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Best French Movies of All Time

This collection ranks 30,078 french movies. The list is ranked using a weighted combination of audience ratings, vote volume and popularity data, so movies with only a handful of votes never outrank widely acclaimed films. At the top of the list is City of God.

30,078 qualifying moviesRanked using a weighted combination of ratings, vote volume and popularity data

  7. 7

    Incendies

    2010· 2h 11m· fr

    8.13.4K
  8. 8

    Amélie

    2001· 2h 2m· fr

    7.912.6K
  11. 11

    Flow

    2024· 1h 25m· lv

    8.13.0K
  13. 13

    Casino

    1995· 2h 59m· en

    8.06.7K
  17. 17

    La Haine

    1995· 1h 38m· fr

    8.14.7K
  22. 22

    CODA

    2021· 1h 52m· en

    7.92.7K
  23. 23

    Ran

    1985· 2h 40m· ja

    8.01.9K
  26. 26

    Wild Tales

    2014· 2h 2m· es

    7.93.8K
  28. 28

    Wolfwalkers

    2020· 1h 42m· en

    8.21.4K
  29. 29

    The Others

    2001· 1h 41m· en

    7.67.4K
  30. 30

    Taken

    2008· 1h 34m· en

    7.412.3K
  31. 31

    8½

    1963· 2h 19m· it

    8.12.6K
  33. 33

    Atonement

    2007· 2h 3m· en

    7.64.8K
  37. 37

    Pressure

    2026· 1h 41m· en

    7.8321
  38. 38

    True Romance

    1993· 2h 1m· en

    7.53.1K
  39. 39

    Dogville

    2003· 2h 58m· en

    7.72.7K
  41. 41

    The Chorus

    2004· 1h 37m· fr

    7.72.7K
  42. 42

    Le Trou

    1960· 2h 12m· fr

    8.2592
  43. 43

    Senna

    2010· 1h 46m· en

    8.11.2K
  44. 44

    Mr. Nobody

    2009· 2h 21m· en

    7.86.3K
  45. 45

    Wind River

    2017· 1h 47m· en

    7.45.9K
  47. 47

    Hot Fuzz

    2007· 2h 1m· en

    7.68.5K

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Frequently asked questions

How many qualifyingmovies are in this list?

30,078 movies with real rating data match this collection.

How are these movies ranked?

By a weighted score combining audience ratings, vote volume and popularity. Movies with very few votes are statistically shrunk toward the global average, so they cannot dominate the top of the list.

Which movie is ranked #1?

City of God currently holds the top position in this collection.

How often is this list updated?

Rankings are recalculated whenever the underlying movie data changes.