21. Godson, The ( Samouraï, Le )
Year of Release: 1967
Overall Rating: 3.1 out of 4 stars
Language: French
Genre: Thriller/Crime
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Jean-Pierre Melville
Actors: François Périer, Alain Delon, Nathalie Delon, Michel Boisrond, Jean-Pierre Posier
Plot: An expert hitman, living a meticulously planned existence, finds himself
in a web of intrigue after he is witnessed leaving his latest assignment.
22. Illusionist, The ( illusionniste, L' )
Year of Release: 2010
Overall Rating: 3.1 out of 4 stars
Language: French
Genre: Animation
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Sylvain Chomet
Actors: Jean-Claude Donda, Edith Rankin, Jil Aigrot, Didier Gustin, Frédéric Lebon, Tom Urie
Plot: A French illusionist realizes he is part of a dying art as his travels
lead to more and more obscure and fringe performances. Finding himself in
Scotland, he meets a young woman, and fan, who will change life.
23. Jean de Florette
Year of Release: 1987
Overall Rating: 3.1 out of 4 stars
Language: French
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Claude Berri
Actors: Yves Montand, Gérard Depardieu, Daniel Auteuil, Elisabeth Depardieu, Margarita Lozano, Ernestine Mazurowna
Plot: An old man and his own living relative have been coveting the property
next door for its pristine spring water - perfect for watering their
flowers. When the owner dies, however, the new owner moves in. Blocking
the spring - they hope to drive the family away, but the new owner will
not give up even as his health fails and family despairs from having to
haul water from wells.
24. That Obscure Object of Desire ( Cet obscur objet du désir )
Year of Release: 1977
Overall Rating: 3.1 out of 4 stars
Language: French
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Luis Buñuel
Actors: Fernando Rey, Carole Bouquet, Ángela Molina, Julien Bertheau, André Weber, Ellen Bahl
Plot: An aging man finds himself in love with an infuriating but captivating younger woman, played interchangeably by two actresses, one a cool, icy Frenchwoman, the other a fiery Spaniard.
25. Day for Night ( nuit américaine, La )
Year of Release: 1973
Overall Rating: 3.1 out of 4 stars
Language: French
Genre: Drama/Comedy
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: François Truffaut
Actors: Jacqueline Bisset, Valentina Cortese, Dani, Alexandra Stewart, Jean-Pierre Aumont, Jean Champion
Plot: Truffaut's seriocomic, strangely documentarian, and always affectionate look at the trials and travails of filmmaking.
26. Trip to the Moon, A ( Voyage dans la lune, Le )
Year of Release: 1902
Overall Rating: 3.1 out of 4 stars
Language: French
Genre: Adventure/Fantasy
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Georges Méliès
Actors: Georges Méliès, Henri Delannoy, Bleuette Bernon, Jeanne d'Alcy, Victor André
Plot: A group of astronomers go on a trip to the moon and back.
27. Two Days, One Night ( Deux jours, une nuit )
Year of Release: 2014
Overall Rating: 3.1 out of 4 stars
Language: French
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Jean-Pierre Dardenne, Luc Dardenne
Actors: Marion Cotillard, Fabrizio Rongione, Pili Groyne, Simon Caudry, Catherine Salée, Batiste Sornin
Plot: A young, Belgian mother finds out about a plot at her workplace: her co-workers are willing to sack her in order to receive a significant pay increase. Now she has only the weekend to somehow convince the majority to keep her on and give up the extra money.
28. Au hasard Balthazar
Year of Release: 1970
Overall Rating: 3.1 out of 4 stars
Language: French
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Robert Bresson
Actors: Anne Wiazemsky, François Lafarge, Philippe Asselin, Nathalie Joyaut, Walter Green, Jean-Claude Guilbert
Plot: We follow the life of Balthazar, a donkey and his owner - who share a parallel life with his owner - from a loving childhood to being downtrodden and beaten later in life. But Balthazar may still end life well, as a miller believes he is the reincarnation of a saint.
29. Beauty of the Day ( Belle de jour )
Year of Release: 1968
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: French
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Luis Buñuel
Actors: Catherine Deneuve, Jean Sorel, Michel Piccoli, Geneviève Page, Pierre Clémenti, Françoise Fabian
Plot: A young housewife who cannot connect intimately with her doctor husband indulges in fantasies and eventually starts working her afternoons as a prostitute.
30. Tenant, The ( locataire, Le )
Year of Release: 1976
Overall Rating: 3.1 out of 4 stars
Language: French
Genre: Thriller/Mystery
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Roman Polanski
Actors: Roman Polanski, Isabelle Adjani, Melvyn Douglas, Jo Van Fleet, Bernard Fresson, Lila Kedrova
Plot: A man searching for the apartment finds the perfect place. One day he
starts becoming like the former tenant, even though he had no previous
knowledge of him.
