Favourite French films

A Listmania! list by cheyney09 (London)
 
La Separation [DVD] [1995]
1.  La Separation [DVD] [1995] DVD ~ Isabelle Huppert
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  "Breathtakingly controlled film about the Uncontrollable, from director to principal actors"
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L'appartement [DVD] [1997]
2.  L'appartement [DVD] [1997] DVD ~ Romane Bohringer
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  "A sexy French Hitchcock, leading the way in the chop-up-the-narrative trend of the 90s"
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Code Unknown [2001] [DVD]
3.  Code Unknown [2001] [DVD] DVD ~ Juliette Binoche
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  "Brilliant, poetic and upsetting mosaic of a movie about modern complacency. Binoche's best film? Certainly the best of what I've seen of Haneke"
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La Haine [DVD] [1995]
4.  La Haine [DVD] [1995] DVD ~ Vincent Cassel
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  "As good as was hyped. Dangerous but not gratuitous"
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Time Out [2001] [DVD] [2002]
5.  Time Out [2001] [DVD] [2002] DVD ~ Aurélien Recoing
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  "Disturbing story about the pressures of adulthood. If anything a bit over-controlled, but there's humour too"
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Man Bites Dog [1992] [DVD] [1993]
6.  Man Bites Dog [1992] [DVD] [1993] DVD ~ Benoît Poelvoorde
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  "Terrific media satire. Very Tarantinoish but with European humour (less 'cool', more melodramatic, camp even). Possibly the most horrific rape scene I've come across"
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The Hairdresser's Husband [DVD] [1991]
7.  The Hairdresser's Husband [DVD] [1991] DVD ~ Jean Rochefort
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  "Highly unconventional weepie RomCom. Completely unique"
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Jules Et Jim [DVD]
8.  Jules Et Jim [DVD] 
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  "A modern (well, New Wave) La Boheme, full of the contradictions of life and love. Fresh as the decade that spawned it, but never naive"
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La Reine Margot [DVD] [1995]
9.  La Reine Margot [DVD] [1995] DVD ~ Isabelle Adjani
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  "Extremely violent (i.e. authentic) and well-acted period drama. As much a montage of character studies as a loose biopic"
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Les Amants Du Pont-Neuf [1992] [DVD]
10.  Les Amants Du Pont-Neuf [1992] [DVD] DVD ~ Juliette Binoche
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  "A winning romantic drama on Parisian invisible-class. The actors carry the show"
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The Crimson Rivers [DVD] [2001]
11.  The Crimson Rivers [DVD] [2001] DVD ~ Jean Reno
The list author says:
  "Tough, frightening and convincing French cop thriller (could have been directed by Friedkin) so we forgive a contrived end. However, don't try the abject sequel..."
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Manon Des Sources [DVD]
12.  Manon Des Sources [DVD] DVD ~ Yves Montand
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  "To be watched, properly, as the sequel to Jean de Florette, this is the better of the two - which is saying something. Iconic scenes, passion, moral comeuppance and all in an operatic sweep"
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Amelie [DVD] [2001]
13.  Amelie [DVD] [2001] DVD ~ Audrey Tautou
The list author says:
  "Terrific. An up to date RomCom that ticks all the slushiest of boxes but succeeds in being more Nutrasweet than icky"
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Man On The Train,the [DVD] [2003]
14.  Man On The Train,the [DVD] [2003] DVD ~ Jean Rochefort
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  "A bit overwrought for the point it's trying to make but thoughtful and touching"
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Un Coeur En Hiver [DVD] [1993]
15.  Un Coeur En Hiver [DVD] [1993] DVD ~ Daniel Auteuil
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  "Classically constructed French poetic drama examining leftfield characters and the nature of their relationships and loves"
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Whatever [VHS]
16.  Whatever [VHS] VHS Harel Philippe
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  "Dour, corruscatingly humourous adaptation of a brilliant novel by Michel Houellebecq"
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Beau Travail [1998] [DVD]
17.  Beau Travail [1998] [DVD] DVD ~ Denis Lavant
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  "Visually poetic (acting and shooting) but, by quietly secreting its Melvillian narrative, doesn't become boring"
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Three Colours White [DVD] [1994]
18.  Three Colours White [DVD] [1994] DVD ~ Zbigniew Zamachowski
The list author says:
  "The best of the 3 Colours trilogy by a stretch (with Red and Blue following in that order). Funny, sad and violent in off-beat ways - always original"
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Lacemaker [VHS]
19.  Lacemaker [VHS] VHS Isabelle Huppert
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  "A quietly bathetic post-soixante-huitard critique. Still to date the film best calibrated to Huppert's understated method"
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La Ceremonie [VHS] [1996]
20.  La Ceremonie [VHS] [1996] VHS Isabelle Huppert
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  "Huppert in a comic role and that's not the only surprise in this thriller fidgeting its way out of that genre"
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Delicatessen [DVD] [1991]
21.  Delicatessen [DVD] [1991] DVD ~ Dominique Pinon
The list author says:
  "A thoroughly French dystopian comedy. Imagine Greenaway's The Cook, The Thief etc., filmed as a sequel to Blade Runner. But good!"
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The Closet [DVD]
22.  The Closet [DVD] 
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  "I laughed despite myself"
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Those Who Love Me Can Take the Train [DVD] (1998)
23.  Those Who Love Me Can Take the Train [DVD] (1998) DVD ~ Pascal Greggory
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  "Heavyweight realism from Chereau; a violent, feature-length soap opera that doesn't preach"
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400 Blows - Les Quatre Cents Coup [DVD] [1960]
24.  400 Blows - Les Quatre Cents Coup [DVD] [1960] DVD ~ Jean-Pierre Léaud
The list author says:
  "With Godard's A Bout de Souffle, the first breaker of the French New Wave. Fresh and uncontrived but still poignant"
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Breathless [DVD] [1961]
25.  Breathless [DVD] [1961] DVD ~ Jean-Paul Belmondo
The list author says:
  "The New Wave crashes in along with Truffaut's 400 Blows. Clint Eastwood (involuntarily?) copied the final sequence in Mystic River"
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