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1. I'm Shy, But I'll Heal (1978)
PG | 88 min | Comedy
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... See full summary »
Director: Pierre Richard | Stars: Pierre Richard, Aldo Maccione, Jacques François, Mimi Coutelier
Votes: 1,611
2. The Apprentices (1995)
95 min | Comedy
Black comedy about two best friends, one a budding playwright and the other a motorbike freak, who spend their time annoying their girlfriends and getting into various scrapes. Things turn ... See full summary »
Director: Pierre Salvadori | Stars: Marie Trintignant, François Cluzet, Guillaume Depardieu, Judith Henry
Votes: 1,130
3. La Chèvre (1981)
91 min | Adventure, Comedy, Crime
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.
Director: Francis Veber | Stars: Pierre Richard, Gérard Depardieu, Pedro Armendáriz Jr., Corynne Charbit
Votes: 10,635
4. Ruby & Quentin (2003)
Not Rated | 85 min | Comedy, Crime
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.
Director: Francis Veber | Stars: Gérard Depardieu, Jean Reno, Richard Berry, André Dussollier
Votes: 30,769
5. Après Vous (2003)
R | 110 min | Comedy, Romance
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.
Director: Pierre Salvadori | Stars: Daniel Auteuil, José Garcia, Sandrine Kiberlain, Marilyne Canto
Votes: 3,212 | Gross: $0.83M
6. Les sous-doués en vacances (1982)
95 min | Comedy, Music, Romance
A group of friends are planning how to spend their summer vacation. One plans to go to the Seychelles with his American girlfriend. At the airport she dumps him for another guy. He has no ... See full summary »
Director: Claude Zidi | Stars: Daniel Auteuil, Guy Marchand, Grace de Capitani, Gaëtan Bloom
Votes: 1,621
7. Le Dîner de Cons (1998)
PG-13 | 80 min | Comedy
A few friends have a weekly fools' dinner, where each brings a fool along. Pierre finds a champion fool for next dinner. Surprise.
Director: Francis Veber | Stars: Thierry Lhermitte, Jacques Villeret, Francis Huster, Daniel Prévost
Votes: 44,355 | Gross: $4.07M
8. The Gendarme and the Extra-Terrestrials (1979)
96 min | Comedy, Crime, Sci-Fi
In St. Tropez, French gendarme Cruchot and his men battle petroleum-drinking, human-looking, metallic aliens.
Director: Jean Girault | Stars: Louis de Funès, Michel Galabru, Maurice Risch, Jean-Pierre Rambal
Votes: 9,457
9. Don't Look Now... We're Being Shot At! (1966)
G | 132 min | Adventure, Comedy, War
Several ordinary Frenchmen go on an epic voyage through the occupied country to the free zone as they help British pilots avoid German captivity.
Director: Gérard Oury | Stars: Bourvil, Louis de Funès, Claudio Brook, Andréa Parisy
Votes: 20,226
10. Les trois frères (1995)
105 min | Comedy
Three half-brothers are reunited at their mother's funeral. After being told of their inheritance they quickly spend the money, only to find out that they will not receive it after all. The... See full summary »
Directors: Didier Bourdon, Bernard Campan | Stars: Didier Bourdon, Bernard Campan, Pascal Légitimus, Antoine du Merle
Votes: 7,437
11. Les trois frères, le retour (2014)
106 min | Comedy
Three brothers are reunited on the occasion of the death of his mother. The three are in a difficult stage of their lives due to economic difficulties: Bernard is a failed actor, Didier ... See full summary »
Directors: Didier Bourdon, Bernard Campan, Pascal Légitimus | Stars: Didier Bourdon, Bernard Campan, Pascal Légitimus, Sofia Lesaffre
Votes: 1,783
12. Little Nicholas (2009)
Not Rated | 91 min | Comedy, Family
Nicholas has every reason to keep things in life unchanged; however, when he accidentally overhears mum and dad talking about a new baby brother, his world will turn upside down. Will they abandon him to make room for the little stranger?
Director: Laurent Tirard | Stars: Maxime Godart, Vincent Claude, Charles Vaillant, Victor Carles
Votes: 14,112
13. The Women on the 6th Floor (2010)
Not Rated | 102 min | Comedy
In 1960s Paris, a conservative couple's lives are turned upside down by a group of Spanish maids that live in the same building.
Director: Philippe Le Guay | Stars: Fabrice Luchini, Sandrine Kiberlain, Natalia Verbeke, Carmen Maura
Votes: 10,706 | Gross: $0.72M
14. Mama, There's a Man in Your Bed (1989)
PG-13 | 111 min | Comedy, Romance
A company president gets framed with a food-poisoning scandal and the only person who can help him is the evening cleaning-woman, who always seems to be at the right place at the right time.
Director: Coline Serreau | Stars: Daniel Auteuil, Firmine Richard, Pierre Vernier, Maxime Leroux
Votes: 1,824 | Gross: $0.50M
15. The Closet (2001)
R | 84 min | Comedy
A man spreads the rumor of his fake homosexuality with the aid of his neighbor, to prevent his imminent firing at his work.
Director: Francis Veber | Stars: Daniel Auteuil, Gérard Depardieu, Thierry Lhermitte, Michèle Laroque
Votes: 18,333 | Gross: $6.68M
16. Les sous-doués (1980)
92 min | Comedy
Baptiste 'Bebel' Lavalle and his classmates in Versailles' private high-school Louis XIV enjoy their carefree life enough to deliberately fail the exams, a national record of zero ... See full summary »
Director: Claude Zidi | Stars: Michel Galabru, Maria Pacôme, Daniel Auteuil, Philippe Taccini
Votes: 4,186
17. Serial Teachers (2013)
88 min | Comedy
The worst teachers are recruited to save the worst school in France from shutting down.
Director: Pierre-François Martin-Laval | Stars: Christian Clavier, Isabelle Nanty, Pierre-François Martin-Laval, Kev Adams
Votes: 4,049
18. Janis et John (2003)
105 min | Comedy
Insurance salesman tries to get money from his hippie cousin by fulfilling his dream: Arraigning for John Lennon and Janis Joplin's "second coming".
Director: Samuel Benchetrit | Stars: François Cluzet, Sergi López, Marie Trintignant, Christopher Lambert
Votes: 907
19. Ducoboo (2011)
96 min | Comedy, Family
The student Ducobu was again dismissed from a school. To get out of it, this attaching dunce will have to surpass and develop the most ingenious and spectacular cheats ever imagined. The ... See full summary »
Director: Philippe de Chauveron | Stars: Elie Semoun, Joséphine de Meaux, Vincent Claude, Juliette Chappey
Votes: 1,121
20. Incognito (2009)
Not Rated | 93 min | Comedy
This offbeat musical drama stars Lucas (Bénabar), an up-and-coming singer ready to do anything to be on top of the French pop scene.
Director: Eric Lavaine | Stars: Bénabar, Franck Dubosc, Jocelyn Quivrin, Anne Marivin
Votes: 1,161
21. HOUBA! On the Trail of the Marsupilami (2012)
PG-13 | 105 min | Adventure, Comedy, Family
Marsupilami is a mysterious alien mythical creature with kind heart & miraculous capacities which comes to knowledge of a reporter by coincidence.
Director: Alain Chabat | Stars: Jamel Debbouze, Alain Chabat, Fred Testot, Lambert Wilson
Votes: 4,285
22. Honoré de Marseille (1956)
80 min | Comedy, Musical
An ethnologist comes to interview a Marseillais of old stock.
Director: Maurice Régamey | Stars: Fernandel, Andrex, Francis Blanche, Claire Diamant
Votes: 149
23. The Fugitives (1986)
95 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
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.
Director: Francis Veber | Stars: Pierre Richard, Gérard Depardieu, Jean Carmet, Maurice Barrier
Votes: 7,893
24. Un village presque parfait (2014)
98 min | Comedy
"Saint-Far-la-Mauderne", a small village hit hard by the crisis and desertification. His last hope: revive the salmon smoking factory. Only problem, insurance require the presence of a ... See full summary »
Director: Stéphane Meunier | Stars: Didier Bourdon, Lorànt Deutsch, Lionnel Astier, Denis Podalydès
Votes: 850
25. You Don't Choose Your Family (2011)
103 min | Comedy
Alex wants to adopt charming 5-year old little Miley, who lives in Thailand, but according to Thai law, adoptive parents need to be a married couple. Alex recruits his bankrupt auto-dealer ... See full summary »
Director: Christian Clavier | Stars: Christian Clavier, Jean Reno, Muriel Robin, Héléna Noguerra
Votes: 1,825
26. The New Adventures of Cinderella (2017)
90 min | Comedy
The female protagonist Julie is an office worker, neglected by her handsome egoist boss, on whom she's got a secret crush. She agrees to be a babysitter for his kid one evening - and she ... See full summary »
Director: Lionel Steketee | Stars: Marilou Berry, Arnaud Ducret, Josiane Balasko, Didier Bourdon
Votes: 354
27. French Tech (2020)
92 min | Comedy
Alexandre is unemployed and his bank account has been frozen. His wife is on a two-month top secret nuclear submarine mission. While she's away, he has to prove that he can take care of the... See full summary »
Director: Bruno Podalydès | Stars: Denis Podalydès, Bruno Podalydès, Sandrine Kiberlain, Yann Frisch
Votes: 951
28. 100% Organic (2020 TV Movie)
90 min | Comedy, Drama
Culture shock between a pork butcher from the Basque country and a Parisian bohemian.
Director: Fabien Onteniente | Stars: Didier Bourdon, Catherine Jacob, Lolita Chammah, Nicolas Bridet
Votes: 135
29. Sink or Swim (2018)
121 min | Comedy, Drama, Sport
A depressed man joins a synchronized swimming team made up of middle aged men.
Director: Gilles Lellouche | Stars: Mathieu Amalric, Guillaume Canet, Benoît Poelvoorde, Jean-Hugues Anglade
Votes: 11,953
30. Spoiled Brats (2021)
TV-14 | 95 min | Comedy
A millionaire wants to help his spoiled children be better people, so he tricks them and pretends that the family lost the fortune on which the entitled young people had relied.
Director: Nicolas Cuche | Stars: Gérard Jugnot, Camille Lou, Artus, Louka Meliava
Votes: 7,774
31. Superwho? (2021)
82 min | Action, Comedy
A struggling actor who seems doomed to lead the life of a loser. When finally gets a lead role as a superhero named "Badman," he feels like everything is possible but fate strikes again.
Director: Philippe Lacheau | Stars: Philippe Lacheau, Julien Arruti, Tarek Boudali, Élodie Fontan
Votes: 3,544
32. 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: 397
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