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1. MI-5 (2002–2011)
TV-14 | 60 min | Action, Crime, Drama
The missions of MI-5, the UK's domestic intelligence organization.
Stars: Peter Firth, Hugh Simon, Nicola Walker, Rupert Penry-Jones
Votes: 18,412
2. Casino Royale (2006)
PG-13 | 144 min | Action, Adventure, Thriller
After earning 00 status and a licence to kill, secret agent James Bond sets out on his first mission as 007. Bond must defeat a private banker funding terrorists in a high-stakes game of poker at Casino Royale, Montenegro.
Director: Martin Campbell | Stars: Daniel Craig, Eva Green, Judi Dench, Jeffrey Wright
Votes: 694,897 | Gross: $167.45M
3. Zero Dark Thirty (2012)
R | 157 min | Drama, History, Thriller
A chronicle of the decade-long hunt for al-Qaeda terrorist leader Osama bin Laden after the September 2001 attacks, and his death at the hands of the Navy S.E.A.L.s Team 6 in May 2011.
Director: Kathryn Bigelow | Stars: Jessica Chastain, Joel Edgerton, Chris Pratt, Mark Strong
Votes: 319,069 | Gross: $95.72M
4. Dead Man Walking (1995)
R | 122 min | Crime, Drama
A nun, while comforting a convicted killer on death row, empathizes with both the killer and his victim's families.
Director: Tim Robbins | Stars: Susan Sarandon, Sean Penn, Robert Prosky, Raymond J. Barry
Votes: 101,825 | Gross: $39.39M
5. Persepolis (2007)
PG-13 | 96 min | Animation, Biography, Drama
A precocious and outspoken Iranian girl grows up during the Islamic Revolution.
Directors: Vincent Paronnaud, Marjane Satrapi | Stars: Chiara Mastroianni, Catherine Deneuve, Gena Rowlands, Danielle Darrieux
Votes: 100,228 | Gross: $4.45M
6. Paris, I Love You (2006)
R | 120 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Through the neighborhoods of Paris, love is veiled, revealed, imitated, sucked dry, reinvented, and awakened.
Directors: Olivier Assayas, Frédéric Auburtin, Gurinder Chadha, Sylvain Chomet, Ethan Coen, Joel Coen, Isabel Coixet, Wes Craven, Alfonso Cuarón, Gérard Depardieu, Christopher Doyle, Richard LaGravenese, Vincenzo Natali, Alexander Payne, Bruno Podalydès, Walter Salles, Oliver Schmitz, Nobuhiro Suwa, Daniela Thomas, Tom Tykwer, Gus Van Sant | Stars: Juliette Binoche, Leonor Watling, Ludivine Sagnier, Fanny Ardant
Votes: 74,566 | Gross: $4.86M
7. Overdrive (2017)
PG-13 | 93 min | Action, Adventure, Crime
Two car thief brothers, who journey to the south of France for new opportunities, wind up in the cross hairs of the local crime boss.
Director: Antonio Negret | Stars: Scott Eastwood, Freddie Thorp, Ana de Armas, Gaia Weiss
Votes: 16,470
8. Rendition (2007)
R | 122 min | Drama, Thriller
When a terrorist bombing in North Africa kills 19 incl. an American, an Egyptian chemical engineer flying from South Africa to his wife in USA, is arrested upon arriving USA. He disappears. His wife asks senator for help.
Director: Gavin Hood | Stars: Reese Witherspoon, Jake Gyllenhaal, Peter Sarsgaard, Alan Arkin
Votes: 58,221 | Gross: $9.74M
9. The Truth About Charlie (2002)
PG-13 | 104 min | Mystery, Thriller
A woman returns from holiday to find her husband has been murdered, and several groups of people are pressuring her to unravel the mystery of his true identity and activities during his final days.
Director: Jonathan Demme | Stars: Mark Wahlberg, Thandiwe Newton, Tim Robbins, Olga Sékulic
Votes: 11,036 | Gross: $5.35M
10. House of Saddam (2008)
TV-MA | 232 min | Biography, Drama, History
A mini-series that explores the inner workings of Saddam Hussein's family and his relationship with his closest advisors.
Stars: Igal Naor, Shohreh Aghdashloo, Makram Khoury, Philip Arditti
Votes: 5,166
11. Overdose (II) (2022)
119 min | Action, Crime, Thriller
Follows Sara, head of the Toulouse police narcotics squad, who is forced to collaborate with Richard, the head of the local criminal police, to stop a go-fast between Spain and France and find the murderer linked to the case.
Director: Olivier Marchal | Stars: Sofia Essaïdi, Assaad Bouab, Alberto Ammann, Nicolas Cazalé
Votes: 2,018
12. Restless (2022)
TV-MA | 95 min | Action, Crime, Thriller
After going to extremes to cover up an accident, a corrupt cop's life spirals out of control when he starts receiving threats from a mysterious witness.
Director: Régis Blondeau | Stars: Franck Gastambide, Simon Abkarian, Michaël Abiteboul, Tracy Gotoas
Votes: 5,447
13. Someone, Somewhere (2019)
PG | 110 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Rémy is a young Parisian with an unskilled job. Mélanie is a young Parisienne who works in scientific research. Two depressive moods living in close proximity, but being unaware of each other. Will they ever meet?
Director: Cédric Klapisch | Stars: François Civil, Ana Girardot, Camille Cottin, François Berléand
Votes: 5,190
14. The Cut (I) (2014)
Not Rated | 138 min | Adventure, Drama, History
In 1915 a man survives the Armenian genocide in the Ottoman Empire, but loses his family, speech and faith. One night he learns that his twin daughters may be alive, and goes on a quest to find them.
Director: Fatih Akin | Stars: Tahar Rahim, Simon Abkarian, Makram Khoury, Hindi Zahra
Votes: 8,006 | Gross: $0.03M
15. Ararat (2002)
R | 115 min | Drama, War
Interrogated by a customs officer, a young man recounts how his life was changed during the making of a film about the Armenian genocide.
Director: Atom Egoyan | Stars: Charles Aznavour, Brent Carver, Eric Bogosian, Simon Abkarian
Votes: 14,781 | Gross: $1.55M
16. The Audition (2019)
Not Rated | 99 min | Drama, Music
Anna Bronsky is a violin teacher at the Conservatoire. Against the advice of her colleagues, she imposes the admission of a pupil, in whom she sees a great talent. With a lot of involvement... See full summary »
Director: Ina Weisse | Stars: Nina Hoss, Sophie Rois, Thorsten Merten, Franziska Fauth
Votes: 1,333
17. The Wedding Song (2008)
Not Rated | 100 min | Drama, History, War
The Nazi occupation of Tunisia strains the bonds of friendship between a Muslim woman and a Sephardic Jewish woman who are both preparing for their marriages.
Director: Karin Albou | Stars: Lizzie Brocheré, Olympe Borval, Najib Oudghiri, Simon Abkarian
Votes: 857 | Gross: $0.03M
18. The Sonata (2018)
Not Rated | 90 min | Horror, Music, Mystery
A gifted musician inherits a mansion after her long lost father dies under mysterious circumstances. She discovers his last musical masterpiece riddled with cryptic symbols that unravels an evil secret.
Director: Andrew Desmond | Stars: Freya Tingley, Simon Abkarian, James Faulkner, Rutger Hauer
Votes: 1,640
19. Cyrano, My Love (2018)
R | 110 min | Comedy, Drama, History
December 1897, Paris. Edmond Rostand is not yet thirty but already two children and a lot of anxieties. He has not written anything for two years. In desperation, he offers the great ... See full summary »
Director: Alexis Michalik | Stars: Thomas Solivérès, Olivier Gourmet, Mathilde Seigner, Tom Leeb
Votes: 3,715
20. Untitled Charles de Gaulle Movie
Adventure, History | Filming
A two-part biopic about Charles De Gaulle. The two films will follow De Gaulle's life and political commitment between 1940 and 1945, and trace his development towards a political career.
Director: Antonin Baudry | Stars: Noémie Schmidt, Tom Mison, Benoît Magimel, Anthony Calf
21. Little Nothings (1992)
95 min | Comedy
A typical French department store: Les Grandes Galeries. All kind of things can be found in there, as well as all kinds of people. Mr Lepetit has just been appointed General Manager of the company.
Director: Cédric Klapisch | Stars: Fabrice Luchini, Daniel Berlioux, Marc Berman, Olivier Broche
Votes: 892
22. Colt 45 (2014)
85 min | Action, Crime, Drama
The young police man Vincent is the best in his class, and denies to be recruited to the special forces. But when the corrupt Milo manages to get a grip on him, his life is turned into a living nightmare.
Director: Fabrice du Welz | Stars: Gérard Lanvin, JoeyStarr, Alice Taglioni, Ymanol Perset
Votes: 2,298
23. Angélique (I) (2013)
113 min | Adventure, History, Romance
In France, prior to Louis XIV ascending the throne, a young baroness is forced to marry against her will and is caught up in a web of treachery and murder, threatening her and her husband, whom she has come to love deeply.
Director: Ariel Zeitoun | Stars: Nora Arnezeder, Gérard Lanvin, Tomer Sisley, David Kross
Votes: 1,838
24. Army of Crime (2009)
Not Rated | 139 min | Drama, History, War
The poet Missak Manouchian leads a mixed bag of youngsters and immigrants in a clandestine battle against the Nazi occupation. Twenty-two men and one woman fighting for an ideal and for ... See full summary »
Director: Robert Guédiguian | Stars: Simon Abkarian, Virginie Ledoyen, Robinson Stévenin, Lola Naymark
Votes: 3,561 | Gross: $0.04M
25. Secret Defense (2008)
100 min | Thriller
In France, terrorist groups and intelligence agencies battle in a merciless war everyday, in the name of radically opposed ideologies. Yet, terrorist and secret agents lead almost the same ... See full summary »
Director: Philippe Haïm | Stars: Gérard Lanvin, Vahina Giocante, Nicolas Duvauchelle, Mehdi Nebbou
Votes: 3,735
26. Notre-Dame (2022)
TV-MA | 297 min | Drama
It follows the story of the night of April 15, 2019 in Notre-Dame Cathedral alongside firefighters and the impact that it had on different characters across France.
Stars: Roschdy Zem, Caroline Proust, Megan Northam, Simon Abkarian
Votes: 787
27. Gett (2014)
Not Rated | 115 min | Drama
After a lukewarm marriage of over twenty years, a woman appeals to her husband's compassion to obtain the desirable divorce document in front of a court, which proves to be more challenging than she would expect.
Directors: Ronit Elkabetz, Shlomi Elkabetz | Stars: Ronit Elkabetz, Simon Abkarian, Gabi Amrani, Dalia Beger
Votes: 6,891 | Gross: $0.99M
28. When the Cat's Away (1996)
R | 91 min | Comedy, Romance
Chloe, a young woman, is going on holidays. She entrusts her beloved cat to Madame Renée's care. But one day Madame Renée (an old lady of the neighborhood) can not find the cat. Chloe ... See full summary »
Director: Cédric Klapisch | Stars: Garance Clavel, Zinedine Soualem, Renée Le Calm, Olivier Py
Votes: 3,609 | Gross: $1.65M
29. The Snake (2006)
119 min | Thriller
Fashion photographer Vincent Mandel, in the midst of a difficult divorce, is suddenly being accused of rape and extorted. What does his former classmate Joseph Plender want from him?
Director: Eric Barbier | Stars: Yvan Attal, Clovis Cornillac, Pierre Richard, Simon Abkarian
Votes: 2,654
30. 1915 (2015)
82 min | Drama
Exactly 100 years after the Armenian Genocide, a theatre director stages a play to bring the ghosts of the past back to life.
Directors: Garin Hovannisian, Alec Mouhibian | Stars: Simon Abkarian, Angela Sarafyan, Sam Page, Nikolai Kinski
Votes: 5,060 | Gross: $0.10M
31. The Swallows of Kabul (2019)
81 min | Animation, Drama, War
Summer 1998, Kabul in ruins is occupied by the Taliban. In love despite the daily violence and misery, Mohsen and Zunaira want to believe in the future. But a senseless act by Mohsen will upset their lives forever.
Directors: Zabou Breitman, Eléa Gobbé-Mévellec | Stars: Simon Abkarian, Hiam Abbass, Swann Arlaud, Zita Hanrot
Votes: 2,679
32. Playground (2017– )
100 min | Action, Adventure
A lonely teenage girl joins a school for promising killers and trains hard to become an professional assassin as she uncovers the mysteries of her parents' death.
Stars: Simon Abkarian, Amalia Holm, Melina Matthews, Ann Skelly
Votes: 343
33. Journey from Greece (2017)
97 min | Adventure, Drama, Music
A Greek girl meets a French woman in Constantinople.
Director: Tony Gatlif | Stars: Daphné Patakia, Simon Abkarian, Maryne Cayon, Kimonas Kouris
Votes: 2,355
34. Don't Tell Me the Boy Was Mad (2015)
134 min | Drama
In the 80s, Aram, a young man from Marseille of Armenian origin, blows up the Turkish ambassador's car in Paris. Gilles Tessier, a young cyclist who was passing at that moment, is seriously... See full summary »
Director: Robert Guédiguian | Stars: Simon Abkarian, Ariane Ascaride, Grégoire Leprince-Ringuet, Syrus Shahidi
Votes: 626
35. Yes (I) (2004)
R | 100 min | Drama, Romance
In this film, told almost entirely in iambic pentameter, She is a scientist in a loveless marriage to Anthony, a devious politician. He is a Lebanese doctor in self-imposed exile, working ... See full summary »
Director: Sally Potter | Stars: Joan Allen, Simon Abkarian, Sam Neill, Shirley Henderson
Votes: 3,244 | Gross: $0.40M
36. Rage (I) (2009)
98 min | Drama
A young blogger at a New York fashion house shoots behind-the-scenes interviews on his cell-phone.
Director: Sally Potter | Stars: Simon Abkarian, Patrick J. Adams, Riz Ahmed, Bob Balaban
Votes: 1,134
37. The Eavesdropper (2016)
91 min | Action, Mystery, Thriller
The unemployed Duval is contacted by a mysterious organization to transcribe intercepted calls. He accepts the job with no suspicions, since it restores stability to his life, but it will soon result in political shenanigans of all kinds.
Director: Thomas Kruithof | Stars: François Cluzet, Denis Podalydès, Sami Bouajila, Simon Abkarian
Votes: 2,606
38. Les mauvais joueurs (2005)
Not Rated | 85 min | Crime, Drama
Vahé, Sahak, and Toros run a bonneteau game on the streets of Paris. They're Lebanese French of Armenian descent. Vahé also works with his father, a cloth merchant, and is in love with Lu ... See full summary »
Director: Frédéric Balekdjian | Stars: Pascal Elbé, Simon Abkarian, Isaac Sharry, Linh-Dan Pham
Votes: 193
39. Aram (2002)
90 min | Crime, Drama, History
Aram, an ex-soldier from the Armenian cause, has come to France to close an arms deal under secret service surveillance. Held responsible and banished by his faher for his brother's ... See full summary »
Director: Robert Kechichian | Stars: Simon Abkarian, Lubna Azabal, Serge Avedikian, Alain Mottet
Votes: 579
40. Not for, or Against (Quite the Contrary) (2003)
111 min | Crime, Drama
"Ni Pour, Ni Contre" tracks the fall of a young TV camerawoman, Caty, after she becomes involved with a group of petty criminals and their enigmatic leader, Jean. The gang lives hand to ... See full summary »
Director: Cédric Klapisch | Stars: Marie Gillain, Vincent Elbaz, Simon Abkarian, Dimitri Storoge
Votes: 1,934
41. Romance (2020)
Drama, Fantasy, Romance
The story of the meeting of two people who never should have met. A passionate love story that twists the hands of fate and changes lives.
Stars: Pierre Deladonchamps, Olga Kurylenko, Pierre Perrier, Barbara Schulz
Votes: 123
42. Permis de construire (2021)
93 min | Comedy
When his father passes away, a dentist in Paris inherits a plot and the will to build a house on it. The situation becomes tricky when he learns the plot is located in Corsica.
Director: Eric Fraticelli | Stars: Didier Bourdon, Eric Fraticelli, Anne Consigny, Véronique Volta
Votes: 398
43. Ve'Lakhta Lehe Isha (2004)
97 min | Drama
The story takes place in Haifa, Israel, in 1979, during three days before the Shabbat. A young woman trying to raise three children, work from home, and observe the strict Moroccan ... See full summary »
Directors: Ronit Elkabetz, Shlomi Elkabetz | Stars: Ronit Elkabetz, Simon Abkarian, Gilbert Melki, Sulika Kadosh
Votes: 620
44. Vivement dimanche prochain (1998– )
Music, Talk-Show
Stars: Michel Drucker, Jean-Pierre Coffe, Philippe Geluck, Claude Sérillon
Votes: 73
45. Zarafa (2012)
TV-PG | 78 min | Animation, Adventure, Family
After escaping the clutches of a slave trader, a bold ten-year-old Sudanese boy befriends a young giraffe and a kind Bedouin, who takes them on a splendid journey via a hot-air balloon as far as the palace of King Charles X of France.
Directors: Rémi Bezançon, Jean-Christophe Lie | Stars: Max Renaudin Pratt, Simon Abkarian, Abraham Adesoye, Sjaak Caderyn
Votes: 1,916
46. Malaterra (2015– )
52 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A French remake of the British crime drama Broadchurch, set in Corsica.
Stars: Simon Abkarian, Constance Dollé, Béatrice Dalle, Nicolas Duvauchelle
Votes: 84
47. Kaboul Kitchen (2012–2017)
26 min | Comedy
Afghanistan 2005. Kaboul Kitchen (a french restaurant) is the place to drink in Kabul. Jacky, the owner, is here to make money. His new roommate, his daughter, is here to save people.
Stars: Simon Abkarian, Azzedine Riyad, Stéphanie Pasterkamp, Benjamin Bellecour
Votes: 527
48. Les invincibles (2013)
98 min | Comedy, Sport
Momo has one dream buried for years: become a petanque champion. When an international tournament is announced, he drops his ordinary life to win the first prize and fulfill his dreams.
Director: Frédéric Berthe | Stars: Gérard Depardieu, Atmen Kelif, Virginie Efira, Daniel Prévost
Votes: 613
49. Il était une fois... (2003– )
52 min | Documentary
French documentary TV series about films that marked their era.
Stars: Laurent Lederer, Serge July, Isabella Rossellini, Jean-Claude Carrière
Votes: 66
50. Chouf (2016)
108 min | Crime, Drama
Chouf: it means "look" in Arabic, but it is also the name of the watchmen in the drug cartels of Marseille. Sofiane is 20. A brilliant student, he comes back to spend his holiday in the ... See full summary »
Director: Karim Dridi | Stars: Sofian Khammes, Foued Nabba, Oussama Abdul Aal, Zine Darar
Votes: 479