1. The Gendarme Gets Married (Le Gendarme se marie)
The Saint-Tropez police launch a major offensive against dangerous drivers. Marechal Cruchot relishes the assignment, which he pursues with a manic zeal. Cruchot is after an offending driver, who turns out to be Josépha , the widow of a highly regarded police colonel. When they meet, Cruchot falls instantly in love....
It has an average vote of 6.521 on TMDB.
2. The Gendarme in New York (Le Gendarme à New-York)
Sergeant Cruchot and his faithful comrades have been sent to the International Congress of Gendarmerie in N.Y.
It has an average vote of 6.324 on TMDB.
3. The Gendarme and the Creatures from Outer Space (Le Gendarme et les Extra-terrestres)
The bungling inspector Cruchot finds himself trying to save the residents of St. Tropez from some oil-drinking humanoid aliens. The only way to tell the aliens from the real people, besides their constant thirst for oil-products, is that they sound like empty garbage cans when you touch them. Chaos is ahead.
It has an average vote of 6.096 on TMDB.
4. The One Man Band (L'Homme orchestre)
Evan Evans, the director of a ballet troupe, is rehearsing his next show in Monaco, in preparation for a worldwide tour. When one member of his troupe leaves to get married, Evans imposes a regime of strict discipline on his remaining dancers. The latter get their revenge by presenting Evans’ nephew Philippe, the only male member of the group, with a baby and a note claiming he is the father…
It has an average vote of 6.049 on TMDB.
5. Hibernatus (Hibernatus)
The frozen body of Paul Fournier is discovered in Greenland where he had disappeared during a scientific expedition in 1905. Perfectly conserved he is brought back to life in the 1960s. His descendants take care of him: to spare him the cultural shock they behave so to make believe it's 1905 and they are his cousins, uncle...
It has an average vote of 6.76 on TMDB.
6. Delusions of Grandeur (La Folie des grandeurs)
Don Sallust is the minister of the King of Spain. Being disingenuous, hypocritical, greedy and collecting the taxes for himself, he is hated by the people he oppresses. Accused by The Queen, a beautiful princess Bavarian, of having an illegitimate child to one of her maids of honor, he was stripped of his duties and ordered to retire to a monastery.
It has an average vote of 7.433 on TMDB.
7. 3 Days in Quiberon (3 Tage in Quiberon)
1981, Quiberon, a small village on the coast of Brittany, France. Hilde Fritsch arrives to visit her old friend who has retreated to a spa hotel to escape the daily pressures of her life. Her friend is world-famous star Romy Schneider, but together, they appear like two regular women who are just happy to be reunited. Yet it quickly becomes apparent that Hilde is supposed to offer the support the sensitive actress needs to be able to truly face her own demons.
It has an average vote of 6.3 on TMDB.
8. Bread and Stones (Brot und Steine)
A small farmer's struggle for survival against the odds.
It has an average vote of 6.3 on TMDB.
9. Le Gendarme de Saint-Tropez (Le Gendarme de Saint-Tropez)
The ambitious police officer Cruchot is transferred to St. Tropez. He's struggling with crimes such as persistent nude swimming, but even more with his teenage daughter, who's trying to impress her rich friends by telling them her father was a millionaire and owned a yacht in the harbor.
It has an average vote of 7.051 on TMDB.
10. The Gendarme and the Gendarmettes (Le Gendarme et les Gendarmettes)
Cruchot's police office moves into a new building. They do not only get high tech equipment, but also four young female police officers to educate. All of them scramble to work with them -- and cause pure chaos while being distracted by the fine ladies. Then they get into real trouble when one after the other of their female colleagues is kidnapped.
It has an average vote of 6.036 on TMDB.
11. Babysitter Wanted
When she takes a job babysitting a young boy for a night at his family's remote farmhouse, sweet college co-ed Angie Albright becomes the target of a scar-covered creep making mysterious phone calls and prowling outside the windows. Angie gets the drop on the would-be killer, but quickly discovers that her nightmare has just begun.
It has an average vote of 5.5 on TMDB.
12. Fantomas vs. Scotland Yard (Fantômas contre Scotland Yard)
In the third and final episode of the trilogy, Fantômas imposes a head tax on the rich, threatening to kill those who do not comply.
It has an average vote of 6.723 on TMDB.
13. Angelique: The Road To Versailles (Merveilleuse Angélique)
Angelique is saved by the king of the cutthroats when she is endangered in the streets of Paris. After her hero is killed, she has many amorous affairs and becomes a successful businesswoman.
It has an average vote of 6.7 on TMDB.
14. Fantomas (Fantômas)
Fantômas is a man of many disguises. He uses maquillage as a weapon. He can impersonate anyone using an array of masks and can create endless confusion by constantly changing his appearance.
It has an average vote of 6.836 on TMDB.
15. Don't Look Now... We're Being Shot At! (La Grande Vadrouille)
During World War II, two French civilians and a downed British Bomber Crew set out from Paris to cross the demarcation line between Nazi-occupied Northern France and the South. From there they will be able to escape to England. First, they must avoid German troops – and the consequences of their own blunders.
It has an average vote of 7.925 on TMDB.
16. The Mad Adventures of Rabbi Jacob (Les Aventures de Rabbi Jacob)
In this riot of frantic disguises and mistaken identities, Victor Pivert, a blustering, bigoted French factory owner, finds himself taken hostage by Slimane, an Arab rebel leader. The two dress up as rabbis as they try to elude not only assasins from Slimane's country, but also the police, who think Pivert is a murderer. Pivert ends up posing as Rabbi Jacob, a beloved figure who's returned to France for his first visit after 30 years in the United States. Adding to the confusion are Pivert's dentist-wife, who thinks her husband is leaving her for another woman, their daughter, who's about to get married, and a Parisian neighborhood filled with people eager to celebrate the return of Rabbi Jacob.
It has an average vote of 7.393 on TMDB.
17. Daddy Cool (Daddy Cool)
Adrien, 40 years old and totally immature, is dumped by Maude, 35 years old, eager to finally found a family. In an attempt to regain the love of his life, Adrien decides to move into the future ex-married apartment: a nursery home - The beginning, an improbable educational experience.
It has an average vote of 5.963 on TMDB.
18. The Little Bather (Le Petit Baigneur)
Louis-Philippe Fourchaume, another typical lead-role for French comedy superstar Louis de Funès, is the dictatorial CEO of a French company which designs and produces sail yachts, and fires in yet another tantrum his designer André Castagnier, not realizing that man is his only chance to land a vital contract with the Italian magnate Marcello Cacciaperotti. So he has to find him at his extremely rural birthplace in 'la France profonde', which proves a torturous odyssey for the spoiled rich man; when he does get there his torment is far from over: the country bumpkin refuses to resume his slavish position now the shoe is on the other foot, so Fourchaume is dragged along in the boorish family life, and at times unable to control his temper, which may cost him more credit then he painstakingly builds up...
It has an average vote of 6.681 on TMDB.
19. Ace of Aces (L'As des as)
In this action comedy the French boxer Jo Cavalier is charmed on the train to Berlin for the Olympics in Hitler's Germany by the little boy Simon Rosenblum who asks his autograph; when it turns out his adorable young fan is a Jewish orphan in danger of persecution, he risks his one shot at Olympic glory to save Simon and his family, helped only by a German officer-gentleman who became his friend in World War I, by an adventurous escape to Switzerland, Nazi troops on their heals and braving impossible odds in roller coaster-style.
It has an average vote of 7.085 on TMDB.
20. Oscar (Oscar)
This film originated as a play in Paris. The story focuses on the one-day adventures of Bertrand Barnier played with a genius of French cinema, Louis de Funes. In the same morning he learns that his daughter is pregnant, an employee stole a large amount of money from his company, his maid is about to resign in order to marry a wealthy neighbor and his body builder is interested in marrying his daughter. The seemingly complicated story-line is full of comedy or errors and some of the most hilarious mime scenes of the French cinema.
It has an average vote of 7.3 on TMDB.
