1. In Safe Hands (Pupille)
Théo is given up for adoption by his biological mother on the very day he is born. After this anonymous birth, the mother has two months to change her mind… Or not. The child welfare services and adoption service spring into action… The former have to take care of the baby and support it during this limbo-like time, this period of uncertainty, while the latter must find a woman to become his adoptive mother. She is called Alice, and she has spent the last ten years fighting to have a child.
It has an average vote of 7.456 on TMDB.
2. 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.
3. The Wolf's Call (Le Chant du loup)
With nuclear war looming, a military expert in underwater acoustics strives to prove things aren't as they seem—or sound—using only his ears.
It has an average vote of 7.552 on TMDB.
4. 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.
5. 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.
6. Who You Think I Am (Celle que vous croyez)
Claire, a romantically spurned 50-year-old divorced teacher, creates a fake Facebook profile of a 24-year-old woman to spy on her on-and-off lover.
It has an average vote of 6.6 on TMDB.
7. A Prince (almost) Charming (Un Prince (presque) charmant)
A romantic comedy about Jean-Marc who is a convinced bachelor and also very busy. So busy that he almost missed his own daughters wedding ceremony...
It has an average vote of 5.154 on TMDB.
8. Interrail (Interrail)
(Interrail)
It has an average vote of 5.5 on TMDB.
9. Guernica (Gernika)
The fates of Henry - an American correspondent - and Teresa, one of the Republic's censors during the Spanish Civil War.
It has an average vote of 5.7 on TMDB.
10. The Snows of Kilimanjaro (Les Neiges du Kilimandjaro)
A union pensioner and his wife are robbed, but find that merely getting the assailants brought to justice is not enough for their consciences.
It has an average vote of 6.7 on TMDB.
11. Alice
Alice spends her days enslaved on a rural Georgia plantation restlessly yearning for freedom. After a violent clash with plantation owner Paul, Alice flees through the neighboring woods and stumbles onto the unfamiliar sight of a highway, soon discovering the year is actually 1973.
It has an average vote of 5.686 on TMDB.
12. Snowmance
No man is perfect enough for Sarah Groves, except perhaps the impressive snowmen she sculpts annually with her childhood pal, Nick. In mid-December, her snowman disappears, and in his place, materializes Cole, who seems too perfect for Sarah to be true.
It has an average vote of 5.8 on TMDB.
13. The House by the Sea (La Villa)
By a little bay near Marseille lies a picturesque villa owned by an old man. His three children have gathered by his side for his last days. It’s time for them to weigh up what they have inherited of their father’s ideals and the community spirit he created in this magical place. The arrival, at a nearby cove, of a group of boat people will throw these moments of reflection into turmoil.
It has an average vote of 6.5 on TMDB.
14. You Will Be My Son (Tu seras mon fils)
Paul de Marseul, a prestigious wine-maker and owner of a renowned chateau and vineyard in Saint-Emilion, is disheartened by the notion of his son Martin taking over the family business. Martin does not seem to have inherited the qualities that Paul esteems in a wine-maker: persistence, creative insight and technical prowess matched with passion for the job and the product, and Paul frequently reminds him of this, whether explicitly or in subtle gestures. When Philippe, the son of his manager, appears at the vineyard, Paul leaps at the chance to name him as his successor, neglecting the wishes of his own son...
It has an average vote of 6.3 on TMDB.
15. To the Ends of the World (Les Confins du monde)
Indochina, 1945. While the French are harassed by both the Japanese army and the Vietnamese rebels, private Robert Tassen, driven by the memory of a tragedy of which he is the only survivor, embarks on the search for the mysterious and cruel Võ Bình Yên, one of the leaders of the insurrection.
It has an average vote of 6 on TMDB.
16. Seb's Papuan Adventure (Seb en Papouasie : la vraie aventure)
A first-person documentary on an expedition to one of the last regions of the world still unexplored by man.
It has an average vote of 6.6 on TMDB.
17. Indivisible
Upon returning from serving in the U.S. Army, Chaplain Darren Turner faces a crisis that shatters his Family and Faith in God but through the help of his fellow soldiers, he returns to his faith and family
It has an average vote of 6.9 on TMDB.
18. A Day at the Museum (Musée haut, musée bas)
Un conservateur terrorisé par les plantes vertes, une mère plastifiée pour être exposée, un ballet de Saintes Vierges, des gardiens épuisés par Rodin, un ministre perdu dans une exposition de sexes, une voiture disparue au parking Rembrandt, des provinciaux amoureux des Impressionnistes, touristes galopins galopant d'une salle à l'autre, passager clandestin dans l'art premier, Picasso, Gauguin, Warhol, ils sont tous là dans ce petit monde qui ressemble au grand, dans ce musée pas si imaginaire que ça, valsant la comédie humaine jusqu'au burlesque.
It has an average vote of 4.5 on TMDB.
19. Une vie après (Une vie après)
Marion does not love her husband anymore. She decides to leave him to live fully, not to be locked in the reassuring comfort of a family life. Dominique lives with his wife an identical situation but he can not take the plunge.
It has an average vote of 5.1 on TMDB.
20. Rock the Casbah (Rock the Casbah)
The whole family is reunited when Sofia comes back for his father's funeral. Quickly, inner problems are revealed.
It has an average vote of 6.3 on TMDB.
