1. Merry Men: The Real Yoruba Demons
Four promiscuous businessmen must scheme to save the poor people of a village after a corrupt politician challenges them.
It has an average vote of 5 on TMDB.
2. Laughter and Punishment (Rire et Châtiment)
French director Isabelle Doval directs her husband, popular comedic actor José Garcia, in the comedy Rire et Chatiment . Vincent is a popular physician whose aggressive need to be funny and get people's attention annoys his girlfriend, Camille , to the point that she leaves him. He begins to suspect she might have been onto something when his behavior begins causing people to die.
It has an average vote of 5.5 on TMDB.
3. The Crossing (Flukten over grensen)
One day, just before Christmas in 1942, Gerda's and Otto's parents are arrested for being part of the Norwegian resistance movement during the Second World War, leaving the siblings on their own. Following the arrest, they discover two Jewish children, Sarah and Daniel, hidden in a secret cupboard in their basement at home. It is now up to Gerda and Otto to finish what their parents started: To help Sarah and Daniel flee from the Nazis cross the border to neutral Sweden and reunite them with their parents.
It has an average vote of 6.1 on TMDB.
4. La Maladroite (La Maladroite)
Stella is 6 but she is going to school for the first time. Happy, exuberant she is a lovely child, but is often absent. Her parents say she is fragile. She tells her teacher, Céline, she fell when asked why she has a few bruises. Is it child abuse or real immune deficiency? The doubt is growing in the mind of those who meet the child. Worried, Céline notes every injury until the day the family moves without telling anyone.
It has an average vote of 8 on TMDB.
5. In Her Hands (Au bout des doigts)
A young man from a modest family gets the chance of a lifetime to reveal his hidden talent for piano but can he find the strength and courage to live up to the challenge?
It has an average vote of 6.57 on TMDB.
6. Outing: Engaged by Mistake (Outing - Fidanzati per sbaglio)
In their village of Puglia Federico and Riccardo have been best friends since childhood. Federico is a penniless playboy, while Riccardo is a young fashion designer. To pursue his dream, Riccardo trades his home for Milan. When Frederick discovers that the Puglia Region provides funding in support of business activities, he convinces Riccardo to come back and open a fashion house. But there is a problem: funding is only available to common law couples, and so Federico and Riccardo must pretend to be a gay couple, and enlist the help of the local newspaper editor, a journalist and Richard’s despotic girlfriend ..
It has an average vote of 5.2 on TMDB.
7. Kiss & Tell (Voyez comme on danse)
Sequel to 2002's "Summer Things" . This French comedy follows various people in two families. Bertrand and his wife, Elizabeth, are a wealthy couple who plan to vacation near the same coastal town as their friends, Jerome and Veronique, who are secretly struggling with financial problems. Meanwhile, Bertrand and his daughter, Emilie, have each been hiding a secret, and these deceptions are bound to have repercussions.
It has an average vote of 5.8 on TMDB.
8. My Dog Stupid (Mon chien stupide)
Henri is a middle-aged writer with fading inspiration who has published nothing worthy of note in years. Feeling increasingly misunderstood by his wife and four grown up deadbeat kids, he dreams of running away to start over again. Yet when he discovers an unattractive, bad-mannered dog in his garden, he decides to adopt him and both start developing an unexpected friendship that inevitably upsets Henri’s family and neighbors.
It has an average vote of 6.038 on TMDB.
9. Knock (Knock)
Doctor Knock is a former thug who has become a doctor and arrives in the small village of Saint-Maurice to make his fortune according to a particular method. It will make the villagers believe that they are not as healthy as they might think. It is thus that he will find in each one an imaginary symptom, or not, and thus will be able to exercise his profession lucratively. Under his seductive looks and after gaining the confidence of the village, Knock is on the verge of achieving his ends. But his past catches up with him and an old acquaintance disrupts the doctor's plans.
It has an average vote of 6.4 on TMDB.
10. Buddy Games
After six lifelong friends have a five-year falling out, “The Bobfather”, reunites his pals for the Buddy Games, an insane competition of absurd physical and mental challenges with the chance to win a $150,000 pot. Now all bets are off, as the determined dudes' fight, claw, and party for the big bucks.
It has an average vote of 5.3 on TMDB.
11. Chocolat (Chocolat)
Chocolat the clown, the first black stage performer in France, goes from anonymity to fame after forming an unprecedented duo with fellow performer Footit in the very popular in Belle Epoque Paris. But easy money, gambling, and discrimination take their toll on their friendship and Chocolat's career.
It has an average vote of 6.9 on TMDB.
12. Changing Sides (De l'autre côté du lit)
Ariane and Hugo decide to exchange the lives they lead to escape from their routine, which after ten years of marriage, gives them the feeling of being hamsters in a wheel. She suddenly finds herself at the head of a construction equipment rental company and he tries to take the role of a house calling jewelry salesman...But is life really better when you live it on the other side of the bed?
It has an average vote of 5.417 on TMDB.
13. Qué León (Qué León)
A love story between a couple with the same last name but very different social statuses.
It has an average vote of 7.7 on TMDB.
14. Small Country: An African Childhood (Petit Pays)
Gabriel, aged 10, lives in a comfortable ex-pat neighborhood in Burundi, his ‘small country’. Gabriel is a normal kid, happy, carefree and having adventures with his friends and little sister. Then in 1993, tensions in neighboring Rwanda spill over, threatening his family and his innocence.
It has an average vote of 7.156 on TMDB.
15. Paris Can Wait
Anne is at a crossroads in her life. Long married to a successful, driven but inattentive movie producer, she unexpectedly finds herself taking a car trip from Cannes to Paris with Jacques, a business associate of her husband. What should be a seven-hour drive turns into a carefree two-day adventure replete with diversions involving picturesque sights, fine food and wine, humor, wisdom and romance - reawakening Anne's senses and giving her a new lust for life.
It has an average vote of 5.794 on TMDB.
16. Small Crimes
A disgraced former cop, fresh off a six-year prison sentence for attempted murder, returns home looking for redemption but winds up trapped in the mess he left behind.
It has an average vote of 5.334 on TMDB.
17. Ricordi? (Ricordi?)
A long love story, seen through the memories of one young couple. The journey through the years of two individuals, united, divided, happy, unhappy, deeply in love, or in love with others, in a single stream of emotions and shades of feeling. Over the course of the film, he learns that love can indeed last, while she learns to live with nostalgia.
It has an average vote of 7.3 on TMDB.
18. Life of a King
The true story of one man's mission to give inner city kids of Washington DC something he never had - a future. After being incarcerated for eighteen years, Eugene Brown established the Big Chair Chess Club to get kids off the streets and working towards lives they never believed they were capable of. This is his inspirational story.
It has an average vote of 7.148 on TMDB.
19. Minuscule 2: Mandibles from Far Away (Minuscule 2 - Les mandibules du bout du monde)
When the first snow falls in the valley, it is urgent to prepare its reserves for the winter. Alas, during the operation, a small ladybug is trapped in a box - to the Caribbean. One solution: reform the shock team.
It has an average vote of 7.1 on TMDB.
20. Poetic Justice
Still grieving after the murder of her boyfriend, hairdresser Justice writes poetry to deal with the pain of her loss. Unable to get to Oakland to attend a convention because of her broken-down car, Justice gets a lift with her friend, Iesha, and Iesha's postal worker boyfriend, Chicago. Along for the ride is Chicago's co-worker, Lucky, to whom Justice grows close after some initial problems. But is she ready to open her heart again?
It has an average vote of 6.859 on TMDB.
