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Most Popular French-Language Feature Films

1.		Blue Is the Warmest Color (2013) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 8.1/10 X Adele's life is changed when she meets Emma, a young woman with blue hair, who will allow her to discover desire, to assert herself as a woman and as an adult. In front of others, Adele grows, seeks herself, loses herself, finds herself. Dir: Abdellatif Kechiche With: Léa Seydoux, Adèle Exarchopoulos, Salim Kechiouche Drama \| Romance 179 mins.
2.		The Intouchables (2011) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 8.6/10 X After he becomes a quadriplegic from a paragliding accident, an aristocrat hires a young man from the projects to be his caretaker. Dir: Olivier Nakache, Eric Toledano With: François Cluzet, Omar Sy, Anne Le Ny Biography \| Comedy \| Drama 112 mins.
3.		Amélie (2001) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 8.5/10 X Amelie, an innocent and naive girl in Paris, with her own sense of justice, decides to help those around her and along the way, discovers love. Dir: Jean-Pierre Jeunet With: Audrey Tautou, Mathieu Kassovitz, Rufus Comedy \| Romance 122 mins.
4.		The Past (2013) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 8.1/10 X An Iranian man deserts his French wife and two children to return to his homeland. Meanwhile, his wife starts up a new relationship, a reality her husband confronts upon his wife's request for a divorce. Dir: Asghar Farhadi With: Bérénice Bejo, Tahar Rahim, Ali Mosaffa Drama \| Mystery 130 mins.
5.		Irreversible (2002) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 7.4/10 X Events over the course of one traumatic night in Paris unfold in reverse-chronological order as the beautiful Alex is brutally raped and beaten by a stranger in the underpass. Dir: Gaspar Noé With: Monica Bellucci, Vincent Cassel, Albert Dupontel Crime \| Drama \| Mystery \| Thriller 97 mins.
6.		Young & Beautiful (2013) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 7.0/10 X The portrait of a 17 year-old girl, in 4 seasons and 4 songs. Dir: François Ozon With: Marine Vacth, Géraldine Pailhas, Frédéric Pierrot Drama 95 mins.
7.		Rust and Bone (2012) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 7.5/10 X Put in charge of his young son, Alain leaves Belgium for Antibes to live with his sister and her husband as a family. Alain's bond with Stephanie, a killer whale trainer, grows deeper after Stephanie suffers a horrible accident. Dir: Jacques Audiard With: Marion Cotillard, Matthias Schoenaerts, Armand Verdure Drama \| Romance 120 mins.
8.		Amour (2012) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 7.8/10 X Georges and Anne are an octogenarian couple. They are cultivated, retired music teachers. Their daughter, also a musician, lives in Britain with her family. One day, Anne has a stroke, and the couple's bond of love is severely tested. Dir: Michael Haneke With: Jean-Louis Trintignant, Emmanuelle Riva, Isabelle Huppert Drama \| Romance 127 mins.
9.		The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (2007) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 8.1/10 X The true story of Elle editor Jean-Dominique Bauby who suffers a stroke and has to live with an almost totally paralyzed body; only his left eye isn't paralyzed. Dir: Julian Schnabel With: Mathieu Amalric, Emmanuelle Seigner, Marie-Josée Croze Biography \| Drama 112 mins.
10.		La Vie en Rose (2007) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 7.7/10 X The life story of singer Édith Piaf. Dir: Olivier Dahan With: Marion Cotillard, Sylvie Testud, Pascal Greggory Biography \| Drama \| Music 140 mins.