhelmed by sorrow, rather by the sheer amount of work that suddenly falls on his shoulders. In quest of a new spouse, he goes to Romania where he meets Elena.
Director: Isabelle Mergault | Stars: Michel Blanc, Medeea Marinescu, Wladimir Yordanoff, Benoît Turjman
Votes: 3,129
36. Free Zone (2005)
Not Rated | 90 min | Comedy, Drama
Two women embark on a road trip after they are brought together by circumstance. Rebecca (Portman) flees her hotel after a fight with her mother-in-law (Maura) and hails a taxi driven by Hanna (Lazlo).
Director: Amos Gitai | Stars: Natalie Portman, Hana Laslo, Hiam Abbass, Carmen Maura
Votes: 3,007 | Gross: $0.03M
37. Regular Lovers (2005)
183 min | Drama, Romance
1968 and 1969 in Paris during and after the student and trade-union revolt. 20-year-old François is a poet dodging military service. He takes to the barricades, but won't throw a Molotov ... See full summary »
Director: Philippe Garrel | Stars: Louis Garrel, Clotilde Hesme, Julien Lucas, Eric Rulliat
Votes: 2,987
38. The Sun (2005)
Not Rated | 110 min | Drama, History
Third part in Aleksandr Sokurov's quadrilogy of Power, following Moloch (1999) and Taurus (2001), focuses on Japanese Emperor Hirohito and Japan's defeat in World War II when he is finally confronted by General Douglas MacArthur who offers him to accept a diplomatic defeat for survival.
Director: Aleksandr Sokurov | Stars: Issei Ogata, Robert Dawson, Kaori Momoi, Shirô Sano
Votes: 2,972 | Gross: $0.08M
39. Heading South (2005)
Unrated | 108 min | Drama
Three female tourists have their eyes opened while visiting the poverty-stricken and dangerous world of 1980s Haiti.
Director: Laurent Cantet | Stars: Charlotte Rampling, Karen Young, Louise Portal, Ménothy Cesar
Votes: 2,871 | Gross: $0.90M
40. Ripley Under Ground (2005)
101 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
Professional swindler hides the death of a famous artist in order to earn money by selling pictures on his own behalf.
Director: Roger Spottiswoode | Stars: Barry Pepper, Jacinda Barrett, Ian Hart, Claire Forlani
Votes: 2,794
41. The Young Lieutenant (2005)
Unrated | 110 min | Crime, Drama
A rookie policeman from provincial Le Havre volunteers for the high pressure Parisian homicide bureau and is assigned to a middle-aged woman detective.
Director: Xavier Beauvois | Stars: Nathalie Baye, Jalil Lespert, Roschdy Zem, Antoine Chappey
Votes: 2,639
42. Habana Blues (2005)
115 min | Drama, Music
Two Cuban friends play in a blues band in La Habana. When a Spanish music producer offers them a contract to record an album and build a career in Europe, they must decide whether to stay ... See full summary »
Director: Benito Zambrano | Stars: Alberto Yoel, Roberto San Martín, Yailene Sierra, Mayra Rodríguez
Votes: 2,607
43. Don't Tell (2005)
R | 120 min | Drama, Mystery
Sabina has a regular life. She is satisfied with her job and her love for Franco. But nightmares start disturbing her, at almost the same time she discovers that she's pregnant. Little by ... See full summary »
Director: Cristina Comencini | Stars: Giovanna Mezzogiorno, Luigi Lo Cascio, Alessio Boni, Stefania Rocca
Votes: 2,580 | Gross: $0.03M
44. L'enfer (2005)
102 min | Drama
Three sisters share a connection to a violent incident from their childhood reunite to for the chance to come to terms with their past.
Director: Danis Tanovic | Stars: Emmanuelle Béart, Karin Viard, Marie Gillain, Guillaume Canet
Votes: 2,561
45. Cold Showers (2005)
102 min | Drama
The story of three teenagers: a beautiful girl, Vanessa, and two boys, Mickael and Clement, one rich, one poor. The story of Mickael - judo fanatic and doomed lover - and his parents, both ... See full summary »
Director: Antony Cordier | Stars: Johan Libéreau, Salomé Stévenin, Florence Thomassin, Jean-Philippe Écoffey
Votes: 2,448
46. Ma vie en l'air (2005)
103 min | Comedy, Romance
Will the fear of flying rob a man of his second chance for love?
Director: Rémi Bezançon | Stars: Vincent Elbaz, Marion Cotillard, Gilles Lellouche, Elsa Kikoïne
Votes: 2,426
47. Border Café (2005)
107 min | Drama, Romance
"Cafe Transit" depicts an independent-minded widow who bucks tradition to run her dead husband's truck stop café.
Director: Kambuzia Partovi | Stars: Fereshteh Sadre Orafaiy, Parviz Parastui, Nikos Papadopoulos, Svieta Mikalishina
Votes: 2,172
48. Man to Man (I) (2005)
122 min | Drama
An epic about anthropologists who hunt and capture pygmies for study back in Europe, in an attempt to illustrate the link between man and ape.
Director: Régis Wargnier | Stars: Joseph Fiennes, Kristin Scott Thomas, Iain Glen, Hugh Bonneville
Votes: 2,143
49. Gabrielle (2005)
90 min | Drama, Romance
The marriage between Gabrielle and Jean begins to fray after the discovery of a letter that belongs to Gabrielle.
Director: Patrice Chéreau | Stars: Isabelle Huppert, Pascal Greggory, Claudia Coli, Thierry Hancisse
Votes: 2,128 | Gross: $0.01M
50. Palais royal! (2005)
G | 110 min | Comedy
A comedy set in the world of European royalty.
Director: Valérie Lemercier | Stars: Valérie Lemercier, Lambert Wilson, Catherine Deneuve, Michel Aumont
Votes: 2,152
51. Côte d'Azur (2005)
96 min | Comedy, Musical, Romance
For summer vacation, Marc (Melki) and Béatrix (Tedeschi) take their two kids to the seaside house of Marc's youth, where their daughter takes up with a biker and their sons roams the beach with his best friend, who is in love with him. Things get steamier when Béatrix's lover Mathieu shows up, and Marc's old flame appears.
Directors: Olivier Ducastel, Jacques Martineau | Stars: Gilbert Melki, Valeria Bruni Tedeschi, Sabrina Seyvecou, Romain Torres
Votes: 2,100
52. 20 centímetros (2005)
Unrated | 112 min | Comedy, Musical
A narcoleptic transvestite who yearns to become a transsexual dreams up elaborate musical numbers in which she's the star.
Director: Ramón Salazar | Stars: Mónica Cervera, Pablo Puyol, Miguel O'Dogherty, Concha Galán
Votes: 1,941 | Gross: $0.00M
53. The Black Box (2005)
88 min | Mystery, Thriller
Images flash through Arthur's brain, voices buzz in his mind, uttering disjointed words and sentences. Arthur Seligman seems to have had an accident but did he run over a little boy or not?... See full summary »
Director: Richard Berry | Stars: José Garcia, Marion Cotillard, Michel Duchaussoy, Bernard Le Coq
Votes: 1,928
54. The Last Sign (2005)
PG-13 | 86 min | Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Andie MacDowell portrays a woman who is tormented by the ghost of her abusive, alcoholic husband. She must come to terms with the past if she is to find peace and love. Samuel le Bihan is a... See full summary »
Director: Douglas Law | Stars: Andie MacDowell, Samuel Le Bihan, Tim Roth, Margot Kidder
Votes: 1,834
55. Tale of Cinema (2005)
Not Rated | 89 min | Drama
In Seoul, a suicidal student meets a young woman who decides to join him in his fatal gesture. Tongsu, an unsuccessful filmmaker, spots a beautiful young woman, who happens to be the lead actress in the film he has just seen.
Director: Hong Sang-soo | Stars: Kim Sang-kyung, Uhm Ji-won, Lee Ki-woo, Lee Kyung-jin
Votes: 1,873
56. Je ne suis pas là pour être aimé (2005)
93 min | Drama, Romance
The (love) life of a man fed up with his work and life routine changes when he enlists into a tango dancing course.
Director: Stéphane Brizé | Stars: Patrick Chesnais, Anne Consigny, Georges Wilson, Lionel Abelanski
Votes: 1,670
57. Kirikou and the Wild Beasts (2005)
75 min | Animation, Adventure, Family
Kirikou's Grandfather says that the story of Kirikou and The Witch was too short, so he proceeds to explain more about Kirikou's accomplishments. We find out how little boy became a ... See full summary »
Directors: Bénédicte Galup, Michel Ocelot | Stars: Pierre-Ndoffé Sarr, Awa Sene Sarr, Robert Liensol, Marie-Philomène Nga
Votes: 1,753
58. Ghosts (2005)
Not Rated | 85 min | Drama
Nina, an end-of-teenage orphan with mental problems, starts a new job as a garden cleaner when she meets Toni. They fell in love with each other, but soon Toni starts betraying Nina. In the... See full summary »
Director: Christian Petzold | Stars: Julia Hummer, Sabine Timoteo, Marianne Basler, Aurélien Recoing
Votes: 1,628
59. Peindre ou faire l'amour (2005)
100 min | Drama
An affluent, middle-aged couple's uneventful lives are forever changed when they move into an isolated house in the country and befriend an odd, younger couple.
Directors: Arnaud Larrieu, Jean-Marie Larrieu | Stars: Sabine Azéma, Daniel Auteuil, Amira Casar, Sergi López
Votes: 1,457
60. Saint-Jacques... La Mecque (2005)
110 min | Comedy, Drama
Three siblings who detest each other and hiking must complete together a pilgrimage to Santiago de Compostela in order to be eligible to inherit their mother's wealth.
Director: Coline Serreau | Stars: Muriel Robin, Artus de Penguern, Jean-Pierre Darroussin, Pascal Légitimus
Votes: 1,417
61. Geminis (2005)
85 min | Drama
A domineering mother with a seemingly perfect family in Argentina, is unaware of a taboo relationship happening between her youngest twin children.
Director: Albertina Carri | Stars: Cristina Banegas, Daniel Fanego, Lucas Escariz, María Abadi
Votes: 1,487
62. Boudu (2005)
104 min | Comedy
Light-hearted, social comedy about the house guest from Hell. A modern remake of Renoir's classic film about a vagabond saved from drowning.
Director: Gérard Jugnot | Stars: Gérard Depardieu, Gérard Jugnot, Constance Dollé, Catherine Frot
Votes: 1,287
63. The Ring Finger (2005)
Not Rated | 104 min | Drama
Iris finds a new job working in a preservation lab where she gradually enters into a troubled relationship with her boss.
Director: Diane Bertrand | Stars: Olga Kurylenko, Marc Barbé, Stipe Erceg, Edith Scob
Votes: 1,269
64. By the Pricking of My Thumbs (2005)
105 min | Comedy, Mystery
The Beresfords investigate mysterious deaths at an old people's home.
Director: Pascal Thomas | Stars: Catherine Frot, André Dussollier, Geneviève Bujold, Laurent Terzieff
Votes: 1,269
65. Let's Be Friends (2005)
Not Rated | 100 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
One is too shy to start a relationship, other too unsettled to stay in one. Will their friendship help them to find the right woman for both?
Directors: Olivier Nakache, Éric Toledano | Stars: Jean-Paul Rouve, Gérard Depardieu, Annie Girardot, Lionel Abelanski
Votes: 1,235
66. Obaba (2005)
Not Rated | 100 min | Drama, Fantasy, Romance
A rural drama set in Obaba, a mythical region in northern Spain, where a young filmmaker struggled to capture the feel of the area, which in turn leads to a wealth of self-discovery.
Director: Montxo Armendáriz | Stars: Pilar López de Ayala, Juan Diego Botto, Bárbara Lennie, Eduard Fernández
Votes: 1,137
67. Viva Cuba (2005)
Not Rated | 92 min | Comedy, Drama
In a tale akin to Romeo and Juliet, the friendship between two children is threatened by their parents' differences. Malu is from an upper-class family and her single mother does not want ... See full summary »
Directors: Juan Carlos Cremata Malberti, Iraida Malberti Cabrera | Stars: Malú Tarrau Broche, Jorge Milo, Luisa María Jiménez Rodríquez, Larisa Vega Alamar
Votes: 1,094
68. 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
69. Like a Brother (2005)
Unrated | 54 min | Drama, Romance
Sebastien is a small town boy who moves to Paris and begins to explore the gay night life there. When a friend from back home calls to announce he's coming to Paris, Sebastien confronts some unrequited feelings.
Directors: Bernard Alapetite, Cyril Legann | Stars: Benoît Delière, Johnny Amaro, Thibault Boucaux, Adeline Ishiomin
Votes: 1,025
70. Tout pour plaire (2005)
105 min | Comedy
Three women in their late thirties, one with marital problems, one trying to be perfect, and a spinster, discuss their relationship to men.
Director: Cécile Telerman | Stars: Mathilde Seigner, Anne Parillaud, Judith Godrèche, Mathias Mlekuz
Votes: 1,016
71. Once You're Born You Can No Longer Hide (2005)
115 min | Adventure, Drama
A coming-of-age drama set in contemporary Italy.
Director: Marco Tullio Giordana | Stars: Alessio Boni, Michela Cescon, Rodolfo Corsato, Matteo Gadola
Votes: 1,010
72. In His Hands (2005)
Not Rated | 90 min | Drama
In Lille, Claire Gauthier is an ordinary married woman with a young daughter that works in an insurance company analyzing losses of insured properties. When the single veterinary Laurent ... See full summary »
Director: Anne Fontaine | Stars: Benoît Poelvoorde, Isabelle Carré, Jonathan Zaccaï, Valérie Donzelli
Votes: 1,011
73. L'antidote (2005)
107 min | Comedy
Jacques-Alain Marty, known as Jam, is the boss of Vladis Entreprises, a large French multi-pole group. Everything works for him, but for the past few weeks, Jam has not been in his normal state.
Director: Vincent De Brus | Stars: Christian Clavier, Jacques Villeret, Agnès Soral, Annie Grégorio
Votes: 1,019
74. La petite Jérusalem (2005)
Not Rated | 96 min | Drama
A beautiful Jewish young woman still living with her orthodox family in a Parisian suburb, falls in love with a Muslim co-worker.
Director: Karin Albou | Stars: Fanny Valette, Elsa Zylberstein, Bruno Todeschini, Hédi Tillette de Clermont-Tonerre
Votes: 908 | Gross: $0.05M
75. Blood (2005)
90 min | Drama
Diego's job is counting people as they enter a large government building. After work, he and his wife Blanca lie on the couch, watch soap operas, or make love on the kitchen table. Their ... See full synopsis »
Director: Amat Escalante | Stars: Fernando Corona, Cirilo Recio Dávila, Kenny Johnston, Claudia Orozco
Votes: 818
76. Housewarming (2005)
95 min | Comedy
Chantal, an advocate involved in defending homeless illegal immigrant, decides to refurbish her flat. Following her convictions she calls Columbian workers led by an unforeseeable architect... See full summary »
Director: Brigitte Roüan | Stars: Carole Bouquet, Jean-Pierre Castaldi, Didier Flamand, Françoise Brion
Votes: 788
77. Sex & Philosophy (2005)
105 min | Drama, Romance
On his fortieth birthday, a man engineers a revolt against himself. He telephones his lovers -- all four of them -- and arranges to meet them at his dance school that afternoon. The women ... See full summary »
Director: Mohsen Makhmalbaf | Stars: Daler Nazarov, Mariam Gaibova, Farzona Beknazarova, Tahmineh Ebrahimova
Votes: 769
78. Chok-Dee (2005)
Not Rated | 105 min | Action, Drama, Thriller
The Biography of an incarcerated petty thief receiving a Second Chance. To become the first foreigner to become Muay Thai World Champion. An intimate immersion into the Muay Thai Art of ... See full summary »
Director: Xavier Durringer | Stars: Dida Diafat, Bernard Giraudeau, Florence Faivre, Lakshantha Abenayake
Votes: 721
79. Marock (2005)
105 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A Muslim girl and a Jewish boy fall in love.
Director: Laïla Marrakchi | Stars: Morjana Alaoui, Matthieu Boujenah, Razika Simozrag, Fatym Layachi
Votes: 754
80. L'un reste, l'autre part (2005)
109 min | Comedy, Drama
About two couples, longtime friends un which both husbands engage un long-term affairs
Director: Claude Berri | Stars: Charlotte Gainsbourg, Daniel Auteuil, Nathalie Baye, Pierre Arditi
Votes: 660
81. Backstage (2005)
112 min | Drama, Music
An adolescent groupie zeroes in on her Blondie-like idol after the singer chances to cross her orbit on a publicity tour. Gradually their lives intertwine as, with near-operatic intensity, ... See full summary »
Director: Emmanuelle Bercot | Stars: Emmanuelle Seigner, Isild Le Besco, Noémie Lvovsky, Valéry Zeitoun
Votes: 683 | Gross: $0.01M
82. Il ne faut jurer... de rien! (2005)
101 min | Comedy
Paris, 1830. Valentin loses himself in alcohol, gambling and women. He does not believe in life and especially not in love. His uncle Van Buck believes only in the virtues of money and ... See full summary »
Director: Eric Civanyan | Stars: Mélanie Doutey, Gérard Jugnot, Jean Dujardin, Marie-France Santon
Votes: 651
83. Papa (II) (2005)
80 min | Comedy, Drama
Louis and his Daddy are driving back home. Daddy is a past master at clowning, which does not necessarily make Louis laugh. At times Daddy gets awfully mad, picking on people who don't ... See full summary »
Director: Maurice Barthélémy | Stars: Alain Chabat, Martin Combes, Yaël Abecassis, Judith Godrèche
Votes: 648
84. The Perfume of the Lady in Black (2005)
115 min | Comedy, Crime
Newly married, Mathilde and Robert are honeymooning at a resort owned by their friends Edith and Arthur, the Chateau d'Hercule. But an unpleasant shock is in store for them.
Director: Bruno Podalydès | Stars: Denis Podalydès, Sabine Azéma, Zabou Breitman, Olivier Gourmet
Votes: 647
85. Animal (2005)
Not Rated | 103 min | Sci-Fi, Thriller
Thomas Nielsen (Andreas Wilson), a brilliant young geneticist, has focused too much on his research and is in danger of being fired. In order to prove the validity of this work, he needs a human subject.
Director: Rose Bosch | Stars: Andreas Wilson, Emma Griffiths Malin, Diogo Infante, Ed Stoppard
Votes: 629
86. Persona non grata (I) (2005)
Not Rated | 110 min | Drama
Wiktor, Polish ambassador to Uruguay, comes back home to attend his wife's funeral and face his old Russian friend, suspected of having an affair with Wiktor's deceased spouse.
Director: Krzysztof Zanussi | Stars: Zbigniew Zapasiewicz, Nikita Mikhalkov, Jerzy Stuhr, Remo Girone
Votes: 627
87. Espace détente (2005)
102 min | Comedy
At the bottom of the Veule, an imaginary French province, the Geugène Electro Stim, a medium-sized enterprise, survives thanks to the manufacture and sale of the C14, an old but inexpensive electrical stimulation device.
Directors: Yvan Le Bolloc'h, Bruno Solo | Stars: Bruno Solo, Yvan Le Bolloc'h, Thierry Frémont, Karim Adda
Votes: 615
88. Ronda nocturna (2005)
R | 81 min | Drama
A long night's journey into day: Victor, a street hustler in the Santa Fe and Pueyrredón neighborhoods of Buenos Aires, from the evening of November 1, All Saints Day, to the dawn of ... See full summary »
Director: Edgardo Cozarinsky | Stars: Gonzalo Heredia, Mariana Anghileri, Rafael Ferro, Darío Tripicchio
Votes: 581
89. Le cactus (2005)
Not Rated | 94 min | Comedy
Patrick has one problem: Sami. His best friend and huge hypochondriac. After a misunderstanding, Sami thinks he has three months to live. He asks Patrick to follow him around the globe for a cure.
Directors: Gérard Bitton, Michel Munz | Stars: Clovis Cornillac, Pascal Elbé, Alice Taglioni, Pierre Richard
Votes: 544
90. The Art of Breaking Up (2005)
79 min | Comedy, Romance
Despite the fact that they love each other, a couple realize that they must "find" other (and rich) people in order to keep their frivolous, costly lives.
Director: Michel Deville | Stars: Emmanuelle Béart, Charles Berling, Dominique Blanc, Jacques Bonnaffé
Votes: 559
91. Kept and Dreamless (2005)
Unrated | 97 min | Comedy, Drama
An exploration into mother-daughter relationships and the struggles of a precocious 10-year-old child to raise her cocaine-addicted mother who gets unexpectedly pregnant with her second child.
Directors: Martín De Salvo, Vera Fogwill | Stars: Vera Fogwill, Lucía Snieg, Mirta Busnelli, Edda Díaz
Votes: 532
92. Dobro ustimani mrtvaci (2005)
92 min | Comedy, Drama
A couple of morticians entertain themselves by betting on how many cold customers will come in that day. But one of the corpses refuses to cooperate...
Director: Benjamin Filipovic | Stars: Lazar Ristovski, Tatjana Sojic, Miralem Zupcevic, Nada Djurevska
Votes: 532
93. Trouble (2005)
98 min | Thriller
The photographer and family man Matyas is married and has a happy life with his beloved wife Claire, who is pregnant and near the delivery, and his young son Pierre. Matyas was raised in an... See full summary »
Director: Harry Cleven | Stars: Benoît Magimel, Natacha Régnier, Nathan Lacroix, Olivier Gourmet
Votes: 520
94. Only the Night (2005)
Not Rated | 100 min | Drama, Romance
Cecile and Julien begin their new life together. Julien works long hours in a video library, a world full of pictures. Coming home late one night, he encounters a young, beautiful, ... See full summary »
Director: Xavier Giannoli | Stars: Ludivine Sagnier, Nicolas Duvauchelle, Bruno Todeschini, Florence Loiret Caille
Votes: 520
95. Olé! (2005)
98 min | Comedy
Ramon Holgado is the driver of a big boss, as well as his confidant, his golf partner, and the alibi of his escapades. His wife, Carmen, dreams of returning to sunny Andalusia.
Director: Florence Quentin | Stars: Gad Elmaleh, Gérard Depardieu, Sabine Azéma, Valeria Golino
Votes: 506
96. Les parrains (2005)
99 min | Comedy, Crime
After a crappy heist, Max, their friend got caught. It was 20 years ago. Today, to celebrate the prescription, Max finally reveals to them where he stashed the loot.
Director: Frédéric Forestier | Stars: Claude Brasseur, Gérard Lanvin, Jacques Villeret, Gérard Darmon
Votes: 502
97. Kilomètre zéro (2005)
Not Rated | 91 min | Comedy, Drama, War
Set during the Iraq-Iran war in the 80s, the film tells of a tragicomic road trip set in Iraq's Kurdistan.
Director: Hiner Saleem | Stars: Nazmi Kirik, Eyam Ekrem, Belçim Bilgin, Ehmed Qeladizeni
Votes: 501
98. L'amour aux trousses (2005)
Not Rated | 93 min | Crime, Comedy, Romance
Franck and Paul are working as team buddies in their Paris police unit. They are sent on a mission in Toulon to solve a drug traffic mystery, but things get out of hand when Paul learns ... See full summary »
Director: Philippe de Chauveron | Stars: Jean Dujardin, Pascal Elbé, Caterina Murino, François Levantal
Votes: 484
99. The Forsaken Land (2005)
Unrated | 108 min | Drama
Weary residents (Soma, Lata, Piyasiri) of a war-ravaged country drift through life.
Director: Vimukthi Jayasundara | Stars: Mahendra Perera, Hemasiri Liyanage, Nilupili Jayawardena, Kaushalaya Fernando
Votes: 474
100. Il était une fois dans l'oued (2005)
93 min | Comedy
Johnny Leclerc lives in a suburban city in the company of his friends, most of whom are 'beurs'. He behaves like a Muslim, does Ramadan and wears a djellaba. He is even persuaded to be called Abdelbachir
Director: Djamel Bensalah | Stars: Julien Courbey, Sid Ahmed Agoumi, David Saracino, Karina Testa
Votes: 444
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