Personal Favourites: French Films

By: Trolley Freak

In chronological order, an ever expanding list of my favourite films in the French language or with French intertitles. This list will undoubtedly change over time as there are so many more films to see..

Le Trou (1960)

Results Table:

Robert Bresson – 12 films (Angels Of The Streets, Les Dames Du Bois De Boulogne, Diary Of A Country Priest, A Man Escaped, Pickpocket, The Trial Of Joan Of Arc, Au Hasard Balthazar, Mouchette, Une Femme Douce, Four Nights Of A Dreamer, Lancelot Du Lac, L’argent)

A Man Escaped (1956)

Jean Renoir – 9 films (La Chienne, Boudu Saved From Drowning, The Crime Of Monsieur Lange, Toni, A Day In The Country, The Lower Depths, Grand Illusion, La Bête Humaine, The Rules Of The Game)

The Rules Of The Game (1939)

François Truffaut – 7 films (The 400 Blows, Shoot The Piano Player, Jules And Jim, Mississippi Mermaid, The Wild Child, Day For Night, The Story Of Adele H.)

The Wild Child (1970)

Marcel Carné – 6 films (Hôtel Du Nord, Port Of Shadows, Le Jour Se Lève, The Devil’s Envoys, Children Of Paradise, The Adultress)

Hôtel Du Nord (1938)

Jean-Pierre Melville – 6 films (The Silence Of The Sea, Bob Le Flambeur, Léon Morin, Priest, Le Doulos, Le Samouraï, Army Of Shadows)

Le Samouraï (1967)

Claude Chabrol – 6 films (Les Bonnes Femmes, Les Biches, This Man Must Die, The Unfaithful Wife, The Butcher, Just Before Nightfall)

Les Bonnes Femmes (1960)

Éric Rohmer – 6 films (The Bakery Girl Of Manceau, La Collectionneuse, My Night At Maud’s, Claire’s Knee, Love In The Afternoon, The Green Ray)

Claire’s Knee (1970)

Jacques Tati – 5 films (School For Postmen, Jour De Fête, M. Hulot’s Holiday, Mon Oncle, Playtime)

Mon Oncle (1958)

Henri-Georges Clouzot – 4 films (Le Corbeau, Quai Des Orfèvres, The Wages Of Fear, Diabolique)

Diabolique (1955)

Jean-Luc Godard – 4 films (Breathless, A Woman Is A Woman, Vivre Sa Vie, Pierrot Le Fou)

Pierrot Le Fou (1965)

Jacques Feyder – 3 films (Faces Of Children, The Full Deck, Carnival In Flanders)
René Clair – 3 films (Under The Roofs Of Paris, À Nous La Liberté, Le Million)
Jean Grémillon – 3 films (Remorques, Lumière d’Été, Le Ciel Est À Vous)
Jacques Becker – 3 films (Casque d’Or, Touchez Pas Au Grisbi, Le Trou)

Touchez Pas au Grisbi (Hands Off the Loot)

Touchez Pas Au Grisbi (1954)

Julien Duvivier – 2 films (Pépé Le Moko, Panic)
Claude Berri – 2 films (Jean De Florette, Manon Of The Spring)

Jean De Florette (1986)

Carl Theodor Dreyer – 1 film (The Passion Of Joan Of Arc)
Jean Vigo – 1 film (L’Atalante)
Max Ophüls – 1 film (Lola Montès)
Jules Dassin – 1 film (Rififi)
Albert Lamorisse – 1 film (The Red Balloon)
Louis Malle – 1 film (Elevator To The Gallows)

L’Atalante (1934)

Agnès Varda – 1 film (Cléo From 5 To 7)
Philippe de Broca – 1 film (That Man From Rio)
Gillo Pontecorvo – 1 film (The Battle Of Algiers)
Luis Buñuel – 1 film (Belle De Jour)
Costa-Gavras – 1 film (Z)
Jacques Rivette – 1 film (Céline And Julie Go Boating)
Chantal Akerman – 1 film (Jeanne Dielman, 23, Quai Du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles)
Jean-Jacques Annaud – 1 film (Quest For Fire)

Jeanne Dielman, 23, Quai Du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles (1975)

Daniel Vigne – 1 film (The Return Of Martin Guerre)
Claude Miller – 1 film (Deadly Circuit)
Jean Becker – 1 film (One Deadly Summer)
Krzysztof Kieślowski – 1 film (Three Colors: Blue)
Anne Fontaine – 1 film (Nathalie…)
Michael Haneke – 1 film (Hidden)
Sylvain Chomet – 1 film (The Illusionist)