1. Bay of Algiers (La Baie d'Alger)
The writer Louis Gardel remembers his youth in Algeria. In 1955, Louis is 15 years old and lives with his grandmother Zoé. Zoé is friend with president Steiger, leader of the French settlers but also with the old Arab Bouarab. One night looking at the Bay of Algiers, Louis is convinced that the world in which he has grown will disappear. The first events of the War of Independence have begun. The young boys and young girls have a good time at the seaside: swimming, dancing, flirting. But, little by little, the war becomes part of their daily life.
It has an average vote of 3.9 on TMDB.
2. Victoria (Victoria)
A tragic love affair between Victoria and Johannes. She's the daughter of a rich estate owner and he's the son of a poor miller. Despite the deep love between them, her father makes Victoria ditch Johannes for the richer Otto.
It has an average vote of 4.8 on TMDB.
3. Laurent Gerra & Eddy Mitchell : À crédit et en stéréo (Laurent Gerra & Eddy Mitchell : À crédit et en stéréo)
(Laurent Gerra & Eddy Mitchell : À crédit et en stéréo)
It has an average vote of 6.5 on TMDB.
4. The Well-Digger's Daughter (La Fille du puisatier)
A rural maiden's two suitors go off to war, leaving her pregnant.
It has an average vote of 6.9 on TMDB.
5. Blood from a Stone (La Mer à boire)
The day his bank refuses to finance him, Georges will do everything he can to save his shipyard and his employees.
It has an average vote of 5.6 on TMDB.
6. Yuma (Yuma)
A story about the rise and fall of Zyga - a Polish kid in his early twenties, who wants to take charge of his life after the fall of communism, but in a time of chaos and moral anarchy, unwillingly becomes a gangster.
It has an average vote of 6.5 on TMDB.
7. Persona non grata (Persona non grata)
José Nunes and Maxime Charasse are friends and minority partners in a struggling construction company. Faced with the need to protect their interests, they make a radical decision and find themselves bound by a dark secret.
It has an average vote of 4.7 on TMDB.
8. Fanny (Fanny)
"Fanny" is the second part of the "Marseille trilogy", made by Marcel Pagnol with the generic name of "Marius, Fanny and César". Fanny falls in love and is abandoned by Marius. Now she discovers she is pregnant. Her mother and Marius's father, César, persuade her to accept the romantic advances of a much older man. To save face, Fanny accepts to marry Honoré Panisse, a rich merchant of the Vieux Port, 30 years her senior who will recognize her son.
It has an average vote of 6.9 on TMDB.
9. Paris 36 (Faubourg 36)
A star is born in a time of both celebration and instability in this historical drama with music from director Christophe Barratier. In the spring of 1936, Paris is in a state of uncertainty; while the rise of the Third Reich in Germany worries many, a leftist union-oriented candidate, Léon Blum, has been voted into power, and organized labor is feeling its new power by standing up to management.
It has an average vote of 6.1 on TMDB.
10. The Under-Gifted In Vacation (Les Sous-Doués En Vacances)
A group of friends are planning how to spend their summer vacation. One plans to go to the Seychelles with his American girlfriend. At the airport she dumps him for another guy. He has no money so he steals a backpack and goes camping. Somehow he meets a pretty girl and convinces her to share his tent. But a famous singer sees the girl and wants her too. He convinces the luckless guy to act like a fool and the girl leaves him and goes with the singer to the French Rivera.
It has an average vote of 5.4 on TMDB.
11. Ducoboo (L'Élève Ducobu)
Ducoboo is a very inventive dunce and joker, he is very resourceful at finding new ways to copy from his neighbor, to cheat or to defy the teacher's authority.
It has an average vote of 4.9 on TMDB.
12. One Man and his Cow (La Vache)
An Algerian man's life-long dream finally comes true when he receives an invitation to take his cow Jacqueline to the Paris International Agriculture Fair.
It has an average vote of 6.77 on TMDB.
13. 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.
14. Nicholas on Holiday (Les Vacances du Petit Nicolas)
It's the end of the school year. The long-awaited moment of the holidays is arrive. The little Nicolas, her parents and Grandma take the road towards the sea, and settle in for some time at the Hotel Beau-Rivage.
It has an average vote of 5.352 on TMDB.
15. The Under-Gifted (Les sous-doués)
The story centers around a graduating class of "less-gifted" students in a private Versailles high school. Only a miracle has brought the students this far along, and after a practical joke misfires and the whole school is dynamited, the students are in deep trouble. They have to present themselves in court for their punishment and it could not be worse: If they don't pass their high-school graduation exams, they go to prison!
It has an average vote of 6.501 on TMDB.
16. Catch and Release
For a grieving fiancée, learning to love again requires the help of her late love's three best friends.
It has an average vote of 5.923 on TMDB.
17. Bis (Bis)
Éric and Patrice have been friends since high school. Over the years, they have both taken very different paths: Éric has become a hedonist, has a string of girlfriends and is always on the look out for a new one; Patrice has become a monogamous father with a very ordered life. After a drunken evening, the two childhood friends find themselves cast back into 1986, when they were 17 years old. This return to the past is a dream opportunity to try to change the path their lives will take. What will they do with this second chance?
It has an average vote of 5.307 on TMDB.
18. Chocolat (Chocolat)
Chocolat the clown, the first black stage performer in France, goes from anonymity to fame after forming an unprecedented duo with fellow performer Footit in the very popular in Belle Epoque Paris. But easy money, gambling, and discrimination take their toll on their friendship and Chocolat's career.
It has an average vote of 6.9 on TMDB.
19. Rio Bravo
The sheriff of a small town in southwest Texas must keep custody of a murderer whose brother, a powerful rancher, is trying to help him escape. After a friend is killed trying to muster support for him, he and his deputies must find a way to hold out against the rancher's hired guns until the marshal arrives. In the meantime, matters are complicated by the presence of a young gunslinger - and a mysterious beauty who just came in on the last stagecoach.
It has an average vote of 7.8 on TMDB.
20. Yves Saint Laurent (Yves Saint Laurent)
A look at the life of French designer Yves Saint Laurent from the beginning of his career in 1958 when he met his lover and business partner, Pierre Berge.
It has an average vote of 6.6 on TMDB.
