1. The Possessors (Les Grandes Familles)
Noël Schoudler, founder of an empire built on three foundations - sugar, banking and the press - reigns like an absolute sovereign over his business and his family. But someone is about to challenge this authority: his son François...
It has an average vote of 7 on TMDB.
2. The Magnificent Tramp (Archimède le clochard)
Bum Archimède wants to spend the winter in prison, but to get there proves not to be that easy.
It has an average vote of 7.1 on TMDB.
3. Holy Year (L'Année sainte)
Two bank robbers, an old and a young, escape from prison to get to the hidden loot.
It has an average vote of 6.6 on TMDB.
4. The Sleeping Car Murder (Compartiment tueurs)
Six people travel by train overnight from Marseilles to Paris. When the train arrives at its destination, one of the passengers, a girl, is found dead in a sleeping berth. The police led by Inspector Grazzi investigate the other five passengers, suspecting that one of them was responsible. However, as the investigation is stepped up, the other passengers start turning up dead. It is then up to the last remaining two to solve the case, before they become the next victims.
It has an average vote of 6.9 on TMDB.
5. Marie-Octobre (Marie-Octobre)
A group of ex-resistance fighters are brought together by Marie-Octobre, the code name of Marie-Helene Dumoulin. The former members of the network have carried on with their lives after the war, but this evening they are going to have to live again a fateful night – the night their leader was killed. He had been betrayed, his name given to the Germans. The search for the traitor puts each personality in the spotlight – and also that of the killed leader, Castille.
It has an average vote of 7.2 on TMDB.
6. The Married Couple of the Year Two (Les Mariés de l'an deux)
Nicolas Philibert goes to America after killing a French aristocrat. On his return he tries to divorce his wife, Charlotte, but when he sees others trying to woo her his own interest is rekindled.
It has an average vote of 6.6 on TMDB.
7. The Taste of Money (돈의 맛)
The assistant of a wealthy socialite reveals her husband's salacious affair. The fallout entangles him in a web of sex, love and deceit that could threaten his life and career.
It has an average vote of 5.7 on TMDB.
8. The Counterfeiters of Paris (Le cave se rebiffe)
"Le Dabe" retired many years ago and now he lives in the Tropics where he owns stables and horses. He is a very rich man. He was the king of all money counterfeiters. He is contacted from Paris to organize a new job. He says no. But when he finds out the the currency that should be counterfeited is the Dutch florin, he accepts immediately. He retired after having counterfeited 100 florin notes just before the Queen Wilhelmina retired them from circulation. He flies to Paris. But the gang is not to be trusted, at least not all of them.
It has an average vote of 7 on TMDB.
9. Monkey Business (Canallas)
Joaquin, Brujo and Luismi, three neighbourhood scoundrels, meet again after twenty years. Brujo and Luismi are still unemployed while Joaquin swears he has become an important businessman. However, one day he receives a notification that his mother's house has been repossessed for a loan. He will try to get the money he neds to avoid eviction, but the brilliant ideas of Brujo and Luismi will end up plunging Joaquin even deeper into misery
It has an average vote of 5.4 on TMDB.
10. Orpheus (Orphée)
A poet in love with Death follows his unhappy wife into the underworld.
It has an average vote of 7.624 on TMDB.
11. Weekend at Dunkirk (Week-end à Zuydcoote)
In June 1940, during the Dunkirk evacuation of Allied troops to England, French sergeant Julien Maillat and his men debate whether to evacuate to Britain or stay and fight the German troops that are closing-in from all directions.
It has an average vote of 7 on TMDB.
12. Borsalino (Borsalino)
In 1930 Marseilles two small-time crooks join forces when they meet brawling over a woman. Starting with fixed horse races and fights, they start to find themselves doing jobs for the local gangster bosses. When they decide to go into the business for themselves, their easy-going approach to crime starts to change.
It has an average vote of 6.877 on TMDB.
13. Any Number Can Win (Mélodie en sous-sol)
Charles, fresh out of jail, rejects his wife's plan for a quiet life of bourgeois respectability. He enlists a former cell mate, Francis, to assist him in pulling off one final score, a carefully planned assault on the vault of a Cannes casino.
It has an average vote of 7.2 on TMDB.
14. The Trip Across Paris (La Traversée de Paris)
Two unlikely companions must smuggle four suitcases filled with contraband pork across Nazi-occupied Paris.
It has an average vote of 7.2 on TMDB.
15. A Man and a Woman (Un homme et une femme)
A man and a woman meet by accident on a Sunday evening at their childrens' boarding school. Slowly, they reveal themselves to each other, finding that each is a widow.
It has an average vote of 7.294 on TMDB.
16. Mamma Roma (Mamma Roma)
After years spent working as a prostitute in her Italian village, middle-aged Mamma Roma has saved enough money to buy herself a fruit stand so that she can have a respectable middle-class life and reestablish contact with the 16-year-old son she abandoned when he was an infant. But her former pimp threatens to expose her sordid past, and her troubled son seems destined to fall into a life of crime and violence.
It has an average vote of 7.863 on TMDB.
17. The Professional (Le Professionnel)
French secret service agent Josselin Beaumont is dispatched to take down African warlord N'Jala. But when his assignment is canceled, he's shocked to learn that his government is surrendering him to local authorities. He is given a mock trial and sentenced to 20 years of hard labor. But Beaumont escapes from prison and vows not only to avenge himself against his betrayers but also to finish his original assignment.
It has an average vote of 7.238 on TMDB.
18. Deerskin (Le Daim)
A man's obsession with owning the designer deerskin jacket of his dreams leads him to turn his back on his humdrum life in the suburbs, blow his life savings, and even turn him to crime.
It has an average vote of 6.459 on TMDB.
19. Valhalla Rising
Scandinavia, 1,000 AD. For years, One Eye, a mute warrior of supernatural strength, has been held prisoner by the Norse chieftain Barde. Aided by Are, a boy slave, One Eye slays his captor and together he and Are escape, beginning a journey into the heart of darkness. On their flight, One Eye and Are board a Viking vessel, but the ship is soon engulfed by an endless fog that clears only as the crew sights an unknown land. As the new world reveals its secrets and the Vikings confront their terrible and bloody fate, One Eye discovers his true self.
It has an average vote of 6.1 on TMDB.
20. The First Slam Dunk (THE FIRST SLAM DUNK)
Shohoku's “speedster” and point guard, Ryota Miyagi, always plays with brains and lightning speed, running circles around his opponents while feigning composure. In his second year of high school, Ryota plays with the Shohoku High School basketball team along with Sakuragi, Rukawa, Akagi, and Mitsui as they take the stage at the Inter-High School National Championship. And now, they are on the brink of challenging the reigning champions, Sannoh Kogyo High School.
It has an average vote of 7.788 on TMDB.