Highest-Rated Movies about 'French Countryside'

Médecin de campagne (2016), The Truth (2019), My Afternoons with Margueritte (2010), Manon of the Spring (1986), Autumn Tale (1998), The Return of Martin Guerre (1982), Mes Petites Amoureuses (1974), Wild Reeds (1994) ... Let's take a look at the ranked list of the best French Countryside movies.

#16. At Eternity's Gate (2018)

Storyline: During a self-imposed exile in Arles and Auvers-Sur-Oise, France, Dutch painter Vincent van Gogh develops his unique, colorful style of painting. While grappling with religion, mental illness and a tumultuous friendship with French artist Paul Gauguin, van Gogh begins to focus on his relationship with eternity rather than the pain his art causes him in the present.

Plot Keywords: biography, drama, art, painter, france, 19th century, mental health ...

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#17. My Summer in Provence (2014)

Storyline: Lea, Adrian, and their little brother Theo, born deaf, go on holiday in Provence with their grandfather, Paul "Oliveron" they never met because of a family quarrel. Unfortunately, it is not the holidays they dreamed, especially after their father announced that he was leaving the house. In less than 24 hours, it is the clash of generations between the teens and their grandfather.—Anonymous

Plot Keywords: family, coming of age, france, summer, countryside, teenager, self-discovery ...

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#18. And Soon the Darkness (1971)

Storyline: Jane and Cathy, two English women in their early twenties, are on a cycling tour. While traveling in rural France, they begin to disagree about the route. Cathy would prefer to take things in at a leisurely pace, while Jane is trying to stick to strict schedule. After arguing, they part ways. When her friend fails to rejoin her, Jane begins to worry and returns to the last place she saw her. Cathy has vanished. Alone and with a limited knowledge of French, Jane doesn't know who to trust as she frantically searches for her missing friend.—L. Hamre

Plot Keywords: suspense, thriller, crime, drama, female lead, travel, disappearance ...

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#19. Kings Go Forth (1958)

Storyline: Race, love, and war. The Allies have landed in France, set up in a coastal town, where Lt. Sam Loggins, a serious guy from Manhattan's west side, falls hard for Monique Blair, an American raised in France. Loggins' sergeant, Britt Harris, a playboy from Jersey, also finds Monique attractive. She chooses one to love and the other to befriend after disclosing her parents' history and why she lives in France. The men say it makes no difference, a wedding is announced, and the soldiers face a dangerous mission behind enemy lines. But is everyone being truthful?—<jhailey@hotmail.com>

Plot Keywords: war, romance, drama, world war ii, france, america, soldiers ...

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#20. Le Skylab (2011)

Storyline: In July 1979, during the Summer holidays, in a house somewhere in Brittany, a whole family (parents, uncles, aunts, cousins and other relatives) are gathered to celebrate Granny Amandine's sixty-seventh birthday. Albertine, who was ten years old at the time, vividly recounts this brief but life-changing experience.—Guy Bellinger

Plot Keywords: comedy, family, french film, coming of age, nostalgia, 1970s, childhood ...

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#21. On My Way (2013)

Storyline: Deneuve plays sassy grandmother Cathy who takes to the road after being betrayed by her lover and learning her business is on the verge of bankruptcy on the same day. During a week long odyssey across France, she spends time with a grandson she hardly knows and reconnects with her past as former Miss Brittany through a reunion for former beauty queens.—AnonymousB

Plot Keywords: road movie, french film, comedy, drama, midlife crisis, female protagonist, self-discovery ...

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#22. So Dark the Night (1946)

Storyline: A renowned and relentless Paris detective takes his first vacation in eleven years at a small inn in the French countryside. There he meets and falls in love with the hotelier's daughter, who had been betrothed to a neighboring farmer, but who hopes to marry him and move to Paris. On the evening of their engagement, both the fiancée and the farmer disappear. What has happened to them? Who is responsible? Can the famed detective apply his talents to a rural mystery?—klg19

Plot Keywords: film noir, suspense, crime, psychological thriller, detective, murder, rural ...

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#23. The Green Glove (1952)

Storyline: In World War II France, American soldier Michael Blake captures, then loses Nazi-collaborator art thief Paul Rona, who leaves behind a gem studded gauntlet (a stolen religious relic). Years later, financial reverses lead Mike to return in search of the object. In Paris, he must dodge mysterious followers and a corpse that's hard to explain; so he and attractive tour guide Christine decamp on a cross-country pursuit that becomes love on the run...then takes yet another turn.—Rod Crawford <puffinus@u.washington.edu>

Plot Keywords: action, adventure, crime, mystery, thriller, film noir, romance ...

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#24. Mammuth (2010)

Storyline: Serge Pilardosse has just turned 60 and is about to retire from his job in a slaughterhouse. He has always worked from the age of sixteen, never been on sick leave. So, how will this man fill his days? He does not like reading; doing odd jobs about the house is not his cup of tea; shopping is not his passion ... To make matters worse, his wife Catherine, who still works in a supermarket, notices that her husband will not get full retirement benefits since some of his former employers failed to do the requisite paperwork. So off goes Serge, riding his old Munch "Mammut" bike, in search of the missing documents ...—Guy Bellinger

Plot Keywords: comedy, drama, french cinema, midlife crisis, road movie, social satire, black comedy ...

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