French Films

THT · 10 Apr 2007 at 20:32

Can anyone recommend me any decent french films?
Ive seen a few and enjoyed them
Listed below with Ratings:

Banlieue 13 - 9/10
Science of Sleep 7/10
Angel-A 6/10

Im sure there must be some more gems out there!!

Thanks

semi-pro waster · 10 Apr 2007 at 20:56

Banlieue/District 13 is certainly good although the accents are utterly shocking.

Taxi (1, 2 and possibly 3) is good, not to be confused with the ill-advised remake with Queen Latifah. Very entertaining and spectacularly silly.

Dobermann is quite good and rather violent.

Amelie is supposed to be quite good although I've not watched it personally.

I can't think of any more at the moment I'm afraid.

sist_si · 10 Apr 2007 at 20:56

Amelie' is a really really good film.

Renaissance is cool and visually stunning.

Irreversable is messed up.

Bill101 · 10 Apr 2007 at 21:10

Delicatessen is a good, fun film. Also check out BBC3(or 4) mini series called Spiral it has just started a re run in readyness for a new series.

"andy" · 10 Apr 2007 at 21:15

amelie - grrreat

irreversible - really good film ,wont deny its messed up though

switchblade romance (aka haute tension or high tension) - good french horror , good plot twist makes it messed up, goryish ,fit french lesbos. all those combined make it worth a watch

first 2 are 2 of my all time favourite films

Big Kev · 10 Apr 2007 at 21:15

La Haine
Jean De Florette
Manon Des Sources
Nikita

Juggler · 10 Apr 2007 at 21:19

Rififi (see here for Criterion DVD info)

Spoorloos (Criterion info)

:cool:

"andy" · 10 Apr 2007 at 21:23

i tried my hardest not to mention it but i cant resist my fanboy ways

electroma

Lysander · 10 Apr 2007 at 21:54

sist_si said:
Irreversable is messed up.

Probably one of the best films I've seen, I could go on about it but I won't.

Also try

The Beast
I Stand Alone
Three Colours White/Red

Muban · 10 Apr 2007 at 22:04

Caché
La Reine Margot (French & Italian)

Scam · 10 Apr 2007 at 22:17

Betty Blue is really great.

MookJong · 10 Apr 2007 at 22:17

Another vote for:
La Haine

NickK · 10 Apr 2007 at 22:22

Hmm french films I have:
Dobermann
Alice et Martin

Hmm I always watch Brotherhood of the Wolf with the original french soundtrack.

moss · 10 Apr 2007 at 22:49

Bill101 said:
Delicatessen is a good, fun film.

Great film :cool:

oldbag · 10 Apr 2007 at 22:54

The 3 colours trilogy.

bledd · 11 Apr 2007 at 00:06

Amelie
Taxi 1 + 2 (watch 3 aswell but its poorer, and 4 has just come out recently

)
Irreversible is quite disturbing, that what makes it such a good film though

"andy" · 11 Apr 2007 at 00:34

bledd. said:
Irreversible is quite disturbing, that what makes it such a good film though

yup , and every part of it in it has been done so well to make it more and more disturbing , theres the freaky camera angles and cutting between scenes.

and the soundtrack , especially in the first half just fits the film amazingly well.

everything just adds to you feeling uneasy

one of the greatest done films of all time in my opinion

although some people slate it because of "that" scene and it may not have been as popular without all the controversy

THT · 11 Apr 2007 at 10:20

Whoooooaaaaa!!!

A lot of choices there... ill have to work through them!

Thanks

Tru · 11 Apr 2007 at 10:48

La Haine is good but make sure you get the version with proper subtitles.

C'est arrivé près de chez vous (Man Bites Dog) - excellent film, not one to watch with the missus though.

37°2 le matin (Betty Blue)

Arpegius · 11 Apr 2007 at 10:56

People have mentioned some great films already but try Belleville Rendez-Vous, it's an animated film and is amazing. Nominated for loads of awards including 2 Oscars (didn't win though) so highly recommended

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