Best French Comedies Post 2000
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- DirectorEmmanuel MouretStarsJulie GayetMichaël CohenVirginie LedoyenWhen Gabriel and Emilie meet totally by chance, they don't know it is the start of a long story. A story that Emilie tells Gabriel to explain why she refuses an innocent, meaningless kiss.
- DirectorÉric BesnardStarsVirginie EfiraBenjamin LavernheLucie FagedetLouise, a widow with two children, almost crushes a stranger with her car. She takes care of him, even if he's not really wounded. It turns out that he has mental disorders and that they can help each other much more than they thought.
- DirectorLéa FazerStarsPio MarmaïMichael LonsdaleDéborah FrançoisHenry, a young actor, finds himself involved in a film by cinema superstar, Cédric Rovere. Charmed by his benevolence, feelings hitherto unknown are aroused, while Rovere, intrigued by Henry's dream, lives this shoot as an unexpected gift.
- DirectorStefan LiberskiStarsPauline EtienneTaichi InoueJulie LeBretonA young Japanophile Belgian woman in Tokyo falls into a whirlwind romance with a Francophile Japanese student.
- DirectorNicolas BaryStarsRaphaël PersonnazBérénice BejoGuillaume de TonquédecThere's something odd about the Malaussène tribe; something fishy, some might even say abnormal...
- DirectorRégis RoinsardStarsRomain DurisFéodor AtkineDéborah François1958. Rose is a terrible secretary but a demon typist. Her handsome boss resolves to turn her into the fastest girl in the world.
- DirectorJean-Pierre AmérisStarsBenoît PoelvoordeIsabelle CarréLorella CravottaJean-René, owner of a chocolate factory, and Angélique, a talented chocolate maker, are too shy to admit their love for each other. Will they come together thanks to their common passion?
- DirectorFrançois OzonStarsCatherine DeneuveGérard DepardieuFabrice LuchiniA housewife and grandma takes over the family business 1977, after her husband is hurt during a strike.
- DirectorPhilippe ClaudelStarsStefano AccorsiNeri MarcorèClotilde CourauAlessandro teaches musicology at the university of Strasbourg. He is also a volunteer reader in hospitals. He shares his apartment with his daughter, 15-year-old Irina, and his anarchist brother Luigi. Life is not always rosy at Alessandro's for three main reasons : he is a widower and has never really recovered from the death of his young wife ; his brother is some kind of parasite who refuses to sell his paintings to capitalist speculators and so to contribute to the cost of the household ; Irina, whom he has raised alone since she was five months old and always felt close to, is rapidly changing from little girl to teenager and wishes to be treated as such. One day, Florence, a beautiful young woman, gets into Alessandro's life. Will he eventually take his chances with her? And will he manage to stop stifling Irina? And will he finally get on with Luigi?
- DirectorAgnès JaouiStarsAgnès JaouiJean-Pierre BacriLéa DruckerA provocative but has-been TV host spends a bumpy reunion at a countryside party along with his ex-wife, his daughter, and his producer hiding his potential termination.
- DirectorOlivier NakacheÉric ToledanoStarsJean-Pierre BacriJean-Paul RouveGilles LelloucheA hectic wedding party held in an 17th century French palace comes together with the help of the behind-the-scenes staff.
- DirectorSébastien BetbederStarsVincent MacaigneMaud WylerBastien BouillonArman is 33 and ready to make a change, starting with a run in park. When he literally bumps into Amélie.
- DirectorArmel HostiouStarsVincent MacaigneKate MoranSofie RimestadYoung Parisian pursues his former girlfriend to New York where she has a new lover and relentlessly tries to win her back.
- DirectorAgnès JaouiStarsAnne AlvaroJean-Pierre BacriAlain ChabatThe lives of 6 people over 35 in Rouen, France, and their relationship to each other.
- DirectorOlivier NakacheÉric ToledanoStarsVincent ElbazIsabelle CarréFrançois-Xavier DemaisonEver heard your mother say, "Be careful, honey, when you marry, you also marry the family"? When Alain married Nathalie, he wasn't quite aware of the extra baggage that came along in the happy-ever-after equation: her family. Saturday night means dinner at his brother-in-law's, but Alain has reached his limit. He's sick of his brother-in-law's life advice, sick of his niece's soporific pretentious pre-dinner singing recitals, sick of watching an old wedding video for the millionth time, and definitely sick of his sister-in-law, on the verge of a psychotic break-down due to her ticking clock. But he hasn't seen the worst of it yet... until he realizes that perhaps there's some affection beneath the insufferable hysteria - one might even say love.
- DirectorOlivier NakacheÉric ToledanoStarsJean-Paul RouveMarilou BerryOmar SyAs they spend three weeks in a summer camp in the south of France, not only the children but also the monitors learn a little more about happiness, love, and most importantly themselves.
- DirectorOlivier NakacheÉric ToledanoStarsFrançois CluzetOmar SyAnne Le NyAfter he becomes a quadriplegic from a paragliding accident, an aristocrat hires a young man from the projects to be his caregiver.
- DirectorThomas GilouStarsRichard AnconinaRichard BohringerAmira CasarThe sentimental and comedic adventures of Eddie, a non-Jew trying to pass as Jewish though totally ignorant of Jewish traditions, as he works in a Jewish community.
- DirectorPhilippe de BrocaStarsJean-Paul BelmondoFrançoise DorléacJean ServaisA young private on military leave comes to the rescue of his girlfriend who's been abducted by thieves and brought to Rio de Janeiro. An extravagant adventure ensues.
- DirectorPhilippe de BrocaStarsJean-Paul BelmondoJacqueline BissetVittorio CaprioliWriting his 43rd spy novel, François includes people from his life. He's the competent, sophisticated secret agent Bob in stark contrast to François. His cute neighbor is Tatiana who helps Bob in Acapulco.
- DirectorPhilippe de BrocaStarsAlan BatesGeneviève BujoldPierre BrasseurDuring World War I, a British private, sent ahead to a French town to scout for enemy presence, is mistaken for a King by the colorful patients of an insane asylum.
- DirectorPhilippe de BrocaStarsJean-Paul BelmondoClaudia CardinaleJess HahnThe story of a kid from the back streets who wants to become king of Paris. Brought up among petty thieves, he becomes their leader through an audacious and elegant coup which wins him the love of the beautiful Venus.
- DirectorJean-Paul RappeneauStarsCatherine DeneuvePierre BrasseurPhilippe NoiretDuring World War II, just before the liberation of France, a beautiful lady finds herself in the midst of bizarre doings from her admirers.
- DirectorGilles LelloucheStarsMathieu AmalricGuillaume CanetBenoît PoelvoordeA depressed man joins a synchronized swimming team made up of middle aged men.
- DirectorPhilippe HarelStarsBenoît PoelvoordeKarin ViardGéraldine PailhasParisian friends (two brothers and their one-time girl friends) fly to Corsica for a mountain trek guided by the married lover of one of the women. Cora, nearly 30, goes because her psychic says she'll meet a man with a load on his shoulders, which she guesses is a backpack. Nadine goes to be with her lover, Eric, the trek's guide, who is married but promises to leave his wife and daughters soon. Brothers Louis and Mathieu go because Nadine has promised that the beautiful Bernadette will accompany them, plus Louis wants a break from his possessive lover, Jennifer. Bernadette doesn't show; Eric proves a temperamental guide; and, by the end, some relationships change.
- DirectorAlbert DupontelStarsAlbert DupontelSandrine KiberlainNicolas MariéAriane Felder, a judge of strict morals discovers she's pregnant by Bob Nolan, a criminal wanted for murder.
- DirectorDanièle ThompsonStarsCécile de FranceValérie LemercierAlbert DupontelA young woman arrives in Paris where she finds a job as a waitress in bar next on Avenue Montaigne that caters to the surrounding theaters and the wealthy inhabitants of the area. She will meet a pianist, a famous actress and a great art collector, and become acquainted with the "luxurious" world her grandmother has told her about since her childhood.
- DirectorAlbert DupontelStarsCatherine FrotAlbert DupontelBouli LannersWith gun-toting rivals on his tail, a daring bank robber takes refuge in the quiet residential street here he grew up and where his mother, Maniette, still lives. An unscrupulous property developer, Korazy, is buying up the neighborhood to turn it into a gleaming new banking district, but to her son's disgust Maniette leads the inhabitants resistance. Her ingenious methods provoke her boy's admiration, but he fights back with sneaky traps and underhand tricks when Maniette tries to force him to do the right thing just once in his life.
- DirectorJean-Marie PoiréStarsChristian ClavierJean RenoValérie LemercierA medieval knight and his servant ask a familiar wizard to move them back in time to prevent father-in-law's accidentally killing. Instead, they fly away to the 20th century.
- DirectorDanièle ThompsonStarsSabine AzémaEmmanuelle BéartCharlotte GainsbourgChristmas, family, and infidelity. Yvette's husband has died, and her grown daughters join her at the grave: Sonia, wealthy, bourgeois, and generous; Louba, living with their dad Stanislas, singing at a Russian restaurant, penniless, the mistress for the past 12 years of a man who will never leave his wife; Milla, the youngest, acerbic, lonesome. Christmas was when they learned their parents were divorcing 25 years ago. Over the next few days, yuletide depression, Louba's pregnancy, Sonia's crumbling marriage, Stanislas's overtures to Yvette, and Milla's attraction to the man who's her father's rent-free lodger lead each one to re-examine self, family, and hopes. Is renewal possible?
- DirectorDanièle ThompsonStarsKarin ViardDany BoonMarina FoïsSo called friends at a dinner party end up acting like a dysfunctional family.
- DirectorFrédéric BeigbederStarsLouise BourgoinGaspard ProustJoeyStarrA look at the dissolution of a marriage.
- DirectorAnne Le NyStarsKarin ViardFlore BabledMichel AumontLucien Paumelle has been a human-rights activist for decades and his relatives are not astonished when he announces that he is determined to help illegal immigrants by giving them shelter in his apartment. But they are downright appalled when they meet the undocumented aliens for the first time--a little girl named Sorina and, mostly her mother, Tatiana, a twenty-eight-year-old sex bomb. To make matters worse, Lucien offhandedly tells his next of kin that he has just - married Tatiana. How will Arnaud, his son, and Babette, his daughter, react?
- DirectorÉric LartigauStarsKarin ViardFrançois DamiensEric ElmosninoA girl, who lives with her deaf parents, discovers that she has the gift of singing.
- DirectorÉtienne ChatiliezStarsBenoît MagimelHélène VincentValérie LalandeA revengeful nurse switches a girl and a boy at birth. They are raised in two radically different families. When the switch is revealed many years later, the now teenagers and families need to cope with their new environments.
- DirectorÉtienne ChatiliezStarsMichel SerraultEddy MitchellSabine AzémaFrancis, the boss of a small plumbing supply company, is harassed by tax collectors, striking employees, and an impossible wife and daughter. His only joy is sharing lunch with his friend Gerard. Then a TV show called "where are you?" shows a woman from Gers who is searching for her husband who disappeared 28 years ago. The lost husband looks like an identical twin of Francis...
- DirectorEric LavaineStarsBénabarFranck DuboscJocelyn QuivrinThis offbeat musical drama stars Lucas (Bénabar), an up-and-coming singer ready to do anything to be on top of the French pop scene.
- DirectorEric LavaineStarsLambert WilsonFranck DuboscFlorence ForestiOn his 50th birthday, a man who's been watching his weight, health and temper all his life suffers a heart attack. He's been doing everything he was told he should do and it still didn't help. He decides to turn the page and let loose.