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1. The Salt of the Earth (Le sel de la terre)

During the last forty years, the photographer Sebastião Salgado has been travelling through the continents, in the footsteps of an ever-changing humanity. He has witnessed the major events of our recent history: international conflicts, starvations and exodus… He is now embarking on the discovery of pristine territories, of the wild fauna and flora, of grandiose landscapes: a huge photographic project which is a tribute to the planet's beauty. Salgado's life and work are revealed to us by his son, Juliano, who went with him during his last journeys, and by Wim Wenders, a photographer himself.

It has an average vote of 8.108 on TMDB.

2. Charlotte Gray

This is a drama set in Nazi-occupied France at the height of World War II. Charlotte Gray tells the compelling story of a young Scottish woman working with the French Resistance in the hope of rescuing her lover, a missing RAF pilot. Based on the best-selling novel by Sebastian Faulks.

It has an average vote of 6.038 on TMDB.

3. De Gaulle, le monarque et le Parlement (De Gaulle, le monarque et le Parlement)

(De Gaulle, le monarque et le Parlement)

It has an average vote of 8.5 on TMDB.

4. Congrès de Tours 1920: The Birth of the French Communist Party (Congrès de Tours. 1920 : La Naissance des deux gauches)

(Congrès de Tours. 1920 : La Naissance des deux gauches)

It has an average vote of 8 on TMDB.

5. I'll See You Again (I'll See You Again)

A group of artists settle in a swamp on the banks of the Indre River. Meanwhile, a voice describes a utopian world.

It has an average vote of 10 on TMDB.

6. Dawn of the Nazis (Dawn of the Nazis)

How Germany was when its people entered the nightmare of World War II? Despair and fear lead a hungry population to follow the chilling call of just one man to world domination. A real-life horror story, an ominous tale of violence and deception, which takes place from 1919 to 1934.

It has an average vote of 6 on TMDB.

7. Main basse sur l'énergie (Main basse sur l'énergie)

(Main basse sur l'énergie)

8. La Rivière (La Rivière)

(La Rivière)

9. The Lion in Winter

Henry II and his estranged queen battle over the choice of an heir.

It has an average vote of 7.409 on TMDB.

10. 1940: Taking over French Cinema (1940, main basse sur le cinéma français)

Paris, 1940. German occupation forces create a new film production company, Continental, and put Alfred Greven – producer, cinephile, and opportunistic businessman – in charge. During the occupation, under Joseph Goebbels’s orders, Greven hires the best artists and technicians of French cinema to produce successful, highly entertaining films, which are also strategically devoid of propaganda. Simultaneously, he takes advantage of the confiscation of Jewish property to purchase film theaters, studios and laboratories, in order to control the whole production line. His goal: to create a European Hollywood. Among the thirty feature films thus produced under the auspices of Continental, several are, to this day, considered classics of French cinema.

It has an average vote of 9 on TMDB.

11. A Tale of Two Cities

The exciting story of Dr. Manette, who escapes the horrors of the infamous Bastille prison in Paris. The action switches between London and Paris on the eve of the revolution where we witness 'the best of times and the worst of times' - love, hope, the uncaring French Aristocrats and the terror of a revolutionary citizen's army intent on exacting revenge.

It has an average vote of 6.8 on TMDB.

12. Les Magnifiques sauvages (Les Magnifiques sauvages)

(Les Magnifiques sauvages)

It has an average vote of 7 on TMDB.

13. The Blues: Another Story of France (Les Bleus - Une autre histoire de France, 1996-2016)

This documentary charts 20 years of the French national soccer team, Les Bleus, whose ups and downs have mirrored those of French society.

It has an average vote of 6.6 on TMDB.

14. Un racisme à peine voilé

October 2003, Alma and Lila Levy are excluded from the Lycée Henri Wallon in Aubervilliers solely because they were wearing a headscarf. What follows is a deafening political and media debate, justifying in most cases the exclusion of girls wearing head-scarves to school. February 2004, a law was eventually passed by the National Assembly. "A thinly veiled racism" is about this controversy since the affair of Creil in 1989 and attempts to "reveal" that maybe what hides behind is the desire to exclude these girls. This film gives them a voice as well as others - teachers, community activists, feminists, researchers - gathered around the group "A School for You-All" fighting for the repeal of this law they consider sexist and racist ... This movie was censured in Septembre 2004 in France.

It has an average vote of 5.2 on TMDB.

15. Henry V

Gritty adaption of William Shakespeare's play about the English King's bloody conquest of France.

It has an average vote of 7.218 on TMDB.

16. The Superstores Wars or the Survival of the Strongest (La Guerre des hypers ou La Loi du plus fort)

This film tells the story of the economic war between the four main companies of the large retailers. This war symbolizes the transformation of the economy of the consumption over the last 50 years. It also questions the present and future stakes: how to imagine the 21th century's consumption style.

It has an average vote of 7 on TMDB.

17. Madame Bovary (Madame Bovary)

Bored with the limited and tedious nature of provincial life in 19th-century France, the fierce and sensual Emma Bovary finds herself in calamitous debt and pursues scandalous sexual liaisons with absolute abandon. However, when her volatile lifestyle catches up to her, the lives of everyone around her are endangered.

It has an average vote of 6.295 on TMDB.

18. The Dancer (La Danseuse)

A young woman from the American Midwest, Loïe Fuller became the toast of the Folies Bergère at the turn of the 20th century and an icon of the Belle Epoque. Inventor of the breathtaking Serpentine Dance, she was a pioneer of modern dance and lighting techniques. It was her complicated relationship to her protégé - Isadora Duncan – that precipitated the downfall of this early 20th century icon.

It has an average vote of 6.6 on TMDB.

19. 1789 (1789)

Recording of the play 1789, a collective creation by Théâtre du Soleil at La Cartoucherie de Vincennes in 1970, edited from several shows.

It has an average vote of 6.7 on TMDB.

20. The Sociologist and the Bear Cub (La sociologue et l'ourson)

Between September 2012 and May 2013, France is debating the upcoming marriage equality laws. During those nine months, sociologist Irène Théry talks about what is at stake with her son Mathias Théry, who will make a movie with Étienne Chaillou out of those hours of conversations. It is a documentary about the social debate in France, but also about family and intimacy.

It has an average vote of 6.5 on TMDB.