Best French Fillims
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I've always had a soft spot for Betty Blue.
Well they've been making films for well over a century so there's thousands to choose from, but for starters you might like this from a few years ago http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Class_(2008_film)
Treacle Toes
Time
Old favorities:
Le Gran Bleu
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0095250/
L'Appartement
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0115561/?ref_=fn_al_tt_2
La Haine
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0113247/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1
Delicatessen
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0101700/?ref_=nv_sr_1
Jules and Jim
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0055032/?ref_=nv_sr_1
La Vie en Rose
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0450188/?ref_=nv_sr_2
"Un homme et une femme"
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0061138/?ref_=nv_sr_1
Le Gran Bleu
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0095250/
L'Appartement
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0115561/?ref_=fn_al_tt_2
La Haine
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0113247/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1
Delicatessen
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0101700/?ref_=nv_sr_1
Jules and Jim
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0055032/?ref_=nv_sr_1
La Vie en Rose
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0450188/?ref_=nv_sr_2
"Un homme et une femme"
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0061138/?ref_=nv_sr_1
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bmd
Island in the stream.
I liked Les Petits Mouchoirs and Mesrine 1 & 2.
Treacle Toes
Time
TimeOut Paris' top 100 list.
http://www.timeout.com/paris/en/film/100-best-french-films
http://www.timeout.com/paris/en/film/100-best-french-films
Lo Siento.
Second As Farce
It's really "tell me a handful of good French films you've seen and that come to mind immediately".Really I don't know where to start with this thread, it's like asking 'What's a good American novel?'
bmd
Island in the stream.
I loved that film. It's supposed to be getting a Hollywood redo, which will be awful.
Treacle Toes
Time
Hollywood redo 
Lo Siento.
Second As Farce
Everyone should go and see Amelie, it's very cute and sooooo French. It's just got a sort of je ne sais quoi.
Other relatively recent French films I've enjoyed were A Prophet http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1235166/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1 and Tomboy http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1847731/
Lo Siento.
Second As Farce
It was nice when I first saw it as a pretentious 18 year old.I've really come to loathe Jeunet's brand of gallic whimsy
stethoscope
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La Haine
Belle du Jour
Wild Side
Amelie
Les Valseuses
Belle du Jour
Wild Side
Amelie
Les Valseuses
You could do a lot worse than just work your way through this list.
Treacle Toes
Time
The soundtrack is fabulous too. Worth listening to alone.
Treacle Toes
Time
I've seen a couple there that I will check out at some point.
DaveCinzano
WATCH OUT, GEORGE, HE'S GOT A SCREWDRIVER!
L'Armée Des Ombres - stark resistance flick
Le Convoyeur - loner joins security truck company
Sitcom - bourgeois family goes a bit weird
Assassin(s) - kid becomes apprentice to ageing hitman
Lacombe Lucien - boy rejected by resistance instead joins Milice
Un Prophète - normal guy gets chewed up by penal system, becomes player to survive
Zazie Dans Le Metro - young kid stays with cosmopolitan uncle in Paris, has adventures
Le Professionnel - jaded freelance killer takes on one last job, gets stiffed, seeks revenge
Le Convoyeur - loner joins security truck company
Sitcom - bourgeois family goes a bit weird
Assassin(s) - kid becomes apprentice to ageing hitman
Lacombe Lucien - boy rejected by resistance instead joins Milice
Un Prophète - normal guy gets chewed up by penal system, becomes player to survive
Zazie Dans Le Metro - young kid stays with cosmopolitan uncle in Paris, has adventures
Le Professionnel - jaded freelance killer takes on one last job, gets stiffed, seeks revenge
DaveCinzano
WATCH OUT, GEORGE, HE'S GOT A SCREWDRIVER!
DaveCinzano
WATCH OUT, GEORGE, HE'S GOT A SCREWDRIVER!
Banlieue 13 - class war-riven dystopian near future Paris provides setting for parkour and martial arts
Les Visiteurs - mediaeval knight and page are thrown into modern day France by magic
Le Dernier Combat - black and white French Mad Max
Nid De Guêpes - superb three-way siege flick with ruthless gangsters piling on pressure against small team of cops and a crew of burglars
Les Visiteurs - mediaeval knight and page are thrown into modern day France by magic
Le Dernier Combat - black and white French Mad Max
Nid De Guêpes - superb three-way siege flick with ruthless gangsters piling on pressure against small team of cops and a crew of burglars
Oh gawd.
I now have a feast - thank you.
I year or so back I had a french boss and he pointed me at The Delicatasessen (wonderfully bonkers) and The Intouchables (life affirming).
DaveCinzano
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Le Samouraï - existential hitman moodiness
Paris Brûle-t-il? - liberation of Paris done documentary-style
Doberman - hi-NRG, ultraviolent crime capering
Paris Brûle-t-il? - liberation of Paris done documentary-style
Doberman - hi-NRG, ultraviolent crime capering
Like your one line summaries. Fuck netflix, hire Cinzano.
DaveCinzano
WATCH OUT, GEORGE, HE'S GOT A SCREWDRIVER!
MR 73 - alcoholic-cop-vows-to-protect-victim noirishness
36 Quai Des Orfèvres - two elite Paris police units, each with a very different boss, battle each other and the gangsters
Truands - crime gang falls apart amidst maelstrom of violence
36 Quai Des Orfèvres - two elite Paris police units, each with a very different boss, battle each other and the gangsters
Truands - crime gang falls apart amidst maelstrom of violence
DaveCinzano
WATCH OUT, GEORGE, HE'S GOT A SCREWDRIVER!
I am cheap and I am available.
DaveCinzano
WATCH OUT, GEORGE, HE'S GOT A SCREWDRIVER!
I have shamelessly cribbed some of my suggestions from films recommended to me here:
http://www.urban75.net/forums/threads/please-recommend-me-some-european-action-movies.236018/
http://www.urban75.net/forums/threads/please-recommend-me-some-european-action-movies.236018/
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