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Films from the country "france", sorted by revenue
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, 1h36Directed by David Charhon
Origin France
Genres Comedy, Comedy thriller, Action, Crime
Themes La banlieue française, Buddy films
Actors Omar Sy, Laurent Lafitte, Zabou Breitman, Sabrina Ouazani, Lionel Abelanski, Youssef Hajdi
When bad boy police officer Ousmane is involved in a car accident, he is mistaken for the assailant by his fellow police officers. The next day, the wife of a business mogul turns up nearby Ousmane's housing project. Ousmane draws connections between the two crimes and believes he is able to solve both crimes. In order to be heard by fellow police officers, Ousmane is forced to team up with visiting Parisian investigator Francois Monge, who has much more departmental clout. Despite coming from and working in very different neighborhoods, the pair find common ground through their policing style, including manhandling suspects and kicking butt.
You Are So Beautiful (2005)
, 1h35Directed by Isabelle Mergault
Origin France
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Romantic comedy
Themes Films about the labor movement
Actors Michel Blanc, Medeea Marinescu, Vladimir Yordanoff, Eva Darlan, Élisabeth Commelin, Valérie Bonneton
Aymé played by Blanc, a recently widowed farmer, is eager to find a new wife to help him run his farm. Desperate, he seeks the aid of a local matchmaker who suggest that he go to Romania to find a new wife. There he meets Elena played by Marinescu.
Race (2016)
, 2h14Directed by Stephen Hopkins
Origin France
Genres Drama, Biography, Action, Historical
Themes Sports films, Athletics films, Films about the Olympic Games, Political films
Actors Jason Sudeikis, Stephan James, Jeremy Irons, William Hurt, Carice van Houten, Amanda Crew
Track and field star Jesse Owens overcomes adversity to win four gold medals at the 1936 Berlin Olympic Games.
The Tuche Family (2011)
, 1h37Directed by Olivier Baroux
Origin France
Genres Comedy
Actors Jean-Paul Rouve, Isabelle Nanty, Claire Nadeau, Théo Fernandez, Sarah Stern, Fadila Belkebla
Les Tuche sont une famille vivant à Bouzolles. Jeff Tuche, le père, est un chômeur fier de l'être ; lui et sa femme Cathy ont trois enfants : Stéphanie, bimbo pas très futée, Wilfried, pas encore au fait de ses tendances homosexuelles et qui se prend pour un rappeur gangsta, Donald dit « Coin-Coin », très intelligent. Il y a également la mamie, « Mamie Suze », que seule Cathy comprend et dont l'unique ami est son chien Toby, désormais empaillé. Un jour, les Tuche gagnent 100 millions d'euros à la loterie et décident d'aller à Monaco.
Gramps Is in the Resistance (1983)
, 1h42Directed by Jean-Marie Poiré
Origin France
Genres War, Comedy
Themes Films about animals, Films about cats, Political films, Mise en scène d'un mammifère, Histoire de France, L'Occupation allemande en France
Actors Christian Clavier, Michel Galabru, Roland Giraud, Gérard Jugnot, Martin Lamotte, Dominique Lavanant
Héléna Bourdelle, called "The Bourdelle," is a great singer and wife of maestro André Bourdelle. Joining the Resistance, he is killed by the accidental explosion of a grenade. Following the defeat, the family's mansion is taken over by German forces, leaving the family occupying a few back rooms, complaining to the Kommandantur about his excesses and those of his men. Bourdelle, her daughters and their tenant help by chance an English soldier to escape and are then forced to hide him. The family, whose former caretaker Ramirez has become a Gestapo agent, is favoured by the General Spontz who has a soft spot for Bernadette Bourdelle. He is willing to ignore the fact that Guy-Hubert, son of the family, a seemingly cowardly and effeminate hairdresser, is actually the elusive vigilante known as "Super-Resistant".
Babysitting 2 (2015)
, 1h33Directed by Nicolas Benamou, Philippe Lacheau
Origin France
Genres Comedy
Actors Alice David, Vincent Desagnat, Philippe Lacheau, Tarek Boudali, Grégoire Ludig, David Marsais
Sonia décide de présenter son petit ami Franck à son père. Accompagnés de Sam, Ernest, Alex et Estelle, leurs amis, ils se rendent au Brésil, pour passer des vacances dans l’écolo-hôtel de Jean-Pierre, le père de Sonia. Franck veut profiter de ce voyage pour la demander en mariage. Cependant, à la suite d'un incident, Sonia se pose des questions vis-à-vis de Franck. Surprenant une discussion entre Sonia et Estelle, Franck refuse de la demander en mariage. Pour oublier cela, Sam organise une excursion dans la jungle. Tout ne se passe pas comme prévu. En effet, la grand-mère de Sonia les accompagne ainsi que deux jolies touristes françaises rencontrées dans une boutique par hasard, Julie et Erika.
Tanguy (2001)
, 1h48Directed by Étienne Chatiliez
Origin France
Genres Comedy, Comedy-drama
Actors Sabine Azéma, André Dussollier, Éric Berger, Aurore Clément, Hélène Duc, Jean-Paul Rouve
Après la naissance de Tanguy (Éric Berger), son fils unique, Édith Guetz (Sabine Azéma) a dit à ce dernier : « Tu es tellement mignon, si tu veux tu pourras rester à la maison toute ta vie. »
Me, Myself and Mum (2013)
, 1h25Directed by Guillaume Gallienne
Origin France
Genres Comedy
Themes Films about families, Films about sexuality, Théâtre, LGBT-related films, Films based on plays, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film
Actors Françoise Fabian, Guillaume Gallienne, Diane Kruger, André Marcon, Nanou Garcia, Yves Jacques
In a theatre, Guillaume recounts how his life developed as a youth. As a young effeminate boy, his mother casually dismisses his antics. When he asks to go learn Spanish, his mother sends him to La Línea de la Concepción. There he stays with Paqui, a Spanish woman unable to speak French. As they awkwardly try to communicate, she suggests teaching him how to dance the sevillanas. Becoming proficient, Guillaume dances at a local festival but is subjected to laughter. Oblivious to why, he asks a woman named Pilar to dance with him. She politely refuses, explaining to him how he dances like a girl. He asks her if she thinks he looks like a girl. She agrees and he happily remarks that his mother would be delighted.
C'est la vie! (2017)
, 1h57Directed by Éric Toledano, Olivier Nakache
Origin France
Genres Comedy
Themes L'action se déroule en une journée, Films about the labor movement, La précarité, Films about marriage
Actors Jean-Pierre Bacri, Jean-Paul Rouve, Gilles Lellouche, Vincent Macaigne, Eye Haïdara, Alban Ivanov
Max, un organisateur de mariage expérimenté, doit gérer le mariage de Pierre et Héléna dans un château de prestige. Il doit faire appel à une équipe de serveurs, trouver des cuisiniers, un photographe, un orchestre et un animateur tout en gérant les demandes et problèmes de chacun, mais aussi les siens.
Russian Dolls (2005)
, 2h5Directed by Cédric Klapisch
Origin France
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Romantic comedy, Romance
Themes Films about writers
Actors Romain Duris, Kelly Reilly, Audrey Tautou, Cécile de France, Kevin Bishop, Lucy Gordon
The film begins with friends from L'Auberge espagnole meeting in Saint Petersburg at the wedding of Wendy's brother, William. Xavier begins to reminisce about the events of the past several years.
Paris (2008)
, 2h10Directed by Cédric Klapisch
Origin France
Genres Drama, Comedy-drama, Musical
Themes Films about immigration, Medical-themed films, La précarité
Actors Juliette Binoche, Romain Duris, Fabrice Luchini, François Cluzet, Albert Dupontel, Mélanie Laurent
The film is set principally in Paris, with one thread of the story set in Africa. Over the course of several months, various stories are intertwined, with different characters and plot threads intersecting.
Disco (2008)
, 1h46Directed by Fabien Onteniente
Origin France
Genres Comedy, Musical
Themes Dance films, Films about music and musicians, Musical films
Actors Franck Dubosc, Emmanuelle Béart, Samuel Le Bihan, Gérard Depardieu, Annie Cordy, Isabelle Nanty
Didier Graindorge, 40 ans, sans emploi et trop endetté à la suite d'une mauvaise affaire de water-beds, habite dans un quartier populaire du Havre, le Grand-Large, chez sa mère. Il a un fils de huit ans d'une précédente liaison avec une Anglaise. Ce dernier ne viendra en France que si son père lui offre des vacances à l'étranger.
The Last Metro (1980)
, 2h11Directed by François Truffaut
Origin France
Genres Drama, War, Romance
Themes Films about sexuality, Théâtre, Political films, Histoire de France, L'Occupation allemande en France
Actors Catherine Deneuve, Gérard Depardieu, Jean Poiret, Heinz Bennent, Andréa Ferréol, Paulette Dubost
Set during the German occupation of Paris during the Second World War, it tells the story of Lucas Steiner, a Jewish theatre director and his Gentile wife, Marion Steiner, who struggles to keep him concealed from the Nazis in their theatre cellar while she performs both his former job as the director and hers as an actress.
The Women on the 6th Floor (2011)
, 1h46Directed by Philippe Le Guay
Origin France
Genres Drama, Comedy
Themes Films about alcoholism, Films about immigration, Films about the labor movement, La précarité
Actors Fabrice Luchini, Natalia Verbeke, Sandrine Kiberlain, Carmen Maura, Lola Dueñas, Audrey Fleurot
Set in Paris in the 1960s, the film is a social comedy that pits the propriety of a well-to-do French family with the earthiness and humour of Spanish cleaning ladies who work in their apartment building. It follows Monsieur Joubert (Fabrice Luchini), an unadventurous stockbroker, as he befriends the Spanish maids who live on the top floor of his building. Maria (Natalia Verbeke), his new maid, introduces him to her compatriots and their simple but happy lives animated by friendship and folklore, in contrast to the relative emotional austerity of his own life. Slowly he recovers his joie de vivre by tasting life's simple pleasures; when his wife (Sandrine Kiberlain) falsely accuses him of having an affair he moves into an empty room in the servants' quarters upstairs, the first time he has had a bedroom of his own.
The Cabbage Soup (1981)
, 1h38Directed by Jean Girault, Michel Leroy
Origin France
Genres Science fiction, Comedy, Comedy-drama
Themes Cooking films, Vieillesse, Films based on science fiction novels, Comedy science fiction films, Films about extraterrestrial life
Actors Louis de Funès, Jean Carmet, Jacques Villeret, Claude Gensac, Christine Dejoux, Henri Génès
Claude Ratinier (Louis de Funès), known as Le Glaude, is an old man who lives on a small farm across the road from his long-time friend Francis Chérasse (Jean Carmet), known as Le Bombé. The two are described as the last surviving members of their breed, still living in a rural fashion while the rest of the world has modernized. They spend their days getting drunk and eating cabbage soup, while they spend their nights getting drunk and farting.