1. The Specials (Hors Normes)
For twenty years, Bruno and Malik have lived in a different world—the world of autistic children and teens. In charge of two separate nonprofit organizations , they train young people from underprivileged areas to be caregivers for extreme cases that have been refused by all other institutions. It’s an exceptional partnership, outside of traditional settings, for some quite extraordinary characters.
It has an average vote of 7.846 on TMDB.
2. Street Flow (Banlieusards)
Noumouké, from the suburb of Paris, is about to decide which brother's foot steps to follow - the lawyer student Soulaymaan or the gangster Demba.
It has an average vote of 6.9 on TMDB.
3. Lola and the Sea (Lola vers la mer)
Just when Lola, 18 years old and transgender, learns that she can finally have surgery, her mother, who is her only financial support, passes away. Abiding by her mother’s last wishes, Lola and her father, who are permanently in conflict and have not seen each other for two years, undertake a journey all the way to the Belgian coast. They realize the outcome of the journey may not be the one they were both expecting...
It has an average vote of 6.5 on TMDB.
4. Deerskin (Le Daim)
A man's obsession with owning the designer deerskin jacket of his dreams leads him to turn his back on his humdrum life in the suburbs, blow his life savings, and even turn him to crime.
It has an average vote of 6.459 on TMDB.
5. Night Shift (Police)
Three officers are tasked with escorting an illegal immigrant to Charles de Gaulle airport, where he will be forced onto a plane and sent back to his homeland. But when they find out about the truth, they have to make a difficult choice.
It has an average vote of 5.35 on TMDB.
6. 15 Minutes of War (L'Intervention)
February 1976. Somalian rebels hijack a school bus carrying 21 French children and their teacher in Djibouti City. When the terrorists drive it to a no-man’s-land on the border between Somalia and French territory, the French Government sends out a newly formed elite squad to rescue the hostages. Within a few hours, the highly trained team arrives to the crisis area, where the Somalian National Army has taken position behind the barbed wire on the border. The French unit is left with very few options to rescue the hostages. As the volatile situation unravels, the French men quickly come up with a daring plan: carry out a simultaneous 5 men sniper attack to get the children and the teacher out safely. A true story.
It has an average vote of 6.8 on TMDB.
7. An Officer and a Spy (J'accuse)
In 1894, French Captain Alfred Dreyfus is wrongfully convicted of treason and sentenced to life imprisonment at the Devil’s Island penal colony.
It has an average vote of 7.076 on TMDB.
8. #Iamhere (#JeSuisLà)
Stéphane lives a quiet life as an eminent French Chef but when he decides to visit Soo, a mysterious Korean lady he fell in love with on Instagram, he'll embark on an adventurous journey full of discoveries.
It has an average vote of 5.505 on TMDB.
9. School Life (La Vie scolaire)
In one of the poorest areas of Paris, a school counselor devotes herself to working with disadvantaged students, while facing challenges of her own.
It has an average vote of 6.908 on TMDB.
10. The Best Is Yet to Come (Le Meilleur reste à venir)
Following a huge misunderstanding, two friends always decide to tackle everything to make up for lost time.
It has an average vote of 6.836 on TMDB.
11. Motherless Brooklyn
New York City, 1957. Lionel Essrog, a private detective living with Tourette syndrome, tries to solve the murder of his mentor and best friend, armed only with vague clues and the strength of his obsessive mind.
It has an average vote of 6.706 on TMDB.
12. The Wild Goose Lake (南方车站的聚会)
A gangster on the run sacrifices everything for his family and a woman he meets while on the lam.
It has an average vote of 6.622 on TMDB.
13. The Stronghold (BAC Nord)
A police brigade works in the dangerous northern neighborhoods of Marseille, where the level of crime is higher than anywhere else in France.
It has an average vote of 7.424 on TMDB.
14. The Translators (Les Traducteurs)
Nine translators, hired to translate the eagerly awaited final book of a bestselling trilogy, are confined in a luxurious bunker.
It has an average vote of 6.5 on TMDB.
15. La Belle Époque (La Belle Époque)
Victor, a disillusioned sexagenarian, sees his life turned upside down on the day when Antoine, a brilliant entrepreneur, offers him a new kind of attraction: mixing theatrical artifices and historical reconstruction, this company offers his clients a chance to dive back into the era of their choice. Victor then chose to relive the most memorable week of his life: the one where, 40 years earlier, he met the great love.
It has an average vote of 7.382 on TMDB.
16. The Collini Case (Der Fall Collini)
A young lawyer stumbles upon a vast conspiracy while investigating a brutal murder case.
It has an average vote of 7.376 on TMDB.
17. A Hidden Life
Austrian farmer Franz Jägerstätter faces the threat of execution for refusing to fight for the Nazis during World War II.
It has an average vote of 7.129 on TMDB.
18. The Aftermath
In the aftermath of World War II, a British colonel and his wife are assigned to live in Hamburg during the post-war reconstruction, but tensions arise with the German widower who lives with them.
It has an average vote of 6.458 on TMDB.
19. Andy (Andy)
A lazy man becomes a prostitute.
It has an average vote of 5.5 on TMDB.
20. Speak Up (À voix haute)
Raise the voice, speak eloquently, construct and argue a discourse. Tools so necessary in life as exciting to build. In Paris, the date of Eloquentia, an oratory contest where young people —not exactly privileged— will measure their strength, is approaching.
It has an average vote of 7.8 on TMDB.
