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Favourite French Films?

posted 16 years ago by caillan_69
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"Samouraï, Le" hands down, but this was also amazing.

I've decided to compile a top 10 list after finally watching this tonight (oddly enough, three of my top 5 have Jean-Pierre Leaud!)

(not yet in order):

The 400 Blows
Le Samourai
Week End
The Mother and the Whore
L'Atalante
Army of Shadows
Grand Illusion
My Life to Live
Jules and Jim
Rififi

youtube.com/zackandmichael- No small roles, only small actors.

[–] igilbert-2 16 years ago

Grand Illusion
The Passion of Joan of Arc
Children of Paradise
Au Hasard, Balthazar
Napoleon
A Man Escaped
Jules and Jim
Les Enfants Terribles
Marius-Fanny-Cesar Trilogy

#10 - either The Mother and the Whore
or Beauty and the Beast, Ponette, Elevator to the Gallows, Wages of Fear,

[–] Mendel_Birnbaum 16 years ago

Breathless
Jules et Jim
Cleo from 5 to 7
The 400 Blows
The Mother And The Whore
The Rules of The Game
Diabolique
Week End
Day For Night
The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie

[–] To_My_Mother 16 years ago

My top 10 consist of two modern French movies,
The Son
Amélie

Though I do recommend this movie.

[–] guidofellini 16 years ago

The Son is a film from Belgium.

"I don't have time for a drink with you. Have you got a phone number ?"
The Mother and the Whore

[–] To_My_Mother 16 years ago

So what its still in French. In your opinion dose that stop it from being a French film? I really dont think filming locations stop that. It didnt say top "France films?"

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[–] Blueghost 15 years ago

Not sure I'd call this film amazing. Interesting, maybe. Unique, certainly. But amazing? Only in the sense that someone had the cajones to make it

[–] deadbunny28 12 years ago

Veronika's final monologue alone is freaking amazing!