1. The First Time I Turned Twenty (La Première Fois que j'ai eu 20 ans)
In 1960s France, 16-year-old Hannah Goldman is experiencing a painful adolescence. Her Jewish background and plain appearance make her an object of ridicule, but she has a talent for music and is determined to fulfil her ambition to play in the school jazz band.
It has an average vote of 5.8 on TMDB.
2. Teen Spirit (Tel père, telle fille)
A 30 ans, Bruno, rock-star has been, vit toujours aux crochets de sa petite amie. Les temps sont durs... surtout quand une ex ressurgit de nulle part pour lui apprendre qu'il est le père de Nancy, 13 ans, dont il n'a jamais soupçonné l'existence.
It has an average vote of 4.5 on TMDB.
3. Smoking / No Smoking (Smoking / No Smoking)
"Smoking" and "No Smoking" are two segments of the film which are based on closely connected plays. The original plays covered eight separate stories, which have been pared down to three each for these movies. At a certain point in the story of each segment, the five female characters and the four male characters have their lives skillfully recapped in terms of "what might have happened" if they had made or failed to make certain choices. For example, "No Smoking" focuses chiefly on the relationship between the mild-mannered Miles Coombes and his infinitely more aggressive and ambitious wife, Rowena.
It has an average vote of 6.4 on TMDB.
4. The Private Lives of Pippa Lee
After her much older husband forces a move to a suburban retirement community, Pippa Lee engages in a period of reflection and finds herself heading toward a quiet nervous breakdown.
It has an average vote of 5.9 on TMDB.
5. Fatima (Fatima)
Fatima, an Algerian-born woman who now lives in France with her two teenage daughters, with whom she is barely able to communicate.
It has an average vote of 6.1 on TMDB.
6. 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.
7. Manhattan Night
Porter Wren is a Manhattan tabloid writer with an appetite for scandal. On the beat he sells murder, tragedy, and anything that passes for the truth. At home, he is a dedicated husband and father. But when Caroline, a seductive stranger asks him to dig into the unsolved murder of her filmmaker husband Simon, he is drawn into a very nasty case of sexual obsession and blackmail--one that threatens his job, his marriage, and his life.
It has an average vote of 5.9 on TMDB.
8. Soul Kitchen (Soul Kitchen)
In Hamburg, German-Greek chef Zinos unknowingly disturbs the peace in his locals-only restaurant by hiring a more talented chef.
It has an average vote of 6.894 on TMDB.
9. Tanguy (Tanguy)
Tanguy is 28 years old and still living with his parents. They think it's time he moves out. He doesn't, so they hatch a plan.
It has an average vote of 5.962 on TMDB.
10. The Three Brothers (Les Trois Frères)
Three half-brothers are reunited at their mother's funeral. After being told of their inheritance they quickly spend the money, only to find out that they will not receive it after all. The men grow closer while deciding how to proceed.
It has an average vote of 6.956 on TMDB.
11. RRRrrrr!!! (RRRrrrr!!!)
In 35,000 BC, the tribe of the Dirty Hairs is at war against the tribe of the Clean Hairs for eight hundred years, trying to get their shampoo. The chief of the Dirty Hairs sends his daughter Guy disguised to the enemy tribe to get some shampoo for his tribe. When the healer of the Clean Hairs tribe surprisingly kills two cavemen of his tribe, their imbecile chief assigns Pierre with curled hair and Pierre blonde to investigate the murder and find the criminal.
It has an average vote of 6.332 on TMDB.
12. Mustang (Mustang)
In a Turkish village, five orphaned sisters live under strict rule while members of their family prepare their arranged marriages.
It has an average vote of 7.771 on TMDB.
13. OSS 117: Cairo, Nest of Spies (OSS 117 : Le Caire, nid d'espions)
Secret agent OSS 117 foils Nazis, beds local beauties, and brings peace to the Middle East.
It has an average vote of 7.3 on TMDB.
14. C'est la vie! (Le Sens de la fête)
Max is a battle-weary veteran of the wedding-planning racket. His latest — and last — gig is a hell of a fête, involving stuffy period costumes for the caterers, a vain, hyper- sensitive singer who thinks he's a Gallic James Brown, and a morose, micromanaging groom determined to make Max's night as miserable as possible. But what makes the affair too bitter to endure is that Max's colleague and ostensible girlfriend, Joisette, seems to have written him off, coolly going about her professional duties while openly flirting with a much younger server. It's going to be a very long night… especially once the groom's aerial serenade gets underway.
It has an average vote of 6.99 on TMDB.
15. The Sting
A novice con man teams up with an acknowledged master to avenge the murder of a mutual friend by pulling off the ultimate big con and swindling a fortune from a big-time mobster.
It has an average vote of 8 on TMDB.
16. Julie & Julia
Julia Child and Julie Powell – both of whom wrote memoirs – find their lives intertwined. Though separated by time and space, both women are at loose ends... until they discover that with the right combination of passion, fearlessness and butter, anything is possible.
It has an average vote of 6.697 on TMDB.
17. Another Round (Druk)
Four high school teachers launch a drinking experiment: upholding a constant low level of intoxication.
It has an average vote of 7.645 on TMDB.
18. Blue Is the Warmest Color (La Vie d'Adèle - Chapitres 1 et 2)
Adèle's life is changed when she meets Emma, a young woman with blue hair, who will allow her to discover desire, to assert herself as a woman and as an adult. In front of others, Adele grows, seeks herself, loses herself, finds herself.
It has an average vote of 7.1 on TMDB.
19. Groundhog Day
A narcissistic TV weatherman, along with his attractive-but-distant producer, and his mawkish cameraman, is sent to report on Groundhog Day in the small town of Punxsutawney, where he finds himself repeating the same day over and over.
It has an average vote of 7.61 on TMDB.
20. The Purge
Given the country's overcrowded prisons, the U.S. government begins to allow 12-hour periods of time in which all illegal activity is legal. During one of these free-for-alls, a family must protect themselves from a home invasion.
It has an average vote of 6.257 on TMDB.
