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poster
Criterion Channel
82
7.5
/27202/
74
/556/
72
/546/
4.0
/68146/
93
/46/
84
/388/

Pickpocket (1959)
Michel takes up pickpocketing on a lark and is arrested soon after. His mother dies shortly after his release, and despite the objections of his only friend, Jacques, and his mother's neighbor Jeanne, Michel teams up with a couple of petty thieves in order to improve his craft. With a police inspector keeping an eye on him, Michel also tries to get a straight job, but the temptation to steal is hard to resist.
poster
82
7.6
/28614/
73
/477/
74
/594/
3.9
/61385/
94
/51/
91
/746/
93
/22/

Band of Outsiders (1964)
Cinephile slackers Franz and Arthur spend their days mimicking the antiheroes of Hollywood noirs and Westerns while pursuing the lovely Odile. The misfit trio upends convention at every turn, be it through choreographed dances in cafés or frolicsome romps through the Louvre. Eventually, their romantic view of outlaws pushes them to plan their own heist, but their inexperience may send them out in a blaze of glory -- which could be just what they want.
poster
Kanopy
78
7.4
/5705/
71
/131/
72
/116/
4.0
/19281/
82
/11/
84
/21/

The Aviator's Wife (1981)
A student is devastated when he finds that his girlfriend is cheating on him. In order to find out why she did it, he decides to spy on her and her airline pilot lover. Then he sees the pilot with a blonde woman and he begins to follow them…
poster
Criterion Channel
78
7.3
/17693/
70
/470/
71
/343/
4.1
/121098/
87
/47/
76
/166/
91
/20/

Beau Travail (2000)
Foreign Legion officer Galoup recalls his once glorious life, training troops in the Gulf of Djibouti. His existence there was happy, strict and regimented, until the arrival of a promising young recruit, Sentain, plants the seeds of jealousy in Galoup's mind.
poster
77
7.1
/109753/
70
/1970/
69
/1436/
3.7
/67263/
87
/189/
70
/4165/
79
/39/
cc age 18+

Broken Flowers (2005)
Introverted Don Johnston receives an anonymous letter from an ex-lover informing him that he has a son who may be looking for him. A freelance sleuth neighbor motivates Don to embark on a cross-country search for his past flames seeking answers.
poster
MUBI
76
7.0
/7936/
71
/705/
71
/680/
3.8
/130658/
95
/19/
78
/7/
73
/6/

Yannick (2023)
In the middle of a performance of the play "Le Cocu", a bad boulevard comedy at a Parisian theatre, Yannick gets up and interrupts the show to take the evening back in hand.
poster
Criterion Channel
79
75
7.7
/13922/
73
/219/
74
/270/
4.0
/28482/
90
/29/
86
/156/

Mouchette (1967)
A young girl living in the French countryside suffers constant indignities at the hand of alcoholism and her fellow man.
poster
Kanopy
73
7.7
/42472/
77
/890/
76
/676/
4.3
/178648/
83
/40/
83
/382/
80
/22/

Taste of Cherry (1997)
A middle-aged Tehranian man, Mr. Badii is intent on killing himself and seeks someone to bury him after his demise. Driving around the city, the seemingly well-to-do Badii meets with numerous people, including a Muslim student, asking them to take on the job, but initially he has little luck. Eventually, Badii finds a man who is up for the task because he needs the money, but his new associate soon tries to talk him out of committing suicide.
poster
Kanopy
78
70
7.4
/5410/
74
/124/
72
/154/
4.1
/24939/
85
/13/
81
/51/

Vive L'Amour (1995)
Three lonely young denizens of Taipei unknowingly share an apartment: May, a real estate agent who uses it for her sexual affairs; Ah-jung, her current lover; and Hsiao-kang, who's stolen the key and uses the apartment as a retreat.
poster
Kanopy
75
70
7.1
/7028/
71
/200/
67
/166/
4.0
/43740/
81
/48/
73
/125/
83
/16/

Goodbye, Dragon Inn (2003)
On a dark and rainy night, a historic and regal Taipei cinema sees its final film: 1967 martial arts feature "Dragon Inn".
poster
79
70
7.9
/5417/
77
/182/
78
/130/
4.2
/38773/

The Man Who Sleeps (1974)
A young student decides to have no more interaction with the world than is needed to minimally sustain life. His increasingly automaton-like behavior is coupled with a strange clarity of insight about the world around him.
poster
69
7.2
/959/
68
/7/
67
/39/
3.8
/1165/
71
/74/

The Salamander (1971)
Pierre and Paul, journalist and writer respectively, team up to write a screenplay based on the real story of a young woman accused by her uncle of trying to kill him. They decide to meet her.
poster
Criterion Channel
68
56
6.1
/2868/
59
/68/
63
/85/
3.7
/9116/
86
/7/
65
/30/

India Song (1975)
Anne-Marie Stretter, the wife of a French diplomat in 1930s India, takes many lovers to relieve the boredom in her life.
poster
63
55
6.3
/4388/
69
/68/
60
/101/
3.3
/4428/
60
/52/
66
/340/
60
/15/

In Paris (2006)
After a love affair ends badly, a young Parisian named Paul sinks into the same kind of deep depression that led his sister to kill herself. He moves back home with his father and aimless brother Jonathan but refuses to get out of bed.
poster
54
4.9
/17569/
51
/468/
53
/261/
3.2
/30849/
48
/94/
45
/688/
51
/30/

The Brown Bunny (2003)
Bud Clay races motorcycles in the 250cc Formula II class of road racing. After a race in New Hampshire, he has five days to get to his next race in California. During his road trip, he is haunted by memories of the last time he saw Daisy, his true love.
poster
Kanopy
83
50
7.8
/962/
76
/19/
80
/41/
4.1
/3356/
93
/15/
90
/8/

The Lovely Month of May (1963)
Candid interviews of ordinary people on the meaning of happiness, an often amorphous and inarticulable notion that evokes more basic and fundamentally egalitarian ideals of self-betterment, prosperity, tolerance, economic opportunity, and freedom.
poster
67
48
6.3
/3055/
67
/39/
61
/33/
3.6
/1412/
73
/112/

Falkenberg Farewell (2006)
The last summer the five boys are together in Falkenberg. They are now grown up to be young men, on their way out into the world. At least most of them.
poster
Criterion Channel
74
48
7.1
/1752/
67
/49/
67
/56/
3.9
/5484/
86
/7/
77
/5/

My Little Loves (1974)
Daniel lives with his grandmother and, after a year of high school, goes to live with his mother in the south of France; a harsher environment which rapidly changes his perception of friends, work, and women.
poster
Kanopy
66
38
6.5
/956/
62
/9/
61
/23/
3.5
/609/
86
/22/
57
/55/

Wonderful Town (2007)
Local girl Na runs a small hotel where every day is more of less the same until Ta arrives one day. Ta is an architect from the city who has come to oversee the building of a new development and very slowly the two build a friendship that develops into something more romantic.
poster
Fandor
70
34
6.8
/1388/
68
/39/
66
/31/
3.8
/5197/
75
/3/

Sicily! (1999)
A man returns to visit his native Sicily after living in New York for a long time. He learns about the Sicilian way of life from stylized conversations with an orange picker, his fellow train passengers, his mother, and a knife-sharpener.
poster
Criterion Channel
69
33
7.2
/503/
68
/24/
64
/31/
3.7
/1750/

A Dirty Story (1977)
A group of friends listen as one man tells them a story about a time when, in a small cafe, he discovered a peephole into the ladies' bathroom and became addicted to looking through it at female genitals. They ask him questions and come to conclusions about sex. This is a filmed, scripted version. Then, the actual person who this happened to relates the same story; this time, however, it is an unscripted documentary, in which the same things occur as in the scripted one.
poster
70
31
7.0
/886/
68
/22/
66
/17/
3.8
/1193/
67
/6/
77
/5/

Voyage to the Beginning of the World (1997)
Manoel is an aging film director who travels with the film crew through Portugal in search of the origins of Afonso, a famous French actor whose father emigrated from Portugal to France and in process remembers his own youth.
poster
54
24
7.1
/484/
10
/1/
60
/6/
3.8
/3713/

I'm Hungry, I'm Cold (1984)
Two girls come to Paris for the first time and try to live.
poster
45
18
5.7
/25/
30
/1/
2.9
/318/
25
/83/
59
/41/

Cabo Negro (2025)
Soundouss and Jaâfar, two gay youths from Casablanca, spend the summer in Cabo Negro in the north of Morocco, at a villa rented by Jaâfar’s American lover—who does not show up. The friends decide to stay in the villa and do the best they can.
poster
64
17
6.5
/499/
61
/8/
58
/10/
3.6
/930/

Hands Up! (1985)
The reunion of a group of former medical students results in a flood of bitter memories.
poster
69
15
6.8
/378/
61
/11/
72
/13/
3.7
/713/
70
/2/

Emergency Kisses (1989)
When film director Mathieu casts a famous actress to portray a character based on his aspiring-actress wife, he creates a rift in his marriage. French filmmaker Philippe Garrel's family members portray versions of themselves in this lyrical drama.
poster
68
15
7.1
/207/
60
/6/
66
/12/
3.8
/694/

Ruhr (2009)
Seven entirely static shots make up James Benning's quiet reflection on existence in the Ruhr Valley.
poster
68
15
7.0
/261/
61
/7/
73
/13/
3.5
/582/

Description of a Struggle (1960)
Chris Marker’s documentary portrays Israel twelve years after its founding, blending location and archival footage to explore its diverse communities—from kibbutzim and Arab villages to Orthodox quarters and tourist sites. The “struggle” of the title reflects the nation’s search for identity in a rapidly changing region.
poster
52
14
5.1
/109/
45
/11/
53
/20/
3.1
/626/

Before We Collapse (2023)
In a dystopia Paris, this is about a campaign manager named Tristan who is knocked sideways when he receives an anonymous letter containing a positive pregnancy test. Potentially suffering from a fatal and incurable genetic illness, Tristan becomes obsessed with the idea of finding the woman who sent him this test. He decides to carry out an investigation, risking his love life and his career in the process.
poster
60
14
46
/6/
62
/15/
3.4
/586/

Bad Company (1969)
Two short films by Jean Eustache (Robinson's Place and Santa Claus Has Blue Eyes) presented together. US limited theatrical release in 1969.
poster
62
12
6.8
/184/
50
/9/
63
/14/
3.5
/413/

The Horla (1966)
A man who lives by himself becomes increasingly concerned that he is not alone. Based on the short story by Guy de Maupassant.
poster
59
11
6.0
/292/
48
/7/
62
/10/
3.3
/509/

Winter's Child (1989)
Feckless aspiring architect Stéphane leaves his pregnant girlfriend for theater designer Sabine; Sabine in turn vainly attempts to overcome her violent obsession with an actor in her theater company. A game of emotional chutes and ladders ensues.
poster
42
10
5.4
/308/
35
/5/
48
/4/
2.6
/529/
25
/4/

Laila in Haifa (2021)
The film was shot entirely in a nightclub, with an adjoining contemporary art gallery, whose customers are both Israelis and Palestinians, in one of Israel’s most open cities, Haifa. A long night in a place where the most diverse people meet: Jews, Muslims, gays, heterosexuals, transvestites; and three women, who in that multifaceted microcosm, a gathering peaceful hideout, can find shelter from male bullying and arrogance.
poster
55
7
6.5
/241/
55
/2/
51
/11/
50
/6/

Another Man (2009)
Psychological drama about a young, inexperienced film reviewer who falls for the charms of a well-established female colleague. A challenging look at the essence of film critique as well as an erotic encounter between two unequals.
poster
70
?
7.6
/77/
80
/1/
58
/3/
3.4
/208/

Inside Amir (2025)
A young man in Tehran on the verge of emigrating. Amid scattered memories, unfinished conversations, and slow-moving days, he faces a decision he hasn’t fully made yet: to leave or to stay. The only thing he refuses to part with is his bicycle – a companion through the city’s streets and a symbol of his past. As his departure to join Tara, his girlfriend now in Italy, grows closer, we learn how years ago, their relationship kept him from joining a family trip that ended in tragedy. Tara became more than a partner – she came to represent the life he was spared.
poster
?
7.4
/30/
100
/1/

Nothing (2017)
Vague moving shapes framing the black screen could be anything, but what they depict is nothing.
poster
71
?
7.7
/164/
67
/4/
71
/18/

Doomed Love (1979)
A story about doomed love between two people from different worlds and the impact in their lives.
poster
fuboTV
?
5.1
/31/
62
/9/
65
/2/

Winner (2024)
Chloe's dream trip to Borneo transforms into a waking nightmare when she realizes she's the target of a ruthless scam. With her private photos held hostage, she races to outwit the blackmailer before her secrets are exposed to the world.
poster
?
6.0
/15/
10
/1/
60
/1/

Parti sans laisser d'adresse (1982)
A young Swiss drug addict has been imprisoned for robbery, and must wait and wait for his upcoming trial, all the while isolated and without hope of parole - the police are convinced he is a dealer and not just a user. He hears from his son that his girlfriend has a new man, and begins to despair of ever coming to trial, or of having another relationship like the one he lost. This fiction film is said to be based on a true story.
poster
63
?
7.1
/51/
44
/5/
3.7
/202/

Modesty and Shame (1995)
Famed French artist, photographer, writer and actor Hervé Guibert riveting self-portrayal of his last months and journies living with AIDS. Hervé is seen here in this film with his Panasonic video camera documenting his life. The scenes are shot from June 1990 through March 1991 in Paris France and a respite on the island of Elba. The film was first shown on TF1 (French Television 1) on January 20th, 1992, shortly after his death on December 27th, 1991. The film portrays a very personal look into the human condition.
poster
?
7.6
/59/
55
/4/
65
/2/

The Declic Years (1984)
This documentary is an autobiography based on director Depardon's voice, his face and pictures from his childhood which are all mixed together on screen and contrasted with selected pictures he shot between 1957 and 1977 and now comments on.
poster
?
6.1
/54/
50
/1/
74
/7/

The Musician Killer (1976)
A dedicated clarinetist receives a valuable violin and has a difficult time deciding what to do with it.
poster
57
?
6.5
/247/
53
/3/
53
/6/

No Man's Land (1985)
Madeleine, who runs a disco on the French-Swiss border, dreams of going to Paris to pursue a singing career. Her lover, Paul, who makes his living smuggling money, gold and goods across the border, plans to emigrate to Canada. Mali, a pretty young Algerian woman who lives in France and works in Switzerland, would like to be anywhere except where she is. Louis, born on a Swiss farm and trained as a clockmaker, would give anything to leave his mistress, Lucie, and move in with Mali.
poster
?
6.0
/82/
43
/3/
53
/3/

Mange ta soupe (1997)
A young man returns to the family home to face a childhood trauma: his brother's suicide, but nobody in the family is willing to help him.
poster
69
?
7.0
/150/
63
/6/
72
/7/
3.7
/329/

Empty Quarter: A Woman in Africa (1985)
A man invites a woman to share his room in a hostel and gradually falls in love with her.
poster
?
6.0
/85/
52
/4/

Closet Children (1977)
A young man who seems lost, Nicolas, has an appointment with her sister Juliette. They are bound by a heavy childhood secret: their mother committed suicide when their father had instructed Nicolas to keep it. Since the father chased him and forbade Juliette to see him.
poster
Criterion Channel
71
?
6.8
/248/
77
/4/
65
/15/
3.6
/1170/

Alix's Pictures (1982)
Alix Cléo Roubaud, a photographer, describes her images to Eustache’s son Boris. An “essay in the shape of a hoax”, Eustache’s last film wittily questions the relationship between showing and telling as it gradually shifts Alix’s narration out of sync with what we see.
poster
66
?
6.9
/96/
70
/4/
58
/9/
3.5
/200/

Fine Manners (1978)
Camille, a young, provincial, proletarian man works for Hélène Courtray, who is still beautiful and seductive. She's a sophisticated, cultivated and well-to-do woman who has engaged him to care for her reclusive son who has spent the past few years voluntarily locked up in his room. An encounter between two persons and two worlds where the relationship of the young man to this closed, strange and unknown universe rapidly turns tragedy.


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