With the most successful film industry outside of the United States, France has given us everything from easy comedies to Cannes-winning oeuvres. If you want to brush up on your français, here are the best movies featuring the French language.
Chico & Rita (2010)
7.3
A sublime animated love letter to the pre-Castro Cuban nightlife and music
My Name Is Loh Kiwan (2024)
7.0
Love enables survival in this moving drama about the refugee experience
Chronicle of a Disappearance (1996)
8.4
Absurdist comedy makes for unusual but powerful framing in this wry commentary on Palestinian identity
Anatomy of a Fall (2023)
8.4
A haunting, magnificently performed courtroom drama that expertly builds an atmosphere of distrust
The Illusionist (2010)
7.5
Jacques Tati's lost film enchants again, this time through a hand-painted father-daughter drama
Killers of the Flower Moon (2023)
8.2
Martin Scorsese grapples with harrowing history and the limits of storytelling in this monumental masterpiece
The Killer (2023)
8.4
A perfectly pitched crime thriller that's David Fincher's best film in a decade
20,000 Species of Bees (2023)
7.2
A decent, queer coming-of-age drama elevated by an incredible lead performance
No Dogs or Italians Allowed (2023)
9.2
Alain Ughetto remembers his family history in this charming, yet poignant animated drama
Lost Illusions (2021)
7.8
A highly entertaining period drama where newspaper gossip becomes a weapon
The Twentieth Century (2019)
7.8
An unhinged psychedelic fever dream filled with awe-inspiring visuals
Dream Scenario (2023)
7.9
Nicolas Cage is frighteningly good in this surreal nightmare of a film