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51. Face the Music (1993)
PG-13 | 93 min | Comedy, Drama
Exes Lisa and Charlie agree to write a love song for a movie. Charlie is getting married in two weeks. His fiancée suggests writing at her farm outside Paris for (non-existent) peace and quiet - to keep an eye on him.
Director: Carol Wiseman | Stars: Molly Ringwald, Patrick Dempsey, Lysette Anthony, Rebecca Potok
Votes: 435
52. Devil Story (1986)
76 min | Horror
A deformed man living with his mother in the countryside roams the woods killing indiscriminately. A couple spend the night nearby, and the wife goes through a nightmarish experience involving a black horse, a mummy, and the deformed man.
Director: Bernard Launois | Stars: Véronique Renaud, Marcel Portier, Catherine Day, Nicole Desailly
Votes: 668
53. The Advocate (1993)
R | 102 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
In medieval France, young lawyer Richard Courtois leaves Paris for the simpler life in the country. However, he is soon drawn into amorous and political intrigues. At the same time, he is ... See full summary »
Director: Leslie Megahey | Stars: Colin Firth, Amina Annabi, Jim Carter, Donald Pleasence
Votes: 2,204 | Gross: $0.67M
54. Sombre (1998)
Not Rated | 112 min | Drama, Horror
A sexually frustrated serial killer takes a liking to a woman he comes across.
Director: Philippe Grandrieux | Stars: Marc Barbé, Elina Löwensohn, Géraldine Voillat, Coralie Trinh Thi
Votes: 1,895
55. Love Battles (2013)
99 min | Drama
A woman returns to her village after her father's death, who has never loved. She meets a man who spends his days cultivating the land and writing. Each of their meetings will culminate in a need for them to confront physically.
Director: Jacques Doillon | Stars: Sara Forestier, James Thierrée, Louise Szpindel, Mahault Mollaret
Votes: 670
56. Loss of Innocence (1961)
Approved | 99 min | Drama, Romance
Sensitive story of a British girl's awakening from childhood into life and love on vacation in France.
Director: Lewis Gilbert | Stars: Kenneth More, Danielle Darrieux, Susannah York, Claude Nollier
Votes: 598
57. The Ideal Palace (2018)
105 min | Biography, Drama
Cheval is a postman who travels every day along the Drôme. He meets the woman of his life, Philomena and from their union Alice was born. He then throws himself into a crazy gamble: to build her with his own hands, an incredible palace.
Director: Nils Tavernier | Stars: Jacques Gamblin, Laetitia Casta, Florence Thomassin, Bernard Le Coq
Votes: 1,458
58. The Widow Couderc (1971)
TV-14 | 92 min | Action, Drama, Romance
John, an escaped convict, takes refuge on the farm of Widow Couderc. He becomes the older woman's lover and admits that he's on the run. The widow's in-laws, who despise her,
Director: Pierre Granier-Deferre | Stars: Alain Delon, Simone Signoret, Ottavia Piccolo, Jean Tissier
Votes: 2,123
59. Wild Side (2004)
Not Rated | 93 min | Drama, Romance
A transgender woman who survives prostituting herself in Paris, returns - with her two male lovers in tow - to her family home in the countryside to look after her dying mother.
Director: Sébastien Lifshitz | Stars: Stéphanie Michelini, Yasmine Belmadi, Edouard Nikitine, Josiane Stoléru
Votes: 1,135 | Gross: $0.02M
60. The Blood Rose (1970)
R | 92 min | Horror, Thriller
A Famous artist becomes obsessed with restoring the beautiful face of his badly burned fiancée, resorting to blackmailing a plastic surgeon into shady operations involving the skin from young girls.
Director: Claude Mulot | Stars: Philippe Lemaire, Anny Duperey, Olivia Robin, Elizabeth Teissier
Votes: 513
61. Dialogue avec mon jardinier (2007)
109 min | Comedy, Drama
A successful artist, weary of Parisian life and on the verge of divorce, returns to the country to live in his childhood house. He needs someone to make a real vegetable garden again out of... See full summary »
Director: Jean Becker | Stars: Daniel Auteuil, Jean-Pierre Darroussin, Fanny Cottençon, Alexia Barlier
Votes: 3,777
62. Maigret and the St. Fiacre Case (1959)
101 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
The Countess de Saint-Fiacre, having received a terrible anonymous letter predicting her imminent death, summons Commissioner Maigret in the hope that he can protect her and save her from a secret ill-wisher.
Director: Jean Delannoy | Stars: Jean Gabin, Michel Auclair, Valentine Tessier, Jacques Morel
Votes: 1,516
63. The French Boys (2021)
102 min | Drama
Featuring five captivating stories set among rolling hills, village squares and the rooftops of Paris - the birthplace of cinema has never looked this inviting.
Directors: Josza Anjembe, Charles Dudoignon-Valade, Florent Gouëlou, Roman Kané, Guillaume Mainguet | Stars: Quentin Dolmaire, Marvin Dubart, Simon Royer, Julien Gaspar-Oliveri
Votes: 19
64. The Big Bad Fox and Other Tales (2017)
G | 83 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
Whoever thinks that the countryside is calm and peaceful is mistaken. In it we find especially agitated animals, a Fox that thinks it's a chicken, a Rabbit that acts like a stork, and a Duck who wants to replace Father Christmas. If you want to take a vacation, keep driving past this place.
Directors: Patrick Imbert, Benjamin Renner | Stars: Guillaume Darnault, Damien Witecka, Kamel Abdessadok, Antoine Schoumsky
Votes: 3,706 | Gross: $0.04M
65. The Devil by the Tail (1969)
M/PG | 90 min | Comedy
A Marquise who lures motorists to her hotel by sabotaging their cars gets more than she bargains for when one guest turns out to be a bank robber on the run.
Director: Philippe de Broca | Stars: Yves Montand, Madeleine Renaud, Maria Schell, Jean Rochefort
Votes: 1,002
66. Fear(s) of the Dark (2007)
Unrated | 83 min | Animation, Horror, Mystery
Several scary black-and-white animated segments in different styles appeal to our fear(s) of the dark.
Directors: Blutch, Charles Burns, Marie Caillou, Pierre Di Sciullo, Lorenzo Mattotti, Richard McGuire | Stars: Aure Atika, Guillaume Depardieu, Nicole Garcia, Gil Alma
Votes: 3,238 | Gross: $0.08M
67. The Girl from Paris (2001)
103 min | Comedy, Drama
Sandrine, a woman in her thirties gets tired of life in Paris and decides to leave her work in computers and become a farmer. She takes the required practice for two years, and after that ... See full summary »
Director: Christian Carion | Stars: Michel Serrault, Mathilde Seigner, Jean-Paul Roussillon, Frédéric Pierrot
Votes: 2,404 | Gross: $0.18M
68. So Dark the Night (1946)
Not Rated | 71 min | Crime, Film-Noir, Mystery
Paris police detective Cassin has a well needed vacation at a rural inn, where the owners' adult daughter shows interest in him but she has a jealous boyfriend. Will Cassin need his skills?
Director: Joseph H. Lewis | Stars: Steven Geray, Micheline Cheirel, Eugene Borden, Ann Codee
Votes: 1,430
69. Safe Conduct (2002)
Not Rated | 170 min | Biography, Drama, History
In German-occupied France, two filmmakers solve the collaboration dilemma differently.
Director: Bertrand Tavernier | Stars: Jacques Gamblin, Denis Podalydès, Charlotte Kady, Marie Desgranges
Votes: 1,616 | Gross: $0.03M
70. My Uncle Benjamin (1969)
90 min | Comedy
In the amorous mid 18th century under Louis XV, a country doctor risks danger and prison to pursue his seduction of the women of the bourgeoisie.
Director: Édouard Molinaro | Stars: Jacques Brel, Claude Jade, Bernard Alane, Rosy Varte
Votes: 818
71. Souvenir (1988)
R | 93 min | Drama
A dashing German soldier and a beautiful French girl fell deeply in love while World War II raged on. More than forty years later, Ernest Kestner, retired and recently widowed, leaves his adopted home in New York and returns to France.
Director: Geoffrey Reeve | Stars: Christopher Plummer, Catherine Hicks, Michael Lonsdale, Christopher Cazenove
Votes: 96
72. À nous les garçons (1985)
102 min | Comedy, Romance
Two best friends fall in love with the same boy.
Director: Michel Lang | Stars: Roland Giraud, Sophie Carle, Valérie Allain, Franck Dubosc
Votes: 177
73. Roman de gare (2007)
R | 103 min | Drama
A popular novelist researches unlikely sources to find characters for her next bestseller.
Director: Claude Lelouch | Stars: Fanny Ardant, Dominique Pinon, Audrey Dana, Michèle Bernier
Votes: 2,590 | Gross: $1.85M
74. Le tueur (1972)
87 min | Crime, Drama
Whilst being transferred to a psychiatric hospital, a ruthless serial killer Gassot makes a break and goes on the run. He arrives in Marseilles, intending to escape abroad. Here, he falls for a young prostitute, Gerda.
Director: Denys de La Patellière | Stars: Jean Gabin, Fabio Testi, Uschi Glas, Jacques Richard
Votes: 525
75. The Room Upstairs (1946)
115 min | Crime, Drama, Romance
The local building contractor Martin Roumagnac is fascinated by the fashionable Blanche Ferrand. To impress Blanche, Martin presents her with a villa. However, this ruins him financially. ... See full summary »
Director: Georges Lacombe | Stars: Marlene Dietrich, Jean Gabin, Jean d'Yd, Daniel Gélin
Votes: 526
76. Lady Chatterley's Passions 2: Julie's Secret (1995)
R | 85 min | Drama, Romance
A finishing-school graduate learns about her late mother's affair with the handyman.
Director: Pasquale Fanetti | Stars: Solange Cousseau, Gianni Franco, Roberta Fregonese, Gala Orlova
Votes: 74
77. An Orphan's Tale (1981– )
Drama
Remi's quiet childhood in chevegnon is interrupted one day as his father comes home after 7 years in Paris, telling him they're not his real parents, and that they can no longer afford to ... See full summary »
Stars: Fabrice Josso, Petula Clark, François Pinat, Gérard Darrieu
Votes: 108
78. 5 Kittens (1973)
R | 90 min | Comedy
What if the five girls you find most attractive offered themselves to you at the same time? You would be the happiest man on Earth. The first days anyway. After a while, you'd have only one desire left: to flee and enjoy a deserved rest.
Director: Jean-François Davy | Stars: Marie-Claire Davy, Elisabeth Drancourt, Philippe Gasté, Pauline Larrieu
Votes: 106
79. Ophélia (1963)
105 min | Drama
After the death of his father, the weirdo Yvan Lesurf believes his mother Claudia Lesurf and his uncle Adrien Lesurf have poisoned him since they got married to each other. Completely ... See full summary »
Director: Claude Chabrol | Stars: Alida Valli, Claude Cerval, André Jocelyn, Juliette Mayniel
Votes: 286
80. La maison des bois (1971– )
360 min | Comedy, Drama
Realistic chronicle of everyday life during the Great War. A ranger collects in his family several Parisian children refugees because of the conflict. All share the life of the country village, the school, the news from the front.
Stars: Pierre Doris, Jacqueline Dufranne, Agathe Natanson, Hervé Lévy
Votes: 285
81. Salut les frangines (1975)
78 min | Comedy
Denis spends a holiday at his friend's home, Marc. Staying with the family for several days, even though the Chotards have other things in mind than sex, he will have nice encounters with ... See full summary »
Director: Michel Gérard | Stars: Frédéric Duru, Laure Cottereau, Régis Porte, Jacqueline Jehanneuf
Votes: 33
82. Hellfire (1995 TV Movie)
PG-13 | 85 min | Horror, Thriller
Gabriella finds an unfinished symphony that was written by her late uncle Octave Barron who found inspiration through murder. Thrilled by its possibilities she hires Marius (Ben Cross) to ... See full summary »
Director: David Tausik | Stars: Ben Cross, Jennifer Burns, Beverly Garland, Doug Wert
Votes: 176
83. Magnetic Harvest (2019)
23 min | Short, Comedy, Romance
Mickaël, a pig farmer in rural France, finds his search for an amorous connection interrupted by the sudden return of the charming and youthful Paul.
Director: Marine Levéel | Stars: Gilles Vandeweerd, Victor Fradet, Xavier Clion, Jonathan Turnbull
Votes: 137
84. A Crime in Paradise (2001)
89 min | Comedy
In the 1980 French countryside, farmer Jojo and his ill-tempered wife Lulu hate each other, though their respective interests speak against divorce. The only thing that keeps the oppressed ... See full summary »
Director: Jean Becker | Stars: Jacques Villeret, Josiane Balasko, André Dussollier, Suzanne Flon
Votes: 2,011
85. Somewhere in France (1942)
Approved | 87 min | Adventure, Drama, War
In 1940, a British engineer goes to France to retrieve specialized armaments machinery, loaned to the French, before the invading Nazi armies can capture it.
Director: Charles Frend | Stars: Tommy Trinder, Constance Cummings, Clifford Evans, Robert Morley
Votes: 402
86. Here and There (2011)
53 min | Drama
The relationship of Clarinette (Adrien Dantou) and Piano (César Domboy) through the years is definitely NOT the case of "Absence Makes the Heart Grow Fonder".
Director: Michaël Dacheux | Stars: Adrien Dantou, César Domboy, Christine Leroy, Elise Lhomeau
Votes: 89
87. Le chignon d'Olga (2002)
96 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A bereaved young man falls in love with a shop assistant he glimpses in a window and secretly tries to get to know her better.
Director: Jérôme Bonnell | Stars: Hubert Benhamdine, Nathalie Boutefeu, Florence Loiret Caille, Serge Riaboukine
Votes: 443
88. Snakes and Ladders (1980 TV Movie)
30 min | Mystery
A man awakens to find himself immersed in a real-life scenario of a board game with an ever expanding cartography.
Director: Raúl Ruiz | Stars: Pascal Bonitzer, Jean-Loup Rivière
Votes: 172
89. La communion solennelle (1977)
105 min | Comedy, Drama
The story of a family is told from 1890 until present times. There are date meetings,wars,separations,betrayals,dramas,comical situations.
Director: René Féret | Stars: Christian Drillaud, Claude Bouchery, Isabelle Caillard, Patrick Fierry
Votes: 93
90. Liebmann (2016)
Unrated | 82 min | Drama, Romance, Thriller
The teacher Antek Liebmann moves to the French countryside to leave his former life in Germany behind. He soon gets a job and finds himself in a new relationship. But the strange energy of ... See full summary »
Director: Jules Herrmann | Stars: Godehard Giese, Adeline Moreau, Fabien Ara, Bettina Grahs
Votes: 193
91. Marion (1997)
106 min | Drama
Marion is a 10 year old schoolgirl, her family just moved into a Normandy village : the father is a mason, the mother takes care of their four children. She meets "the Parisians", a wealthy... See full summary »
Director: Manuel Poirier | Stars: Coralie Tetard, Pierre Berriau, Élisabeth Commelin, Marie-France Pisier
Votes: 107
92. Poil de carotte (1925)
123 min | Drama
Nothing can atone for young "Carrot top"s mother's hatred, nor for his father's indifference. But when his father learns that his son is thinking about committing suicide, he steps in and takes him under his wing.
Director: Julien Duvivier | Stars: Henry Krauss, Charlotte Barbier-Krauss, André Heuzé, Fabien Haziza
Votes: 318
93. 47 Natkal (1981)
125 min | Drama
Actress Saritha comes to a small town to talk to Vaishali, because she is about to play her in a film based on her life. Vaishali suffers from hysteria and angrily shuts out Saritha. The ... See full summary »
Director: K. Balachander | Stars: Chiranjeevi, Jaya Prada, Anne-Patricia, Ramaprabha
Votes: 70
94. Le périple (2017)
88 min | Comedy, Horror
The tap water is contaminated in a city and the majority of the population meets affected, a group of survivors is going to the mountain to find security...
Director: Vincent Orst | Stars: Olivier Martial, Eric Collado, Tony Zarouel, Tella Kpomahou
Votes: 154
95. Le tourbillon des jours (1979– )
52 min | Drama
In this late 19th Century, romantic Louise is the last survivor of a noble family and remains the unique owner a beautiful castle in Poitou. One day, she meets in the castle park young and uncouth GermainVannier and falls in love with him.
Stars: Yolande Folliot, Niels Arestrup, Anny Romand, Louison Roblin
Votes: 12
96. Le corps sauvage (2019)
105 min | Drama
In search of a new way of life, Diane, 25, settles in her grandfather's home in a village bordering a forest where she practices archery.
Director: Cheyenne Carron | Stars: Nina Klinkhamer, Christian de Beringhen, François Goeske, François Pouron
Votes: 11
97. Églantine (1972)
90 min | Comedy, Drama
Director: Jean-Claude Brialy | Stars: Valentine Tessier, Claude Dauphin, Odile Versois, Micheline Luccioni
Votes: 48
98. Cyril & Louise (2022)
12 min | Short, Drama
Cyril and Louise love each other dearly. Today they celebrate the fourth anniversary of their wild love. Tonight there will be a forest party. Louise and Cyril are planning to go. They ... See full summary »
Director: Alexandre Schild | Stars: Cyril Metzger, Mélodie Adda, William Frey, Arcadi Radeff
99. Aphyonidae (2023)
18 min | Short, Fantasy
Two couples meet for the week-end in a countryside house. The encounter takes a strange turn when the host introduces his friends to his new acquisition. Something is swimming in the pool.
Director: Romain Gresillon | Stars: Raphael Guerin, Jeanne Lalou, Olivier Renaty, Sophie Rolland
100. Byli jednou dva písari (1972– )
446 min | Comedy
France, 19th century: One afternoon, two elderly gentlemen, Bouvard and Pécuchet, meet on a park bench and engage in a conversation. They discover that they are both scribes and have less ... See full summary »
Stars: Jirí Sovák, Miroslav Hornícek, Otakar Brousek, Klára Jerneková
Votes: 127