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The Battle of Algiers
1966 film by Gillo Pontecorvo
Anatomy of a Fall
2023 film directed by Justine Triet
The Double Life of Véronique
1991 film by Krzysztof Kieślowski
My Life to Live
1962 film by Jean-Luc Godard
Two Days, One Night
2014 film directed by Jean-Pierre Dardenne and Luc Dardenne
The Class
2008 French film directed by Laurent Cantet
Au Hasard Balthazar
1966 film by Robert Bresson
The Walls of Malapaga
1949 film by René Clément
Rosetta
1999 film by Luc Dardenne, Jean-Pierre Dardenne
The Child
2005 film by Luc Dardenne, Jean-Pierre Dardenne
The Cousins
1959 film by Philippe de Broca, Claude Chabrol
Madame Rosa
1977 film directed by Moshé Mizrahi
Félicité
2017 film by Alain Gomis
Mommy
2014 film directed by Xavier Dolan
A Man Escaped
1956 French film by Robert Bresson
Frantz
2016 film directed by François Ozon
Synonyms
2019 film by Nadav Lapid
The Beat That My Heart Skipped
2005 film by Jacques Audiard
Monsieur Ibrahim
2003 film by François Dupeyron
Dangerous Moves
1984 film by Richard Dembo
The Kid with a Bike
2011 film directed by Luc Dardenne and Jean-Pierre Dardenne
The Long Absence
1961 film by Henri Colpi
By the Grace of God
2018 film directed by François Ozon
Cuties
Cuties () is a 2020 French coming-of-age drama film written and directed by Maïmouna Doucouré in her feature directorial debut. The film's ensemble cast is led by Fathia Youssouf who portrays Amy, a Senegalese-French girl with a traditional Muslim upbringing who is caught between traditional Muslim values and Internet culture when she joins a twerking dance crew.
Madame Bovary
1991 film by Claude Chabrol
The Dreamlife of Angels
1998 film by Erick Zonca
Diary of a Country Priest
1951 film by Robert Bresson
La Symphonie Pastorale
1946 film by Jean Delannoy
Water Lilies
2007 French drama film directed by Céline Sciamma
The Specials
2019 film directed by Olivier Nakache and Éric Toledano
Live and Become
2005 film by Radu Mihăileanu
Hôtel du Nord
1938 film by Marcel Carné
Lady Chatterley
2006 film directed by Pascale Ferran
Justice Is Done
1950 film by André Cayatte
Le Chat
1971 film by Pierre Granier-Deferre
Fatima
2015 film by Philippe Faucon
Outside the Law
2010 film by Rachid Bouchareb
See You Up There
2017 film by Albert Dupontel
The Son
2002 film by Luc Dardenne, Jean-Pierre Dardenne
C.R.A.Z.Y.
C.R.A.Z.Y. is a 2005 Canadian coming-of-age drama film directed by Jean-Marc Vallée and co-written by Vallée and François Boulay. It tells the story of Zac, a young gay man dealing with homophobia while growing up with four brothers and his father in Quebec during the 1960s and 1970s. The film employs an extensive soundtrack, featuring artists such as David Bowie, Pink Floyd, Patsy Cline, Charles Aznavour, and The Rolling Stones.
Matthias & Maxime
2019 film by Xavier Dolan
Custody
2017 film by Xavier Legrand
L'argent des autres
1978 film directed by Christian de Chalonge
Young Ahmed
2019 film directed by Jean-Pierre Dardenne and Luc Dardenne
I've Loved You So Long
2008 film by Philippe Claudel
Francofonia
Francofonia is a 2015 docudrama film written and directed by Alexander Sokurov. It follows the Louvre's collection evacuation during the World War II, led by Jacques Jaujard, and how the past and present of the museum is directly connected to this moment.
Nelly and Mr. Arnaud
1995 film by Claude Sautet
Agnus Dei
2016 film by Anne Fontaine
Les Dames du Bois de Boulogne
1945 film by Robert Bresson
The Apartment
1996 film by Gilles Mimouni
Mon roi
2015 film by Maïwenn
Games of Love and Chance
2003 film by Abdellatif Kechiche
A Tale of Winter
1992 film directed by Éric Rohmer
In the White City
1983 film by Alain Tanner
The Lacemaker
1977 film by Claude Goretta
La Roue
1923 film by Abel Ganc
Seven Days... Seven Nights
1960 film by Peter Brook
Le Bonheur
1965 French film by Agnès Varda
La Bandera
1935 French film directed by Julien Duvivier
Staying Vertical
2016 film by Alain Guiraudie