1. The Page Turner (La Tourneuse de pages)
Mélanie Prouvost, a ten-year-old butcher's daughter, is a gifted pianist. That is why she and her parents decide that she sit for the Conservatory entrance exam. Although Mélanie is very likely to be admitted, she unfortunately gets distracted by the president of the jury's offhand attitude and she fails. Ten years later, Mélanie becomes her page turner, waiting patiently for her revenge.
It has an average vote of 6.5 on TMDB.
2. Emma
Emma Woodhouse has a rigid sense of propriety as regards matrimonial alliances. Unfortunately she insists on matchmaking for her less forceful friend, Harriet, and so causes her to come to grief. Through the sharp words of Mr. Knightley, and the example of the opinionated Mrs. Elton, someone not unlike herself, Emma's attitudes begin to soften.
It has an average vote of 6.7 on TMDB.
3. An Impudent Girl (L'Effrontée)
Charlotte Castang is a working-class 13-year-old girl, who lives in a drab, run-down neighbourhood, and is ready to become an adult. Her mother died giving birth to her, and she lives with her crass brother and a father whose attention is elsewhere. Her only friend is Lulu, a sick 10-year-old she regards as a pest. Charlotte is antisocial, bored and dreams of a better life. Her life improves when she meets Clara Bauman, a pianist prodigy.
It has an average vote of 6.6 on TMDB.
4. Odd Job (Un petit boulot)
An unemployed factory worker takes a job as a hit man to make ends meet.
It has an average vote of 6.094 on TMDB.
5. Diplomacy (Diplomatie)
The night of August 24, 1944. The fate of Paris is in the hands of General von Choltitz, governor of Grand Paris, who is preparing, on Hitler’s orders, to blow up the French capital. The descendent of a long line of Prussian military men, the general has never had any hesitation when it came to obeying orders. This is what’s on Swedish consul Raoul Nordling’s mind as he takes the secret staircase that leads to General von Choltitz’s suite at the Hôtel Meurice. The bridges on the Seine and the major monuments of Paris are mined with explosives, ready to be detonated. Armed with all the weapons of diplomacy, the consul will try to convince the general not to follow Hitler’s order of destruction.
It has an average vote of 7.012 on TMDB.
6. The Sense of an Ending
A man becomes haunted by his past and is presented with a mysterious legacy that causes him to re-think his current situation in life.
It has an average vote of 6.4 on TMDB.
7. It's Only the End of the World (Juste la fin du monde)
Louis, a terminally ill writer, returns home after a long absence to tell his family that he is dying.
It has an average vote of 7.223 on TMDB.
8. Heal the Living (Réparer les vivants)
The intersecting lives of teens on a surfing trip, a woman with a weak heart and two teams of doctors and medical experts.
It has an average vote of 6.472 on TMDB.
9. The Outsider (L'Outsider)
A drama about the less known aspects of the trading activity inside one of the biggest banks in the world - Société Générale. The movie tracks the rise and fall of anonymous trader turned superstar turned escape goat - Jérôme Kerviel - just as the 2008 financial crisis was unfolding
It has an average vote of 7 on TMDB.
10. Family Resemblances (Un air de famille)
An upper middle-class French family celebrates a birthday in a restaurant. In one evening and during one meal, family history, tensions, collective and separate grudges, delights, and memories both clash and coalesce.
It has an average vote of 7.28 on TMDB.
11. At Eternity's Gate
Famed but tormented artist Vincent van Gogh spends his final years in Arles, France, painting masterworks of the natural world that surrounds him.
It has an average vote of 6.943 on TMDB.
12. The Visitors: Bastille Day (Les Visiteurs: La Révolution)
Stuck in the corridors of time, Godefroy de Montmirail and his faithful servant Jacquouille are projected to a time of profound political and social upheavals: the French Revolution... specifically, The Terror, time of great dangers, during which the descendants of Godefroy and Jacquouille had their castle and all their property confiscated by arrogant aristocrats, fleeing and lifes hanging by a thread.
It has an average vote of 4.1 on TMDB.
13. All Three of Us (Nous trois ou rien)
An Iranian family survives the shah and the ayatollah and moves to France. This story follows the family through it all. Despite the politics, revolution, prison, beatings, assassinations and suicides this is a comedy.
It has an average vote of 7.5 on TMDB.
14. Genius
New York in the 1920s. Max Perkins, a literary editor is the first to sign such subsequent literary greats as Ernest Hemingway and F. Scott Fitzgerald. When a sprawling, chaotic 1,000-page manuscript by an unknown writer falls into his hands, Perkins is convinced he has discovered a literary genius.
It has an average vote of 6.478 on TMDB.
15. Frantz (Frantz)
In the aftermath of WWI, a young German who grieves the death of her fiancé in France meets a mysterious French man who visits the fiance’s grave to lay flowers.
It has an average vote of 7.361 on TMDB.
16. Rock'n Roll (Rock'n Roll)
Guillaume Canet is told by a young co-star that he's no longer Rock'n' Roll and can't sell films anymore. He then tries to prove her wrong and gets help from his girlfriend, Marion Cotillard.
It has an average vote of 5.2 on TMDB.
17. Penny Pincher! (Radin !)
François Gautier is stingy! Saving puts the joy, it causes pay sweats. His life is set for the sole purpose of never spend anything. A life that will switch in one day: he falls in love and discovers he has a daughter he did not know existed. Forced to lie in order to hide his terrible default, this will be the beginning for François problems. Because lie can sometimes be expensive. Very expensive…
It has an average vote of 5.578 on TMDB.
18. A Very Long Engagement (Un long dimanche de fiançailles)
Young Frenchwoman Mathilde searches for the truth about her missing fiancé, lost during World War I, and learns many unexpected things along the way. The love of her life is gone. But she refuses to believe he's gone forever — and she needs to know for sure.
It has an average vote of 7.328 on TMDB.
19. Mud
Two boys find a fugitive hiding out on an island in the Mississippi River and form a pact to help him reunite with his lover and escape.
It has an average vote of 7.06 on TMDB.
20. Water for Elephants
In this captivating Depression-era melodrama, impetuous veterinary student Jacob Jankowski joins a celebrated circus as an animal caretaker but faces a wrenching dilemma when he's transfixed by angelic married performer Marlena.
It has an average vote of 6.945 on TMDB.
