Beauty and the Beast (1991), The Little Prince (2015), Black Robe (1991), The Widow of Saint-Pierre (2000), Dangerous Liaisons (1959), Family Resemblances (1996), Spirits of the Dead (1968), Asterix & Obelix: Mission Cleopatre (2002) ... Let's take a look at the ranked list of the best French movies.
Storyline: An arrogant young prince (Robby Benson) and his castle's servants fall under the spell of a wicked enchantress, who turns him into the hideous Beast until he learns to love and be loved in return. The spirited, headstrong village girl Belle (Paige O'Hara) enters the Beast's castle after he imprisons her father Maurice (Rex Everhart). With the help of his enchanted servants, including the matronly Mrs. Potts (Angela Lansbury), Belle begins to draw the cold-hearted Beast out of his isolation.
Plot Keywords: animation, fantasy, musical, romance, disney, classic, fairy tale ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: The Aviator introduces a girl to a world where she rediscovers her childhood and learns that it's human connections that matter most, and that it is only with heart that one can see rightly; what is essential is invisible to the eye.
Plot Keywords: animation, family, fantasy, adventure, children, classic adaptation, friendship ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Set in 1634, this film follows the travels of Father LaForgue (Lothaire Bluteau), a Jesuit priest called upon to search for a remote Canadian mission surrounded by Huron settlements. LaForgue, guided by a group of distrustful yet kind Algonquin natives, embarks on a trek across unfamiliar and treacherous terrain. The young priest's small party fends off the vicious attacks of the Iroquois tribe before finally reaching their destination. There, LaForgue finds the mission in a tragic state.
Plot Keywords: historical, drama, adventure, 17th century, colonialism, religion, cultural conflict ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: A soldier's (Daniel Auteuil) wife (Juliette Binoche) takes in a man (Emir Kusturica) found guilty of murder and turns him into a respected citizen, while awaiting the arrival of a guillotine.
Plot Keywords: historical, drama, romance, french, 19th century, death penalty, moral dilemma ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Affairs strewn from Paris to the Alps disintegrate a couple's (Gérard Philipe, Jeanne Moreau) marriage.
Plot Keywords: drama, romance, historical, french, literary adaptation, aristocracy, intrigue ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Family members exchange insults and observations during the course of a celebratory meal. Based on the stage play.
Plot Keywords: family, drama, french, comedy, relationships, coming of age, life ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Roger Vadim, Louis Malle and Federico Fellini collaborated on this trio of tales based on the works of Edgar Allan Poe.
Plot Keywords: horror, fantasy, anthology, french, italian, surreal, gothic ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: The superheros of 50 B.C., Asterix (Christian Clavier) and Obelix (Gérard Depardieu), are called to Egypt to help an architect, Edifis (Jamel Debbouze), win a bet for Cleopatra (Monica Bellucci). Defending the greatness of her people, Cleopatra has told Julius Caesar that she will erect a great palace for him within three months. Then she tells her architect that, if he does not make the schedule, he is going to be fed to the crocodiles. Asterix and Obelix do their best to keep him alive.
Plot Keywords: comedy, adventure, animation, family, french, humor, fantasy ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: In this true story of a 19th-century nun who achieved sainthood, Thérèse Martin (Catherine Mouchet) hopes to follow in the footsteps of her two older sisters, who became members of the Carmelite order of nuns. Although the church resists initially because of her age, Thérèse stubbornly continues her quest to serve God, and even lobbies Pope Leo XIII (Armand Meppiel). Her wish is granted at age 15, when she joins the order and performs extraordinary works in a life abbreviated by illness.
Plot Keywords: drama, romance, historical, french, literary adaptation, female protagonist, 19th century ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: In 16th-century France, Marie de Mezières marries for her father's political gain, and when war breaks out, she becomes exposed to sexual and political intrigues of court.
Plot Keywords: historical, drama, romance, war, french, period, literary adaptation ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: In 1805, aboard the H.M.S. Surprise, the brash Captain Jack Aubrey (Russell Crowe) and his trusted friend, the ship's scholarly surgeon, Stephen Maturin (Paul Bettany), are ordered to hunt down and capture a powerful French vessel off the South American coast. Though Napoleon is winning the war and the men and their crew face an onslaught of obstacles, including their own internal battles, "Lucky Jack" is determined that nothing will stop the Surprise from completing its mission.
Plot Keywords: historical, adventure, war, british, french, 19th century, naval battle ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Oggy battles cockroaches.
Plot Keywords: animation, comedy, adventure, family, french, cat, pranks ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Jacques Mesrine becomes France's most-wanted criminal.
Plot Keywords: crime, action, biography, gangster, french, violence, manhunt ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: In this animated film, Cowboy (Stéphane Aubier) and Indian (Bruce Ellison) plan to construct a barbecue pit for the birthday of their friend, Horse (Vincent Patar). The delivery of an accidental purchase of 50 million bricks rather than the intended 50 destroys their house, and attempts to rebuild are foiled when their walls are continually stolen. Determined to track down the thieves, the trio travels to the center of the earth, where they discover the culprits are a group of mad scientists.
Plot Keywords: animation, comedy, adventure, stop motion, french, crazy, absurd ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: In a rural French village an old man and his only remaining relative cast their covetous eyes on an adjoining vacant property. They need its spring water for growing their flowers, so are dismayed to hear the man who has inherited it is moving in. They block up the spring and watch as their new neighbour tries to keep his crops watered from wells far afield through the hot summer. Though they see his desperate efforts are breaking his health and his wife and daughter's hearts they think only of getting the water.
Plot Keywords: drama, french, rural, family, tragedy, literary adaptation, human nature ...
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