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Greatest French Animated Films

by cartoonoverseer • Created 9 years ago • Modified 9 years ago
It is a forgotten truth that The French Practically Invented Animation, So here is my personal list of my favourites. If you have never watched a French Animated film before I hugely recommend you do as it will give you a totally new perspective on the potential of Animation in storytelling.
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  • Persepolis (2007)

    1. Persepolis

    20071h 36mPG-1390Metascore
    8.0 (103K)
    A precocious and outspoken Iranian girl grows up during the Islamic Revolution.
    DirectorsVincent ParonnaudMarjane SatrapiStarsChiara MastroianniCatherine DeneuveGena Rowlands
  • François Morel and Hafsia Herzi in The Rabbi's Cat (2011)

    2. The Rabbi's Cat

    20111h 40mNot Rated74Metascore
    7.1 (3.9K)
    Set in Algeria in the 1920s, a rabbi's cat who learns how to speak after swallowing the family parrot expresses his desire to convert to Judaism.
    DirectorsAntoine DelesvauxJoann SfarStarsFrançois MorelHafsia HerziMaurice Bénichou
  • The Triplets of Belleville (2003)

    3. The Triplets of Belleville

    20031h 20mPG-1391Metascore
    7.7 (58K)
    When her grandson is kidnapped during the Tour de France, Madame Souza and her beloved pooch Bruno team up with the Belleville Sisters--an aged song-and-dance team from the days of Fred Astaire--to rescue him.
    DirectorSylvain ChometStarsMichèle CaucheteuxJean-Claude DondaMichel Robin
  • A Town Called Panic (2009)

    4. A Town Called Panic

    20091h 15mTV-PG70Metascore
    7.4 (9K)
    Cowboy and Indian's only wish was to come up with a brilliant idea for Mr Horse's birthday, but when their plan ends up in utter disaster, they'll need to travel the world and back to make things right again.
    DirectorsStéphane AubierVincent PatarStarsStéphane AubierJeanne BalibarNicolas Buysse
  • Fantastic Planet (1973)

    5. Fantastic Planet

    19731h 12mPG73Metascore
    7.7 (40K)
    On a faraway planet where blue giants rule, oppressed humanoids rebel against their machine-like leaders.
    DirectorRené LalouxStarsBarry BostwickJennifer DrakeEric Baugin
  • Princes and Princesses (2000)

    6. Princes and Princesses

    20001h 10m
    7.6 (2.5K)
    Six old-style funny silhouetted fairy tales for not so-old-style people.
    DirectorMichel OcelotStarsArlette MirapeuPhilippe CheytionYves Barsacq
  • The Illusionist (2010)

    7. The Illusionist

    20101h 20mPG82Metascore
    7.4 (37K)
    A French illusionist finds himself out of work and travels to Scotland, where he meets a young woman. Their ensuing adventure changes both their lives forever.
    DirectorSylvain ChometStarsJean-Claude DondaEilidh RankinDuncan MacNeil
  • A Cat in Paris (2010)

    8. A Cat in Paris

    20101h 10mPG63Metascore
    6.9 (12K)
    In Paris, a cat who lives a secret life as a cat burglar's aide must come to the rescue of Zoe, the little girl he lives with, after she falls into a gangster's clutches.
    DirectorsJean-Loup FelicioliAlain GagnolStarsDominique BlancBernadette LafontBruno Salomone
  • The Painting (2011)

    9. The Painting

    20111h 20mTV-PG70Metascore
    7.3 (4.7K)
    Three characters of different social classes escape their unfinished painting in search of the Painter, hoping he will complete it.
    DirectorJean-François LaguionieStarsJean BarneyChloé BerthierJB Blanc
  • The Day of the Crows (2012)

    10. The Day of the Crows

    20121h 36m
    7.2 (1.4K)
    Boy lives in the heart of the forest, raised by his father Courge, a tyrannical giant who reigns triumphant and prevents his son from exploring beyond limited boundaries. Ignorant about the ways of men, the boy grows up wild, with the placid ghosts who haunt the forest his only company. That is until the day that he is forced to go to the nearest village, where he mets young Manon...
    DirectorJean-Christophe DessaintStarsJean RenoLorànt DeutschIsabelle Carré
  • Forest Whitaker and Mackenzie Foy in Ernest & Celestine (2012)

    11. Ernest & Celestine

    20121h 20mPG86Metascore
    7.8 (23K)
    The story of an unlikely friendship between a bear, Ernest, and a young mouse named Celestine.
    DirectorsStéphane AubierVincent PatarBenjamin RennerStarsLambert WilsonPauline BrunnerAnne-Marie Loop

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