Top 10 French Movies of All The Time

 
The 400 Blows

Today in this article I am sharing with you some of the best French movies of all time. Enjoy!!!

 

Top 10 French Movies

1. La Re`gle du jeu (The Rules of the Game)

Rating: 7.9/10

Screentime: 1h 50m

This is a 1939th romantic comedy film directed by Jean Renoir. This film was released on 8 July and the budget was 5,500,500 francs.

2. Les Enfants du Paradis (Children of Paradise)

Rating: 8.3/10

Screentime: 3h 9m

This is a story of the theatrical life of a beautiful courtesan in 1930s Paris ad the four men who love her and was directed by Marcel Carne`.

3. Playtime

Rating: 7.8/10 

Screentime: 1h 55m

This is a 1969th comedy film directed by Jacques Tati. This is a film about a man who finds himself perplexed by the intimidating complexity of a gadget-filled Paris.

4. Le Me`pris (Contempt)

Rating: 7.5/10

Screentime: 1h 43m

This film was directed by Jean-Luc Godard and was released on 29 October 1963. 

5. The Passion of Joan of Arc

Rating: 8.2/10

Screentime: 1h 50m

This is a 1928 French silent historical film based on the actual record of the trial of Joan of Arc directed by Carl Theodor Dreyer.

6. Ame`lie (Amelie)

Rating: 8.3/10

Screentime: 2h 2m

This is a  story of an innocent girl who helps others and finds love directed by Jean-Pierre Jeunet.

7. Cle`o de 5 to 7 (Cle`o from 5 to 7)

Rating: 7.9/10

Screentime: 1h 30m

This is a story of a singer who was worried that she might have cancer while awaiting test results from her doctor and was directed by Agne`s Varda.

8. L'Atalante

Rating: 7.8/10

Screentime: 1h 29m

This is a story of a newly married couple who were struggling through marriage and was directed by Jean Vigo.

9. La Belle et la Be^te ( Beauty and the Beast)

Rating: 7.9/10

Screentime: 1h 36m

We all know the story of Beauty and the Beast and this film is based on that story but in the French language.

10. The 400 Blows 

Rating: 8.1/10

Screentime: 1h 39m

This is the story of a 13-year-old who finds comfort at the cinema and was directed by Francois Truffaut