1. A Perfect Man (Un Homme idéal)
A struggling writer finds a shortcut to fame, but a blackmailer threatens to ruin his perfect life.
It has an average vote of 6.906 on TMDB.
2. It Boy (20 ans d'écart)
38-year-old Alice has everything to become the next editor-in-chief of Rebelle magazine except for her uptight image. But when the young and charming Balthazar, barely 20, crosses Alice's path, she realizes that he holds the key to her promotion.
It has an average vote of 6.415 on TMDB.
3. 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.
4. 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 6.647 on TMDB.
5. The Odyssey (L'Odyssée)
The aquatic adventure of the highly influential and fearlessly ambitious pioneer, innovator, filmmaker, researcher, and conservationist, Jacques-Yves Cousteau, covers roughly thirty years of an inarguably rich in achievements life.
It has an average vote of 6.702 on TMDB.
6. Down by Love (Éperdument)
A man, a woman. A prison director, his inmate. An impossible love, a true story.
It has an average vote of 5.994 on TMDB.
7. The Stroller Strategy (La stratégie de la poussette)
When Thomas Platz is suddenly made the guardian of a baby - then pretends to be its real father in order to win back Marie, the girlfriend who dumped him a year before. Stuck between staying a man-child forever, and proving he is ready to take the next steps of marriage and family with the love of his life, Thomas goes on an unexpectedly hilarious adventure getting the girl of his dreams to believe he has changed.
It has an average vote of 5.5 on TMDB.
8. Someone, Somewhere (Deux moi)
Rémy and Mélanie live next door to each other in Paris but have never met. The two thirty-year-old Parisians search for connections online, but never have much success. Falling deeper into loneliness and depression, both decide to start attending regular therapy. With the help of their therapists, they uncover the real roots of their issues, and find that the connection they were both searching for is much closer than they thought.
It has an average vote of 6.406 on TMDB.
9. 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.
10. Gainsbourg: A Heroic Life (Gainsbourg (vie héroïque))
A glimpse at the life of French singer Serge Gainsbourg, from growing up in 1940s Nazi-occupied Paris through his successful song-writing years in the 1960s to his death in 1991 at the age of 62.
It has an average vote of 6.9 on TMDB.
11. The Sense of Wonder (Le Goût des merveilles)
Louise, a widow with two children, almost crushes a stranger with her car. She takes care of him, even if he's not really wounded. It turns out that he has mental disorders and that they can help each other much more than they thought.
It has an average vote of 6.806 on TMDB.
12. Just Like Brothers (Comme des frères)
Since Charlie is no longer there, the lives of Boris, Elie, and Maxime have been torn apart. These three men, who have nothing in common, all shared one thing: their love for Charlie. One loved her like a sister, one loved her like the woman of his dreams, one loved her like a friend. Except that Charlie is dead and none of them - not Boris, an accomplished businessman, not Elie, a night owl scriptwriter, and not Maxime, still living at home with his mother - know how to deal with it. But because she asked them to do so, they abruptly decide to undertake a journey together, heading for Corsica and the house that Charlie loved so much. Except that here they are stuck in a car together for over 500 miles. It's going to be a long journey. Boris, Elie and Maxime, three men, three generations, no affinity. But by the time they arrive at their destination, they will have realized one majorly important thing: Charlie has changed their lives forever.
It has an average vote of 6.6 on TMDB.
13. Comment c'est loin (Comment c'est loin)
After ten years of doing nothing, Orel and Gringe are in their mid 30s and they struggle to finish their first rap album. Their texts are mostly sex jokes and booze stories and reflect the everyday life they have in a small town from France. The problem is that they never really finished a song and when their producers want to meet, they have to face a new challenge : finish their first song in the next 24h. Their old issues, the fear of failure, their alcoholic friends and annoying girlfriends won't help them to do so, or will they ?
It has an average vote of 7.014 on TMDB.
14. Good Guys Go to Heaven, Bad Guys Go to Pattaya (Pattaya)
Franky and Krimo dream of leaving the grey grime of their neighborhood behind and of traveling to the famous and diabolical Thai beach resort of Pattaya. To get there cheaply, the two friends have the crazy idea of registering, unbeknownst to him, the local little person for the Thai Dwarf Boxing World Championship. But what was supposed to be a dream vacation will transform into the most insane and dangerous adventure of their lives.
It has an average vote of 5 on TMDB.
15. Jappeloup (Jappeloup)
A true sports story that utterly defies the odds, Duguay’s film captures the wild ups and downs of the Olympics-bound career of legendary equine star Jappeloup and his troubled rider, locked in a tense relationship with his horseman father and forever uncertain of his own skills as an equestrian
It has an average vote of 7.06 on TMDB.
16. The First Day of the Rest of Your Life (Le Premier Jour du reste de ta vie)
A sprawling drama centered on five key days in a family's life.
It has an average vote of 7.491 on TMDB.
17. Camping 3 (Camping 3)
Like every summer, our friends, the Pics, Jacky and Laurette, Gatineau, recently divorced from Sopie, and Patrick Chirac, ever true to form, get together at the Blue Waves camping grounds.</p><p> This year, Patrick has decided to try car sharing. Believing that he'll travel through France alone with Vanessa, he finds himself accompanied by three young Dijon inhabitants: smooth-talking Robert, good-looking Benji and loudmouth José. Of course, after car sharing Patrick is forced to try out bed sharing...
It has an average vote of 4.7 on TMDB.
18. Barbecue (Barbecue)
On his 50th birthday, a man who's been watching his weight, health and temper all his life suffers a heart attack. He's been doing everything he was told he should do and it still didn't help. He decides to turn the page and let loose.
It has an average vote of 5.811 on TMDB.
19. Promise at Dawn (La Promesse de l'aube)
From his childhood in Poland to his adolescence in Nice to his years as a student in Paris and his tough training as a pilot during World War II, this tragi-comedy tells the romantic story of Romain Gary, one of the most famous French novelists and sole writer to have won the Goncourt Prize for French literature two times.
It has an average vote of 7.309 on TMDB.
20. Fahim (Fahim)
Fahim Mohammad, a Bangladeshi immigrant, becomes a world junior chess champion in France.
It has an average vote of 6.9 on TMDB.