1. The Secret of the Abby (Le Secret de l'abbaye)
Who would kill a Carthusian monk and why? As the investigators will find out, the key to the mystery lies in the ultra-secret formula of the Chartreuse plant liqueur.
It has an average vote of 5.6 on TMDB.
2. Louise (Louise)
Louise, ballerina at the Garnier Opera in 1895, rushes home after a show but is stopped by a friend asking for money. Louise knows what to do in order to repay her.
It has an average vote of 6.7 on TMDB.
3. Ma' Rosa (Ma' Rosa)
Ma’ Rosa has four children. She owns a small convenience store in a poor section of Manila where everybody knows her. To make ends meet, Rosa and her husband, Nestor, resell small amounts of narcotics on the side. One day, they get arrested. Rosa’s children are ready to do anything to buy their parents’ freedom from the corrupt police.
It has an average vote of 6.4 on TMDB.
4. 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.
5. Harkis (Les Harkis)
During the Algerian War , many impoverished young Algerian men, known as "Harkis", volunteered to join the French Army. Salah and Kaddour find themselves under the orders of Lieutenant Pascal. But as the conflict draws to an end, the prospect of independence looms. The outlook for Harkis seems bleak. Lieutenant Pascal confronts his superiors, insisting that every single man in his platoon must be evacuated to France.
It has an average vote of 5.9 on TMDB.
6. Standing Tall (La Tête haute)
The film tells the story of Malony and his education as he grows from a six-year-old into an 18-year-old. A minors’ judge and a caseworker work tirelessly to try to save the young offender.
It has an average vote of 7.221 on TMDB.
7. 24 Days (24 Jours)
When Ilan Halimi is kidnapped for ransom because Jewish and supposedly rich, his family and the police start a race against time to save him from the tortures of the "gang of barbarians".
It has an average vote of 6.7 on TMDB.
8. The Unknown Girl (La Fille inconnue)
Jenny, a young doctor who feels guilty after a young woman she refused to see winds up dead a few days later, decides to find out who the girl was, after the police can't identify the young woman.
It has an average vote of 6.179 on TMDB.
9. We Were Young (On voulait tout casser)
Five long-term pals confront ageing and mortality as they enjoy their last weeks together before taking different paths.
It has an average vote of 5.7 on TMDB.
10. The Fabulous Patars (Cigarettes et chocolat chaud)
Denis struggles to raise his boisterous daughters Janine and Mercredi on his own while holding down two jobs. Everything goes sour when Denis forgets Mercredi one too many times at the school gates. Séverine, a cheerful social worker, is appointed to scrutinize the family’s daily lives.
It has an average vote of 6.6 on TMDB.
11. Playing Dead (Je fais le mort)
Jean, a forty-year-old struggling, out-of-work actor has hit rock bottom. Although open to any kind of work, he can't get a break. At the unemployment office, his counselor has a rather odd proposal: he can get a job helping the police reconstruct crime scenes, by standing in for the dead victim. Jean's obsession for detail impresses the detectives, allowing him to take a leading role in a sensitive investigation in Megève ski resort, during low season, after a series of murders
It has an average vote of 5.4 on TMDB.
12. Viper in the Fist (Vipère au poing)
1920. Jean Rezeau and his elder brother were living happily in their family estate in Brittany, until the death of their grandmother. The return of their mother, a worthy descendant of fairytales' witches, brings an all new atmosphere to their home.
It has an average vote of 6.5 on TMDB.
13. Caramel (سكر بنات)
In a beauty salon in Beirut the lives of five women cross paths. The beauty salon is a colorful and sensual microcosm where they share and entrust their hopes, fears and expectations.
It has an average vote of 6.9 on TMDB.
14. Kitchen with Apartment (Cuisine et Dépendances)
Jacques and Martine, an ordinary bourgeois couple, invite to dinner a friend whom they have not seen the last ten years. Since then he has become a media star and everything has to go just right at dinner.
It has an average vote of 6.969 on TMDB.
15. All That Divides Us (Tout nous sépare)
A middle-class house in the middle of nowhere. A council estate in Sète. A mother and daughter. Two childhood friends. A vanishing. Blackmail. A clash between two worlds.
It has an average vote of 5.5 on TMDB.
16. The 12th Man (Den 12. mann)
After a failed anti-Nazi sabotage mission leaves his eleven comrades dead, a Norwegian resistance fighter finds himself fleeing the Gestapo through the snowbound reaches of Scandinavia.
It has an average vote of 7.169 on TMDB.
17. The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (Le Scaphandre et le Papillon)
The true story of Elle France editor Jean-Dominique Bauby, who, in 1995 at the age of 43, suffered a stroke that paralyzed his entire body, except his left eye. Using that eye to blink out his memoir, Bauby eloquently described the aspects of his interior world, from the psychological torment of being trapped inside his body to his imagined stories from lands he'd only visited in his mind.
It has an average vote of 7.571 on TMDB.
18. Tom at the Farm (Tom à la ferme)
A young man travels to an isolated farm for his lover's funeral where he's quickly drawn into a twisted, sexually charged game by his lover's aggressive brother.
It has an average vote of 6.825 on TMDB.
19. American Graffiti
A couple of high school graduates spend one final night cruising the strip with their buddies before they go off to college.
It has an average vote of 7.032 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.