Grand Illusion
and
Pepe LeMoko are two of my older favs

I agree with Pru! :snap:

Why did my post show up first? What weirdness is thia?

Les Surréalistes have infiltrated!

Crank up the Swank: Favorite French Films
 

I dedicate this thread to cemeinke's bday. And by French, we mean films in French, not necessarily made in France, n'est-ce pas.

We have to start somewhere, so here is a list of the top 10:

Of those, I'd agree that «Martin Guerre» belongs on the list. The Marcel Pagnol «Jean de Florette» and «Manon des Sources» are good but not top 10 good.

My top ten would have:

• «Cyrano de Bergerac»

• «Hiroshima mon amour»

• «Ma vie en rose»

• «La nuit de Varennes»

I also really liked «Cousin, Cousine» but it's not a great. I need something from the 1930's, maybe «A nous la liberté». I need to think about whether I feel obliged to include a French Canadian, a Caribbean, and an African choice. Probably I don't.

Allez-y. Have at it.

Les Diaboliques has to be on the list. Has to, has to, has to.

Off the top of my head (with thanks to Google for spelling)

À bout de souffle (Breathless)
Le Dernier métro (The Last Metro)
La Lectrice (The Reader)
La Belle et la bête - Beauty and the Beast
Au revoir, les enfants
May Fools (great soundtrack!)
Amélie

How could I forget La Belle et la Bete? Cocteau, fantastic film.

Cyrano de Bergerac for sure. Fantastic film.

Au Revoir Les Enfants

My Father's Glory
My Mother's Castle
Amélie
City of Lost Children
Brotherhood of the Wolf
My Life in Pink
La Cage Aux Folles
Jean de Florette
Manon of Spring

:)

In case anyone's completely baffled...the server that hosts the LoT apparently had some issues today and needed to be rebooted by the hosting company. I guess in during the recovery, the clock on the server got a bit out of whack, so a bunch of posts got stamped with the wrong time. That's why this thread is in such an odd order...

Back on topic, I can't say that I've seen many French films. As a matter of fact, the only ones I recall seeing are Jean-Pierre Jeunet's (City of Lost Children, Delicatessen, Amile, Very Long Engagement). All of which I loved.