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Great French Comedies

by analia_croci • Created 11 years ago • Modified 7 years ago
French comedy films I enjoy to watch and recommend. Many of them had their remakes in the Amercian movie industry, still the French movies are better.
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  • The Closet (2001)

    1. The Closet

    20011h 24mR72Metascore
    7.0 (19K)
    A man spreads the rumor of his fake homosexuality with the aid of his neighbor, to prevent his imminent firing at his work.
    DirectorFrancis VeberStarsDaniel AuteuilGérard DepardieuThierry Lhermitte
  • Michel Galabru, Michel Serrault, and Ugo Tognazzi in La Cage aux Folles (1978)

    2. La Cage aux Folles

    19781h 37mR61Metascore
    7.2 (12K)
    The manager of a Saint-Tropez nightclub featuring drag entertainment, and his star attraction, are a gay couple. Madness ensues when his straight son brings home a fiancée and her ultra-conservative parents to meet them.
    DirectorÉdouard MolinaroStarsUgo TognazziMichel SerraultClaire Maurier
  • Pierre Richard in The Umbrella Coup (1980)

    3. The Umbrella Coup

    19801h 38mPG
    6.6 (3.3K)
    A womanizer balances his wife, mistress, and love interest.
    DirectorGérard OuryStarsPierre RichardValérie MairesseChristine Murillo
  • Thierry Lhermitte and Jacques Villeret in Le Dîner de Cons (1998)

    4. Le Dîner de Cons

    19981h 20mPG-1373Metascore
    7.6 (46K)
    A few friends have a weekly fools' dinner, where each brings a fool along. Pierre finds a champion fool for next dinner. Surprise.
    DirectorFrancis VeberStarsThierry LhermitteJacques VilleretFrancis Huster
  • What's Cooking in Paris (1966)

    5. What's Cooking in Paris

    19661h 25mNot Rated
    6.7 (7K)
    Top-notch french restaurant owner Monsieur Septime is involved into crime when one of his famous guests disappears.
    DirectorJacques BesnardStarsLouis de FunèsBernard BlierMaria-Rosa Rodriguez
  • Dany Boon and Benoît Poelvoorde in Nothing to Declare (2010)

    6. Nothing to Declare

    20101h 48mNot Rated
    6.4 (16K)
    A Belge-Francophobe customs officer is forced to team up with a Frenchman during the elimination of the Franco-Belge borders in the 90s.
    DirectorDany BoonStarsBenoît PoelvoordeDany BoonChristel Pedrinelli
  • The Valet (2006)

    7. The Valet

    20061h 25mPG-1368Metascore
    6.6 (11K)
    A porter and a top-model have to pretend to be a couple in order to salvage a CEO's marriage.
    DirectorFrancis VeberStarsGad ElmalehAlice TaglioniDaniel Auteuil
  • Clovis Cornillac, Virginie Efira, and Manu Payet in L'amour, c'est mieux à deux (2010)

    8. L'amour, c'est mieux à deux

    20101h 40m
    5.7 (1.9K)
    Michel dreams of a perfect meeting with the woman of his dreams, entirely due to chance, as his parents and grandparents experienced. Vincent, Michel's contrast, is completely different. He is more the man of the direct approach and he follows his...! The two childhood friends Michel and Vincent, with completely opposite views when it comes to women, soon discover the limits of their respective techniques when they meet Angèle and Nathalie.
    DirectorsDominique FarrugiaArnaud LemortStarsClovis CornillacVirginie EfiraManu Payet
  • Daniel Auteuil and Dany Boon in Mon meilleur ami (2006)

    9. Mon meilleur ami

    20061h 30mPG-1365Metascore
    6.6 (7K)
    Catherine, refuses to believe that her business partner, the unlikeable François, has a best friend, so she challenges him to set up an introduction. Scrambling to find someone willing to pose as his best pal, François enlists the services of a charming taxi driver to play the part.
    DirectorPatrice LeconteStarsDaniel AuteuilDany BoonJulie Gayet
  • Gérard Depardieu and Pierre Richard in The Fugitives (1986)

    10. The Fugitives

    19861h 35m
    7.0 (8.4K)
    Jean is taken hostage at a bank by a foolish bank robber. As Jean left prison an hour earlier, the police assume he's the robber. Everything goes comically wrong. The robber's little daughter joins the fugitives.
    DirectorFrancis VeberStarsPierre RichardGérard DepardieuJean Carmet
  • My Worst Nightmare (2011)

    11. My Worst Nightmare

    20111h 43mNot Rated52Metascore
    6.0 (3.3K)
    Through their befriended sons, an icy uptight Parisian art dealer and a fun-loving Belgian blue-collar man living out of his van, cross paths in an unlikely way.
    DirectorAnne FontaineStarsIsabelle HuppertBenoît PoelvoordeAndré Dussollier
  • Gérard Depardieu and Pierre Richard in La Chèvre (1981)

    12. La Chèvre

    19811h 31m
    7.3 (11K)
    A daughter of a millionaire, distinguished by incredible bad luck, goes missing. The idea how to find her is either insane or brilliant - to send after her an equally unlucky person.
    DirectorFrancis VeberStarsPierre RichardGérard DepardieuPedro Armendáriz Jr.
  • The ComDads (1983)

    13. The ComDads

    19831h 32mPG
    6.9 (7.1K)
    A woman, whose troubled son has left home, informs two different men from her past that each of them is a real father. Too different men.
    DirectorFrancis VeberStarsPierre RichardGérard DepardieuAnny Duperey
  • Michel Boujenah, André Dussollier, and Roland Giraud in Three Men and a Cradle (1985)

    14. Three Men and a Cradle

    19851h 46mPG-1344Metascore
    6.6 (4.1K)
    Jacques, Pierre, and Michel are three adult friends who enjoy single life until they find themselves stuck with a baby.
    DirectorColine SerreauStarsRoland GiraudMichel BoujenahAndré Dussollier
  • The Women on the 6th Floor (2010)

    15. The Women on the 6th Floor

    20101h 42mNot Rated52Metascore
    7.1 (11K)
    In 1960s Paris, a conservative couple's lives are turned upside down by a group of Spanish maids that live in the same building.
    DirectorPhilippe Le GuayStarsFabrice LuchiniSandrine KiberlainNatalia Verbeke
  • A Pain in the Ass (1973)

    16. A Pain in the Ass

    19731h 25mPG
    7.1 (3.9K)
    Milan must kill Louis Randoni before he testifies in a court of law. He is disturbed by his depressed roommate François Pignon who commits suicide by hanging himself from the toilet pipe flooding Milan's room. Here he is stuck in problems.
    DirectorÉdouard MolinaroStarsLino VenturaJacques BrelCaroline Cellier
  • Daniel Auteuil, José Garcia, and Sandrine Kiberlain in Après Vous (2003)

    17. Après Vous

    20031h 50mR53Metascore
    6.4 (3.3K)
    Antoine (Auteuil) saves Louis (Garcia) from hanging himself, though in his attempt to get Louis back on his feet, Antoine gets caught in a romantic triangle.
    DirectorPierre SalvadoriStarsDaniel AuteuilJosé GarciaSandrine Kiberlain
  • I'm Shy, But I'll Heal (1978)

    18. I'm Shy, But I'll Heal

    19781h 28mPG
    6.4 (1.7K)
    Pierre is a hotel cashier in Vichy, so shy that he answers an ad from the Psychology Institute and can't say no to the salesman, Aldo; he spends 6,000 francs on tapes, books, and a punching bag. Soon after, he's smitten by Agnes, a hotel guest with a model's looks and photographers wherever she goes. When she leaves for Nice, he follows, meeting Aldo on the way. Aldo becomes his boldness coach. Pierre gets a job washing dishes where Agnes is staying, but after a week or so, she's off to Deauville, with Aldo and Pierre in pursuit. Using funds they get by selling Aldo's car, this time Pierre poses as a polo-playing jet setter. Will this win the heart of Agnes?
    DirectorPierre RichardStarsPierre RichardAldo MaccioneJacques François
  • Catherine Deneuve, Gérard Depardieu, Judith Godrèche, Fabrice Luchini, Jérémie Renier, and Karin Viard in Potiche (2010)

    19. Potiche

    20101h 43mR68Metascore
    6.4 (12K)
    A housewife and grandma takes over the family business 1977, after her husband is hurt during a strike.
    DirectorFrançois OzonStarsCatherine DeneuveGérard DepardieuFabrice Luchini
  • Audrey Tautou in Amélie (2001)

    20. Amélie

    20012h 2mR70Metascore
    8.3 (818K)
    Despite being caught in her imaginative world, young waitress Amelie decides to help people find happiness. Her quest to spread joy leads her on a journey during which she finds true love.
    DirectorJean-Pierre JeunetStarsAudrey TautouMathieu KassovitzRufus
  • Patrick Bruel and Alice Taglioni in Paris-Manhattan (2012)

    21. Paris-Manhattan

    20121h 17mNot Rated36Metascore
    6.1 (4.1K)
    Alice, a Woody Allen-obsessed pharmacist and hopeless romantic, meets a charming man named Victor but has trouble committing to him.
    DirectorSophie LelloucheStarsAlice TaglioniPatrick BruelMarine Delterme
  • The Chef (2012)

    22. The Chef

    20121h 24mPG-1343Metascore
    6.6 (19K)
    A veteran chef faces off against his restaurant group's new CEO, who wants to the establishment to lose a star from its rating in order to bring in a younger chef who specializes in molecular gastronomy.
    DirectorDaniel CohenStarsJean RenoMichaël YounRaphaëlle Agogué
  • Ruby & Quentin (2003)

    23. Ruby & Quentin

    20031h 25mNot Rated
    7.1 (32K)
    A tough criminal is arrested after hiding the loot from a Paris armored truck robbery. A talkative dimwit befriends him in prison and escapes with him - chased by police and his evil crime boss.
    DirectorFrancis VeberStarsGérard DepardieuJean RenoRichard Berry
  • The Tall Blond Man with One Black Shoe (1972)

    24. The Tall Blond Man with One Black Shoe

    19721h 30mPG
    7.2 (9.7K)
    A hapless orchestra player becomes an unwitting pawn of rival factions within the French secret service after he is chosen as a decoy by being identified as a super secret agent.
    DirectorYves RobertStarsPierre RichardBernard BlierJean Rochefort
  • Daniel Auteuil, Valérie Lemercier, and Thierry Lhermitte in L'invité (2007)

    25. L'invité

    20071h 26m
    5.5 (1K)
    Unemployed for three years, Gerard has landed a job in Indonesia. To start off on the right foot with his "team leader", Gerard invites him to dinner. Considering his wife's lack of culinary talent, that may not be the brightest idea he ever had. Their neighbor, Alexandre, a PR whiz, is willing to help, as long as Gerard and Colette are prepared to accept changes in their habits and surroundings. After many dramas, mishaps, misunderstandings and general bungling, with frazzled nerves, Gerard and Colette open the door to welcome... their dinner guest.
    DirectorLaurent BouhnikStarsDaniel AuteuilValérie LemercierThierry Lhermitte

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