25 Notable French Films

L'Appartement (directed by Gilles Mimouni)



Army of Shadows (directed by Jean-Pierre Melville)



Two English Girls (directed by Francois Truffaut)



Dinner Game (directed by Francis Veber)



Sunday in the Country (directed by Bertrand Tavernier)



Muriel (directed by Alain Resnais)



Une Femme Douce (directed by Robert Bresson)



Alphaville (directed by Jean-Luc Godard)



Secret Defense (directed by Jacques Rivette)



This Man Must Die (directed by Claude Chabrol)



Les Enfants Terribles (directed by Jean-Pierre Melville)



Wages of Fear (directed by Henri-Georges Clouzot)



La Jetee (directed by Chris Marker)



Daddy Nostalgia (directed by Bertrand Tavernier)



My Mother's Castle (directed by Yves Roberts)



Phantom India (directed by Louis Malle)



Lovers on the Bridge (directed by Leos Carax)



In the City of Sylvia (directed by Jose Luis Guerins)



Colonel Chabert (directed by Yves Angelo)



Playtime (directed by Jacques Tati)



Le Combat dans L'ile (directed by Alain Cavalier)



The Nun (directed by Jacques Rivette)



Mississippi Mermaid (directed by Francois Truffaut)



Umbrellas of Cherbourg (directed by Jacques Demy)



Purple Noon (directed by Rene Clement)

Notable Films List: 1970s

Platinum List:

Siberiade
The Godfather
The Godfather Part 2
Stalker
Barry Lyndon
The Emigrants
The New Land
Eraserhead
Taxi Driver
Husbands
The Wanderers
Chinatown
THX 1138
Elektra(Jancso)
Harold and Maude
McCabe & Mrs. Miller
Vengeance Is Mine
Days of Heaven
Seven Beauties

Gold List:

Apocalyse Now
Aguirre: The Wrath of God
Dog Day Afternoon
Love and Death
Sleeper
Badlands
Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion
The Last Detail
Last Tango in Paris
F for Fake
Duck You Sucker
Patton
Macbeth(Polanski)
A Clockwork Orange
Mean Streets
Close Encounters of the Third Kind
The Day of the Jackal
Dersu Uzala
Providence
Lullaby of the Earth
That Obscure Object of Desire
Kaseki
Lancelot du Lac
The Conformist
Nashville
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
The Exorcist
Swept Away
The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith
The French Connection
Deliverance
The Phoenix (Ichikawa)
Jaws
Tess
The Ascent
Man of Marble
The Judge and the Assassin
Zardoz
Paper Chase
Pink Panther Strikes Again
Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid
Straw Dogs
Ballad of Cable Hogue
The Getaway
Little Big Man
The Hellstrom Chronicle
The Iceman Cometh
Murmur of the Heart
Lacombe, Lucien
The Heartbreak Kid
Love and Anarchy
Wicker Man
Get Carter
Parallax View
All the President's Men
Dirty Harry
Invasion of the Body Snatchers
Rocky
Woodstock
Tree of the Wooden Clogs
The Last Picture Show
Monty Python and the Holy Grail
The Tenant
Castle of Sand
Papillon
Frenzy
The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie
Zabriskie Point
Zatoichi Meets Yojimbo
Ali: Fears Eat the Soul
Tristana
The Soldier of Orange
Padre Padrone

Silver List:

Solaris
Two English Girls
Story of Adele H.
Wild Child
Carrie
The Beguiled
Bananas
Star Wars
Hard Times
The Passenger
The Killer Elite
Halloween
Kramer vs Kramer
American Graffiti
Junior Bonner
Wise Blood
The Middleman (Satyajit Ray)
Saturday Night Fever
Coming Home
Harlan County USA
The Deer Hunter
The Mirror
Distant Thunder
Being There
An Unmarried Woman
Carnal Knowledge
Cooley High
The Serpent's Egg
Kings of the Road
Sometimes a Great Notion
Night Moves
King Lear (Kozintsev)
Ludwig
The Clockmaker of St. Paul
All That Jazz
The Hired Hand
Sleeping Dogs
Thunderbolt and Lightfoot
Crime and Punishment (USSR)
Ryan's Daughter
Love Story
M*A*S*H
Dodes'ka-den
French Connection II
The Man Who Would be King
The Last Valley
Sleuth
Breaking Away
The Outlaw Josey Wales
Rabid
Conquest of the Planet of the Apes
Escape from the Planet of the Apes
Alien
Straight Time
Le Cercle Rouge
Cries and Whispers
The Magic Flute
Autumn Sonata
Jeremiah Johnson
Picnic at Hanging Rock
Fiddler on the Roof
Nicholas and Alexandra
Five Easy Pieces
Black Stallion
They Call Me Trinity
The Taking of the Pelham One Two Three
Two-Lane Blacktop
Castle of Cagliostro
Claudine
Who'll Stop the Rain
Emperor of the North
The Twelve Chairs
The Great Santini
The Go-Between
Ulzana's Raid
State of Siege
The Confession
The Innocent
The Assassination of Trotsky
Bread and Chocolate
Moscow Doesn't Believe in Tears

Special Day (Scola)

Bronze List:

The Warriors
The Driver
Sisters
Sorcerer
Grease
Day of the Dolphin
Car Wash
Enter the Dragon
Kentucky Fried Movie
Blazing Saddles
Amarcord
Oliver's Story
Dawn of the Dead
Bound for Glory
Martin
Cross of Iron
The Long Goodbye
The Missouri Breaks
The Exorcist II: The Heretic
Black Sunday
Pretty Baby
The Conversation
Escape from Alcatraz
The Longest Yard
Serpico
The Yakuza
Scenes from a Marriage
Face to Face
Why Shoot the Teacher
Stepford Wives
The Last Wave
Heaven Can Wait
Shampoo
Towering Inferno
Manhattan
10
Hair
Sunday Bloody Sunday
Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore
Three Days of the Condor
Assault on Precinct 13
The Panic in Needle Park
Catch-22
The Mechanic
The Omega Man
Beneath the Planet of the Apes
The Chinese Connection
Dark Star
The Sugarland Express
The Brood
The Tin Drum
Big Wednesday
China Syndrome
Love on the Run
The Lord of Flatbush
Demon Seed
Robin and Marion
Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean
The In-Laws
Farewell My Lovely
Play It Again Sam
The Seven-Ups
Fellini Roma
The Big Bus
Save the Tiger
Arabian Nights
The Drowning Pool
Chloe in the Afternoon
The Onion Field
Sounder
Bed and Board
The Landlord
Dillinger
Go Tell the Spartans
Trojan Women
Iphigenia
Chilly Scenes of Winter
I Never Promised You a Rose Garden
Conrack
Citizen's Band
American Hot Wax
Sunflower (De Sica)
White Sun of the Desert
An Unfinished Piece for Mechanical Piano
Peppermint Soda
Heartland
Jonah Who Will be 25 in the Year 2000
The Shootist
The Rescuers
My Name is Nobody

Fool's Gold:

Network
Annie Hall
In the Realm of the Senses
Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia
The Last Movie
Convoy
King Kong
Phantom of the Paradise
The Fury
Celine and Julie Go Boating
Summer of 42
Walkabout
Cabaret
Don't Look Now
Julia
El Topo
Jesus Christ Superstar
Play Misty for Me
Bugsy Malone
Candidate
Marathon Man
The Man Who Fell to Earth
1900
Mikey and Nicky
Nosferatu the Vampyr
Slaughterhouse Five
The King of Marvin Gardens
Going Places
Performance
Eyes of Laura Mars
Black Moon
Interiors
Quintet
Killing of a Chinese Bookie
Joe
The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser
Jeanne Dielmann
The Marriage of Maria Braun
Mother and the Whore
Punishment Park
Tout va Bien
Get Out Your Hankerchiefs
The Traveling Players
Brewster McCloud

Yet to See:

The Holy Mountain
The Devils
A Woman under the Influence
Sweet Movie
Electra Glide in Blue
Killer of Sheep
The Ruling Class
The Molly Maguires
Taking Off
The Harder They Fall
The Devil, Probably
The Illumination
Out 1
Wedding in Blood
The Ceremony
Days and Nights in the Forest
Christ Stopped at Eboli
The Seduction of Mimi
Blood Feud
The Goalie's Anxiety at the Penalty Kick
The Marquis of O
A New Leaf
Deep End
Sandakan 8

Notable Films List: 1950s

Platinum List:

Seven Samurai
Vertigo
Touch of Evil
Ugetsu
The Killing
Paths of Glory
Rear Window
The Searchers
Los Olivadados
Sansho the Bailiff
The Big Country
I Vitelloni
Diary of a Country Priest
Wages of Fear
Ohayo
Pather Panchali
Miracle in Milan
High Noon
Singin' in the Rain
Earrings of Madame De...
Ordet
A Clown's Evening (Sawdust and Tinsel)

Gold List:

Diabolique
Throne of Blood
Ikiru
Rashomon
Bigger than Life
Othello
The Golden Coach
All About Eve
Tokyo Story
Quiet Flows the Don
Mr. Arkadin (Confidential Report)
Hiroshima Mon Amour
400 Blows
Shane
Invasion of the Body Snatchers
Fires on the Plain
Viva Zapata
Sunset Blvd
Day of the Outlaw
Imitation of Life
Strangers on a Train
Human Condition Part I
Human Condition Part II
Vera Cruz
North By Northwest
Life of Oharu
The Night of the Hunter
Crucified Lovers
Taira Clan Saga
Ben-Hur
Outcast of the Islands
Les Cousins
Stalag 17
Umberto D.
El
Gate of Hell
Death in the Garden
Nazarin
White Sheik
La Strada
Summer with Monika
Limelight
Dreams(Bergman)
Smiles of a Summer Night
Seventh Seal
Magician
3:10 to Yuma
General Della Rovere
Stromboli
Twenty-Four Eyes
Our Man in Havana
Les Enfants Terribles
Journey to Italy (Voyage in Italy)
Man Escaped
Aparajito
World of Apu
African Queen
Moby Dick
Ride Lonesome
Senso
Bridge on the River Kwai
Johnny Guitar
Forbidden Games
Night and Fog
Early Summer
Early Spring
Equinox Flower
Floating Weeds (Ukigusa)
Tokyo Twilight
Kanal
A Star is Born
Man from Laramie
The Naked Spur
Winchester 73
Bob le Flambeur
Burmese Harp
Bonjour Tristesse
French Cancan
Rififi
Hidden Fortress

Silver List:

On the Waterfront
Streetcar Named Desire
Scandal
I Live in Fear (Record of a Living Being)
A Geisha
Pickpocket
Il Grido
7 Men from Now
The Tall T
Young Lions
Black River
Gervaise
Oedipus Rex
Thick-Walled Room
I Will Buy You
Big Deal on Madonna Street
From Here to Eternity
A Place in the Sun
Hobson's Choice
The Lovers
Ashes and Diamonds
Cranes are Flying
Elevator to the Gallows
Rebel without a Cause
The Woman of Rumor
Killer's Kiss
Street of Shame
Bend of the River
Picnic
Men of Tohoku
Conflagration (Ichikawa)
Odd Obsession (Key)
Kiss Me Deadly
The Ten Commandments
I Confess
Father of the Bride
Red Badge of Courage
Mon Oncle
Rio Bravo
The Ladykillers
Warlock
The Wrong Man
Seven Brides for Seven Brothers
Attack
The Kentuckian
Music Room
The Quiet Man
Wild Strawberries
Rio Grande
Some Like It Hot
A Face in the Crowd
Il Bidone
Nights of Cabiria
Summer Interlude
A Lesson in Love
Jubal
Casque D'Or
Riot in Cell Block 11
Anatomy of a Murder

Bronze List:

The Idiot
Lower Depths(Kurosawa)
Dial M for Murder
The Man Who Knew Too Much
Mogambo
Wings of Eagles
The Thing
Shadows
Ballad of a Soldier
Brink of Life
Horse Soldiers
Left-Handed Gun
Sleeping Beauty
The Vikings
Lola Montez
Stella
Eroica
Forty Guns
Blue Angel
Indiscretion of an American Wife
Le Amiche
Girl in Black
Bad Day at Black Rock
A Matter of Dignity
The Last Hurrah
Tiger Bay
A King in New York
Bad and the Beautiful
Ace in the Hole
Panic in the Streets
East of Eden
The Enemy Below
Marty
Sweet Smell of Success
Samurai Trilogy
The Sniper
Murder by Contract
Lucky Jim

Fool's Gold List:

Suddenly, Last Summer
Fear Strikes Out

Yet to See:

Beat the Devil
Moulin Rouge
Roman Holiday
Asphalt Jungle
In a Lonely Place
An Affair to Remember
Big Heat
The Furies
The River
Ballad of Narayama
I'm Alright Jack
Europa '51
Elena and Her Men
Floating Clouds
The Flowers of St. Francis
Bitter Victory
Bright Leaf
The Great War
Witness for the Prosecution
12 Angry Men

Notable Films List: 1960s

Platinum List:

2001: A Space Odyssey
Andrei Rublev
Muriel
Face of Another
8 1/2
The Wild Bunch
Midnight Cowboy
Jules and Jim
La Jetee
Phantom India
Chimes at Midnight
Marketa Lazarova
The Leopard
Au Hasard Balthazar
Playtime
Manchurian Candidate
Persona
Seppuku(Harakiri)
Army of Shadows
Color of Pomegranates
Profound Desires of the Gods
Once Upon a Time in the West
Lawrence of Arabia
Lolita
Dr. Strangelove
Battle of Algiers
Alphaville
Woman in the Dunes
Here's To Your Life
In Cold Blood
Pigs and Battleships
High and Low
Red and the White
An Actor's Revenge
The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly

Gold List:

Psycho
Yojimbo
When a Woman Ascends the Stairs
L'Avventura
An Autumn Afternoon
Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors
For a Few Dollars More
Doctor Zhivago
Kapo
Le Combat dans L'ile
Gertrud
Bad Sleep Well
The Birds
Cool Hand Luke
El Cid
Breakfast at Tiffany's
Breathless
Take the Money and Run
The Graduate
The Eclipse
Blow-Up
Mouchette
Red Beard
Kwaidan
The Servant
Exterminating Angel
Valley of the Bees
Ride the High Country
Masculin Feminin

Silver List:

Le Samourai
Human Condition Part III
Pitfall
Zulu
Burn!
Gospel According to St. Matthew
Une Femme Douce
Bonnie and Clyde
Major Dundee
The Fire Within
The Organizer
Hunger (Sult)
Eyes without a Face
Devi
Japan's Longest Day
Viridiana
Fugitive from the Past
Through a Glass Darkly
China is Near
Sound of Trumpets (Il Posto)
Father (Szabo)
The Easy Life (Il Sorpasso)
Closely Watched Trains
Diamonds in the Night
Accattone
Life Upside Down
Round Up
(Samurai) Rebellion
Knife in the Water
Tokyo Olympiad
Umbrellas of Cherbeourg
Point Blank
The Trial
The Fireman's Ball
Last Year at Marienbad
Fighting Elegy

Insect Woman
Intentions of Murder
Night of the Living Dead
Man without a Map
The Miracle Worker
Dita Saxova
Lord Jim
Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
Long Day's Journey into Night
Rocco and His Brothers
The Shop on Main Street
(Samurai) Rebellion
Eros + Massacre
Planet of the Apes
La Dolce Vita
The Charge of the Light Brigade
America, America
Double Suicide
Zorba the Greek
One Eyed Jacks
The Silence
Virgin Spring
Shoot the Piano Player
End of Summer
The Unfaithful Wife
Fistful of Dollars
Loves of a Blonde

Bronze List:

The Birdman of Alcatraz
Ipcress File
Purple Noon
Diary of a Chambermaid
Simon of the Desert
The Train
I am Cuba
Ivan's Childhood
This Man Must Die
Band of Outsiders
Fahrenheit 451
Toby Dammit
7 Women
Wild River
Monterey Pop
The Fall of the Roman Empire
If...
Becket
Sword of the Beast
Seven Days in May
Electra
Two for the Road
Lonely are the Brave
Bedazzled
Yellow Submarine
Les Carabiniers
Sand Pebbles
La Notte
Gate of Flesh
Youth of the Beast
The Professionals
Marnie
The Bible
Winter Light
Shame
Hawaii
Spartacus
Ugly American
Hawks and Sparrows
A Raisin in the Sun
Fists in the Pocket
Salvatore Giuliano
Hoodlum Soldier
Story of a Prostitute
Carmen from Kawachi
Tokyo Drifter
Branded to Kill
Colt is My Passport
Ten Dark Women
Being Two Isn't Easy
Von Ryan's Express
Pornographers
Hud
In the Heat of the Night
Hombre
Kiss Me Stupid
Exodus
The Cardinal
The Saragossa Manuscript
Peeping Tom
Repulsion
The Young Girls of Rochefort
Soft Skin
My Night at Maud's
Before the Revolution
Bunny Lake Is Missing
Onibaba
Kill! (Okamoto)
Sanjuro
Easy Rider
The Innocents
A Hard Day's Night
Faces
They Shoot Horses, Don't They?
Georgy Girl
The Apartment
West Side Story
President's Analyst
Darling
Z
The Commissar
Belle de Jour
A Bullet for the General
Downhill Racer
Loneliness of a Long Distance Runner
Mutiny on the Bounty
Sweet Bird of Youth
Elmer Gantry
Saturday Night and Sunday Morning
The Damned
Hell in the Pacific
Medium Cool
Advise and Consent
Le Doulos
Dillinger Is Dead
The Naked Island
Death by Hanging
Les Biches
The Young One
The Tale of Zatoichi
Wavelength
Violence at Noon
The Hunt (La Caza)
Nanami, Inferno of First Love

Fool's Gold List: 

You Only Live Twice
Dr. No
Goldfinger
Dirty Dozen
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
Romeo and Juliet
Cleopatra
True Grit
The Producers
Harper
Barefoot in the Park
The Italian Job
Funny Girl
Jason and the Argonauts
The Great Silence
The Swimmer
The Collector
The Group
The Odd Couple
Fellini Satyricon
Le Mepris
Women in Love
A Man and a Woman
Sundays and Cybele
Charly
Born Free
War and Peace
Hour of the Wolf
Shock Corridor
Reflections in a Golden Eye
The Arrangement
Agony and the Ecstasy
Stolen Kisses
300 Spartans
The Illustrated Man
Billion Dollar Brain
The Sword of Doom
Lady in a Cage
Petulia
You're a Big Boy Now
Genghis Khan
Mickey One
King Rat

Yet to See:

Devil in the Flesh
Marat/Sade
The Stranger (Visconti)
All Fall Down
The Nun
Adalen 31
Judex
All My Compatriots
Les Abysses

Notable Films of the 21st Century

Platinum List: 

A.I.
Mulholland Dr.
Werckmeister Harmonies
Still Walking
Wicker Park
Mothman Prophecies
High Fidelity
Insomnia (Remake)
Memories of Murder
Ghost World
Damsels in Distress
Amelie
C.R.A.Z.Y
Assassination of Jesse James
Katyn
Unbreakable
Farewell (French)
Mother!
Blackcoat's Daughter
Hail, Caesar!

The Irishman

Unknown Soldier

Gold List:

Inception
Tron Legacy
Tomorrowland
The Hunt(Danish)
The World’s End
Zodiac

Journey's End
Ant-man
A Serious Man
Indiana Jones and Kingdom of Crystal Skull
Slow West
Kings of Summer
Life of Pi
Silence
August: Osage County
O Brother Where Art Thou
Gravity
Friend (Chingu)
Dunkirk
Downfall
Take Care of My Cat
Into the Wild
Y Tu Mama Tambien
Amores Perros
House of Mirth
Tropical Malady
Poetry
Snow White and the Huntsman
Twilight: New Moon
The Counselor
The Others
American Splendor
Lost in Translation
Hurt Locker
Master and Commander
K-19: Widowmaker
The Return
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Beyond the Sea
Count of Monte Cristo
Everlasting Moments
Triad Election
Sunset Song
Sunflower (China)
Rush
The Informant!
11 Flowers
The Way Back
Safe Conduct
Before I Disappear
Barbarian Invasions
Map to the Stars
Blade Runner 2049

Silver List:

Robocop
Split
Shaun of the Dead
Cloverfield
Hot Fuzz
Moana
Me and Orson Welles
Scanner Darkly
Everybody Wants Some
Panic Room
Footnote
The Village
Blue Jasmine
Inside Llewyn Davis
Wolf of Wall Street
Noah

Give Me Liberty
Heist
Summer Hours
Spartan
Toni Erdmann
The Conspirator
Beijing Bicycle
Michael Clayton
Bridge of Spies
Adventures of Tintin
Catch Me If You Can
Minority Report
American Sniper
Flags of Our Fathers
Letters from Iwo Jima
Rescue Dawn
W.

Gosford Park
Despicable Me
The German Doctor
Last Orders
No Man’s Land
Three (Johnnie To)
Paterson
Son’s Room
Blade Runner 2049
Chasing Sleep
Waking Life
Yellow Asphalt
State and Main
City of God / City of Men
Guru
Tetro
The Pianist
Spider
The Rules of Attraction
Twilight Samurai
Elephant
Goodbye Lenin
Tristan and Isolde
Art School Confidential
Sunshine
Bourne Identity
No Country for Old Men
The Wrestler
Moon
Black Sea
An Education
Shutter Island
Like Father Like Son
Nobody Knows
Our Little Sister
Elena
Senna
Ripley's Game
Diving Bell and Butterfly
4 months, 3 weeks, 2 days
In the City of Sylvia
The Sun (Russo-Japan)
Distant
Time Out
Crimson Gold
Act of Killing
Lady and the Duke
The Great Beauty
This Must Be the Place
Only Lovers Left Alive
Twilight
Breaking Dawn Pt 1
Joe
C.O.G
The Day
Queen and Country
The Tiger's Tail
Anomalisa
Kabei
The Mist
Ender’s Game
Ray
Blind Mountain
Not on My Lips
Congorama
All Is Lost
Alexandra(Russia)
Together
Che
Dharm
Evil(Sweden)
Ararat
Hidden Blade
Love and Honor
Best of Youth
Hana and Alice
Anything Else
Requiem for a Dream

Bronze List:

Phil Spector
All About Lily-Chou-Chou
Infernal Affairs
The Master

El Camino
Drive
Byzantium
The Fountain
Café Society
Ondine
In a World
Looper
Lone Survivor
American Pastoral
Bad Lieutenant
Little Miss Sunshine
Last Samurai
Matchstick Men
Donnie Darko
Piano Teacher
Diary of the Dead
Boiler Room
My Dog Skip

Art of Travel
The Happening
Devil
The Glass Castle
American Hustle
In the Bedroom
Blackhawk Down
Beautiful Mind
Matrix Revolutions
Star Wars: Attack of the Clones
End of the Tour
Mistress America
Kicking and Screaming
Moonrise Kingdom
Mesrine: Killer Instinct
Mesrine: Public Enemy #1
Coming Home (Yimou)
Cold in July
Elite Squad 1 & 2
The Box
Once
Defiance
Gran Torino
United 93
World of Kanako
The Prestige
The Ward
Session 9
Casino Jack
American Made
Silent Souls
Rebel in the Rye
Baby Driver
Auto-Focus
Arrival
Love and Mercy
The Hoax
Restrepo
Red Turtle
The American

Fool's Gold List: 

Resident Evil
Resident Evil: Apocalypse
Resident Evil: Extinction
Resident Evil: Afterlife
Resident Evil: Retribution
Resident Evil: The Final Chapter
Jeepers Creepers
127 Hrs
Hunger Games
Thor
Identity